UAB Undergraduate Experience to Be Showcased at April 24 Event

A sampling of projects that represent the research, scholarship and creative undergraduate experience beyond the classroom at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will be showcased in two sessions Friday, April 24.

April 23, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A sampling of projects that represent the research, scholarship and creative undergraduate experience beyond the classroom at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will be showcased in two sessions Friday, April 24. Examples of the students' work will be on display from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Center Court at the Campus Recreation Center, 1501 University Blvd. Oral presentations will be presented from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in rooms 102, 106 and 126 in Heritage Hall, 1401 University Blvd.

"UAB Expo: An Exposition of Undergraduate Scholarship" will feature student projects produced under the guidance of faculty mentors. Several projects will be presented by students in the language represented by their topic or course. Projects include:

  • Original music composition, one for performance by copy machines ("Paper Jam")
  • Original short stories for advanced Spanish presented in Spanish
  • Original artwork
  • Video game design
  • Assistive technology for those with physical disabilities
  • Remote sensing technology to identify malaria breeding zones
  • Conservation research on a variety of sea turtles
  • Progress of hypertension and Alzheimer's disease
  • Variable speed pumping systems efficiencies
  • Breast cancer

"The undergraduate experience at UAB goes far beyond the classroom and includes every discipline on campus," said Christopher W. Reaves, Ph.D., director of the UAB Office for Undergraduate Research. "This event gives our students a chance to present their work in a professional manner and see what other students are doing. It not only allows them to share their hard work, it prepares them for the future when they will present their work at conferences, in journals, for inclusion in exhibitions or as part of their applications for graduate school or employment.

"Much of the credit goes to the UAB faculty, who provide hands-on learning and research opportunities for students," Reaves said. "At graduation, UAB students not only have a degree in hand, but also four years of applied experience and knowhow that is extremely attractive to the graduate schools and businesses recruiting them."

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