B-CU Welcomes 2019 National Science Foundation REU Scholars
The National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Mathematical Modeling in Environmental, Biological and Other Sciences (MMEBS) Program is an eight-week research experience for undergraduate students hosted by Bethune–Cookman University (B-CU) with support of the National Science Foundation. The program combines learning scientific, mathematical, and data analytics with project work on interdisciplinary application problems. Students are granted stipends and assistance with housing and travel.
B-CU is pleased to welcome the 2019 cohort: Mary Abusafieh (Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA); Jacob Adkins (New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL); Alexandra France (Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL); Jeriah Henry (Lawson State College, Birmingham, AL); Noah Hitchcock (Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA); Mica Jarocki (Trinity University, San Antonio, TX); Purva Lotwala (Georgia Gwinnett College, Atlanta, GA); Lilshay Rogers (Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC); Mervia Soius (Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL); and Gabriele Watkins (Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL).
Activities of the program are conducted by teams of students, closely supported by faculty mentors Dr. Seenith Sivasundaram, Dr. Yungkul Kim, Dr. Raphael D. Isokpehi, Dr. Juan Calderon and Dr. Sarah Krejci and Dr. Vishwa Trivedi.
The students, who are in the fields of computer science, biology, biomedical sciences, applied mathematics and environmental science will be conducting projects in the following areas:
Biological, Environmental Modeling
Disease Spread Modelling
Data Compression
Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Oyster Growth
Data Analytics of Expression and Neighborhood of Genes
Development of Cooperative Robotics Behaviors
Mobile Robot Navigation for Search-and-Rescue Tasks Using Reinforcement Learning
Machine Learning Techniques Applied to the Data Analysis Focused on Environmental Conservation
Spatial and Temporal Changes in Halifax River Lagoon Water Quality
Swarm Robotics Ocean Monitoring System
Determining the Extent of Fecal Coliform Contamination in Tomoka River Aquatic Preserve