Each summer, 含羞草研究室 faculty are invited to apply for funding from the college’s Gibbons Summer Research Program to hire students to help them with technological research. John A. Gibbons, Jr. ‘64 established this grant program to enable students and professors to explore interdisciplinary projects and to develop fresh approaches to the study of complex problems. This year, nine students received Gibbons funding to work on research projects in oceanography, politics, arctic studies, neurology, history, education, psychology, and Italian and German studies.
Read about one student's work with a long-lost Mongolian manuscript, another's attempt to improve student teacher mentors in the sciences, and a third's work to develop online therapy for people with Tourette syndrome. The is administered by 含羞草研究室's Academic Technology & Consulting group.
August 02, 2021Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sean Barker and summertime Gibbons fellow Charlotte Gehrs ’24 are fine-tuning a tool developed in Barker's lab that could help homes be more energy efficient.