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
Sabine Nix
Land Cover Change Surrounding the Interoceanic Highway in Tambopata, Peru
Favor Idika
Architecture, Environment, and Territory: Essential Writings since 1850
Robert Zhang
LCS-DIVE: Detecting and Characterizing Signal in Complex Datasets
Rouguiatou Sall
Investigating Rising Rates of Diabetes in Conakry, Guinea
Shujing (Maggie) Zhou
Synaptic Transmission Is Delayed During NREM Sleep Compared to Awake State in the Mouse Hippocampal CA1 Commissural Pathway.
Fatima Al Rashed
Menstrual Hygiene and Management in Bwiam, The Gambia
Sandra Chen
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Gig Economy
Junyoung Baik
Searching for Academic Trends in Chinese Studies Using Natural Language Processing
Le He
The Effects of Charge on Synergy between and Enhanced Drug Delivery of Silver Nanoparticles and Antibiotics
Nai Ming(Norman) Chen
Workplace Connectedness in the COVID-19 Age
Bethany Hsiao
Earning Trust Via Earnings Calls
Ruoming Fan
Prevalence of Germline Gene Mutations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Saurabh Shah
Machines Playing Games
Deena Elul
Using Rayleigh Matching to Identify Individual Differences in Cone Parameters
Sarah Tadlock
Development of an Informatics Algorithm to Link Seasonal Infectious Diseases to Birth-Dependent Diseases Across Species: A Case Study with Osteosarcoma
Suditi Rahematpura
Administration of a Novel Dual Agonist of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 and Peptide YY Receptors Attenuates Fentanyl Taking and Seeking in Rats
Laura Liu
The Molecular Basis of AID/APOBEC Deaminase Target Selection
Jessica B Anderson
The Role of BAP1 in the Enteric Nervous System
Adam Goudjil
Cultivating the Study of Jewish Philanthropy
Selene Li
Developing a ventilator webpage for medical facilities in developing countries
Emma L. Keeler
Preliminary recommendations for the empiric antibiotic treatment of presumed Streptococcus pneumoniae infections
Shubha Vasisht
Acoustic Rhinometry in the diagnosis of sleep apnea
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Using Machine Learning to Predict Lung Transplant Graft Failure Catherine Michelutti Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Hersh Sagreiya
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Using Machine Learning to Predict Rejection and Mortality Following Lung Transplantation Joe Konno Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Hersh Sagreiya
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Using Prosody to Resolve Syntactic Ambiguity in Speech Production Michelle Mahecha Perez College of Arts & Sciences
  • John Trueswell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Using Racial Literacy to Combat Racial Stress and Trauma Nyah Williams College of Arts & Sciences
  • Brian Peterson
  • Howard Stevenson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Using Rayleigh Matching to Identify Individual Differences in Cone Parameters Deena Elul College of Arts & Sciences
  • David Brainard
Other
Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Evaluate Urban Tree Canopy and Land Surface Temperature for Green Infrastructure Development and Urban Heat Mitigation in Huntsville, AL Sabine Nix College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jeff Luvall
  • Robert Griffin
  • A. Rochelle Williams
Other
Uwezo Ya Vijana - The Experience of Kenyan Youth in the 21st Century Martha Gakunju College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lee Cassanelli
Gelfman International Summer Fund
Value of cfDNA Concentration as a Biomarker of Cancer Progression and Prognosis Jake Freedman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Stephen Bagley
  • Erica Carpenter
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Variational Auto-encoder for Unsupervised Learning
  • Anderson Ye Zhang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Visualizing the Elements of Political Rank and Hierarchy in the Mughal Era, 1556-1627 Santana Browning College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ramya Sreenivasan
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Visualizing the Elements of Political Rank and Hierarchy in the Mughal Era, 1556-1627 Rachel Jessamy College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ramya Sreenivasan
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Visualizing the Elements of Political Rank and Hierarchy in the Mughal Era, 1556-1627​ Gulzar Berdimuratova College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ramya Sreenivasan
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Webcam-based Eye Tracking to Assess Cognitive Function in Middle School Children Using Online Math Tutorials Oyindamola Ogunlade College of Arts & Sciences
  • Joshua Gold
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
What is "Lain-lain"? : The Construction of the Other in Contemporary Malaysia Alysha Ravendran College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Carruthers
Gelfman International Summer Fund
Which Semantic Cognition Network Models Predict Language Generation? Shreya Parchure Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Roy Hamilton
Jumpstart for Juniors
WIC and the Infant Formula Market Elizaveta Brover College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mike Abito
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Workplace Connectedness in the COVID-19 Age Nai Ming(Norman) Chen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Vera Ludwig
  • Michael Platt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Workplace Connectedness in the COVID-19 Age: Improving Workplace Relationships in a Remote Setting Jerry Cai College of Arts & Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Vera Ludwig
  • Michael Platt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Yemeni Coffee: Past, Present, & Future Nadia Mokhallalati College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Heather Sharkey
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Your Language My Ear Drew Basile College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kevin M. F. Platt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Your Language My Ear Rachel Dennis College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kevin M. F. Platt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
“I’m Not a Slave, I’m a Mother;” Motherhood and the Seeds of Freedom and Gendered Law in Colonial Jamaica from 1807 to 1834 Tatiana Johnson College of Arts & Sciences
  • Roquinaldo Ferreira
Jumpstart for Juniors