UHD REU Program > Applicants > Program Schedule

Week

Date

Time

Activities

1

June 6 (Monday)

9:00 - 16:00

Orientation

June 10

11:00 - 12:00

Workshop: Selection of Research Topics

2

 

June 13 - 17

8:00 - 17:00

Students and faculty mentors have daily meetings to discuss the project in much more details. Towards to end of the week, a detailed project plan will be developed, in which the role of each student will be clearly identified based on their strengths and interests, together with their assigned tasks, the milestones of the project, and the expected project deliverables.

June 17

11:00 - 12:00

Workshop: Research Literature Review

3

June 20 - 24

8:00 - 17:00

Main research phase under close supervision and direction of mentors with daily briefings.

June 24

11:00 - 12:00

Workshop: Technical Writing

4

June 27 - July 1

8:00 - 17:00

Main research phase under close supervision and direction of mentors with daily briefings.

July 1

9:00-15:00 Field trip to Hess Engery Research

5

July 5 - July 8

9:00-18:00

Main research phase under close supervision and direction of mentors with daily briefings.

July 8

11:00 - 12:00

13:00 - 15:00

Workshop: Ethics

Mid-project review: presentations

6

July 11-15

8:00 - 17:00

Main research phase continues. The students will conduct semi-independent research activities and play more independent roles.

July 15

10:00-12:00

Main research phase continues

7

July 18 - July 22

8:00-17:00

Main research phase continues. The students will conduct semi-independent research activities and play more independent roles.

July 22

10:00-15:00

Field trip to the Department of Computer Science, University of Houston.

8

July 25 - July 29

8:00-17:00

Main research phase continues. The students will conduct semi-independent research activities and play more independent roles.

July 29

10:00-15:00

Field trip to NASA.

9

August 1 - August 5

8:00-17:00

Main research phase continues. The students will conduct semi-independent research activities and play more independent roles.

10

August 8 - 12

8:00-17:00

Review and evaluation phase

August 12

10:00-12:00

End-of-project symposium: final presentations and project submission

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