Activities

To help our REU interns develop a sense of excitement of technology and engineering, understand the process of conducting research, and become prepared for graduate schools and future careers, we devise a variety of educational, research training, and professional activities that involve close interactions with our faculty, graduate students, and industrial partners. Extracurricular activities are also arranged to foster better communication and interaction among the REU participants.

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Orientation

Orientation begins on May 29, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. The complete schedule is below:

	Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m., May 29, 2007
	Venue: Conference Room (2nd floor) at QoLT Headquarters
	Details	Breakfast will be provided For those who live in the dorm, our graduate students Garrett Grindle and Sara Sibenaller will meet you at the entrance of the Pennsylvania Hall at 8:40am. For those who do not live in the dorm, the address of the QoLT headquarter is 417 S. Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. There are limited meter parking spaces on S. Craig Street. The main garage at CMU is the closest parking garage (P5 on the map  http://www.cmu.edu/oldhome/visitors/map/visitor.html).
	9:00-9:20 a.m.	Housing keeping & Pre-Survey
	9:20-9:35 a.m.	Welcome Remarks, Dr. Cooper (QoLT Co-Director, HERL Director)
	9:35-10:10 a.m.	Introduction
	10:10-10:30 a.m.	Program introduction and intern expectations, Drs Ding and Koontz
	10:30-10:40 a.m	Intern experience sharing, Sara Sibenaller
	10:40-10:50 a.m.	Expectations from the graduate-student mentors, Garrett Grindle
	10:50-11:00 a.m.	Q&A

Who's Who

Get to know the students and faculty of the 2007 REU Program.