Undergraduates in this lab range in concentrations from Biomedical or Chemical Engineering to Mechanical Engineering and Biology. They are working on independant projects of interest with the support of the rest of the lab and not just assisting a graduate student. This lab encourages undergraduate research because the students are so eager to be involved and have interesting projects with great results.

Here are some students comments about doing research:

- "Research as an undergraduate has been a great opportunity to apply what I've learned in the classroom and make something useful with my knowledge." - Aartik Sarma '08

- "Undergraduate research is an amazing experience because it allows a student at an early point in his or her education to learn how to develop and edit a procedure, as well as gain a lot of experience with lab equipment." - Lea Mouallem '08

Some projects that are currently being done by undergraduates include:

- Developing a method for quick and unique detection of the H3N2 strain of Influenza

- Developing a low-cost, rapid, sequence-specific, fluorescent detection methods for RNA and DNA from pathogens on microfluidic devices suitable for resource-limited settings and the impact of biomedical engineering on the developing world

- Developing a seperation method for protein isoforms by testing their adsorption and electrophoretic mobility in a partially denatured state.