Who is doing what research?

How can I participate?

It turns out these very simple questions are not very easy to answer.

So, our recourse team for Undergraduate Research has come up with an idea.

Why not design a Research Hub specifically for undergraduates so that they can explore the research opportunities available to them?

Research skills take time to develop. So it makes sense to start early in your undergraduate career. But until you have a  map with some guideposts, it’s easy to get lost and frustrated.

Chris Goldenstein’s thoughts on a wireframe for the research hub

Right now, the world of undergraduate research within ME is difficult to navigate. We can make it a whole lot easier by coming up with a web design that is accessible, flexible, and easy to update. We’re looking at designs like this one: highly visual, fast to load, easy to explore.  All built on a WordPress platform.

In our last Strategy Sprint, we began to explore wireframe for this new research hub. Here’s that wireframe idea that Chris Goldenstein came up with.   As you can see, Chris suggests that we organize the site around research opportunities by undergraduate class. In this way, the faculty can help guide undergraduate students on the type of research experiences that build off of one another. We can also use a system of categories and tags to make research projects easier to find.

This is just one idea. There may be others.

If you’d like to help us out, please contact Ed Morrison at edmorrison@purdue.edu.