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SHREIBER  \nPRABHAS V. MOGHE  \nAND  \nCHARLES M. ROTH  \nRutgers, The State University of New Jersey Piscataway, NJ  \nABSTRACT  \nResearch Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) sites widely serve as the first major research gateway for undergraduates seeking a structured research experience. Given their lack of prior research skills, and the highly compressed duration of the REU programs, these students frequently encounter barriers to a seamless transition into a new laboratory environment. We hypothesized that the design of a unified short course on laboratory and analysis techniques could serve as a pivotal orientation experience. Our goal was to rapidly align student expertise to their summer research goals while also integrating the student participants into a cohesive learning community. This article discusses the design and outcomes of a Cellular Bioengineering Boot Camp, which is offered at the outset of the 10-week REU site at Rutgers. The Boot Camp provides hands-on, supervised training for techniques and procedures that are common among projects. The training establishes a common language and baseline for the REU students and allows their first laboratory experiences tobe with each other, and creates an immediate network of peers and mentors. Surveys before and after the Boot Camp and at the end of the summer indicated a significant improvement in student proficiency in the techniques that was retained throughout the summer. We believe that the Boot Camp approach can be tailored to the specifics of each REU site and its associated projects and research foci.  \nKey Words: Bioengineering, REU, Boot Camp  \nSUMMER 2015 1  \nADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION  \nMultidisciplinary “Boot Camp” Training in Cellular Bioengineering to Accelerate Research Immersion for REU Participants  \nINTRODUCTION  \nResearch Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs can provide invaluable opportunities for undergraduates interested in science and engineering to experience research on a full-time basis for an extended period of time. Independent research has become a complementary but critical component to traditional lectures and teaching laboratories for education and training in science and engineering. At most institutions that include research in their mission and offer significant education and training at the graduate level, undergraduates have a number of formal and informal opportunities to engage in research, although during the academic year this is often limited to 8–12 hours per week because of a typical course load. There are no such opportunities at many institutions that focus on undergraduate education, where the faculty do not regularly engage in scientific research. In an increasingly competitive climate, students without undergraduate research experience are clearly ata disadvantage for entry into graduate programs, particularly at the doctoral level. Indeed, published studies indicate that research experience is the best predictor of success as in STEM graduate studies [1, 2], and emphasize how programs use research experience as a deciding factor in granting admission.  \nREU programs, which usually operate over the summer and can be financially supported by internal programs and/or by external granting agencies, address this gap in training. Externally supported programs, especially those from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are typically focused around a specific research area and include elements for professional development in that field. For example, we have operated an NSF-sponsored REU site in Cellular Bioengineering since 2010. 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