SUNY Research and Creative Activities for Undergraduates Program

Students partake in a soldering workshop creating a Jitterbug through the DREAM (Design. Realize. Explore. Apply. Model.) Hub in 118 Bonner Hall in February 2024.

Students partake in a soldering workshop creating a Jitterbug through the DREAM (Design. Realize. Explore. Apply. Model.) Hub in 118 Bonner Hall in February 2024.

Get involved in SUNY funded projects.

A new funded program to support mentored research and creative activities

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.

Please note: all participating students are expected to complete an ELN Digital Badge along with their project.

2024 Funded Projects

Details for individual project opportunities are included in the individual project profiles.

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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Properties – Implications for Future Urban Development
4/11/24
Come analyze some dirty dirt!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Infant language learning from older siblings
4/1/24
How do infants learn from other kids (e.g. their siblings)?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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!
Population genomics of Great Lakes fishes
4/15/24
Would you like to learn about fish evolution and ecology using genomic approaches?
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.
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.
Studying Animal Behavior in a Zoo Setting
3/28/24
Studying animal behavior to learn about evolution.
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
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.
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!
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.
Training Machine Learning Models with Uncertainty
4/16/24
Combine data science, machine learning and statistics to build algorithms to autonomously classify data.
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!
Understanding Psychiatric Treatment Response
3/28/24
How does our method for diagnosing mental illness relate to treatment outcomes?
Virtual Film Production
4/4/24
Help create a virtual film production studio, using VR and game engines to expand live-action filmmaking capabilities.