PROPEL Research Fellows

We are looking for a student to help led a new PROPEL Scholars Program. The PROPEL program is the first of its kind in the country! The PROPEL Research Fellows help us evaluate our impact and to develop new programs. We will work together on methods to evaluate the success of the program and to identify our shortcomings. PROPEL Research Fellows will help research best practices in recruiting and mentoring undergraduate students. We will put together reports to improve the undergraduate experience at UMass, communicate our data on the web site, present at research conferences and publish our results in a research journal. We open to ideas for research projects and encourage students from all majors to apply. This could be a great senior thesis for next or the following year! 

Name of research group, project, or lab
PROPEL Research Team
Website
https://www.umass.edu/propel
Why participate in this opportunity?

The PROPEL program is providing equitable and transparent access to research and teaching opportunities. You can help make a difference!  This project will also help to develop and showcase your organization, communication and/or data science skills.

Logistics Information:
Subject Category
Bioinformatics/Data Science
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Psychology
Student ranks applicable
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Student qualifications

We are flexible as to the nature of the project. Good organizational and communication skills are important for this project.

Time commitment
5-7 h/wk
8-10 h/wk
Position Types and Compensation
Research - Independent Study or Research Assistant credit
Number of openings
2
Techniques learned

The student will further develop their communication, technical writing, and/or R programming skills depending on the project. The outcome will be contribution to a report and presentation on the PROPEL program.

Project start
Fall Semester - 9/3/2024
Contact Information:
Mentors
Jeffrey Blanchard
jlb@umass.edu
Principal Investigator
Deb Phillis
dphillis@umass.edu
Weiai Fang
weiai@umass.edu
OURS Assistant Director
Name of project director or principal investigator
Jeffrey Blanchard
Email address of project director or principal investigator
jlb@umass.edu
2 sp. | 7 appl.
Hours
5-7 h/wk (+1)
5-7 h/wk8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Chemical Engineering (+8)
Bioinformatics/Data ScienceBiologyBiomedical EngineeringChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringElectrical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPsychology