Applied Research is different than traditional education, because you're actually using the skills you're building to address or solve a real

world problem. In your classes, you're working on interdisciplinary teams to build projects just like you would do in industry. In research, you're making useful products. You're not doing theoretical stuff, our students really can transition very easily into the industry world, coming out of style.

It was really super easy for me to get involved in the research.

Your faculty mentor will help you think about how to pick an appropriate project. They'll think about what methods you need to use

if you even show the slightest bit of interest. They're going to make sure that you are aware of what's available here.

We coordinate directly with companies in the greater Midwest area, sometimes farther than that, to get problems that they want to solve but they don't necessarily have the time for, right? And so that creates a great opportunity for us to help them. Meanwhile, we're getting great experience working on problems are not unlike what we'll be working on once we graduate.

One of my first research projects was actually on the recycling of plastics. We recycle all the plastics that we use in the lab.

I actually took my Stout knowledge to research Tulare nanowire growth. That's a type of material that is used within chips.

I am working on Kintsugi 3d which is a viewing application for seniority models that different institutions have put together using cameras and like scanning models to make a digital 3d model. And then now I'm working on the application for the general public to kind of experience it Stout really has been able to provide that for me, and I'm really happy that I came here for that.

In psychology, we have two different lab. We have an electroencephalography lab. We have a psycho physiological lab classroom. We call it. We can do observation, social interaction. We can do online survey collection.

Sometimes we mix all of these things together and also take your show on the road and go present at conferences. Our students get the opportunity to travel to interact with legislatures and with others who are going to make decisions, and the opportunity kind of expand by getting to present their research in national conferences. Even I've seen students go from being very, very nervous to very, very confident, and you might put on your resume, I have good communication skills. But how do you prove it? This is one way you prove it. I presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, or I presented to the state legislature.

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