Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2024

Our undergraduate researchers are eager to share their findings with you, so enjoy learning about the array of opportunities embraced by students at one of the world’s leading research universities.

Please note some posters may be behind PennKey; if you are a Penn community member, please log in here.

If you are having trouble finding presenters, please use ctrl+f to find either names or poster topics.

Details
September 16 2024 - 5:00 PM - September 16 2024 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Jon-Gabriel Salguero
Evidence of Hypoglycosylation in PMM2-CDG
Clever Earth
  • Hannah Agarwal
EXPERIMENTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Lisa Sun
Engineering human IL-4 immunocytokine to prevent post-myocardial infarction heart failure
Joshua Junyoung Yoon
Stroke Awareness and Use of National Emergency Number in Nigeria
Jonah Gordon
Antipsychotic And Iron-Reducer Targeting Drug-Induced Psychosis​
Tanvi Garneni
Associations between attention problems and intensity of movement in adolescence
Nina Lucy Dilworth
How Affordable is Housing in NYC? An Empirical Analysis of Housing Expenditure Shares in 2021
Victoria Yim
Investigating the Role of the Blood Brain Barrier in Drosophila sleep during Early Development
Anand Majmudar
Novel Adaptive Kernel Density Estimation Algorithm and Applications to t-Stochastic Neighbor Embeddings
Jiamin Chen
Loss of Scaffold Protein AnkB in Brown Adipose Tissue Confers Protection Against Diet Induced Obesity
Sydney Bergstrom
Using Deep Learning to Quantify Mouse Orofacial Behavior
Tyler Turek
Utilizing Wavelet Transforms to Locate Anomalies in Time-Series Data
Olivia Rosenfeld
The Childhood and Cultural Forces Influencing President Woodrow Wilson’s Performance at the Paris Peace Conference: An Investigation
Allison August
Exploring the Development of Theory of Mind: The Role of Parenting
Corrine Cai
  • Alia Goldstein
Non-Governmental Organizations in the Universal Periodic Review
Armaan Yarlagadda
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 and the Mechanism of Lithium Sensitivity
Tasmiah Haque
  • Cristina Diaz
The Impact of Framing on Endangered Language Learning
Helen Zheng
The Golden Years: Effects of a Geriatric Consult Service on Inpatient Admissions
Claire Shepley
The MAGE Family: A Potential Mechanism for Protein Degradation
Lauren Van
A Systematic Study on the Translation of N-Functionalities in Pyrolytically Synthesized Nitrogenated Carbons
Emma Tasso
Dynamics of the Oldest Stars in FIRE-2 Simulations
Heejoon Michael Shin
Understanding VACV A35R Functions in MHC Class I and II Antigen Presentation
Justin Miller
Christ, Spinoza's Progenitor of National Religion
Natalie Mamaril
Characterization of Matrix Metalloproteinase 16 (MMP16) as a Potential Target for CAR T-Cell Therapy in Pediatric Brain Tumors
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Optimization of Hydrogel Encasement for Micro Tissue Engineered Neural Network Fabrication Olivia Amador Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • D. Kacy Cullen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Optimizing Gene Therapy For CLN3 Disease Sangeetha Bhuyan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Optimizing the Intraoperative Indocyanine Green (ICG) Imaging System Forrest Lin
Brandon ONeill
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Timothy Markman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, University Scholars
Optimizing Ultrasensitive RT-QuiC Assay on AD tau Seed-Monomer Reactions Richard Chen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Hong Xu
  • Dr. Virginia Lee
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences
Outcomes following CMV D+/R- Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study Leon Chen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Vishnu Potluri
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Particle Physics at the Large Hadron Collider Christopher Tyburski
Reagan O’Neil
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Elliot Lipeles
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Perceptions of Dentist Roles in Vaccination Daphne Hicyilmaz College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Katherine France
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Physical Activity and Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) With Cancer Kethan Shirodkar College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lisa Schwartz
  • Sara King-Dowling
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Piloting a Social Determinants of Health Screener at Tisch Hospital Carly Yang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Olumide Akindutire
Mazzatenta Award
Plausibility of Using [18F]NOS as a PET Radiotracer for Imaging Smoking-Induced Inflammation in the Aorta Jelena Vázquez Delgado Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jacob Dubroff
  • Liz Li
  • Paco Bravo
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Polygenic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Adults: a Longitudinal Study Jeremy Cimino
Sahar Maleki
Nursing
  • Lorraine E Levitt Katz, MD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Postnatal Development of the Goat Phalanges and Metacarpal Trabecular Architecture Maha Essaidi Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Joel D. Boerckel
Other
Preserving a Critically Endangered Language: Optimizing the Kashaya Linguistic Database Melinda Amorosi
Cole Bruen
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Gene Buckley
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding and Newborn Care Nia Frederick College of Arts & Sciences
  • Emily Gregory
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Profiling the Immune Response in Vocal Fold Scarring Yashna Gupta Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Riccardo Gottardi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Prompting for Precision: The Role of the Patient Voice in Developing a Measure of Transition Readiness in Adolescents and Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Nikhil Grobes College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lisa A. Schwartz
  • Kemar V. Prussien
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Propulsion of AC-driven Microrobots Matilda Dingemans Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Marc Miskin
  • Sophia Handley
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Providing Comprehensive Care to Pregnant Teenagers Jasmeiry Bello College of Arts & Sciences
  • Emily F. Gregory
University Scholars
Quantifying Common Sense: A Framework for Individual and Collective Assessment​ ​ Dan Kim
Angelina Cao
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Duncan Watts
  • Mark Whiting
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Rainwater Harvesting and its Impacts on Public and Community Health in Mexico City Krishna Chandrasekhara College of Arts & Sciences
  • John Kanbayashi
  • Iliana Kohler
Paul and Kathleen Barthmaier Award
Regulation of Hypermethylation in EBV-Associated Gastric Carcinomas Through EBNA1 and DNMT1 Cody Nguyen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Paul Lieberman
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Report and Advocacy on the Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Autonomous Weapons Systems in War Aaron Tsui Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Claire Finkelstein
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Representations of the Caretaker and the Cared For: Women and Dementia in Annie Ernaux Lila Dubois College of Arts & Sciences
  • Samuel Martin
Other
Resolving Uncertainty in the Mechanism of Disease for NOTCH2 Variants in Alagille Syndrome Grace Matwijec College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Nancy Spinner
  • Dr. Melissa Gilbert
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant