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Tutors are ready to help you succeed!

Writing Center, appointment and drop-in tutoring for any writing assignments for any course (1st floor, AOK Library)

Math and Science Tutoring Center, drop-in tutoring for math, biology, chemistry, economics, physics, statistics, computer science at the (1st floor, AOK Library)

Spanish Tutoring Lab, drop-in tutoring for Spanish 101, 102, 103 and 201 (1st floor, AOK Library)

Appointment tutoring for many first and second year courses is available in the LRC (Sherman Hall, 3rd floor, B-Wing)

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Filmmakers! Painters! Musicians! Poets! Digital Artists! Dancers! Actors! Costume Designers! Photographers!

Come hear about how to put together an application for Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD), and how to write an effective abstract that summarizes your work as an artist. 

Monday, Feb. 18
12-12:50pm
113 Sherman Hall, A wing

URCAD is Wednesday, April 24th, and all artists are invited to present! Applications are due by Feb. 22 and can be found at :
ur.umbc.edu/urcad

Questions?  Email: aprilh@umbc.edu
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The Summer 2019 Orientation season is approaching and the Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising is looking for new members to join its team of orientation advisors! 

 Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to apply. 

Graduate students and 9½-month faculty members will receive up to $100.00 per session.

12-month faculty members' compensations will be sent to their departments.

Staff members are not eligible to receive additional compensation, but they will have an opportunity to improve their advising competencies, work with a diverse body of students, and enhance their leadership and interpersonal skills.  

Comprehensive training will be provided for all orientation advisors on June 4 and 5.

Want to learn more about this opportunity? Attend an info session:

February 27, 2019    12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

March 13, 2019         12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

March 27, 2019         12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

April 10, 2019            12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

April 24, 2019            12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER220 (B-WING) 

We are currently accepting new applications through May 1st.

Contact Monique Ransom, Asst. Director, OAPA at mransom@umbc.edu or (410)455-2451 with questions.

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Title of your research project: Alternative Theatrical Lighting Control System 

Describe your project: I am researching a lighting control system called GrandMA2. The GrandMA2 is mostly used to program lights for concerts and other live performances, rather than Theatre. 

Who is your mentor(s) for your project?
My mentor for my project is Mr. Adam Mendelson, Lecturer in Lighting and Sound Design, Theatre. I have had classes with my mentor previously. I chose him, because he understands the technical aspects of lighting systems. He is also hands-on with his students and takes interest in their development and projects. I knew he would be committed to my project, inspire me, push me to work harder, and be able to give quality feedback on my progress.

How did you become interested in this project?
My interest for lighting has existed my entire life. In 5th grade I wrote to myself that "I want to do light shows for a living". I have been in pursuit of my childhood dream since. Once I found out about the GrandMA2 system, I knew I had to learn it to advance my dreams to the next stage.

What has been the hardest part about your research/what was the most unexpected thing about being a researcher?
I have had a lot trouble estimating how long things will take. By its nature research is doing something you have never done before. I would plan for something to take 2 hours, for example, but in reality, it would take 6. This would be difficult when I would try to plan my schedule. As a researcher, I did not expect the overwhelming support I would receive. Many times, I received support from people and companies, only through sharing that I am researcher. The best example was I shared with an usher at a Cirque Du Soleil that I am doing research on lighting and she moved my seat from the last row in the building, to the closest section. 

What has been the most rewarding part?
My research took me to different places, one being a lighting conference in Las Vegas. At this conference I was able to sit in on presentations of professionals in the industry who are doing extremely innovative things. This sparked my inspiration and made me want to explore the boundaries of existing technology, and imagine what/ who will be the things/ones to break those boundaries. I also was able to see shows that feature the highest level of lighting design. These sparked my interest and were extremely rewarding to spectate.

How will you disseminate your research (URCAD presentation, conference, publication, etc?)
I will be sharing my research on February 15th. I am hosting a public light show, as well as programming lights for a live band. This exercises two different strengths this system has over others. The console has the ability to easily program to music in "timecode" while also being able to be used for live playback with a band "busking". After the show I am hosting a master class about my research and the GrandMA2 for other interested students, or members of the public.

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?
The best advice I could give to interested students is to just start. I will process information in my head for a long time, but it wasn't until I started to ask questions and find people who share my interests that my research began to take off. Everyone's research will be different in many ways, and in my case I had many challenges. Every obstacle has the potential to be another triumph, but you will never know unless you start. I found that setting deadlines would require me to get started on things promptly. I broke my research into many incremental deadlines, the times I stuck to the deadlines I was successful; the times I wasn't my research was less fruitful.

What are your career goals?
I plan to take the information I received from my research and apply it to my career. I now have a level of proficiency in a lighting system that is incredibly popular, but specialized. The skills I received from my research are in high demand and I have many different ways that I can use those skills in my future work. 

 ** Come see Scott's light show on Friday, February 15th, 2019 Proscenium Theater in PAHB - Please no food/ drink in the Theater Doors will open at 6:50pm Light show will start promptly at 7:00pm with doors closing Fayo and The Rollup Collective will perform following the programmed light show.
All are welcome and invited to stay after; He will be hosting a master class about his research on the GrandMA2 lighting system concluding at 9:00pm. Tickets are not needed, and seating will be given on a first come first serve basis.
 
Here is the link to the public Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/396070837863911/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22upcoming%5C%22%7D%22%7D]%2C%22ref%22%3A2%2C%22source%22%3A2%7D
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Wednesday, Feb. 13th
12-12:50pm
113 Sherman Hall, A wing conference room

URCAD is April 24th, 2019 and applications are due by Feb. 22. To apply, go to: 
https://ur.umbc.edu/urcad/forms/

You are required to upload a 200-word abstract which summarizes your work.


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2019 Color Our Collections UMBC Coloring Book

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This Thursday, Feb. 7th and Friday, Feb. 8th
12-12:50pm
113 Sherman Hall A wing (conference room)

Have research, scholarship, or creative work you want to present? Find out how!


Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) features research, scholarship, and creative work carried out by UMBC undergraduates. Student work is shared through oral presentations, posters, artistic exhibits, performances, and film. Over 300 presenters participate annually. Researchers work with faculty mentors on independent research, or research that is part of the mentor’s on-going projects.  They are from all disciplines, and can be working on a thesis, capstone project, part of a scholars or honors program, or they can be unaffiliated.This campus-wide celebration of achievement affirms UMBC’s commitment to the twin goals of research and a distinctive undergraduate experience.

All current undergraduates who have conducted research, scholarship or creative work in the last year may apply to present their results at URCAD. Mentors, fellow students, friends, family members, high school teachers and students, graduate school recruiters, and the general public are invited to attend.


https://ur.umbc.edu/urcad/

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Brian D. Hanson, Jr. is a Meyerhoff Scholar and a McNair Scholar, majoring in Computer Engineering, who will graduate in spring, 2020. 

Title of your research project: 
Fabrication of a Wearable Temperature Sensing System for CIPA Patients
Lab Partners (pictured L-R): Adam Der, (Mentor) Dr. Gymama Slaughter, Morgan Freeman, Brian D. Hanson, Jr.

The purpose of this project was to develop a temperature sensing system that could be integrated into a glove to enable people who could not interpret the environmental hazards associated with temperature. Patients with Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (CIPA) are a population who cannot interpret temperature therefore the creation of this system would serve as a tool to assist with increasing their level of independence in activities of daily living such as cooking for themselves.

Who is your mentor for your project? 
My mentor is Dr. Gymama Slaughter from the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department.

How did you find your mentor?
I found Dr. Slaughter by word of mouth from other Meyerhoff Scholars who were current students in her lab. To secure my position in working in her lab in Summer 2018, I visited Dr. Slaughter after one of her classes even though I was not taking the course to express my interest.

Why did you choose them?
I chose Dr. Slaughter with hopes that she would give me an opportunity to continue my aspirations of conducting summer research and diversifying my experience as an undergraduate researcher aiming towards graduate study. I was not aware of her excellent skill set with developing proficient researchers prior to reaching out to her. Moreover, she demonstrated as a mentor for her students how we should work together, study the problems we are researching, and uphold a standard of excellent when presenting our work.

How did you become interested in this project?
I became interested in this project by informing Dr. Slaughter what my interests were in regard to conducting research as a junior. I had summer research experiences as a freshman and sophomore in the fields of Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State University and Data Science at North Carolina State University respectively.

What has been the hardest part about your research/what was the most unexpected thing about being a researcher? 
The most challenging aspect of my research was developing a wireless implementation of the temperature sensing system with an Arduino. It was very unexpected to receive so much support from Dr. Slaughter such that she was willing to enter our research for consideration at an international conference.

What has been the most rewarding part?
The most rewarding aspect of working as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Slaughter lab is having the professional relationship with her as a mentor. I have expressed to her how determined I am to reach graduate studies and she has provided nothing but guidance to help me along my path. 

How will you disseminate your research?
I will disseminate our research as an URCAD presentation during the Spring 2019 semester. On behalf of the UMBC McNair Scholars Program Summer Research Institute (SRI), I have presented this research at the 2018 SAEOPP McNair/SSS Scholars Research Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research? 
I encourage any student to get involved with research because you never know what passions you can discover or who you can help by doing this kind of work. For some people it may challenging at first but conducting research can have so much of an impact on your community based on how you make it.

What are your career goals?
My career goals are to pursue a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in the field of Rehabilitation Sciences and Technology with a focus on Micro-fabrication of Assistive Technology devices.  My goal is to develop initiatives that improve the quality of life for people who are veterans, disabled, or have diseases that impede their ability to enjoy their lives.
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Summer 2019 Undergrad Research on Chesapeake Bay (REU), Deadline: Feb. 15

Are you looking for a summer research internship studying ocean, coastal or environmental science? I invite you to check out the Maryland Sea Grant Summer REU program. We bring upper-level undergraduate students to the Chesapeake Bay to conduct individual research projects with a scientist-mentor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. We select undergrads in many disciplines, including engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, ecology and marine and environmental science.

Each REU fellow will receive:
$6,000 stipend 
Free housing at your research lab
Round-trip travel expenses

In particular, we encourage students from colleges and universities where acces! s to marine science and to research opportunities is limited and who ar! e from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math. We believe bringing together students from many disciplines, backgrounds and parts of the country makes for a more interesting and educational summer experience.

Join us for our 12-week program from May 19 to August 11, 2019. We are accepting applications through February 15. Please visit our website to find out more (www.mdsg.umd.edu/reu) or drop me a note at reu@mdsg.umd.edu. 
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