Powerpoint slides I co-presented to a group of freshman to inform them of about research and career in research.

1. Graduate School and
Research Opportunities
Kenya Alfaro
Jairo Maldonado

2. Quick Questionnaire
• Raise your hand if you know about research
• What kind of research fields are there? Yell them out
• Who believes that you can only do research if you get your
Masters or PhD?
• What do you think about when you think about Masters?
• What do you think about when you think about a PhD?
• Who is interested in research?

3. What does it mean to pursue a higher
education?

4. Graduate School – Pathway
Engineering Bachelors Degree
Higher Education
PhD
Industry
Masters

5. Difference between Masters and Doctorate
Masters
- Thesis/Non-Thesis
- Need to Pay unless
it is MIT
- About 2 Years
Doctorate
- Research Oriented –
Do not pay, they pay
you
- About 5 years
- Earn Masters along
the way

6. BUILD
• Building Infrastructure Leading to
Diversity
• Research Opportunity related to
Health
• Benefits:
• You get paid! How much?
• ~$1000 a month
• ~$3000 for tuition
• Priority Registration
• Deadline is in the Spring
• Application
• Personal Statement/Statement of
Purpose
• One Letter of Recommendation

7. Off Campus Opportunities
• Leadership Alliance
• Application: November 1, 2018 - February 1, 2019
• Schools: Stanford, Harvard, Brown, Yale and more.
• BIG 10 Academic Alliance SROP
• Application: November 1, 2018 - February 10, 2019
• Univ. Michigan, Northwestern, Rutgers, Purdue and more.
• AMGEN Scholars Program
• CSU Sally Casanova Pre Doctoral Scholars Program
• Numerous Campus-Specific Programs

8. Benefits of Off-Campus Research Programs
• Pay you to do research ranging from $2,000-$6,000 for 8 to 10
week programs
• Travel to different parts of the United States
• Explore different campuses and live at their dorms Planned
Activities:
• Kayaking
• Socials
• Boat Cruise
• Amusement Parks
• Meet different people from different backgrounds

9. Type of Research Done on Campus and Off-
Campus

10. Kenya
• Analyze brain signals to relate the
data to adverse factors
• Crime
• Drugs
• Mental Disorders
• Work with homeless participants
from the Long Beach Rescue Center

11. University of Georgia
• Preformed super-resolution to image
infected mitochondria
• Presentation was on the change of
mitochondrial morphology when a
respiratory virus was applied

12. Brown
University

13. JairoJairo: CSULB BUILD
• Developing a device to help
amputees avoid falls when
experiencing an external
disturbance
• Experience:
• Design and fabrication
• Data Analysis of motion data
• Coding and Electronics
• Made a direct impact in the lives
of amputees

14. Jairo: Northwestern SROP
• Tracked the mobility of post-
stroke patients to provide
real-time data to clinicians
• Experience:
• Data Analysis of GPS data on
MATALAB
• Worked directly with patients
• Wore an EXO-SUIT!
• Once more, made a direct
impact in the lives of others

15. Jairo: MIT MSRP
• Developed a pair of limbs of a
four-limbed robot to further
research on the MantisBot (a
wearable robot that supports
industry workers during
ground-level work)
• Experience:
• Design and Fabrication
• Stress analysis
• Coding and Electronics

16. Jairo: NASA JPL
• Aiding the Design Team with
the rapid prototyping phase of
the SubT Challenge
• Experience:
• Design and Fabrication
• Coding and Electronics

17. Why you should give research a try?
• Think of Research like this:
• It is experience
• You will learn hands-on techniques and build a project
• You will be under the guidance of people that are at top of their field
• If you do not love research, then drop it and pursue industry but
don’t knock it until you try it ;)

18. Closing Remarks

19. Thank you!