The CHUST Program at CCNY

Summer Research Program with Colombian Universities at CCNY

Carlos Silvera Batista from Colombia was the first undergraduate student to work with me at the City College of New York. After successful graduation, Carlos invited me to participate in a conference held at the Universitdad de San Buenaventura in Cartagena de Indias, where he had received his first three years of training in Chemical Engineering. The visit and the support from the New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP) enabled the participation of our first two Colombian students in the summer 2008 research program at the City College of New York. Since then several undergraduate students from different Colombian University have participated in the summer research program of the chemical engineering department at the City College of New York.

Program Details:

         • 10 week program
         • time frame: any time between May 20th - August 20th
         • fellowship to partially cover living costs
         • research related to colloidal systems and assembly
         • scientific presentation in oral and poster format
         • weekly 1 page reports, 10 page final report

Current Participating Universities:

         • Universitdad de San Buenaventura, Cartagena (since 2008)
         • Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (since 2010)
         • Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (since 2011)

Interested? Send the following application material to Prof. Kretzschmar :

         • statement of purpose (in English)
         • CV (in English)
         • copy of transcript
         • letter of recommendation from faculty (in English)