Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2021
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 14 2021 - 5:00 PM - September 14 2021 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Structure-based modeling of peptide/MHC-I complexes
At the Crossroads of Life and Death: The Migration of Memories in Holocaust-era France from the Past to the Present. A Tribute to Holocaust Survivor Annette Muller
Population Structure and Genetic Diversity in Native Communities in America
Investigating the signaling mechanism of GPER via BRET
Adrenergic Nervous System and Memory
Military Technology Adoption & Public Perceptions: AI & Aerospace
The MOVE Activist Archive
Exploring the Lung Transplant System with the MICE imputation methods and ML modelling
Microglial Cell Density and Morphology Classification in the Hippocampus of Early-Postnatal Female and Male Mice
A Computer-Vision Method for Automated Phenotyping Sex and Morphology in C. elegans on Agar Media
Discrete Morse Theory and Finite Topological Spaces
Ocean Physics and Ecology: Satellite and Climate Model Data Analysis
A large-scale comparison of cross-situational word learning models
On the Tails of the Trade: Enslaved Women, Slave Traders, and the Households they Shared
The Repletion of Electrolytes and The Adaptation of Clinical-Decision Support Systems
An Investigation of The Cosmic Microwave Background
Biosensing With Graphene
South Philly Refinery Complex: The Atlantic Refinery
Development of (Tp)Ir(OAc)2 Complexes for Alkane Dehydrogenation
Developing privacy-preserving, communication-efficient algorithms for multicenter learning
Characterizing the Frequency of Familial Cardiomyopathy in a Population of Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure
Generating de novo, noncanonical Antimicrobial Peptides
Digital Database: Myths of Origin in Medieval Chronicles of Europe
Characterizing Extremal Elements under the Partial Order on Preference Profiles
| Title Sort descending | First & Last Name | Co-Presenter(s) | School | Advisors | Project Funding Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Roadmap to Closing Guantanamo Bay Prison | Natalie Heller |
Anya
Tullman
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Implementing PrEP for Women Who Inject Drugs in Healthcare Settings | Tara Teipel | Nursing |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Studying Silurian and Lochkovian Diversity and Predation Using Big Data Analysis Methods | Riley DeVito-Hurley | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Studying Silurian and Lochkovian Diversity and Predation Using Big Data Analysis Methods | Riley DeVito-Hurley | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
|
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| "Supportive Women" or "Certified Professionals": Professionalization and its effects on the uptake of modern doula care in the United States | Sarah Finkelstein | College of Arts & Sciences |
|
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant | |
| A 3-Dimensional Tissue Culture Model for Studying Bile Acid Regulation of Barrier Immunity | Alyssa Gonzalez | College of Arts & Sciences |
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Other | |
| A Case Study on Greenpeace’s Role in Pressuring United States to Comply with the 1997 Kyoto Protocol | Vanessa Dib | College of Arts & Sciences |
|
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant | |
| A Computer-Vision Method for Automated Phenotyping Sex and Morphology in C. elegans on Agar Media | Yuying Fan | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
|
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| A large-scale comparison of cross-situational word learning models | Kevin Liang | College of Arts & Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences |
|
University Scholars | |
| A Systematic Review of the Lung Cancer Screening Process | Dominic Duah | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| A Unified Model of Network Formation and Network Bargaining | Zhong Zhang | College of Arts & Sciences |
|
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Accessible and insightful scientific learning experiences using the microorganism Haloferax volcanii | Criston Young | College of Arts & Sciences |
|
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research | |
| Act Like You’ve Been Here Before: Expressing Pride Lowers Forecasted Performance Potential | Anthony Hu | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Activity-based anorexia impairs dopamine response to nutrients | Kayla Kruger | College of Arts & Sciences |
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College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant | |
| Adaptive Optics Imaging for the Study of Retinal Photoreceptors | Allyson Lu | College of Arts & Sciences |
|
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Adrenergic Nervous System and Memory | Brenden Burke | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Adrenergic Nervous System and Memory | Brenden Burke | College of Arts & Sciences |
|
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| Air Pollution Changes in Philadelphia Following the 2019 PES Refinery Closure | Sheil Desai |
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Other | ||
| All the Pope’s Men: Vatican Diplomacy & Espionage in Elizabethan England | William San Pedro | College of Arts & Sciences |
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College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant | |
| Alpha-Synuclein Internalization and Impact on Neurexin-1B/Neuroligin-1A Binding | Amy Wu | College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton |
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Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research | |
| An Automated Deep Learning Analysis Pipeline for Classification in Tabular Biomedical Data | Keshav Ramji | Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program | |
| An Experiment Evaluating the Impact of Large-Scale, High-Payoff Vaccine Regret Lotteries | Angelina Pan |
Joan
Dartey
|
Wharton |
|
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program |
| An Introduction to Basic and Translational Immunology Through an Animal Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Sofia Cataliotti |
Hannah
Futeran
,
Alisha
Khosla
|
College of Arts & Sciences |
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Team Grants for Interdisciplinary Activities |
| An Investigation of The Cosmic Microwave Background | Jack Lee | College of Arts & Sciences |
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PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program |