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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Understanding the accessibility needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
Continuing the R2D2 Center's ongoing research concerning people with disabilities and the accessibility of the environment through universal design, this opportunity will introduce this student to...   Details

Using Satellite Imagery to Determine Ground-Level Aerosol Pollution on Cloudy-Days
Pollution aerosols have an adverse effect on human health and the environment. These tiny solid or liquid atmospheric particles are thus an important quantity to measure. In areas where ground-level...   Details

Using an educational game on I-Pad to promote learning motivation
This project uses an educational game featured on I-Pad to increase learning motivation and performance. Specifically, we are going to investigate if competition or collaboration (and what types of...   Details

Validate a Newly-Developed Quantitative Spasticity Measure
Although the impact of spasticity on activities of daily living is profound, available assessment tools that quantify the severity of spasticity are lacking. This project aims to validate elbow angle...   Details

Weather Forecasting - Applied Research and Operations
A program called Innovative Weather (see www.innovativeweather.com) exists on campus that makes real-time weather forecasts for a set of southeastern Wisconsin clients (including entities like We...   Details

Weight and weddings: An examination of the influence of the wedding industry on weight ideals and shape management
The "Weight and Weddings" project series investigates (1) the ideal body shape constructed by adults on the marriage market, (2) the weight management behaviors (e.g., exercise, food choice, dieting,...   Details

What We Can Say and How We Can Say It
There are dozens of basic principles that affect what you can say, what you can know, and the conditions under which you can use and talk about what you know in the world's constitutions. This...   Details

What is the English Education Methods Course in the 21st Century?
This study investigates how English teacher candidates are being prepared to teach secondary English language arts in a changing political, economic, and cultural context. The researchers in this...   Details

Work with Marine Robots
Undergraduate research positions are available in my lab to work on our amphibious robot project. LMAR - the Lake Michigan Amphibious Robot - is our working prototype vehicle. It is designed to be...   Details

Zebrafish as a Model for Studying Neurodegeneration and Dementias in Humans
We use zebrafish as a model system for looking at how genes and environment interact to cause defects in the nervous system. We are particularly interested in how exposure of embryos to common...   Details