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Recommended Citation: Winkler, H l and D Anderson.  Teaching Undergraduates IT Research in a NSF/DOE Sponsored Program.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2004, v 21 (Newport): §3152. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 3(22). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Teaching Undergraduates IT Research in a NSF/DOE Sponsored Program

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Hsui-lin Winkler    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University    [u1] [u2]
New York City, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Dennis Anderson    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University    [u1] [u2]
New York City, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

We conducted a faculty-student team (FaST) research project in a joint National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored program in the summer of 2003. With three students working in a designated research group at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), we designed a research project and managed the process for the purpose of teaching undergraduates the skills needed in a professional research environment. Through the process, we identified research skills that can be learned in a short but intense program vs. those that may require continuing efforts and motivation. The project management we applied in structuring and organizing the research program proved to be worthwhile in reaching our pre-defined objectives. This paper describes the research project, the team, the research environment and our assessment of the results.

Keywords: undergraduate research, faculty-student team, research environment, research skills, project management

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