Here's some common resources that I've compiled to help students -- especially those who are interested in research.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me any time (even if it's not for my lab).

I'll be away on sabbatical for the 2024-25 academic year, but I'll still be available to help by email or Zoom.

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Undergraduate Research

Here's a few brief handouts for students interested in research:

1) Getting Started with undergraduate Research at USU

• How to find a research mentor

2) Supplemental Funding to support undergraduate research

• USU has many programs aimed at students of all levels (Freshman through Senior)
• Some are university-wide, others are engineering-specific

3) Tips When Applying for Supplemental Funding

• Written with EURS in mind, but much of this advice is broadly applicable to other programs
  

And here are some slides from a workshop on What is Undergraduate Research? that covers much of the same content

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Introduction to Engineering Research

Slides from my new MAE 5930: Introduction to Engineering Research course, first offered in Spring 2024:

1) Introduction
2) How to Write a Paper
3) Literature Reviews
4) How to Read a Paper
5) How to Write a Proposal
6) Presenting at Conferences
7) Making the Most of your Time in Grad School
8) How to Write a CV
9) Research Jobs in Academia

• (We also had guest speakers from National Labs and Industry, but I don't have their slides)

10) Project Management
11) Data Management
12) Working in Teams

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Digital Image Correlation

A sequence of lab activities that I teach in MAE 5040: Experimental Solid Mechanics that we also use as training exercises in my lab (last updated Summer 2023):

Overview
Lab 1: DIC Speckling Methods / Image Manipulation in MATLAB
Lab 2: Rigid Body Displacement (2D-DIC)
Lab 3: Homogeneous Strain Measurements / Tension Testing
Lab 4: Heterogeneous Strain Measurements / Necking
Lab 5: Out-of-Plane Bending (3D-DIC)
Lab 6: Vibration-based Fatigue Testing