HSI STEM

Faculty Interest Form

Thank you for your interest in becoming a faculty mentor for the HSI STEM 2021 Summer Bridge to The Beach Program beginning Thursday, June 9 through Friday, August 6, 2021.

This year, we are offering a modified program to current transfer students who have participated in the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 EXCEL Transfer Learning Community and are in good academic standing. The current campus social distancing requirements and the safety protocols established in the labs for this summer necessitates these modifications for this year’s program.

We are certain that your mentorship and guidance, along with their experience in an active research project, will engage students in contemporary research, while facilitating their transition to other minority research programs on campus. Our hope is that, in turn, the students will increase their academic performance and retention in STEM majors.

Given that this summer’s event offers both in-person and virtual research opportunities, your thorough responses to this interest form will permit the HSI STEM Team to best match students to faculty members that share common interests.

Research Expectations and Guidelines

SBB students must be engaged in hands-on, full-time research from June 14 – August 6. Hands-on nor virtual research does not include writing manuals, reports, curriculum development, lab experiments, nor shadowing only. Literature review is expected for background information necessary at the beginning of the research experience, but should not be the primary focus. Please direct questions or concerns to Dr. Marinez at eric.marinez@csulb.edu or Lark Crumpler at lark.crumpler@csulb.edu.

Student Placement

Students will be matched based on student and faculty availability/match. Only 1-2 students maximum will be assigned to each faculty member. Please note that there is always a possibility that an appropriate match cannot be made, even if you are selected.

First Name *

Last Name *

Have you participated as a faculty mentor with HSI STEM previously?

Yes

No

Department *

Lab Location *

Location of Office *

Phone Number *

Email Address *

Faculty Web Address (If Applicable)

Check the boxes that best applies to you. *

In-person Lab Research

Field Research

Virtual Research

Other

If you checked Virtual Research, describe how the research will take place. *

Please provide a brief abstract of your research. Include the overall objective, long-term goal(s), and the student's role in your research project. *

If you are currently working with a transfer student(s), please list their name(s) and indicate if you would recommend them to the Summer Bridge to The Beach Program *

Please provide a proposed description of how the student will be involved and specific questions the student will answer throughout the research experience *

Besides yourself, who will be involved in the research training during the program dates of June 14 - August 6, 2021? *

Would you be willing to take 1 or 2 students? (Due to safety protocols, no more than 2 students will be matched per faculty member.) *

1

2

Do you have minimum qualifications for students to be placed as part of your research team (Matlab, Python, SolidWorks, Autocad, etc.)? *

Yes

No

If yes, please list the desired skills and experience needed for qualification. *

The HSI STEM Team will host an online Summer Bridge Faculty Information Session on Friday, May 21, 2021, from 11am-12pm. Will you be able to attend? (More details to follow.) *

Yes

No

Maybe

At the online Information Session, you will receive additional information from Student Programs Coordinator, Lark Crumpler, if there is a potential match between you and a student.
Please submit this Faculty Interest Form by the deadline of May 7, 2021 at 10pm.