Research in the Advanced Materials Lab ranges from developing a fundamental understanding of new materials to working with industries to apply advanced materials to new products.  The main thrusts of the lab has been polymer nanocomposites and shape memory alloys, however recent work has also  focused on biomaterials and biomimetic structures using graphene oxide.  Undergrads play a central role in the lab, fabricating and testing samples as well as devising new research projects.  This is evidenced by the fact that several undergraduate researchers from the lab

Research in the Aphasia and Neurolinguistics Research Laboratory examines language processing and production in healthy volunteers and patients with stroke-induced or primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Of particular interest is charting language breakdown and recovery patterns based on what is known about normal language processing and representation. These patterns provide blueprints for clinical protocols and address the utility of this translational approach for studying language disorders.

Our group is interested in understanding the biomechanics of the inner ear and applying this knowledge towards improving the diagnosis of hearing loss and other diseases of the ear. Undergraduates participate in experiments and data analysis.

Each summer the Psychology Department offers two or more undergraduates a Benton J. Underwood Summer Research Fellowship.  Students who accept these fellowships spend most of the summer working on research at Northwestern with a psychology professor. Both current juniors and current sophomores can apply. Priority is given to current juniors who are majoring in psychology, and work on an Underwood project often serves as the foundation for a senior thesis project.