UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #374
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Submission Number: 374
Submission ID: 8126
Submission UUID: 69c05bb9-b0db-4f74-bb43-bdb0ccee65e4
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
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Created: Tue, 08/01/2023 - 11:51 AM
Completed: Tue, 08/01/2023 - 11:51 AM
Changed: Mon, 09/18/2023 - 11:13 AM
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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
Primary Research Mentor Name | Meredith McQuerry |
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When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? | Dr. |
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) | mmcquerry@fsu.edu |
Position Title | Faculty |
FSU College (if applicable) | Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship |
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation | Florida State University |
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Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable) | |
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Title of the Project | Evaluation of Protective Clothing and Performance Apparel for the Fire, Medical, Occupational, and Athletic Industries |
Project Keywords | Testing, Laboratory, Thermal Comfort, Firefighter, Female Firefighter, Athlete |
Are you currently looking for research assistants? | No |
Number of Research Assistants Needed | 3 |
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) | Retail Entrepreneurship, Exercise Physiology, Engineering, Material Science, Biology, etc.; Open to all majors |
Project Location: | On FSU Main Campus |
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? | |
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): | In-person |
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? | 5-10 hours/week |
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? | During business hours |
Overall Research Project Description | Join Dr. Meredith McQuerry's research team in the ThermaNOLE Comfort Lab and Textile Testing Laboratory (located in William Johnston Building) to evaluate current state-of-the-art performance technologies in firefighter, athlete, military, and other occupational fields. Home to the only dynamic sweating thermal manikin (ANDI) at a public institution in the Western Hemisphere, the ThermaNOLE Comfort Lab evaluates how textiles/clothing impact human heat loss, thermoregulation, and other physiological responses. The lab team also routinely conducts human wear trials of firefighting and other PPE. Students this fall and spring may have a unique opportunity to be part of a federally funded project to study the performance of firefighting PPE specifically for women in the fire service. |
Research Tasks | Laboratory based data collection using bench top and large scale instrumentation, data analysis, human subject research, three-dimensional body scanner, pull literature for manuscripts, work with industry, fire service, and government entities, gain experience from lab team members at FSU. |
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: | Close attention to detail; respect for supervisor and peers; kind, respectful, and open communication; takes initiative to achieve tasks proactively and early; willingness to learn and to work hard; excitement and passion for learning and laboratory based research |
Mentoring Philosophy | As a former recipient of the university undergraduate research mentor award (2018) I like to think of myself as a strong mentor. Mentoring is something that comes naturally to me and I greatly enjoy it. My mentoring philosophy is to expose students to as many opportunities within research as possible through my multiple labs, grants, and research projects so that they too, may take advantage of those opportunities to launch them into their careers with the most potential and in the most successful ways possible. I routinely send UROP students to conferences to present their work, hire them as full time undergraduate research assistants at the conclusion of the UROP program, and stay in touch with them well into their careers, even collaborating on peer-reviewed published research to this day. Facilitating and observing a student's passion for their subject area via hands-on research is a privilege that I value and work to cultivate in my lab environment. |
Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): | https://jimmorancollege.fsu.edu/about/faculty-staff/faculty-meredith-mcquerry |
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Roundtable times and Zoom links | Wednesday, Sept. 6th 1:30-2pm https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93816904155 |
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication | Yes |
UROP Performance Evaluation | Yes |
Materials Grant | Yes |
UROP Poster Presentation | Yes |
Year | 2023 |
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