In September, 2018 the Office of Undergraduate Research announced 193 SURF Awards for the Fall Semester and Academic Year. Congratulations to all!
School of Architecture
- Bella Biwer working with Arijit Sen: Picturing Milwaukee: “Taking Back our Worlds Project”
- David Katz working with Mo Zell: “Clay: History, Composition, Fabrication’
Jordan Felber working with Mo Zell: Curating an Exhibition” - Lena Jensen working with Arijit Sen: “Picturing Milwaukee: Taking Back our Worlds Project”
- Mark Richter working with Brian Schermer: “Measuring Discoverability Through 3D Visibility Graph Analysis”
- Walter Moran working with Filip Tejchman: “Ennobling Relationships: Researching the role of Lightweight materials in Architecture”
Peck School of the Arts
- Amanda Laabs working with Maria Gillespie: “Between Form and Formlessness: Reimagining Architecture of Body in Space”
- Anna Emerson working with Chris Willey: “Immersive Media Lab: Audio within Immersion”
- Annie Peterson working with Maria Gillespie: “Between Form and Formlessness: Reimagining Architecture of Body in Space”
- Caitlyn Grubich working with Simone Ferro: “Sherman Park – Eviction Through Embodied Research – Public Scholarship in Dance Website”
- Caleb Peavy working with Jenny Plevin: “doc|UWM LGBT+ Milwaukee History Film”
- “Ella Freigang working with Jenny Plevin: “doc|UWM Transforming Justice: Youth Media Collective”
- Isaac Repinski working with John Stropes: “Comprehensive Analysis of the Performances of Finger-Style Guitarists at the 1969 and 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festivals”
- Jenna Marti working with Nathaniel Stern: “The World After Us: Speculative Media Sculptures”
- Joseph Rex working with Chris Willey: “Immersive Media Lab: Coding for Extended Reality”
- Katelyn Altmann working with Maria Gillespie: “Between Form and Formlessness: Reimagining Architecture of Body in Space”
- Madeline Prokop working with Simone Ferro: “Sherman Park – Eviction Through Embodied Research – Public Scholarship in Dance Website”
- Margaret Rosario working with Jenny Plevin: “doc|UWM Transforming Justice: Youth Media Collective”
- Mary Widener working with Nathaniel Stern: “The World After Us: Speculative Media Sculptures”
- Megan Velez working with Simone Ferro: “Sherman Park – Eviction Through Embodied Research – Public Scholarship in Dance Website”
- Natalie Krug working with Emily Berens: “Virtual Classroom Prototype”
- Nia Keranova working with John Stropes: “Comprehensive Analysis of the Performances of Finger-Style Guitarists at the 1969 and 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festivals”
- Olivia Overturf working with Nathaniel Stern: “The World After Us: Speculative Media Sculptures”
- Rebecca Jeske working with Chris Willey: “Immersive Media Lab: Interactive Environments and Code within Unity”
- Ryan O’Connor working with Chris Willey: “Immersive Media Lab: Immersive Glitch”
- Samantha Tan working with Nathaniel Stern: “The World After Us: Speculative Media Sculptures”
- Samuel Kotrba working with Chris Willey: “Immersive Media Lab: Visual Communication within Immersive Media”
- Sarah Wright working with Chris Willey: “Immersive Media Lab: Interactive Narrative Research within Immersion”
- Simone Safian working with Jenny Plevin: “doc|UWM LGBT+ Milwaukee History Film”
Lubar School of Business
- Annika Gogan working with Colleen Boland: “The Audit Committee and Financial Reporting Quality”
- William Becker working with John Huck: “Quantitative Financial Analysis”
- Bryan Jensen working with John Huck: “Quantitative Financial Analysis”
College of Engineering and Applied Science
- Adedamola Adeniyi working with Zhi Zheng: “Illumination design to access sensory abnormality in children with autism”
- Alexandria Miller working with Roshan D’Souza: “Verification and Validation (V&V) of PCMRI/4DFlow Super-Resolution Algorithms”
- Anna Miller working with Mohammad Habibur Rahman: “Analysis of Human Motion Capture, EEG and EMG Activities During Upper Extremity Movement for Healthy Individuals”
- Anthony Wegner working with Chiu Tai Law: “Fabrication of Magnetic Devices with Fused Deposition Modeling Based Printing”
- Badrieh Mustafa working with Lingfeng Wang: “Stochastic Smart Grid Reliability Modeling and Assessment Considering Renewable Energy Integration”
- Benjamin Sveum working with Ryo Amano:
- Bryant Lee working with Junjie Niu: “Developing novel adsorbents for water purification”
- Can Zhong working with Lingfeng Wang: “Develop an ANN for Synthetic Aperture Optical Topography and Real-time Optical Flow Processing and Planning”
- Cody Casper working with Ryo Amano: “Experimental Investigation of Hydroturbine”
- Eliza Imbrie working with Mohammad Habibur Rahman: “Autonomous Mobile Robots Navigation”
- Georgije Stanisic working with Woo Jin Chang: “Electrical Manipulation of Micro-Particles in a Lab-on-a-Chip”
- Goyko Rajak working with Hathibelagal Roshan: “Characterization of variable density lightweight steel foam”
- Gracia Kalongo working with Zhi Zheng: “Galvanic skin response signal acquisition and processing for affective computing”
- Hannah Boettger working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Metal Graphene Composites”
- Hannah Groh working with Ryo Amano: “Wind Turbine/Hydro Turbine”
- Hella Willis working with Chiu Tai Law: “Prototyping of magnetic field sensors based on fiber to fiber coupling”
- Ian Buck working with Adel Nasiri: “Energy Storage System Implementation and Testing for Smart Grid Applications”
- Ismael Coello working with Benjamin Church: “Characterization of Aluminum Oxide on Stainless Steel through Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”
- Jacob Brewer working with Ryo Amano: “Hydro Turbine Research”
- Jeff Becker working with Junjie Niu: “Layered MXene-Sn as a promising anode for lithium ion battery with ultrahigh and stable capacity”
- Jessica Hufford working with Ryo Amano: “Design of Waste Water Treatment Aeration System”
- Joseph Lentz working with Robert Cuzner: “An Integrated EMI Characterization Chamber for Wide Band-Gap Power Electronic Devices”
- Joshua Myszewski working with Mohammad Habibur Rahman: “Upper Extremity Movement prediction from EMG and EEG Signals”
- Kari Berna working with Benjamin Schultz: “3D Printed Forms for Producing Low Cost Magnesium Foam Implants”
- Kevin Slezak working with Benjamin Church: “Weldabilty and Performance of Alumina-Forming Austenitic Stainless Steels”
- Kolhe Kolhe working with Hathibelagal Roshan:
- Liam Brodie working with Hector Bravo: “Preparation and Testing of High-Speed Water Tunnel for Cavitation and Coanda Effect Experiments”
- Mark Nosonovsky working with Konstantin Sobolev: “Use of Portland Cement in Asphalt Concrete”
- Miguel Jaimes working with Benjamin Church: “Electrochemical characterization of an alumina-forming stainless steel”
- Mitchell Hummel working with Chiu Tai Law: “Fiber Optical Current Sensor with a Thin Magnetostrictive Transducer”
- Nathan Swanson working with Chiu Tai Law: “Magnetostrictive Response of Multilayered Cellulose Nanofibril Composites”
- Nicholas Scannell working with Mohammad Habibur Rahman: “Autonomous Mobile Robots Navigation”
- Perry Spott working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Self-Healing of Materials and Coatings”
- Robert Imbrie working with Lingfeng Wang: “Using Machine Learning Techniques to Solve Practical Engineering Problems”
- Ruben Gasparini working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Surface Alloying and Compositing of Plain Carbon Steels During the Casting Manufacturing Process”
- Samuel Jadin working with Junjie Niu: “Develope a novel Ge@TiO2 composite as anode in lithium ion batteries”
- Sherissa Popp Goskowicz working with Ryo Amano: “Solid Rocket Motor converging-diverging supersonic flow study, Gas turbine engine study”
- Victor Ramirez working with Hani Titi: “Evaluation of Recycled Asphalt and Concrete Aggregates Bases in Hot Mix Asphalt Pavements”
- Zachary Miller working with Veysi Malkoc: “Enhanced Osseointegration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on a Micropatterned 316 Stainless Steel Implant”
School of Education
- Tashea West working with Chris Lawson: “Who to ask?: Children’s developing awareness of teachers and parents as informants”
Global Water Center
- Andrew Thompson working with Marcia Silva, Rudy Strickler, Thomas Hansen: “Digital In-Line Holographic Microscopy and E. coli detection”
- Basil Hable working with Marcia Silva, Rudy Strickler, Thomas Hansen: Digital “In-Line Holographic Microscopy and E. coli detection”
- Kwendo Mwaniki working with Marcia Silva: “Effect of zeolite coated anode on the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFC)”
- Louis Chapman working with Marcia Silva: “Development of a novel porous material for removal of ammonia from water”
- Yuting Lin working with Marcia Silva: “Novel zeolite based porous material for drug release and evaluation of sensor application”
- Zahra Gohari working with Marcia Silva: “Evaluation of novel porous materials for the removal of Legionella from water and its anti-biofilm properties”
College of Health Sciences
- Ashley Quisler working with Janis Eells:
- Cindy Petros working with Dennis Tomashek:
- Erin Crownover working with Ann Swartz: “Illness Perceptions and Physical Activity in Congestive Heart Failure”
- Jared Bonack working with Brooke Slavens: “Preoperative and Postoperative Rotator Cuff Repair Thoracohumeral Joint Kinematics During Reaching “
- Jesse Gultch working with Stephen Cobb: “Reliability of multi-segment foot model anatomical landmark identification”
- Katherine Malek working with Sabine Heuer: “How to Motivate Future Healthcare Professionals to Work with Persons with Dementia”
- Kathryn Neave working with Dennis Tomashek:
- Kathryn Tercher working with Brooke Slavens: “Quantitative Analysis of Balance in Children with Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome”
- Matthew Fox working with Brooke Slavens:
- Michelle Kondrat working with John Heilmann: “Discourse skills of middle school students with varying levels of bilingual proficiency”
- Nicole Vigon working with Brooke Slavens: “Temporal-Spatial Parameters of Gait in Children with Hypermobile type Ehlers Danlos Syndrome”
- Sami Basnet working with Bhagwant Sindhu: “A Feasibility study of using headspace for mindfulness among individuals undergoing surgical repair of the rotator cuff”
Honors College
- Bailey Flannery working with Jacqueline Stuhmiller: “Bestiality in Medieval Culture”
School of Freshwater Science
- Evan Bennett working with Rebecca Klaper:
- Kathryn Alexander working with Ryan Newton: “Evaluating the Microbial Culturing Efficacy of a Lake Michigan Tuned Growth Medium”
- Lauren Bonofiglio working with Ryan Newton: “Evaluating the Microbial Culturing Efficacy of a Lake Michigan Tuned Growth Medium”
School of Information Studies
- Declan Crouch working with Jacques Du Plessis: “Agua Pura – Towards persistent monitoring of water systems”
- Izabelle Villafuerte working with Jacques Du Plessis: “Agua Pura – Towards persistent monitoring of water systems”
- Raunak Khaitan working with Jacques Du Plessis: “Agua Pura – Towards persistent monitoring of water systems”
College of Letters & Science
- Aaron Meyer working with Paru Shah: “The Under-representation of Women and Candidates of Color in 2018 State Legislative Elections”
- Adrienne Skillman working with Heather Owen: “Further Examination of the Mendellian and Molecular Genetics of the Arabidopsis thaliana Salk_026354 Line”
- Aimee Roekle working with Jae Yung Song: “Covert contrast in the acquisition of second-language phonology”
- Alex Kehoe working with Alexander Arnold: “Investigation of CNS effects of novel imidazobenzodiazepines”
- Alexander Klug working with Valerica Raicu: “Following Proteins at Work in Living Cells”
- Amber Joshway working with Paru Shah: “The Under-representation of Women and Candidates of Color in 2018 State Legislative Elections”
- Amillia Heredia working with Celeste Campos-Castillo: “Norms, Resources, and Support on YouTube for Caregivers of those with Autism Spectrum Disorder”
- AnnDee Johnson working with Adam Greenberg: “Auditory Object-Based Attention”
- Bernard Muransky working with Rafael Rodriguez:
- Bob Aloisi working with Angela Van Sistine: “Support CLU Database Development & Flat Field Development for ZTF”
- Brandon Mikulsky working with Alexander Arnold: “Determing the Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain”
- Brian Holmgren working with Rudi Strickler: “Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on Toxicity”
- Brittany Larson working with Rodney Swain: “An Investigation on the Role of Astrocytes in Motor-Skill Learning”
- Cassandra Doolittle working with Adam Greenberg: “The Role of Music Training in Auditory Perception”
- Cedrick Antonio working with Celeste Campos-Castillo: “Evaluating the Role of Electronic Health Record Systems in Delivering Mental Health Care”
- Chelsea Miller working with Rodney Swain: “An Investigation of the Motivational Behavior of a Rodent ADHD Model”
- Chelsea Volpano working with J Elmo Rawling: “Seasonal Changes to Stream and Beach Morphology at Point Beach State Forest Using Drone Photography and Structure-from-Motion Digital Elevation Models”
- Christine Wiese working with Rafael Rodriguez: “Social hybrids and speciation in Enchenopa treehoppers”
- Ciara Ayala working with Christine Larson: “Neurobiological Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”
- Connor Link working with John Isbell:
- Dante Serano working with Nicholas Silvaggi:
- Dominique Wilkerson working with Vicki Bott: “Learning about the MPS Graduate Experience at UWM: Focus Groups & Interviews Supporting M3 Initiative”
- Elizabeth George working with Paru Shah: “The Under-representation of Women and Candidates of Color in 2018 State Legislative Elections”
- Elizabeth Wanninger working with Raymond Fleming: “Effects of Simple Motor Movements on Physiological Activity”
- Ellen Olszewski working with Bonita Klein-Tasman: “Examining the Academic Performance of Children with Neurofibromatosis and Relations to Intellectual Functioning”
- Emily Ortega working with Mark Dietz: “Toxic dye extraction from wastewater using plant-derived “green” solvents and hydrophobic deep-melting eutectics”
- Erick Bernal working with Krista Lisdahl: “Structural Effects of Binge Drinking on the Hippocampus of Adolescents & Young Adults”
- Erika Johansen working with Jorg Woehl: “Investigating the electric double layer using single particle localization microscopy”
- Francine Mitsiopoulos working with Carol Hirschmugl:
- Gaelle Sehi working with Filipe Alberto:
- Haley Richards working with Tami Williams: “UWM Film Studies Moving Image Archive and Scholar Project”
- Hannah Smith working with Aki Roberts: “The effect of police violence on crime clearance”
- Jayson Schalk working with Karyn Frick: “Sex differences in the cellular and molecular responses to estradiol infused in the dorsal hippocampus”
- Jessica Robers working with Amanda Seligman: “Encyclopedia of Milwaukee
- Johanna Michlig working with Hobart Davies: “Children and Media”
- Jose Arechiga working with Krista Lisdahl: “Symptoms of Mood and Cannabis Withdrawal Over 3 Weeks of Abstinance in Adolescents & Young Adults”
- Joshua Kite working with Julie Bowles: “Using magnetic methods to determine deformation processes in sub-glacial sediments in northern Illinois”
- Joshua Reed working with Dyanna Czeck: “Quantifying microstructure devolpment in small-scale shear zones in gabbro”
- Karly Cushway working with Filipe Alberto: “Genetic Selection in Macrocystis pyrifera”
- Kelsey O’Hara working with Rafael Rodriguez: “Testing the choosiness of female treehoppers throughout her mating season”
- Lauren Andrews working with Ionel Popa: “A fluorescence method to study the mechanical unfolding of proteins”
- Lauren Hahn working with Hanjoo Lee: “Computerized Interpretation Training for Thought-Action Fusion”
- Lauren Robertson working with Greg Carter: “The History of Star Wars Fans and Racial Perceptions”
- Leo Bohlmann working with Filipe Alberto: “Isolation and growth of gametophyte cultures of the seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera”
- Lexie Lanphere working with Joseph Aldstadt: “Development of Novel Microscale Analytical Methods for Drugs of Abuse”
- Loretha Jack working with Erica Young: “Silicate incorporation to assess growth rates of freshwater diatoms”
- Madeline Rettmann working with Nicholas Silvaggi: “Structural studies of a putative arginase/agmatinase from Streptomyces griseofuscus”
- Magen Babcock working with Vicki Bott: “Learning about the MPS Graduate Experience at UWM: Focus Groups & Interviews Supporting M3 Initiative”
- Maren Orlowski working with Avik Chakrabarti: “Sourcing In and Out: The Competitive Position of Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs from Milwaukee”
- Mariah Linske working with James Moyer: “Mechanisms of Learning in the Aging Brain”
- Marie Enderle working with Bonita Klein-Tasman: “Adaptive Behavior in School Age Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Relations to Cognitive and Executive Functioning”
- Mark McGarry working with A. Andrew Pacheco: “Optimizing the Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase Assay”
- Mark Poe working with Joe Swiggum:
- Maxwell McHone working with Rachel Buff: “The Huk Rebellion: The Second World War and Intersectional Anti-Imperialism in the Philippines”
- Me’Le’sa Greene working with Dyanna Czeck: “Cleavage refraction in the Chocolay Group Metasedimentary Rocks located in Marquette, Michigan”
- Michael Esson working with Krista Lisdahl: “Aerobic Fitness and Cognitive Functioning In Adolescents and Young Adults”
- Mirko Pavlovic working with Ionel Popa: “Mathematical modelling of the mechanical response of GFP inside protein hydrogels”
- Mohammad Karzon working with Daad Safarini: “Elucidate the mechanisms used by the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis for aerobic and anaerobic respiration”
- Nia Wilson working with Julie Kline: “Storytelling for Impact: Multimedia Communication in Latin American Studies”
- Nikolaus Prusinski working with Dawn Erb: “Star Formation and Galactic Outflows in the Early Universe”
- Omar Suarez Sacramento working with Marcus Britton: “Hospital Segregation and Patient Mortality Outcomes”
- Paul Newcomb working with Rachel Buff: “Documenting Deportation”
- Pilar Olvera working with Vicki Bott: “Learning about the MPS Graduate Experience at UWM: Focus Groups & Interviews Supporting M3 Initiative”
- Rene Chavez working with Scott Schaefer: “Quantifying regionally-derived sedimentary rocks in Pleistocene Oak Creek Formation glacial till”
- Ryan Majinski working with M Mahmun Hossain: “A Detailed Study of Acid Catalyzed Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with Ethyl Diazoacetate”
- Sam D’Amico working with Alan Schwabacher: “Synthesis of Peptide Bonding Molecules”
- Sanjna Girdhar working with Ionel Popa: “A new protein construct to tag antibodies”
- Sarah Haq working with Charles Wimpee: “Sequencing the Two Lux Operons of a Merodiploid Vibrio”
- Sydni French working with Bonita Klein-Tasman: “Parent and Community Perspectives about the Feasibility of Willaims Syndrome Behavioral Play Therapy”
- Tessa Miskimen working with Deborah Hannula: “Fear Conditioned Attentional Capture”
- Tory Clearwater working with M Mahmun Hossain: “Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds with EDA Catalyzed by HBF4”
- Travis Fichtenbauer working with Joe Swiggum: “Why Pulsars Die: Confirming and Characterizing the Behavior of 18 New ‘Nullers'”
- Uchechi Nwosa working with Celeste Campos-Castillo: “The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Health and Health Care”
- Valerie Rubalcava working with Dyanna Czeck: “A Microstructural Analysis of Metabasites from the Southern Iberian Shear Zone”
- Victor Hoel working with Vicki Bott: “Learning about the MPS Graduate Experience at UWM: Focus Groups & Interviews Supporting M3 Initiative”
- Yael Greenberg working with Rodney Swain: “An Investigation of the Role of the Cerebellum in Learning”
College of Nursing
- Adrianna Smith working with Teresa Johnson:
- Airielle Pritchett working with Jennifer Doering: “The Baby Box Research Study”
- Augustine Rouamba working with Sandra Millon-Underwood:
- Catherine Middleton working with Sandra Millon-Underwood: “Peers Empowering Peers (PEP) Diabetes Prevention and Self Management Program: Community-based Participatory Outreach Initiative”
- Kim Phan working with Teresa Johnson: “Centering Pregnancy and impact on pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes”
- Luz Areli Contreras working with Heidi Luft: “Socioecological perspectives on sexual health and relationships among Latinx adolescents in the US”
- MaryJo Kanelos working with Kaboni Gondwe: “Emotional responses and mother-infant interactions in mothers of preterm and full-term infants”
- Miri Yoon working with Seok Hyun Gwon: “Association between publid health nurse workforce facdtors and health outcomes”
- Razan Assad working with Sandra Millon-Underwood: “Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention: The Journey Begins with a Single Step”
- Tolu Akande working with Teresa Johnson: “Impact of pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain on reproductive outcomes”
Zilber School of Public Health
- Alana Schneider working with Linnea Laestadius: “Determining young adult perceptions of e-liquid marketing on Instagram”
- Alexander Fairburn working with Linnea Laestadius: “Thematic analysis of e-liquid packaging”
- Ashley Lopez working with Lance Weinhardt: “Research on transgender youth health and wellbeing”
- Benjamin Grosskreuz working with Kourosh Ravvaz: “A study on the use of restaging transurethral resection of bladder for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer”
- Madeline Bruss working with Kourosh Ravvaz: “Disparities after transurethral resection of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer tumor”
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
- Brianna Suggs working with Melinda Kavanaugh: “Young caregivers in ALS : National assessment of caregiver programs and policies”