Schedule 2019

Week 1 Activities

DateActivity
May 25-26 2019
Saturday - Sunday
Arrivals
May 28 – May 31, 2019Research with faculty
May 27 2019, MondayMemorials Day!

1:30pm – 4pm, Shopping
4:15pm – 5pm, Campus Tour
6pm-8pm, Social: Picnic at Lake Claire Pavilion
May 28 2019, Tuesday9am – 9:30am, REU CISE Pre-Survey, Dr. Audrey Rorrer, UNC Charlotte
9:30am – 10am, Welcome orientation
10am – 5pm, AI/machine learning tutorial (parts I, II, and III)
May 29 2019, Wednesday9am – 11am, AI/machine learning tutorial (part IV)
11am – 12pm, Research Labs Tour [HEC, Research I, Research Park]
1pm – 2pm, Research Preparation Workshop: Library Research & Literature Review, presented by UCF Libraries, at UCF Library, 235C
2:30pm – 5pm, Start your research!
May 31 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, HEC 450


Week 2 Activities

DateActivity
June 3 – June 7, 2019Research with faculty
June 5 2019, Wednesday2pm-3pm, WHIT Smart Home Visit
June 7 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, HEC 450


Week 3 Activities

DateActivity
June 10 – June 14, 2019Research with faculty
June 14 2019, Friday10:30am – 12pm, Making a Poster and Preparing for a Conference (Tyler Campbell), sponsored by UCF Undergraduate Research Division of Teaching and Learning, Trevor Colbourn Hall, room 103
June 14 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, HEC 450


Week 4 Activites

DateActivity
June 17 – June 21, 2019Research with faculty
June 21 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, HEC 450


Week 5 Activites

DateActivity
June 24 – June 28, 2019Research with faculty
June 26 2019, Wednesday4:30pm – 5:30pm, Smart Answers to Tough Questions: Advanced Interviewing, Graduate Student Center: Trevor Colbourn Hall 213, sponsored by UCF Graduate School
June 28 2019, Friday10:30am – 12pm, How to write a Literature Review (Dr. Mary Tripp and Dr. Richard Harrison) sponsored by UCF Undergraduate Research Division of Teaching and Learning, Trevor Colbourn Hall, room 103
June 28 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, HEC 450


Week 6 Activities

DateActivity
June 1 – July 5, 2019Research with faculty
July 1 2019, MondayMid-program REU final reports due
July 2 2019, Tuesday10:30am – 12pm, Graduate School Preparation Seminar: Show me the money: identifying and applying for graduate research fellowships & the nuts and bolts of applying to graduate school, presented by AAP & Graduate school office, Graduate Center Presentation room (TCH 208)
July 4 2019, ThursdayIndependence Day, Holiday!
July 5 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, HEC 450
July 6 2019, Saturday7am – 2pm, Blue Spring State Park Barbeque
[combined social event with IoT REU, Vision REU, and MAE REU students]


Week 7 Activities

DateActivity
July 8 – July 12, 2019Research with faculty
July 10 2019, Wednesday3:30pm-5pm, Poster Workshop Session by OUR (Students should bring a draft of their poster for peer review) sponsored by UCF Undergraduate Research Division of Teaching and Learning, Trevor Colbourn Hall, room 201
July 12 2019, Friday9am – 11am, Weekly research group meeting, peer and mentor feedback session & poster reviews, HEC 450


Week 8 Activities

DateActivity
July 15 – July 19, 2019Research with faculty
Final project presentations by students at the REU Site Symposium
Poster presentation practice (in each research labs)
Collect significant student/program highlights with student photos and photo releases from faculty and students for NSF program highlight request
July 16 2019, Tuesday
3pm – 5pm, Career Opportunities Seminar: Industry Panel, HEC 450
July 17 2019, Wednesday
2:30pm – 4pm, Poster presentation practice (session I), HEC 450
July 17 2019, Wednesday
4pm – 5pm, REU students Birthday Celebrations, Research I, room 101/101A
[combined social event with IoT REU, Vision REU, and Mechanical Engineering REU students]
July 19 2019, Friday
9am – 11am Weekly research group meeting & poster practice (session II), HEC 450

12pm – 1:30pm REU and RET programs luncheon [for REU students and RET teachers only], HEC 101

3pm – 3:30pm, Poster set-up at Cape Florida Ballroom, UCF Student Union

3:30pm – 5pm, REU/RET Symposium at Cape Florida Ballroom, UCF Student Union

REU CISE Post-Survey, Dr. Audrey Rorrer, UNC Charlotte
REU Project evaluations; REU faculty self-efficacy survey