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Welcome to the Marquette University MSCS Department REU Wiki

Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Computation Across the Disciplines

Throughout science and engineering fields, the availability of cheap computer processing power is driving increased interest in large-scale and multi-scale problems that were previously thought to be intractable or unsolvable through traditional methods. The rise of high-throughput, parallel, and distributed computing technologies has created a great need for researchers and practitioners with a deep understanding of computer science, mathematical modeling and statistical methods who can work across disciplines to build real solutions. This can include developing new computational methodologies, computer software and/or computer systems, as well as new theoretical models.

At the same time, ever smaller computing platforms have inserted computation into mobile, embedded, and ubiquitous realms of human experience that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. Energy consumption of both massive computing clusters and battery-operated appliances is of great concern.

Our mentor research areas lie in all of these areas, as well as in how people learn to work in these fields, and how we prepare the next generation of students to explore computational sciences and mathematics.

Application Process

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Projects

Research Areas

Applied Mathematical Modeling:

• Using Gaussian Stochastic Processes (GaSP) for Hazard Mapping. Student Researchers: John Bihn, Tao Cui, Dakota Sullivan Mentor Dr. Elaine Spiller
• Risk Modeling for Pyroclastic Volcano Flows. Mentor Dr. Elaine Spiller
• Data Assimilation For Fluid Dynamic Models. Mentor Dr. Elaine Spiller
• GasDay-GasHour Inequality Student Researcher: Jackson Streeter Mentor Dr. George Corliss
• Minimizing Total Distance in Sudoku Number Entry. Student Researcher: Trisha Handley Mentor Dr. Kim Factor
• Developing Methods to Study Complex Food Webs. Student Researcher: Benjamin Barros. Mentor Dr. Kim Factor
• Application of Competition Graphs and (1,2)-step Competition Graphs. Student Researcher: Lenzi Cram. Mentor Dr. Kim Factor
• The Role of Leptin in Fat, Inflammation and the Immune System. Student Researcher: Sarah Minucci Mentor: Dr. Stephen Merrill
• Characteristics of the (i,j)-Step Competition Graphs of Real Food Webs. Student Researcher: Nathan Sponberg Mentor Dr. Kim Factor

High Performance Computing and Computational Science:

• Discovering Significant Pathways of Gene Regulation. Mentor Dr. Serdar Bozdag

Embedded, Mobile, and Ubiquitous Systems:

• Embedded Xinu Operating System on Raspberry Pi. Mentor Dr. Dennis Brylow
• Self-Contained Solar Energy Experiment Kits. Mentors Dr. Dennis Brylow and Dr. Lisa Bosman.
• H^3 App: Blackberry Highway Exit Helper for Hungry Travelers. Mentor Dr. Praveen Madiraju

Data Science:

• Understanding Unanticipated, Social Consequences of Popular Algorithms. Mentor Dr. Shion Guha

Mathematics and Computer Science Education:

• Mathematical Argumentation in K-8. Mentor Dr. Marta Magiera

• Self-Contained Solar Energy Experiment Kits. Mentors Dr. Dennis Brylow and Dr. Lisa Bosman.

Projects from Previous Years

Summer 2016 Projects

Summer 2015 Projects

Summer 2014 Projects

Summer 2013 Projects

Summer 2012 Projects

Summer 2011 Projects

Summer 2010 Projects

Summer 2009 Projects

All inquiries may be routed to the site coordinators, Dr. Dennis Brylow and Dr. Kim Factor.