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
September 17 2020 - 5:00 PM - September 17 2020 - 6:30 PM
Aaron Olson
The International Security Environment: A Look Into Militant Alliances, Military Inclusion, Artificial Intelligence, and Strategic Stability
Molecular and Cellular Mechanism that Protect Against Cancer and Neurodegeneration
Your Language My Ear
Study on Breast Cancer Dormancy and Recurrence through HDAC10 and KMT2/MLL5
Adaptive optics imaging applications to understand the structure and function of the human visual system
Climate Change & Coronavirus: Misinformation & Skepticism in the Digital Age
The Matchmaking Process: Charter School Funding and the Role of Charter Management Organizations
Novel Nanoporous Magnesium for High-Energy Density Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes
The Challenges and Success Factors of Internet Connectivity Initiatives Around the World and Policy Implications
Simulations of Optical Properties of 2D Materials
Understanding Hormonal Variation in Cameroonian Rainforest Hunter-Gatherer Populations
Exploring Statistical and Computational Methods in Circadian Metabolomics
The Aviary Project: An Analysis of Cowbird Behavior with a focus in Action Classification
The Rise and Fall of Historical R&D Activities of the World’s Biggest Firms: Are central research laboratories the engine of innovation in large firms?
Question Wording & Favorability of the Affordable Care Act
Community Health Needs Assessment in Cobbs Creek
Rivers of Plastic: Investigating Mumbai's Land-Sea Waste Flows
Considering Barriers to Research Participation Amongst Pregnant and Postpartum Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Statistical Properties of Elemental Abundances in Solar Analogs and the Possible Link to Planet Formation
Analysis of trends in federal workplace harassment litigation with respect to the #MeToo movement
Misfolded proteins lead to neurodegenerative diseases that ruin lives of friends, family, and yourself, so how does the body protect itself?
“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
Nanostructured Spacers: Creating Micron-Sized Gaps for Conductive Plates in Thermionic and Thermophotovoltaic Energy Converters
Stakeholder Engagement in the Darby Cobbs Watershed
Title Sort ascending | First & Last Name | Co-Presenter(s) | School | Advisors | Project Funding Source |
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“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 |
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Jumpstart for Juniors | |
Your Language My Ear | Drew Basile | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Your Language My Ear | Rachel Dennis | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Yemeni Coffee: Past, Present, & Future | Nadia Mokhallalati | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Workplace Connectedness in the COVID-19 Age: Improving Workplace Relationships in a Remote Setting | Jerry Cai | Engineering & Applied Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Workplace Connectedness in the COVID-19 Age | Nai Ming(Norman) Chen | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
WIC and the Infant Formula Market | Elizaveta Brover | College of Arts & Sciences |
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Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research | |
Which Semantic Cognition Network Models Predict Language Generation? | Shreya Parchure | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
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Jumpstart for Juniors | |
What is "Lain-lain"? : The Construction of the Other in Contemporary Malaysia | Alysha Ravendran | College of Arts & Sciences |
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Gelfman International Summer Fund | |
Webcam-based Eye Tracking to Assess Cognitive Function in Middle School Children Using Online Math Tutorials | Oyindamola Ogunlade | College of Arts & Sciences |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Variational Auto-encoder for Unsupervised Learning |
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Value of cfDNA Concentration as a Biomarker of Cancer Progression and Prognosis | Jake Freedman | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Uwezo Ya Vijana - The Experience of Kenyan Youth in the 21st Century | Martha Gakunju | College of Arts & Sciences |
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Gelfman International Summer Fund | |
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 |
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Other | |
Using Rayleigh Matching to Identify Individual Differences in Cone Parameters | Deena Elul | College of Arts & Sciences |
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Other | |
Using Racial Literacy to Combat Racial Stress and Trauma | Nyah Williams | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Using Prosody to Resolve Syntactic Ambiguity in Speech Production | Michelle Mahecha Perez | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Using Machine Learning to Predict Rejection and Mortality Following Lung Transplantation | Joe Konno | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Using Machine Learning to Predict Lung Transplant Graft Failure | Catherine Michelutti | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Using Implementation Science to Evaluate the Use of Parent Coaching in the Early Intervention System for Children with Autism | Lia Brodrick | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
Using Genome-Wide Association Studies and Summary-Data-Based Mendelian Randomization to Understand the Genetic Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease | Brian Lee | College of Arts & Sciences |
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College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, College House Research Fellowship |