Six new winners of the Student Research Scholars Program, funded by the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, were announced to collaborate with faculty on applying data science in research this summer. Engineering students being supported during the summer, their projects, and their faculty mentors are:
“Developing an Intelligent Agentic System for Knowledge Transfer and Personalized Therapy in Physical Rehabilitation.”
- Student: Tanvir Ahmed
- Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Habib Rahman, professor, mechanical and biomedical engineering
“Practical AI Framework with Provable Security, Auditing, and Incentive Mechanisms.”
- Student: Hiba Alsghaier
- Faculty Mentor: Tian Zhao, associate professor of computer science
“Towards Proactive and Dynamic Pedestrian Safety at Crosswalks Using Trajectory Data.”
- Student: Anisha Tasnim
- Faculty mentor: Tian Zhao, associate professor of computer science
“Use of AI in Leveraging Alternative Data in Mortgage Industry.”
- Student: Sajede Farahani
- Faculty Mentor: Wilkistar Otieno,associate professor of industrial & manufacturing engineering
“Predictive Modeling of Uranium Flushing in Contaminated Groundwater Using Machine Learning.”
- Student: Abul Borkot Md Rafiqul Hasan
- Faculty Mentor: Kishna Pillai, professor of mechanical engineering
“Enhancing Explainable AI through Human-Centered Interaction with Large Language Models.”
- Student: Masoud Khani
- Faculty Mentor: Jake Luo, associate professor and bioinformatics graduate program director