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
Cagney N Kelshaw
Digital Database: Myths of Origin in Medieval Chronicles of Europe
Joyce Davis
Creating a Mouse Pain Model to Understand Chronic Human Pain
Daisy J Gracia
  • Caroline Paik
Immersive Virtual Reality for Surgical Simulation Training
Ethan D Abraham
Role of Brain Macrophages in Krabbe Disease Mouse Model
Tanay Poddar
Enhancing working memory and language abilities by manipulating neural oscillations using transcranial alternating current stimulation
Jeffry G. Alfaro
Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia: a Preliminary Analysis of TMS as a Supplement to Constraint-Induced Language Therapy
Erika Acosta
  • Temitayo Lukan
ARCH Lab Implementation Science Projects
Annie Cheng
CVD Growth of MoS2-hBN Heterostructures
Inthat Boonpongmanee
  • Sophie Faircloth
Common Ground and Redundancy in Communicative Interaction​
Halle Kincaid
  • Ashrita Nagpal
Living Electrodes for Hearing Rehabilitation
Julian Mercer Valgora
Sunset Over Sunset Poster
Mohamed Abaker
Specification and Verification of Functional Programs: Verifying Haskell’s IntMap
Cecily Nishimura
Using Neural Networks to Inform Architectural Design
Riley E DeVito-Hurley
Studying Silurian and Lochkovian Diversity and Predation Using Big Data Analysis Methods
Criston Young
Accessible and insightful scientific learning experiences using the microorganism Haloferax volcanii
Mehek Dedhia
Studying the Developmental Circuitry of Layer V Neurons in Cortical Brain Organoids
Malana Li
Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Copper Catalysts
Riley E DeVito-Hurley
Studying Silurian and Lochkovian Diversity and Predation Using Big Data Analysis Methods
Oralia Quinones
Immersive Virtual Reality for Surgical Simulation
Vereta Gour
  • Franchesca Perez
  • Michelle Wu
Misinformation about the COVID-19 Vaccine on Social Media
Christine Wu
Investigating the role of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 endocytosis in regulating signaling induced by spingosine-1-phosphate
Gabriela Garity
Local Sustainability Programs and Policies
Elyakim Engelmann-Suissa
The Law of the Other: Converts and Gentiles in the Eyes of Seventeenth-Century Istanbul Rabbis
Yi Qing Huang
Distribution of MN423 Tau Pathology in the Hippocampus
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
An Online Wellness Intervention for College Students: Evaluating the Efficacy of The Common Elements Toolbox (COMET) Joshua Steinberg College of Arts & Sciences
  • Robert DeRubeis
  • Akash Wasil
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
An Overview of Summer Research at Perry World House Leah Lerner
  • Michael Horowitz
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analysis of the Relationship Between DNA Methylation and Tau Accumulation Cheavlay Phat College of Arts & Sciences
  • Corey McMillan
  • Bandita Adhikari
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Analyzing the Influence of Private Tech Through the Basic Structure Kaitlyn Rentala College of Arts & Sciences
  • Brian Berkey
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Analyzing Treatments for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pig Models Lauren Staelin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Maurizio Cereda
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Ancient Greek Maritime Networks: Past, Present, Future Ashley Sniffen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mantha Zarmakoupi
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Antimalarial Drug Research Andrew Borbi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Audrey John
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Activates Mast Cells Independent of MrgprB2 Harrison Selznick College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Hydar Ali
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Applied DInSAR Analysis to Crustal Deformation along Greenland’s Northwestern Coasts Phillip Choi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kristy Tiampo
  • Michael Willis
NSF-REU
Approaching the Climate Crisis with Multi-Criteria Decision Making Techniques and Novel Software Ishaan Lal Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Steven O. Kimbrough
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Approximate Arithmetic Processing On Multiple Visual Ensembles Wenyi Xu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Elizabeth Brannon
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
ARCH Lab Implementation Science Projects Erika Acosta
Temitayo Lukan
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Rinad Beidas
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Architectural Research in Robotic Fabrication: Autonomous Rod Bending Gregory Tasik
  • Robert Stuart - Smith
  • Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Architectural Research in Robotic Fabrication: Interior Skin Development Sarah Borders College of Arts & Sciences
  • Robert Stuart-Smith
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Association Between Discrimination Stress and Suicidality in Pre-Adolescent Youth Dallas Ryan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ran Barzilay
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Association of COVID-19 and Sudden Cardiac Arrest: COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Health Impact on Youth Athlete Return to Play Chinyere Anucha College of Arts & Sciences
  • Victoria L Vetter, M.D., MPH
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Associations Between Temperament, Mental Health, and Parent Stress Racquelle Moxey College of Arts & Sciences
  • Allyson P. Mackey, PhD
  • Cassidy L. McDermott
MindCore
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 Dana Raphael College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mélanie Péron
University Scholars
Automated Segmentation of Drug Resistant Epilepsy (DRE) Chelsea Pan Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Kathryn A. Davis
  • Thomas Campbell Arnold
MindCore
Automated Semantic Segmentation of Spine MR Volumes using Deep Learning Albi Domi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Chamith Rajapakse
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Automatic Detection of Fluorescent Point Defects for the Discovery of Quantum Emitters Leah Narun Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Lee Bassett
  • Rebecca Fishman
University Scholars
Baroque Topologies Research Project Alessandro Tallini College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Saunders
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Berry Force Effects on Electron Transfer Rates in Systems with Spin-Orbit Coupling Suraj Chandran College of Arts & Sciences
  • Joseph E. Subotnik
Other
Binary and Multi-Class Biomedical Data Classification Using Automated ML Pipelines Riju Datta Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Ryan J. Urbanowicz
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program