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
Alex Sun
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
Drew Basile
Your Language My Ear
Keya Patel
Study on Breast Cancer Dormancy and Recurrence through HDAC10 and KMT2/MLL5
Minjee L Cho
Adaptive optics imaging applications to understand the structure and function of the human visual system
Anjali Berdia
Climate Change & Coronavirus: Misinformation & Skepticism in the Digital Age
Hannah Yusuf
The Matchmaking Process: Charter School Funding and the Role of Charter Management Organizations
Angela R Kumirai
Novel Nanoporous Magnesium for High-Energy Density Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes
Seo Yun (Stephanie) Hwang
The Challenges and Success Factors of Internet Connectivity Initiatives Around the World and Policy Implications
Guillermo Ribeiro-Vecino
Simulations of Optical Properties of 2D Materials
Augustine Benjamin
Understanding Hormonal Variation in Cameroonian Rainforest Hunter-Gatherer Populations
Neehal Z Hussain
Exploring Statistical and Computational Methods in Circadian Metabolomics
Emmanuel (Manny) C Dodson
The Aviary Project: An Analysis of Cowbird Behavior with a focus in Action Classification
Eunwoo Jang
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?
Janelle Schneider
Question Wording & Favorability of the Affordable Care Act
Thomas Statchen
Community Health Needs Assessment in Cobbs Creek
Courtney Daub
Rivers of Plastic: Investigating Mumbai's Land-Sea Waste Flows
Madeline Smith
Considering Barriers to Research Participation Amongst Pregnant and Postpartum Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jacob Nibauer
Statistical Properties of Elemental Abundances in Solar Analogs and the Possible Link to Planet Formation
Ibreez Esmail
Analysis of trends in federal workplace harassment litigation with respect to the #MeToo movement
Anthony M Bishara
Misfolded proteins lead to neurodegenerative diseases that ruin lives of friends, family, and yourself, so how does the body protect itself?
Tatiana Johnson
“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
Josué León
Nanostructured Spacers: Creating Micron-Sized Gaps for Conductive Plates in Thermionic and Thermophotovoltaic Energy Converters
Catalina Ruiz
Stakeholder Engagement in the Darby Cobbs Watershed
Title Sort ascending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
“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
Your Language My Ear Rachel Dennis College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kevin M. F. Platt
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
Yemeni Coffee: Past, Present, & Future Nadia Mokhallalati College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Heather Sharkey
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
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
WIC and the Infant Formula Market Elizaveta Brover College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mike Abito
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Which Semantic Cognition Network Models Predict Language Generation? Shreya Parchure Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Roy Hamilton
Jumpstart for Juniors
What is "Lain-lain"? : The Construction of the Other in Contemporary Malaysia Alysha Ravendran College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Carruthers
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
  • Joshua Gold
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
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 Santana Browning College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ramya Sreenivasan
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Variational Auto-encoder for Unsupervised Learning
  • Anderson Ye Zhang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
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
Uwezo Ya Vijana - The Experience of Kenyan Youth in the 21st Century Martha Gakunju College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lee Cassanelli
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
  • Jeff Luvall
  • Robert Griffin
  • A. Rochelle Williams
Other
Using Rayleigh Matching to Identify Individual Differences in Cone Parameters Deena Elul College of Arts & Sciences
  • David Brainard
Other
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 Prosody to Resolve Syntactic Ambiguity in Speech Production Michelle Mahecha Perez College of Arts & Sciences
  • John Trueswell
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 Machine Learning to Predict Lung Transplant Graft Failure Catherine Michelutti Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Hersh Sagreiya
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
  • Melanie Pellecchia
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
  • Professor Li Shen
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, College House Research Fellowship