Student Information Session from Sept 13
See a recording of the Student Information Session.
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 research teams forming now!
Steps to joining an ACURA research team
- Check out the list of projects in the three academic divisions and contact the faculty mentors.
- See ACURA Student Expectations for students who join an ACURA team.
Online ACURA Undergraduate Research Fair 2021
The ACURA Online Research Fair was active from April 12 to April 16, 2021.
Five-minute student recordings for each ACURA project can be viewed at the link above.
The paper "Preliminary Thermal Validation Tests for Education-Class CubeSats and Weather Balloon Payloads" by students Lingqi Li and Kenjiro S. Lay and Masataka Okutsu, assistant professor of engineering, was published in the Journal of Small Satellites.
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ACURA is opportunity
- Collaborate closely with a faculty research mentor on a hands-on research project and/or creative work over the course of one academic year,
- Receive academic credit (one credit in fall; two credits in the spring) for their research activity,
- Gain valuable research, technical, and artistic experience for more advanced levels of scholarly work, and/or for use in future careers,
- Present one’s research findings at the Annual ACURA Poster Fair, at a research lecture at the Fall Colloquium, and/or at a local or national research conference
- Publish one’s original work and discoveries in partnership with one’s research mentor.
Abington students, Jung Eun Park and Kenjiro Lay win first place in the Science and Engineering Division at the 2019 ACURA Poster Fair and also at the Eastern Regional Fair at Penn State Hazleton. Faculty Advisor Dr. Masataka Okutsu.
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