Designing a research project is a multi-step process that involves conducting literature reviews, designing experiments, troubleshooting, and analyzing results.  Such projects can be prohibitive to the Associate Degree level student, whose time in a program, and therefore time to devote to research, is limited.  The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is devoted to involving Associate degree level students in undergraduate research projects.  The scientific merit of the project related to the analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural waters, steps involved in the design of the experiment, and preliminary results will be presented.  In particular, this presentation will provide an Associate degree level deaf/hard-of-hearing student's perspective on the process and experiences in conducting undergraduate research.

Experimental design of undergraduate research projects from the perspective of associate degree level deaf and hard-of-hearing students:  Analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural waters

241st National Meeting (2011)

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