Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering (CURVE) Faculty Resource Page

We ask that each of your CURVE students be assigned a PhD mentor from your lab. The role of the PhD mentor is to provide guidance in the lab, help prepare for the end-of-year symposium and to approve monthly progress reports for students. Having a PhD mentor also contributes to building a community of researchers in Viterbi.

PhD mentors are awarded $250 per student per semester. PhD students are able to mentor more than one CURVE student at a time. 

In special cases where a PhD mentor is not available, project assistants or other roles can mentor CURVE students. 

Faculty can also choose to mentor students directly but will not be awarded the mentoring stipend.