You will spend the summer conducting research, developing professionally, and enjoying the fun of summer in Clemson, South Carolina.
Research
Students will work directly with expert faculty on projects that seek to create novel human centered operations research and engineering (H-CORE) models and methods. Human factors-leaning students will focus on the physical and cognitive demands placed on humans within a system so that they can develop preliminary interventions and workplace re-designs, collect data, and report on study effects on human performance. Operations research-leaning students will model and collect data to support methods that distinctly focus on incorporating the human element of the system.
Professional Development
Weekly Discussions: Students will attend weekly discussions throughout the summer to develop as researchers and prepare for graduate school and industry. Planned topics are:
- Research-related
- Human-centered data collection
- How to read research papers
- Interdisciplinary research
- Effective research communication
- Professional development
- Navigating the graduate school and job search process
- What to look for in graduate school and jobs
- Preparing CV and resume
- Q&A with current graduate students
Center and Lab Tours: Students will get to visit centers and labs at Clemson and affiliates to learn more about large-scale, integrated research. Planned visits include:
- South Carolina Institute for Sustainability and Resilience
- Center for Criminal Justice and Social Research
- PHASE Lab
Research Seminar
At the end of the summer, each project team will present their research to the Clemson IE department, including faculty and graduate students.
Mentorship
Each student will have a mentor team to support their development in H-CORE research and professional development. This will include:
- Faculty Research Mentor: to support research development (weekly meetings)
- REU Leadership mentor (either Dr. Sharkey or Dr. Avilés): to support professional and personal development (biweekly meetings)
- Graduate Student Mentor: graduate student to support professional, personal, and research development
Peer Engagement
- Weekly brownbag discussions
- Social events
- Connections with other summer research students at Clemson
Office and Lab Space
During the REU experience, you will have a desk in the student research offices or the research lab of your faculty mentor. This will enable you to ask questions and collaborate with other researchers through the experience.
Housing
All REU students will be provided apartments in Thornhill Village apartments for the duration of their 10-week experience. Thornhill Village is less than a mile from Freeman Hall, where Clemson IE is located. Each apartment has a living room and a kitchen and houses four students in two bedrooms.
Transportation
Thornhill Village is conveniently located on Clemson Area Transportation (CAT) bus routes, which will be free for you to use with a provided TigerOne card. You may either ride the bus or walk to your office space.
Social and Athletic Environment
You will have access to:
Fike Recreation Center with basketball courts, strength and cardio equipment, tracks, climbing wall, and much more.
Clemson Outdoor Recreation Education (CORE) center with fields to play soccer and equipment to rent (kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, etc.)
Clemson Student beach is a sandy area on Lake Hartwell with a swimming area, sand volleyball, and a fire pit.
Clemson Experimental forest: 17,000 acres of forest for hiking and recreation (within 10 minute drive)
Two other lakes are within 30 minutes: Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee.
Greenville, SC is a 45-minute drive that provides opportunities for art, museums, and music.