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Undergraduate Research Opportunities

MITEI works with the MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) to support the participation of undergraduates in energy research and to encourage undergraduate interest in the energy field. MITEI UROPs can be conducted in any academic department or interdisciplinary laboratory.

MITEI UROP funding is provided by members of the MIT Energy Initiative, including individual Affiliate Members with a particular interest in supporting undergraduate research.

Finding an Energy Related UROP

MITEI UROPs participate in a wide range of energy research. Undergraduates should review the research section of the MITEI website for information on current energy research at MIT. Students can receive MITEI UROP support in the following ways:

• Apply for any current MITEI UROP openings listed below. These UROPs typically take place during the summer.
• If none of these positions meet a student's interests, the student can contact the MITEI Education Office to be added to our recruitment database and receive notice of future UROP opportunities.
• Students can contact MITEI after they have secured a UROP placement to see if MITEI has funds available to support their energy research.

All MITEI UROP students are selected at the discretion of faculty or through a competitive recruitment process. Funding requests for established UROPs are considered on a rolling basis prior to the UROP deadline for supervisor/sponsored research funding.

Campus Energy UROPs

Support is also available for UROP students who are investigating technologies and strategies that increase the energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy on the MIT campus. This funding is provided through the Campus Sustainability UROP Program; check out the website for more information.

UROP Approval

All MITEI UROP candidates must submit their proposals for approval through the UROP on-line proposal systems. For your convenience we are providing you with a link to this system here. Faculty who need to review and approve proposals can also access them here. MIT Kerberos certificates are required to execute this on-line process. Please contact the MITEI Education Office if you have any questions.

It is also strongly recommended that students carefully review the student employment requirements outlined at Getting Hired and Paid by MIT.

MITEI UROP Contacts

The MITEI UROP Coordinator is:

Amanda Graham, Ph.D.
Director, MITEI Education Office
MIT Room E19-370K
617-253-8995
agraham@mit.edu

Payroll questions should be addressed to:

Patricia Connell
E19-334A, x3-6659
pconnell@mit.edu

Current MITEI UROP Opportunities:

MITEI Summer UROPs for 2009 – Please reply by 4/22/09

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) will support 10 full-time energy UROPs during Summer 2009. Potential energy research topics include energy sources and supply (solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, fossil fuel, etc); energy conversion and storage; energy technology; energy efficiency and demand-side management; and campus energy management.

If interested, please send your name, email address, resumé, a one- paragraph description of your energy research project idea, and proposed faculty supervisor to MITEI Student Activities Coordinator Jennifer DiMase (jdimase@mit.edu) no later than 12 noon on Wednesday, April 22, 2009.