EECS Advanced Undergraduate Research Program ('Super' UROP)

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The EECS Department has developed a new “Super” UROP in which students can commit to a year-long research project working with both faculty and industry mentors and earning a certificate. Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan has spearheaded this effort to build a deeper research experience for EECS undergraduates with the potential to better prepare students who want to continue in graduate school or enter industry or even be involved with startups. The new "Super" UROP experience will be available starting Fall, 2012.

Read more in the May 8, 2012 MIT Tech article titled: "Course 6 develops new 'Super' UROPs. Students can commit to year-long research project & earn certificate." The program is illustrated in the diagram below.

Visit the Super UROP website to learn about the 80+ projects available for this new program and, to register and apply.  (MIT certificates required).

 

Super UROP flow schematic illustrating choices and credits

 Super-UROP: Paper-based-Graphene Glucose Sensors
Development of Paper-based Graphene Glucose Sensors Faculty Advisor: Prof. Tomas Palacios Contact e-mail: tpalacios@mit.edu Research Area(s): BioEECS, Materials and Devices In this project, we will fabricate graphene sensor devices on paper to provide a low cost solution to glucose monitoring in diabetic patients.
Super-UROP: Crowd-Powered Audio Tuner
Crowd-Powered Audio Tuner Faculty Advisor: Prof. Rob Miller Contact e-mail: rcm@mit.edu Research Area(s): Graphics and Human-Computer Interfaces The CarSinch project is exploring the possibilities of crowd computing in the car, helping a driver manage information technology...
Super-UROP: Energy-efficient Architectures for Next Generation Video
Energy-efficient Architectures for Next Generation Video Faculty Advisor: Anantha Chandrakasan Mentor(s): Mehul Tikekar Contact e-mail: anantha@mtl.mit.edu, mtikekar@MIT.EDU Research Area(s): Circuits, Computer Systems Most video codecs, such as the ones in Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime and YouTube...
Super-UROP: Bullet time smartphone app
Bullet time smartphone app Faculty Advisor: Fredo Durand Contact e-mail: fredo@mit.edu Research Area(s): Graphics and Human-Computer Interfaces Bullet time effects, made popular by movies such as the Matrix, freeze an action...
Super-UROP: Printable Robots
Printable Robots Faculty Advisor: Daniela Rus Contact e-mail: rus@csail.mit.edu Research Area(s): Artificial Intelligence, Circuits, Communications, Computer Systems, Control, Materials and Devices The goal of this project is to build a variety of flexible robotic systems from scratch... 
Super-UROP: A development environment for entrepreneurship and mobile apps
A development environment for entrepreneurship and mobile apps Faculty Advisor: Prof. Hal Abelson Contact e-mail: hal@mit.edu Research Area(s): Computer Systems The goal of this project is to build and test an integrated development environment where undergraduates can generate ideas for mobile applications...
Super-UROP: Non-destructive breakdown voltage evaluation of High-voltage GaN FETs
Non-destructive breakdown voltage evaluation of High-voltage GaN FETs Faculty Advisor: Jesus del Alamo Contact e-mail: alamo@mit.edu Research Area(s): Materials and Devices This project is about developing non-destructive and non-degrading techniques to evaluate the breakdown voltage of high-voltage GaN FETs.