Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) provides UMD students of all backgrounds, disciplines, and levels of experience with the opportunity to engage in scaffolded, multidisciplinary team-based projects.
Why Join a VIP Team?
Students
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Earn academic credit while gaining hands-on experience on a scaffolded, multidisciplinary, faculty-led research team.
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Participate and grow for multiple semesters.
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Develop discipline-based skills and broad professional competencies, including enhanced abilities to communicate, think critically, lead, and operate as a professional within a team-based environment.
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As your VIP experience grows semester to semester, develop as a leader.
Why Start a VIP Team?
Campus Partners
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Advance your research & innovation with long-term student support.
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Lead a multidisciplinary, scalable team with sustained peer mentoring.
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Launch, grow, and succeed through the support we provide for student recruitment, team selection, course creation and scheduling, and other related materials.
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Be a part of a community of VIP Faculty Mentors who meet, discuss, and grow together.
Current VIP Teams
Option 1: Drop down and select from a menu connected to the database.
3D-Printed Video Game-Playing Soft Robots
Dr. Ryan Sochol
Mechanical Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Baby Brains
Dr. Tracy Riggins
Department of Psychology
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Beyond Co-Intelligence
Mr. Kevin Calabro
Keystone Program
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Biosensors
Dr. Catherine Spirito
Office of Undergraduate Research
Engineering on the Edge of Space
Dr. Mary Bowden
Aerospace Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Food, Integrated Environmental, Animal & Laboratory Detection Systems
Dr. Magaly Toro
Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Integrated Media for Policy, Agriculture, Climate & Technology
Dr. Rebecca Epanchin-Niell
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources & UMD Extension
Mini-Breadboard Data Center
Dr. Lingnan Lin
Mechanical Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Research/Research
Dr. Cari Ferguson
Office of Undergraduate Research
RetroComp
Dr. Jeffrey Moro
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
TestuGo: A Bluetooth Navigation & Exploration App
Mr. Bryan Quinn
Electrical and Computer Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Water Quality, Outreach, and Wellness - WOW, What a Team!
Dr. Brienna Anderson
Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health
School of Public Health
Wood Vault
Dr. Ning Zeng
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
<desc> lab
Dr. Raffaele Viglianti
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Belonging for Immigrants and Refugees with Disabilities (BIRD)
Dr. Veronica Kang
Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education
College of Education
Beyond-Lithium Battery Materials
Dr. David Stewart
Materials Science and Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Community Learning Garden
Meredith Epstein
Institute of Applied Agriculture
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Exoskeleton Explorers: Arthropod-Inspired 3D Printed Robots
Dr. Molly Carton
Mechanical Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Go with the Flow!
Dr. Ken Kiger
Mechanical Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Integrating Sociology in Technology, Engineering, and Policy (INSTEP)
Dr. Timothy Reedy
Science, Technology, and Society
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Quantum Machine Learning
Dr. Shabnam Jabeen
Office of Undergraduate Research
Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement
Dr. Ronald Yaros
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Sodium Fire Safety in Nuclear Power Plants
Dr. Peter Sunderland
Fire Protection Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
The Immersive Realities in Digital Humanities Workgroup
Dr. Marisa Parham
Department of English & Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Wind TERPines
Dr. James Baeder
Aerospace Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Option 2: Check boxes from a specific column in the dataset. Also note smaller size for Teams to display. Removed faculty profiles and school/college affiliation to save space.
3D-Printed Video Game-Playing Soft Robots
3D printing & prototyping, CAD & hardware design, circuit design
Belonging for Immigrants and Refugees with Disabilities (BIRD)
mixed methods, qualitative & quantitative research, community advocacy
Biosensors
molecular biology, sensor design, data analysis & visualization
Exoskeleton Explorers: Arthropod-Inspired 3D Printed Robots
3D printing & prototyping, soft robotics, CAD & hardware design
Integrated Media for Policy, Agriculture, Climate & Technology
media production, policy analysis, digital storytelling
Quantum Machine Learning
machine learning & AI, quantum computing, computational modeling
RetroComp
circuit design, digital humanities, creative media arts
The Immersive Realities in Digital Humanities Workgroup (IRiDH)
digital humanities, digital storytelling, extended reality (xr)
Wood Vault
environmental monitoring, field sampling, data analysis & visualization
<desc> lab: Digital Editing and Scholarly Communication Lab
digital humanities, web development, digital publishing
Beyond Co-Intelligence: Partnering with Artificial Intelligences to Reimagine Our Future
mixed methods, machine learning & AI, human-AI interaction
Community Learning Garden
community advocacy, environmental stewardship, data analysis & visualization
Food, Integrated Environmental, Animal & Laboratory Detection Systems (FIELDS)
laboratory research, molecular biology, data analysis & visualization
Integrating Sociology in Technology, Engineering, and Policy (INSTEP)
mixed methods, policy analysis, GIS mapping
Research/Research
qualitative research, mixed methods, human-subjects research
Sodium Fire Safety in Nuclear Power Plants
thermal dynamics, experimental testing, computational modeling
Water Quality, Outreach, and Wellness - WOW, What a Team!
field sampling, laboratory research, data analysis & visualization
Baby Brains
neuroimaging, human-subjects research, data analysis & visualization
Beyond-Lithium Battery Materials
materials fabrication, electrochemical testing, computational modeling
Engineering on the Edge of Space
CAD & hardware design, 3D printing & prototyping
Go with the Flow! Empowering Hands-on Fluid Dynamics Education
CAD & hardware design, 3D printing & prototyping, fluid dynamics & hydraulics
Mini-Breadboard Data Center
CAD & hardware design, thermal dynamics, circuit design
Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement
data analysis & visualization, media production, machine learning & AI
TestuGo: A Bluetooth Navigation & Exploration App
app development, indoor wayfinding, machine learning & AI
Wind TERPines
CAD & hardware design, machine learning & AI, experimental testing
Option 3: Type in to search from multiple specific columns in the dataset. This required coding in dev mode (not too hard).
Belonging for Immigrants and Refugees with Disabilities (BIRD)
Sodium Fire Safety in Nuclear Power Plants
The Immersive Realities in Digital Humanities Workgroup
RetroComp
Beyond Co-Intelligence
<desc> lab
Exoskeleton Explorers: Arthropod-Inspired 3D Printed Robots
Research/Research
Wind TERPines
Food, Integrated Environmental, Animal & Laboratory Detection Systems
Beyond-Lithium Battery Materials
Water Quality, Outreach, and Wellness - WOW, What a Team!
Integrated Media for Policy, Agriculture, Climate & Technology
Baby Brains
Biosensors
Go with the Flow!
TestuGo: A Bluetooth Navigation & Exploration App
Integrating Sociology in Technology, Engineering, and Policy (INSTEP)
Mini-Breadboard Data Center
Community Learning Garden
Wood Vault
Quantum Machine Learning
Engineering on the Edge of Space
Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement