Projects

Exploring AI-powered pro-social interventions in online discussions

The HMC AWeSoMe (Analyzing Web and Social Media) Lab is exploring the potential for AI-powered systems to help users proactively prevent their online conversations from escalating into toxicity.

4 sp. | 41 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Human-Computer Interaction (+4)

Bacterial gene regulation in response to stress

Project Overview: Bacteria respond to stressful changes in their environment by changing their patterns of gene expression. The RpoS protein coordinates E. coli ’s general stress response, allowing…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Biomedical Sciences (+1)

Understanding plant water use in a changing climate

Are you interested in the project below? Awesome! PLEASE DO NOT APPLY THROUGH THE URO SITE. Instead, follow this link to send in your application by Feb. 22nd, 11:59pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…

3 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Climate Change (+3)

Computational Design of Carbone Catalysts

The Ogba Lab is looking for students eager to work at the interface of organic chemistry, high-performance computing, and data science. This is a funded, full-time, 10-week program scheduled for…

3 sp. | 18 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Impact of protein degradation on mitochondrial protein import

Are you interested in the project below? Awesome! PLEASE DO NOT APPLY THROUGH THE URO SITE . Instead, follow this link [https://forms.gle/3T3jQSvgUz5D7gpG8] to send in your application by Feb. 22nd…

2 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Electrical Measurement of Insect Feeding - Software Team

Piercing-sucking insects (mosquitoes, ticks, aphids, sharpshooters) are vectors for animal and plant diseases that cause immense human suffering and that pose grave agricultural threats. For instance…

1 sp. | 7 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Engineering (+2)

Prototyping Social and Environmental Impact in Engineering Courses

The world needs engineers who, in addition to their technical skills, can evaluate and address the environmental, social, and ethical factors impacting their engineering decisions. In parallel…

2 sp. | 7 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Human-centered Design (+5)

Electrical Measurement of Insect Feeding - Firmware Team

Piercing-sucking insects (mosquitoes, ticks, aphids, sharpshooters) are vectors for animal and plant diseases that cause immense human suffering and that pose grave agricultural threats. For instance…

1 sp. | 9 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+1)

Circuit Design (+2)

Exploring Sustainability in the Computing Sector

We are looking for students interested in the intersection of computer science and climate for two projects: Junkyard Computing: By the time you open a new smartphone or laptop, over 80% of the total…

4 sp. | 12 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science (+1)

Numerical Tools for Orbital Dynamics of Planetary Systems

#1Methods for comparing analytical solutions & numerical integrations of planetary systems #2Semi-analytic decision tree for long-term stability of planetary system #3Interactive web tools for Astro62

4 sp. | 27 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

First-year Summer Start Up

As part of the Entrepreneurship Studio, the first-year Summer Start Up combines entrepreneurial problem-research, project-design, prototype-building, and pitch-practice! First-year students are the…

4 sp. | 33 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Engineering (+6)

Imputing Measles Outbreak Data Based on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Summer 2026 Vaccine hesitancy is on the rise nationally, resulting in outbreaks of dangerous diseases such as measles. In counties where measles vaccine uptake is low, measles outbreaks tend to go…

2 sp. | 16 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Mathematics (+4)

Quantum Dot-Based Photovoltaics

We tailor the surface chemistry of PbS quantum dots and other semiconductors to allow solution processing and blade coating for the production of low-cost, ultra-thin, solid-state solar cells.

1 sp. | 14 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Molecules in Motion: Unveiling the Chemical Physics in Solution

Are you intrigued by the fact that our kidneys' filtration membrane can distinguish between proteins and sugars? Are you amazed that pure water might actually be a mixture? Are you excited to find out…

3 sp. | 26 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science (+4)

Eco-friendly molecule making

Do you want to do chemistry that is good and beautiful, green and clever? Do you want to be a legit molecule maker? Join us! We are developing eco-friendly reactions to rapidly create organic…

2 sp. | 21 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Molecular Design (+3)

Ant Wars: Can Native and Invasive Ants Coexist?

Are you interested in the project below? Awesome! PLEASE DO NOT APPLY THROUGH THE URO SITE. Instead, follow this link [ https://forms.gle/3T3jQSvgUz5D7gpG8 ] to send in your application by Feb. 22nd…

3 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Engineering (+9)

The physics of dark matter and hidden particles

The Universe is indescribably vast, with at least 100 billion galaxies composed of around 100 billion stars each. However, all of the light we see from these stars is only a small fraction of the…

3 sp. | 20 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Selectively Planning with a Flawed Predictive Model

One reasonable way for an artificial agent to learn to make good decisions is for it to learn a predictive model of its environment so it can “imagine” possible futures and plan its behavior to obtain…

2 sp. | 28 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Machine Learning (+2)

Randomized Sketching Methods for Constrained Regression Problems

This project investigates how randomized sketching techniques can be adapted to constrained least-squares problems, with a particular focus on active-set methods for nonnegative least squares (NLS)…

2 sp. | 22 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Algorithms (+3)

Network Analysis of Fake News Propagation on Social Media

Summer 2026: Network Analysis of Fake News Propagation on Social Media: We are embedding our previously developed probability model for the propagation of fake news on social media into a network…

2 sp. | 21 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Mathematics (+3)

Building Accessible Early Warning Applications

CACTI Lab has three open projects for students interested in CS, Climate, and Human-Computer Interaction. Project 1: Public Transit x Climate Disasters. This study will examine how public transit can…

4 sp. | 19 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Human-centered Design (+2)

Efficient covariate adjustment in blocked randomized experiments

Investigate ways to reduce the variance of average treatment effect estimates in large blocked experiments with auxiliary covariate information.

1 sp. | 9 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Mathematics (+2)

Entrepreneurship Studio Program

Bridging technical research with entrepreneurial opportunity is intense, creative, and fun. The ESP supports these self-directed, team-based, entrepreneurial bridge projects.

5 sp. | 2 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science (+8)

Shape-Dependent Polymer Degradation

Overview: The accessibility of polymeric materials has led to their widespread use in addressing diverse global challenges from food preservation to light transportation and affordable medical devices…

1 sp. | 15 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Polymer Science (+4)

'28 Myhre Research Fellowship in Chemistry

If you are a Mudd sophomore and a declared chemistry, chem/bio, or chem/climate major, you are eligible for the Myhre Research Fellowship in Chemistry. This fellowship provides research support to…

1 sp. | 0 appl.

Fall - Part Time (+2)

Carbon Capture Materials

Background: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials that are able to capture greenhouse gases, like CO2 and methane. We are particularly interested in "hybrid" MOFs, which contain small…

2 sp. | 23 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computing for All: A Prototype-first Approach

This is a hands-on, education-focused project to develop, create, and test new intro-to-computing ideas. Student researchers who join these positions will Create a new intro-to-computing course…

3 sp. | 24 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science

Instructional Laboratories for Nanoscale Materials Science

We have created a number of instructional laboratory experiments in HM Chem 122 Nanomaterials that subsequently have been published for use in chemistry, physics, engineering, and material science…

1 sp. | 16 appl.

Summer - Full Time

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