Brandeis MRSEC Hampton University Partnership MRSEC 0820492 Research Experience for Undergraduates In 2012, we began a partnership with Hampton University, a HBCU, in Virginia. In the summer of 2013, two Hampton students came to Brandeis and participated in our REU program. In addition, we have sponsored an independent research team project at Hampton in which students design and build a microscope for tracking algae and plankton for the Hampton Marine Biology program under the joint supervision of Brandeis and Hampton faculty.