Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

pursue independent research projects duringthe first three semesters of their undergraduate experience. In this large-scale program, severalhundred freshman students in the College of Natural Sciences begin their freshman year byenrolling in a research methods course and then transition to a research stream for their second andthird semesters, in which they participate in authentic research projects as part of a laboratorygroup [10]. Students earn course credit that substitutes for required introductory courses in theirmajors. Although tenured and tenure-track faculty members set the research directions and provideguidance for the research streams, post-doctoral research educators provide day-to-day guidance,instruction, and mentoring, allowing