Summer Research in
Physics and
Engineering
Summer research
positions in physics
and engineering can put you on the right track for a research
career.
They are also a good way to earn money over the summer. Most programs
last
about 10 weeks and offer about $3500-4500 stipend plus housing and
transportation,
though there is some variation. Here are some suggestions for looking at what is
available. It is recommended that you apply for more than one. Most applications
can be done online.
-
 Look at
the complete
list of NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)
Programs. Here are the specific REU programs for
physics and
engineering.
- Check
out the links to the Web pages for these REU programs. Note
that I have sorted many of them according to region and listed them
below.
- I
have additional information,
including
application forms for some of them. Let
me know if you're interested.
- The
Math/Computer Science Department has
resources
in the ratiocination room in Olin on the second floor that you might
want
to use. They are in colored folders which include
Mathematics,
Computer
Science, Applied Math/Operations Research, and Statistics/Actuarial
Science.
Please note that usually the deadline is for
receipt of all materials including
any
reference letters. Please allow enough lead time for letters
of recommendation to be written and submitted.
Click here
for a Microsoft Word table of programs, arranged by field.
| Illinois and Iowa |
Deadline |
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Iowa State University,
Ames, IA. Computational Materials Science.
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Feb. 19 |
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Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Mechanical Engineering (microscaling sensing actuation and imaging)
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Apr. 23 |
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University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
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Mar. 1 |
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University
of Chicago. Summer opportunities in material
research/engineering for all
undergraduates,
and in physics and astrophysics for minorities
and women
(Condensed Matter Physics, Elementary Particle Physics,
Non-linear Dynamics and Chaos, Space and Cosmic Ray Physics, Astronomy
and Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Ultracold
Atoms)
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Feb. 16 |
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Argonne
National Lab, Argonne, IL. Apply online via the
Web page. |
Feb. 1 |
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Northwestern
University, Evanston IL. Material science research. |
Feb. 15 |
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Northwestern
University,
Evanston IL. Nanotechnology
research. |
Feb. 15 |
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Fermilab,
Batavia IL. Summer
opportunities in accelerator physics and computing for all physics
students.
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Feb. 1 |
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Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL. Physics and
engineering. |
Feb.15 |
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| Midwest |
Deadline |
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University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Applications received
by Feb. 12 will get early consideration. Those received after
that date may be considered, if positions are still
available.. Fields of research include Condensed
Matter Physics, Particle Physics, Biophysics, Space Physics,
Astrophysics, Cosmology, and education. Juniors and seniors. |
Feb. 12 |
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University of
Minnesota,
Minneapolis. Research in
electrical and computer engineering. |
Feb. 12 |
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Notre
Dame, Indiana. Fields of research:
Astronomy/Astrophysics, High-Energy Physics,
Nuclear Physics, Condensed Matter
Physics/Biophysics, Education. |
Feb. 19 |
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Hope
College, Holland, MI.
Topics: Structural Engineering, Nonlinear systems
control,
Semiconductor devices, Chemical property modeling, Nuclear physics,
Astrophysics, Blast Damage, Cryogenics. |
Feb. 26 |
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Michigan
State University. Accelerator
physics, acoustics, astronomy, astrophysics, atomic physics, chemical
physics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, materials
science, high energy physics, low temperature physics, medical physics,
and nuclear physics (I happen to
know they have a
cool
superconducting cyclotron accelerator!) |
Mar. 10 |
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Indiana University
Cyclotron Facility,
Bloomington. Biophysics,
condensed matter physics, high energy physics,
nuclear physics, accelerator and medical physics and nuclear chemistry.
Current
sophomores and juniors. |
Feb. 15 |
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University
of Wisconsin, Madison. Placements
will begin Jan. 15,
with an absolute deadline of Feb. 15. Various areas of
engineering
research. Current
sophomores or juniors. |
Feb. 12 |
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| Outside the Midwest |
Deadline |
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American
Association of Physicists in Medicine, deadline .
Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program. |
Feb. 2 |
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CERN,
Geneva, Switzerland. Review of applicants
begins on Jan. 4
and continues until all positions are filled. Applicants must have
completed at least three years
of full-time
study. One of the most prestigious high-energy physics labs
in
the
world. |
Jan.
4 |
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Penn
State University.
Materials research. |
Mar.
1 |
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Brigham
Young. Optics, computational plasma
physics, acoustics,
materials, atomic, low-temperature physics, and astronomy. |
Feb. 9 |
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University of
Washington, Seattle. Astrophysics, cosmology,
nuclear and atomic physics, condensed matter physics, physics
education, biophysics, nanophysics. |
Feb.
22 |
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University
of Nevada, Las Vegas. Atomic,
molecular, laser, condensed matter physics, high
pressure
science, astrophysics. |
Mar. 3 |
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Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA.
Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and planetary science research
for first-year, sophomore, junior, non-graduating senior. |
Feb. 2 |
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The
Global Change Education
Program (click on link on the left, SURE is for
undergrads,
GREF fro grad students). Research
program based at various institutions throughout the country involved
in
global change research. For current
first-year, sophomore & junior students. Atmospheric
sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climatology, and terrestrial
processes. |
Dec. 31 |
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Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA. Solid State
Physics, Statistical Physics, Biophysics, Atomic, Molecular, and Plasma
Physics, Photonics and Nonlinear Optics, Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics,
Electrical Engineering and Nano-Science, Materials Science. |
Mar. 8 |
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University
of Oregon. Hover over a dot for information.
Optics, nano,
biophysics,
materials, quantum cryptography, ratchets and Brownian motion. |
Feb. 15 |
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University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Condensed matter, high
energy, astrophysics, computer
modeling. |
Feb. 15 |
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University
of Rhode Island. Physical, Biological, Chemical and
Geological Oceanography, Geophysics/Geodynamics, Archaeological
Oceanography, Atmospheric Chemistry/Meteorology, Remote Sensing /Ocean
Engineering. Also a link to a program in Astrobiology. |
Mar. 1 |
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Southeastern
Association for Research
in Astronomy, research at Kitt Peak Observatory,
AZ.
For current
first-year,
sophomore, junior. |
Feb.
5 |
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University
of
Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Semiconductors
and Nanostructures, Nuclear physics,
Relativistic Electron-Atom Collisions. |
Mar. 1 |
Last modified: Mar. 30, 2010
Cecilia J. Vogel
Department
of Physics and Astronomy
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL 61201
ceciliavogel@augustana.edu
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