Summer 2009 Schedule
2009 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program:
Bioengineering Research Institute for Technical Excellence (BRITE)
Summer Program Schedule
Week 1
Sunday, 6/14 Afternoon 1-3PM International Village Check –In
Monday, 6/15 9:30 – 11:00AM Program Orientation/ Continental Breakfast Bourns A 265
5:30- 7:30PM Welcoming Reception (For all UCR REU Students) International Village BBQ Area
Tuesday, 6/16 12:00 – 5:00PM Lab Safety Orientation Russell Vernon Location: Bourns A265
Friday, 6/19 9:00 – 10:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277
Week 2Check # 1 Disbursement
Tuesday, 6/23 9:00 – 10:30AM Library Workshop Science Library Instruction Room Geetha Yapa
Wednesday, 6/24 9:00 – 10:30AM Library Workshop Part 2 Science Library Instruction Room Geetha Yapa
Thursday,
6/25 9:00-10:30AM Challenge Course –
Teambuilding Activity Week 2 (Continued)
Friday, 6/26 9:00 – 11:30AM Friday Coffee and Labs Tour (Conducted by new student researchers) Meet in Bourns Hall A277
Week 3
Monday, 6/29 9-11AM, 11-2PM Thorlabs Presentation and Exhibition WCH 205/6
Thursday, 7/2
4:00-5:30PM
“Academic Ethics” Bill Schmechel
Friday, 7/3 9:00-11:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277 Lab tours continued
Week 4
Thursday, 7/9 3:10-5:00PM Seminar "Balancing Personal & Academic Responsibilities: Strategies for Success" Teresa Cofield/Biomedical Sciences Location HMSS 1501
Friday, 7/10 9:00-11:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277 Lab tours continued
Week 5
Tuesday, 7/16 9:00-10:30AM Student Research PPT Presentations Eng. II #206
Thursday, 7/16 3:10 – 5:00PM Seminar “Applying to Graduate School &Writing Abstracts” Maria Franco-Aguilar and Teresa Gofield Location HMNSS 1501
Friday, 7/17 9:00-11:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277 Student PPT Presentations
Week 6 Draft Research Abstracts Due Check #2 Disbursement
Thursday, 7/23 3:10-5:00PM Seminar "Financing Your Graduate Education" Karen Smith, Graduate Division Location HMNSS 1501
Friday, 7/24 9:00-11:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277 Student Abstracts
Week 7
Rewrite of Research Abstracts Due Thursday, 7/30 3:10-5:00PM Seminar "The Graduate Student Experience” Graduate Student Panelists TBA Location HMNSS 1501
Friday, 7/31 9:00-11:30AM Friday Coffee: “How to Contruct & Print a Research Poster” – Jun Wang Bourns Hall A277 Week 8
Wednesday, 8/5 Final Abstract for Publication Due
Thursday, 8/6 3:10-5:00pm Seminar "Making a Successful Oral
Presentation” Location HMNSS 1501
Friday, 8/7 9:00-11:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277 Faculty Talk TBA
Week 9
Monday/Tuesday, 8/12-13 Deadline for research poster printing
Friday, 8/14 9:00 – 10:30AM Friday Coffee Bourns Hall A277
Week 10
Thursday, 8/20 1:00 – 3:00pm Research Presentations Commons Multipurpose Meeting Room Family, Friends, & Lab group Invited
3:00 - 4:30pm Faculty/Student/Parent Reception & Awards Commons Multipurpose Meeting Room
Last Check Disbursement Presentation of Certificates of Completion
Friday 8/21 Dorm Check-out
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