Office of Undergraduate Research

Find a Research Project

There are approximately 200 research projects posted by UWM faculty members on this site. Use the links on this page to find projects that interest you. Think expansively. Look beyond your school or college, and think about your passions as well as your major. If you do not find something that interests you, do not despair! If you come to us with specific areas of interest, we can probably find a match for you beyond the projects listed here. If you have questions, just send a quick email to Kyla Esguerra, Associate Director, at kylam@uwm.edu.


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The Economic Potential of the Panama Canal
The expansion of the Panama Canal into a Deep Water Ocean Vessel Waterway is nearing completion. Here in Wisconsin and across the eastern US, there is great hope surrounding the economic potential to...   Details

The Function of Bird Colors
We are studying why many species of birds are brightly colored. We study this question from both a function (physiological) and evolutionary perspective. This particular project will examine why...   Details

The Global Twenty-Four Hour Economy
In view of the rise of high-speed data communication links, allowing call-center agents based in India to work online and in real time for corporations based in the United States, this project seeks...   Details

The Mechanisms Responsible for the Eletricity Producing Biofilms formed by Shewanella oneidnsis
The objective of this research project is to identify genes that are involved in biofilm formation in the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. This bacterium is able to form biofilms on metal oxide...   Details

The Milwaukee County Institution Grounds (MCIG) Cemetery Project
Excavations conducted the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery or Potters Field on the Milwaukee County Grounds, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin uncovered, documented and removed 987 adult, 568 subadults and...   Details

The Origins of the Modern Detective Novel in Spain
One of the basic characteristics of detective fiction in Spain is a criticism of authority (in particular the police and government); obviously, such was not permitted under the dictatorship of...   Details

The Permanent Campaign
This project will track domestic presidential travel to account "political" patterns that reflect electoral considerations. The guiding hypotheses are (1) that presidential travel is predictable on...   Details

The Theory of Sectoral Clashes Revisited
The recent volatility in oil prices has brought into the limelight the importance of the mineral sector in shaping global economic welfare.This project examines the interactions between economics and...   Details

The Zuckerberg Files: How Facebook Talks about Privacy
The dominance of social networking sites, such as Facebook, in contemporary life necessarily sparks unique issues in terms of information policy and ethics. As users' and scholars' we are...   Details

The development of reasoning in early childhood
This project examines the development of generalization: How do children use information they learn in one context (e.g., a classroom) to make broader generalizations? We ask this question by...   Details