<p>Especially interested in electronics/microelectronics. What colleges have undergraduates REALLY doing research?</p>
<p>Cornell funds some undergraduate research proposals. You have to apply for funding.</p>
<p>Many labs hire undergraduates as research assistants. Even freshmen sometimes, but less common for freshmen. Start checking the student job openings as soon as accepted. Most are posted online. Also check bulletin boards when you visit campus. Or, email faculty who are doing things that interest you. </p>
<p>The level and sophistication of research involvement changes over the four years. Volunteering as a freshman might be a way to get your foot in the door. When you take a course that interests you, tell the professor you'd like to work in his/her lab in some capacity.</p>
<p>Programming skills (C++ etc) and matlab skills are a plus.</p>
<p>Rice University</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>MIT, CalTech, Olin, Stanford</p>
<p>But if you are determined enough, you can get involved at any reputable engineering school. It won't be as easy to get than say MIT (where you basically just have to send an email to get an opportunity), but you can defiantly find something. Olin is great too, they fund whatever research project you'd like to do, so the project will be based on your interests and not your professor.</p>
<p>Stanford or MIT no question about it......</p>
<p>Its pretty easy at MIT, CMU, and RPI, but you can get research positions at nearly any school if you are persistent and psyched enough.</p>