Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) 2008

Referee Instructions: RIPS 2008

Students: please give these instructions to the two individuals (most likely professors) who have agreed to each write a letter of recommendation to support your application to RIPS.

Instructions for RIPS 2008 Referees

One of your students has applied to participate in Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS), sponsored by the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics. RIPS is an unusual “REU” in that its research projects are sponsored by companies and national labs who seek solutions to industrial problems. Students work on teams of four under the guidance of a faculty mentor and an industry mentor. To read more about RIPS, go to www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/rips2008.

Your student has asked you to write a letter of recommendation on his or her behalf. The letter should include your impressions of the applicant’s skills and potential in his or her field of study. If you have any insight into the student’s ability to work on a team and/or assume a leadership position, please include it as well. Please be sure to refer to the student by his or her legal name rather than an “American” name or nickname, to help us match the letter to the correct student. (You may want to ask the student under what name he or she applied.)

The deadline for applications is Friday, February 15, and we need your letter within a few days of this date. You may either submit the letter by email or by mail. We prefer that letters are printed on letterhead and signed. You may email your letter in Word or pdf format to rips2008@ipam.ucla.edu, or you may mail the letter to:

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
Attn: RIPS2008
460 Portola Plaza Building, Suite 1158
Box 957121
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7121

Thank you. Please do not hesitate to email rips2008@ipam.ucla.edu if you have any questions.