2025 - Enhanced Research Experience for Undergraduates

Sponsored by the Summer Math Foundation,
the Stony Brook Department of Mathematics,
and Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA)

This program entails a twelve-month series of activities, during Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025.

What does the Enhanced Research Experience for Undergraduates consist of?

The program will start with a seminar (MAT402) covering topics in the area of Wave Propagation, to be held during Spring 2025. (Some further details about the topic of this course and subsequent research can be found here). This course will be led by Professor John Anderson. In March 2025, the Summer Math Committee, together with Professor Anderson, will choose the recipients of the Summer Math Scholarship among the interested students enrolled in MAT 402. (All students will earn the appropriate MAT 402 credit/grade. ) Participation in MAT 402 is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for receiving the Summer Math Scholarship. Since funding is limited, not everyone can always be supported.

During the Summer of 2025, the selected students will work for 10 weeks on a research program under the guidance of the supervising professor. During this period, the student will enroll in MAT 487 for 0 credits.

During the Fall of 2025, the selected students will register for MAT 495: Honors Thesis and will produce a paper about the results found during the summer. Each student agrees to present a poster on these results as part of URECA the following spring.

What does the program cover?

The program will cover on-campus housing, meal plan, and University student fees during Summer 2025 for the selected students. Alternatively, other arrangements can be made if living on campus is inappropriate.

What are the requirements to participate?

In order to participate in the REU, you should

• Be a current Stony Brook sophomore or junior Mathematics major (those graduating in December 2025 are also eligible).
• Have a math GPA of 3.5 or above.
• Have taken at least three 300-level mathematics courses.
• Be enrolled and in good standing at Stony Brook University.
• Not have received the Summer Math Scholarship previously.
• Enroll in MAT402 during Spring 2025, and identify your interest to the instructor.

Note

As always, students wishing to do an independent study with another faculty member are always eligible to enroll in MAT487 with that professor, pending approval, whether or not they are chosen for the SummerMath Scholarship.

The topic and lead faculty member(s) of the Enhanced Research Experience for Undergraduates change yearly.