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UCORE: Learn about science at the UO while
getting paid.• UCORE Fellows earn $3500 for a 10-
week internship program at the University of Oregon while living on the UO campus.
• Fellows are paid for outreach work to students at their home community college for the following academic year.
The UCORE Summer Program
• Introductory Workshop. At the beginning of the summer, UCORE Fellows attend a week-long workshop to prepare them with basic research skills necessary to have a successful summer research experience. Some of the items covered include:
– Lab safety skills– Keeping a science science notebook– Using the machine and electronics shops
The UCORE Summer Program
• Summer Research Experience. UCORE students are placed into research labs at the UO. – Projects available in Chemistry, Physics, and Geology
labs– Fellows work a flexible 40-hour week on real
research projects guided by graduate student mentors.
– Fellows gain a hands-on experience in what graduate school entails and what it means to be a scientist.
Sample of 2007 Summer Research Projects:
• Arsenic Coordination Chemistry & Anion P• Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Optimization
• Investigation of Cascadia Subduction Aone with Mapping of Earth Flow Displacements
• Nanosphere Lithography
• Synthesis of AuNp with the use of Bunte Salts
• Synthesis of Azaborines
• (TaSe2)x(PbSe)y Misfit Layered Compounds
• Modeling Differentially Rotating Strange Quark Stars
• Measuring and Manipulating Microscopic Solid and Liquid Particles
The UCORE Summer Program
• Outreach/Career Workshop. An end-of-summer workshop and celebration showcases the summer work. – Fellows present a poster and PowerPoint presentation
detailing their summer research experience. – Fellows receive career counseling, information on
college transfer and higher education options, and – Fellows are trained for the mentoring and outreach
that they will be expected to take on during the upcoming year
The UCORE Summer Program
• 2007 UCORE Fellows made great friends, and had a lot of fun over the summer.
Academic Year Outreach
• Students are paid $10/hour for ~ 10/week for a variety of outreach projects, including:– Tutoring– Presentations, events– Science Club activities
For Application, Questions &
More Information:• Contact your CC Liaison: Beth Pitonzo,
• Email program director Anae Rosenberg: [email protected]
• http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/undergrad/ucore/ucore.html