Undergraduate Research at Smith Engineering • Full time during the summer or part time during the semester • Possible at any point, but more typical for third and fourth year students • Get paid as undergraduate research assistant or conduct the research as an undergraduate research thesis for credit
• Your faculty supervisor and/or experienced members of the research group will train you • Examples include assisting with experiments, ield work, collaborating with industry, data collection and analysis, writing code, running simulations or developing models.
• Electrical & Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical & Materials Engineering offer a "4+1" Accelerated Master's where students start a research program during undergrad and finish a Master's degree one or two terms faster: contact their undergraduate assistants for details.