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Other Berkeley Research and Internship Opportunities
In addition to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities program, Berkeley
offers many opportunities for students to conduct research projects
and engage in internships either as volunteers or paid employees.
The Office
of Undergraduate Research (OUR) seeks to involve undergraduates
more deeply in the research life of the University. OUR coordinates
and develops programs and resources that bring undergraduates into
the field, the laboratories, and the archives. Whether assisting faculty
with research or pursuing their own research under faculty supervision,
Berkeley students can experience what it means to be a part of cutting-edge
research at a world-class research university.
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Student Research
Undergraduate Research
Opportunities (URO) for Engineers
The College of Engineering's Undergraduate
Research Opportunities (URO) program provides an opportunity for
undergraduate students to participate in research with engineering
faculty members.
Funded by the College of Engineering, the program offers a limited
number of stipends to participating College of Engineering, Letters
& Science Computer Science & Chemical Engineering undergraduate
students who assist in faculty research projects during the academic
year.
The stipend, which is $250 per semester of participation, is intended
for the enhancement of undergraduate employment and educational opportunities.
Stipend recipients participate in a variety of research tasks under
faculty supervision.
All regularly enrolled undergraduates in good academic standing (minimum
GPA of 2.000) are eligible to apply. Selection of recipients is not
based on financial need.
Procedures
Detailed research project descriptions are available on the URO
site.
Students should submit applications to the appropriate department
office. Applications are then forwarded to the faculty mentor who
will conduct the selection. Faculty mentors are restricted to selecting
only one student per semester.
Students must complete all work by the end of each semester. Students
are paid one $250 installment per semester upon completion of work
and submission of the final feedback report.
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| Peg Skorpinski photo |
Lab experience gives undergrads an edge
At many large universities it's easy for an undergraduate to
get lost. But Berkeley student Jacob Pollock got involved in
cutting-edge research long before he earned his bachelor's degree.
Pollock, a recent bioengineering graduate with a focus on biomechanics
and biomaterials, spent much of his junior and senior years
working in the Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab through the Undergraduate
Research Opportunities (URO) program. There, under the guidance
of Professor Tony Keaveney and his graduate students, Pollock
worked on computer analyses of bone structure.
"This kind of lab work really complements a student's coursework,
challenging the student with open-ended problems," says Keaveny,
who usually takes seven to ten undergraduate students into his
lab each year.
The son of an orthopedic surgeon, Pollock says the experience
also helped him see what it's like to work in a laboratory—someting
he hopes to do again when he goes to graduate school in a few
years. "It's shaped my views on research," he says.
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