Past Projects
This listing of recipients of major research grants reflects the diversity of research projects undertaken by Penn undergraduates and supported by CURF.
We do not currently track recipients of departmental grants unless they are alumnus-backed or otherwise
| Project Title | Students Involved | School | Faculty Mentor | Year of Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifying How T Cells Utilize Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) To Activate mTORC1 or Engage Downstream Mitochondrial Metabol |
Rajat Ramesh |
College |
William Bailis |
2021 (Fall) |
| Misinformation on the COVID-19 Vaccine on Twitter |
Michelle Wu |
Nursing |
Melanie Kornides, ScD, MPH, APRN |
2021 (Fall) |
| Test & Roll: Profit-maximizing A/B tests |
Maxine Fang |
Wharton |
Ron Berman, PhD |
2021 (Fall) |
| Use of the Cox Proportional-Hazards Model for Survival Analysis and Prognostic Prediction of Glioblastoma (GBM) |
Nari Kim |
College |
Dokyoon Kim, PhD |
2021 (Fall) |
| A Quantitative & Economic Analysis of Crime, Policing & Race in a Time of Change |
Caroline Li |
Wharton |
David Abrams, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| A Unified Model of Network Formation and Network Bargaining |
Zhong Zhang |
College |
Wayne Gao |
2021 (Spring) |
| ARCH Lab Implementation Science Projects |
Temitayo Lukan |
College |
Dr. Rinad Beidas |
2021 (Spring) |
| Architectural Research in Robotic Fabrication: Autonomous Rod Bending |
Gregory Tasik |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Robert Stuart-Smith, Mr |
2021 (Spring) |
| Castle Escape |
Priya Shah |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Chris Callison-Burch |
2021 (Spring) |
| Characterizing the Role of TRF2 in Maintaining Cardiomyocyte Function During Heart Development |
Yujung Lee |
Nursing |
Foteini Mourkioti, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Digitizing the Census of Religious Bodies |
Zhangyang Xie |
College |
Melissa Wilde, Ph.D |
2021 (Spring) |
| Diversification of the SprT-like Gene Family and Functional Consequences for Chromosome Transmission |
Isabella Farkas |
College |
Mia Levine, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Does fast-acting antidepressant action of ketamine reverse psychosocial stress-induced hippocampal-dependent cognitive deficits |
Harley Haas |
College |
Harley Haas |
2021 (Spring) |
| Evolutionary dynamics in Drosophila melanogaster |
Tia Yancey |
College |
Paul Schmidt |
2021 (Spring) |
| Examining Self Isolation Induced Stress and Exploring Modern Self Administration Paradigms |
Claude-Ericka Ekobeni |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Kyle Czarnecki |
2021 (Spring) |
| How International Organizations Work: Legal and Practical Aspects |
Naveen Farook |
College |
Julia Gray, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| How International Organizations Work: Legal and Practical Aspects |
Carolina Herrera Figueroa |
College |
Julia Gray, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| How International Organizations Work? |
Hannah Norman |
College |
Julia Gray, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Integrating Pointing Sensors for High Altitude Balloon-borne Telescope |
Mei Han |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
James Aguirre |
2021 (Spring) |
| Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticle Mediated mRNA Delivery to Multiple Myeloma Cells |
Andres Hubsch |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Michael Mitchell, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Latent Stratification in Advertising Experiments |
Zhen Huang |
College |
Ron Berman, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Living Electrodes for Hearing Rehabilitation |
Halle Kincaid |
College |
Jason Brant, MD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Living Electrodes for Hearing Rehabilitation |
Ashrita Nagpal |
College |
Jason Brant, MD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Microbial Activity in Anthracite Contaminated Soils |
Jazmine Rud |
College |
Alain Plante, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| MicroRNAs As Early Gastric Cancer (GC) Biomarkers |
Tahana Ahmed |
College |
Sandra Ryeom, Ph.D. |
2021 (Spring) |
| Misinformation about the COVID-19 Vaccine in the Media |
Franchesca Perez |
College |
Dr. Melanie Kornides |
2021 (Spring) |
| Modulation of Protein-X using a Blocking Antibody |
Michael Wang |
College |
Michela Locci, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Mylar Project |
Leah Tesfa |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Igor Bargatin, Ph.D. |
2021 (Spring) |
| Nanowire Fabrication |
Sophie Abner |
College |
Ritesh Agarwal, Ph.D. |
2021 (Spring) |
| Novel Mast Cell Receptor in Allergic and Inflammatory Diseases |
Olivia Ong |
College |
Hydar Ali, Ph.D. |
2021 (Spring) |
| Ocean physics and ecology: satellite and climate model data analysis |
Jonathan Tran |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Irina Marinov |
2021 (Spring) |
| Overlap in Penk and Y1R Genes Involved in Pain and Hunger |
Yaelee Valencia-Aguilera |
College |
John Nicholas Betley |
2021 (Spring) |
| Reviewing and developing distributed algorithms for multi-center learning |
Geshi Yeung |
College |
Yong Chen, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Specification and verification for functional and imperative programs |
Vikramaditya Singh |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Stephanie Weirich |
2021 (Spring) |
| Status-pay trade off? Gender Patterns in Engineers' Job Applications |
Peng Zhao |
College |
Tiantian Yang |
2021 (Spring) |
| Sunset over Sunset |
Julian Valgora |
College |
Francesca Ammon, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| The endogenous role of hindbrain ghrelin receptors in regulating feeding behavior |
Mattison Boveri |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
Harvey Grill, PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Project Title | Students Involved | School | Faculty Mentor | Year of Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessible and insightful scientific learning experiences using the microorganism Haloferax volcanii |
Criston Young |
College |
Mechthild Pohlschroder |
2021 (Spring) |
| Project Title | Students Involved | School | Faculty Mentor | Year of Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debiasing Overconfidence |
Feiyi Wang |
College |
Barbara Mellers , PhD |
2021 (Spring) |
| Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Recovery after a Transient Ischemic Attack |
Justin Arnold |
College |
Kelly Sloane |
2021 (Spring) |
| Investigating a Neural Circuit for Female Reproductive Behavior using Viral Tools in Songbirds |
Elena Cruz-Adames |
College |
Marc Schmidt, Ph.D. |
2021 (Spring) |
| Project Title | Students Involved | School | Faculty Mentor | Year of Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulating Thermosensitive Radiopaque Hydrogel for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment |
Ananyaa Kumar |
Engineering and Applied Sciences |
David Cormode, Ph.D. |
2021 (Spring) |
| Project Title | Students Involved | School | Faculty Mentor | Year of Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Law of the Other: Converts and Gentiles in the Eyes of Seventeenth-Century Istanbul Rabbis |
ELYAKIM ENGELMANN-SUISSA |
College |
Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano |
2021 (Spring) |