Research
When it comes to research, our faculty is never in the background. Our work is cutting-edge, innovative, and features interdisciplinary collaboration and complex problem solving.
Meeting and exceeding today’s challenges is our faculty’s trademark, where the focus is on research that helps change the way world works and addresses society’s challenges. At SIU, you can be part our commitment.
Here you will be encounter some of the world’s pre-eminent experts in their fields, and also find an environment that sets no limits on innovation, or your potential for success.
State-of-the-art research is currently underway with faculty whose expertise is lies in fundamental areas of mechanical engineering, and also faculty whose complimentary expertise helps solve challenging problems in cross-cutting research areas.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
At SIU you are in select company as an undergraduate when it comes to research opportunities. With a consistent ranking as a top 100 public research university we are among the top 5 percent of research institutions in the United States.
Various internal funding programs help MAME faculty establish research programs, fund graduate and undergraduate assistantships, win external grants, and travel to conferences.REACH (Research-Enriched Academic Challenge), our undergraduate research program, offers small grants and other opportunities for undergraduates to gain research expertise by working alongside faculty mentors.
The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration provides grant-related services to faculty and students and has many online resources. Undergraduates also can apply directly to certain government or nonprofit agency programs for research grants and off-campus summer research fellowships. Most of these competitive programs are discipline-specific, and the success rate can be high. Faculty in your program may be aware of such opportunities, or contact the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. Another good source of information about research scholarships and fellowships is the Office of Major Scholarship Advisement. Talk to your advisor and to faculty in your program about getting involved with research.