RESEARCH. UC Davis, jointly with the Department of Applied Science, the Hertz Foundation, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, offers a two week Undergraduate Summer Institute in Applied Science to students entering their senior year. The Institute provides participants with a unique opportunity to develop an understanding of the basic principles and the state-of-the-art techniques in several exciting areas of applied science. The curriculum consists of lectures and projects in areas such as laser and magnetic fusion, free-electron lasers, laboratory x-ray lasers, computational modeling, surface and interface science, solid state chemistry and physics, biomedical sciences, metallurgy, materials, precision engineering neural networks and selected topics on national security. The application deadline is January 31.
Undergraduate Summer Institute, Department of Applied Science University of California, Davis/Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PO Box 88, L-794, Livermore CA 94551
Nancy Klement: (510) 422-3760