College of Arts & Science at Miami University
Behind the Red Brick: Student Research at Miami
Undergraduate and graduate students have many opportunities to participate in research at Miami University. Hear what students and faculty have to say about their research in the videos available below. Or read more in The Miami University Report special issue on undergraduate research — summer 2009 [PDF].
A Completely Different Perspective on History
You can get this information in books. You can get it online. You can see pictures. But, unless you're here and, seeing how the buildings are constructed, seeing the paint, seeing the brickwork, touching it ... It's a completely different perspective on history.
[Listen and watch faculty and students talk about the restoration being done in White Water Shaker Village, Ohio.]
Keep Tahoe Blue
One of the primary interests of our lab is to study the effects of ultraviolet radiation [UV] on aquatic organisms. So what this generally means is that we get to work where the sun shines and water is blue — places like Lake Tahoe here in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
[Listen and watch graduate student Andrew Tucker talk about his research at Lake Tahoe.]
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Working in a lab as an undergraduate was a pretty big opportunity ... I had a class with Dr. Gonzalez and she mentioned to the class that she had a position available. So I approached her and was given the opportunity to work in her lab and I've been doing so for the past 2 years.
[Learn about ecological field and lab research opportunities at Miami University.]
Exploring Humankind through Primatology
Students are encouraged and supported to do independent primatology research. Miami University students have studied primates in captivity and in the wild. For example, they've worked ... abroad in the countries of Senegal, Madagascar, Thailand, and Uganda, among others.
[Listen and watch Dr. Linda Marchant describe the scope and nature of student and faculty primatology research at Miami.]
If you have a passion for studying non-human primates or if you just want to know a good deal more about your nearest relatives, then why not consider studying primatology at Miami University ... and remember, you're a primate, too!
[Listen and watch Dr. Marchant describe the primatology research of former Miami undergraduates.]
The Coldest Matter in the Universe
My undergraduate and graduate students build state-of-the-art laser systems and sophisticated electronic and magnetic control systems for the experiments. If you like building things and conducting cool — micro-Kelvin cool — cutting edge research, then come to Miami and visit my lab.
[Listen to Dr. Bali and watch students conducting research in a physics lab.]
[An] amazing thing about ... working in a research lab is the opportunity to work with students and teachers who are all very enthusiastic ... Not many other students in other institutions get a chance to actually see these concepts put into real life.
[Listen to Courtney and other students talk their physics research.]
From Amazon to Youtube: The Impact of the Internet on U.S. Cultures and Communication (ENG H101)
From Amazon to Youtube is a first-year seminar for Honors and Scholars students and it is part of the first-year writing program. In this class, I seek to help students become more effective writers ...
[Listen to Dr. McKee and watch students conducting research in the digital classroom.]
The ability to use plasma screens in the classroom helps with group activities because when we all need to look at the same document or collaborate on information, it's all right there on the big screen.
[Listen to Patrick and other students talk about research in the digital classroom.]
Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
If you'd like to do research in this exciting field, then Miami University is a great choice. As an undergraduate, you'll have the opportunity to use state-of-the-art instrumentation, working alongside graduate students and faculty ...
[Learn what we do at the center and watch students conducting research.]
My research project deals with working on a bacterium that causes pneumonia in soldiers returning from Iraq ... and also wound infections in soldiers returning from Iraq and immunocompromised people ...
[Listen to Jennifer and other students talk about their research.]
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