The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE Program) encompasses (1) a seven-part series of professional development modules aimed at supplementing summertime research and creative work; (2) a $125,000 grant opportunity for UHM mentors to propose summertime projects aimed at involving undergraduate…
Aloha mai kākou. I hope that this finds all of you coming out of your summer research and creative work activities refreshed and invigorated as a student, mentor, or colleague. As Fall approaches, I want to provide some food for…
The semesterly Undergraduate Showcase is an opportunity for UHM undergraduate students to present the results of their faculty-mentored research and creative work projects to their peers, faculty, and the general public. UROP partners with the Honors Program to hold these…
UROP continued to support undergraduate research and creative work across the UHM campus in AY24 through is three student-funding opportunities. Entering Research and Creative Work UROP’s Entering Research and Creative Work (ERC) opportunity provides funding for early-career undergraduate students to…
The Summer 2024 Douglas S. Yamamura Scholarship for a STEM project was awarded to Angel Sanchez (Cinematic Arts & Philippine Language and Culture double major), who is currently a double major at UH Mānoa studying both Cinematic Arts and Philippine…
The Spring 2024 Douglas S. Yamamura Scholarship for a STEM project was awarded to Gabriel Custodio (Psychology major), who graduated from James B. Castle High School. His project, “Environmental complexity on cognitive load and simulator sickness in head-mounted virtual reality,”…
Sophie Wong (Molecular and Cell Biology major), a UROP Project funding recipient, is a junior at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa mentored by Dr. Jesse B. Owens, Assistant Professor in the Institute for Biogenesis Research at the John A.…
Sapphira Akins (Mechanical Engineering major), a UROP Presentation funding recipient mentored by Dr. Peter Englert in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), is a part of a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student group selected as one of…