Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2020

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships is the University’s hub for undergraduate research, as well as the launch pad for Penn students seeking to apply for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships

Welcome to CURF’s Research Expo!

Over 300 undergraduates are eager to share their research with you, so enjoy learning about the array of opportunities embraced by students at one of the world’s leading research universities.

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Start Time: September 17 2020 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 17 2020 - 6:30 PM
Aaron Olson
Amadi Essoka-Lasenberry
Geo-Political Development in the Caribbean: The Case For Renewable Energy Investment in Trinidad and Tobago
Alysha Ravendran
What is "Lain-lain"? : The Construction of the Other in Contemporary Malaysia
Erin O'Malley
Archiving Asian American Studies at Penn: A Historical Study of Student Organizing
Aakash Jajoo
1 World Connected project
Jonathan Cheng
UPENN Aviary: Latent Space Analysis of Cowbird Song
Anika Prakash
"The Land of Sad Oranges": The Politics of Israeli-Palestinian Citriculture
Avneet Kaur Randhawa
Joanna Hogg’s Architectures of Affect: Exhibition and the Domestic Sphere
Martha Gakunju
Uwezo Ya Vijana - The Experience of Kenyan Youth in the 21st Century
Santana Browning
Visualizing the Elements of Political Rank and Hierarchy in the Mughal Era, 1556-1627
Andrew Brose
Analyzing the History of Central Research Labs in the United States
Aukkarwit Nakprasert
Diagnosis Screening of Ovarian Cancer using DNA-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Vapor Sensor
Allison Dreier
Development of a mouse model to study the effects of adolescent vaping of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) 
Neel Vallurupalli
Trends in FDA Vaccine Approvals
Sophia McKee
Understanding Iron-catalyzed Cross-coupling
Aditya M. Rao
Effects of methadone treatment on construct expression and exosomal content in cultures transfected with rs10485058 allele constructs
Sarah Zhou
Exploring Trends in Technology Private Equity
Raisa Islam
The Making of Akbar's Empire
Rachel Jessamy
Visualizing the Elements of Political Rank and Hierarchy in the Mughal Era, 1556-1627
Kirti Nath
Characterizing Dietary and Lifestyle Risk Factors for the Development of Serrated versus Conventional Adenomas
Gulzar Berdimuratova
Visualizing the Elements of Political Rank and Hierarchy in the Mughal Era, 1556-1627​
Gantavya Pahwa
An Experiment in Identity and Coordination
William A. San Pedro
14,000 Children & 90 Miles to Miami: The Role of the Catholic Church in Operation Pedro Pan
Grant Li
Morphological Changes of Muscle Stem Cells during Aging and Muscular Dystrophy
John Alex Carbonell
Analysis of Central Research Laboratories as the Engine of Innovation in Large Firms
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Advocacy, Identity, and Liberation: Palestinian Olive Oil, a case study Iman Syed College of Arts & Sciences
  • Heather Sharkey
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
AlScN: An Emerging Post-CMOS Compatible Ferroelectric for Non-Volatile Memory Keshava Katti Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Deep Jariwala
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Amazon Facilities’ Impact on Local Economies Nico Melton Wharton
  • Serguei Netessine
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
An Experiment in Identity and Coordination Gantavya Pahwa College of Arts & Sciences
  • Abraham Aldama Navarrete
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Pre-operative Anxiety and Post-operative Pain In Response to Ibuprofen Following Third Molar Extraction Truongan Pham College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katherine Theken
  • Elliot Hersh
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analysis of Central Research Laboratories as the Engine of Innovation in Large Firms John Carbonell Wharton
  • Natalya Vinokurova
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analysis of trends in federal workplace harassment litigation with respect to the #MeToo movement Ibreez Esmail Wharton
  • Mary-Hunter McDonnell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analysis of trends in federal workplace harassment litigation with respect to the #MeToo movement Lindsey Perlman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mary-Hunter McDonnell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analyzing Impacts of Time-lapse Incubation on Embryo Utilization Arnav Lal College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Dara Berger
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Analyzing the History of Central Research Labs in the United States Andrew Brose Wharton
  • Natalya Vinokurova
  • Igor Bargatin
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Ride-Sharing Industry Praneeth Alla Wharton
  • Gad Allon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Anhedonia and Confidence in value-based decision-making Keven Querido College of Arts & Sciences
  • Min Kang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Approaches to Simulating Semi-Soft Robotics: TrussBot Yumika Amemiya Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Cynthia Sung
Team Grants for Interdisciplinary Activities
ARCH Lab Implementation Science Projects LahNasia Shider College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rinad Beidas
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Architecture, Environment, and Territory: Essential Writings since 1850 Favor Idika College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Daniel Barber
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Archiving Asian American Studies at Penn: A Historical Study of Student Organizing Erin O'Malley College of Arts & Sciences
  • Fariha Khan
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Artificial Intelligence in Radiology Across Four Modalities Anjali Gupta College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Chamith Rajapakse
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Artificial Intelligence in Radiology Across Four Modalities Abigail Manion College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Chamith Rajapakse
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Artificial Intelligence in Radiology Across Four Modalities James Bradley Parente College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Chamith Rajapakse, PhD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessing Impact of Environmental Toxins on Cellular Metabolism using Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics Andrew Briskin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Aalim Weljie
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Assessing sensitivity to cues of social affiliation in an era of COVID-19 Chloe Katz College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rebecca Waller
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessing sensitivity to cues of social affiliation in an era of COVID-19 Sylvia Zhao
  • Rebecca Waller
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Association Between 90-Minute Door-to-Balloon Time and Selective Exclusion of Myocardial Infarction Cases: Insights from the Cardiac Care Outcomes Assessment Program from Washington State Nancy Yang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Alexander Fanaroff
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Association of Baseline Subject Characteristics with Changes in Coronary Calcification Assessed by 18F-Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Lauren Brodsky
  • Chamith Rajapkse, Ph. D.
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant