• Do the Great Lakes have rip currents?

• Are there barrier islands in the Great Lakes? How do they differ from ocean barriers?

• How does the eastern Lake Erie shore differ from the Lake Superior shore (in Wisconsin) in terms of abundance of structures and sand budget?

• What are the long term impacts of large harbor structures on bluff erosion in the Great Lakes?

• Evaluate the concept that Algonquin shorelines are missing in Lake Michigan because they are below present water level?

• What has happened to the wetland shorelines in the last 50 years on the Great Lakes?

• How do beach ridges form, and when? (High or low water?)

• Why does Lake Erie have huge beach ridges indicating higher lake levels, whereas they are quite small on Lake Michigan?

• Compare sieve analysis with optical techniques for doing grain size analysis of coarse particles

• Effects of ice on shoreline erosion of the Great Lakes

• Does circulation pattern change shoreline in Great Lakes?

• Can you predict water levels in the Great Lakes? How does climate variability (global warming) affect the water levels in the Great Lakes?