The purpose of the office of undergraduate research really is to connect students to the opportunities to work with faculty members
To engage in research and the reason why we want students to be engaged in research is because it is a proven
high-impact practice for people who are not familiar with cal poly pomona and they may not realize how many
Opportunities for undergraduate research there are on this campus as an undergraduate student at cal poly pomona you actually have possibly even more
opportunities to do research than compared to other traditional research institutions that people might think of
Before I was in the McNair program
I knew nothing about research
But because they gave me the proper tools and resources and because they believed in me and made me
Empowered to be the change I wanted to see in myself
So because I noticed that there is a lack of women in politics. I wanted to research that because they gave me the
Power to believe in myself, and I feel like because of that I am a better student. I'm better at analysis. I'm better at
Critiquing my own work, and I'm better at being a researcher, so I'm very thankful to the McNair program
My focus in research is on using aerospace technology to essentially increase precision agriculture the
Offices like the office of undergraduate research has several programs that students can get involved in these programs
Encourage students to get involved in research by connecting them with a researcher on campus who's conducting
Current research and has funding for it, but the program's themselves also provide funding for students
So you either receive a stipend?
Or you receive hourly pay for the research that you do and so these
Programs that I'm involved in will help me to prepare for a ph.d program
Ultimately and be able to be ready once I get there to conduct further research
The focus of my research is actually fuel cell research for transportation application with the opportunities provided from the Honors College
there were a variety of skills that I learned from my research the main one that comes to mind is actually my communication skills and
Definitely another skill that I've learned is my ability to problem-solve
Because the ability to look at something realize that there's a problem
Identify the problem and come up with a viable solution is very important and can be applied throughout industry
Or just day-to-day life
And the other big one that I learned definitely is working together with other people
Towards a common goal because in our research program
You're not working alone and definitely learning everybody at working with everyone else's schedule
Learning their weaknesses and their strengths to come together to reach a common goal is very important
So they learn by doing philosophy at Cal Poly Pomona really is
Exemplified by the students doing research that will help them whether they go to into graduate school or straight into a career
