Fall 2019 – Summer 2020 Award Recipients

Abdel-Meguid, Deema
Soft Robotic Hybridized Manipulator
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

AlAlawi, Ismaeel
Automatic Classification of Auroral Images From NASA THEMIS All-Sky-Imager Data-sets Using Machine Learning
Faculty Mentor: Nishimura Toshi (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Allen, Sadie
Praxi: a New Cloud Software Discovery Tool
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Altus, Roxanna
Defining the Mechanisms of Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Meg3-deficient Myoblasts
Faculty Mentor: Francisco Naya (CAS Biology)

Aneja, Prachi
The Socio-Economic, Demographic and Attitudinal Factors Affecting the KAP-Gap in Jaunpur
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Arora, Karishma
Fingolimod as a Putative Treatment in the PSAPP Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Faculty Mentor: Alpaslan Dedeoglu (MED Neurology)

Ato, Phoebe
Sexual Dimorphism of Liver Injury and Regeneration Following Tylenol Overdose
Faculty Mentor: Valerie Gouon-Evans (MED Gastroenterology)

Balian, Dikran
Biochemical Pathways Behind Neutrophil Recruitment to the Central Nervous System in Obese Mice and Its Link to Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Faculty Mentor: Qiong Zhou (MED Pharmacology)

Barbero, Samantha
How Girls Use Role Models in STEM: the Influence of Group Context on Girls’ Beliefs About and Performance in STEM.
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Bennani, Kawtar
Preventing Cancer Through Inhibition of an Environmental Carcinogen Receptor, the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
Faculty Mentor: David Sherr (SPH Department of Environmental Health)

Berlind, Carter
Real-time Human-Robot Interface to High Level Task Planning for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teaming
Faculty Mentor: Calin Belta (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Berretta, Sarah
A Critical Restructuring of Gender and Sexual Orientation in Assessment Tools.
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Rousseau (MET Criminal Justice)

Blute, Aislinn
Characterizing Transcription and Translation Coupled Dynamics in RET-activated Differentiation of Neuroblastoma
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Burke, Connor
Cortical Control of Motor Primitives and the Architecture of Premotor Circuits
Faculty Mentor: Michael Economo (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Cardini, Jack
Measuring the Effectiveness of Different Nuclear Export Signals in the RTRAP Genetic Circuit
Faculty Mentor: Ahmad Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Caron, David
Host Discrimination in the Parasitic Sea Anemone Edwardsiella Lineata — Implications for One of the Ocean’s Most Destructive Invasive Species
Faculty Mentor: John Finnerty (CAS Biology)

Chen, Huyongqing
A Collective Analysis of the Pulsation Periods of Variable White Dwarf Stars Observed by TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
Faculty Mentor: JJ Hermes (CAS Astronomy)

Chopra, Akash
Working Conditions, Emotional Exhaustion, and Instructional Quality
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Bettini (SED Special Education)

Christianson, Sydney
Monitoring Outcomes Following Parent Involvement in Treatment for Selective Mutism
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Merson (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Chua, Cassandra
Investigating the Constitutive Flow Relations for Lymphatic and Blood Endothelium
Faculty Mentor: Joe Tien (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Clement, Damian
Interaction Between Diabetes and Neutrophils
Faculty Mentor: Zhen Jiang (MED Pharmacology)

Cole, Rebecca
Mechanisms of Social Modulation of Fear Reinstatement
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Connelly, Kristin
Determination of Sizing Information for ZnSe Quantum Dots Through Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Faculty Mentor: Allison Dennis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Conner, Mackenzie
Parent-level Versus Child-level Impact of Juicy Questions
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Counseling and Applied Human Development)

Cosi, Gabriella
The Online Professional Development for the Comprehension of Natural Selection for Teachers
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Keleman (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Cowart, Bailey
Exploring Intraspecific Trait Variability in Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) Leaves
Faculty Mentor: Adrien Finzi (CAS Biology)

Cronin-Golomb, Olivia
A Time-Series Analysis of the Bio-optical Properties of the Charles River
Faculty Mentor: Cedric Fichot (CAS Earth & Environmental Sciences)

Cropp, Katherine
Examining Toddlers’ Visual Working Memory Development
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Kibbe (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Daly, Liam
The Search for Earth-sized Planets Around M Subdwarf Stars
Faculty Mentor: Philip Muirhead (CAS Astronomy)

Damiano, David
Coalition War Dataset
Faculty Mentor: Rosella Cappella-Zielinski (CAS Political Science)

De Souza, Cairo
Elucidating GINIP’s Competition in Regulating Gαi Protein Signaling in Epilepsy
Faculty Mentor: Mikel Garcia-Marcos (MED Biochemistry)

Diamond, Elizabeth
Ingestible Micro- Bio-Electronic Device for Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring
Faculty Mentor: Rabia Yazicigil (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Distefano, Joseph
Refining Methods for Extracellular Vesicle Isolation From Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid and Serum
Faculty Mentor: Allan Walkey (MED Pulmonary Center)

Dolido, Addison
Object Detection for Autonomous Robotic Arm Tool Use
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Khurshid (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Draisen, Katharine
Silence and Sacrifice: Women, Families, and Communities of Care in Israel’s Socialist and Post-Socialist Kibbutz Contexts.
Faculty Mentor: Merav Shohet (CAS Anthropology)

Eldaief, Yasmine
The National Endowment for Democracy (1983 – 2018).
Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Menchik (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Enkhbayar, Khaliun
The Mechanosensitive Channel Piezo2 Influences the Formation of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells and Airway Mucous Cells
Faculty Mentor: Jason Rock (MED Center for Regenerative Medicine)

Eori, Madeline
Assessing Wild Bornean Orangutan (Pongo Pygmaeus Wurmbii) Populations with Drone Imagery
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology)

Feng, Yinxuan
Investigation on the Limitations of the HPC-based Malware Detection
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Egele (ENG Electrical & Compter Engineering)

Floru, Alexander
Characterizing the Effect of MYCN-overexpressing Neuron Crest Cells on Treg Cell Development
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Fogliasso, Justin
Surface Lesion Recovery of Mixed Symbiotic Astrangia Poculata in Response to Starved and Fed Conditions
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Biology)

Frost, Julius
Interactive Image Search with Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Faculty Mentor: Kate Saenko (CAS Computer Science)

Gaines, Scott
Biophysics-enhanced Artificial Intelligence to Predict Lung Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Hadi Nia (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Gandhi, Amisha
Uncovering the Transcription Factor Activity of LMP1
Faculty Mentor: Juan Fuxman Bass (CAS Biology)

Gerald, Arincheyan
Silicone Integrated Optical Waveguide Skin with Actuators
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Russo (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Gold, Alisa
Lexical Analysis of Speech in Everyday Social Interactions in People with and Without Schizophrenia
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Fulford (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Gomez, Elena
Escape Hatching of Red-eyed Tree Frogs in Wasp Attacks: How Development Changes Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Karen Warkentin (CAS Biology)

Gopalan, Krithi
Using Patient Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells to Study an Intronic ABCA3 Mutation
Faculty Mentor: Darrell Kotton (MED Medicine)

Grob, Gianna
The Evolutionary Genomics of the PPARG Gene in South African Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus Pygerythrus)
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Schmitt (CAS Anthropology)

Gupta, Ketan
Development of a Miniature Stimulated Raman Spectroscopic (SRS) Imaging Probe for In-vivo, Label-free, Precise Oral Cancer Diagnosis
Faculty Mentor: Ji Xin Cheng (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Hafling, Justin
Measurement of Small Single and Multi Rotor Aerodynamic Performance.
Faculty Mentor: Sheryl Grace (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Haka, Anniina
Linking the Rates of N2 and Microbial Communities in Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Earth & Environment)

Hall, Mackenzie
Development and Testing of Drug Quality Assays for the PharmaChk Prototype
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Han, Keyi
Wide-field Dual-probe Image Processing Validated with Skin-Mimicking Phantom and Quantum Dots System
Faculty Mentor: Allison Dennis (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Harris, Jonathan
Investigation of the Finite-size Effect on Micelle Aggregation Number Distribution
Faculty Mentor: John Straub (CAS Chemistry)

Henneman, Dennis
Augmented Reality for Sculpture Stability Analysis
Faculty Mentor: Emily Whiting (CAS Computer Science)

Hobson, Ethan
Boston Drag Project: an Ethnography of Queer Performance Spaces in Boston
Faculty Mentor: Gregory Melchor-Barz (CFA Musicology/Ethnomusicology)

Hoffman, Ryan
Digital VLSI Chip Template
Faculty Mentor: Ajay Joshi (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Honigsberg, Rachel
S1P Activates a Secondary Barrier Signaling Pathway Involving Notch1
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Chen (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Howell, Owen
Self/Non-Self Discrimination in the Adaptive Immune System Via a One-Class Support Vector Machine
Faculty Mentor: Pankaj Mehta (CAS Physics)

Hu, Jianqiao
MicroRNA Profiling of Human Primary Astrocyte-derived Extracellular Vesicles Upon Interleukin-1β Stimulation and Its Potential Neuronal Targeted Genes.
Faculty Mentor: Tsuneya Ikezu (MED Pharmacology)

Huang, Cheng-Yen
RatTown: Optimization, Validation and Evaluation of the Min-ePump for Use in Studies That Include Both Drug IVSA and Group-Housed Social Behaviors in Rats.
Faculty Mentor: Barak Caine (CAS Psychology)

Huelsenbeck, Elizabeth
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soil and Foliage of Northeastern U.S. Forests
Faculty Mentor: Pamela Templer (CAS Biology)

Huff, Reece
The Role of the Endplate in Vertebral Fractures
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Hurtado, Melissa
The Room Where It Happens: a Pilot Study on Minority Experience in a Historically White University
Faculty Mentor: Kimberly Arkin (CAS Anthropology)

Indriolo, Teresa
An Investigation of Nicotine Craving in Response to a Virtual Reality Environment
Faculty Mentor: Michael Otto (CAS Psychology)

INTILI, ANTHONY
Neutral Particle Production Associated with Cosmic Ray Muons Deep Underground
Faculty Mentor: Edward Kearns (CAS Physics)

Isaac, John
Assessing Anti-HIV Antibody Binding Specificity Via Epitope Mapping for Optimization of ADCC Responses.
Faculty Mentor: Manish Sagar (MED Microbiology)

Iverson, Olivia
Longitudinal Characterization of Spinal Cord Cellular Composition in the Ts66YAH Mouse Model of Down Syndrome
Faculty Mentor: Tarik Haydar (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

JIANG, LIGE
Application of Rigid Carbon Nanotube on High Resolution and New Platform of Optical Tweezer.
Faculty Mentor: Masha Kamenetska (CAS Chemistry)

Jin, Tongyu
Verifiable Hard Functions and Verifiable Memory-Hard Functions
Faculty Mentor: Mayank Varia (CAS Computer Science)

Jordan, Victoria
Investigation of the Mechanism of Activation of the RET Receptor Using GDNF Derived Peptides
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Jordanides, Jonathan
Using a Lanthanide Binding Tag to Assess Conformational Changes in NF-κB Essential Modulator Protein (NEMO)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Kamens, Miriam
Maternal Risk and Discrete Positive Behaviors
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Tarullo (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Kango, Komal
Computational Modeling of the Mammalian Auditory Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Kamal Sen (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Kim, Yumi
Formulating an Optimized Ex Vivo Retinal Vasculature Staining Protocol in a Mouse Model for Oblique Scanning Laser Microscopy (OSLM)
Faculty Mentor: Ji Yi (MED Gastroenterology)

Kleyheeg, Annalies
Searching for Axion Dark Matter with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques and Increasing Sensitivity Optical Nuclear Polarization
Faculty Mentor: Alex Sushkov (CAS Physics)

Kochen, Alejandro
The Role of Aquaporin-1 in PTH and PTH-receptor Signaling in Osteocytes
Faculty Mentor: Paola Divieti-Pajevic (SDM Cellular and Molecular Biology)

Kubrick, Rachel
Advancing Knowledge of African Art History Through Photographic and Material Examples From North and West Africa
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Becker (CAS History of Art & Architecture)

Kurzion, Ronni
In Vivo Testing to Differentiate Neural Progenitor Cell Classes MRGC1 and MRGC2
Faculty Mentor: Tarik Haydar (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Lakis, Gabrielle
Traumatic Brain Injury Effects on Comorbid Opioid Addiction and PTSD: Functional and Neural Impacts in an Animal Model.
Faculty Mentor: Gary Kaplan (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Lamba, Jaskaran
Epitranscriptomic hnges in the Nucleus Accumbens of Subjects with Alcohol Use Disorder
Faculty Mentor: Huiping Zhang (MED Psychiatry)

Le, Trung
The Role of Lipid Raft Protein Flotillin-1 in Macrophage Activation After G- Bacterial Infections.
Faculty Mentor: Yang Jin (MED Pulmonary)

Lee, Brenna
Assessing Grasp Competency in Monkeys Using Deep Learning
Faculty Mentor: Chandramouli Chandrasekaran (CAS Anatomy and Neurobiology, Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Lee, Cheng-Che
Increasing the Efficiency and Success Level of Generating Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Combined Upstream Transcription Factors of Master Pluripotent Genes.
Faculty Mentor: Juan Fuxman Bass (CAS Biology)

Lee, Minha
An Automated Image-processing Algorithm for Accurate and Precise Segmentation of Vessels in Tumor Vascular Images
Faculty Mentor: Darren Roblyer (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Leidig, Katya
Analyzing the Radial Velocities of Satellite Galaxies in the IllustrisTNG Simulation
Faculty Mentor: Tereasa Brainerd (CAS Astronomy)

Lierle, Patrick
The Rapid Imaging Planetary Spectrograph Software and Hardware Upgrade
Faculty Mentor: Luke Moore (CAS Astronomy)

Litton, Matthew
Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms on an FPGA System for Studies of the Higgs Boson with the CMS Detector
Faculty Mentor: David Sperka (CAS Physics)

Liu, Siyi
“The Many-Faced God”: Learning to Incrementally Recognize Faces with Weak Supervision From Text, Vision, and Speech
Faculty Mentor: Derry Wijaya (CAS Computer Science)

Liu, Yilin
Secondary Data Analyses with Electronic Dental Records
Faculty Mentor: Marianne Jurasic (SDM Health Policy & Health Services Research)

Livney, Benjamin
Photonic Crystal Fiber Dispersion Characterization for 700-900nm Pulsed Laser Source
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Lopez, Antonio
Characterizing the Hippocampal Pathway to the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus
Faculty Mentor: Helen Barbas (SAR Health Sciences)

Luis-Fuentes, Roberto
Optimization of the Proximity Ligation in Situ Hybridization (PLISH) Method for the Study of Early Embryonic Lung Development in Mice.
Faculty Mentor: Laertis Oikonomou (MED Medicine)

Luong, Austin
Acoustic and High-speed Videoendoscopic Techniques to Optimize Assessment of Laryngeal Muscle Tension
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences)

Mack, Abigail
Familiar Characters and Their Impacts on Trust Mechanisms in Young Children Ages 4-7
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Malbouf, Bryanna
Specific Gravity and Creatinine as Measures of Urine Concentration in Captive Orangutans (Pongo Sp.) for Non-invasive Physiological Monitoring
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology)

Mason, Sara
Formation of Isosteviol as a Drug Carrier Via Nanoparticle Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

McCaslin, Ethan
Investigation Into the Functional Importance of the Interaction of IκBα and NEMO
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

Mears, Lucas
A Multi-national Analysis of the Effect of Legislation Relating to Genetically Modified Organisms on Global Malnutrition Rates.
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Cortes (QST Quantitative Methods, Public Policy, Markets, and Law)

Mehrotra, Dev
Studying the Bacterial Motility Switch Through Optogenetic Control of C-di-GMP in Bacillus Subtilis
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Mehta, Akshat
The Mindful Walking Technique in People with Knee Osteoarthritis
Faculty Mentor: Deepak Kumar (SAR Physical Therapy & Athletic Training; Health Sciences)

Menasuta, Thachachanok
The Study of Material Properties of Graphene and Similar 2D Materials Which Have Been Modified by an Ultrafast Laser Source
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Miller, Sloane
RatTown: Optimization, Validation, and Evaluation of the Min-ePump for Use in Studies That Include Both Drug IVSA and Group-Housed Social Behaviors in Rat-Models
Faculty Mentor: Barak Caine (CAS Psychology)

Mooney, Conor
Europe’s Role in Made in China 2025: Advancing Industrial Policy Through Engagement and Trade.
Faculty Mentor: Vesko Garcevic (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Moriah, Rona
Theater, Race, and the Crisis of Forced Displacement
Faculty Mentor: Carrie Preston (CAS English )

Naguib, Nada
Synthesis of Dendritic-based Hydrogels as Biological Sealants and Structural Supports
Faculty Mentor: Mark Grinstaff (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Naik, Amartya
Fracture Risk Mapping of Human Femoral Neck by Finite Element Modelling
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Nakamura, Hayato
People Counting From Overhead Panoramic Cameras Using Deep Learning
Faculty Mentor: Janusz Konrad (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Nash, Dylan
Security Evaluation Platform for Ranging Measurement System
Faculty Mentor: Rabia Yazicigil (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Nemtzow, Sean
Evaluation of Heat Generation and Propagation in 3D Integrated Circuits
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Noh, Janice
Determination of the Functionality of the IRAK4 Protein in THP-1 Cells
Faculty Mentor: Kei Yasuda (MED Nephrology)

Nugent, Tessa
From Call to Power to Call to Propaganda: a Website to Teach Students About the Global Legacy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), as Well as How They Depicted Themselves Through Art, Artifacts and Cinema
Faculty Mentor: Alexis Peri (CAS History)

O’Brien, Aislinn
Privilege and Participation: Measuring the Disparities in Political Engagement and Enfranchisement Between Homeowners, Renters, and Public Housing Residents Across Contemporary America
Faculty Mentor: Katherine Einstein (CAS Political Science)

O’Connor, Logan
Investigating the Electromechanical Properties of Tumors Under High-Frequency Oscillatory Compression
Faculty Mentor: Hadi Nia (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Paasche-Orlow, Lev
Organizational Techniques of Pro-life Picketers: an Exploration of Boston’s Anti-Abortion Movement
Faculty Mentor: Neha Gondal (CAS Sociology)

Pajevic, Isabella
Investigating of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying NEXMIF-dependent Alteration in Synapse Formation.
Faculty Mentor: Hengye Man (CAS Biology)

Pan, Michelle
Investigating the Role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) in the Regulation of the MTOR-autophagy Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Anurag Singh (MED Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics)

Park, Christopher
Purification and Crystallization of the Cia1/Cia2 Complex
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Perlstien (CAS Chemistry)

Park, Sangwook
Subcellular Mapping of Striatal Dopamine Release During Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Mark Howe (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences Department)

Patel, Sheena
Identifying Unique Dependencies in Tetraploid Tumor Cells
Faculty Mentor: Neil Ganem (MED Pharmacology and Medicine)

Paulisick, Cullen
Quantification of Signal Transduction in Bacterial Quorum Sensing
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Perkins, Kesha
Kids Face-to-face and Computer-Enhanced Formats Effectiveness Study for Anxiety and Related Symptoms (Kids FACE FEARS)
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Porche (SED Applied Human Development)

Piasecki, Andrew
Isolation of SS1 Integrin From Platelets and Megakaryocytes of Wild-Type and JAK2 Mutant Mice
Faculty Mentor: Katya Ravid (MED Medicine)

Piligian, Spencer
A Novel Strategy to Synthesize Cathode Heterostructures at the Nanoscale for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) Using a Molten Salt Solvent
Faculty Mentor: Srikanth Gopalan (ENG Material Science and Engineering)

Pingali, Shraddha
Impact of Oyster Digestion on Diatom Silica Regeneration
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Earth & Environment and Biology)

Posner, Hannah
Role of Cardiometabolic Genes and Proteins in Regulating Angiogenic Capacity of Subcutaneous and Visceral Depots in Human Obesity.
Faculty Mentor: Shakun Karki (MED Cardiovascular Medicine)

Prasad, Minali
Suppression of Phagosome Maturation by the Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Taylor (MED Ophthalmology)

Puri, Taranee
Betulin as a Drug Carrier Using Nanoparticles
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

Qiao, Lu
Enzymic Study of Rieske-type Non-heme Iron Demethylase Stc2
Faculty Mentor: Pinghua Liu (CAS Chemistry)

Raillon, Paul
Honors Thesis Psychology: Research Proposal Decision-Making Under Social Influence
Faculty Mentor: Joseph McGuire (CAS Psychology & Brain Sciences)

Ramiz, Michelle
The Social Destiny of Don Quijote
Faculty Mentor: James Iffland (CAS Romance Studies)

Reiss, Kevin
Exploration of the β-FPUT System with a Negative Nonlinear Parameter.
Faculty Mentor: David Campbell (CAS Physics)

Richards, Sophie
Who Represents Renters in Housing Policy? Evidence From California Public Officials
Faculty Mentor: Maxwell Palmer (CAS Political Science)

Richman, Catherine
From Call to Power to Call to Propaganda: a Website to Teach Students About the Global Legacy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), as Well as How They Depicted Themselves Through Art, Artifacts and Cinema.
Faculty Mentor: Alexis Peri (CAS History)

Riganti, Roberto
Development of New Group Theoretical Computational Algorithms to Determine Electronic States in Topological Insulators.
Faculty Mentor: Michael El-Batanouny (CAS Physics)

Safi, Sarah
The Association Between Household Wealth and Use of Family Planning Services: Evidence From Rural India
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Samavedham, Suparna
Exploring Alternate Data Collection Techniques to Search for Axion Like Particles with the CMS Experiment at the LHC
Faculty Mentor: Zeynep Demiragli (CAS Physics)

Sathya, Anvitha
DUX4-initiated Pathogenesis in FSHD.
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Miller (MED Neurology)

Schofield, Abagail
A Geospatial and Archaeoastronomical Analysis of Stone Monuments at Marcahuasi, Peru
Faculty Mentor: David Carballo (CAS Anthropology)

Secor, Riley
Differential Growth and Reproduction of Edwardsiella Linneata as a Function of Temperature
Faculty Mentor: John Finnerty (CAS Biology)

Sen, Zaina
Prenatal Aspirin Project
Faculty Mentor: Jodi Abbott (MED Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Senne, Ryan
Visualization and Modulation of Defensive Behaviors as a Result of Artificial Fear Memory Reactivation
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Serafin, Aleksandra
Research and Development of Kirigami Based Grasping Tools for Autonomous Tool Selection in Robotic Arms.
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Khurshid (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Serrano, Elena
Investigating American Media Representation of Prosecutions of African American Minors in the Mid-20th Century: a Quantitative Approach to a Historical Question
Faculty Mentor: Paula Austin (CAS History)

Shank, Samantha
The Effect of Cognitive Load on Relative Fundamental Frequency in Individuals with and Without Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders (Stroop-VH)
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Sharma, Vikrant
Toroidal Dipole Moments in Terahertz Metamaterials
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Sharov, Mikhail
NIM+ V2 Implementation and GUI Development
Faculty Mentor: Carl Schmidt (CAS Space Physics)

Sheeran, Megan
NEURL4 Function in the Regulation of Cancer Cell Adaptation
Faculty Mentor: Valentina Perissi (MED Biochemistry)

Shen, Ao
The China Christian Database: an Essential Digital Tool for the Cartography and Prosopography of Christianity in China
Faculty Mentor: Eugenio Menegon (CAS History Department)

Shuwaikan, Raghad
Do Changes in the Microtubule Associated Protein Tau Accompany Lupus?
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Browning (MED Microbiology)

Simone, Nicholas
Characterizing TGF-β in Synovial Joint Tissues: a Quantitative Analysis of TGF-β
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Smith, Kyra
Development of a Genetically-Encoded Tool for Dynamic Imaging of ERK Activity on Actin Stress Fibers
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Soesanto, Natasha
An Investigation Into the Relations Between Peer Observations, Parasympathetic Activity, and School Readiness in Pre-kindergarten Classrooms.
Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Wagner (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Sompolpong, Patlapa
Designing and Optimizing a Behavioral Paradigm to Study Network Dynamics During Context-Dependent Decision Making and Learning
Faculty Mentor: Mark Howe (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Song, Da-Hoon</strong
Reading People’s Attention by Monitoring Their Eye Movements.
Faculty Mentor: Arash Yazdanbakhsh (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Sonti, Akhila
Advancing Adaptive Laboratory Evolution with Vibrio Natriegens
Faculty Mentor: Mo Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Spevack, Eli
Examining Synaptic Changes in Long-range Cortical Projections with Overexpression of Complement Component 4
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martin (CAS Biology)

Spiggle, Jia
Filmmaking Research Article
Faculty Mentor: Mary Jane Doherty (COM Film & Televsion)

Sridhar, Sainetra
Effects of Algal Symbionts on Transcription Factor NF-κB and Its Possible Role in Thermotolerance in the Coral Pocillopora Acuta
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

Stahl, Vanessa
N-linked Glycosylation in JAK2 Mutated Platelets and Megakaryocytes in the Occurrence of Primary Myelofibrosis
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Costello (MED Biochemistry)

Suarez, Jorge
Granular Jamming for Runway Repair
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Holmes (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Subaciute, Austeja
Investigating Vocal Auditory Perturbations in Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

SUN, Edwin
Optimization of Matrix Convolution for Machine Learning
Faculty Mentor: Martin Herbordt (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Tandon, Avantika
Examining the Association Between Spousal Differences in Education and Female Autonomy: Evidence From Rural India
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Tatlubaeva, Anastasiia
Quantity and Comparison in Slavic Languages
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Taylor, Joshua
Comparing the Effect of Soil Moisture on Next Day Precipitation Likelihood Using SMOS and AMSR-E Soil Moisture Products
Faculty Mentor: Guido Salvucci (CAS Earth & Environment)

Thunberg, Emily
Elastin Vs. Vascular Smooth Muscle in Medial Degeneration
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Morgan (SAR Health Sciences)

Torabian, Kaveh
Kid’s Hips
Faculty Mentor: Deepak Kumar (SAR Health Sciences)

Trumble, Isabela
Investigating Nutrient Translocation Across Astrangia Poculata Temperate Corals: Each Polyp for Itself? or Together as a Team?
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Biology)

Tseng, Bryan
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Willingness to Try Nonpharmacologic Treatments: a Survey of Adults with Opioid Use Disorder Initiating Buprenorphine in a Bridge Clinic
Faculty Mentor: Eric Roseen (MED Family Medicine)

Vega, Ciela Angel
Eulemur Nasal Cavity Variation Across Latitude and Forest Type
Faculty Mentor: Eva Garrett (CAS Anthropology)

Vong, Kathy
Beyond the Basics: Analyzing Self-care Behaviors in the Daily Lives of People with and Without Schizophrenia
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Fulford (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Walker, Matthew
Designing a Comprehensive Questionnaire to Assess Maternal Biomarkers for Anemia in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Faculty Mentor: Lindsey Locks (SAR Health Science)

Wang, Feng
Examine Physiological Differences Between Fricative and Voiceless Stops Using High Speed Video Along with Relative Fundamental Frequency Values
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Wang, Roy
Serious Comics: Graphic Representations of Traumatic History
Faculty Mentor: Davida Pines (CGS Rhetoric)

Wang, Yutong
Oppositional Art: Chinese Christian Posters
Faculty Mentor: Daryl Ireland (STH Mission)

Wang, Zixiong
Improving T Cell Trafficking Into Lymph Node Metastases
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Jones (MED Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

Wikara, Aditya
Modeling and Experimental Studies on the Performance Ratio (PR) of Solar PV Power Plants with Electrodynamic Screen (EDS) Film Based- and Water-based Cleaning Methods
Faculty Mentor: Malay Mazumder (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Wilkins, Celia
Experimental Investigation of Environmental and Activation Conditions of Electrodynamic Screens on Output Power Restoration (OPR)
Faculty Mentor: Malay Mazumder (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

WILLIAMS, GEORGE
Epitranscriptomic Changes in the Nucleus Accumbens of Subjects with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
Faculty Mentor: Huiping Zhang (MED Psychiatry and Biomedical Genetics)

Wong, Benjamin
Biomedical Image Denoising Using Machine Learning Approach
Faculty Mentor: Lei Tian (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Wu, Man I
Raman Spectroscopy for Early-Stage Diagnostics of Osteoarthritis
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Xia, Eric
The Hippo Signaling Pathway Controls Cell Fate in Response to Prolonged Mitosis
Faculty Mentor: Neil Ganem (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Xu, Peiluo
Diet Induced Type II Diabetes with Altered Matrix Protein Expression During Wound Healing and Mechanical Properties of the Cornea
Faculty Mentor: Vickery Trinkaus-Randall (MED Biochemistry/Ophthalmology)

Yan, Alfred
Computational Micro-scale Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Adsorption by Metal-Organic Frameworks
Faculty Mentor: Emily Ryan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Yang-Tran, Tiffany
Wireless Thermo-acoustic Guide and Augmented Reality System for Breast Conserving Surgery
Faculty Mentor: Ji-Xin Cheng (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Zagaroli, Julia
Risk Factors for Anti-social Personality Disorder and Conduct Disorder
Faculty Mentor: Anthony Rosellini (CAS Psychology)

Zaidi, Faraz
Division of Labor and Synaptic Plasticity in the Leafcutter Ant, Atta Cephalotes
Faculty Mentor: James Traniello (CAS Biology)

Zaman, Najila
Feedforward and Feedback Orbitofrontal Cortical Pathways in Autism
Faculty Mentor: Basilis Zikopoulos (SAR Health Sciences)

Zhang, Lin
The Design of Double-Helicoidal Actuators for a Soft Modular Manipulator Used in Minimal Invasive Surgery
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering Division)

Zhao, Elizabeth
Elucidating the Role of Glutaredoxin-1 in Regulating Metabolic Signaling Pathways and Its Effect on Vascular Aging.
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)

 

Abeles, Sophia
Islands of Stability in Fragile States
Faculty Mentor: Michael Harsch (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Acosta, Alexander
Functions of Combined Polarity Particles
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Agrawala, Anjali
Soft Robotic Endoscope for Improving the Safety and Efficacy of Neurosurgical Procedures
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Ahuja, Ved
Usage of DNA Barcoding to Characterize Microbial Environments That Promote the Growth of Zostera Marina L.
Faculty Mentor: Alyssa Novak (CAS Earth & Environment)

Allen, Sadie
Praxi: Real World Implementation in Containers
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Amara, Shivkar
Lipid Metabolism and Phenotype Switching in Melanoma
Faculty Mentor: Rhoda Alani (CAS Dermatology)

Armstrong, Aria
Identifying Novel Camelina Sativa Secondary Defense Metabolites Using Untargeted GC-MS Profiling and Determining Their Possible Role in Defense
Faculty Mentor: John Celenza (CAS Biology)

Ato, Phoebe
Sexual Dimorphism of Liver Injury and Regeneration Following Tylenol Overdose
Faculty Mentor: Valerie Gouon-Evans (MED Gastroenterology)

Bennani, Kawtar
Preventing Cancer Through Inhibition of an Environmental Carcinogen Receptor, the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
Faculty Mentor: David Sherr (SPH Environmental Health)

Betsuyaku, Hanae
Investigating the Signaling Pathways Involved in the Establishment of Lung-resident Memory B-cells During Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Faculty Mentor: Joseph Mizgerd (MED Pulmonary Center)

Bhatia, Dev
Simulation Study of the Infrared Nerve Inhibition
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Blumenfeld, Alexander
Analyzing the Performance of Subprime Mortgage Securitizations
Faculty Mentor: Robert King (CAS Economics)

Blute, Aislinn
Characterizing Transcriptional and Translational Dynamics Using Single-cell Quantification in Neuroblastoma Downstream of RET Signaling
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Boles, Xian
Production of Melanin Photographic Prints by Screen Printing Recombinant E. Coli
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Kim (CFA Visual Arts)

Brennan, Mary Kate
“Climate Change Comes to New England’s Forests: Do Invasive Shrubs and Vines Have More Frost Tolerant Young Leaves Than Native Shrubs and Vines?”
Faculty Mentor: Richard Primack (CAS Biology)

Brown, La’Reya
Re-Making STEM: Analyzing Decision-Making Through Computational Making Practices
Faculty Mentor: Eli Tucker-Raymond (SED Language and Literacy)

Bui, Melissa
Outsourcing Security, Managing Risk: Hiding the National Security State in Global Markets
Faculty Mentor: Kaija Schilde (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Calia, Giuliana
Developing a High Throughput Experimentation Method to Advance Chemical Reaction Discovery
Faculty Mentor: Aaron Beeler (CAS Chemistry)

Casey, Allison
Metabolic Disorders Regulate the Tumor Microenvironment: Type 2 Diabetes Drives Immune Exhaustion and Breast Cancer Progression
Faculty Mentor: Gerald Denis (MED Hematology and Medical Oncology)

Chen, Mengzi
An Investigation of the Effects of Facial Masculinity on Male Observer’s Selective Attention
Faculty Mentor: Carolyn Hodges-Simeon (CAS Anthropology)

Chopra, Akash
Working Conditions, Emotional Exhaustion, and Instructional Quality
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Bettini (SED Special Education)

Christianson, Sydney
Monitoring Outcomes Following Parent Involvement in Treatment for Selective Mutism
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Merson (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Coughlin, Brandon
Inappropriate Neutrophil Activation Connection to the Pathogenetic Mechanisms of NASH
Faculty Mentor: Zhen Jiang (MED Pharmacology)

Courtemanche, Charles
Artificially Bleaching the Facultative Coral Oculina Arbuscula Using Menthol
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Cropp, Katherine
Examining Neural Mechanisms Associated with Episodic Future Thinking in 3 and 4 Year Olds
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Kibbe (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Daly, Liam
M Subdwarf Eclipsing Binary From TESS
Faculty Mentor: Philip Muirhead (CAS Astronomy)

Daneshmand, Amir
Directions in Politics and Public Policy Within Poland, Romania, and Eastern Germany
Faculty Mentor: Vesko Garcevic (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Delity, Maya
Threat-Related Attention Bias and Anxiety: Implications From Early Childhood Experiences
Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Wagner (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

DeSousa, Jacob
Safety Standards and Programming in Theatrical & Entertainment Workspaces: Research, Training, and Implementation
Faculty Mentor: Joel Brandewine (CFA Theatre:Design&Production)

Diamond, Elizabeth
Ingestible Micro- Bio-Electronic Device for Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring
Faculty Mentor: Rabia Yazicigil (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Doherty, Laura
Intensive Language Program: Improving Expressive Language in Preschoolers
Faculty Mentor: Meghan Graham (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Dresbach, Julien
African Religion and Politics Project
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Longman (CAS Political Science)

Escude Velasco, Berta
Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Overexpressed C4 Pathway in Schizophrenia Mouse Model
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martin (CAS Biology)

Evdaev, Khai
The Role of Mathematics in the Republic of Plato
Faculty Mentor: David Roochnik (CAS Philosophy)

Fan, Qiwen
Constructing Metadata for Online Exhibition “Asia at the World’s Fairs”
Faculty Mentor: Alice Tseng (CAS History of Art and Architecture)

Floru, Alexander
Characterizing the Effect of MYCN-overexpressing Neuron Crest Cells on Treg Cell Development
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Friedlander, Joseph
Establishing DLST as a Biomarker in the Response of AML Patients to OXPHOS Inhibitors
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology)

Gaines, Scott
Biophysics-enhanced Artificial Intelligence to Predict Lung Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Hadi Nia (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Gonzalez, Stephanie
Effect of Cardiovascular Fitness on Hippocampal Integrity Based on Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test Scores on Healthy Older Adults.
Faculty Mentor: Karin Schon (MED Anatomy & Neurobiology)

Greene, Katharine
Investigating Mutualistic Algal-bacterial Interactions Within Tropical Reef-building Coral Orbicella Faveolata
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Gustinvil, Lordean
Determining the Regulatory Role of PKA in Migrating 3T3 Fibroblasts Using FRET Sensing and Live Cell Imaging
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Hale, Dylan
Ultra-open Metamaterials for Noise Reduction
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Han, Keyi
Wide-field Dual-probe Image Processing Validated with Skin-Mimicking Phantom and Quantum Dots System
Faculty Mentor: Allison Dennis (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Hare, Sidney
How a CO2 Rich Environment Can Affect the Nutrient Cycling and Subsequent Growth of Plants Grown in an Urban Rooftop Setting
Faculty Mentor: Nathan Phillips (CAS Earth & Environment)

Harris, Jonathan
Molecule Dynamics Simulations in Atomistic Detail of Self-assembly of DPC Micelle-encapsulated C99 Protein
Faculty Mentor: John Straub (CAS Chemistry)

Hastie, Katherine
Public Purpose and Critique in the Letters of Heloise: Uncovering the Philosophical Arguments Employed Through Manipulation of Medieval Rhetorical Forms and Religious Concepts
Faculty Mentor: Amy Appleford (CAS English)

Henneman, Dennis
Augmented Reality for Sculpture Stability Analysis
Faculty Mentor: Emily Whiting (CAS Computer Science)

Hobson, Ethan
“Boston Drag Project: an Ethnography of Queer Performance Spaces in Boston”
Faculty Mentor: Gregory Melchor-Barz (CFA Musicology/Ethnomusicology)

Hsu, Kyle
Defining the Role of SMARCAL1 at Alternatively-Lengthened Telomeres
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Flynn (MED Pharmacology)

Huang, Cheng-Yen
RatTown: Optimization, Validation and Evaluation of the Min-ePump for Use in Studies That Include Both Drug IVSA and Group-Housed Social Behaviors in Rats.
Faculty Mentor: Barak Caine (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Huang, Huiru
The Effect of Soft Robotic Exosuit Use on Cognitive Load During Walking
Faculty Mentor: Meryem Yucel (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Huang, Sabrina
Impact of the Taiwan Relations Act on the Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations
Faculty Mentor: Simon Payaslian (CAS History)

Huang, Yongyuan
Automorphisms on Hyperelliptic Curves and the GHS Weil Descent Attack on the ECDLP
Faculty Mentor: Emma Previato (CAS Mathematics and Statistics)

Huff, Reece
Optimizing Digital Volume Correlation to Study Vertebral Fractures
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Intili, Anthony
Neutral Particle Production Associated with Cosmic Ray Muons Deep Underground.
Faculty Mentor: Edward Kearns (CAS Physics)

Isaac, John
Assessing the Correlation of High HIV Reverse Transcriptase Activity with Higher Risks of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV.
Faculty Mentor: Manish Sagar (MED Microbiology)

Jarquin Tapia, Cecilia
Code-switching Among Preschool Spanish-speaking Teachers and Their Dual Language Learners
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Curenton (SED Educational Policy Studies)

Ji, Chelsea
Psychometric Validation of Revised ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Questionnaire in English and Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Spencer (MED Psychiatry)

Jin, Tongyu
Memory Hard Functions and Verifiable Memory-Hard Functions (formally Verifiable Hard Functions and Verifiable Memory-Hard Functions)
Faculty Mentor: Mayank Varia (CAS Computer Science)

Johnson, Heather
Segmental Intonation in Mandarin Fricatives
Faculty Mentor: Jon Barnes (CAS Linguistics)

Jordan, Victoria
Investigation of the Mechanism of Activation of the RET Receptor Using GDNF Derived Peptides
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Jordanides, Jonathan
Using a Lanthanide Binding Tag to Assess Conformational Changes in NF-κB Essential Modulator Protein (NEMO)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Khalae, Maneesha
Committing to Climate: How Can Large Cities in the Philippines Contribute to the Implementation of the Nation’s NDC (nationally Determined Contributions) Commitment?
Faculty Mentor: Madhu Dutta Koehler (MET City Planning and Urban Affairs)

Khani, Nikta
“Future’s Uncertain and the End Is Always‚ĶNear?”
Faculty Mentor: Joshua Shifronson (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Kleyheeg, Annalies
Searching for Axion Dark Matter with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques and Increasing Sensitivity Optical Nuclear Polarization
Faculty Mentor: Alex Sushkov (CAS Physics)

Kompella, Chirasmita
Sustained Attention Project
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Koplic, Sam
Optimization of a 2-Input-4-Output Digital-Analog Converter Through Interfacing Recombinase Gene Circuits and Components of CRISPR
Faculty Mentor: Ahmad Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Kubrick, Rachel
“Advancing Knowledge of African Art History Through Photographic and Material Examples From North and West Africa”
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Becker (CAS History of Art & Architecture)

Kuckes, Guthrie
A Case Study in Sustainable Community Energy Planning in Calabash Caye, Belize
Faculty Mentor: Les Kaufman (CAS Biology)

Kurzion, Ronni
Validating Cloned Genes as Markers of Specific Neural Progenitor Cells
Faculty Mentor: Tarik Haydar (MED Anatomy & Neurobiology)

Ladino, Valeria
Psychometric Validation of Revised ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Questionnaire in English and Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Spencer (MED Psychiatry)

Lai, Joseph
Extracting Knee Measurements Using Computer Vision
Faculty Mentor: Vijaya Kolachalama (MED Computational Biomedicine)

Lee, Harin
Soft Robotic Spiral Stabilization Mechanisms for Endoscopic Procedures
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Russo (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Lehmann, Tanner
Exploring the Relationship Between Inflammation and Fat Build up in the Livers of Aldolase B Knockout Mice
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Leidig, Katya
Analyzing the Radial Velocities of Satellite Galaxies in the IllustrisTNG Simulation
Faculty Mentor: Tereasa Brainerd (CAS Astronomy)

Lierle, Patrick
Data Reduction for the Rapid Imaging Planetary Spectrograph’s Campaign at the Dunn Solar Observatory
Faculty Mentor: Luke Moore (CAS Astronomy)

Lincoln, Emma
Investigating Police Response to Incidences Involving Mental Health in Boston Public Schools
Faculty Mentor: Jen Green (SED Teaching & Learning)

Litton, Matthew
Developing Machine Learning Algorithms for Detection and Classification of General Higgs Boson Decay Cross Section in the CMS Detector
Faculty Mentor: David Sperka (CAS Physics)

Lopez, Antonio
Characterizing the Hippocampal Pathway to the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus
Faculty Mentor: Helen Barbas (SAR Health Sciences)

Luis-Fuentes, Roberto
Optimization of the Proximity Ligation in Situ Hybridization (PLISH) Method for the Study of Early Embryonic Lung Development in Mice.
Faculty Mentor: Laertis Ikonomou (MED Regenerative Medicine)

Macgranaky-Quaye, Alexa
Effects of the Aerial Conditions (oxygenation Vs. Hypoxia) on the Gene Expression Pathways of Glycolipids in Mycobacterium.
Faculty Mentor: Lynn Deng (MED Medicine)

Mahabir, Brian
Experimental Studies on the Performance Ratio (PR) of Solar PV Modules with Electrodynamic Screen (EDS) Cleaning
Faculty Mentor: Mark Horenstein (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Malbouf, Bryanna
Measuring Urine Concentration in Captive Orangutans (Pongo Sp.): Specific Gravity as an Alternative to Creatinine
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology and Biology)

Malhotra, Soumya
Effects of Food Additives on High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Biogenesis.
Faculty Mentor: Haya Herscovitz (MED Physiology and Biophysics)

Mamo, Bersabeh
Boston University Alumni Founded Companies (Entrepreneurship)
Faculty Mentor: Ian Mashiter (QST Strategy and Innovation)

Manley, Claire
Science Internship Project
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Mason, Sara
The Development of Isosteviol as a Drug Carrier Via Nanoparticles
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

Mooradian, Grace
Quantification of the Individual Speech-Language-Cognitive Therapy Outcomes of the Participants of BU’s Intensive Cognitive Communication (ICCR) Program
Faculty Mentor: Swathi Kiran (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Moya Canovas, Luis Enrique
Outsourcing Security, Managing Risk: Hiding the National Security State in Global Markets
Faculty Mentor: Kaija Schilde (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Munoz, Mercedes
Statistical or Generic: Exploring the Dissemination of Social Group Characteristics
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Murrill, Amalya
The Investigation of Macrocyclic Compounds as Inhibitors of the Beta-catenin/TCF4 Protein-protein Interaction.
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Naik, Amartya
Mapping Fracture Risk of the Human Proximal Femur by Finite Element Modelling
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Nakamura, Hayato
AI-Based People Counting From Overhead Panoramic Cameras on Coral Edge TPU
Faculty Mentor: Janusz Konrad (ENG Electrical and Computer Eng.)

Nash, Dylan
Security Evaluation Platform for Ranging Measurement System
Faculty Mentor: Rabia Yazicigil (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Nemtzow, Sean
Evaluation of Heat Generation and Propagation in 3D Integrated Circuits
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Ni, Yunruo
Aging and Brian Image Project
Faculty Mentor: Vijaya B. Kolachalama (MED Computational Biomedicine)

Nugent, Tessa
Camelot Abroad: Creating and Sustaining the Kennedy Legacy in Europe.
Faculty Mentor: Andrew David (CAS History)

O’Connor, Logan
Investigating the Electromechanical and Stiffness Properties of Tumors Under High-Frequency Oscillatory Compression
Faculty Mentor: Hadi Nia (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Pang, Calvin
Is LSF’s Non-transcriptional Role Responsible for Mitotic Progression and Cell Cycle Regulation in Cancer Cell Lines?
Faculty Mentor: Ulla Hansen (CAS Biology)

Parada Rodriguez, Maria
Downstream Effects of Engrams
Faculty Mentor: John White (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Park, Tayun
The Role of the Pituitary Adenlyate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Receptor System in the Nucleus Accumbens Core in Excessive Alcohol Drinking
Faculty Mentor: Valentina Sabino (MED Laboratory of Addictive Disorders)

Paulisick, Cullen
Quantification of Signal Transduction in Bacterial Quorum Sensing
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Pelcher, Isabelle
The Association Between the Revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile and Cognitive Outcomes: an Analysis of the NACC Cohort
Faculty Mentor: Michael Alosco (MED Neurology)

Pelletier, Temma
Youth Experiences with Institutional Systems in Poor Cities
Faculty Mentor: Max Greenberg (CAS Sociology)

Pingali, Shraddha
Impact of Oyster Digestion of Diatoms on Silica Cycling
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Earth & Environment)

Plaitano, Enzo
Efficacy of Psychosocial Services in Patients Presenting After Violent Trauma
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Allee (MED Surgery)

Pluviose-Philip, Marie
The Use of Social Media in Accessing Health Information as Seen in the Gabby System
Faculty Mentor: Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Posner, Hannah
Role of Cardiometabolic Genes in Regulating Angiogenic Capacity of Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat Depots in Human Obesity.
Faculty Mentor: Shakun Karki (MED Cardiovascular Medicine)

Prasad, Minali
Regulation of Antigen Processing and Presentation Pathways by Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Taylor (MED Ophthalmology)

Puri, Taranee
Betulin as a Drug Carrier Using Nanoparticles
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

Ram, Sarika
Utilizing Restorative Justice Practices for Hate Crimes
Faculty Mentor: Judith Oleson (STH Conflict Transformation)

Reilly, Bridgette
Production of Melanin Photo Prints Using Recombinant E.coli
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Kim (CFA Visual Arts)

Reynolds, Leanna
Perturbation of Dorsal Hippocampal Ensembles Disrupts Memory Stability
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Riganti, Roberto
Development of New Group Theoretical Computational Algorithms to Determine Electronic States in Topological Insulators.
Faculty Mentor: Michael El-Batanouny (CAS Physics)

Rosen, Samuel
Developing a Flagella Identification Neural Network (FINN)
Faculty Mentor: Rama Bansil (CAS Physics)

Safi, Sarah
The Association Between Household Wealth and Use of Family Planning Services: Evidence From Rural India
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Sathya, Anvitha
DUX4-initiated Pathogenesis in FSHD
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Miller (MED Neurology)

Schumacher, Sarah
Mutation of C2C12 Cells: Delayed Yet Robust Differentiation of the Dlk1-Dio3 Locus
Faculty Mentor: Frank Naya (CAS Biology)

Schwartz, Julia
Exploring the Cost of Divided Attention.
Faculty Mentor: Sam Ling (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Secor, Riley
Biological Pathways of Relevance to Photosymbiosis and the Coral Stress Response in Astrangia Poculata
Faculty Mentor: John Finnerty (CAS Biology)

Sen, Zaina
Prenatal Aspirin Project
Faculty Mentor: Jodi Abbott (MED Obstetrics & Gynecology)

Senne, Ryan
Visualization and Modulation of Defensive Behaviors as a Result of Artificial Fear Memory Reactivation
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Shank, Samantha
The Effect of Cognitive Load on Relative Fundamental Frequency in Individuals with and Without Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders (Stroop-VH)
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Shariat, Danial
The Effect of Fed Policy on Individuals: Evidence From Great Depression Era Fed Policy in Mississippi
Faculty Mentor: James Feigenbaum (CAS Economics)

Shen, Ao
The China Christian Database: an Essential Digital Tool for the Cartography and Prosopography of Christianity in China
Faculty Mentor: Eugenio Menegon (CAS History)

Shoushtari, Sara
Understanding the Role of Iron Homeostasis in Aging Using Yeast Model
Faculty Mentor: Vyacheslav Labunskyy (MED Dermatology)

Simon, Sarina
How Much Do a Teacher’s Actions Impact Their Students’ Interest Levels?
Faculty Mentor: Leslie Dietiker (SED Mathematics Education)

Sirage, Salma
Understanding Satisfaction with Youth Mental Health Treatment
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Merson (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Smith, Kaylee
Characterizing the Effect of CK2 on Tumor Immunity in MYCN Driven Neuroblastoma
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Sobol, Manuel
Development of Vibrotactile Stimulation Device for Brain Activity Measurements
Faculty Mentor: Claudio Ferre (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Soesanto, Natasha
Investigating the Effects of Social Stress Interactions on Parasympathetic Activity in a Young Adult Population
Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Wagner (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Sonti, Akhila
Mutation and Evolution Experiments in Fast-growing Vibrio Natriegens
Faculty Mentor: Mo Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Spevack, Eli
Examining Developmental Pruning of Inhibitory Synapses in the Prefrontal Cortex Using Genetically Engineered Intrabodies
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martin (CAS Biology)

Sridhar, Sainetra
Activation of Transcription Factor NF-κB in the Protist Capsaspora Owczarzaki
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

Subaciute, Austeja
Investigating Vocal Auditory Perturbations in Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Cara Steoo (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Sze, Samuel Tian Hong
Diatom-based Material Design for Photonic Applications
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Tacugue, Beatrice
Sleep Dynamics in Aging
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Bioengineering)

Tandon, Avantika
Examining the Association Between Spousal Differences in Education and Female Autonomy: Evidence From Rural India
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Taylor, Joshua
Quantifying Differences in Measurement Bias Among SMOS, AMSR-E and AMSR2
Faculty Mentor: Guido Salvucci (CAS Earth & Environment)

Tower, Lilian
The Effect of Spatial Frequency on the McCollough Effect
Faculty Mentor: Arash Yazdanbakhsh (CAS Neuroscience)

Tran, Audrey
Investigating Changes to AMPA Receptor Expression and Modification in a Rat Model of Cocaine Addiction
Faculty Mentor: Hengye Man (CAS Biology)

Tseng, Bryan
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Willingness to Try Nonpharmacologic Treatments: a Survey of Adults with Opioid Use Disorder Initiating Buprenorphine
Faculty Mentor: Eric Roseen (MED Family Medicine)

Tummala, Swetha
Baby Steps Savings Program
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Marcil (MED Pediatrics)

Turner, Emily
Hormonal Mechanisms Underlying Competitive Growth in Clown Anemonefish Amphiprion Percula
Faculty Mentor: Peter Buston (CAS Biology)

Valdiviezo, Zenia
Electrophysiological and Cerebrospinal Fluid Responses in the Human Brain During Wakefulness.
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Valladares, Michael
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Review Co-Editor
Faculty Mentor: Kristin Leahey (CFA Theatre)

van Waes, Alexandra
AfriWon Research Collaborative Pilot Program Evaluation
Faculty Mentor: Chelsea McGuire (MED Family Medicine)

Veraska, Dasha
An Integrated Modular Assembly Design Tool for Automated Construction of Complete Large Genetic Circuits of E. coli Cells
Faculty Mentor: Ahmad Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Wallace, Michael
Application of Input Sparse Autoencoders in Feature Reduction of Droplet-based Single Cell RNA-sequencing Data and Classification of Neuronal Types.
Faculty Mentor: Michael Economo (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Wang, Feng
Investigate the Association Between Vocal Fold Abductory Kinematics and RFF Estimates
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Wang, Zixiong
Improving T Cell Trafficking Into Lymph Node Metastases
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Jones (MED Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

Wisniowska, Alicja
Significance of Picturebooks Today Through an Exploration of Their History and Visual Structure
Faculty Mentor: James Grady (CFA Graphic Design)

Wu, Chih-Cheng
Transcriptionally Active Brain Regions and Patterns of Microglial Ramification and Cell Death Following Neonatal Morphine Administration in Outbred Mice
Faculty Mentor: Camron Bryant (MED Pharmacology)

Wu, Kaiyuan
Exploring Dissociability and Interdependency Between the Valuation and Default-Mode Effects in Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex (vmPFC) in Human Brain by Applying Machine Learning (ML) Classifiers to Topographic Patterns of Brain Activity
Faculty Mentor: Joseph McGuire (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Wu, Man I
Raman Spectroscopy for Early-Stage Diagnostics of Osteoarthritis
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Xu, Peiluo
Type-II Diabetes with Altered Matrix Protein Expression During Wound Healing and Mechanical Properties of the Cornea
Faculty Mentor: Vickery Trinkaus-Randall (MED Ophthalmology/Biochemistry)

Yan, Alfred
Machine Learning for the Characterization of Ionic Liquid Crystal Electrolytes in Lithium Air Batteries
Faculty Mentor: Emily Ryan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Yao, Yiling
Research on the Influence That Funding From Different Interest Groups Has on Local Political Campaigns
Faculty Mentor: Justin de Benedictis-Kessner (CAS Political Science)

Zhang, Mo
Optical Coherence Tomography-based Functional Imaging of Murine Femoral Artery: a New Approach to Assessment of Vascular Endothelial Function in Mouse Model
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)

Zhang, Yujia
Applying 3D UNet on Live Cell Microscopic Volumetric Time Series for Single Cell Segmentation
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Zhao, Elizabeth
Investigating the Role of Glutaredoxin-1 in Regulating Metabolic Signaling Pathways and Its Effect on Vascular Aging and Oxidative Stress
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)

Zhao, Jiaqi
The Effects of an Agent’s Object Representations on Infants’ Working Memory Limits
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Kibbe (CAS Psychological & Brain Science)

Zhao, Jiayue
Multi-articulated Soft Pop-up Endoscopic Robotic Arm
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Russo (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Zhen, Terry
Measuring Malicious Advertisements on Android
Faculty Mentor: Gianluca Stringhini (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

 
Addi, Sophia
Investigating Active Site Properties and the Catalytic Mechanism of Ketohexokinase Through pH Rate Profile and Crystallography with Effective Inhibitors of Wild-Type and Mutants
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Akubo, Chelsea
Cardiovascular Health Effects of E-Cigarettes in Youth
Faculty Mentor: Naomi Hamburg (MED Medicine)

Amara, Shivkar
Lipid Metabolism and Phenotype Switching in Melanoma
Faculty Mentor: Rhoda Alani (MED Dermatology)

Anwar, Sarah
Investigating the Cell Biological Mechanism of New Potential Cancer Therapeutics
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lowery (MED Medicine)

Arnarsson, Benedikt
Étale Cohomology and the Weil Conjectures
Faculty Mentor: Jared Weinstein (CAS Mathematics & Statistics)

Arthur, Christian
Computer-Aided Decoding of Brain-immune Interaction in Gulf War Illness (GWI)
Faculty Mentor: Bang-Bon Koo (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Bacchus, Yeelin
Developing a Fidelity Tool to Evaluate Implementation of CenteringParenting
Faculty Mentor: Renee Boynton-Jarrett (MED Pediatrics)

Balagurunath, Kaasinath
Physicians’ Approaches to the Problem of Pain, 1980s to the Present
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Siegel (CAS History)

Barbaro, Sabrina
First Measurement of Top-W Scattering in CMS
Faculty Mentor: Indara Suarez (CAS Physics)

Basani, Pranai
Relationship between Tissue Mechanics and Genetic Diversity in Cancer Tumors
Faculty Mentor: Kirill Korolev (CAS Physics & Bioinformatics)

Bean, Carolyn
How Politicians’ Finances Change Over Their Careers
Faculty Mentor: Maxwell Palmer (CAS Political Science)

Beck, Jack
James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Non-linearity, and the Bildungsroman Tradition
Faculty Mentor: John Paul Riquelme (CAS English)

Becka, Claire-Solene
Stories of People and Place on the Cranberry Isles
Faculty Mentor: William Howell (CAS English; American Studies)

Bergman, Evelyn
Ethnic Democracies and Minority Rights: Comparing Arab-Israeli and Kurdish Experiences Within Illiberal States
Faculty Mentor: Ingrid Anderson (CAS Writing Program)

Berlind, Carter
User Display for Distributed Simultaneous Location and Mapping of Robots
Faculty Mentor: Roberto Tron (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Bidstrup, Devin
A Programmable Hardware Monitor for Securing Network Processors
Faculty Mentor: Ajay Joshi (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Blake, KylieEffects of Urbanization and Forest Fragmentation on Phosphorus Inputs, Availability, and Uptake by Trees in New England Forests
Faculty Mentor: Pamela Templer (CAS Biology)

Blumenthal, Noah
Improving Signal to Noise Ratio in CASPEr Measurements by Reducing White Noise Coupling between Excitation Electronics and Pickup Amplifier during NMR Measurements
Faculty Mentor: Alex Sushkov (CAS Physics)

Bone, Joshua
COSSY-Cam: Embedded Camera System for People Counting
Faculty Mentor: Janusz Konrad (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Boustany, Rana
Coronavirus Web Scraping to Find Metrics on the Spread of Information Through Media
Faculty Mentor: Eleanor Murray (SPH Epidemiology)

Brandon, Taylor
Exercise Messages within a Fitness App: Impact on Consumer Attitudes and Health
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Mercurio (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Bricker, Elena
Buffering Effects of an At-home Intervention on EEG Gamma Power Developmental Trajectories for Infants with Nutritional Risks in South Africa
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Tarullo (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Bromley, Fern
Assessment of Transpiration through Sap Flux in Urban Trees
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Hutyra (CAS Earth & Environment)

Caltiere, Erin
Exploring Perceptions of Police Accountability: A Study of Rebuilding Trust Between Community Members and the Police Who Serve Them
Faculty Mentor: Heather Schoenfeld (CAS Sociology)

Carroll, Ashlyn
Developing A Soft Robotic Skin with Optical Waveguides and Pressure Sensing in order to Improve Endoscopic Procedures
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Russo (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Casas, Jorge
Creating Phantom Tumors from Quantum Dot (QD) embedded Phosphate-Terminated Poly(Dimethyl Siloxane) (PDMS) for Quantification of Dual Probe Imaging
Faculty Mentor: Allison Dennis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Cassidy, Marion
Art Speaks: Audio Museum Tour for the Core Curriculum
Faculty Mentor: Kyna Hamill (CAS Core Curriculum)

Castro, Kurt
Investigating the Plasticity of Dispersal-Related Traits in the Larvae of the Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion Percula
Faculty Mentor: Peter Buston (CAS Biology)

Chaffin, Aidan
Doubles and Divisions: The “Schizo-Thriller”
Faculty Mentor: Leland Monk (CAS English)

Cheema, Haadiya
Assessing the diffusion of novel research ideas using bibliometrics: a case study of the Coronary Drug Project
Faculty Mentor: Eleanor Murray (SPH Epidemiology)

Chen, Felex
Searching for the Supersymmetric Neutrino and Chargino Particles
Faculty Mentor: Indara Suarez (CAS Physics)

Chen, Phyllis
The Effects of Experiencing Inequality on Children’s Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Peter Blake (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Chubrikova, Oksana
Fountain of Youth: Investigating Healthy Aging Through the Role of Fat Infiltration in Skeletal Muscle
Faculty Mentor: LaDora Thompson (SAR Physical Therapy & Athletic Training)

Clark, Laurel
Art Speaks: Audio Museum Tour for the Core Program
Faculty Mentor: Kyna Hamill (CAS Core Curriculum)

Collier, Charles
An Ethnographic Study of Syrian Refugee Resettlement and Asylum-Seeking in the United States, Canada, and Germany
Faculty Mentor: Heba Gowayed (CAS Sociology)

Collins, Matthew
The Discovery of Potential Drug Targets through Protein Structure Comparison and Allosteric Sites
Faculty Mentor: Sandor Vajda (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Connolly, Meaghan
Examining the Function of the C3 Receptor in C4-induced Connectivity Deficits during Early Cortical Development
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martin (CAS Neuroscience)

Cushman, Megan
Investigating Sensitivity of Objective Acoustic Measures to Within-Speaker Changes of Speech Symptoms Over Time in Speakers With Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences)

Dasouki, Tima
Outsourcing Security to Global Markets: An Escape from Bureaucracy or an Obscurity from the Public Eye?
Faculty Mentor: Kaija Schilde (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Degtiareva, Vera
Determining the Orientation of Molecules at the Air/Water Interface using Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Faculty Mentor: Qiang Cui (CAS Chemistry)

Do, Xuan
Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam: A Political-Economic Analysis
Faculty Mentor: Will Grimes (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Doherty, Laura
Improving Complex Sentences and Phrase Expansions in Preschoolers through a Language Intensive Program
Faculty Mentor: Meghan Graham (SAR Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences)

Fang, Jiangnan
Glottal Insertion In Conversational English By Native Speakers Of Mandarin
Faculty Mentor: Charles Chang (CAS Linguistics)

Feather, Sarah
Are the Feminists Taking Over?: A Critical Analysis of Feminist Foreign Policy and Contemporary Feminist Approaches to Global Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Roberta Micallef (CAS World Languages & Literatures)

Fong, Saige
Examining Changes in Negative Affect and Predicting Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Response through Affect Profiles: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Equivalence Trial for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Faculty Mentor: Todd Farchione (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Friedlander, Joseph
How does the Contact of Mitochondria and the Endoplasmic Reticulum Regulate Downstream Tumor Growth Pathways in the Initiation, Progression, and Regression of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia?
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology)

Friend, Jack
Phenotypic Plasticity as a Result of Environmental Stress in Tadpoles of the Terrestrial Foam Nesting Frog Leptodactylus fragilis
Faculty Mentor: Karen Warkentin (CAS Biology)

Frye Leinhos, Nadia
When the Catalyst “Can Take It”: The Performance of Violence in the Black Female Body
Faculty Mentor: Kristin Leahey (CFA Theatre)

Furmanek, Julia
Personal Trauma in the Public View: Understanding the Postwar Experience in America through Confessional Poetry
Faculty Mentor: Bruce Schulman (CAS History)

Gareeva, Kamila
Producing KHK-C Variants Towards Understanding the Catalytic Mechanism
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Garretson, Kelsie
Taxonomic, Spatial, and Trophic Analyses of Cephalopod Larvae in the Phoenix Island Protected Area
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Marine Biology)

Gerstenbacher, Cecelia
Microplastic Density and Distribution on Associated Seagrass Species Zostera marina Throughout Sites of Varying Coastline Development along Massachusetts Intertidal Zones.
Faculty Mentor: Alyssa Novak (CAS Earth & Environment)

Ghosh, Sabrina
Defining Molecular Signatures of Mutation-Specific Organ Tropism in Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Faculty Mentor: George Murphy (MED Hematology/Oncology)

Gjonbalaj, Nik
Approximate Integrals of Motion in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou Problem
Faculty Mentor: Anatoli Polkovnikov (CAS Physics)

Gomez, Elena
The Effect of Egg Mass Size and Humidity on Clutch Hydration, Hatching Timing, and Embryo Survival
Faculty Mentor: Karen Warkentin (CAS Biology)

Gonzalez, Stephanie
Investigation of the Relationship Between Cardiovascular Fitness and Hippocampal Volume in Healthy Older Adults
Faculty Mentor: Karin Schon (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Gruspier, Daniel
Novel Photothermal Microscope for Cancer Detection
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Guerrero, Elizabeth
Mapping of Mughal Gardens in the valley of Kashmir, India
Faculty Mentor: Jan Haenraets (CAS History of Art and Architecture)

Harris, Jonathan
Molecule Dynamics Simulations in Atomistic Detail of Self-assembly of DPC Micelle-Encapsulated C99 Protein
Faculty Mentor: John Straub (CAS Chemistry)

Hart-Thompson, Hailey
Permanent Temporary: Temporal and Spatial Identification of Home by Forcibly Displaced Individuals in Shatila Camp, Beirut
Faculty Mentor: Joanna Davidson (CAS Anthropology)

Herman, Stacey
Don’t Skip Class: Differences in Student Activation of Social Ties on College Campuses
Faculty Mentor: Max Greenberg (CAS Sociology)

Ho, Isabella
TFregDB: a Comprehensive Transcription Factor Regulatory Domain Database
Faculty Mentor: Juan Fuxman-Bass (CAS Biology)

Homuth, Paul
Synthesis and Computational Exploration of Molybdenum Perfluoropinoclate Complexes
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

Hraiz, Joseph
Comparison of Dental Wear, With and Without Pre-Splinting (Stabilized Condylar Position) the Orthodontic Patients
Faculty Mentor: Melih Motro (SDM Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics)

Hussein, Rana
Developing A Predictive Healthcare Coverage Map In Yemen
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering & International Health)

Jett, Thomas
Identifying and Quantifying the Determinants of Horizontal Cost Disease
Faculty Mentor: Fiszbein Martin (CAS Economics)

Ji, Chelsea
Psychometric Validation of Revised ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Questionnaire in English and Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Spencer (MED Psychiatry)

Jiang, Lige
Continuing the Development of Carbon Nanotubes as Rigid Handles for Increased Force Resolution in Optical Tweezer Force Spectroscopy
Faculty Mentor: Masha Kamenetska (CAS Chemistry)

Jordan, Victoria
Investigation of the Mechanism of Activation of the RET Receptor using GDNF Derived Peptides
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Joshi, Nikita
Exploring Questions and Explanations in Inquiry-Based Learning
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (Wheelock Counseling and Applied Human Development)

Jung, Homoon
3D-SIFT Feature-Based Novel Brain Matching Algorithm: Eliminating Duplicate Data
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences)

Katchmar, Amanda
Effect of Massachusetts House Bill No. 4196 on Electronic Cigarette Use in College Students
Faculty Mentor: Michael Siegel (SPH Community Health Sciences)

Kaumenova, Tomiris
Is There Really a Degree Abstraction Parameter?
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Kay, Marguerite
Aminergic Control of Division of Labor in the Leafcutter Ant Atta Cephalotes
Faculty Mentor: James Traniello (CAS Biology)

Kazarian, Edgar
Role of the eIF5 C-terminal Tail and DWEAR Motif in Binding to eIF2beta
Faculty Mentor: Assen Marintchev (MED Physiology and Biophysics)

Keiser, Emily
Change in Hip Excursion during Gait
Faculty Mentor: Cara Lewis (SAR Physical Therapy)

Kelly, Veronica
Leasing Democracy: The Underrepresentation of Renters in American Politics
Faculty Mentor: Katherine Einstein (CAS Political Science)

Khemani, Muskaan
British Presence In India After The Partition Of British India From 1947 Until 1965
Faculty Mentor: Jayita Sarkar (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Khuichad, Nichakan
Synthesis of the Series of Chromium-Perfluoropinacolate Complexes and Their Oxidative Reactivity
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

Kiani, Niki
Trump, Refugees, and Political Cartoons: How the Portrayal of Migrants Has Shifted Since the Election of Donald Trump
Faculty Mentor: Kaija Schilde (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Kim, Dong Hoon
Applying the Concept of Thermodynamics onto the Managerial Sciences, Strategy
Faculty Mentor: Paul Cosway (QST Strategy and Innovation)

Kim, Dong-Ho
Validation Study of Mobile Applications for the Assessment of Episodic and Working Memory
Faculty Mentor: Alice Cronin-Golomb (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Kim, Soyeon
Impact of Familiar Characters on Selective Trust (FACT)
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (Wheelock Applied Human Development)

Klein, Piers
Interrogation of the Function of Marburg virus Bipartite Promoter Regions in Viral Transcription and Genome Replication
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Fearns (MED Microbiology)

Knasin, Lauren
The Transcriptional Response of a Coral’s Algal Symbiont to Natural Environmental Rhythms
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Kompella, Chirasmita
Signal Noise Reduction for Analysis of Sleep Deprivation Related Fluctuations in Mood
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Kong, Sunnie
Defining the Domains of Cia1 Required for its Essential Function in Vivo and in Vitro
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Perlstein (CAS Chemistry)

Kumta, Shruti
Photochemical Ring-Expansion of N-Heteroaromatic Ylides
Faculty Mentor: Aaron Beeler (CAS Chemistry)

Kuriyama, Andrea
Shape-Up Phase 2: Research to Enhance a Digital Tool for Preventing Urban Gun Violence
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Jay (SPH Department of Community Health Sciences)

Kushimi, Landon
A Bio-inspired Latent TGF-β Conjugated Hyaluronic Acid Scaffold for Cartilage Regeneration
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Leon Vargas, Nicole
Development of PIMA Polymer Coating Methods for Water Solubilization of Quantum Dots
Faculty Mentor: Allison Dennis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Leone, Olivia
Islands of Stability: Strengthening Subnational Security in Fragile States
Faculty Mentor: Michael Harsch (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Levin, Hannah
Barriers to Psychosocial Assessment and Support for Siblings of Children with Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Kristen Long (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Li, Jason
Completing the Development of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Utilizing Fast Electronics Data Acquisition System
Faculty Mentor: Lawrence Sulak (CAS Physics)

Liang, Shuangyu
The China Historical Christian Database (CHCD)
Faculty Mentor: Eugenio Menegon (CAS History)

Lierle, Patrick
Mapping Potassium in Mercury’s Exosphere with the BU-Commissioned Rapid Imaging Planetary Spectrograph (RIPS)
Faculty Mentor: Carl Schmidt (CAS Astronomy)

Litton, Matthew
Developing Adversarial Machine Learning Algorithms for Detection and Classification of General Higgs Boson Decay Cross Section in the CMS Detector
Faculty Mentor: David Sperka (CAS Physics)

Mahabir, Brian
Computational Data Analyze of PV Field Testing Unit
Faculty Mentor: Mark Horenstein (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Martin, Rachel
Shape-Up Phase 2: Research to Enhance a Digital Tool for Preventing Urban Gun Violence
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Jay (SPH Community Health Sciences)

Martiny, Clara
The Waves of White Nationalism in Western Europe
Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Menchik (Pardee School of Global Studies)

May, Claire
Expansion of the Lantern Complex Series: Platinum Copper Heterobimetallic Paddlewheel Complexes and STMBJ Measurements
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

McDermott, Clay
WIP Planet: The Reclamatory Politics of DeConnick and De Landro’s Bitch Planet
Faculty Mentor: Marie McDonough (CAS English)

McQuade, Alexa
Analyzing Differences in Students’ Interactions with Physics Learning Assistants and Teaching Fellows
Faculty Mentor: Manher Jariwala (CAS Physics)

Mecha, Grace-Rebecca
Heschl’s Gyrus and Reading & Learning Capabilities
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Linguistics)

Mei, Zhengxian
Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the HL-LHC era
Faculty Mentor: Indara Suarez (CAS Physics)

Merriman, Meaghan
Transferring Responsibility as a Parent: Indicators Your Child is Ready for the Next Step
Faculty Mentor: Wendy Coster (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Milgrim, Kira
Multiplexed Measurements of the Binding Kinetics of Carbamazepine (CBZ) using Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor (IRIS)
Faculty Mentor: Selim Unlu (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Monteverde, Jose
An Investigation on How Home Factors Promote School Readiness Qualities; in Association to 4-5-Year-Old Hispanic Children’s Executive Functioning
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Tarullo (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Montion, Erin
Investigating Adaptation during Language and Cognitive Processing in Young Healthy Individuals with fNIRS
Faculty Mentor: Swathi Kiran (SAR Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences)

Moore-Otto, Jackson
Analyzing the Impact of Local Participation on Sustainable Mobility Infrastructure Costs
Faculty Mentor: Katherine Einstein (CAS Political Science)

Moriah, Rona
Participate! Race and Gender in the Audience for Interactive Theater
Faculty Mentor: Carrie Preston (CAS English; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)

Mulaw, Birhanemeskel
Church Politics in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Longman (CAS Political Science)

Munsiff, Leela
Language Surveying and Documentation in Daru, Papua New Guinea
Faculty Mentor: Kate Lindsey (CAS Linguistics)

Nayak, Rishab
DFT Simulations to Determine Isomer Distributions of Various a-keto Acids
Faculty Mentor: John Caradonna (CAS Chemistry)

Negassa, Abgel
Building response capacity to extreme heat exposure in Chelsea and East Boston through Participatory Action Research
Faculty Mentor: Patrica Fabian (SAR Environmental Health)

Newell, Carly
Bone and Muscle Cross-Talk: The Direct and Indirect Effects of PTH on Muscle
Faculty Mentor: Paola Divieti Pajevic (SDM Molecular & Cell Biology)

Nguyen, Tyler
Understanding Protein-Protein Interactions in a Purple Acid Phosphatase in Burkholderia thailandensis
Faculty Mentor: Sean Elliott (CAS Chemistry)

Ni, Yunruo
Medical Images Aging Project
Faculty Mentor: Vijaya B. Kolachalama (MED Computational Biomedicine)

Nix, Emma
Historical Analysis of US Engagement with the EU, Russia, and China in the 1990’s
Faculty Mentor: Joshua Shifrinson (Pardee School of Global Studies)

O’Connor, Logan
Investigating the Dynamic Nanomechanical Behavior of Tumors under High-Frequency Oscillatory Compression
Faculty Mentor: Hadi Nia (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Oanda, Tabitha
Machine Learning for Object Movement Prediction
Faculty Mentor: Michael Economo (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Obiso, Timothy
A-not-A Questions and Syntactic Island Constraints in Mandarin Chinese
Faculty Mentor: Paul Hagstrom (CAS Linguistics)

Odom, Emma
Elucidating the Role of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Interneurons of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Implications for Social Learning and Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martin (CAS Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Ollivier Yamin, Sabine
Art Speaks: Audio Museum Tour for the Core Program
Faculty Mentor: Kyna Hamill (CAS Core Curriculum)

Park, Christopher
Isolating the Cytosolic Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly System Cia1-Cia2 Complex for Structural Characterization
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Perlstein (CAS Chemistry)

Patel, Manish
Shape-Up Phase 2: Research to Enhance a Digital Tool for Preventing Urban Gun Violence
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Jay (SPH Department of Community Health Sciences)

Patel, Parth
Investigating the Effects of Human Disorder-Associated Mutations of CK2a on Embryonic Function in Xenopus Laevis
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lowery (MED Medicine)

Paul, Christina
Conducting Preliminary Data Analysis on The Dietary Data of TBLION Participants in Tamil Nadu, India.
Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Locks (SAR Health Sciences)

Pelcher, Isabelle
Reserve and Resilience in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Post-Mortem Evaluation
Faculty Mentor: Michael Alosco (MED Neurology)

Peng, Yulu
Evidence of Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions in Near-Earth Space Using Satellite Observations
Faculty Mentor: Wen Li (CAS Astronomy)

Perkins, Kesha
A Pilot Study of a Trauma-Sensitivity Training Curriculum for Educators
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Green (Wheelock Special Education)

Perkins, Zoe
Impact of Femoroacetubular Impingement on Speed-Regulating Strategies for Increasing Gait Speed
Faculty Mentor: Cara Lewis (SAR Physical Therapy and Athletic Training)

Phillips, Sophie
Comparing the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Radio Occultation Science Experiment (ROSE) data to Langmuir Probe and Waves (LPW) and Neutral Gas and Ions Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) in situ data
Faculty Mentor: Michael Mendillo (CAS Physics)

Piasecki, Andrew
Isolation of ß1 integrin from Platelets and Megakaryocytes of Wild-Type and JAK2 Mutant Mice
Faculty Mentor: Katya Ravid (MED Medicine)

Pierce, Kirk
Growth Factor Transport Modelling in Engineered Musculoskeletal Tissues
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Pinto-Quintanilla, Amy
Geometric Control of Quadrotors for Aggressive Maneuvers
Faculty Mentor: Roberto Tron (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Plaitano, Enzo
Efficacy of Psychosocial Services in Patients Presenting after Violent Trauma
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Allee (MED Surgery)

Pulukuri, Surya
Educational Videos vs. Traditional Textbooks: Evaluating the Impact of Learning Modalities on Retention and Application of Molecular Concepts in Various Upper-level Chemistry and Biology Courses at Boston University
Faculty Mentor: Binyomin Abrams (CAS Chemistry)

Purohit, Rashi
YAP and TAZ Dependent Vascular Mimicry in Melanoma Cells
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Lang (MED Dermatology)

Puterman, Samantha
Enabling Just-in-Time Distributed Tracing for Ceph
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Ramanujan, Aditya
Quantification of Temporal Dynamics and Anatomical Segregation of Lung Resident CD4+ Memory T (Trm) cells during Heterotypic Immunity to Pneumococcus.
Faculty Mentor: Joseph Mizgerd (MED Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine)

Rich, Claire
Art Deco and Feminine Classicism: Women Artists in Interwar France, 1918- 1939
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Ribner (CAS Art History)

Riganti, Roberto
Investigation of Nontrivial Topological Bulk Phonons and Their Surface Manifestations in the Cadmium Telluride System
Faculty Mentor: Michael El-Batanouny (CAS Physics)

Rosado, Nikki
Thermal Injury Associated with Implant Based Breast Reconstruction
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Roh (MED Surgery)

Salame, Cedric
Ionic liquids as Electrolytes for Future Batteries
Faculty Mentor: David Coker (CAS Chemistry)

Sami, Yasmine
Effects of Sigma-1 Receptor Knockdown in the Prelimbic Cortex on Impulsive Action in Ethanol Dependent Rats
Faculty Mentor: Pietro Cattone (MED Pharmacology)

Samrow, Petal
From Reality to Representation: Exploring Variation in Beliefs about Supernatural Powers Across Development, Religious Affiliation, and Anxiety-Inducing Circumstances
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (Wheelock Applied Human Development)

Sandrakumar, Thayanie
The Characterization of Materials for Multilayered Structures in 4-Dimensional Printing
Faculty Mentor: William Boley (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Sangermano, Alexandria
Sensory Capabilities and Infection Efficiency of Edwardsiella lineata and its host Mnemiopsis leidyi
Faculty Mentor: John Finnerty (CAS Biology)

Santarsiero, William
America’s Hypocritical Destiny: America’s Expansion in the mid 1800s and the problems of Manifest Destiny
Faculty Mentor: Andrew David (CAS History)

Schoff, Anna
Computational Analysis of Classical Greek Poetic Meter
Faculty Mentor: Alexander Nikolaev (CAS Linguistics; Classics)

Sennott, Liam
Modeling the Effect of Urgency on Decision-Related Dynamics in the Dorsal Premotor and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Chandramouli Chandrasekaran (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Serrano, Lolo
Constructing Gender in Classified Ads: Analyzing American Newspapers’ Shift from Gendered to Non-gendered Ad Classification Columns Circa 1970
Faculty Mentor: Paula Austin (CAS History)

Sharma, Vikrant
A Novel Unsupervised Approach to Automating Wide-Field Calcium Imaging Data Analysis Via Machine Learning
Faculty Mentor: Xue Han (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Sharov, Mikhail
Implementation of a New Data Acquisition System Base on an FPGA for NIM+ V2
Faculty Mentor: Lawrence Sulak (CAS Physics)

Sheeran, Megan
NEURL4 Function in the Regulation of Cancer Cell Adaptation
Faculty Mentor: Valentina Perissi (MED Biochemistry)

Singh, Joshua
EMG Processing to Detect Muscle Fatigue in Stroke Patients
Faculty Mentor: Louis Awad (SAR Physical Therapy)

Socorro, Guillermo
Octavio Paz and Gabriela Mistral: Understanding Poetry, Diplomacy, and Social Advocacy in Latin America
Faculty Mentor: Margaret Litvin (CAS World Languages & Literatures)

Sompolpong, Patlapa
Studying the Necessity of D1 and D2 MSNs in Performance of a Context-dependent, Goal-directed Instrumental Task via Optogenetic Silencing
Faculty Mentor: Mark Howe (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Sorescu, Atlas
Faster Prototyping of Future Novel Electronics using this Revolutionary 2D material
Faculty Mentor: Anna Swan (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Suarez, Christopher
Distinguishing Animal and Human Blood Stains by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Faculty Mentor: Lawrence Ziegler (CAS Chemistry)

Sun, Erica
Investigating the Variation in PLIN2 (Perilipin-2) Gene Among Wild Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) in Silico using Bioinformatics Pipeline
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Schmitt (CAS Anthropology)

Sun, Jonathan
Examining the Hydrological and Environmental Impacts of Ice Rafts on Plum Island
Faculty Mentor: Sergio Fagherazzi (CAS Earth & Environment)

Swiacki, Natalie
Pronominal Functional Compensation in Verbal /s/ Dropping Environments in Caribbean Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Erker (CAS Linguistics)

Tacugue, Beatrice
Underlying Neuroanatomical Mechanisms of Antidepressive Effects Induced by Sleep Deprivation
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Tejeda, Rachel
Dominican College Students and Their Racial Identification
Faculty Mentor: Heba Gowayed (CAS Sociology)

Trachtenberg, Benyamin
Precision Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Graphene
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Tran, Teresa
“Let’s Get AcQuAInted”: How Queer Asian American Young Adults Are Resisting Familial and Institutional Barriers by Finding and Creating Support Systems
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Miller (CAS Sociology; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)

Tsang, Laura
Investigating Algal Symbiont and Microbiome Communities of Siderastrea Siderea Populations Varying in Diel Thermal Variability
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Ussui Anzai, Juliana Aya
The Relationship Between Sociocultural Factors and Cognitive Decline in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease.
Faculty Mentor: Yakeel Quiroz (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Valdiviezo, Zenia
The Impact of Sleep Stages on the Antidepressant Effect of Sleep Deprivation
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Wall, Juliana
Caregiver Perspectives on Life after a Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Alice Cronin-Golomb (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Wang, Kevin
Nanoparticle-2D Material Heterostructures for Chemical Sensing by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Faculty Mentor: Xi Ling (CAS Chemistry)

Wasif, Komal
Stereological and topographical Analysis of Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurons in Medial Dorsal Thalamus (MD) Circuits in Primate Brains
Faculty Mentor: Basilis Zikopoulos (SAR Health Sciences)

Watkins, Luisa
Demonstration of Robustness to Variable Incident Beam Current in Focused Ion Beam Microscopy through Time-Resolved Measurement
Faculty Mentor: Vivek Goyal (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Wetzler, Andrea
Norwegian Fairytales and their Importance in a European and International Context
Faculty Mentor: Peter Shwartz (CAS World Languages & Literatures)

White, Moriah
Using Positive Memories to Interfere with the Reconsolidation of Fear Memories
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Wilson, Zoe
Children’s Perceptions of Inequality as the Result of a Fair Procedure
Faculty Mentor: Peter Blake (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Wright, Aidan
Ice in the Anthropocene, Then And Now
Faculty Mentor: Craciun Adriana (CAS English)

Wright, Robert
The History of Nietzsche’s “History of an Error”
Faculty Mentor: James Schmidt (CAS Political Science)

Xiao, Richard
Investigating Unexplained Heating in the Chromosphere
Faculty Mentor: Meers Oppenheim (CAS Astronomy)

Xin, Zihua
Categorization of Protoplanetary Disks
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Espaillat (CAS Astronomy)

Yuan, Yutong
National Survey of Elementary School Counselors
Faculty Mentor: Kimberly Howard (Wheelock Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development)

Zaidi, Faraz
Examining the Age-Related Differences in Cortical Activation Patterns in Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury using Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy
Faculty Mentor: Swathi Kiran (SAR Neurorehabilitation)

Zdanowicz, Victoria
Analyzing Fecal Fiber Content in Wild Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii): Mother/Child Pairs to Predict Travel Distance and Seed Dispersal
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology; Biology)

Zhang, Mo
Optical Coherence Tomography-based Functional Imaging of Murine Femoral Artery:
A New Approach to Assessment of Vascular Endothelial Function in Mouse Model
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)

Zhang, Yujia
Applying 3D UNet to Live-cell Volumetric Microscopy Time Series Data Sets for Single-cell Segmentation
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Zhen, Terry
Measuring Malicious Advertisements on Android
Faculty Mentor: Gianluca Stringhini (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Zhou, Xincheng
The China Christian Database: An Essential Digital Tool for the Cartography and Prosopography of Christianity in China
Faculty Mentor: Eugenio Menegon (CAS History)

Zhu, Yixiu
Thermal Analysis of Manycore Chips with Integrated Photonics
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)