REU Program for STEM students

Aligarh : Undergraduate STEM discipline students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have been invited to apply for the ‘Research Experience for Undergraduates’ (REU) Program of the APJ Abdul Kalam STEM Education and Research Center of AMU and Ohio State University (OSU).

According to Prof Tauheed Ahmad (Department of Physics, AMU), Prof Sultana Nahar (OSU), Prof Farukh Arjmand (Department of Chemistry, AMU) and Prof Ekram Khan (Chairman, Department of Electronics Engineering), “STEM discipline students pursuing in the fifth semester of B.Sc Hons (Physical and life sciences and mathematics) and B. Tech students in their third year and fifth semester) with CGPA of 7.5 and can apply for the six-month duration REU program of the APJ Abdul Kalam STEM-ER Center beginning from October 20”.

They informed: Research for the programme will be conducted at the facilities of faculty advisors. The students will write their undergraduate dissertations followed by public presentations at the APJ Abdul Kalam STEM-ER Center.

Interested candidates must submit their applications with updated CVs and a letter of intent spread over one page stating why they wish to carry out graduate research projects. The applications will be accepted till September 20 through emails at [email protected].

Meanwhile, AMU faculty members teaching STEM subjects have also been invited to apply for the role of Advisors to students in the REU Program.

Interested faculty members need to give their consent with updated CVs till September 30 at [email protected].