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UPLIFT: Undergraduate Program for Leaders In Future Transformation
Started in Fall 2021, the UPLIFT program is an academic year research program for first year students across the College of Engineering. In the fall, students are invited to attend a series of research seminars hosted by faculty. In the spring, selected UPLIFT Students engage directly with CoE/CoS Faculty members to conduct research, ~3-5 hours each week. Participants will complete weekly status reports and present out their research at the end of the semester. Students are encouraged to continue research in their labs a
fter the semester ends, as well as to apply for an REU experience in the summer (REU Search | ETAPS REU). Additional support (office hours, monthly networking meetings, and research support) is provided by the Center for STEM Education.
Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule:
September 23 (Tu) [12-1] in WVG 108: Marco Colangelo [ECE]: Superconducting Nanostructures for Quantum Adjacent Applications
October 1 (W) [12-1] in CH 103: Joshua Gallaway [ChemE]: Operando Raman Spectroscopy of Battery Electrodes
October 7 (Tu) [12-1] in WVG 108: Damilola Daramola [ChemE]: Critical Materials from Waste Solids (and Liquids)
October 15 (W) [12-1] in CH 103: Alireza Ramezani [ECE]: Morphing Robots
October 21 (Tu) [12-1] in WVG 108: Ozan Ozdemir [MIE]: Cold Spray and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
October 29 (W) [12-1] in CH 103: Sandra Shefelbine [BioE/MIE]: Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Mechanobiology
November 4 (Tu) [12-1] in WVG 108: Francesco Restuccia [ECE]: Toward Resilient, Effective and Efficient AI
November 12 (W) [12-1] in CH 103: Sunil Mittal [ECE]: Topological Quantum Photonics
November 18 (Tu) [12-1] in WVG 108: Q+A Session: UPLIFT 2025 Application
