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For more information about Research Experiences for Undergraduates, contact:
Ms. Jackie Swaney
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Box 340921
Clemson, SC 29634-0921
(864) 656-3471 (W)
e-mail: jackie.swaney@ces.clemson.edu

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Program Description

The Clemson University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Mechanical Engineering will give you an opportunity to spend a summer working with a professor of Mechanical Engineering on a research project. You will gain valuable laboratory, analytical, and experimental skills as well as participate in a series of workshops and seminars specifically for REU participants. At the end of the program you will present yourwork in a poster session open to the university community.

The goal of this program is to introduce undergraduate students to the research opportunities in academia. To be eligible for this program you must currently be a junior in an accredited Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics or Material Science program, be interested in research, and be able to spend 10 weeks during the summer of 2002 at Clemson University.

Students selected to participate in this program will receive academic credit, room and board for the summer,a $2,500 stipend, and travel expenses. The participants will be matched with faculty members who will serve as research advisors for the 10 week program. All of the participants in the REU program will have access to the University's recreational facilities which include tennis, swimming, and water sports. Intramural competition is held in most sports.

Some of the different areas that can be studied are listed below, along with the faculty member:

D. Beasley	Wind Tunnel Studies for the Aerodynamic Performance of Golf Balls
S. Biggers	Damage Progression and Residual Strength in Composite Plates Loaded in Compression
G. Fadel	Design, Virtual and Rapid Prototyping
L. Gaddis	Drogue Capability for Fly Casting
P. Joseph	Contact and Wear due to Variable Friction
J. Kennedy	Damage Tolerance and Residual Strength of Sandwich Composites
J. Ochterbeck	Capillary Pumped Loop for Cooling Microelectronics
C. Rahn	Dynamic Response of Cable-Body Systems in a Crossflow
L. Thompson	Development of a Finite Element, Rapid Prototype, and Virtual Reality Model for a Winston Cup Race Chassis
D. Zumbrunnen	Advanced Cooling Techniques for Personal Computers

Hiking in the mountains at over 5000 feet. "It was the most rewarding of my educational experiences because the research pertained to leading edge technology and required independent thinking and motivation." Kevin McGovern, Clemson University