UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1118 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1118

Submission ID: 20186

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

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Created: Wed, 08/13/2025 - 09:09 AM

Completed: Wed, 08/13/2025 - 09:34 AM

Changed: Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:36 PM

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Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

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Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Bryce Morsky

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) bmorsky@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Mathematics

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Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable) Nishan Mudalige

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Interactive Learning Tools for Mathematical Epidemiology

Project Keywords biomath, coding, epidemiology, modeling

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 1

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Applied Math, Biology, Biomath, Statistics and related fields.

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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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? 5-10

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 Our project will be to develop materials to teach epidemiology at an introductory-to-intermediate level, where we will start with basic biology and the SIR model and build up to introduce models involving social interaction dynamics and stochastic noise. The project will involve differential equations, coding in R, and simulations. https://nishanmudalige.github.io/STA258/index.html is an example of what we will be producing (but for mathematical epidemiology). We will collaborate with three other team members on this project, two from Toronto and another from Tallahassee. Much of the work will be remote and flexible, but I am also available for in-person meetings.

This is a great opportunity to learn some epidemiology, mathematical modeling and coding skills! And, this project can lead to you developing your own mathematical models of disease spread.

Research Tasks Coding, literature review, mathematical analysis, model building.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required: coding skills in R (or coding skills in another language and willingness to learn R)
Required: introductory calculus
Recommended: some knowledge of differential equations

Mentoring Philosophy I've mentored for UROP in the past. My research is highly interdisciplinary, crossing biology, mathematics, economics, and social science more generally. As such, I'm open to a wide array of students' interests and backgrounds. I've had papers with undergraduates and a high school student published in peer reviewed journals. So, this is definitely a possibility if you are interested.

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

Roundtable times and Zoom links Tuesday, September 2nd, 4:00-4:30pm, https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94539702544

Roundtable Info

Day: Tuesday, September 2
Start Time: 4:00
End Time: 4:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94539702544

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 2025

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