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  • The WAVE Fellows program provides support for undergraduate students, who are underrepresented in STEM and intend on pursuing a Ph.D., to conduct a 10-week summer research project under the mentorship of Caltech faculty. Research opportunities in biology, neuroscience, chemistry, chemical engineering, engineering and applied science,…

    research areas will provide an overview of opportunities. Students can attend more than one session. Click on the links to register for each session you want to attend. All times are PST. November 3, 10:30 am Engineering and Applied Science (Research areas: Aeronautics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Applied Mechanics, Applied Physics, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Control and Dynamical, Systems, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical

  • Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE)  is a 9-week residential summer research experience for undergraduate students in chemistry, education, life sciences, mathematics, or physics.  Participants will join interdisciplinary teams mentored by faculty to investigate STEM learning across formal and informal environments with a focus on understanding issues related…

    -solving in class.  As each student cohort progresses from the preparatory chemistry course on to general chemistry, we are accumulating data to determine the effectiveness of the course in supporting students’ future success in general chemistry and beyond. Through this project, RISE researchers will develop skills in basic statistical analysis as well as best practices for teaching in undergraduate classes. Faculty mentors:  Drs. Buckley, Lessman, and Mixter Read Previous REU opportunity at Georgia

  • On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations . Interested PLU students…

    products (Kindle, Fire Tablet, Fire TV, Echo, AmazonBasics, Stone & Beam). Amazon is also the largest provider of cloud computing infrastructure services, which accounts for much of its revenue and future potential. However, for those interested in computer science research, artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language understanding (NLU), the company offers an incredible array of engineering and cognitive research opportunities—right in our back yard.A Meet-and-Greet with AlexaSince its public

  • By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career…

    is also the largest provider of cloud computing infrastructure services, which accounts for much of its revenue and future potential. Amazon’s Seattle Campus (Photo by Chad Slattery) However, for those interested in computer science research, artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language understanding (NLU), the company offers an incredible array of engineering and cognitive research opportunities—right in our back yard. A Meet-and-Greet with Alexa Since its public debut in late 2014, I have

  • Master of Science in Marketing Research Degree Launches in Fall 2015 Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business is accepting applications for the first cohort of its latest master’s degree, the Master of Science in Marketing Research (MSMR). The program will begin in September 2015, making…

    . PLU’s degree will offer students the opportunity to increase statistical skills, improve analytical abilities, learn to link data to strategy and make a positive impact in their environment. PLU’s innovative MSMR program has been designed to accommodate students with undergraduate educations in a wide range of disciplines. Recent bachelor’s graduates with a desire to gain strong skills in Big Data analytics and marketing-research techniques are encouraged to apply. The Pacific Northwest offers a

  • Big Tech sometimes gets a bad rap, with critics pointing to its potential for spying on us, tricking us or leading us to rack and ruin. But technology can be a greater force for good. Justin Spelhaug, vice president of the Tech for Social Impact…

    Tech for Social Impact group, he served as chief marketing and operations officer for Microsoft Asia Pacific. He helped launch the Unlimited Potential organization within Microsoft, focused on developing new and more affordable computing solutions to help close the digital divide for lower-income societies globally. Halvorson said a number of PLU alumni have gone to work at Microsoft and other tech companies, and they have had their hand in major technological innovations. But few realize that high

  • Fully-funded Ph.D. positions are available in the Ferdowsi Research Laboratory within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. Positions are available with start date as early as Spring 2022 and Fall 2022. Some of our active research areas are experimental…

    mechanics, fluid mechanics, and some experience in either of computer programming, high performance computing, discrete element method, molecular dynamics or atomistic simulations, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), experimental investigation for rheology of soft materials and complex fluids, soil mechanics, rock friction and deformation experiments, is a plus. The research projects will be designed in collaboration with the students and will be motivated by their interests and career goals, within the

  • DMC grants appear in classrooms Interactive software, a Wii to use in graphic design and a video which will record future teachers at work – all these ideas received funding this year through the Digital Media Center Small Grants fund. Each year in May, Layne…

    enable more professional quality student research projects by equipping psychology lab computers with the “Inquisit” psychology testing software. Emily Mize, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing: Mize will use $900 to enable a wireless projection gateway for a Tablet PC to use statistical and bibliographic software interactively in a classroom setting. Read Previous Program brings people from around the world together Read Next Chinese program receives grant COMMENTS*Note: All

  • By Sarah Cornell-Maier. PLU has a new Innovation Studies program. In fact, I’m a new Innovation minor–one of the first in a growing cohort, scheduled to graduate in May 2019. This series of blog posts is designed to give you the details on the minor,…

    departments that fit the requirements and round out the minor. Although innovation studies is a great fit for Business and Economics majors (those learning to meet the needs of a competitive marketplace), creativity and entrepreneurial problem solving are key in almost every field, including computing, communications, art, politics, and nursing–just to name a few. I’m personally a Psychology major, and my Innovation Studies minor will help me to study human creativity and cognition. I hope that it will

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University senior Helen “Nellie” Moran has been chosen out of 3,700 submissions to present her Economics Capstone at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 16-18. Moran, a double major in Economics and French, began her initial research…

    researched the House of Representatives’ 2010 and 2012 elections as part of her project, looking at open-seat elections—ones where either candidate has run or won before. Karen Travis, PLU Associate Professor of Economics, believes Moran’s Capstone stood out for NCUR because of the subject matter. “Her topic of the role of campaign expenditures in open-seat elections is timely,” said Travis. “In addition, she included both a theoretical framework as well as sophisticated statistical analysis using data