During summer 2019, four Ukrainian students, Marta Vonsul, Iryna Bon, Tetiana Shevtsova and Yevgene Zhuravskyi work at Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials (CPM) as summer research interns in areas of synthesis of biobased high performance polymers, computational polymeric materials and biobased polymers life cycle analysis.

Ukrainian students presented posters at NDSU Research Symposium for Undergraduate and High School students sponsored by the NDSU College of Science and Mathematics. This annual symposium features the research of more than 50 undergraduate and high school students who have been working at NDSU over the summer.

For more information about undergraduate opportunities at CPM, https://www.ndsu.edu/scimath/undergraduate_research/research_opportunities_for_engaging_students/

In accordance with signed Memorandum of Understanding between Lviv Polytechnic National University and NDSU, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in USA (USURE) program is offered for Ukrainian students. During two inaugural summers 2018-19, NDSU Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials (CPM) hosted six students in their senior year majoring food chemistry, chemical engineering and related fields as well as first- or second-year graduate students in Polymer Science/Physical Chemistry and related fields

Research projects in following areas will be offered to LPNU interns: synthesis of biobased polymers, synthesis of high performance polymers, polymers for biomedical applications, computational polymeric materials. Students will receive a stipend. Reasonably priced housing is available on NDSU campus. Students are responsible for cost of transportation, housing, US visa. For more details in Ukrainian language, http://lp.edu.ua/opportunities/2017/naukovo-doslidnycke-stazhuvannya-studentiv-lvivskoyi-politehniky-v-ssha-usure