Featured Summer Projects from the Project Portal

Explore featured summer projects to continue your learning and professional development between semesters.

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Start a project from the list of featured summer projects below by emailing the project mentor.
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In-Person and Hybrid Projects

3D Metal Printing Monitoring
1/6/23
This project will develop a new electrical method for sensing the defects incurred during 3D metal printing.
Arts Administration and Teaching at Buffalo String Works
4/7/23
Come work with BSW and gain invaluable experience as an administer or teaching assistant at a vibrant, growing, arts nonprofit based in Downtown Buffalo.
Assessing Disinfection Byproduct Formation in De Facto Water Reuse
12/15/22
This project integrates laboratory research with water quality modeling to understand the interaction of urban-natural water cycles.
Axonal Transport and Neurodegenerative Disease
12/14/22
Seeking students to contribute to research exploring motor-disease protein complexes and their role in intracellular transport, as they relate to disease initiation and the aging process, and the development of neuroprotective treatments.
Computational Modeling and Artificial Intelligence for Material Design
5/12/23
Seeking undergraduate researcher to work on an NSF-funded project on computational imaging and artificial intelligence supporting the design of advanced material. Experience in Python programming is required.
CSE-xplore Youth Program Instructor
4/18/23
Are you in Buffalo July 12th - 14th? Looking for an opportunity to enhance your mentoring, communication, and leadership? CSE-xplore, the CSE Department Youth Outreach Program is looking for instructors for this summer's camp.
Data Analyst for Maternal and Child Health Research
12/19/22
Seeking Research Assistants with backgrounds in health or life sciences for a team project designed to help pregnant women quit smoking.
Decision, Risk And Big Data Analytics
1/20/23
Students will look at challenging topics related to decision, risk, and big data analytics.
Design and Analysis of a Large Scale Second Order Non-Convex Optimizer
1/11/23
The goal is to design a large scale optimization algorithm for machine learning tasks that can run on decentralized compute environments (such as peer-to-peer systems). Requires ability to program and do empirical analysis and also understand theoretical optimization models/literature.
Detecting Fraud from Accounting Restatements and Company Filings
4/28/23
Detecting Fraud from Accounting Restatements and Company Filings
Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Brain Signaling
9/1/22
How does a daily high intensity interval training regimen impact brain signaling?
Explainable Misinformation Identification in Multimodal Media Content
12/8/22
Bring your excellent programming skills and hard-wroking attitude to help identify misinformation across multimodal content.
Finding Similar Scroll Paintings: Using Graph Learning to Power Recommendations
2/14/23
The goal is to design a graph neural network based recommendation system for scroll paintings (folk art) that can run on decentralized compute environments (such as peer-to-peer systems). Requires ability to understand and analyze machine learning problems theoretically, programming skills and performing extensive empirical analysis on a proprietary multi-modal dataset for art conservation.
Forensic Stable Isotopes
8/30/23
This project explores natural light stable isotopes to investigate biological, chemical, environmental, and physical processes.
Hillel Summer Internship Program
1/6/23
Apply for a summer internship with a local Jewish organization to build professional work experience.
Immigrants and Food: Role of Ethnic Markets in Transforming and Leveraging Food Systems
1/4/23
Are you fluent in Burmese and/or Arakanese and interested in working on a transformational project with a committed group of interdisciplinary researchers? Join us as we document the impact of the West Side Bazaar on the local food system.
Investigating Past Climate
8/30/23
Students will research climate change in the Arctic and East Asia employing organic "biomarkers" as proxies for hydroclimate and temperature in lacustrine, marine and loess archives.
Multimodal UAV Collision Avoidance Detection & Tracking
9/1/22
If you have excellent programming skills and some knowledge of machine learning consider this exciting project !
Neuroplasticity after Spinal Cord Injury
5/12/23
Learn about different types of stimulation targeting connections in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves to improve movement in patient population.
Research Assistant with the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Pediatrics
12/14/22
Seeking Research Assistants to work on a project that helps pregnant women to quit smoking, using multicomponent behavioral interventions including education, monitoring and feedback, and contingent financial incentives.
Research on Cardiovascular Biology, Mechanics and Disease
12/15/22
Seeking undergraduate assistants to work on an exciting research project studying effects of substrate stiffness on vascular cell function and molecular players involved in the vessel stiffening process. (Learn new techniques; 3D Bioprinting and Atomic Force Microscopy)
Robust Multimodal Data Analytics in an Interactive Environment
1/4/23
In this research we plan to design interactive AI models for different usecase applications like identifying bias in web-based contents, evaluating speakers’ mental health status in a multi-speaker video, predicting users’ interest for effective contextual advertising etc.
Seeing with Songs
1/6/23
Discover how singing humpback whales use their impressive songs to see each other from many miles away using faint echoes.
Structures for Electricity Production in Electric Vehicles
1/4/23
This project pertains to the use of structures to produce electricity. In contrast to batteries, charging does not need energy input. This results in electric vehicles not having to stop to get charged, in addition to not having to rely on batteries, which are heavy and bulky.
Supporting Collaborative Programming for the Arts, Design, and Media Studies
4/7/23
Help us extend the p5.js platform to support collaborative coding in the arts, design, and media study.
The Tool Library: How to Build and Maintain a Social and Environmental Justice Not-for-Profit Organization
9/12/23
Learn about and volunteer at The Tool Library, an environmental and social justice not-for-profit in the University Heights neighborhood.
Virtual Reality Based Rehabilitation System
12/15/22
Seeking students interested in VR and gaming to work with a local industrial company to develop a VR-based rehab system for older adults.
Wearable Eating Sensor
12/15/22
Seeking hardware/software hack interested in helping to develop a novel wearable eating sensor.
Wearable Energy-Harvesting Sensor for Continuous Health Monitoring
9/1/22
Develop a textile-based wearable sensor to monitor your health
Wood as a Weight Sensor for Detecting People in a Wood-Frame Building
1/4/23
This project investigates the use of wood as a scale, so that people in a wood-frame building can be detected in real time (e.g., for intruder detection and energy conservation) and creating "smart" buildings.

Remote Projects

Create Your Own Project
4/19/23
We invite UB students of all levels and majors to develop their own projects that align with individual interests, passion and sense of purpose.
Exploring Best Failures
1/4/23
Not all failures are best failures. If we are able to identify and explore our most powerful failures, we can gain important insights and opportunities for growth.
Global Social Media Marketing for Non-Profit Startup
1/6/23
Help build a social learning community for students around the world.
mHealth Tool Development using iOS Research Kit and Android
12/14/22
The mHealth research team at UB is seeking smartphone hackers looking for research experiences and academic publications.
Non-precious Metal Catalysts for Low Temperature Methane Combustion
12/14/22
Students will research the properties of natural gas as a promising resource for clean energy, exploring implications for methane emissions and other limitations.
Smartphone Based Environmental Sensing
12/14/22
Seeking students interested in sensors and smartphone programming to help equip next-generation smartphones for environmental sensing related to health and fitness.
South Africa: Non-Profit Marketing for Inkululeko
4/11/23
South Africa + awesome youth + education + entrepreneurship; the only thing missing is you!
South Africa: Tutoring Local Youth with Inkululeko
1/12/24
South Africa + awesome youth + education; the only thing missing is you!
The Tool Library: How to Build and Maintain a Social and Environmental Justice Not-for-Profit Organization
9/12/23
Learn about and volunteer at The Tool Library, an environmental and social justice not-for-profit in the University Heights neighborhood.
Theoretical Physics
4/10/23
Seeking students to work with Prof Surajit Sen on fundamental and applied problems in nonlinear and statistical physics, study of conflicts and battles, social systems and other topics to be crafted based on overlap of interest.
Tracking Leaders' Trips on Twitter
8/31/22
Where do political leaders travel and what can we learn from these trips?

SUNY Funded Projects

UB is excited to participate in this new SUNY funded program to broaden access to research and creative activities for undergraduate students. Selected students will participate in faculty-led research and creative activities, and will interact with fellow undergraduate and graduate students.

See all SUNY funded projects

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Virtual Film Production
4/4/24
Help create a virtual film production studio, using VR and game engines to expand live-action filmmaking capabilities.
Making Healthy Choices Easier for Children in Restaurants: Student lead role in the Child Health and Behavior Lab’s Restaurant Study
4/9/24
This project would be a great fit for a student who is interested in building on their research and leadership experience by 1) training for and executing a lead role in collecting behavioral data from children in a busy real-world environment and 2) completing a related independent research project.
Understanding how plant roots regulate soil ecosystem responses to drought
3/25/24
Explore how plants modulate soil carbon storage and microbial activity, joining a cross-disciplinary team of ecologists and geochemists!
Fluid Dynamics of Wings Encountering Finite Grounds for Drone Applications
4/12/24
Undergraduate research in low-speed aerodynamics, using scaled experiments in a water tank to understand the fluid dynamics of drone wings encountering finite-length grounds (unsteady ground effect).
Teotihuacán Archaeological Collections Research
4/3/24
This project focuses on the use of non-destructive analytical techniques to generate new data on archaeological artifacts.
Studying Animal Behavior in a Zoo Setting
3/28/24
Studying animal behavior to learn about evolution.
Integrative AI and Imaging Techniques for Neurovascular Disease Assessment
3/28/24
Unlock the potential of AI in healthcare: Join us to advance research in neurovascular disease assessment and surgical guidance using cutting-edge imaging and machine learning techniques.
Heme and Ferritin as Initiators of Ferroptosis in Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells in Friedreich’s Ataxia
4/11/24
Examination of cellular pathology in models of the neurodegenerative genetic disorder, Friedreich's Ataxia.
Exosome:Adeno-associated virus formulations for enhanced gene transfer
4/12/24
Our project aims to enhance the use of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) as gene therapy vectors, the student will learn to make these viruses and modify them to improve their therapeutic capacity, particularly in central nervous system disorders.
Understanding Psychiatric Treatment Response
3/28/24
How does our method for diagnosing mental illness relate to treatment outcomes?
Assessing choroid plexus pathology in neurological disease with magnetic resonance imaging
4/12/24
This project will investigate the role of the choroid plexus, a key component in the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier of the central nervous system, using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques.
Energy Expenditure of US Army Soldiers During Ambulation
3/25/24
Help collect data to improve the US Army Load Carriage Decision Aid that predicts metabolic energy expenditure in a wide range of military tasks.
Handling Complexity: Exploring Engineering Student Epistemic Thinking on Open-Ended Problems
3/27/24
Are you interested in how people learn and solve problems? Contribute to research that will support how colleges prepare engineers to solve complex, interdisciplinary problems.
Can You Catch a Wild Bacteriophage, Cultivate It, And Characterize Its Genome?
4/18/24
Viruses that infect bacteria (called phages) are all around us, but very few that kill bacteria in our mouths have been cultivated for scientists to study - can you help us catch some?
Design and 3D Prototyping Handheld Optical Imaging Probe
4/4/24
Build a compact, translational optical imaging device to look inside your ear and eye for biomedical research.
Reimagining Grant St: Vulnerable Road User Safety Analysis and Improvement using Virtual Reality Technology
3/28/24
Utilize virtual reality and eye tracking technologies to understand bicyclist and pedestrian perceptions of alternative multimodal roadway designs for real-world application through community engagement.
Computational Discovery of Materials for CO2 Capture
3/25/24
Are you interested in leveraging the computational power to discover new materials for saving our planet? Join us to learn the state-of-the-art molecular simulation and machine learning techniques!
Connect the Personal and Historical with Nursing Clio
3/25/24
Join the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective to help us in our mission to bring nuanced, accessible histories of gender and health to the public.
Development of a Mobile App to Characterize the Time Dynamics of Undergraduate Engineers
4/19/24
Help us develop a mobile app that leads to better educational experiences for students.
Learn to Listen: The Role of Perceptual Learning in Hearing Impairments
4/1/24
Older adults experience hearing challenges that are not fully explained by age-related hearing loss. Does sensory learning play a role?
Infant language learning from older siblings
4/1/24
How do infants learn from other kids (e.g. their siblings)?
Development of Y-channel for Continuous Dielectrophoretic Separations
4/10/24
Students will design and fabricate a Y-channel microfluidic device that will be used to continuously separate solutions.
Examining Urban Street Design in Buffalo and Beyond
4/5/24
Curious and creative urbanists wanted to examine urban street design for pedestrians and cyclists!
Engaging Families in Literacy for Better Outcomes
4/5/24
Join our mission to create literacy resources that transform lives for underserved children and families.
Business Storytelling in Action
4/10/24
This is an opportunity for students to leverage their creative skills and gain hands-on experience in business storytelling, design, communication, and marketing with both local and global small business partners.
Population genomics of Great Lakes fishes
4/15/24
Would you like to learn about fish evolution and ecology using genomic approaches?
The Effect of Arterial Stiffness on The Phenotypic and Functional Heterogeneity of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
3/28/24
Uncover the profound impact of biomechanical forces on vascular cells!
Exploring the Impacts of the Winter Weather on Driving Behavior and Driver State: Driving Simulator Study
3/27/24
Participate in preparation and conducting experiments at the TRAVL/MSL lab (Driving Simulator and VR experiments).
Assessing Health in the Seneca-Babcock Neighborhood
3/27/24
Take your public health skills outside of the classroom and into a community to make a difference!
Introduction to Force and Motion in Human Cells
4/4/24
We study the tiny molecular motors that cell use to produce force and motion in human cells.
Paleogenetic investigation of life and climate history in Southeast Alaska
4/1/24
Do you wonder how you can get DNA from ancient animals (incl. humans!) and plants and what you can learn from them, and do you want to acquire or use your skills in bioinformatics? Come join our team and help make discoveries about life and climate history in Southeast Alaska and beyond!
Aerodynamics and Phonetics of Indigenous Amazonian Speech Sounds
3/26/24
Explore how speakers use air flow through the nose and mouth in understudied languages.
Training Machine Learning Models with Uncertainty
4/16/24
Combine data science, machine learning and statistics to build algorithms to autonomously classify data.
Collision Detection within a Python Simulator of Space Debris Capture with Nets
3/25/24
Students will contribute to a Python-based simulator of space debris capture with nets, by adding target geometries and performing detection of collisions between the net and the targets.
Robots in the Real World: Bringing Small-Scale Robots Out of the Lab and into Our Lives
3/25/24
Bringing small robots out into the real world requires cooperative research in hardware and software.
Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Properties – Implications for Future Urban Development
4/11/24
Come analyze some dirty dirt!
Development of a Transient Gene Replacement System for Human Cells
4/10/24
Develop a system for cultured human cells to carry out transient protein swap for essential cellular proteins.
Mapping Environmental Justice: Understanding Stakeholder Engagement and Health Disparities on Buffalo's East Side
4/4/24
Unlocking the nexus between environmental challenges, community stakeholders, and health disparities: a transformative mapping initiative on Buffalo's East Side.
Tailoring research learning experiences in the Hydration, Exercise, and Thermoregulation (HEAT) Lab to healthcare career goals
3/29/24
Looking for a research experience that aligns with your healthcare career goal? Assist with exercise physiology human subjects research on UB South Campus
Engineering Education and the Elementary Multilingual Classroom
4/5/24
Learn about and contribute to a research project on engineering in the elementary school multilingual classroom.
The Effects of Buffalo’s School Choice Program on School-Family Relationships
4/11/24
Buffalo Public Schools has a school choice policy, but up to 70% of students don't attend their school of choice. Let's find out how this policy affects kids and families.