Volume 18 of the Journal of Research Reports, “McNair Scholars Program:Educate, Enrich, Empower.” The articles featured in this journal represent the work of the Program participants from the 2012 – 2013 grant year. The volume includes the works of twelve undergraduate students. Ten of these students are McNair Scholars on the campus of Wichita State University, and the other two are participants in the EPSCoR Summer Research Program, hosted on the campus of WSU and sponsored by the National Science Foundation.