On April 4, 2008, UCF and The Office of Undergraduate Studies will sponsor the fifth annual Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence in the Student Union Pegasus Ballroom.

As part of the mission to be one of the nation’s leading metropolitan research universities, UCF will showcase approximately 150 undergraduate research projects at this event. The purpose of this showcase is to provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to display and present their research topics, methodology, and findings to academic and public audiences; to afford undergraduate student presenters an opportunity to gain experience in visual and oral presentation skills; and to demonstrate to the university community the diversity of undergraduate research at UCF.

Undergraduate presenters at this showcase will be representative of numerous research programs and disciplines, such as Student-Mentor Academic Research Teams (SMART), the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs, the Research and Mentoring Program (RAMP), Honors in the Major (HIM), students supported by the Office of Research, students working independently with faculty on research projects, and any undergraduate UCF student who meets the Undergraduate Research Showcase criteria. All presenters will receive certificates of merit and participation, and scholarships are awarded to students whose projects are judged exemplary by faculty review panels.

For additional information, please go to
http://undergrad.ucf.edu/undergraduateresearch.php