Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2022

Welcome to CURF’s Research Expo!

Over 350 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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September 19 2022 - 5:00 PM - September 19 2022 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Emily Truong
Impact of Ethnic and Anglicized Birth Names on Ethnic Identity Among Second-Generation Vietnamese Americans
Gabrielle Ryu
Understanding Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) by Age of Presentation: ECHO Measurements
Hope Hawthorne
Using Arabidopsis thaliana Ecotypes to Investigate the Role of PSAE-I in Vegetative Phase Change
Katelyn G. Boese
Assessing the Role of CENP-T in Female Meiosis from Molecular and Evolutionary Perspectives
Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho
Adsorption of Wastewater Pollutants on Lignocellulosic Biomass – a Molecular Dynamics Simulations Viewpoint
Sarah Sterinbach
History of Philadelphia’s Extreme Heat Policies
Yuntong Fu
Occupations in the US
Kendall Owens
The Effect of PTSD on Reward-Based Effort
Nathan Gewant
Synthesis and Reactivity of a Gold(III) Pincer Complex
Alexis Singer
Cardiovascular and Cognitive Health in the Older Latinx Population
Faith Ryu
Generation of Erythrocyte Specific TLR7 Mice
Jerry Y Cai
A Fully Digitally Integrated Workflow for Brain MRI Point Cloud Generation and Augmented Reality 3D Model Visualization
Jeffry G. Alfaro
Comparing Subphonemic Errors of Primary Progressive Aphasia Subtypes
Naima Small
  • Safaya Smallwood
  • Taryn Flaherty
The MOVE Activist Archive
Sara Dedhia
Erk Signaling in KM12 Oncogenic Cells
William Joonho Lee
Towards Identifying the Genetic Pathways That Affect Stress-Induced Sleep in C. Elegans
Therese Jones
  • Juliana Yu
Using Animation to Compare the Climate Futures of Jakarta and The Netherlands
Mohammad Abunimeh
International Cooperation and International Organizations
Matthew Yin
Zinc’s Usage in Current Feeding Practices and Impact on Microbiome of Animals
Emily Bregou
Effects of Dark Matter Subhalos on Tidal Streams
Claire Jun
MiR-146a Encapsulated Liposomes Reduce Vascular Inflammatory Responses
Taehwan Kim
Comparison of Dynamic Contrast Enhancement Computed Tomography Analysis Models to Characterize Pulmonary Blood Flow in Pig Model of ARDS
Katherine Han
CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing of Target Gene B to Mediate Brain Tumor Angiogenesis In Vivo
Antoilyn Nguyen
Implementing a Standardized Labor Induction Protocol to Reduce Racial Disparities
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Assay Development for Droplet Digital PCR-based Detection of Clinically Targetable Mutations in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Thrusha Puttaraju College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jacob Till
  • Erica Carpenter
  • Jeffrey Thompson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessing Inequality in America’s Criminal Justice System: Disparities in the Punishment of Corporate Crime vs. Street Crime Aleana Nguyen
Cheryl Nnadi
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marie Gottschalk
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessing NPC migration and neuronal maturation using a hiPSC-derived model of SCN3A encephalopathy Sarah Pham College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ethan M. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessing the Perception of Communities Towards Traditional Healers and Analyzing their Relationship with Biomedical Practitioners in Orthopedic Care in Northern Tanzania Achint Das College of Arts & Sciences
  • Neil Sheth
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessing the Role of CENP-T in Female Meiosis from Molecular and Evolutionary Perspectives Katelyn Boese College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael Lampson
University Scholars
Assessing the Structure of Def1-PH Through XRay Crystallography Samah Sharmin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kenji Murakami
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Assessment of the Barriers Faced by Providers of Preventative Cervical Cancer Programs in India and Potential Solutions Manya Gupta College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Surbhi Grover
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Automatic Detection of Brown-headed Cowbird Song in Urban Environments Eric Tao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marc Schmidt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Automatic Seizure Detection in Kcnc1 Mouse Model Using Deep Learning Angela Yu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ethan Goldberg
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Automatically Locating Whales through Analysis of Acoustic Receiver Data Abigail Harris
Tianyang(Nora) Han
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Joseph Kroll
  • John Spiesberger
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Avoidance-Oriented Plans Predict Worse Goal Progress Sophia Glinski College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Angela Duckworth
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Bars in FIRE-3 Erica Wu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Robyn Sanderson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Bioinformatic Analysis of Factors Recruited to the Replication Fork Following ATRi/WEE1i Treatment Alexandra Cordoba College of Arts & Sciences
  • Eric J. Brown
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Buddhist Aesthetics and Suicide in Japanese Literature: The Development of Bushido and seppuku as a concept in Literature Jaeeun (Janice) Yoon College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ayako Kano
  • David Spafford
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Cardiovascular and Cognitive Health in the Older Latinx Population Alexis Singer College of Arts & Sciences
  • Adriana Perez
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
CBF-ALFF Coupling as a Biomarker for Neurovascular Coupling in Epilepsy Srikar Gudimella Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Kathryn Davis
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
CD5 depletion enhances Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells Michael Wang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marco Ruella
Other
Cell-specific effects of PERK-B associated SNPs Noah Beratan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kelly Jordan Sciutto
Jumpstart for Juniors
Characterization of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing E. coli Isolated from Canine and Feline Infections Rachel Lin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Stephen D. Cole
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Characterization of the GABAergic Pathway from the Ventral Tegmental Area to the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Shujing (Maggie) Zhou College of Arts & Sciences
  • John A. Dani
Other
Characterization of the REBO Origami Pattern and its Development as Implantable Devices Brianna Leung Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Cynthia Sung
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterizing Bacterial Trafficking After Intravaginal Administration in a Mouse Model Isabella Mirro Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Michal Elovitz
Other
Characterizing Motivation Levels in People with Depression Tahira Khan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jennifer R. Goldschmied
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Characterizing the Metabolome of C. prolifera Gail Calimaran College of Arts & Sciences
  • Monica McCallum
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program