Undergraduate Summer Research Program

The Undergraduate Summer Research Program is designed to provide undergraduate students in engineering and computer science paid summer positions to work on research projects with faculty. Students will have the opportunity to use their academic training to gain hands on experience in their field of study. Students are encouraged to apply for up to three (3) research proposals. For examples of the scope of work involved in a summer project, posters from 2023 summer projects are on display in the first floor hallway in the Engineering and Computer Science building.

Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Research Program committee. Students are notified in April if they’ve been selected to work on a project. Students will be paid for up to 240 hours; exact time commitments and project scope vary. Work begins May 16. 

Contact for questions:  mary.bulger@wsu.edu

2024 Undergraduate Research Application

Applications are due March 21, 2024.

  1. Review the proposals.
  2. Select up to three project proposals (recommended). 
  3. Download the fillable application and save it with a new name.
  4.  Send the completed application to encs.connections@wsu.edu

2024 Research Projects 

Project TitleFaculty Advisor
Analyzing the Impacts of Power Outage Time and Duration on Solar Energy Systems PlanningJosue Campos do Prado
Grid-Forming Control for Inverter-based Resources: A Current-Source Converter based ApproachHang Gao
MIMO Antennas for Internet of Things (IoT) ApplicationsTutku Karacolak
Thermal degradation of stereolithography 3D printed molds for aerospace composite productionDave Kim
Numerical Study on Reciprocating Piston Compression for Underwater Energy StorageChris Qin
Interactive Hele-Shaw Cell DevelopmentStephen Solovitz
Large language models for health data summarizationScott Wallace
Big Data Analysis for Understanding Environmental Impact of Human ActivitiesXinghui Zhao