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
Ellie Chen
3T to Low-field MRI Scan Transformation using GANs
Yuxuan Zhu
Flood Forecasting with Gated Graph Recurrent Neural Networks
Jasmine Wu
Surgeon Resident Engagement: OR to ICU Handoffs
David Isaacs
Complications of Arthroscopic Drilling in the Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
Marco Yap
Behavior Change For Good
Elena Cruz-Adames
Neural Circuitry for Female Reproductive Behavior in Songbirds
Justin Wang
Organizational Behavior and Beyond
Praneeth Alla
Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Ride-Sharing Industry
Shunmel Syau
Effect of Footwear on Patellar Tendinopathy Risk in High School Volleyball Players
Arnav Lal
Analyzing Impacts of Time-lapse Incubation on Embryo Utilization
Annie Hsu
The Impact of the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
Keven Querido
Anhedonia and Confidence in value-based decision-making
Arnav Lal
Investigating the Global Healthy Human Nose and Tongue Microbiomes
Nico Melton
Amazon Facilities’ Impact on Local Economies
Jessica Liu
Incorporating Neighborhood-Level Covariates from Public Databases into a Geographic Analysis of Adverse Medical Outcomes in Philadelphia
Jacob Keller
Interspecific and Intraspecific Variation in Microbiome Composition of Drosophilids
Gerardo E Ballesteros
E-commerce technology adoption by internet retailers: An empirical study of E-commerce retail development
Joseph Heo
Hierarchical Ti Surface Structure and Cu Nanoparticle Coating To Inhibit Oral Bacteria and Peri-implantitis
Kelly Jiang
Acute Stress and Morphine Enhance Learning Through KCC2 Downregulation
Lauren M Chua
Oxygen as Free, High-Temperature Catalyst for Alkyl Acrylate Polymerization
Jessica Ling
Multipillar Dry EEG MXene Electrode Geometries
Subin Kim
Interpreting Questions in Conversations
Beverlye Gedeon
Take up Space
Arsam Shaikh
An Evaluation of Contemporary Human Rights Violations: With a Focus on Mitigating the Suppression of Uyghur Muslims
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Cooperation and Game Theory Daniel Draganoff College of Arts & Sciences
  • Abraham Aldama
  • Cristina Bicchieri
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Coral Bleaching Data Analysis Comparing Bleaching Events in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Elisa Kruse College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Katie Barott
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Correlated Audio-Visual Evidence Accumulation in Noisy Environments Jiwon Kang Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Joshua I. Gold
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
COVID-19 in Cobbs Creek Valentina Spadea College of Arts & Sciences
  • Frances K. Barg, PhD MEd and Kent D.W. Bream, MD
Hassenfeld Foundation Grant
Crisis Talk: The Ford Foundation in India, 1952-61 Tathagat Bhatia College of Arts & Sciences
  • Etienne Benson
Gelfman International Summer Fund
Cultivating the Study of Jewish Philanthropy Adam Goudjil College of Arts & Sciences
  • Steven Weitzman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Determining the Effects of Neuronal Proximity to Blood Vessels on Cell Membrane Permeability Following Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injuries Olivia Rivellini College of Arts & Sciences
  • Victor Acero
  • Kathryn Wofford
  • Erin Purvis
  • D. Kacy Cullen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Developing a ventilator webpage for medical facilities in developing countries Selene Li College of Arts & Sciences
  • Yale E. Goldman
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Developing Philosophy Curricula With an Eye Towards Personal Growth David Ehrenreich College of Arts & Sciences
  • Susan Meyer
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Development of a mouse model to study the effects of adolescent vaping of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)  Allison Dreier College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mariella De Biasi
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Development of an Informatics Algorithm to Link Seasonal Infectious Diseases to Birth-Dependent Diseases Across Species: A Case Study with Osteosarcoma Sarah Tadlock Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of control in brain networks over temporal and spatial scales using graph models Lindsay Smith College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Danielle Bassett
University Scholars
Diagnosis Screening of Ovarian Cancer using DNA-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Vapor Sensor Aukkarwit Nakprasert College of Arts & Sciences
  • A.T. Charlie Johnson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Differences in T Cell Subset Frequencies in Canine Myasthenia Gravis Patients Carly Seligman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jennifer Punt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Differences in Younger and Older Escape Room Participant Experiences: Implications for Stroke Survivors Gary Lin Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Michelle Jillian Johnson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
E-commerce technology adoption by internet retailers: An empirical study of E-commerce retail development Gerardo Ballesteros Wharton
  • Serguei Netessine
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Earning Trust Via Earnings Calls Bethany Hsiao Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Maurice Schweitzer
  • Polly Kang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effect of Footwear on Patellar Tendinopathy Risk in High School Volleyball Players Shunmel Syau College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nathaniel Dyment
  • Catherine Bautista
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effects of methadone treatment on construct expression and exosomal content in cultures transfected with rs10485058 allele constructs Aditya Rao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Glenn Doyle
  • Wade Berrettini
Other
Effects of Radiotherapy on Dentin & Enamel Chancelor Mitchell College of Arts & Sciences
  • Francis Mante
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effects of Retrieval Mode on Temporal Discounting Ritin Pachnanda College of Arts & Sciences
  • Joseph W Kable
  • Karolina Lempert
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Enabling Children with Subglottic Stenosis to Breathe by Creating a Scaffold for Laryngotracheal Reconstruction Claudia Hejazi-Garcia
  • Riccardo Gottardi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Energy Visions: Haunted Landscapes of the South Philadelphia Refinery Site Pearl Liu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ann Greene
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Benjamin Franklin Scholars Summer Grant, College House Research Fellowship
Epstein Barr Virus Encoded BHRF1 miRNA Targets Host Transcription Factor ATF-1 and ATF-2 Emma Boey College of Arts & Sciences
  • Erle Robertson PhD
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant