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UROP

The MSEL Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is a structured research initiative for junior chemical engineering students. It aims to bridge fundamental theory with practical modeling and data-driven thinking.

MSEL UROP provides mentorship and curated educational materials to help participants develop foundational knowledge and quantitative skills while engaging with open-ended engineering challenges. Many graduates from this initiative pursue advanced studies and research careers.

1. Shared foundation

Orientation Series

Done

Entry guidance for all student researchers(2 lectures)

Digital Literacy

Done

Digital tools for engineering research(4 lectures)

Research Communication

Planned

Writing, presentation & figure standards(3 lectures)

2. Fundamental track

Modeling Foundations

Planned

ODE/PDE, operator, matrix, etc.(2 lectures)

Reactor Modeling & Analysis

Done

Computational modeling of reactors(4 lectures)

Adsorption Principles

Done

Adsorption thermodynamics & kinetics(5 lectures)

Process Design & Thermodynamics

Planned

Thermodynamic principles to process integration(3 lectures)

3. AI/ML track

Machine Learning

Done

Data-driven thinking(3 lectures)

Reinforcement Learning

On-going

Reinforcement learning for engineering(3 lectures)

Physics-Informed ML

Planned

PINN, DeepONet & Neural ODE for physics-data models(3 lectures)

Knowledge-Augmented AI

On-going

Semantic AI, GraphRAG, Ontology(3 lectures)

4. Process Systems Engineering

Process Optimization

On-going

Bayesian, stochastic & multi-objective optimization · surrogate modeling(4 lectures)

TEA / LCA

Planned

Techno-economic & life-cycle analysis(3 lectures)