This intensive nine week summer research experience will engage students in cutting edge, transdisciplinary research of immediate relevance to people in urban areas. Reflective Practice and Training ActivitiesĪ brief description of the activities in each strand follows: Cutting Edge Independent Research Projects.Cutting Edge Independent Research Projects.For more information about the program, please contact Alan Berkowitz at UWIN Undergraduate Research Program (URP) will engage students in activities in three interwoven strands that, when experienced together, provide a strong foundation for pursuing excellence in transdisciplinary research in urban water system sustainability: Shirley Vincent served as the program evaluator. Ali Musafavi, Texas A&M University, Jessica Bolson, Florida International University, and Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton University. Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and a leadership team that included Drs. Mazdak Arabi, Colorado State University, and other funds from Colorado State University and from the Institutions of its many mentor scientists. The UWIN UWP was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation to Dr. Students also received a travel allowance towards expenses associated with participating in the program, including travel to and from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, for the kick off and wrap up meetings, and travel to their research site.

Students received a participation stipend, on-campus or nearby housing, and a food allowance to help defray the cost of food. The 2016-2019 programs started and ended at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Co, with students spending 8 weeks at their mentors’ institutions. The 2020 program was offered virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students with different research interests – social sciences, natural sciences, engineering – were placed with a team of mentors at institutions in urban areas across the nation. Participants were given the opportunity to perform cutting edge, transdisciplinary research of immediate relevance to people in urban areas. The Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN) offered its fifth, and final, Undergraduate Research Program (URP) in the summer of 2020.

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