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.

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September 16 2024 - 5:00 PM - September 16 2024 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Lily H Min
Development of Assays to Evaluate PROTAC Permeability, Binding, and Function
Yuzhou Li
International Organizations from the Ground Up: Understanding Global Cooperation Through Data
Lily Futeran
Breaking It Down: An Example of Effective Information Dissemination
Katrina Korendiy
International Organizations from the Ground Up: Understanding Global Cooperation Through Data
Freddy Liu
Enabling Visual Recognition at Radio Frequency
Agnes Duch
Impact of psychometric factors on the efficacy of interlaminar epidural steroid injections
Matthew Breier
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Philadelphia’s African-American and Immigrant Neighborhoods
Cat Nguyen
Using One’s Enemies: Identifying Histone-Binding Sites Needed for Archaeal Adaptive Immunity
Alecia Cameron
Effect of Environmental Light Disruption on Circadian Gated Lung Injury
Cady Wang
The Impact of the Growing Data Center Industry on Green Energy Use in Iceland
Ethan Y Dong
Atmospheric Implications of Modern Day Refrigerants​
Isaac Yang
Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Silver Catalyst Using a Gas Diffusion Electrolyzer
Jessey Shin
User Experience (UX) Design as an Inclusion Practice in Discord Communities
Katherine Fang
Small Business Favoritism: Assessing Impacts of Exemptions in U.S. Federal Law
Makayla Cheng
Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents through Analysis of Oral Microbiome Compositions
Seyoon Chun
“Are you just going to throw us away?”: A Scoping Review of Culturally Tailored Tobacco Interventions of Religious LGBT+ Groups
Finn Kiely
Where Do Banks Get Bank Accounts
Aiwen Li
Analysis of Kernel Density Estimation Accuracy using Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods
Denise Zheng
The role of citramalyl-CoA lyase (CLYBL) in glyoxylate metabolism and cell migration in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)
Nikhil Damien Grobes
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
Yvonne Kuo
Investigating Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cell Nonspecific Killing via CRISPR KO Screen
Forrest Lin
  • Brandon ONeill
Optimizing the Intraoperative Indocyanine Green (ICG) Imaging System
Lola Dong
  • Allen Yan
Therapeutic Effect of Intranasal Dantrolene on Symptoms and Pathological Pathways of Major Depressive Disorder
Justin Wang
Enhancing Sensitivity of Leukemia Cells to Venetoclax Through PINK1 Alternative Splicing
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Responsiveness of Ameloblastoma Cells to Autophagic Stress Hannah Kim College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sunday Akintoye
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Responsiveness of Jaw Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Hypoxic stress ​ Nishat Tasnin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sunday O. Akintoye
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Revealing Neurogenetic Signatures: Machine Learning Uncovers Repetitive Behaviors in ASD and OCD Knockout Mice Aarav Chandra College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marc Fuccillo
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Role of BMP6 in IFNβ1 Expression through DNA and RNA Sensing Pathways for Host-directed Therapy against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Mar Tran
Claire Zhou
Nursing
  • Hyejeong Hong
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Running AI Chatbot Negotiations: Testing the Effect of Humor and Concession Patterns on Negotiation Outcomes Baron Ping-Yeh Hsieh
Eecho Yuan
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Maurice Schweitzer
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Sharing Is NOT Caring: How Harm Reduction Strategies Promote HIV Health Corey Brooks College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sadé Richardson
Other
Sleep Duration and Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Ayma Waqar Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Lorraine E Katz
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Small Business Favoritism: Assessing Impacts of Exemptions in U.S. Federal Law Katherine Fang Wharton
  • Brian Feinstein
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Sociodemographic Variation in Completion of SBDOH Screening Tools in the Breast SBDOH Study Saania Mirpuri College of Arts & Sciences
  • Oluwadamilola Fayanju
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Sourcing critical elements from mine tailings: analyzing the impact of magnetic separation on critical element extraction Rithika Ramkumar Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jennifer Wilcox
Other
Stroke Awareness and Use of National Emergency Number in Nigeria Joshua Yoon College of Arts & Sciences
  • Renyu Liu
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Structural Elucidation: Understanding MEK and ERK interactions in the MAPK pathway Oscar Mendez College of Arts & Sciences
  • Karen Zhang
Other
Surface-based TEE-CT image registration for bicuspid aortic valve repair Emily Zhang Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Alison Pouch
Other
Survey of Low-Income Women's Treatment Preferences for Depression Henessis Umacata College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jacqueline Corcoran
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Synchronous Pakistan Flooding and China Heatwave Linked to Planetary Wave Resonance Maria Villarreal Simon College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael E. Mann
  • Xueke Li
  • Shannon Christiansen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Synthesis of a Pt(II) Complex and Preliminary Oxygenation Studies Hannah Kim College of Arts & Sciences
  • Karen Goldberg
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Synthesis of Organic Compounds as Stable Glass Materials Sofia Murra Vicario College of Arts & Sciences
  • Patrick Walsh
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Philadelphia’s African-American and Immigrant Neighborhoods Matthew Breier College of Arts & Sciences
  • David S. Barnes
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The 39 Steps and the Cross-Atlantic Evolution of the British Thriller: Studying John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock Victoria Avanesov College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jed Esty
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Childhood and Cultural Forces Influencing President Woodrow Wilson’s Performance at the Paris Peace Conference: An Investigation Olivia Rosenfeld College of Arts & Sciences
  • Professor Warren Breckman
  • Professor Walter McDougall
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Effects of Daily Stressors on Withdrawal and Smoking Lapses During a Cessation Attempt in Daily Cigarette Smokers​ Gabriella Jean College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. David Lydon-Staley
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Ethics of Research: How Penn Professors Support Student Researchers Navigating Work on Potentially Traumatic Topics Madeline Scott College of Arts & Sciences
  • Millan AbiNader
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Golden Years: Effects of a Geriatric Consult Service on Inpatient Admissions Helen Zheng Wharton
  • Colbey Freeman
  • Rose Onyeali
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Impact of Framing on Endangered Language Learning Tasmiah Haque
Cristina Diaz
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Gareth Roberts
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program