UROP

Ta Corrales Sanchez, former D-Lab UROP, working in the D-Lab shop.
Ta Corrales Sanchez, former D-Lab UROP, working in the D-Lab shop.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Join an existing research project with one of our research staff members as a UROP! You may also propose a research project you have developed from work done in a D-Lab class or on a D-Lab fieldwork trip. See below for current listings!

Compensation for UROPs

  • MIT students may receive pay or credit
  • Non-MIT students may receive credit only

Spring 2022 UROP Listings

Development of an Android app for SMS communication with users of clay pot coolers in low-income rural communities

Modeling of heat and mass transfer of evaporative cooling devices for improved vegetable storage in low-income rural communities

Factors that contribute to or hinder effective co-design

Summer 2022 UROP Listings

Design optimization of evaporative cooling technologies for fruit and vegetable storage in low-income rural communities

 

Eligibility

  • MIT Students
    All registered MIT undergraduates in good academic standing, including transfer students.
  • Wellesley College Students
    Cross-registered Wellesley undergraduates participating through the MIT-Wellesley Exchange Program (credit only).
  • Students participating in an official MIT Undergraduate Exchange
    During their semester(s) of study at MIT.

More information

Subscribe to D-Lab UROP listserv

MIT UROP Office

Contact

Megha Hegde, MIT D-Lab Research Associate & UROP Coordinator