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Program Schedule

Week

Date

Time

Activities

1

June 4 (Monday)

9:00 - 16:00

Orientation

June 8

15:30 - 17:00

Workshop: Selection of Research Topics

2

 

June 11 - 15

9:00 - 18:00

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 15

15:30 - 17:00

Workshop: Research Literature Review

3

June 18 - 22

9:00 - 18:00

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

June 22

13:30 - 15:30

15:30 - 17:00

Mid-project review: presentations

Workshop: Technical Writing

4

June 25 - June 29

9:00 - 18:00

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

June 29

15:30-17:00   Workshop: Ethics

5

July 2-6

9:00-18:00

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

July 6

10:30-12:00

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

6

July 9-13

9:00 - 18:00

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

July 13

15:30-17:00

7

July 20 11:00 - 12:00

Field trip to Lunar Planet Institute

July 16 - 20

9:00 - 18:00

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

8

July 23 - 27

9:00 - 18:00

9

July 30 - August 3

9:00 - 18:00

August 3 10:30-12:00 Mini-symposium (final presentations)

10

August 6 - 10

9:00-18:00

Review and evaluation phase

August 10

9:00-12:00

Project submission

UHD REU site (CNS 0851984) is sponsored by National Science Foundation and Scholar Academy.
University of Houston-Downtown
Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences | College of Sciences & Technology
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