Research Experience Vitalizing Science - University Program (REVS-UP)

Program Directors	Andreas Gebauer	Ron Hughes
offices	Science II 271	Education 119
phone	(661) 654-6840	(661) 654-3471
fax	(661) 654-2040	(661) 654-2016

e-mail: stem@csub.edu

Program Description

The School of Natural Science & Mathematics and the School of Education at California State University Bakersfield offer a joint program in science and mathematics funded by Chevron Corp. This program is designed to rejuvenate middle and high school science teachers as well as intends to increase interest of high school students in careers in sciences & mathematics by offering hands-on research experiences for teacher-student teams in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, and physics.

The Summer 2008 research projects will take place between July 14 and August 7, 2008.
All positions in the 2008 REVS-UP Program are filled.

Interested middle and high school teachers need to submit the following materials:

Application
Rank list of projects
Letter of recommendation from their department chair, principal, or college instructor.
Personal statement describing their interest

Interested high school students need to submit the following materials:

Application
Rank list of projects
Letter of recommendation from a high school science teacher or councilor
Current High School transcripts.
Personal statement describing their interest

The 2007 summer projects have sucessfully concluded with a general poster session on August 9, 2007. For local coverage, see this this article in the Bakersfield Californian from July 26, 2007. You can also watch this clip that aired during the August 16,2007 11:00 p.m. news cast on Channel 23.

Selected images from the 2007 Research Projects

Collection of basil leaves for analysis.	Collection of basil leaves for analysis.
Synthesis of chemiluminescence materials.	Geology participants work on computers.
Waiting for quantum chemistry calculations.	Waiting for quantum chemistry calculations.
Physics experiments in progress.	Physics experiments in progress.
Studying scorpions under the microscope.	Studying scorpions under the microscope.
Geology participants studying drill cores.	Geology participants studying drill cores.
Geology participants studying drill core content under the microscope.	Time to prepare posters.