Expand your résumé at Washington State!
Participate in summer research programs hosted by WSU faculty and funded by NSF Research Experience
for Undergraduates (REU), USDA, and faculty grants at Washington State University located in the Pacific Northwest. You will:
- Conduct research in cutting edge facilities
- Be mentored by award-winning professors
- Receive a generous stipend with many expenses covered
- Showcase your work to the public at our poster symposium
- Showcase your work to the public at our poster symposium
How Do I Join the Program?
To join, you must apply directly to the specific program you are interested in. Summer research programs for 2016 are listed below:
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change: Measurements and Modeling in the Pacific Northwest
(Laboratory for Atmospheric Research/Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Contact: Shelley Pressley
Website: lar.wsu.edu/ugrad_reu.html
Biomolecular Engineering: Theory and Practice (funding is pending)
(School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering)
Contact: Nehal Abu-Lail
Website: voiland.wsu.edu
Bioplastics and Biocomposites
(Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites)
Contact: Michael Kessler
Website: cb2.iastate.edu/reu.html
Biomedicine Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
(College of Veterinary Medicine)
Contact: Samantha Gizerian
Website: undergraduate.vetmed.wsu.edu/SURE
Data-intensive Research in the Environmental Sciences
(Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach)
Contact: Julie Padowski
Website: cereo.wsu.edu/reu-data-intensive-environ-sci
Gerontechnology-focused Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (GSUR)
(Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Psychology)
Contact: Diane Cook and Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
Website: ntg.ailab.wsu.edu
Introduction to Sports Engineering (REU) (funding is pending)
(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering)
Contact: Konstantin Matveev
Website: REU-me.mme.wsu.edu
Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Columbia River Basin: Integrating Terrestrial and Aquatic Perspectives
(School of the Environment, WSU Vancouver)
Contact: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens
Website: vancouver.wsu.edu/reu
Materials Under Extreme Conditions
(Institute for Shock Physics)
Contact: Y. M. Gupta
Website: shock.wsu.edu/education/undergraduate-research
Nanotechnology in Materials Science
(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering)
Contact: Amy Wo
Website: reu-mse.mme.wsu.edu/index.html
New-generation Power-efficient Computer Systems Design
(School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Contact: Partha Pande
Website: multicorereu.eecs.wsu.edu
Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA)
(WSU-led public/private biofuels project)
Contact: Shelley Pressley
Website: hubzero.cee.wsu.edu/ed
Plant Genomics and Biotechnology
(Dept. of Horticulture)
Contact: Amit Dhingra
Website: genomics.wsu.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu
REgional Approaches to Climate CHange (REACCH)
(Intercollegiate/USDA-AR project)
Contact: Shelley Pressley
Website: reacchpna.org/mission/education/undergraduate
Smart Environments
(School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Contact: Larry Holder
Website: reu.eecs.wsu.edu
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
(Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, WSU Spokane)
Contact: Bennett Carrothers
Website: pharmacy.wsu.edu/prospectivestudents/graduateprograms.html
USPRISM: U.S.-Scotland Program for Research on Integration of Renewable Energy Resources and SMart Grid
(School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Contact: Ali Mehrizi-Sani
Website: usprism.eecs.wsu.edu