2024 VURF RECIPIENTS
Student Name: | Faculty Sponsor: | Sponsor Department: | Project Title: |
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Logan Hallihan | Dr. Edward Guinan | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Investigating the Rotation-Age Correlation for the Red Dwarf Hosting Gliese 581d: An Exoplanet Study |
Matthew Micho | Dr. Edward Guinan | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Teegarden's Star-b and c: Exoplanets Nearly as Good as Earth? |
Aedan DiSanto | Dr. Edward Guinan; Dr. Scott Engle | Astronomy and Astrophysics | LHS 1140b: One of Astronomy's Most Promising Terrestrial Habitable-Zone Planets |
Phoebe Hager | Dr. Kelly Hambleton | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Understanding Binary Systems with Tidally Excited Pulsations |
Julia Sunderland | Dr. Scott Engle | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Long-Term Magnetic Activity Cycles of K and M Dwarf Stars |
Madison Sullivan | Dr. Aimee Eggler | Biochemistry | Determining Residue Mutation Effects on the pKa of Keap1 C151 |
Cara Krien | Dr. Dana Opulente | Biology | Balancing Act: Measuring Trade-offs between Carbon Niche Breadth and Growth |
Brianna Puorro | Dr. Matthew Youngman | Biology | Examining the composition and function of the ARID-1 complex during aging in C. elegans |
Janice Park | Dr. Stephanie Campos | Biology | Impacts of the hormone vasotocin on social odors, brains, and chemosensory behavior in lizards |
Sasha Shakner | Dr. Troy Shirangi | Biology | Investigating how mating neurons remodel during Drosophila metamorphosis |
William Stozenski | Dr. Jacob Elmer | Chemical Engineering | Identifying Proteins that Inhibit Gene Therapy |
Kate Hamel | Dr. Laura Bracaglia | Chemical Engineering | CBL-ESP |
Sophie Malik | Dr. Deanna Zubris | Chemistry | Synthesis and Characterization of Imino-Pyridine Iron(II) Complexes using Zinc Template Synthesis Method |
Alexandra Gennerman | Dr. Peter Palenchar | Chemistry | PII and Its Interacting Partners |
Abbigail Snyder | Dr. Scott Kassel; Dr. Jared Paul | Chemistry | Synthesis and Characterization of Cu(I) Complexes with Methyl Substituted tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine oxide (OPpy3) Ligands |
Meghan Youngren | Dr. Vanessa Boschi; Dr. Amanda Grannas | Chemistry | How Does Increased Light Availability Due To Sea Ice Reduction Impact Organic Marine Chemistry in the Artic? |
Ryan Tu | Dr. Wenqing Xu | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Enhancing the Anion-Exchange Capacity of Ammonium Modified Biochar for Retention of PFBA and PFOA Through a Column Study |
Minh (Tommy) Nguyen | Dr. Ebelechukwu Nwafor | Computing Sciences | Fine-Tuning NLP tools in two low-resourced languages: Nigerian Pidgin & Igbo |
Hiep Nguyen | Dr. Justin Debenedetto | Computing Sciences | Improving Large Language Model by Starting Small |
Tom Wang | Dr. Mauricio Gruppi | Computing Sciences | On the Feasibility and Practicality of Accelerated Regular Expressions |
Rebecca Jackson | Dr. Sarah Cooney | Computing Sciences | Analyzing How #antihaul Videos on YouTube Inspire User Engagement for Means of Environmental Activism |
Sophia Perdoncin | Dr. Sarah Cooney | Computing Sciences | An Analysis of the YouTube DIY Clothing Phenomenon and its Impact on Sustainable Consumption |
Xin (Calum) Huang | Dr. Venkat Margapuri | Computing Sciences | Using Machine Learning to Diagnose ADHD |
Garik Kazanjian | Dr. Venkat Margapuri | Computing Sciences | Predicting Medicinal Treatment Plans for Patients with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Using Machine Learning |
Daniel LaManna | Dr. Laura Meinzen-Dick | Economics | The Legislative Trends of the Heirs' Property Act |
Fabiano Moscoso | Dr. Pritpal Singh | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Modeling and Analysis of Lithium-ion Battery Performance in Telecom Backup Applications |
Dmitrii Kapranov | Dr. Tommaso Cappello | Electrical and Computer Engineering | High-Efficiency DC/DC Boost Converter for Switched-Mode RF GaN Power Amplifiers |
Sonia Singh | Dr. Jean Lutes | English | Moving Beyond Expectations of Authors of Color: A Test Study of Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
Isabel Choi | Dr. Yumi Lee | English | Unearthing Traumatic Memory: A Comparative Analysis of Conflict Legacy Media in Korea and Ireland |
Jenine Hazelwood | Dr. Jean Lutes | English | What were they made for? A Timeline of the Black Barbie Doll |
Justin Staley | Dr. Kabindra Shakya | Geography and the Environment | Comparison of particulate matter level at aboveground roadside and underground subway station in Philadelphia |
Brent Jenkins | Dr. Peleg Kremer | Geography and the Environment | Investigating Air and Surface Temperature Relationship |
Grace Hansen | Dr. Steven Goldsmith | Geography and the Environment | Sowing the Seeds of Pollution: How Plastics are Shaping Soil Chemistry |
Kathryn Feddish | Dr. Bo Li | Mechanical Engineering | CBL-ESP |
Christopher Marinko | Dr. Bo Li | Mechanical Engineering | Ultrasensitive Force Sensors for Robotic Hand |
Deana Yuan | Dr. Bo Li | Mechanical Engineering | 3D Bioprinting of Artificial Bones |
Datamis Ghorbanian | Dr. Hashem Ashrafiuon | Mechanical Engineering | The Blind Robot Experiment |
Catherine Wollan | Dr. Garrett Clayton; Dr. Nat Nataraj | Mechanical Engineering | CBL-ESP |
Jocelyn Zavala Garcia | Dr. Daniel Smith | Nursing | Evaluating the effectiveness of result dissemination strategies for a community-based participatory research program to reduce lead exposure risk in Latine communities. |
Aidan Dsouza | Dr. Meredith Mackenzie Greenle | Nursing | Assessing the Effects of Discrimination on Health-Related Quality of Life and Hypertension Self-Care in LGBTQ+ Older Adults |
Robert Jackson | Dr. Scott Dietrich | Physics | Quantum Hall Effect (QHE) in Graphene Heterostructures |
Katherine Laird | Dr. Benjamin Sachs | Psychological and Brain Sciences | Testing a Novel Behavioral Model to Study the Effects of Early Life Stress on Depression- and Anxiety-Like Symptoms in Both Sexes in Adult Life |
Colin Nemeth | Dr. Benjamin Sachs | Psychological and Brain Sciences | Stress and Fentanyl Consumption in Mice |
Jane Spencer | Dr. Caitlyn Yantis | Psychological and Brain Sciences | Confronting White Privilege: Enhancing Systemic Racism Awareness among White Americans |
Sarah Helstrom | Dr. Janette Herbers | Psychological and Brain Sciences | Examining the Role of Parent-Child Synchrony in the Well-Being of Dyads Experiencing Homelessness |
Antonia Aguilera | Dr. John Kurtz | Psychological and Brain Sciences | Development and Impairment in Narrative Identity Following the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Claire Donnelly | Dr. Grant Berry | Spanish | The Role of Classification of Bilingualism in Influencing Apparent Performance on Cognitive Control Tasks |
Daniel Martinez | Dr. Christina Whitehouse; Dr. Catherine Curley; Dr. Melissa OConnor | Nursing | Presidential Scholars Program PDA VURF - Threads of Connection, Older Adults and Younger Generations' Experiences with ReachOut: A Qualitative Study |
Panday Swopnil | Dr. Venkat Margapuri | Computing Sciences | Presidential Scholars Program PDA VURF |