UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #939 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 939

Submission ID: 15321

Submission UUID: be74abf9-26df-4ffc-8e4f-ecb3c058578e

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Wed, 08/21/2024 - 12:09 PM

Completed: Wed, 08/21/2024 - 12:09 PM

Changed: Fri, 10/04/2024 - 08:39 AM

Remote IP address: 128.186.49.15

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name William Cockriel

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) william.cockriel@fsu.edu

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FSU College (if applicable) Social Sciences and Public Policy

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Economics

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project The Big Push: Federal Road Building in the Early Days of the Automobile

Project Keywords Economic history, technology, innovation

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 3

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors, economics preferred

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? No, the project is remote

Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description This is an effort into digitizing historical records that document federal and state expenditure on road building during the early years of automobile adoption. The resulting data could easily be used to create maps and figures documenting how a new government policy in 1916 affected the local building and funding of roads. Data will even be connected to motor vehicle registration data to see the effect of roadbuilding on automobile adoption.

Research Tasks Data collection: Manual data entry from images
Data analysis: creating graphs and heatmaps (with mentor assistance)

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required: Typing, minor working knowledge of computer use (excel)

Mentoring Philosophy Understand mentee's long-term goals
Be available for advice and feedback beyond the project
Provide tools to learn and expand research skillset
Emphasize the exploration aspect of empirical research

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? No

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2024

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