Kick-off Event

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Raja GuhaThakurta

(Director, UCSC SIP)

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Kresge Town Hall, UCSC — Monday June 6, 2016

High-school students conducting real research

Introductions and Thanks

Core of Administrative Team

Emily Entress

Gina Hernan

Nina Arnberg

Sue Grasso*

Joanne Yamaguma*

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SPHERE Partner Liaison

Emily Entress

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Project/Application Management System

Bob Stillerman

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Website

Emily Entress

Atticus Woodbury

Brian Tuan

Peter Minogue

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Workshops for Interns

Nina Arnberg

Claire Dorman*

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Office Space and Meeting Rooms

Jenna Scarpelli

Maria Sliwinski

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Finances

Emily Entress

Lisa Ellis

Kristin Mott

Sue Grasso*

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Laboratory and Field Work Safety

Lisa Wisser

Donna Riggs

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Housing

Gina Hernan

Jennifer Bloom

Michael Luttrell

Alejandra Fuentes

Catherine Mayorga

Victor Popoca

Sue Grasso*

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Shuttle

Inken Sparkman

Susan Park

Jimmy Engelman

Kaitlin Prentice

Yamindira KanagaSundaram

Michael Luttrell

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High-school and Other Partners

Luz Deras

Anita Chetty

Kelly Neal

Winston Nilumol

Josh Fishman

Chris Bischof

Amanda Sandoval-Estrada

Maria Rocha-Ruiz

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Strategic Planning and Support

Maggie Johnson

Ira Pramanick

Jeff Dean & Heidi Hopper

Boris Debic

Victor Perton

Gordon Ringold

May Chen

Maggie Tuan

Inken Sparkman

Celina Morgan-Standard

Tony Nguyen

Jennifer Kane

Scott Brandt*

Emily says hi!

Brief Program Overview

• Cutting-edge real STEM research projects
• Symbiotic in nature
• Distributed format
• Events calendar
• Campus housing; daily shuttle

ABOUT SIP

Markers of SIP’s Success

• Success in Siemens and Intel competitions
• Lead-author posters at scientific conferences
• Co-authors on peer-reviewed scientific journal articles
• Placement in top colleges
• Many returning interns and mentors
• Generous support for the program

ABOUT SIP

Success in science competitions

12 regional finalists and

47 semifinalists out of

~150 SIP interns who have submitted papers to the Siemens Competition

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4 finalists and 27 semifinalists out of

~50 SIP interns who have submitted papers to the Intel Science Talent Search

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*The numbers above do not include SIP alumni who submitted non-SIP research projects

Colleges that SIP alumni attend

*Does not include alumni who intend to enroll in fall 2016

Growth of SIP: Public/Private HS

ABOUT SIP

2016 SIP Interns by Gender

ABOUT SIP

Research Areas in 2016 SIP

ABOUT SIP

Astronomy and Astrophysics

• 28 Interns
• 13 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

ASTRO

Biomolecular Engineering

• 9 Interns
• 4 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

BME

Chemistry and Biochemistry

• 12 Interns
• 6 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

CHEM/

BIOCHEM

Computer Science/Computer Engineering

• 12 Interns
• 5 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

CS/CE

Economics

• 5 Interns
• 2 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

ECON

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• 31 Interns
• 16 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

EEB

EEB

Electrical Engineering

• 6 Interns
• 3 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

EE

Earth and Marine Sciences

• 5 Interns
• 3 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

EMS

Environmental Studies

• 6 Interns
• 3 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

ENVS

Linguistics

• 5 Interns
• 4 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

METX

LINGUISTICS

Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

• 4 Interns
• 2 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

METX

MCD BIO

Physics

• 2 Interns
• 1 Project

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MENTOR INTROS

PHYSICS

Psychology

• 21 Interns
• 11 Projects

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MENTOR INTROS

PSYCH

PSYCH

PSYCH

Precautions

Resources

• Computational resources
• Office space

• Lab and field work safety training

PRECAUTIONS / RESOURCES

Returning SIP Interns’ Perspectives

• Rachel Zheng
• Spencer Cheleden
• Anita Ilango
• Megha Ilango

ADVICE FOR INTERNS

Keys to Success

• Take ownership – it’s your research project
• What you put in is what you get out
• Understand the broader context of your research
• Teamwork and collaboration are important
• Make efficient use of your mentor’s time
• Act professionally

ADVICE FOR INTERNS

Follow Up

• Submitting papers to the Siemens and Intel nation-wide science competitions

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• Contributing to meeting abstracts and journal papers; presenting at meetings

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• Letters of recommendations from mentors

POST-SUMMER

A Classification System for STEM Research Activities

Thank You!

http://ucsc-sip.org ucsc-sip@ucsc.edu

SIP partner organizations: