Student Research

All students are encouraged to engage in research. Students may begin research projects as early as freshmen year. The research projects are lead by Ursinus faculty and often faculty from surround institutions. Visit the faculty page to see published articles by Ursinus faculty and students.

Research can be carried out for 1 credit (3 hours/week), 2 credits (6 hours/week) or 4 credits (12 hours/week). A 4 credit research fulfills the requirement for an independent learning experience.

Research may be completed in the department Mac lab. However, most research is done throughout campus in various meeting rooms.

Students may complete research in the Fall and Spring semesters. Students also have the opportunity to stay over the summer and work on research projects. This program is a competitive program called Summer Fellows.

Each year, many student researchers present their work at the Ursinus College Annual Celebration of Student Achievement Day, as well as at regional, national, and international science meetings. Students publish their research in undergraduate research journals on a regular basis and have the opportunity to publish with faculty in professional scientific journals.

Research opportunities are available in various disciplines within the department.Topics of research are listed below.

Math

• Vertex operator algebras
• Kac-Moody Lie algebras
• Relations to q-series, partitions, combinatorics, and number theory
• Topology
• Luternik-Schnirelmann category
• Discrete Morse Theory
• Applied Math to System Biology

Computer Science

• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Social Networks
• Sematic Web
• App Development
• Data Mining
• Detection and prevention of Cyberbullying and Internet Predation
• Machine Learning
• Information Retrieval
• Entrepreneurship

Statistics

• Statistical Genetics
• Computational molecular evolution
• Games of chance
• Statistics education