Fortunately, there are many other undergraduate research opportunities in the department with other faculty and research groups, so you should not be afraid to ask around and pursue them. You should plan to spend about 6 hours per week on a project, and this time should be more or less evenly distributed throughout the term. You also should plan to attend a group meeting each week and provide feedback on others' work and presentations. Where The Money Comes From Many students are surprised to learn that someone is actually willing to pay you to do research. We are tapping three sources of funds for this.
Awards pay undergraduate research stipends.
The competition for these awards is held in early fall quarter, and sometimes in other quarters. Prof. Weide for more information. The SCW is being developed using Java, so the first thing you'll have to do is to learn Java.