Studying at UNH: Education and Research Opportunities

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I gave this presentation in September 2009 in Budapest, to Budapest University of Technology and Economics students interested in the BUTE-UNH exchange program and the UNH CEPS summer internships.

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STUDYING AT UNH: EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Andrew Kun

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UNH and CEPS Spending a semester at UNH Summer internship Your questions

Where is UNH?

Where is UNH?

Boston (1 hr)

NYC(4-5 hrs)

DC (7-8 hr)

Education: who, what?

14,000 students: 12,000 undergraduate 2,000 graduate

≈ 1,000 faculty 100+ majors

Money matters

2008 budget: $482 million 2008 research funding: $99 million Cost of education (non-resident,

undergraduate): ≈ $34,000/year

CEPS

Engineering Physical Sciences

Departments: Engineering

Chemical Civil Electrical and Computer Environmental Mechanical

Departments: Sciences

Chemistry Computer Science Earth Sciences Mathematics and Statistics Physics

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UNH and CEPS Spending a semester at UNH Summer internship Your questions

Why?

What is your competitive advantage? Education? Cutting-edge research experience? English (verbal and written)? Can you adapt to change?

How?

Támpont Iroda Helfrich Máté (helfrich.mate@sc.bme.hu)

Kiss Eszter (eszter.kiss@mail.bme.hu)

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UNH and CEPS Spending a semester at UNH Summer internship Your questions

CEPS summer internships

Graduate, undergraduate Find CEPS professor to work with 8-10 weeks – negotiate with professor:

Last week of May to mid-August $6,000 (10 weeks):

Visa Travel Expenses

Some research opportunities In every department IOL Ocean mapping EOS (e.g. Space Science)

Project54 lab

Topics: Ubicomp HCI

Areas In-car computing Handheld computing Multitouch computing

Graduate school?

MS, PhD

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UNH and CEPS Spending a semester at UNH Summer internship Your questions

Questions?

Links: ceps.unh.edu andrewkun.com andrew.kun@unh.edu (magyarul OK)

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