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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Start Time: September 14 2021 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 14 2021 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
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Dominic K Duah
A Systematic Review of the Lung Cancer Screening Process
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Lin Ang
Interracial Relationships and Parent-Child Bonds
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David Hernandez
We Have a Deal!: Designing a Virtual Negotiation Chatbot
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Peng (Justin) Zhao
Minority Entrepreneurship and Alternative Opportunities inside Established Organizations
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Dylan E Radley
Social Identities & Engagement on Twitter
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Mason Singer
Investigating Clathria prolifera Holobiont and Metabolites
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Andrew Raine
Generating A Problem Solving Dataset Using A Deep Learning Pipeline
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Tahlea Salmon
Racial Disparities in Gun Homicide Rates
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Jane Wairimu Muni
Treatment delays of cervical cancer patients with or without Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in Botswana 2013-2020
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Jacqueline Chan
Memory of cold in brown adipose tissue: therapeutic relevance in obesity
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Donya Zarrinnegar
Effects of Prenatal Hypoxia on Excitatory Synaptic Transmission and Histological Markers
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Zhong Zhang
A Unified Model of Network Formation and Network Bargaining
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Andrew Borbi
Antimalarial Drug Research
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Andrew Zhang
Federated Learning Algorithms
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Selene Li
Photobleaching of a new monomeric yellow fluorescent protein variant
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Sheil Desai
Air Pollution Changes in Philadelphia Following the 2019 PES Refinery Closure
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Anthony Hu
Act Like You’ve Been Here Before: Expressing Pride Lowers Forecasted Performance Potential
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Ganen Chinniah
Stage and outcomes of cervical cancer with or without HIV infection in Botswana 2013-2020
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Hyong Min Kim
Fabrication of novel 2D nanodevices with mechanically deposited metal contacts
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Karen Pan
Exploring the Relationship Between Research Quality and Political Slant of Research
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Leo Gearin
The Reconstruction Crusade: Rebuilding France's Catholic Churches after World War I
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David V Candia
Optimizing Sensitivity of Nanodisk LSPR Sensors
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Ingrid Sotelo
The Exposome and its Associations with Psychopathology in Early Adolescence
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Gregory Tasik
Architectural Research in Robotic Fabrication: Autonomous Rod Bending
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Title First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Biodegradable Fibrillar Polysaccharide Membranes Hung Nguyen
Christopher Johnson
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Chinedum Osuji
  • Karen Winey
 Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Biosensing With Graphene Kelly Garcia-Ramos College of Arts & Sciences
  • A.T. Charlie Johnson
  • Olivia Dickens
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Black Youth IMPACT Project Janay Draughn
Derick Agyenim-Boateng
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Indya Gettings
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Nkemka Anyiwo
  • Dr. Howard Stevenson
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Blastocoel Fluid Analysis: The Process of Creating a New Research Project at Penn Arnav Lal College of Arts & Sciences
  • Monica Mainigi
 University Scholars
Body Figure Rating and Gender in Bariatric Surgery Candidates Kai Kelly Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jena Tronieri
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Can Facial Analysis Measure Properties of Attention and Learning? Priya Deliwala College of Arts & Sciences
  • Allyson Mackey
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Carleton Stevens Coon and The Legacies of Scientific Racism in Anthropology Aleia Manning
Jesus Pallares
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Deborah A Thomas
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Castle Escape Priya Shah
  • Dr. Chris Callison-Burch
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
CBT-I and Light Therapy for Treating Insomnia Michael Proano College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lea Ann Matura
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Cell Type-Specific Roles of Ventral Tegmental Area Amylin Receptors in Cocaine Self-Administration in Rats Jennifer Ben Nathan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Heath D. Schmidt
 Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Ceramic coated Mylar tubes provide components for lightweight and robust frames for aerospace applications Leah Tesfa Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Igor Bargatin
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterization of a Patient Specific PIK3R1 Point Mutation in Human Neutrophils Emily Sheng College of Arts & Sciences
  • Thomas H. Leung, M.D., Ph.D.
 College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Characterization of Emissions from a HOPS Microlaser Jacqueline Aquino
Dustin Brown
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Liang Feng
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterization of Potential Stress Response Mutants to Conquer Antibiotic Resistance Taylor Buie College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Mecky Pohlschroder
 Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Characterization of Pten in Breast Cancer Dormancy In Vitro Daphne Nie Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Lewis A. Chodosh, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Brian Benz
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterizing clinical variants of Alzheimer's disease Nick Loh College of Arts & Sciences
  • John L. Robinson
  • John Q. Trojanowski
 College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Characterizing Extremal Elements under the Partial Order on Preference Profiles Simon Oros Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Wayne Yuan Gao
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterizing the Frequency of Familial Cardiomyopathy in a Population of Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure Jennifer Kang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Anjali Owens
  • Nosheen Reza
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterizing the Role of TRF2 in Maintaining Cardiomyocyte Function During Heart Development Yujung Lee Nursing
  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Sienna C. Pyle
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Chart-documented Illicit Drug Use Has Implications in Sepsis and Associates with Acute Kidney Injury Kirstin West College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nuala J. Meyer
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Cirrhosis is Associated with Higher Mortality and Organ Failure in Sepsis Anushka Dasgupta College of Arts & Sciences
  • John P. Reilly
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Cold Rush: Trade, Energy and Cryptocurrency in the Russian Arctic and Beyond Josh Weiner College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rudra Sil
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Common Ground and Redundancy in Communicative Interaction​ Inthat Boonpongmanee
Sophie Faircloth
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Gareth Roberts
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Comparison of Engineered and Native Cartilage Grafts for Pediatric Airway Reconstruction Alexandra Dumas Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Riccardo Gottardi
 PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program