Engineering – Page 6 – UROP Spring Symposium 2023

Engineering

Interrogating the role of Thrombospondin 1 in stromal cell proliferation and bone regeneration

Jeanna Schmanski Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Research Mentor(s): Kurt Hankenson Research Mentor School/College/Department: Orthopaedic Surgery / Medicine Program: UROPF Session: Session 3 (11:00am – 11:50am) Authors: Jeanna Schmanski, Christina Capobianco, Kurt Hankenson Abstract Non-union fractures take place when a broken or fractured bone does not heal correctly in the expected period, occurring in as many as 20% […]

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Safe and Legal Operation of a Customized Research Drone

Jordyn Vermut Pronouns: Research Mentor(s): Kimberlee Kearfott Research Mentor School/College/Department: NERS/BME / Engineering Program: UROPF Session: Session 2 (10:00am – 10:50am) Authors: Jordyn Vermut, Meredith Doan, Siddharth Gupta, Kimberlee Kearfott Abstract Drone-mounted radiation detectors would be extremely useful for performing radiological surveys. Such a drone is being designed at the University of Michigan. This

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Unconventional conjugation in disiloxane copolymers

Hana Kaehr Pronouns: she/her/hers Research Mentor(s): Richard Laine Research Mentor School/College/Department: Materials Science and Engineering / Engineering Program: UROPF Session: Session 6 (3:40pm – 4:30pm) Authors: Hana Kaehr, Zijing Zhang, Sabrina Huynh, Richard Laine Abstract In polymers, there exists conjugated properties. We are studying polymers which are not supposed to exhibit conjugation based on previous

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Machine Learning Bias

Jonathon Rosevelt Pronouns: he/him Research Mentor(s): Efren Cruz Cortes Research Mentor School/College/Department: Michigan Institute for Data Science / Other Program: UROPF Session: Session 2 (10:00am – 10:50am) Authors: Jonathon Rosevelt, Elijah Weinberg, Efren Cortes Abstract The study of cognitive science and its connection between mathematical structures and mental representations is new and underdeveloped. Recently a

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Investigating Public Workforce Data Across American Universities

Jose Lucas Micheletti Marino Pronouns: He/Him Research Mentor(s): Steven Lonn Research Mentor School/College/Department: Human Resources Information Services / Other Program: UROP Session: Session 6 (3:40pm – 4:30pm) Authors: Jose Lucas Micheletti Marino, Dr. Steven Lonn, Yurong Hu Abstract When it comes to the reporting of workforce data, universities have different presentation formats and access requirements

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Computational Psycholinguistics: Creating Online, Accessible Experiment Templates and Coding Standards

Jared Diaz Pronouns: He / Him Research Mentor(s): Lisa Levinson Research Mentor School/College/Department: Linguistics / LSA Program: UROPF Session: Session 4 (1:40pm – 2:30pm) Authors: Jared Diaz, Lisa Levinson Abstract Real-time sentence processing is impacted by a large amount of different factors. However, linguistics research has attempted to isolate these factors in order to gain

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Cosolvent Effect on Algal Biocrude Production via Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL)

Joon Kyo Kim Pronouns: Research Mentor(s): Taehoon Han Research Mentor School/College/Department: Mechanical Engineering / Engineering Program: UROP Session: Session 6 (3:40pm – 4:30pm) Authors: Hannah Kim, Cristina Prall, Kathleen Alsup, Glenn Fox Abstract Biofuels are of great importance especially in the 21st century, where nations are striving to greatly reduce carbon emissions. The aviation industry

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Automating the Curation of Animal Behavior Data

Jonathan McDevitt Jr Pronouns: he/him Research Mentor(s): Ada Eban-Rothschild Research Mentor School/College/Department: Psychology / LSA Program: UROP Session: Session 1 (9:00am – 9:50am) Authors: Jonathan McDevitt, Gaurav Kaul, Ada Eban-Rothschild Abstract This project explores automatically curating an image dataset for training machine learning (ML) models from a large repository of animal behavior videos. A basic

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Optimization of Memristor-Based Microparticles for Detection of SCFAs

Joshua Doctor Pronouns: he/him/his Research Mentor(s): Albert Liu Research Mentor School/College/Department: Chemical Engineering / Engineering Program: UROP Session: Session 1 (9:00am – 9:50am) Authors: Joshua Doctor, Matthew Manion, Albert Liu Abstract Use of micro-electronic materials and low-power circuit elements, such as a memristor, allow for the development of one-dimensional arrays capable of independent time-based tracking.

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A nonplayer character (NPC) for engagement and assessment in a virtual reality radiation protection game

Jackson Eggerd Pronouns: he/him Research Mentor(s): Kimberlee Kearfott Research Mentor School/College/Department: NERS/BME / Engineering Program: UROP Session: Session 2 (10:00am – 10:50am) Authors: Abstract Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to simulate radiation physics in a safe environment where the properties of various radiation sources, detectors, radioactive decay, and shielding can be demonstrated. A digital

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