Undergraduate Curriculum Overview

CReSIS provides an undergraduate program that incorporates Center research activities into the curriculum and provides students with research and training opportunities. To meet these goals, CReSIS:

• Provides internships in science and technology for undergraduates at partner institutions.
• Hires undergraduates to work as research assistants.
• Has established a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program to give students with diverse backgrounds an opportunity to become involved in Earth Science and Technology research.
• Provides opportunities for undergraduate students in science and engineering to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects as a part of their senior capstone design courses and senior theses.
  • Science students develop science requirements and measurement scenarios and participate in data analysis and interpretation.
  • Engineering students develop and test working prototypes and help with data collection and analysis.
• Teaches senior engineering design courses and directs senior thesis projects.
• Hosts two webcasts and two lecturers per year to feature CReSIS research

The program involves students from all institutions, including Haskell Indian Nations University and Elizabeth City State University. At Haskell, we are developing courses and providing training in the use of GIS across several disciplines. Dr. Braaten will develop a course in meteorology and climate change and teach it at Haskell biennially. We will collaborate with ECSU in teaching courses on microwave remote sensors and their applications with a special emphasis on polar regions and coastal remote sensing. The director of CReSIS will spend one month every other summer in residence at ECSU to teach short courses and work with students on research projects. Other CReSIS scientists will serve as visiting lecturers at partner Universities.

If you are interested in any of the opportunities listed above, please contact Jackie St.Aubyn, Office Assistant:

E-mail: jackie57cresis.ku.edu
(785) 864-7776
2335 Irving Hill Rd.
Nichols Hall, Room 307
Lawrence, KS 66045

Undergraduate Tutorials, Summer 2006

To help our summer undergraduate researchers learn about all aspects of CReSIS, the faculty and students developed a series of tutorials that were presented daily from June 5 - July 10. Recordings of the tutorials, as well as Acrobat files of the PowerPoint presentations, are available to all CReSIS personnel in the Course Materials section. You will need a username and password to access this section, e-mail Jackie St.Aubyn if you need these credentials.