AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
, 89
Academic Performance
, 35, 36, 43, 158, 225, 246
Accessibility of Data
, 230
Active inquiry of scientific research
, 117
Activity-based Planning
, 232, 233
African-American STEM BS graduates
, 119
African-American STEM PhD recipients
, 119
African-American undergraduate students
, 119
Allied Geophysical Laboratory (AGL)
, 20
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
, 122
American Chemical Society (ACS)
, 55, 59, 107, 271
ACS Annual Conferences
, 122
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), conferences
, 155
Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
, 107, 122, 157
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), conferences
, 74, 107, 157
Annual Graduate Careers Workshop
, 156
Annual School of Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering (SSME) Research Day
, 188
Applied mathematics research projects
, 64
Applied seismology
, 22, 23
Barriers to mentoring
, 247
Benefits to the mentee
, 246–247
Bennett College
, 64–85, 198, 199, 200–215
Best practices
, 51, 89, 108–112, 145
Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society Conference
, 151
Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE)
, 132
Biomedical research
, 50, 55, 74, 89, 107, 148, 151, 157
Biopharmaceutical
, 132, 139, 140
Biotechnology
, 55, 56, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140
Black
, 13, 37, 43, 66, 119, 145, 242, 243
See also Minority students
Bland’s 15 characteristics of institutions with high faculty research productivity
, 52
Blueprint for research project performativity
, 220, 221, 223, 225, 239
The BRITE Program Model for Student Success
, 134
Building a reputation in the research community
, 57–59
Building research infrastructure
, 55–56
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
, 65, 77
Campus wide Interdisciplinary Research Day
, 210, 211
Capacity Building grant
, 21
Capstone Courses
, 184–194
Capstone
, 54, 60, 179–195, 221, 222
See also Academic project
Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium (NASA CIBAC)
, 149
Choose a research project based on accessibility and availability
, 229–231
Christopher Columbus Complex
, 228–229
Chronicle of Higher Education ranking
, 48
Claflin University
, 47–61
Claflin University Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship
, 50, 60
Claflin’s SNSM research plan
, 52
Collaborations
, 55, 57–59, 82, 83, 97, 101
Communities of Practice (CoP)
, 156–157, 168, 172
Comparison of Physical Modeling to Numerical Modeling of Seismic Data
, 29–32
See also Student research training projects
Computational Neuroscience (CNS) Annual Meeting
, 122
Computational
, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 43, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 82, 91, 122, 145
Cooperative Centers Program to Increase Diversity in Reproductive Research (NIH CPDR)
, 148
Cooperative learning
, 166, 172
Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA)
, 59
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
, 50, 51, 60, 182
Delaware State University (DSU)
, 118, 119, 123
Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
, 21
Department of Mathematics
, 22, 89, 181, 193
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design
, 21, 24
Department of Psychology
, 213
Dickinson, Dr. James
, 222
Dyadic structure of mentoring experiences
, 248, 249
Eastern College Science Conference
, 151
Educational and Science Forum
, 122
Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference
, 107, 120
Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
, 122
Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM
, 107, 120, 122
Enhancing Resilience
, 144, 157–159
Environmental science
, 5, 13, 14, 28, 145
Extensive Laboratory Research
, 132, 134, 137–138
Faculty Development Programs
, 115–126
Faculty mentoring and advising
, 134, 138, 195
See also Mentoring
Faculty mentors
, 13, 14, 107, 118, 122, 123, 124, 155, 171, 222, 252, 253
Faculty research productivity
, 51, 52, 53
Federal research funding in science and engineering at Morgan State University
, 152
First-generation college attendees
, 130
See also First-generation college students
First-generation college students
, 183, 254
First-year psychology majors
, 197
Five W’s and H in Assessing a Research Project
, 235
Forbes magazine ranking
, 48
Formal mentored research experience
, 244
Formal mentoring programs
, 53, 244, 249
Formal mentors
, 244
See also Mentors
Format of an UGR Program
, 77–78
Game Theory and Applications
, 65, 69
General education curriculum (GEC)
, 137
Generating Research Projects
, 70–73
Geophysical Characterization of the North State Goldmine
, 26–28
See also Undergraduate research training
Geophysical Characterization of the North State Goldmine
, 26–29
Geospatial
, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 23, 43
Goal(s) of undergraduate research
, 3, 51, 67, 68, 69, 84
Graduate School Matriculation Success
, 193–194
Graduation Rates
, 13, 35–39, 55, 119, 194, 203
GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) testing
, 116
Group Learning Community
, 166–167
Hands on experience(s)
, 15, 18, 117
High quality undergraduate research programs
, 118
High-Performance Computing (HPC)
, 20, 22
High-quality research programs
, 116
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
, 13
See also NSF HBCU-UP TALENT-21
Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs)
, 118
History of Undergraduate Research in the Natural Sciences
, 151–154
See also Morgan State University (MSU)
Holistic approach to research
, 221
IDeA (Institutional Development Award)
, 50
Impact of Interdisciplinary STEM Undergraduate Research
, 11–43
Improving the efficacy of student performance
, 190
INBRE (Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence)
, 50, 58
Informal/natural mentors
, 244
See also Mentoring
Information science
, 13, 15, 18
Infrastructure Enhancement
, 91, 97, 193
Infusing undergraduate research into HBCU curricula
Institutional support
, 51–54
Integration of Research and Undergraduate Education
, 14, 17–20
Interdisciplinary faculty research mentor team
, 25
Interdisciplinary STEM undergraduate programs
, 13
International Journal of Applied Science and Technology
, 65, 77
Internships/Career Counseling
, 138–141
Inter-oppositional Advisory Committee
, 237
Intrinsically interdisciplinary
, 16
IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards)
, 58
Iris Recognition Optimized for Information Assurance
, 32–33
See also Student research training projects
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
, 58
Journal of Applied Poultry Research
, 123
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ranking
, 48
Journal of Computational Physics Brain and Behavior
, 123
Journal of Natural Sciences
, 65, 77
Journal of Shellfish Research
, 123
K-12 outreach program
, 134, 168
KISS (Keep it Simple Students) motto
, 225–226, 231
Knowledge Integration Management Center of Excellence (NASA KIMCOE)
, 149
Lois Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science Engineering and Mathematics (NSF LSAMP)
, 149
MARC-U*STAR (Maximizing access to research careers undergraduate student training in academic research)
, 148, 152, 157, 159, 161, 171, 192, 263, 267
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
, 65, 76
Measurable Course Outcomes
, 188–190
Mentor/mentee relationship
, 150
Mentor’s commitment to mentees
, 248
Mentoring
, 4, 6, 52, 53, 56, 64, 88, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 116, 120, 131, 132, 134, 137, 138, 144, 154, 157, 158, 161, 165, 168, 171, 172, 192, 243, 244–254
Mentors
, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 20, 70, 81, 84, 85, 97, 104, 107, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 125, 149, 154, 155, 157, 170, 171, 222, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254
Mentorship
, 118, 120, 149, 151, 161, 190, 243, 246, 248, 249, 250, 252
See also Faculty mentors
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences Annual Career Fair and Training Conference (MANRRS Conferences)
, 122
Minority Biomedical Research Support (NIH MBRS RISE)
, 148, 151
Minority Biomedical Research Support Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (NIH MBRS RISE)
, 148
Minority students
, 13, 69, 74, 116, 144, 159, 166, 199, 242
See also Black students
Modeling
, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 43, 64, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 78, 204, 245, 250
Modeling of the Asian Carp Invasion of the Upper Mississippi River
, 64, 70
Molecular Science Research Center (MSRC)
, 49, 60
Morgan State University (MSU)
, 143–173
MSEIP (Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program)
, 21
MSU History of Undergraduate Research in the School of Engineering
, 165–171
See also Morgan State University (MSU)
NASA Earth Education Program
, 14
NASA Earth Science Education programs’
, 21
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
, 104, 149
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
, 145
National Differential Global Position System Tower Facility
, 15
See also Collaborations; NIH
National Institutes of Health–Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student (NIH MARCUR)
, 148
National Institutes of Health
, 17, 50, 89, 117, 147, 148, 149, 244
National Math + Science Initiative
, 131
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Educational Partnership Program Sixth Educational and Science Forum
, 122
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
, 15, 122
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program
, 122
See also National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Remote Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences Sensing Laboratory
, 22
National Remote Sensing Laboratory and National Differential Global Position System Tower Facility in Greensboro
, 15
National Research Experience for Undergraduates (NREUP)
, 65
National Science Foundation (NSF)
, 4, 13, 17, 42, 49, 57, 64, 117, 146, 148, 243, 244
National Science Foundation Career Award (NSF Career Award)
, 49
National Security Agency (NSA)
, 15
NCCGIA (North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis)
, 24
NIH (National Institutes of Health) Protecting Human Research Participants certification (PHRPC)
, 204
NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity Initiative (BUILD)
, 148
North Carolina A&T (NCA&T) State University
, 11–43, 191, 194
North Carolina Alliances for Graduate Education Program
, 58
North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (NCCGIA)
, 24
North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
, 13, 130, 133, 141, 193, 194
Northeast Naturalist
, 123
Northeast Scientific Training (NEST) conference
, 159
NSF Geosciences Education Program
, 22
NSF HBCU-UP TALENT-21
, 15, 20
NSF’s Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM)
, 66, 82
NSF’s Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences (PIC Math)
, 66, 83
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
, 58
OEDG
, 14
NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences
, 18
One-on-one mentoring
, 116
See also Faculty mentors
Opportunity for Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences Program
, 22–23
Orangeburg Department of Public Safety
, 49
Outcomes of the program for faculty
, 123–125
Over-Defensive and Apologetic of Research
, 238
PACE (Pre-freshmen Accelerated Curriculum in Engineering)
, 166, 167, 169, 172
Peer Mentoring Experience Program
, 192
Peer mentoring
, 165, 168, 171, 192, 245, 252, 253
Peer mentoring
, 171, 245, 252–253
Performance based assessment
, 222
Performativity
, 221, 222–239
Pharmaceutical Sciences Degree Program
, 132
PI (Principal Investigator)
, 124, 137, 148
Plan for research infrastructure
, 55–56
Practical Project Performance Tips
, 225–238
Primarily White Colleges and Universities (PWCUs)
, 119
Project task performance
, 223, 225
Protégé’s
, 245, 248
See also Mentors
Publications
, 50, 52, 59, 65, 74, 97, 118, 123, 124, 155, 247
Quantitative Skills for Psychology Majors
, 199–215
Race/Ethnicity of participants in undergraduate research program
, 121
Rationale for initiating curriculum changes
, 201–206
Recruit students for UGR
, 68–69
Recruiting and Outreach
, 134–136
Redesign of Capstone Courses
, 185–188
Represented racial minorities
, 131
Research and mentoring
, 154–155, 165–166
See also Mentoring
Research Goals
, 51, 53–54, 187
Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI)
, 151
Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
, 117, 148, 157, 158, 164, 171
Research Methods
, 71, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215, 232
Research Project Cost
, 232
Research Project Performativity Blueprint
, 223, 224, 225
Research Proposal Paper
, 186–188
Research Strategies
, 53–54, 187
Research Training Infrastructure Development
, 14, 20–26
Research Triangle Park
, 136, 139, 140, 191
REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates)
, 4, 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 32, 34–43
Saint Augustine’s University
, 179–195
SC BRIN (South Carolina Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network)
, 50
SC EPSCoR (Experimental Program of South Carolina and Clemson University)
, 50
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Claflin’s SNSM)
, 50
The School of Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering recently held its Twelfth Annual Undergraduate Research Day
, 191
Science careers
, 116, 156
Science Seminar Series
, 191, 192, 194
Scientists
, 4, 77, 111, 116, 117, 131, 135, 138, 149, 154, 155, 156, 157, 188, 242
SCMNS Research Training Programs
, 163
Self-efficacy
, 154, 155, 158, 162, 164, 172, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248
Senior seminar research
, 219–239
Shaping Engineering Identity
, 165–169
Significance of the project performance
, 222–238
Sloan Physics Scholarship Program
, 14
Social Cognitive Career Theory
, 246
Social Learning Theory
, 245
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
, 122
Society of Neuroscience
, 155
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
, 65, 77
Statistics
, 81, 145, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
, 4, 49, 64, 119, 122, 145, 242
STEM careers
, 12, 104, 106, 182, 195, 243, 250, 254
STEM majors
, 12, 13, 36, 37, 39, 40, 64, 67, 68, 84, 102, 122, 130, 132, 183, 184, 243, 250, 251, 254
STEM Major Summer Internship
, 191
Student Development Programs
, 149–150
Student engagement
, 51, 53, 130
Student outcomes of the research program
, 120–123
Student Research Activity Outcomes
, 190–191
Student research training projects
, 26
See also Comparison of Physical Modeling to Numerical Modeling of Seismic Data; Geophysical Characterization of the North State Goldmine; Iris Recognition Optimized for Information Assurance
Student Work Experience Program (SWEP)
, 166
Student-faculty selections
, 186
Successful Mentoring Model for Increasing URMs in STEM
, 250–254
Summer internship programs
, 118
Summer Research Opportunity Programs (SROPs)
, 40
Summer Research/Academic Enrichment Internships
, 192
Surviving and succeeding in senior seminar
, 221
Sustainability Activities
, 192–193
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP)
, 29
Tackling the White Whale of a Research Project
, 228
Ten substantive tips
, 221
Theories of Mentoring
, 248–250
Tips to Surviving Senior Seminar
, 226
Topical seminars
, 15, 19, 20
Topical workshops
, 15, 19, 20
Traditional undergraduate research programs
, 117, 118
Training in Academic Research (NIH MARC U*STAR)
, 148
Transformative experiences
, 51
Trends in US doctoral degrees granted from
, 2003–2012, 146
UGR Students’ Reflections
, 78–82
UNCF/Mellon Fellowship
, 49
Undergraduate Research in Engineering–Process and Outcomes
, 169–170
Undergraduate Research in the Natural Sciences–Process & Outcomes
, 159–164
Undergraduate Research Internship Development Activities
, 191–192
Undergraduate Research Mini-grants
, 66, 82, 270
Undergraduate research programs
, 11–43, 115–125, 166, 199
Undergraduate research training
, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 151, 154, 155, 159, 162
Underrepresented groups
, 13, 65, 116, 247, 250, 253
See Underrepresented minority (URM)
Underrepresented minority (URM)
, 13, 35, 65, 147, 157, 199, 243
United States Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)
, 59
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
, 58
United States Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
, 21
University of Cincinnati
, 58
University of Florida National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
, 58
University of South Carolina
, 50, 58
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
, 15
U.S. Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
, 21
U.S. News and World Report ranking
, 48
USDA CSREES (USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service)
, 21
Using Linear Programming to Model Recycling in Greensboro
, 64, 70
Virology
, 123, 136, 137, 193
Weakness of UGR programs
, 118
What is undergraduate research?
, 3–7