Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

“Assuming I continue to graduate school, I think I would like to be involved in a research effort," says MIT junior Analyce Hernandez, "like the one I’m working on in dark matter, where I uncloak big mysteries and discover something fundamental about the way the universe works.”

Analyce Hernandez: Uncloaking big mysteries

Junior double major seeks to piece together puzzles of the universe, particle by particle.

February 12, 2020

Biology major Rachel Shen sees what most of us can’t: the impurities in our water, the matrices of plant cells, and the invisible processes that cycle nutrients in the oceans.

Testing the waters

MIT sophomore Rachel Shen looks for microscopic solutions to big environmental challenges.

January 28, 2020

PJ Hernandez (left) and Jackson Gray (right) build circuits in the lab of Professor James Kirtley (background) as part of their summer energy UROP. One of the problems they worked on together was how to develop an improved cell voltage balancer, a device used to extend the life of batteries by working to ensure that cells remain evenly charged as the battery cycles.

Collaboration adds an extra dimension to undergraduate research

Students on UROP teams agree that teamwork speeds up the research.

September 18, 2019

Course 18C student Sonia Reilly (right) stands with her UROP research advisor, Sai Ravela, in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, where she worked on a machine learning project this summer.

Computing in Earth science: a non-linear path

UROP student Sonia Reilly studies the math of machine learning to improve predictions of natural disasters.

September 11, 2019

The MIT Machine Intelligence Community board and executive committee

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June 25, 2019

Students participating in Quest for Intelligence-funded UROP projects this spring include: (clockwise from top left) Amanda Li, Maya Nigrin, Yuria Utsumi, Kika Arias, Marco Fleming, and Shreya Pandit.

Developing artificial intelligence tools for all

MIT Quest for Intelligence-sponsored undergraduate research projects demystify AI.

May 23, 2019

Left to right: Ashwin Sah, Megan Yamoah, and Steven Truong are among just under 500 undergraduate students in the United States to receive 2019 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships.

Ashwin Sah, Megan Yamoah, and Steven Truong named 2019-20 Goldwater Scholars

Three MIT undergraduates honored for their academic achievements.

May 10, 2019

First-year students Ifeoluwapo Ademolu-Odeneye (left) and Keith Murray at work in the MIT Digital Humanities Lab.

MIT Program in Digital Humanities launches with $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant

Among the program's offerings, the Digital Humanities Lab applies computational tools to humanistic research — and builds a community fluent in both languages.

April 17, 2019

Professor Susan Silbey provided a rousing defense of the humanities during her lightning talk at the 2019 MacVicar Day symposium.

Celebrating passionate teachers and enthusiastic learners

At this year's MacVicar Day symposium, faculty and students reflect on the challenges and joys of education in the 21st century.

March 29, 2019

Thirteen students participate in the inaugural run of MIT-India 3.008 Humanistic Co-Design in the Developing World.

Co-designing assistive technologies in India

MIT students connect with premier Indian institutes, hospitals, and students to collaborate on “humanistic” assistive design.

March 25, 2019

Students participating in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program include: (clockwise from top left) Veronica Boyce, Nicholas Bonaker, Alexandra Dima, Neeraj Prasad, Elizabeth Weeks, and Alexander Denmark.

Exploring the nature of intelligence

Undergraduate research projects show how students are advancing research in human and artificial intelligence, and applying intelligence tools to other disciplines.

February 21, 2019

Professor Amy Glasmeier (left) and MIT sophomore Taimor Williams discuss his research project on cascading failures in critical infrastructure systems. Everything from grid design to energy policy to human factors and design influences these types of system failures, and the data surrounding them are immense and complex.

“You don’t learn this in class”

Students in the MIT Energy Initiative Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program build professional skills.

January 4, 2019

MIT students participating in the Advanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program include: (clockwise from top left) Haripriya Mehta, Rohil Verma, Christabel Jemutai Sitienei, Andy Wei, Gabriel Margolis, and Mattie Wasiak.

The many interfaces of computing

A roundup of MIT student research projects offers a glimpse of where computing is going next.

November 11, 2018

Graduate student Daniel Gonzalez demonstrates his Extra Robotic Legs system at the Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE). The system was designed to increase the effectiveness of hazardous material emergency response personnel who are encumbered by their personal protective equipment.

Showcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between

At the fifth annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, graduate students gain valuable practice presenting their innovative work.

October 5, 2018

MIT political scientist In Song Kim has overseen the launch of LobbyView.org, a website that connects the activities of lobbyists, firms, and politicians, so that people “can understand how legislative politics [actually] works in the U.S.,” as Kim puts it.

3 Questions: Database shines a bright light on Washington lobbying

Launch of In Song Kim’s LobbyView.org makes it simple to follow the path of money in politics.

September 13, 2018

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