PROPEL Research Fellows

The PROPEL program is the first of its kind in the country! The PROPEL Research Fellows help us better reach students and mentors, improve the web site and analyze data to evaluate PROPEL's impact. We will work together on methods to evaluate the success of the program and to identify our shortcomings. PROPEL Research Fellows will help research into 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 and publish our results in a research journal. We are looking for a student to help led a new PROPEL Scholars Program. This could be a great senior thesis for next or the following year!

Name of research group, project, or lab
PROPEL team
Website
https://jeffreyblanchard.github.io/lab/
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 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

Good organizational and communication skills are important for this project. Students will work in the Drupal framework (no experience necessary) to improve the PROPEL web site.

Time commitment
5-7 h/wk
8-10 h/wk
Position Types and Compensation
Research - Independent Study or Research Assistant credit
Research - Paid, Work-Study Required
Number of openings
1
Techniques learned

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

Project start
Fall Semester - 9/3/2024
Contact Information:
Mentor
Jeffrey Blanchard
jlb@umass.edu
Principal Investigator
Name of project director or principal investigator
Jeffrey Blanchard
Email address of project director or principal investigator
jlb@umass.edu
1 sp. | 16 appl.
Hours
5-7 h/wk (+1)
5-7 h/wk8-10 h/wk
Project categories
Civil Engineering (+8)
Bioinformatics/Data ScienceBiologyBiomedical EngineeringChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringElectrical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPsychology