Participation in undergraduate research leads to
student recognition
Physics Professor Robert Fisher along with student and Goldwater Scholar Mckenzie Ferrari.
As a national research university, UMass Dartmouth encourages undergraduate students to pursue research activities. The College of Engineering and Office of Undergraduate Research work closely to provide students with a high-quality academic experience by pairing students with faculty mentors, promoting publication and presentation opportunities, and providing the necessary funding to support projects. Our partnerships with agencies, professional societies, and private foundations also provide generous funding to help support students like physics major Mckenzie Ferrari ’23. Mckenzie was recently named a Goldwater Scholar, becoming the first recipient of the prestigious recognition in UMass Dartmouth’s history. The highly competitive scholarship was established by Congress in 1986 to
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support college students who show exceptional promise in becoming the nation’s next generation of natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering research leaders. “I am tremendously proud that the Goldwater Scholarship program has named Mckenzie a 2022 scholar. Mckenzie richly deserves this recognition on the basis of her ground-breaking astrophysical research accomplishments and her stellar academic record,” said Dr. Robert Fisher, physics professor and graduate program director at UMass Dartmouth’s College of Engineering. “I hope that other UMass Dartmouth students both in the sciences and engineering and in other disciplines will look to Mckenzie’s trailblazing achievements and realize that their personal aspirations and dreams are also within their reach.”
Visit the Office of Undergraduate Research online at:
umassd.edu/our
