{"id":264,"date":"2018-02-06T17:43:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T22:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/shpe\/?p=264"},"modified":"2018-02-06T17:43:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T22:43:19","slug":"summer-reu-the-center-for-compact-and-efficient-fluid-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/2018\/02\/06\/summer-reu-the-center-for-compact-and-efficient-fluid-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer REU @ the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From our Inbox to you:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title\">Summer 2018 Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Science &amp; Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Welcome to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccefp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power<\/a>\u00a0(CCEFP)\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccefp.org\/education\/college-education\/reu-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"CCEFP REU\"><span><span class=\"il\">Research<\/span>\u00a0Experiences for Undergraduates<\/span><\/a><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccefp.org\/get-involved\/students\/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0(REU) Program<\/a>. The CCEFP invites\u00a0<\/span><span>undergraduates<\/span><span>\u00a0to gain hands-on\u00a0<\/span><span>experience<\/span><span>\u00a0in conducting original\u00a0<\/span><span><span class=\"il\">research<\/span>\u00a0and apply it to cutting edge applications in fluid power and related disciplines. The CCEFP REU program is sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Science Foundation<\/a>. Students come from all around the country to work at CCEFP&#8217;s partner universities. Participants have a diverse range of majors, experiences, and interests. We hope that you will consider joining us this\u00a0<\/span><span><span class=\"il\">summer<\/span><\/span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccefp.org\/education\/college-education\/reu-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more information and to apply<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Application Deadline: February 16, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>Students work in a university\u00a0<\/span><span><span class=\"il\">research<\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0lab on a project related to fluid power along with a faculty advisor and graduate student mentor with expertise in the field. Projects may involve studies of technical literature and reports, computer-aided design, mathematical modeling, fabrication designs, experimental testing, group discussions and team meetings. Every student has a project of their own with specific responsibilities and deliverables. At the end of the\u00a0<\/span><span><span class=\"il\">summer<\/span><\/span><span>, every student creates a scientific poster, paper or project report. In addition, students blog to share updates, participate in CCEFP webinars and social activities with other REU students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subTitle\">You are Invited to Learn More:<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s participating institutions include the University of Minnesota (CCEFP headquarters), Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Vanderbilt University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Marquette University.\u00a0\u00a0 Click<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccefp.org\/education\/college-education\/reu-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"CCEFP REU\">here<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for more information and to apply.\u00a0 Application deadline is<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>February 16, 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. REUs are a great way to gauge whether you want to go into industry or research.\u00a0 ; )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From our Inbox to you: &nbsp; Summer 2018 Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Science &amp; Engineering Welcome to the\u00a0Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power\u00a0(CCEFP)\u00a0Research\u00a0Experiences for Undergraduates\u00a0(REU) Program. The CCEFP invites\u00a0undergraduates\u00a0to gain hands-on\u00a0experience\u00a0in conducting original\u00a0research\u00a0and apply it to cutting edge applications in fluid power and related disciplines. The CCEFP REU program is sponsored by the\u00a0National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}