Service-Learning Research Projects
This program provides opportunities for students to work on some computing research projects under identified faculty mentors, and earn service-learning hours.
This program provides opportunities for students to work on some computing research projects under identified faculty mentors, and earn service-learning hours.
Students will work as a team on a computing research project under assigned faculty mentor(s).
Students may have two options:
Working on a project determined by a faculty;
Your faculty mentor will introduce the project and guide you through the computing research.
Or, developing your own project.
You will need to work with a team of up to 5 people.
Discuss your project idea with your team and your faculty mentor.
Look for advice from your faculty mentor to assist your project development.
Students' responsibilities: Students are expected to
Work proactively to discuss a weekly meeting time with their faculty mentor through Zoom or in person.
Submit your weekly report to your faculty mentor, which should briefly include the following:
Working time: describe your working hours. E.g., 3/1/2023 7:00pm-8:00pm
Planned tasks: describe what you are working on.
Actual progress: describe current progress or outcomes.
Plan for the next step: describe what you plan to do for next week.
Questions, concerns, or help needed: share some current questions, any concerns, or help/support that you need.
By 4/20/2023, work with the team to submit a final report in ppt, including:
Project Title + Names of Team Members & Faculty Mentor
Introduction: give an overview of the project.
Motivation/Significance: list the importance of this project and the potential contribution.
Method/Approach/Activities: describe what you did and your plan to do it.
Result/Outcomes: show your result/outcomes. You may include pictures, graphs, related data, products, etc.
Conclusion: summarize the lessons you learned through the service-learning project.
Present the work in 5-10 minutes as a group.
Based on the needs, the faculty mentor will provide the project information and guidance to support students' projects. Meanwhile, he or she will also evaluate and award the students with service-learning hours based on students' work performance.
Faculty mentors' responsibilities:
Meet with students weekly through zoom or in person.
Check with students' weekly reports:
Provide your feedback to guide students' next step.
Evaluate students' work, and record the service-learning hours.
Proofread students' final report(s) and provide inputs to help them to finalize their report(s).
Submit the lists of the students with earned service-learning hours.