Five Indiana County students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania have been selected for IUP’s Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research program, known as U-SOAR.
The 10-week program pairs undergraduates with faculty mentors to conduct original research or creative projects in any discipline. This year’s participants are music education major Kylie Diem, psychology major Maura Knepper, political science major Charise McNeal, studio art major Kai Southard, and computer science and math major Jacob Vanluven — all from Indiana County. Their projects range from studying mental health challenges in musicians, to analyzing nuclear deterrence, to creating computer vision hand-navigation systems.
U-SOAR also includes workshops and seminars on research skills and professional development. The program concludes with a Research Symposium on August 20, open to the IUP community.
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