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Research Opportunities
There are several ways undergraduates can participate in research projects.
First Year Research in Engineering Experience (FYREE)
The First Year Research in Engineering Experience (FYREE) program provides first-year undergraduates and prospective engineering majors with early hands-on experience and mentoring within engineering.
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Dartmouth Early Research Access in the Sciences (ERAS)
Dartmouth ERAS (Early Research Access in the Sciences) provides faculty-mentored research experiences in the sciences to first-year students, particularly those who have not yet had access to research opportunities outside the classroom.
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Honors Program
Engineering majors with a grade point average of 3.33 in their major, with an overall GPA of 3.0, are eligible for admission to the Honors Program in Engineering Sciences. Honors students have the opportunity to complete independent research under the guidance of engineering faculty.
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E.E. Just DALI Internship
The E.E. Just DALI Internship offers undergraduates hands-on experience working at the interface of technology and design. This two-term internship with DALI Lab is intended to inspire students majoring in a STEM discipline and considering a career in technology and design.
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Undergraduate Research Assistantships at Dartmouth (URAD)
Undergraduates experience research first-hand by working with Dartmouth faculty in part-time research assistantships. Students receive a fellowship stipend of $1,700 at the end of the completed term of research.
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Research Project Assistant
Dartmouth Engineering faculty hire undergraduate assistants to work alongside and support graduate and post-doctoral researchers with active research. Students have contributed to ongoing research on sustainable energy solutions in the Arctic, biofuels, or wearable medical technologies.
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An Engineer Joins Forces with First-Year Students to Explore the Roots of Intelligence
Professor of Engineering Peter Chin welcomed two first-year students into his lab which seeks to understand the neuroscientific basis of intelligence.
Grad Student Testimonial on Working with Undergrads
"It's really actually useful as a grad student to get a chance to work with them and pick their brain and see what direction that takes the project." —PhD student Amogha Tadimetry in the Micro and Nano-Scale Bio-Manipulation Imaging and Sensing Lab.
Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Intern at one of the many companies founded by engineering faculty.
"We have interns working side-by-side with company scientists. The students want to do things in the lab, and the beauty is that they get to see the big picture and contribute."
—Professor Tillman Gerngross, Co-founder of GlycoFi (now part of Merck, Inc.), Adimab, Arsanis, Avitide, Alector, and Adagio.
Work in a Faculty Startup
Half of our tenure-track faculty are entrepreneurs, and many engineering students begin their careers by working alongside their professors.
"Undergraduate assistants have been a key asset in my efforts to assemble a team of highly intelligent, creative, and productive researchers. Undergraduate students have been deeply involved in several of the lab's ongoing projects, including some that we hope to publish in the near future. As a result, I have found that training good undergraduate assistants is a win-win situation: They have the opportunity to work in a cutting edge biotechnology laboratory and develop a set of research skills that will jump-start their future career plans, while I gain a highly motivated assistant who contributes to, and in some cases independently drives, our short term and long term research goals."