Summer research opportunity

Program dates: June 19—July 29, 2017*Location: Campus of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VAHours: Full-time**Stipend: $6,000 plus full room and board, and travel to and from VT

We are announcing a new opportunity for STEM high school teachers to conduct research at Virginia Tech in the summer of 2017. The core of this NSF-sponsored program is an intensive 6-week summer research experience in a biomechanics lab. This is followed by continuing interaction with your lab and the program throughout the academic year. In addition to conducting original research, teachers will develop new educational material to supplement their home classrooms,

and we provide the necessary materials and equipment.

Sample research areas: animal locomotion (e.g., frog jumping), internal flow production in insects, bio-inspired robotics, swarming, soft tissue mechanics,

tissue engineering, bat echolocation, human sports biomechanics, microfluidics, mechanics of drinking, and more!

If interested, please apply via email by Saturday, Feb. 25 to:

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

*We are able to make accommodations for teachers whose school calendars overlap with our program dates.**Local teachers are not required to be housed on campus or to stay over the weekend

Dr. Jake Socha jjsocha@vt.eduBiomedical Engineering and Mechanics

Conduct research in biomechanics at Virginia Tech

Research Experience for Teachers: Biomechanics from molecular to organismal scales

For application details, please visit: http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~jjsocha/RET/RET.html