Students can all the time contact me if they are interested in the topics I cover and they can also suggest topics.
In order to work with me as an undergraduate there are two ways
1) you submit an internal PURE or USRP undergraduate award research proposal with me for the spring/summer or fall/winter term
2) You do a 6 credit research inquiry course with me through spring/summer. MDSC 528
Look here for success of my students so far
If you want to be a graduate student it is important that your topic fits with what I do, look here. Also I can not gurantee funding. We would apply for it but no guarantee that one is successful.