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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Details
Start Time: September 17 2020 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 17 2020 - 6:30 PM
Aaron Olson
Grant Wang
Understanding Global Generosity During Times of Crisis
Christian Pohlmann
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Hydrogel Coatings for Intrinsically Lubricated Condoms: The Condom for the Modern-Day World
Ricardo Del Rio
Gated Graph Recurrent Neural Networks
Isabel X Zhang
CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder: A Literature Review
Sarah Maghraoui
Uncovering differences between parent and child completed Pediatric Symptom Checklists in Botswana
Nadia Mokhallalati
Yemeni Coffee: Past, Present, & Future
Sahana Sundar
Optical Modeling of Self-Assembled Nanocomposites: Structure-Property Relationships
Margaret (Meg) Gladieux
The Healthy Brains and Behavior Study: Methodology and Challenges in Community-Based Follow-Up Studies of Young Adults
Deborah Babalola
Long Term Outcomes of Trauma
Margo Squire
Machine Learning and RNNs in the Development of Grid Cells
Stephanie J Nam
New Route, New Faces?: Measuring Changes in the Exposure to Diversity on Transit Using Social Interaction Potential
Sofia Mouchtaris
Impact of RNS Volume Conduction at the Seizure Onset Zone
Tvisha R Malik
The History of the Federal Reserve and Banking Regulation
Ellie Kim
New Route, New Faces?: Measuring Changes in the Exposure to Diversity on Transit Using Social Interaction Potential
Carlos G. Chávez Pérez
Radial displacement assay distinguishes ALA from RIS mutants during recovery from heat stress in Caenorhabditis elegans
Daniel Draganoff
Cooperation and Game Theory
Asset Yermekkaliyev
Ultra-High-Rate Pseudocapacitive Charge Storage in the 3D Nanoporous Metal Scaffold-Supported Silver Oxide and Kinetics Analysis
Darcey Hookway
ACTIVE Cognitive Training Trial: 20 Year Follow-Up of Functioning, Health, & Dementia
Valentina Spadea
COVID-19 in Cobbs Creek
Brendan Lui
Built to Last: Examining the Persistence of Minority Exclusion in Philadelphia’s Building Trades Craft Unions
Abenezer Nebyu Lemma
Evaluation of the Cardiac Emergency Preparedness of Philadelphia's Parks and Recreation Centers
Michiyah Collins
Hypermotile Screen Reveals Potential Haloferax volcanii Two Component Regulatory System
Emma Boey
Epstein Barr Virus Encoded BHRF1 miRNA Targets Host Transcription Factor ATF-1 and ATF-2
Emma Arsekin
Partisan Polarization and Resistance to Elite Messages
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Learning Decentralized Controllers for Robot Swarms with Graph Neural Networks Arda Genc Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Alejandro Ribeiro
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Lessons from the National Polio Immunization Program Regarding COVID-19 Sarah Bernstein College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jonathan Moreno
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Linking Quantitative Traits with Molecular Evidence for Alzheimer's Disease Yinuo Zhang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Li Shen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Literature, Medicine, and Caregiving: A Novel Synthesis Isabelle Breier College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lance Wahlert
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Long Term Outcomes of Trauma Deborah Babalola College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mark Seamon
  • Elinore Kaufman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Lymphoma in Irish Wolfhounds Erika Lutz College of Arts & Sciences
  • Margret Casal
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Machine Learning Analysis Pipeline for Regression Datasets Yijie Lu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Ryan Urbanowicz
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Machine Learning and RNNs in the Development of Grid Cells Margo Squire Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Alexander Proekt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Machine learning of EEG to help diagnose epilepsy: predicting functional connectivity from structural connectivity Lena Armstrong College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kathryn Davis
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Machines Playing Games Saurabh Shah Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Alex Proekt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Magic and Religion in the Indian Ocean World Sarah Diaz College of Arts & Sciences
  • Terenjit Sevea
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Menstrual Hygiene and Management in Bwiam, The Gambia Fatima Al Rashed College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Carol Muller
College House Research Fellowship, College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Mental Health Stigma in the West Philadelphia Muslim Community Nancy Ibrahim
  • Dr. Lily Brown
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Misfolded proteins lead to neurodegenerative diseases that ruin lives of friends, family, and yourself, so how does the body protect itself? Anthony Bishara College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Xiaolu Yang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Misinformation on the HPV Vaccine on Instagram Gabriella Nguyen Nursing
  • Melanie L. Kornides, ScD, RN, FNP-BC
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Molecular and Cellular Mechanism that Protect Against Cancer and Neurodegeneration
  • Xiaolu Yang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Money on the Mind: the Impact of Consumerism in American Mental Health Care Grace Mock College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andria Johnson
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Morphological Changes of Muscle Stem Cells during Aging and Muscular Dystrophy Grant Li College of Arts & Sciences
  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Nuoying Ma
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Multipillar Dry EEG MXene Electrode Geometries Jessica Ling Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Flavia Vitale
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Muscle Stem Cell Protrusions Variation Depending on Mice Condition Ian Paez College of Arts & Sciences
  • Foetini Mourkioti
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Nanostructured Spacers: Creating Micron-Sized Gaps for Conductive Plates in Thermionic and Thermophotovoltaic Energy Converters Josué León Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Matthew Campbell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Neural Circuitry for Female Reproductive Behavior in Songbirds Elena Cruz-Adames College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marc Schmidt
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Neuroprotective Effects of Lithium: Repurposed Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease MinJu Kim College of Arts & Sciences
  • Huafeng Wei
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
New Route, New Faces?: Measuring Changes in the Exposure to Diversity on Transit Using Social Interaction Potential Ellie Kim Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Megan Ryerson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program