Group Research Practicum - Winter 2024
Target Students: Grade 9-12 students
Starts from January and lasts for 12 weeks
Structure:
6 group sessions with Faculty Advisor
6 1-on-1 sessions with Teaching Assistant
3 recorded methodology courses
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[STEM]
Aerospace Engineering: Crafting the Future of Flight
Faculty Advisor: Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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[STEM]
The Management of Medical Emergencies in Zero Gravity and for Long-term Space Missions
Faculty Advisor: Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic; MD, Baylor College of Medicine
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[STEM] Astronomy
Exoplanets: Unveiling Alien Worlds and The Quest for a Second Earth
Faculty Advisor: Independent researcher; Post doctoral researcher, UCLA and CSUN; Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, Harvard
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[STEM] Neuroscience and Psychology
Neuroscience and Psychology: How the Brain Works in Learning and Memory
Faculty Advisor: Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
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[STEM] Public Health
Living with Covid-19: Public Health Policy in China and the USA
Faculty Advisor: Former Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
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[STEM] Applied Math and AI
Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning: Theories and Applications
Faculty Advisor: Professor, Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology
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[STEM] Cancer Biology
Fundamentals of Cancer Biology
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
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[STEM] Artificial Intelligence
Human-Machine Teaming: Applications, Issues, and Case Studies
Faculty Advisor: Adjunct Faculty, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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[STEM] Music and Science
Music as Medicine: the Connections between Musical Sound and Science
Faculty Advisor: Former Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
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[STEM] Engineering
Designing safer vehicles to achieve vision zero in the era of Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric (CASE) Vehicles
Faculty Advisor: Principal Scientist at a leading car manufacturer
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[STEM]
Algorithms, Data Structures and Python
Faculty Advisor: Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology
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[Humanities and Social Science] International Relations and History
(Closed) War and Peace: International Relations through the Ages
Faculty Advisor: Associate Researcher, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
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[Humanities and Social Science]
Global Racism and Anti-Racism: Far-Right Movements, Conspiracies, and Structural Injustice Around the Globe
Faculty Advisor: Researcher PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania; Head Teacher in History, Leiden University, 2019
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[Humanities and Social Science] Humanitarianism
Analyzing Humanitarian Interventions: A Toolkit for Understanding Humanitarian Action in the Past, Present, and Future
Faculty Advisor: Lecturer, International and Comparative Studies, University of Michigan
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[Humanities and Social Science] Racial Studies
Social Injustice in Modern America: Understanding the Historical, Cultural, Economic, and Legal Factors behind
Faculty Advisor: Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of African, American and African Studies, Francophone Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
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[Humanities and Social Science] Digital Game and Society
Digital Games: History, Business, and Social Impact
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
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[Humanities and Social Science]
(Application Closed) Unlocking History's Secrets: A Journey of Discovery through Personal Narratives and Historical Events
Faculty Advisor: PhD Candidate, Princeton University; Fulbright Research Fellow
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[Humanities and Social Science] Education
From Plato to Marx: Theory of Education Throughout Time
Faculty Advisor: PhD candidate in Medieval Studies, Harvard University
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[Business] Finance
A Deep Dive into the Stock Market
Faculty Advisor: Research economist, Central Bank of Mexico
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[Business]
Angel Investing and Venture Capital
Faculty Advisor: Former Professor of Dartmouth Tuck Business School; Former Director of MD-MBA program, Dartmouth
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[Art and Architecture] Architecture and Urban Design
Architecture and the City: Sustainable Urban Design that Inspires
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech