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this application form.
Personal Information
Last Name
First Name
Permanent Email:
Alternative Email:
Mobile phone:
Home Phone No.
Campus address:
Permanent home address:
Educational Information:
Name of the University:
Department:
Degree:
Major:
Other Major:
GPA (out of 4):
Minor:
* enter NA if no minor
Current status:
Freshmen
Sophomore
Junior
Expected Graduation Year:
(e.g.: 2009)
Post graduate plans
(select one):
M.S.
Ph.D.
Medical School
Work
Not sure yet
List any honors, prizes, awards:
List any relevant course, independent study, research, professional or work experience (enter NA if not applicable):
List any other REU programs in which you have participated (enter NA if not applicable).:
Research Interest:
For a description of the Research Areas, click here. Indicate your interests:
Sensors for Biomechanics
Micro and Nanotechnology and Devices
Robotics
Wireless Sensor Network Applications
Sensors for Medical Applications
Optical Sensors
Physical Implementation of Computing
Sensors in General
Indicate which faculty member you would like to work with (see SUNFEST website) in order of preference. This does not guarantee that a position is available in his/her lab, but we will try to match your interest if possible.
1:
2:
Where did you hear about the SUNFEST program?
Other Information
Citizenship:
US
Gender:
Female
Permanent Resident
Male
Other non-US Citizen
The SUNFEST program seeks to draw students from diverse backgrounds. The information requested below will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of our efforts to recruit and select a diverse group of students. The information is confidential and voluntary.
Disability Status:
Hearing impaired
Ethnic background:
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Visual impaired
Asian
Mobility impaired
Black or African-American
Other:
Hispanic or Latino
None
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
White
Other:
References
If the letters are send by regular mail, send them to the address shown at the bottom of the form.
Reference 1:
Name:
Institution:
Title
Phone:
Email:
Reference 2:
Name:
Institution:
Title
Phone:
Email:
Letters of recommendations can be emailed to sunfest@ese.upenn.edu or
mailed in a sealed envelope. If emailed as an attachment, the
filename should have your fullName_recommendersName, e.g. smith_keven_Wang.pdf
and mention in the Subject line:
"SUNFEST Recommendation for Your_LastName")
Attachments
Only
.PDF (preferred) & .TXT attachments are accepted.
Files should have the file's content and the applicant's full name at the beginning of the document being uploaded
(i.e., "Essay of John Smith").
To create a PDF (.pdf) from Microsoft Word (if
using Windows, must have Adobe Acrobat Full installed),
follow these instructions:
From Microsoft Word, choose File > Print
Choose "Acrobat Distiller" from the first
drop down box, Printer Name
Click the Print butto
To create a Text (.txt) file from Microsoft Word,
follow these instructions:
From Microsoft Word, File > Save As
Choose the "Save As Type: Plain Text (*.txt)"
In the next dialog box, check the option for "Insert
Line Breaks".
1. Resume
2. One page essay, describe your educational and career plans, and any specific areas of research in which you are interested. Why do you wish to participate in the SUNFEST REU program?
3. Official Transcript
If you don’t have a softcopy, you can mail it to the address below.
Additional Information
Enter any additional information here:
* Max.300 characters. Text only; no formatted text or html.
Prof. J. Van der Spiegel
SUNFEST Program
University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering
200 S. 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314 sunfest@ese.upenn.edu www.ese.upenn.edu/sunfest
Electrical
& Systems Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Room 203 Moore Building
200 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
