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
Daria Zhadanova
Simulating Drosophila Population Dynamics with SLiM
Elisa Kruse
Coral Bleaching Data Analysis Comparing Bleaching Events in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Nam Le
The Immunity of International Organizations: Examining the State-IO Bargain
Ashley Fuchs
Understanding Election Security Through the Tripartite Model of Cognitive Security, Physical Security, and Perceptions of Legitimacy
Alekso Miller
NPY-Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Parabrachial Nucleus
Yumika Amemiya
Approaches to Simulating Semi-Soft Robotics: TrussBot
Sylvia Zhao
Assessing sensitivity to cues of social affiliation in an era of COVID-19
Carson Eckhard
Girls Outside: Building Community and Empowering Middle School Girls in Wimauma, Florida
Ryan H Lee
A Phenotype-driven COVID-19 Knowledge Graph from Biomedical Literature Drives Hypothesis Generation
Ananyaa Kumar
Evolution of white matter demyelination in Jacobsen syndrome associated with chromosome 11q24.1-q25 deletion
Joe Konno
Using Machine Learning to Predict Rejection and Mortality Following Lung Transplantation
Truongan Pham
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Pre-operative Anxiety and Post-operative Pain In Response to Ibuprofen Following Third Molar Extraction
Lanie Walsh
Pediatric Oncology Career Motivations
Lada Korotaeva
Optical Ring Lattice Generation from a Microlaser
Esther M Lee
Attitudes, Investments, and Confidence-building Measures Concerning Military Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Technology
Chloe Katz
Assessing sensitivity to cues of social affiliation in an era of COVID-19
Luca Fontes
"Gettin' Bi": Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Darryl Whitefeather and Male Bisexuality in the Media
Bailey Rose Campbell
The Cannabis Industry: Vertical Integration Laws
Yueling Kathryn Xu
Simulating the Self-Assembly of Particles Comprising the Haberdasher Dissection
Brian Lee
Using Genome-Wide Association Studies and Summary-Data-Based Mendelian Randomization to Understand the Genetic Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Fabio Tessiore
Collaboration with Research Project on “The Role of Interlocking Directorates in Historic Bank Crises in France”
Brandon Li
Imaging Techniques for the Differentiation of Progression and Pseudoprogression in High Grade Gliomas
Ashley Codner
Caught In/Between: Expressions of Liminality in Jazz Aesthetic Literature
Sophia Anzai Takahashi
Terahertz Intensity Mapper: Understanding Pointing Sensors
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
New Route, New Faces?: Measuring Changes in the Exposure to Diversity on Transit Using Social Interaction Potential Stephanie Nam College of Arts & Sciences
  • Megan S Ryerson
  • Joshua H Davidson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Novel Nanoporous Magnesium for High-Energy Density Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes Angela Kumirai College of Arts & Sciences
  • Eric Detsi
Jumpstart for Juniors
Novel, Cell Type-Specific Roles for Nucleus Accumbens Amylin Receptors in Oxycodone Taking in Rats Jennifer Ben Nathan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Heath D. Schmidt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
NOWS: Developmental Vulnerabilities Following Maternal Buprenorphine Exposure Annie Luo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mariella De Biasi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
NPY-Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Parabrachial Nucleus Alekso Miller College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Nick Betley
MindCore
Optical Modeling of Self-Assembled Nanocomposites: Structure-Property Relationships Sahana Sundar Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Russell Composto
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Optical Ring Lattice Generation from a Microlaser Lada Korotaeva Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Liang Feng
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Organizational Behavior and Beyond Justin Wang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Samir Nurmohamed
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Oxygen as Free, High-Temperature Catalyst for Alkyl Acrylate Polymerization Lauren Chua Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Andrew M. Rappe
Other
Partisan Polarization and Resistance to Elite Messages Emma Arsekin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Daniel Hopkins
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Pediatric Oncology Career Motivations Lanie Walsh Nursing
  • Dr. Kristina Cole
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Penn Aviary: Automatically Generating and Modifying the Trajectories of Birds Lauren Kafkaloff Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Marc Schmidt
  • Marc Badger
Team Grants for Interdisciplinary Activities
PennAWARE: A Novel Application for Studying Stress Responding in Daily Life Sara S Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Anna Franklin
  • Ayelet Ruscio
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Planetary Systems Around Milky Way Stars Sarah Kane College of Arts & Sciences
  • Bhuvnesh Jain
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Predicting phase-separation properties in proteins involved in immune-responses Flora Ho College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Jianxin You
University Scholars
Predictive Validity of the Pragmatic Prospection Scale Tiffany Schell College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ayelet Meron Ruscio
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Preliminary recommendations for the empiric antibiotic treatment of presumed Streptococcus pneumoniae infections Emma Keeler College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jeffrey Gerber
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Preserved Positive Empathy in Primary Psychopaths Wesley Streicher College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Adrian Raine
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Prevalence of Germline Gene Mutations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Ruoming Fan Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Kirk Wangensteen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Private equity and its ever-increasing prominence in every corner of the M&A markets Yihan Wang
  • Paul Nary
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Prognostic Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers in Glioblastoma Deborah Zhang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Stephen Bagley
  • Dr. Erica Carpenter
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Project Exile: Federal Intrusion into Local Crime William Daniels
  • Brent Cebul
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Quantifying the Activity of the Roundworm (C. elegans) Mateo Parrado
  • Christopher Fang-Yen
  • Anthony Fouad
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Question Wording & Favorability of the Affordable Care Act Janelle Schneider College of Arts & Sciences
  • Daniel J. Hopkins
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program