UCSD MRSEC Programs
for Groups Under-represented in Science

In California, due to passage of a statewide Proposition, and subsequent legal and other developments, methods to increase diversity of students entering the University must now utilize criteria other than racial origin. However, the importance of increasing the representation and success rate for students from under-represented groups remains a committed goal of the University and of the MRSEC program.

• Spanish language science demonstrations to students and teachers (grades 4-8)
• Regents-approved plan for new UCSD On-Campus Charter Model School (grades 6-12)
• Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU)
  • Opportunities for undergraduates from UCSD and other external insitutions to participate in active reserach projects.
• Fellowships for minority/women graduate students.
• Academic/Industrial collaboration.
  • MRSEC graduate students present their research in biannual Research Reviews
  • Graduate students meet with technical representatives from the Industrial Sponsors of CMRR, as well as being invited to summer Internships, etc.
  • Participation in workshops on specialized research topics that CMRR presents several times during the year.
    • Finite Element Techniques in Electromagnetics and Micromagnetics
  • Seminars
    • Weekly - jointly sponsored by our MRSEC, the CMRR, and the UCSD departments of Physics, Chemistry, ECE, and AMES.
    • Monthly local chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society Seminar - coordinated with MRSEC and CMRR.