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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,

beth.pitonzo@mhcc.edu

• Email program director Anae Rosenberg: anae@uoregon.edu

• http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/undergrad/ucore/ucore.html