Consider the approach of Professor Dawn Kilkenny, Vice-Dean, First-Year in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering (FASE). In her division, students often undertake independent summer research experiences under the supervision of faculty members. Professor Kilkenny designed the Undergraduate Summer Research Program to help support students in their development as researchers as well as faculty
Consider the approach of Professor Maydianne Andrade, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough. After a discussion at a gathering of BIPOC Women in Ecology and Evolution and with her students, Professor Andrade decided to develop a series of resources that would document the previously unwritten practices within her lab (e.g., attendance and punctuality, communication, standards
Evelina Tronina is a fifth-year student at the University of Toronto Mississauga double majoring in Chemistry and Biology. She received an University of Toronto Excellence Award, allowing her to spend the summer working in the lab of Professor Nguyen Ba, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga. Evelina conducted experiments on a protein, SIL1,
Siwoo is a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Arts & Science, specializing in Chemistry and minoring in Astrophysics. He participated in a Summer Research Exchange Program at Imperial College London where he worked under the supervision of Professor Henry Rzepa. Siwoo applied density functional theory at various levels to model the transition state of
Ethan is a third-year student in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, majoring in Electrical Engineering and minoring in the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology. He participated in the Summer Research Exchange Program with ETH-Zürich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. There, he worked with the SAFARI research group, led by Dr. Onur
Andreas is a third-year student in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, studying Engineering Science with a major in Aerospace and a minor in Engineering Music Performance. Andreas participated in the Summer Research Exchange Program at the Arts et Metiers (ENSAM) in Paris, France. There he worked in a lab on a project titled,
Zichun is a third-year student in the Faculty of Arts & Science specializing in Computer Science and Data Science. She held a Work Study position with Professor Mark Chignell in the Interactive Media Lab working on the Exergaming Technologies for Older Adults project. Zichun used Figma and ReactJS to design and create a data visualization
Ruth is a fifth-year student majoring in Biology for Health Sciences and specializing in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She received a prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Undergraduate Student Research Award (NSERC USRA). The project she completed in the summer was called “Exploring the Roles of Beta-Arrestin 1 in Mood and
Ruben is specializing in Mathematics in the Faculty of Arts & Science. He had the opportunity to participate in the Summer Research Exchange Program at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium. Studying minimal surfaces of revolution, an area of differential geometry, he derived and solved the differential equations that represent the vanishing
