2023-2024 URIP Student Recipients
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation Sponsored Projects
- Gabriel Baquerizo
- Major: Statistics
- Project Title: Identifying and Quantifying Parameters Related to Hip Fracture from DXA Images
- Faculty Mentor: Weihua Zhou
- Rachel Callaghan
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Development of self-healable Tannic Acid - Gelatin Methacryloyl hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture
- Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Rizwan
- Kat Davidson
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Morphological Analysis of Collagen V-mediated Fibers Through Electron Microscopy
- Faculty Mentor: Sangyoon Han
- Delaney Fritz
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: The Effects of Extrinsic Rigidity and Collagen Type on Fibroblast Stiffness
- Faculty Mentor: Sangyoon Han
- Justina Pennala
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Effects of Fusion Protein PAX3-FOXO1 on Rhabdomyosarcoma Migration and Adhesion
- Faculty Mentor: Sangyoon Han
- Scott Severance
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Using Optical Tweezers to Measure and Predict the Behavior of Collagen Networks
- Faculty Mentor: Sangyoon Han
- Riley Stichter
- Major: Human Biology
- Project Title: Psycho-social predictors of return to sport and secondary ACL injury
- Faculty Mentor: Erich Petushek
- Emily Vitale
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Investigating Device Related Thrombosis After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Faculty Mentor: Hoda Hatoum
- Lanceng Waise
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Examining Computational Hemodynamic Analysis Models for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using Artificial Intelligence
- Faculty Mentor: Jingfeng Jiang
DeVlieg Foundation Sponsored Projects
- Quinn Angus
- Major: Biological Science
- Project Title: Tophic Ecology of Gulf Coast Canids: Is Body Size Associated with Trophic Niche?
- Faculty Mentor: Jill Olin
- Faarahabari Barikor
- Major: Human Factors
- Project Title: How the 6 HEXACO Personality Traits Reflect Recognition of Gender Stereotyping Resulting from Subtle Bias Exposure in STEM
- Faculty Mentor: Lorelle Meadows
- Rhys Brockenshire
- Major: Software Engineering
- Project Title: Modeler
- Faculty Mentor: Leo C. Ureel II
- Rebecca Ferber
- Major: Forestry and Applied Ecology and Environmental Science
- Project Title: Expanded Development of Long White Pine Tree-ring Records to Support Brown to Blue Carbon Accounting for Lake Superior
- Faculty Mentor: Steven Voelker
- Alyssa Hill
- Major: Civil Engineering
- Project Title: Analyzing and Modeling the Effects of Uplift Friction Dampers on Cross-Laminated Timber Buildings
- Faculty Mentor: Daniel M. Dowden
- Emily Hyatt
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Project Title: Assessment of flow dynamics and morphological characteristics of coronary artery aneurysms and ectasia in Kawasaki Disease
- Faculty Mentor: Hoda Hatoum
- Grant Lambert
- Major: Physics
- Project Title: New Strategy to Solve the Traveling Salesman Problem Using Molecular Dynamic Simulations
- Faculty Mentor: Issei Nakamura
- Estyn LaMotte
- Major: Math-Physics
- Project Title: Theoretical Approaches for Understanding Buoy Motion
- Faculty Mentor: Hassan Masoud
- Thomas McQuiston
- Major: Computational Chemistry and Chemical Informatics
- Project Title: A Theoretical Investigation in Photonic Spectroscopy: The Infrared and Raman THz Regions for the Recognition of Explosive Materials with respect to Cosmetic Molecules for Homeland Security Applications
- Faculty Mentor: Loredana Valenzano-Slough
- Adam VanderMolen
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Project Title: Characterization of Low-Speed Wind Tunnel and It's Application to sUAS Development
- Faculty Mentor: Kazuya Tajiri
Tech Forward Sustainability and Resilience Sponsored Projects
- Julianna Bartoszek
- Major: Computer Science and Anthropology
- Project Title: Commercialization of Indigenous Representation
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Rhodes
- Ingrid Sokup
- Major: Sustainability Science and Society
- Project Title: Economic Impact Analysis of Sustainable Fishery Production Increases in Michigan
- Faculty Mentor: Jenny Apriesnig