Montana State University: Quantum and Materials Physics

Projects will focus on Quantum Physics, Quantum Materials, Condensed Matter, and Optical Physics. Examples include: levitated quantum optomechanics; nano-optics of quantum materials; studies of phase transitions in superconductors, magnetic materials, and H₂O ice; experiments on magnetic films and nanostructures; biofilm, corrosion research using imaging and chemical analysis techniques; applied optics and optical storage; quantum computing; and theory of superfluids.

Deadline: Mar. 2, 2020

Duration: June 1 – August 7, 2020

Stipend: $6000 plus $500 food allowance, travel, and on-campus housing

Eligibility:

Participants must be full-time undergraduates, typically finishing their sophomore or junior years.
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents.

Link: http://www.physics.montana.edu/reu.html

Forms: (because the links on their site were not live when this was published)

Coe College: Multiple Disciplines

This REU offers research topics in:

musical acoustics
environmental microbiology
optics
glass science
particle detectors
computing and spectroscopy
cell and molecular biology
genetics and developmental biology

Deadline: Feb. 21, 2020

Duration: June 8 – August 7, 2020

Stipend: $4800, housing, and travel allowance

Eligibility: US citizen or permanent resident

Link: https://sites.google.com/a/coe.edu/coe-reu/home

Texas A&M University: Aerospace

This REU program in aerospace engineering emphasizes aero-propulsion fluids research through computational and experimental activities.

Deadline: Feb. 28, 2020

Duration: May 26 – July 31, 2020

Stipend: $5000, housing, and travel allowance

Eligibility:

have completed their sophomore year in almost any curriculum of engineering and the physical and mathematical sciences;
have a cumulative minimum GPA of 3.25 (exceptions may be made based on review of the applicant’s last 60 hours of coursework, research interests, experience & recommendation letters);
plan to graduate no earlier than December 2020; and
are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Link: http://engineering.tamu.edu/aerospace/research/reu/aerospace

University of Washington – Bothell: next-generation health monitoring systems

The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in electrical engineering (EE) at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) plans to engage a diverse group of undergraduate (UG) students in interdisciplinary and collaborative research supervised by faculty members who have different but complementary specializations in biomedical engineering, signal processing and data security. Research projects include:

Voice-activated adjustment of hearing device parameters through keywords spotting
Automatic fall detection for elderly people using gyroscope and accelerometer sensors
Efficient representation and coding of ECG signals
Extraction of fetal ECG (fECG) from the mixed fetal/maternal ECG (f/mECG)
Biometric based authentication in wireless medical devices
Machine learning driven security for next generation medical devices

Deadline: Feb. 28, 2020

Duration: June 17 – August 21, 2020

Stipend: $5000, housing, and travel expenses (up to $500)

Eligibility:

U.S. citizens and permanent residents
Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer
Science or related disciplines
Sophomore, junior or senior with background courses in
electronics, signals and systems, and programming.

Link: https://www.uwb.edu/ee/reu

Illinois Institute of Technology: Food Safety, Food engineering, and Nutrition

Are you an undergraduate student interested in exploring myriad opportunities in food safety, food engineering and nutrition? Food science is a STEM area which produces far fewer graduates than the available job opportunities.

Projects include:

1) Energy-efficient design of sterilization of foods using pressure assisted thermal sterilization using COMSOL (modeling & simulation)

2) Low moisture food safety of legacy technologies (microbiology)

3) Shedding light on food safety: Application of a novel pulsed light treatment for inactivation of pathogens (engineering & microbiology)

4) Physiological chemistry of plant bioactives in humans (nutrition)

5) Application of cold plasma for enhancing safety of sprout seeds (engineering & microbiology)

6) Understanding transport processes in food processing using COMSOL (modeling & simulation)

7) Affordable nutrition through kinetic hydroponics (engineering design & microbiology)

8) Repurposing food ingredients for controlling biofilms of food-borne pathogens (engineering & microbiology)

Deadline: Mar. 16, 2020

Duration: May 18 – July 24, 2020

Stipend: $500/week, housing, meal plan, and travel allowance (up to $400)

Eligibility:

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident
STEM major
GPA ≥ 3.00 (with proper justification, a GPA of 2.75 may be considered)

Link: https://appliedtech.iit.edu/news/2018/mar/27/reu-site-interdisciplinary-research-experience-undergraduates-food-safety-food

Boston University: Integrated Nanomanufacturing

Build nanodevices for biomedical, electronic, and optical engineering applications.

This particular site has three thematic research areas:

Materials synthesis and characterization for nanotechnolgy applications
Nanofabrication techniques that combine optical and electronic structures
Integration of nanosystems that generate, sense, and manipulate

Students will participate in mentored discovery, engineering of new devices, and fabrication at the nanoscale level to explore optical and integrated nano-scale systems, while developing critical skills, awareness and confidence necessary to advance in academics and research in the future.

Deadline: March 15, 2020

Duration: June 1 – August 7, 2020

Stipend: $5000 plus housing, travel costs covered up to $300

Eligibility: US citizen or permanent resident, current freshman-junior

Link: http://www.bu.edu/photonics-reu/

Case Western Reserve University: Bio-inspired Materials & Systems

Students who participate in this REU program conduct research investigating new materials based on bio-inspired nanocomposites, excitable fibers and gel systems, and soft robotics.

Deadline: Feb. 15, 2020

Duration: May 26 – July 31, 2020

Stipend: $4000, housing, meal allowance, and travel allowance

Eligibility:

US citizen or permanent resident
Majoring in engineering or chemistry

Link: https://engineering.case.edu/macromolecular-science-and-engineering/research/REU-summer

University of Minnesota: Mechanical Engineering

REU students spend 10-weeks at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Mechanical Engineering on a research project related to energy and the environment.

Projects include:

Atmospheric Aerosols with Two-Phase Microfluidics and Chemical Mimics
Fundamental Studies of Electrostatic Air Pollution Control Technology
Radiative Heat Transfer Control with Phase Change Materials
Modeling of Soot Emissions for Gasoline Direct Injection Engines
Engineering Thermal Emissivity with Nano-optical Structures
Fibers and Fabrics for Wearable Triboelectric Generators
Control of Wave Energy Converters
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) System
Prediction-Driven Charging Station Placement Plan for Minnesota
Cold Weather Impacts on Electric Vehicle Performance
Optimizing the Performance of Gas Turbines
Design of an Efficient Hydraulic Motor for Off-Highway Vehicles
High-Voltage Power Electronics
Waste Heat Recovery via Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
Plasmas for Water Treatment
Nano Sensors for Water Pollutants Detection
Controlling Bubble Migration in Soft Granular Media
Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Evaporation Technologies for Inexpensive Brine Management in Low-resource Settings
Daily and Seasonal Variation in Wind Turbine Power Production
Wind Power Hydrostatic Transmission Test Stand
Increase in Energy Capture in Wind Turbines with Oscillating Blades

Deadline: Feb. 14, 2020

Duration: June 1 – August 7, 2020

Stipend: $5000, housing, meal plan, and travel allowance

Eligibility:

U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Completed sophomore or junior year by June 2020
Majoring in engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, or related fields

Link: https://reu.me.umn.edu/

Alabama A&M University: Physics

This REU program offers students the opportunity to research physics in topics such as optical and laser physics, materials science, and space science.

This doesn’t appear to be the best organized REU program. The web site contradicts itself about the length of the program, doesn’t list when it takes place, and no application deadline is given. However, all of this probably means that fewer people will apply so your odds might be better! Why not apply and see what you discover?

Deadline: ??? (but aim for Mar. 1 or earlier)

Duration: ten weeks (or perhaps eight)

Stipend: $4000 plus up to $1500 allowance for room, board, and transportation

Eligibility: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required

Link: https://www.aamu.edu/academics/colleges/engineering-technology-physical-sciences/departments/physics-chemistry-mathematics/physics/research-experience-undergraduates/

Binghamton University, SUNY: Biomedical Translational Science & Tech

The REU program will provide students with opportunities to learn how engineering principles can be integrated with medical and life sciences to translate biomedical discoveries into bed-side technologies for treating many diseases such as diabetes and cancers. The program will expose students to medical science, biology, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, neuroscience and cognitive science, as well as to tissue engineering, materials sciences, nanofabrications, genome editing, RNA transcriptome analysis, 3D bioprinting, cell manufacturing, and tissue biofabrication.

Student in a lab

Deadline: Mar. 1, 2020

Duration: May 26 – July 31, 2020

Stipend: $5000, housing, and allowances for meals and travel

Eligibility:

Current undergraduates who have completed 60 hours of coursework
Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale).
U.S citizens or permanent residents

Link: https://www.binghamton.edu/biomedical-engineering/reu/index.html