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2020 Spring Symposium Blue Ribbon Winners

UROP students present their research to their peers and mentors as the culminating project of the year. Blue Ribbon Certificates were awarded for outstanding poster and presentation during the virtual symposium. Peer Facilitators nominated students whose visual representation of data was organized and well-designed and excelled in demonstrating the context of their research along with and learning about the project. Congratulations to all presenters and to our Blue Ribbon Winners. We are excited to share their award winning research presentations.

Nassim Abuhalaweh

Cognitive Performance Following Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Patients Stratified by Motor Phenotype

Yelitzza Aguilar

Saumya Amanchi

The Relation Between Community Violence Exposure and Aggression and Post-Traumatic Stress: Sex Differences

Halia Andrews

Sustained Club Cell Injury Mediates Macrophage Accumulation and Small Airways Fibrosis in the Lungs of Mice

Andrew Arche

Caregiving and Employment at Older Ages: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Emma Archer

Computed Tomography Reconstruction of Lungfish Skulls

Rachel Arkin

Analysis of NanoLive imaging approaches for cardiovascular regeneration research

Mohammed Azzouz

Development of 3D Microscopic Imaging Techniques

Investigating leaf VLA relationships among palms

Michelle Belkovski

Numerically Simulating the Exoplanet System K2-266

Vikitha Bezawada

Leadership In Architecture

Lindsey Brenton

Developing a Diagnostic Algorithm Using Heart Sounds and Machine Learning

Isaac Bromley-Dulfano

National Assessment of Wind and Solar Capacity Values

Taylor Burman

Health Risk Behavior in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Compared with a Community Sample

Sophie Busch

Associations of Parental Control and Structure in Child Feeding

Kayla Chattinger

Relationship Between Platelet Count and Shock Severity in Swine Models

Kelsea Chen

The Effects of the Neonatal Artificial Lung on Lung Compliance

Diane Chiang

Autoimmunity and thrombosis in lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome

Pin-En Chiu

Mechanistic Basis of Genomic Instability in Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 12-Mutant Prostate Cancer

Elizabeth Cho

Development of New Anti-Epiletic and Anti-Tinnitus Drug Compounds

Keely Cox

Exploring the Impacts of Invasive Plant Species on Native Plant Community Through the Use of Resources

Sydney Czako

Developing a Diagnostic Algorithm Using Heart Sounds and Machine Learning

Hannah Daane

Evaluating the Effect of CAN's After School Program on Academic Achievement

Madison Daminato

Machine Learning for Cardiovascular Diagnostic Tests

Laura Davalos

Research and Design: Social Justice, Detroit History, and Place-Based Education

Lauren Doyle

Party in the Street: Grassroots Protests during the Presidency of Donald Trump

Sasha Fraser

Detroit Food Academy Community Engaged Research

Kimberly Fujiwara

Comparing the Severity of Two Porcine Models of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Treatment of Refractory Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Katie Gahn

UCP1 and BDNF in Long Lived Mice Models

Gaurie Gunasekaran

The Mechanistic Role of Neutrophils in the Modulation of Breast Cancer Migration

Destiney Hadden

RAD51 Inhibition Results in Cancer Stem Cell Sensitivity in SUM52 Cell Line

Isabel Hanson

Describing Parenting Topics in Parenting Self-Efficacy Scales

Eli Harris-Trent

Racquel Harrison

Catalytic Dendrimers as the Therapeutic Scavenger of Organophosphates

Jordan Herman

Does resistance to herbicides come at the expense of resistance to herbivory?

Lauren Hertzer

Reasons for Dropout from Bariatric Surgery Programs

Olivia Howard

Extreme Weather’s Impact Disparity Between Ultra-poor Households and Non-poor Households in Malawi

Tohei Ichikawa

Toxic Algae Blooms in Lake Erie

Leslie Igbo

Studying the role of Ferritin and Ferroptosis in IBD and CRC pathogenesis

Akram Irshaid

The Role of the Melanocortin 3 Receptor (MC3R) in Feeding Behavior

Suchi Jatia

Investigating Population Structure and Parasites in Deep Sea Crinoids

Jayda Johnson

Resident Engagement in Greening: Implication for Program Functioning

Delaney Jorgensen

Revolutionary War Era - Creative Nonfiction/Biography Book

Angie Yeojin Jung

PD1/PDL1 Protein Design

Louma Kaakarli

A Comprehensive Analysis of Health Equity Definitions and Resources

Rushda Kamal

Using Tethering as a Method to Understand Fuzzy Coactivator: Small Molecule Binding

Juliette Kaplan

Seasonality of Diphtheria and Pertussis in Thailand

Andrew Keisling

Understanding the Method of Resonant Torsion Magnetometry

Suraj Kholwadwala

Improving the Biocompatibility of Neural Probes

Esther Kim

Pseudo-time Projection & scRNA-seq Plots of SLE

Parnika Kumar

Intersectionality in Healthcare

Adrianne Kurutz

Bone Marrow Macrophages in Skeletal Health

Dawn Lau

Diving into U-M history: Admissions and Enrollments at Michigan

Jadan Law

Tissue Engineering the Pediatric Auricle using 3D-printed Bioscaffolds

Indeya Lawrence

The effects of chaperone AMPylation on tau aggregation during C.elegans larval development.

Tyler Lazarski

Radiation Weather Station Artificial Intelligence Research

Steve Le

The Police Killings and Protest Dataset

Haejeong Lee

Health and Well-Being of Korean-Americans

Madeleine Lee

Photoreceptor Neuroprotection

Chi-Chiang Li

Efficacy of Dual ALK and FAK Inhibitor in Several Cancers

Anthony Lohmeier

Catalogue and Experimental Test of Anti-CRISPR Proteins

Bethany Long

Evaluation of a Pain Scoring System in an Ovine Model During the Testing of the Neonatal Artificial Lung

Sahita Manda

Health Disparities through the Lens of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Chloe Markey

Predicting Dynamic Loop Binding: A Small Molecule Pattern-Based Approach

Ethan Martin

The Relation Between Community Violence Exposure and Aggression and Post-Traumatic Stress: Sex Differences

Izabel Martini

Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Early Childhood

Lillian Mei

Computer-Aided Design and Additive Manufacturing of Custom Silicone Prosthetic Fingers

Drew Meinecke

Hollywood's Lost Celebrities: Live Performance in Classical Era Movie Theaters

Emma Mendez

Cab Calloway's Stardom Inside the Movie Theater

Der-Yu Meng

Studying the role of UBQLN2 Mutations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

John Musai

Mapping the Regulation of a Key Driver of Cutaneous Lupus

Olivia Ngo

Use of novel scanning methods to detect endoparasites in bats

Hannah Park

Exploring Design Aspects of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling for Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Tulsi Patel

Motor Assessment in Conditions Affecting Upper Limb Function

Gurnoordeep Pawar

Gurnoordeep Pawar

Madeline Paxson

Do More Dominant People Express More Leading Behaviors

Sofia Perez

Motor Assessment in Conditions Affecting Upper Limb Function

McKendra Perry

Porcine Whole Blood: Assessment and Evaluation after 30-day storage at 5ºC

Joel Pingel

Analyzing Teaching Beliefs of Math Instructors

Vincent Pinti

A Creative Campaign for Voting

Regan Pitts

Effects of Intersectional Discrimination on Depressive Symptoms in Youth of Color

Ruben Ramos

Robots, Sensors, and the Great Outdoors

Evelyn Richardson

Kaitlyn Riley

Pain and Social Experiences (PASE) Project

Samantha Romano

Raina Ruman

The 'Heterotroph Helper' Experiment: Interactions Between Microcystis and Catalase-Producing Bacteria

Anwesha Sarangi

Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Early Childhood

Laurel Saxe

Evaluating TMS induced Muscle Coupling in Different Postures As a Means to Assess Training Outcomes

Kylie Schache

Role of cyclic-di-GMP in pathobiology of the nosocomial multi-drug resistant pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

Taylor Scott

Cultural Cybernetics: Merging Artisanal Tradition with Digital Fabrication

Caroline Shabet

Improving Depression via E-Health Access (IDEA) Study

Danielle Sharon

CFA-Induced Suppression of Wheel Running Is a Robust and Reproducible Model of a Pain Depressed Behavior

Mary Show

Modification of Emotional Memories and Underlying Functional Brain Networks

Elizabeth Snider

Pathogenesis of Serratia marcescens during bloodstream infection

Sandhya Srinivasan

Amygdala White Matter Connectivity and Income Effects on Psychopathy

Satvik Suneja

Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Early Childhood

Meredith Thibeault

CAD Model Development of the Ford Nuclear Reactor

Claire Tinker

Talking to Others: How do changes in language affect how we perceive others?

Nicole Tooley

Creative Writing and Publishing

Chantal Uzoma

The EMBRace Program (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding Through Race)

Jose Luiz Vargas De Mendonca

Fusing Satellite and Drone Data with GIS to Create New Analytical Decision Support Tools for Varying Farm Types

Sacha Verlon

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Bipolar Disorder in a Pediatric Population

Rohan Wagle

Enabling performance portability of a parallel & distributed recover-assisted discontinuous Galerkin method for large-scale simulations of complex turbulent flows

Lisa Walsh

The presentation title is The Search for a Better Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Low Doses of NaIO3 to Induce Retinal Degeneration

Ally Weingarden

Sustaining Hope: Enhancing College Access and Resources for Undocumented Students

Alexander Wertman

Head CT Image Analysis for Detecting Edema

Andrew Wylie

Influence of sonic hedgehog agonists on stem cell derivation of the inner ear

Xilin Yang

Comparative Political Parties and Party Systems

Hyu Ri Yoon

Enhancing Pre-Hospital Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest (EPOC)

Bokai Zhang

Effect of Fresh Plasma in Ex-Vivo Heart Perfusion

Heather Zimmerman

Misinformation in Social Networks

Autumn Zwiernik

Towards a molecular portrait of monarch butterfly migration: the environmental and molecular genetic basis of migratory phenotypes in the monarch butterfly

Aderinola Adunbi

Health Risk Behavior in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Compared with a Community Sample

Virginia Baumgarten

Party in the Street: Grassroots Protests during the Presidency of Donald Trump

Julian Florez

National Assessment of Wind and Solar Capacity Values

Aratrika Ganguli

Analyzing Teaching Beliefs of Math Instructors

Priya Garg

Effect of Fresh Plasma in Ex-Vivo Heart Perfusion

Vasil Iakimovitch

CAD Model Development of the Ford Nuclear Reactor