Lehigh University

Undergraduate Researcher

June - August 2022 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

The active role I played in experimentation and choosing what issues to follow in our research. I also liked the variety in each day of my internship—some days were spent doing optical alignment while others I spent with collaborators synthesizing gels.

What I wish was different

I wish we had worked with a greater variety of samples.

Advice

Work from the beginning to synthesize your research and summarize justifications for each part.

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Mountain Top Project Fellow at Lehigh University

May - August 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

What I wish was different

More guidence

Advice

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Undergraduate Researcher

May 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

A lot of freedom, along with a lot of learning. I was taught how to use a lot of different analysis techniques and instruments that graduate students use, including Uv-Vis and XRD. In addition, I was basically treated like a graduate student, which was cool. (Went to group meetings, read papers etc)

What I wish was different

Research is hard. Be ready for weeks (months) of no data, failed experiments, frustration, not understanding, and boredom. Also, since you are the lowest on the totem pole, you will be responsible for making buffers, filling pipette tip boxes and other busy work that needs to get done for the graduate students. However, this is only a small part of the experience and you will also learn from this. Mostly though, research is hard.

Advice

Honestly, the experience depends on the professor and graduate student you are paired up with. Some are really friendly whereas others are strict and make the experience unpleasant (I have seen this happen to my peers). Also, if you enjoy your research topic you will have a good time and vice versa.

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Physics Research Intern

June 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

I like the work I've been doing. There's a lot of data analysis that I enjoy. I also enjoyed networking and doing the physical construction of new detectors.

What I wish was different

Advice

It's important to reach out to professors about research opportunities. They have plenty of work for you to do, and you'll learn a lot along the way!

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Undergraduate research assistant

June - August 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

Lots of hands on experience

What I wish was different

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Mountaintop Project: Beyond Bars

May - August 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

I liked the experience of research, especially when the research ends in something that can make a real world difference. It was great to learn about planning meetings and appointments to gain knowledge and also learn about other projects that were occurring from technology to South Bethlehem News.

What I wish was different

I wish there was a more collaboration between the project I was in and possible outside partners.

Advice

Enjoy everyday on the project, because the research days are the difficult days before the impact, it leads to the best results of impact towards the community.

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Researcher

June - August 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

Flexible to my work schedule and preferences; driven by my interests

What I wish was different

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Reseacher

June - August 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

What I wish was different

Advice

Take the most out of it. There are a lot of resources, but what you learn from it depends on you!

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Lehigh summer engineering institute research mentor

June - August 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

The chance to work with gifted high schoolers.

What I wish was different

Weird hours

Advice

Take advantage of any opportunities you can

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Student Researcher

May - July 2019 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

What I wish was different

Advice

Look on the NSF REU sites page first for grad school experience in the natural sciences!

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Tour Guide

May 2018 • Bethlehem, PA

What I liked

I love being able to express my love for Lehigh to prospective students!!

What I wish was different

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Undergraduate Research Assistant

June - August 2018 • Limoges, Haute-Vienne

What I liked

The travel experience was very fulfilling. It was also great to get some first time lab experience in a high quality materials research lab and see what the research process looks like first hand.

What I wish was different

I wish that I had been given the opportunity to undertake more laboratory tasks myself or conduct an experiment or two on my own.

Advice

Be proactive in the laboratory and actively look for things to help with in order to learn more. Otherwise, try to get a better understanding of the theory behind each experiment by reading the literature.

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