Undergraduate Research is an exciting way to round out your education at Washington University and apply principles that you have been studying in a novel and practical way. Many of your classmates are already active participants, gaining valuable experience assisting the faculty on exciting cutting-edge research projects. Follow the links below to see the details of their work. If you are interested in participating in these projects or ones like them, contact the professor directly. New projects are also available for students interested in undergraduate research. Also, browse through the finished projects to see what your classmates have done. Do not hesitate to contact the professor if you are interested in continuing their work or have ideas of your own related to these projects. All test equipment in the teaching laboratories, and in some cases specialized research facilities being used by supervising faculty, can be made available to you.

• New Projects (Poster Summary)
• Current Projects
• Completed Projects
• Report Guidelines
• Useful Links
  

Udergraduate Research Events:

• Washington University Research Symposium (fall) 
  • Pictures and Video from Fall 2009
• Undergraduate Research/Senior Design Presentations (fall)
• St. Louis Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (STLAURS)
• Engineering Research Fair (spring) 
• Washington University Research Symposium (spring)

Professors and Off-Campus Sponsors: If you are looking for an undergraduate for your project or if you have already have a project with an undergraduate and if you would like to list it, please contact Ed Richter (ed@ese.wustl.edu). 

Industry Collaboration: The following projects are with companies involved in undergraduate research. In many cases, summer internships (and possibly permanent employment) are available.

• Transwitch Corporation - Video Processing Application Implementations
• Brasch Manufacturing - Microphone Amplifier for Photo-acoustic Infrared Gas Detector
  
   

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(l) Undergraduate Research Slideshow, Spring 2009

(b) Whitney Flohr ported the MPEG-4 algorithm to the Tilera 64 core processor.
(c) Ben Wu works on his Noise Canceling Headphones.
(d) Kevin Mckee (BSEE 2008) presenting his project on "Automated Music Generation for Sight Reading" at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2008.
(e) Josh york (BSEE 2009) presenting "Acoustic Source Localization"  at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, Fall 2008.
(f) Undergraduate research symposium at the Danforth University Center (DUC) of WUSTL, on Saturday, October 25th, 2008.
(g) Chris Reale investigates monitoring tissue temperature for cancer patients.
(h) Brad Pelz works with Professor Lan Yang in the nano/micro Photonics Lab.
(i)  Zachary explains how to simulate a shake table.
(j)  Akoya and Bandit Satellites built through the Student Satellite Program administered by the Aerospace Systems Lab.  ESE student Keith Swaback worked on the electronic upgrade of the Akoya and Bandit satellites, 2008.
(k) Video about Undergraduate Research at WUSTL. 
(l) Undergraduate Research Slideshow, Spring 2009.