graduate<\/a> students.\u00a0Colas will be one of about 450 students at the SURE presentations that begin at 1 p.m.\u00a0April 7 in the Pegasus Ballroom in the Student Union. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\u201cPresenting at the showcase gives students an important opportunity to communicate their research, both to attendees in their field of work and to the general public,\u201d said Aubrey Kuperman, coordinator of the Office of Undergraduate Research.<\/p>\n
Colas is an undergraduate research assistant in the College of Optics & Photonics\u2019\u00a0Fiber Optics Lab, where he studies the applications of light coursing through glass strands the thickness of a human hair.<\/p>\n
Preparing for the showcase gave Colas the opportunity to spend time working with his mentors\u00a0— professor Axel Sch\u00fclzgen and doctoral candidate Amy Van Newkirk. The individual attention enabled him to gain real-world insights he deems critical to his future growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of students just go to class and then don\u2019t take the time to know their professors,\u201d Colas said. \u201cDeveloping a relationship with a professor helps you understand what they do, and then you get to ask them questions that will help you going forward, such as: What does it take to get to grad school? How did you get where you are today?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eventually Colas wants to get a job in research and development, and he knows communicating his work is important. SURE helps him hone those skills. Last year he earned an honorable mention for his presentation. This year he hopes to do better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait,\u201d Colas said. \u201cI\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
The week kicks off April 4 with a day of workshops, and on\u00a0April 5-6 students from all disciplines across campus will share their research with the UCF community. Both events will be in the Student Union Pegasus Ballroom. Student presenters will share their work and compete for cash awards for best in category presentations.<\/p>\n
For\u00a0details about the week\u00a0and a schedule, visit www.ResearchWeek.ucf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year, student Burdley Colas presented for the first time at the Showcase of Undergraduate Research (SURE), which is part 色花堂 Student Research Week. The senior said he did it because he wanted to gain skills that he hopes will make him a better candidate for graduate school. He got so much out of the experience, that this year…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":71532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,23],"tags":[11,2015,6336,7301,3489,7093,4705],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-71495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-research","tag-graduate-studies","tag-graduate-research-forum","tag-graduate-student-association","tag-office-of-prestigious-awards","tag-office-of-undergraduate-research","tag-student-research-week","tag-tim-brown"],"yoast_head":"\nStudent Research Week to Feature Projects, Workshops<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n