UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT

Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation of some problem in chemical engineering or applied chemistry or carry out a special project under the supervision of the staff. Credit for the course is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. No more than 6 points in this course may be counted toward the satisfaction of the B.S. degree requirements.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Lauren E Marbella
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• Instructor: Vivian F McNeill
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• Instructor: Allie Obermeyer
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• Instructor: Ben O'Shaughnessy
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• Instructor: Ah-Hyung Alissa Park
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• Instructor: Mijo Simunovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Dan Steingart
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• Instructor: Alexander Urban
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• Instructor: Venkat Venkatasubramanian
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• Instructor: Alan West
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 48 Info
• 0-6 points

INDENPDENT RSCH NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

Prerequisites: The written permission of the faculty member is required. Points: 1-4 The opportunity to conduct an independent research project in nuclear nonproliferation studies is open to all majors. A product and detailed report is presented by the student when the project is completed. Section 1: Emlyn Hughes Section 2: Ivana N. Hughes Section 3: Monica Rouco-Molina

• Department: Columbia College
• Instructor: Emlyn W Hughes
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• Instructor: Ivana N Hughes
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• 1-4 points

UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN

This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Athanasios Bourtsalas
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• Instructor: Kartik Chandran
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 51 Info
• Instructor: Xi Chen
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Robert Farrauto
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• Instructor: Raymond Farinato
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Vasilis Fthenakis
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 55 Info
• Instructor: Pierre Gentine
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 43 Info
• Instructor: Upmanu Lall
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 68 Info
• Instructor: Wade McGillis
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• Instructor: Nagaraj Devarayasamudram
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• Instructor: Ah-Hyung Alissa Park
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• 0-3 points

UNDERGRAD RES-ENVIRONMTL ENGIN

This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 points of this course may be counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in Earth and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a special project under the supervision of EAEE faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report. This course cannot substitute for the Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999x or EAEE E3999y)

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Ah-Hyung Alissa Park
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• Instructor: Dan Steingart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• Instructor: Nickolas Themelis
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• Instructor: Bolun Xu
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• Instructor: Yin Yip Ngai
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• 0-3 points

SENIOR SEMINAR IN FILM STUDIES

A seminar for senior film majors planning to write a research paper in film history/theory/culture. Course content changes yearly.

• Department: Film
• R 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Annette Insdorf
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH OR PROJECT

Prerequisites: approval by a faculty member who agrees to supervise the work. Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Shipra Agrawal
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• Instructor: Eric Balkanski
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• Instructor: Daniel Bienstock
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• Instructor: Agostino Capponi
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• Instructor: Emanuel Derman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Adam N Elmachtoub
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Yuri Faenza
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• Instructor: Donald Goldfarb
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
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• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
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• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• Instructor: Cedric Josz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Christian Kroer
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• Instructor: Daniel Lacker
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Henry Lam
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Uday Menon
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• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: Clifford Stein
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Wenpin Tang
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• Instructor: Van Anh Truong
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Ward Whitt
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia h-index: 102 Info
• Instructor: David D Yao
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Yi Zhang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Xunyu Zhou
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• Instructor: Jenny S Mak
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• Instructor: Michael Robbins
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• 1-3 points

HONORS TUTORIAL IN MECH ENGIN

Prerequisites: 3.2 or higher GPA Individual study; may be selected after the first term of the junior year by students maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average. Normally not to be taken in a student's final semester. Course format may vary from individual tutorial to laboratory work to seminar instruction under faculty supervision. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor. Students may count up to 6 points toward degree requirements. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write up at the end of the semester.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Sunil Agrawal
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• Instructor: Peter J. Schuck
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• Instructor: Gerard H Ateshian
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• Instructor: Michael Burke
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• Instructor: Joshua B Browne
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• Instructor: Matei T Ciocarlie
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• Instructor: James Hone
  CULPA: 11 h-index: 124 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• Instructor: Richard W Longman
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Michael J Massimino
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• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Kristin Myers
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Arvind Narayanaswamy
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Vijay Vedula
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Y. Lawrence Yao
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 95 Info
• Instructor: Hod Lipson
  Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• Instructor: Karen Kasza
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• Instructor: Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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• 1-3 points

UNDERGRAD RES IN MATERIALS SCI

This course may be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 points of this course may be counted toward the satisfaction of the B.S. degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an investigation in materials science or carry out a special project under the supervision of the staff. Credit for the course is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis or final report.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Katayun Barmak
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 49 Info
• Instructor: Simon Billinge
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 75 Info
• Instructor: Siu-Wai Chan
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• Instructor: James Im
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• Instructor: Yuan Yang
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• 0-4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required. For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.

• Department: Physics
• Instructor: Jeremy R Dodd
  CULPA: 25 Info
• 1-5 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required. For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.

• Department: Physics and Astronomy @Barnard
• 1-5 points

SENIOR THESIS I

Prerequisites: Department approval required. See requirements for a major in visual arts. VIAR UN3900 is the prerequisite for VIAR UN3901. Corequisites: VIAR UN3910 (Formerly R3901) Students must enroll in both semesters of the course (VIAR UN3900 and VIAR UN3901). The student is required to produce a significant body of work in which the ideas, method of investigation, and execution are determined by the student. A plan is developed in consultation with the faculty. Seminars; presentations. At the end, an exhibition or other public venue is presented for evaluation. Studio space is provided.

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 5:15 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicola G Lopez
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• 2 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

SR SEM: ARCHITECTURAL CRITICI

Readings, individual class presentations, and written reports.

• Department: Architecture @Barnard
• R noon-1:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Suzanne Stephens
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• 4 points

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Weekly seminar to accompany Senior Honors Thesis Lab (CHEM BC3903). Focus is on scientific presentation and writing skills and research conduct.

• Department: Chemistry @Barnard
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Christina Vizcarra
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• 4 points

SENIOR SEMINAR

Guided, independent, in-depth research culminating in the senior thesis in the spring. Includes discussion about scientific presentations and posters, data analysis, library research methods and scientific writing. Students review work in progress and share results through oral reports. Weekly seminar to review work in progress and share results through oral and written reports.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

Prerequisites: the written permission of the staff member who agrees to act as sponsor (sponsorship limited to full-time instructors on the staff list), as well as the director of undergraduate studies permission. The written permission must be deposited with the director of undergraduate studies before registration is completed. Guided reading and study in mathematics. A student who wishes to undertake individual study under this program must present a specific project to a member of the staff and secure his or her willingness to act as sponsor. Written reports and periodic conferences with the instructor.

• Department: Mathematics
• Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld
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• Instructor: Dusa McDuff
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Francesco Lin
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• Instructor: Ivan Corwin
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• Instructor: David A Bayer
  CULPA: 43 Info
• Instructor: Ovidiu Savin
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• Instructor: Stephen Miller
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• 1-3 points

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH I

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Kimberly Marten
  CULPA: 71 Wikipedia h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: David E Spiro
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• 1-6 points