Faculty
Faculty play a vital role in mentoring talented undergraduate researchers and shaping the next generation of innovative scholarship.
Learn more below about how the Engineering Undergraduate Research program can help you recruit talented undergraduate researchers to join your group.
Showcase your group at the 2026 Research Exploration Fair
The Research Exploration Fair is an annual event bringing together students, faculty, and staff from STEM disciplines across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Faculty-led research groups can get involved by reserving a table at the booth to present their research and recruit interested undergraduate students to get involved. The event is a wonderful opportunity to recruit talented undergraduate researchers who are eager to get involved. It’s also a meaningful way to support undergraduate education by helping expose students to the research enterprise and get them thinking about the many pathways into research. Many groups send current undergraduate and graduate students to represent their lab at this fair.
Register by August 31 to reserve at table at the 2026 Research Exploration Fair!
Post Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Want to post opportunities? Grainger Undergraduate Research maintains an active Instagram and a distributes a weekly newsletter to advertise research opportunities to students. If you are seeking students to get involved in your group, please contact the Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, Cassidy Short (short9@illinois.edu).