Honors graduate Niall Mangan '07 aspires to help society solve environmental problems by addressing challenges in biology and chemistry. She is particularly intrigued by nanotechnology and energy sources. 

Niall worked with Professor of Physics Daniel ben-Avraham on a research project that used probability theory to create equations that could potentially model random behaviors ranging from stock market fluctuations to the kinetics of chemical reactions. It is a project that earned her a prestigious 2006-07 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. “I hope to use modeling techniques like this in my future research on nanotechnology applications in environmental physics,” says Niall.

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Unparalleled Opportunities and a Defining Requirement

As an Honors student, you can live on campus at our expense any summer and pursue your research. In fact, thanks to a special "pre-frosh" opportunity, you can work on a sophisticated project for five weeks even before you have begun your first semester classes.

Our hallmark summer program underscores the important role that research experience plays during all four undergraduate years of your intellectual and professional development. Mentored, collaborative research opportunities enable you to share in the exciting process of creating new knowledge. They also equip you with professionally valued problem-solving skills and techniques. In your senior year, you are required to demonstrate the capabilities you have mastered by designing and undertaking a research project of your own choosing - an experience that culminates with a thesis of publication quality.

For Clarkson's Honors graduates, the successful demonstration of professional-level analytical skills gained through research experiences has opened doors to prestigious fellowships, top graduate schools, and fast-track jobs.

— Chemical Engineering, Master/Ph.D. student; University of Vermont