Students
Pack Research Experience Program
The Pack Research Experience Program (PREP) is a research award that directly benefits historically underrepresented and first-generation students with an academic standing of freshman or sophomore. Get paid to work on a research project or creative activity under the guidance of a faculty mentor!
Benefits of participating:
- Get paid while learning about research.
- Apply what you learn in the classroom to real issues.
- Develop skills and knowledge that can help you be a better student.
- Build a supportive community around you that includes faculty, staff and fellow students.
- Contribute to a team of researchers that are developing new knowledge.
- Build experience to apply for other undergraduate research opportunities, the McNair Scholars Program or even graduate school.
Mentors and projects for fall 2023
Applications for these projects are due in the spring of 2023. Visit the PREP student information page for details.
Laura Blume
The violence against public figures project
Elizabeth De Los Santos
Investigating alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in secondary science classrooms
Katherine Fusco
Anita Loos - A life in work
Andrew Hess
Unlocking the secrets of sheep wool - Genomics of wool traits
Joonhee Lee
Obtaining atomically resolved images of graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy
Jason Ludden
Humanities approaches to contemporary environmental resource management
Melissa McClinton
Post-production supervising and distribution of feature film and short films
Kenneth Nussear
Habitat suitability models
Daniel Trugman
Characterizing earthquake hazards in Reno-Tahoe
Rosie Trump
Screendance - Methods for creating dance films
Mariann Weierich
Understanding stress and stress-related disorders
Yufeng Zheng
Microstructure-property relationship of heat-treated titanium alloys