UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #939

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Submission Number: 939
Submission ID: 15321
Submission UUID: be74abf9-26df-4ffc-8e4f-ecb3c058578e

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
Primary Research Mentor Name William Cockriel
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) william.cockriel@fsu.edu
Position Title Faculty
FSU College (if applicable) Social Sciences and Public Policy
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Economics
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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
Roundtable times and Zoom links
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Year 2024
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