
There were two ways Matt Strub could have spent the summer before his senior year of college—far, far away from the confines of the cement brick buildings of academia, sleeping in, luxuriating by a pool and hanging out with friends. Or in an air-conditioned classroom conducting hours upon hours of research.
Research-engaged undergrads are evaluating various effects on physical balance, developing a virtual and robotic model of a hand—and finding turtles.