Undergraduate Research Internship Program Recipients

• 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

• 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

• 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