Rapid Fire Research: 4 Minutes, 4 Slides, Your Big Idea!!

WHAT: Rapid Fire Research Event

WHEN: Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Eccles Science Learning Center Emert Auditorium (ESLC 130)

The College of Science’s student-led Science Council invites Aggie scholars of all majors to apply to present their “big research idea” in four minutes with four slides at the 5th Rapid Fire Research event on Wednesday, Nov. 6, during USU Science Week 2024. Both undergraduates and graduate students are welcome to participate! Sign up using this online form by Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time.

“Our goal is to provide lots of students with an opportunity to share innovative ideas,” says Science Senator Evan Anderson. “This is a friendly, supportive atmosphere, where students can practice their presentation skills and get inspired."

Rapid Fire Research was initiated by USU alum Manuel Santana, BS’22, a 2021 Goldwater Scholar, who got the idea from participating in a similar virtual event hosted by Texas State University.

““A talk by Caltech professor Yison Yue really stuck with me,” says Santana, currently a graduate student in mathematics at Caltech. “Professor Yue said it’s hard to have an impact with your research, if you can’t properly communicate your ideas and results. I had the idea, with the Rapid Fire event, to create an opportunity where students could practice communicating their ideas to a broad audience, while learning about all the different kinds of research Aggies are doing.”

Join in the fun: Remember, you have 4 minutes and 4 slides to present your BIG idea!