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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Start Time: September 19 2022 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 19 2022 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Priyanka Elizabeth Bhashyam
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Exposures Identified in Maternal and Fetal Metabolome
Christina L Salas
The Evolution of the Federal Reserve during the Mid-Twentieth Century
Laura Liu
An engineered DNA-modifying enzyme facilitates non-destructive sequencing of epigenetic cytosine modifications
Erica Claire Feehery
Design and Characterization of a Passive Folding Wing
Michelle Minji Chang
Full-Stack Web Application to Visualize Brain Imaging Data in 3D
Ashley Acevedo
Significance of Religion to Improve Cultural Competency in Research Amongst Older Latino Adults
Akhilesh Khambekar
Screen Printed Resistive Heaters for Tunable Stiffness Robotic Grippers
Anthony Mohr
Simulating Entrainment in Diel Vertical Migration
Chinyelu Ojukwu
Investigating the Effects of Slow Wave Sleep Disruption on Aggressive, Impulsive Behavior
Victor Li
SENSBIOM: Development of a Structurally Scalable Biomaterial Composite Lattice Module
Erica Wang
Detecting Supernovae Using Machine Learning
Sagar Gupta
Structural classification of peptide/HLA complexes
Riley Needham
Preserving Latin and Classical Studies at Philadelphia’s Catholic Schools
Syraj Uddin
Food Preference in Male Sprague Dawley Rats Based on Neural Mechanism Reconfiguration Following Exercise Contributing to Long Term Body Weight Maintaining Effects
Sofia A. Perdomo
  • Ashil Srivastava
Enhancing Speech Performance by Manipulating Language Network Synchronization With tACS: A Potential Treatment for Post-stroke Aphasia
Harish Bayana
Optimizing CRISPR-based lineage tracing tools to study metastasis
Alisia Lin
Effect of Reduced Weight Bearing on Murine Meniscus and Achilles Tendon Maturation
Isaac G Gateno
  • Alan Qiao
  • Kimberly Epstein
Reducing Affective Polarization in Video Deliberation Setting
David J McCabe
Investigating the Hydrological Effects of Permeable Surfaces on an Urban Watershed in Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia
Robert Snider
  • Petros Kaklamanis
Restricted Iconicity: Examining the Impact of One-Sided Iconicity on Communication
Jio Jeong
Experimental Characterization of Computationally Designed Self-assembling Peptide Bundles
Danielle Liu
PBMC Single Cell Preparation and Library Generation from Single-Cell RNA Sequencing
Kathleen Bishop
MEG-01 cells generate particles with platelet functionality: Development of an in vitro platelet model
Grace Choi
Pre-clinical Evaluation of Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonism as a treatment for cancer-induced dysregulation of glucose homeostasis
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
How Occam’s razor guides human inference Shuze Liu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Joshua Gold
  • Vijay Balasubramanian
  • Eugenio Piasini
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research, Other
How to Characterize Post-Tuberculosis Lung Disease Using Cutting-Edge Sequencing Technology Jane Oyekan Nursing
  • Dr. Hyejeong Hong
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identification of Specific Bacteria Involved in Lung Tumor Progression & Immune Cell Infiltration Shivani Guha Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Chengcheng Jin
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Identifying Academic Outcome Data from the Philadelphia School District Kristen Li College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sara Jaffee
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identifying potential causal single nucleotide polymorphisms for lactase persistence in African populations Anya Jayanthi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sarah Tishkoff
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identifying the Mechanical Properties of Bone Alexander Mejia Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Ottman Tertuliano
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
IGFBP7*TIMP2 as an Early Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury After Lung Transplantation Karen Raphael College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael Shashaty
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Impact of Ethnic and Anglicized Birth Names on Ethnic Identity Among Second-Generation Vietnamese Americans Emily Truong College of Arts & Sciences
  • Chenoa Flippen
University Scholars
Impaired Fast-Spiking Interneuron Physiology in a Mouse Model of KCNC1 Epilepsy Melody Cheng College of Arts & Sciences
  • Eric Wengert, PhD
  • Ethan Goldberg, MD, PhD
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Other
Implementing a Standardized Labor Induction Protocol to Reduce Racial Disparities Antoilyn Nguyen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rebecca Hamm MD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Importance of Healthcare Amongst Older Latino Adults David Arroyo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Adriana Perez
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Improving CRISPR-Cas12a Base Editors: Focusing on Cas-DNA Binding Interactions Jasleen Gill College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rahul Kohli
Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences
Improving p53Cinema: A Software for Cell Tracking Ethan Weisberg Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Lukasz Bugaj
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Incidence of Seizure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Savanna Cohen
Shannon DiFulgo
  • Shavonne Massey, MD, MSCE
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Incorporating Action Observation Rehabilitation onto a Social Robot System Julie Elfishawy College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Michelle J. Johnson
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Insulin promotes GCK activation and translocation through AKT-dependent mechanism Talia Coopersmith College of Arts & Sciences
  • Paul Titchenell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
International Borders, Human Trafficking, and Human Rights Selena Rosario
Imani Miller
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Beth Simmons
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
International Cooperation and International Organizations Mohammad Abunimeh College of Arts & Sciences
  • Julia Gray
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
International Cooperation in Times of Global Crisis Jasper Taylor College of Arts & Sciences
  • Julia Gray
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Interpreting Questions in Conversation Subin Kim College of Arts & Sciences
  • Delphine Dahan
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Investigating novel, sex-specific therapeutic targets to treat MDD: Using CRISPR-Cas9 to enhance stress resilience Maria Arias Villela College of Arts & Sciences
  • Zhaolan Zhou
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating Red Blood Cell phenotypes in the absence of Tropomyosin 1 Victor Tsao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Christopher S. Thom
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating the Effects of Slow Wave Sleep Disruption on Aggressive, Impulsive Behavior Chinyelu Ojukwu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jennifer R. Goldschmied
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating the Hydrological Effects of Permeable Surfaces on an Urban Watershed in Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia David McCabe College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Jane E. Dmochowski, PhD
Hayden Scholars