Chemistry Undergrad Research Opportunities

 

CSURP Summer Research Program

Dr. Gordon Purser is the director of the Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CSURP). This program is a 10-week summer experience during which students engage in state-of-the-art research, working under the direct supervision of a faculty mentor.  The program provides stipends for student researchers and in some cases provides housing and meals.  Opportunities for students exist in all five fields of chemistry: inorganic, organic, physical, analytical/environmental, and biochemical.

Engaging in chemical research plays an important role in the development of a chemist, and CSURP provides students enrolled at The University of Tulsa an opportunity to learn chemistry by doing chemical research. The model of undergraduate education used by the faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Tulsa is one in which the undergraduate experience is an inseparable part of the research experience. The department takes advantage of its rich resources and the diversity of its research programs and faculty to strengthen the quality of its undergraduate chemical education. CSURP also provides a special relationship between the undergraduate student and the faculty mentor. In return, the research faculties find new stimulation and creativity working with bright, imaginative, and eager students. Since TU is a small comprehensive university, this research opportunity is much more individualized than the programs that are available from large, impersonal universities, and it provides greater breadth of choices than are available from small colleges.

CSURP is available to all University of Tulsa students and is not limited to chemistry majors.  There is no minimum grade point average requirement for participation.  Undergraduates who are enthusiastic about engaging in research should visit with each faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to discuss opportunities. 

Generally students apply to CSURP following the completion of at least one academic year, however, entering TU freshman that are extremely well qualified may also be considered for CSURP on a highly selective basis.   Entering freshman interested in CSURP may obtain application forms from Dr. Gordon Purser, the director of the program.

For further information about CSURP or other research opportunities within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Tulsa, contact Dr. Gordon Purser, Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK  74104.  Ph: (918) 631-3331; Fax: (918) 631-3404; E-mail: gordon-purser@utulsa.edu