Week

Day

Time

Activity

Speaker / Contact

Location

1

Wednesday

May 30

Noon
(must check in by 3:00 pm)

Earliest check-in time at the Magnolia Apartments.
Upon check-in, pick up an REU welcome packet.

Dr. Thomas will arrive at Magnolia at 2:00 PM

Magnolia Apartments

5:00 pm

Participant Dinner @ Remington’s

Anthony (Students will meet at Magnolia at 4:30 PM)

Remington’s

Thursday

May 31

9:00  AM

Orientation meeting and breakfast 

College of Engineering, Room ENB 109

10:45 AM

Get campus IDs

Anthony

Marshall Center

11:45 AM

Welcome Lunch for participants, faculty  and graduate student mentors, and departmental and college representatives

Catered by Tony’s Restaurant

College of Engineering, Room ENB 109

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lab tours by Faculty/Graduate Student Mentor
Set-Up Lab Schedules

Monica

College
Mini-Tour & Lab Tours

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Paperwork, USF HR

Dena Chastain, Brett Annette

College of Engineering, Room ENB 109

3:30 – 4:00 PM

CREAM Evaluation

Melinda Hess

ENB 109

Friday

June 1

10:30 AM - 12 PM

Research Colloquium/Group Meeting

Dr. John Wolan

Monica (AV)

ENC 3006

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

University Wide REU Enrichment Activity

Dr. Naomi Yavneh

Campus View East

Saturday

June 2

10:00 AM

Busch Gardens

Dr. Naomi Yavneh

To be determined

Sunday

June 3

6:00-7:30 PM

Magnolia Orientation
Mixer: Pizza Party

Dr. Naomi Yavneh

Magnolia Apartments

2

Wednesday

June 6

10:00 AM – 12 PM

Library Workshop
(Introduction to the Library On-line Databases, Advanced Searching)

Matt Torrance  (4-2779)

USF Library

Friday

June 8

10:00 AM – 12 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting
“Research in Industry and Academia and Ethical Practices” (Distribution of Lab Manuals and Ethics Journals) -  Introduction to the REU Ethics Journal Club

Dr Sylvia Thomas
Assistant Dean
Dr. Mark Walters, USF St. Petersburg

ENC 3006

12:00 PM

Lunch Top of the Palms

To be Confirmed

Marshall Center

3

Wednesday

June 13

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting

OPEN

Friday

June 15

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting

Dr. Ashok Kumar

ENC 3006

4

Wednesday

June 20

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Seminar: Teaming and Mentoring:  Successful Tools for Skill Assessments

Dr. Howard G. Adams,  H.G. Adams & Associates

(ENB 313 or CUTR 102)

Friday

June 22

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Seminar: The Graduate School Process – Are you Ready for Graduate School?

Dr. Joan Holmes, USF Graduate School

(ENB 313 or CUTR 102)

Saturday

June 23

11 AM

MOSI  (www.mosi.org)

Dr. Sylvia Thomas

MOSI

5

Monday

June 25

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Mid Program Review – Office Hours for Individual REU Participants

Dr. Sylvia Thomas

ENB 140

Wednesday

June 27

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Nan materials & Nan manufacturing Research Center Presentation

Karen Oberne (4-2096) Robert Tufts (4-5274)

Presentation – ENB 313 (Group 1 & 2 Tours – NNRC)

Friday

June 29

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting
Moffitt Tour
  (www.moffitt.org)

Susan Meadows

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

12:00 PM

Lunch

Moffitt Cafeteria

6

Wednesday

July 4

All Day

Independence Day

Busch Gardens

Friday

July 6

10:00 AM -12:00 PM

Seminar: How to Write a Conference Research Paper

Dr. Miguel Labrador, USF CSE

ENB 313

7

Wednesday

July 11

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting OR Seminar

Dr. Rudy Schlaf, USF EE

ENC 3006

Friday

July 13

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting

OPEN

ENC 3006

Saturday

July 14

3:00 PM

REU Community Wide Event: Bowling Party

Dr. Naomi Yavneh

To be determined

8

Wednesday

July 18

10:30 AM -12:00 PM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting OR Seminar

OPEN

ENC 3006

Friday

July 20

10:30 AM – 12:00 AM

Research Colloquium /Group Meeting OR Seminar

OPEN

ENC 3006

9

Wednesday

July 25

10:30 AM – 12:00 AM

Ethics Journal Club: Survey Synopsis

Dr. Sylvia Thomas

ENC 3006

Friday

July 27

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Seminar: Career Strategies  - Academia, Industry, Government

Ms. Sheila Scott, NASA Consultant

CUTR 102 (Tentative)

10

Monday 

July 30

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

End-of-program Oral presentations

Dr. Sylvia Thomas

ENB 109

Wednesday

Aug 1

All day

Poster Competition Prep

REU Participants

NA

Thursday

Aug 2

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

USF Honors Hurricane Symposium & Lunch

Dr. Naomi Yavneh

To be determined

1:00 PM- 3:00 PM

USF COE REU Poster Session (NSF CS&E and Interdisciplinary)

Dr. Miguel Labrador, Dr. Sylvia Thomas

To be determined (Judges Requested)

Friday

Aug 3

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Awards Ceremony

To be determined

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Closing Lunch

To be determined

Saturday

Aug 4

Noon

Latest check-out time at Magnolia Apartments