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Relationships between Undergraduate Research and the Advanced Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2015

Colin Inglefield
Colin Inglefield*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Weber State University, 1415 Edvalson St. Dept. 2508, Ogden, UT, 84408, U.S.A.
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Abstract

I will present a model for a complementary relationship between an undergraduate research program and the undergraduate teaching laboratory in materials science. One clear example is using the teaching laboratory to prepare students to do more independent undergraduate research by emphasizing appropriate skills and knowledge, but there are several others. Undergraduate researchers can work with faculty to develop novel experiments and apparatus that can be used in the teaching laboratory. Undergraduates can gain working knowledge of common research techniques and equipment within their program. The ideas should be applicable to any institution placing a priority on undergraduate research and undergraduate education.

Keywords

educationMössbauerscanning electron microscopy (SEM)
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1762: Symposium AAA – Undergraduate Research in Materials Science—Impacts and Benefits , 2015 , mrsf14-1762-aaa06-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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