Summer research opportunity Program dates: June 20—July 30, 2016* Location: Campus of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Hours: Full-time** Stipend: $6,000 plus full room and board, and travel to and from VT We are announcing a new opportunity for STEM high school teachers to conduct research at Virginia Tech in the summer of 2016. The core of this NSF-sponsored program is an intensive 6-week summer research experience in a biomechanics lab. This is followed by continuing interaction with your lab and the program throughout the academic year. In addition to conducting original research, teachers will develop new educational material to supplement their home classrooms. Sample research areas: animal locomotion (e.g., frog jumping), internal flow production in insects, bio-inspired robotics, swarming, soft tissue mechanics, tissue engineering, bat echolocation, occupational biomechanics (e.g., how low back pain forms), electroporation, mechanics of drinking, and more! If interested, please apply via email by Monday, Feb. 29 to: Sponsored by the National Science Foundation *We are able to make accommodations for teachers whose school calendars overlap with our program dates. **Local teachers are not required to be housed on campus or to stay over the weekend Dr. Jake Socha [email protected] Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Conduct research in biomechanics at Virginia Tech Research Experience for Teachers: Biomechanics from molecular to organismal scales For application details, please visit: http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~jjsocha/RET/RET.html

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Summer research opportunity

Program dates: June 20—July 30, 2016*Location: Campus of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VAHours: Full-time**Stipend: $6,000 plus full room and board, and travel to and from VT

We are announcing a new opportunity for STEM high school

teachers to conduct research at Virginia Tech in the summer of 2016. The core of this NSF-sponsored program is an intensive 6-week summer research experience in a biomechanics lab. This is followed by continuing interaction with your lab and the program throughout the academic year. In addition to conducting original research, teachers will develop new educational material to supplement their home classrooms.

Sample research areas: animal locomotion (e.g., frog jumping), internal flow production in insects, bio-inspired robotics, swarming, soft tissue mechanics,

tissue engineering, bat echolocation, occupational biomechanics (e.g., how low back pain forms), electroporation, mechanics of drinking, and more!

If interested, please apply via email by Monday, Feb. 29 to:

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

*We are able to make accommodations for teachers whose school calendars overlap with our program dates.**Local teachers are not required to be housed on campus or to stay over the weekend

Dr. Jake Socha [email protected] Engineering and Mechanics

Conduct research in biomechanics at Virginia Tech

Research Experience for Teachers:

Biomechanics from molecular to

organismal scales

For application details, please visit: http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~jjsocha/RET/RET.html