The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Illinois Institute for Technology is a 10 week program for undergraduate students from around the nation who have completed at least their 2nd year in a science or engineering field. The program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Each student chooses a project in the multidisciplinary field of hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV/PHEV) and will be guided by an engineering mentor at IIT. The objectives of the program are to train undergraduate students in basic research through challenging HEV/PHEV-related engineering projects performed with research mentors from IIT, expose them to the broader impacts of their research with lectures from experts and tours of facilities and integrate ethics discussions and training into all aspects of the student experience. Ten following students were chosen to participate in this program in summer 2009.

• Hector Baez from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM) majoring in Electrical Engineering.
• Dylan Erb from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) majoring in General Engineering.
• Roberto A. Espillat Inchuteg from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM) majoring in Electrical Engineering.
• Jimmy A. Garzon from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) majoring in Electrical Engineering.
• Mona Kadouh from the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) majoring in Electrical Engineering.
• Ibrahim Krad from Louisiana State University (LSU) majoring in Electrical Engineering.
• Kori Celeste Lutenbacher from Louisiana State University (LSU) majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
• Joel Plunkett from Harold Washington College majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
• Alberto Rincon from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
• Michael E. Tyler II from the Chicago State University (CSU) majoring in Electrical Engineering.