Strong partnership between students and mentors sparks cutting-edge research
Sigma Chi brother, Emilio Baglietto, shares details about his research project “Education Reform, Our Golden Ticket To Survival” to onlookers at at the 2016 Conference for Undergraduate Research at FIU.
Everyone has their own definition of mentor: a trusted counselor, a professor, a confidant. For most students, a mentor provides the push to take a particular class or to conduct research and serves as a constant source of support.
In late March, more than 150 undergraduate students presented their research at the university-wide 2016 Conference for Undergraduate Research at FIU (CURFIU).
Both poster and panel sessions were presented as well as discussions on research in engineering, art, human psychology, economics and medicine. Presenters, mentors and spectators were able to interact with recruiters and representatives from Cornell University, Florida State University, Columbia University School of Engineering and many others.
Throughout the fall and early spring semesters, students worked alongside professors conducting research in every possible major, all amounting to a poster session and a 15-minute oral presentation at the 2016 CURFIU.
Undergraduate student Joaquin Van Thienen researched and analyzed The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato — a dark, psychological piece of Argentine literature. Prior to beginning his research, he sought help from the faculty in FIU’s psychology and English departments. Van Thienen was able to forge an effective working relationship with Robert Saba from the Department of English and Kristin Nichols-Lopez from the Department of Psychology that extended beyond the academics.
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