Research Internships
The McNair Scholars Programs Provides a six-week summer semester research internship program.
You will be paired with a Lamar University faculty member who's research interests match your own. Under the direction of this mentor, you will participate in a research project.
Other Program Highlights
- Up to a $2,800 stipend for the internship period
- Three semester hours in an undergraduate research course, tuition, room and board during the internship period
- Funded trips to professional conference and graduate school visits
- Access to laptops during the internship
- Individualized seminars on research skills, the graduate school application process, financial support available to graduate students and preparation for the GRE
- Access to research and computing facilities
- Opportunities to interact with successful role models who have earned terminal degrees
Scholar Honors
Christie Luong
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley
Department: Industrial Engineering / Speech and Hearing Sciences
Topic: Nanotechnology: Novel Material Structures for Ferroelectrets
Matthew Flores
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xianchang Li
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Topic: An Analysis of Airfoils at Hypersonic Speeds Using CFD
Harvest Prater
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Long
Department: Speech and Hearing Services
Topic: Care Intervetion in Aphasia Among Nursing and Speech and Hearing Students