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Biotech, Music, Business
Literature Review for Beginners - Podcast or Writeup
In this project we will conduct a literature review on a topic of your choosing. The core idea will be to identify how different strands of the literature connect to each other, and how our understanding of the topic of your choosing has evolved over time. The final deliverable will be either a podcast-style discussion of your literature review or a short writeup that summarizes your findings.
AI/ML, Economics
Machine Learning Classification for Beginners
In this project, we will construct different machine learning models to perform a classification task of your choosing. We will both discuss and find appropriate data, and I will guide you through the whole lifetime of the process: data cleaning, preprocessing, model implementation and comparison. The final deliverable will be a Github repository with your functional code that you can add to your portfolio.
AI/ML, Economics
Climate Anxiety in Everyday Life: : An Interview Study of Climate Anxiety, Meaning, and Coping
This research project examines how people experience, interpret, and respond to climate change in their everyday lives, with particular attention to climate anxiety and related feelings such as grief, dread, anger, numbness, and hope. Using in-depth interviews, the study aims to understand not only what climate distress feels like for individuals, but also how it becomes shaped by people’s social locations, community ties, and broader cultural narratives about responsibility, uncertainty, and the future. The project asks: How do people make meaning of climate threat? What kinds of coping strategies do they describe (e.g., emotional regulation, avoidance, activism, spiritual practices, mutual aid)? And how do they decide what counts as a “reasonable” response to living in a time of ongoing crisis? To carry out this project, the student will strengthen their skills in qualitative research design and interviewing, including developing an interview guide, recruiting participants, building rapport, and conducting ethical human-subjects research. The student will also become acquainted with theories of emotion, environmental inequality, risk, and care, and learn practical methods for analyzing interview data (e.g., transcription, coding, and thematic analysis).
History, Literature
Who Loses the Most When Prices Rise? Tracking Inflation’s Impact on Everyday Life
This project looks at inflation from a policymaker's point of view: how rising prices affect different people depending on what they spend money on. We will analyze inflation data for categories like food, rent, gas, and transportation, then simulate how purchasing power changes for different income levels using Excel models. With basic machine learning trend analysis, we will identify which groups are hit hardest during inflation spikes. I help students connect their findings to economic theory and real policy debates. The final outcome is a macroeconomics research paper that makes inflation personal, data-driven, and easy to explain.
Economics, Finance
Decision-Making in the Real World
Investigate how people make decisions under uncertainty, pressure, or limited information, drawing from cognitive science, psychology, and behavioral economics. Students can explore topics such as risk-taking, cognitive biases, emotional regulation, or adaptive decision-making in everyday contexts like school, health, or technology use. The final product could take the form of a research paper, applied analysis, or visual or multimedia project translating theory into practice.
Neuroscience, Psychology, Quantitative, Cognitive
Translating Brain Science Into Practice
Create a research-informed project that translates cognitive science findings into practical applications for education, health, policy, or industry. Students will identify a body of brain science research and reframe it for a real-world audience, such as educators, caregivers, policymakers, or the general public. This project could result in a paper, presentation, policy brief, or multimedia resource designed to make brain science accessible, human, and actionable.
Neuroscience, Psychology, Quantitative, Cognitive
How Do Lived Experiences Shape Cognitive Development?
Design a research project exploring how lived experiences—such as environment, culture, technology use, stress, or access to resources—shape cognitive development across childhood and adolescence. Students can examine how these factors influence executive functions, attention, learning, or self-regulation using existing research, original data collection, or case-based analysis. This project may result in a research paper, presentation, or creative synthesis connecting cognitive science to real-world developmental outcomes.
Neuroscience, Psychology, Quantitative, Cognitive
Build Your Own Wearable Breathing Monitor - With Pencil and Paper
Flexible electronics and sensors lie at the heart of revolutionary wearable device technology, enabling everything from implantable medical devices and skin patches to smart contact lenses with in-built micro-displays and smart clothing. Integration of these devices with Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises new possibilities for early disease detection through real-time physiological signal monitoring, as well as personalized feedback and recommendations, such as personalized exercise plans. Advances in flexible electronics and sensors continue to be made by innovations in thin, lightweight electronic materials that maintain their functionality while subjected to continuous and cyclic mechanical stresses, including stretching, bending and folding. In this project, the student and I will work together to build a wearable respiratory monitor using nothing more than pencil and paper, to gain a deeper appreciation for the role that materials play in wearable device technology. The student will investigate the relationship between the structure and composition of pencil lead with its electrical resistance, prototype various circuit geometries on flexible substrates to optimize sensitivity, and analyze the ability of the device to withstand continuous stresses. Potential outcomes for this project could be a research paper detailing the device design and materials investigations, a video that documents the research process or even a podcast episode discussing project learnings.
Engineering, Physics
Decoding Polymer Secrets
From structural aircraft components and battery electrolytes to drug-delivery systems and wearable sensors for monitoring health data, polymers continue to play a pivotal role in many technological innovations that shape our modern world. The versatility and broad set of properties of this class of materials stem from its unique structure and diverse chemical make-up. Fundamentally, polymers are made up of large molecules, so-called polymer chains, each comprising many repeating units of a smaller molecule, a monomer. Unlike orderly atomic arrangements in crystalline materials, like metals and ceramics, polymer chains tend to arrange into a spectrum of semi-crystalline or even amorphous structures. In this project, the student and I will work together on a hands-on exploration of polymer's properties and structure. The student will identify key experimental parameters, construct a custom-built thermal system from inexpensive items, and perform a series of controlled experiments to collect relevant data from paraffin wax samples. The student will then analyze the data against a simple thermodynamic model and interpret the findings. Potential outcomes of this project could be a research paper that will be published in a high school journal or a short video that discusses the experiments, methods and learnings.
Engineering, Physics