The Pre-College Research Symposia are
the culmination of the activities and dissemination process of our Pre-College
Programs (Saturday Academy, Summer Research Adventure SART) of the Model Institutions
for Excellence (MIE) Project, a National Science Foundation sponsored program
at Universidad Metropolitana (UMET). During fall, spring and summer semesters
more than one hundred pre-college students, from many private and public high
schools of Puerto Rico, worked long hours in the research laboratories of the
Department of Science and Technology and in the field with the guidance and mentorship
of college professors in several research projects in the areas of biological
sciences, chemistry, physics, applied mathematics and computer science. We organize
three Pre-College Research Symposia: Winter, Spring and Summer. Also have the
participation of students from other private and public schools of Puerto Rico
who worked in research projects with the guidance of mentors of their schools
and the scientific communities of the island.
