BATON ROUGE – The LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, is accepting applications for the nine-week summer program “Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computational Sciences.” College students from around the United States will have a chance to work on advanced research projects together with faculty and staff at the LSU CCT. The application deadline is February 28, 2011.
This is the second year of a three-year program made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site award. The program provides a unique opportunity for students to collaborate on large-scale computational science research projects, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary scientific exploration. In addition, students will learn how to use LSU’s cutting-edge cyberinfrastructure to examine computational science projects such as gravitational waves that result from colliding black holes, innovative materials for energy storage or revolutionary electronic devices, electronic music composition, and new kinds of physical interaction devices to extend computer visualizations.
Students in the 2011 REU-funded program will receive a stipend of $4,500, free housing in University dormitories, and up to $500 in travel expenses to and from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The program takes place May 30 through July 29, 2011.
“The REU has been instrumental in exposing me to the world of research,” said Michael Thomas, 2010 program participant and TeraGrid Conference Best Student Poster Award winner. “Before this summer I had never been involved in research. I had certainly never before been exposed to creating posters, writing scientific papers, and having research peer reviewed. The summer REU program has been invaluable at helping me decide where I want to take my future and helped me narrow my interests so I can pursue that future with a razor-like focus.”
The Center for Computation & Technology is an interdisciplinary research center that advances LSU’s Flagship Agenda and promotes economic development for the state by using computational science applications to aid research and develop solutions that benefit academia and industry. CCT is an innovative research environment, advancing computational sciences, technologies and the disciplines they touch. By uniting researchers from diverse disciplines, ideas and expertise are disseminated across LSU departments to foster knowledge and invention.
For more information, or to apply for CCT’s REU in Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computational Sciences, please visit http://reu.cct.lsu.edu/index.php.
Publish Date:
12-21-2010
