阴影通过

Finding the right research mentor is a key to success in undergraduate research. 支出 some time in several labs may be an important step in finding the best fit.  一个研究 阴影通过 will offer the opportunity to spend time in research laboratories prior to commitment to a project on the part of the student or mentor.  以下期望 应用:

• No shadowing student will be allowed alone in any laboratory.
• While the approval of a department chair opens the opportunity for a student to shadow in the labs in that department, it does not guarantee that any 教员 in that department will permit the student in his/her laboratory.  最后的阴影许可 in a lab must be given by the 教员 in charge of that lab.  此外, subsequent work on a project in that laboratory is subject to the approval of the 教员.
• A shadowing student must undergo appropriate safety training prior to being allowed 在实验室里.
• The 研究 阴影通过 is valid for a single semester, and re-application 是必需的 以后的学期.

如何申请:

• 下载 研究 阴影通过 application.
• Complete the form, including the release, which must be notarized.  (不要签字 除非你和公证人在一起!)  If you are under 19 years old, parental consent 是必需的.
• Obtain signatures of department chairs in up to five departments that have labs that 你感兴趣的.
• Bring the form to the Office of Undergraduate 研究 (海员伯特利剧院 - 洛雷塔威尔逊).

那么?

• Contact faculty whose work interests you and ask permission to shadow in their laboratory.  Perhaps request that they put you in touch with their research students.
• Find out if there is online safety training that is needed prior to having laboratory 访问.  If so, complete it and bring documentation to the 教员.
• Schedule a time to shadow in the laboratory.
• Read as much as you can on the research before visiting the lab so that you can make 你大部分时间都在那里.