REU Student 

Carnegie Mellon University hosts a ten-week summer research program to expose science and engineering undergraduates to cutting edge research each year.  The student research projects are highly interdisciplinary, spanning seven departments and two colleges at Carnegie Mellon.  The REU students interact with faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from a wide variety of disciplines.  A list of past projects is available at http://reu.materials.cmu.edu.  In addition, students learn about ethical research techniques and a broad range of career development opportunities.  Through weekly seminars, students are exposed to exciting materials research areas outside their research topic.  The goal of the REU program is to provide the participants an interactive, encouraging and multi-level research experience.