Upcoming Summer 2024 Application Deadline is May 12, 2024.
SCHOLAR RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Here are some examples of the questions Lumiere Scholars have worked on in the past!
BIOLOGY
"How do external risk factors affect mortality of patients diagnosed with Covid-19 and cancer?"
The Human Body & Diseases
COMPUTER SCIENCE
"What are lattice based encryption techniques and what are their limitations that could exploited by quantum computers?"
DATA SCIENCE
"What role do Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence play to make it easier for a robot to navigate, and which algorithm helps the robot learn the quickest?"
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENT & THE WORLD
"How do technological advancements in the production of electric cars affect the expansion of their markets in a General equilibrium perspective in the US markets?"
"How does the Mexican drug industry impact the country's key economic factors?"
BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
“How do the governance modes underlying a startup’s relationships with its partners impact its propensity to pivot?”
"What are the variables affecting STEM mentors and mentees interactions that affect the effectiveness of the mentorship?"
"Alternative metals for catalytic converters for oxidizing CO - A Review"
"What is the effect of modern-day limb prosthetics on the environment, and the health of an individual amputee, and how can it's life cycle help mitigate this?"
GENDER STUDIES
"To what extent does the ambiguity around methods-to-protect women play into laws upholding oppression of women in India?"
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
"Why are Peacekeeping forces authorized for some conflicts and not others?"
PSYCHOLOGY
"How does poverty shape social norms of gifting and gift behavior in collectivist cultures?"
"How effective are state-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems in predicting the early onset of major depressive disorder?"
PHYSICS
"How has the state of antimatter changed through the formation of the universe?"
"Analysis of Methods of Information Transmission between Satellites and their Control Centers with a Case Study on SpaceX."
PHILOSOPHY
"To what extent can AI prove advantageous to society while adhering to Kantian ethical guidelines?"
POLITICAL SCIENCE
"How does Government financial policy promote MSME creation in the Papua New Guinea cottage industry sector?"
These questions listed above are only some of the various fields and areas that Lumiere Scholars have delved into. Students can combine a variety of interests to forge their questions.