Undergraduate Research and Teaching Experience

Why Engage in Undergraduate Research?

Develop personal relationship with faculty
Meet and interact with graduate students
Apply theory learnt in classroom
Create new knowledge through your own work
Gain experience for graduate school
Make better informed decisions about future career

Resources

RPI Undergraduate Research Program Web Page
General information about URP (Undergraduate Research Program) at RPI, commonly asked questions, URP application form, general URP opportunities, etc.
SoE Undergraduate Research Web Page
General information about undergraduate research in the School of Engineering.
ECSE Faculty Research Areas
Browse research areas and research interests of individual faculty members.

ECSE Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Undergraduate research projects in the ECSE department are arranged based on mutual interests of individual faculty members and students. If you are interested in doing research with a faculty member in his/her research area, please contact the faculty member directly. For general questions about undergraduate research opportunities in the ECSE Department, you can also contact Prof. Jian Sun (jsun@rpi.edu; Office: JEC 5009).

Recent Undergraduate Research Projects

These are the recently completed undergraduate research projects supervised by ECSE faculty. You can look at them to get an idea about what a typical undergraduate research project may be like.

Undergraduate Teaching Experience

The ECSE Department also offers Teaching Assistantship (TA) to undergraduate students who are interested in and qualified for assisting the teaching of certain courses. To be considered for these TA positions, please contact Prof. Michael Wozny (woznym@ecse.rpi.edu; Office: JEC 6052).