Knowledge is wonderful and all, but without a way to apply it to meaningful, real-world problems, it just kind of sits there. That’s why at Michigan Tech we complement our highly respected (and highly ranked) academic curriculum with outstanding opportunities for student research.
In fact, we’re ranked among the top 20 universities in the U.S. in the proportion of research that’s sponsored by industry. And nearly 25 percent of our invention disclosures include the names of students as inventors.
Pretty cool.
You’ll get to work side-by-side, and in many cases one-to-one, with your professors on their research initiatives. It’s the kind of learning experience that simply can’t be replicated in any classroom. Some recent examples of undergraduate research projects include…
- Association Between Sleep-Disorder of Breathing and Atrial Fibrillation Cardiovascular Disease
- Natural Food Preservation Using Oak Leaves (first place at the 2009 Undergraduate Expo)
- GPS Guided Robotic Vehicle
- Effects of Hibernation in Trabecular Bone of Ground Squirrels
- Embedded Sensors for Continuous Material Health Monitoring in Concrete
Undergraduate Expo
What do coastal wetlands along the Great Lakes, antimicrobial coating for tissue implants, the effects of presentation style and recall on memory, and boolean operations between arbitrary objects have in common?
They were all part of Michigan Tech’s most recent Undergraduate Expo—a celebration of research and work completed by undergraduate student researchers, Enterprise teams, and senior design project teams. The Expo attracts visitors from campus, the community, and industry, and provides an ideal setting for students to show their stuff.
