1. UIUC Total Enrollment: 44,520 32,281Undergrad 12,239Grad and Professional Engr Total Enrollment:10,157 7,112Undergrad 3,045Grad and Professional Engineering U/G Students Abroad 12/13:298 95SEM/AY 131Summer 14Winter Break 58Risk Management Students Out on Research Abroad Programs 10Semester (SP ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14 and FA ‘13) 32Summer (SU ‘13)

2. Summer Research Experiences Have become more popular with the students Students participate after their freshman year Students work with engineering faculty and graduate students Students receiving tech elective credit Creates an interest and awareness regarding research earlier in students academic career

3. Selection of Research Projects Done by host school – Provide list and description for students to apply to – Typically a limited number Students submit application for project – Projects initially reviewed by UIUC faculty Final Credit Determined Upon Completion of Program – Final report reviewed by faculty upon return – Hours spent on project submitted by host school – Research project included on transcript

4. Ambiguity Students do not know for sure they will receive tech credit when they go Why do they go??? – The chance to gain research experience when they can’t at home – Doing research at a premier institution while… – Gaining language and culture experience

5. Research Topics Taken Detailed dimensional & geometrical measurement of a Human knee Model Improved System of Road Safety for Cyclists Analysis of Nanomaterial's Effects of Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes on Biological Fluids Discovery process in Bluetooth WPAN Mechanical study of bone cements: Effects of nanomaterial's Hybrid adhesives joint of aluminum alloys & steels