Engineering – Page 7 – UROP Spring Symposium 2023

Engineering

Agricultural waste for sustainable technology

Jennifer Yung Pronouns: she/her Research Mentor(s): Richard Laine Research Mentor School/College/Department: Materials Science and Engineering / Engineering Program: UROP Session: Session 6 (3:40pm – 4:30pm) Authors: Jennifer Yung, Clara Huang, Jonah Jarczewski, Richard Laine Abstract Investigating rice hull ash as a means to synthesize silicon carbide thin films. Engineering

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Engineering Kidney Regeneration

Jenna Ference-Salo Pronouns: She/Her Research Mentor(s): Jeffrey Beamish Research Mentor School/College/Department: Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Division / Medicine Program: UROPF Session: Session 3 (11:00am – 11:50am) Authors: Jeffery Beamish, Jenna Ference-Salo Abstract Introduction Current treatments for kidney failure are associated with poor quality of life and high mortality rates. We aim to utilize the

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The Impact of In-state Licensure Requirement Waivers on Out-of-state Telemental Care Utilization

Jadon Nielsen Pronouns: he/him/his Research Mentor(s): Antonios Koumpias Research Mentor School/College/Department: Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn / Other Program: UROP Session: Session 4 (1:40pm – 2:30pm) Authors: Jadon Nielsen Abstract This study examines the effects of telehealth policy variation introduced during the COVID-19 public health emergency on healthcare utilization and

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Natural Language Processing for Understanding Persuasive Arguments

Jahnavi Enaganti Pronouns: she/her Research Mentor(s): Lu Wang Research Mentor School/College/Department: Computer Science and Engineering / Engineering Program: UROP Session: Session 7 (4:40pm – 5:30pm) Authors: Lu Wang, Jahnavi Enaganti, Frederick Zhang Abstract This study was conducted to train a machine learning model to recognize the implicit ideological bias of different news sources based on

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“Machine Learning Validation of Sepsis Patient Outcome Predictions”

Jawad Najar Pronouns: He/Him Research Mentor(s): Flora Rajaei Research Mentor School/College/Department: DCMB / Medicine Program: UROPF Session: Session 3 (11:00am – 11:50am) Authors: Abstract This research seeks to target patients that are infected with sepsis, more specifically we focus on those infected in the United States. The individuals in our research are provided to us

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Studying Adsorption Energy Across Different Phenolic Solutions

Isabella Scanlan Pronouns: she/her Research Mentor(s): Nirala Singh Research Mentor School/College/Department: Chemical Engineering / Engineering Program: UROPF Session: Session 6 (3:40pm – 4:30pm) Authors: Wendy Yu Abstract As industrial production has increased over the years, so has the amount of toxic wastewater. Many harmful chemicals to humans are found in this wastewater, including phenols. Phenols

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Using Machine Learning Tools to Analyze Animal Behaviors

Isabelle Baker Pronouns: she/her Research Mentor(s): Bing Ye Research Mentor School/College/Department: Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan / Medicine Program: UROPF Session: Session 1 (9:00am – 9:50am) Authors: Isabelle Baker, Yujia Hu, Bing Ye Abstract Ye lab has developed a computational tool called LabGym for efficiently and accurately analyzing user-defined behaviors across animal species. However,

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Creation of an asset library for a fully-immersive virtual reality environment for teaching radiation protection and detection.

Isabella De Sousa Pronouns: she/her Research Mentor(s): Kimberlee Kearfott Research Mentor School/College/Department: NERS/BME / Engineering Program: UROPF Session: Session 2 (10:00am – 10:50am) Authors: Abstract Realistic radiation physics was previously implemented in a fully-immersive virtual reality (VR) environment as part of a game, DoseBusters, designed to teach radiation physics and protection to the public. DoseBusters

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Privacy-Preserving Sensing for in-home Activity Recognition and use of Rasphberry pi

Harshit Nanda Pronouns: he/his Research Mentor(s): Alanson Sample Research Mentor School/College/Department: Computer Science and Engineering / Engineering Program: UROP Session: Session 1 (9:00am – 9:50am) Authors: Abstract The use of voice assistants has become increasingly popular in recent years, with many people using them to control their smart devices, schedule appointments, and even make phone

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Analytical/Computational Research to Decipher Neural Circuits

Gurnoor Kaur Pronouns: she/her Research Mentor(s): Omar Ahmed Research Mentor School/College/Department: Psychology / LSA Program: UROP Session: Session 5 (2:40pm – 3:30pm) Authors: Yashmeet Kaur, Anna Shinohara, Faraz Hassan, Omar Sohail, Karandeep Singh, Jeet Das Abstract Dr. Omar Ahmed’s lab research focuses on understanding how neurons are able to complete the task of navigating around

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