Why is undergraduate research important?
Undergraduate involvement in state-of-the-art research is one of the key components of the Carnegie Mellon undergraduate program. In addition to deepening our understanding and potentially creating new technological breakthroughs, undergraduate research encourages students to extend themselves beyond structured course material and become independent thinkers and learners.
Research also enables students to enhance their learning beyond the classroom and become creative and independent thinkers who apply their skills in numerous ways that benefit society.
"Involving undergraduate students in research has become a pedagogical tool nationwide, and undergraduate research at Carnegie Mellon has become a national model," said Indira Nair, vice provost of education at Carnegie Mellon.
Meeting of the Minds in Qatar
This symposium will provide a venue for students to present their work to a wide audience.
Students in both the computer science and business administration programs will present their research from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Education City. Students will demonstrate robots they have built, show movies they have made, discuss experiments they have conducted and more.
When?
Thursday, April 29, 2008 from 4:30pm-6:30pm.
Where?
LAS Building, Education City
Who can atttend?
This event is open to the general public. We invite you to join us and celebrate our students' research accomplishments.
If you plan on attending please RSVP.