In January, 2021 the Office of Undergraduate Research Announced 159 SURF Awards for the Spring Semester. Congratulations to all!

School of Architecture & Urban Planning

  • Maysam Abdeljaber working with Trudy Watt: “Know Thyself”
  • Danya Almoghrabi working with Brian Schermer: “Measuring Discoverability in Buildings Through Visibility Graph Analysis”
  • Koami Amegnran working with Arijit Sen: “Taking Back Our Worlds: Conversations During Times of Social Distancing”
  • Yasmeen Amer working with Sarah Aziz: “Pleasure Palace”
  • Hannah Bishop working with Brian Schermer: “Measuring Discoverability in Buildings Through Visibility Graph Analysis”
  • Emma Bittner working with Sarah Aziz: “MOOCH Series”
  • William Bowman working with Alexander Timmer: “Exhibition of Visual Arts in the Age of COVID 19: Phase 3”
  • Christian Fleury working with Arijit Sen: “Taking Back Our Worlds: Conversations During Times of Social Distancing”
  • Destiny Brady working with Lindsey Krug: “Bodies [to be] Built: Research on the Agency of Bodies in Architecture”
  • Brett Dominguez working with Lindsey Krug: “Bodies [to be] Built: Research on Research on the Agency of Bodies in Architecture”
  • Roe Draus working with Mo Zell: “How Can SARUP Continue to Adapt to the Ever-changing World to Best Serve its Students and Become the ‘Ideal’ School?”
  • Noel Flores Delgado working with Mo Zell: “Hybrid Gallery: Exhibition of Visual Arts in the Age of COVID 19”
  • Annabell Fritz working with James Wasley: “Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems – Case Studies and Design Guideline Creation”
  • Corwin Hoefling working with Alexander Timmer: “Fabricating Carbon Neutral Form: An Architectural Installation”
  • Courtney Hoffeller working with Mo Zell: “How Can SARUP Continue to Adapt to the Ever-changing World to Best Serve its Students and Become the ‘Ideal’ School?”
  • Maxwell Hunt working with Mo Zell: “How Can SARUP Continue to Adapt to the Ever-Changing World to Best Serve its Students and Become the ‘Ideal’ School?”
  • Isabelle Hanley working with Alexander Timmer: “Hybrid Gallery: Exhibition of Visual Arts in the Age of COVID 19”
  • Jessica Dray working with James Wasley: “Visualizing Milwaukee’s Power Supply as Carbon Neutral + Visualizing Heat Flow in a Historic Commercial Building Being Renovated Towards Net-Zero Energy Use”
  • Liam Kolstad working with Sarah Aziz: “MOOCH Series”
  • Natalie Kuehl working with Sarah Aziz: “MOOCH Series”
  • Caleb Marris working with James Wasley: “Visualizing Milwaukee’s Power Supply as Carbon Neutral + Visualizing Heat Flow in a Historic Commercial Building Being Renovated Towards Net-Zero Energy Use”
  • Jessica Van Dyck working with Trudy Watt: “Phase III Design Research – Know Thyself”
  • Rachel Varghese working with Brian Schermer: “Measuring Discoverability In Buildings Through Visibility Graph Analysis”
  • Jacob Woelfel working with Mo Zell: “Hybrid Gallery: Exhibition of Visual Arts in the Age of COVID 19”

Lubar School of Business

  • Akshara Mahesh working with Ting Yao: “Venture Capitalists and Their Performance”
  • Gabrielle Schwartz working with John Huck: “Illiquidity of OTC Market Securities”

College of Engineering & Applied Science

  • Brock Behnke working with Hani Titi: “Evaluation of Wisconsin Pavement Materials for Freeze-Thaw Durability”
  • Brinn Blum working with Ryoichi Amano: “Industrial Energy Assessment Project”
  • Thomas Brzozowski working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Casting of Magnesium Foam for Bone Regrowth”
  • Daniel Caroll working with Veysi Malkoc: “Depression Detection by Classifying EEG Signals”
  • Morgan Connaughton working with Mahsa Dabagh: “Comorbidity of Hypertension and Cancer Progression”
  • Daniel Cramer working with Ryoichi Amano: “Solid Rocket Motor Research”
  • Gabriella Cutie Rodriguez working with Mohammad Rahman: “Development of Modular Soft Robotic Grippers”
  • Luke Davitz working with Priyatha Premnath: “Determine Mechanical Properties of Healing Callus via Atomic Force Microscopy”
  • Anthony De Leo working with Mohammad Rahman: “Upper Limb Kinematics Analysis in Performing ADL”
  • Brenda Egbe-Osibe working with Adel Nasiri: “Smart Water and Energy Systems”
  • Samia El-Meanawy working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Metal Graphene Deposits”
  • Nicholas Gilhaus working with Ryoichi Amano: “Solid Rocket Booster”
  • Erik Hansen working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Self Healing in Biological and Manmade Materials”
  • Chloe Hotze working with Priyatha Premnath: “Double Layered Polymer Microparticles to Improve Bone Healing”
  • Rosalba Huerta working with Konstantin Sobolev: “Fly Ash Based Cementitious Ink for 3D Concrete Printing”
  • Corey Huffman working with Mohammad Rahman: “Development of Novel Wrist Prosthetic”
  • Mohammed Khan working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Manufacturing Metal Matrix Composites”
  • Hameed Kutubi working with Yin Wang: “Fate and Transport of PFAS in Soil and Groundwater”
  • Joshua Lopez working with Veysi Malkoc: “Landscape Design in a Virtual Reality Environment for Mental Health Disorders”
  • Mohamed Maache working with Ryoichi Amano: “Industrial Energy Assessment Project”
  • Noor Mahmoud working with Priyatha Premnath: “Can UC2288 Improve Chondrogenic Capacity in Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cells?”
  • Kevin Monahan working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Self Healing Materials”
  • Evelyn Murphy Barrett working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Manufacturing Metal Matrix Composites”
  • Jonathan Nguyen working with Susan Mcroy: “Extracting Terminology and Data Types Associated with Sarcopenia from Clinical Trial Protocols”
  • Mark Nosonovsky working with Konstantin Sobolev: “The Use of Portland Cement in Asphalt Concrete”
  • Aleksa Ognjanovic working with Mahsa Dabagh: “Modeling of Cancer Cells with Subceullar Organelle”
  • Isaac Putzier working with Krishna Pillai: “Making and Testing an Inexpensive Filter Made from Polyurethane Foam Loaded with Iron-oxide Nanoparticles for Removing Arsenic from Water – Part 2”
  • Humza Siddiqi working with Priyatha Premnath: “Can UC2288 Increase Cartilage Content at Day 5 in a Healing Callus in Wildtype Mice?”
  • Davan Siegfried working with Benjamin Church: “Correlation of Oxide Layer and Coking Resistance of AFA Alloys”
  • Riley Smeaton working with Konstantin Sobolev: “The Use of Portland Cement in Asphalt Concrete”
  • Jorge Solorzano working with Robert Cuzner: “Multi-Objective Optimization of Electromagnetic Components”
  • Gabriel Stern working with Konstantin Sobolev: “Fly Ash Based Cementitious Ink for 3D Concrete Printing”
  • Nou Thao working with Priyatha Premnath: “Can UC2288 Improve Bone Formation in Wildtype Mice?”
  • Hannah Ullberg working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Magnesium Foams for Biomedical Applications”
  • Everett Vallier working with Pradeep Rohatgi: “Surface Modified Materials for Water Transmission”
  • Erich Wolf working with Krishna Pillai: “Design and Fabrication of 3D Printed Water-filter Cartridges for Arsenic Filtration – Part 2”
  • Matthew True working with Mahsa Dabagh: “Modeling of Cancer Cells and Red Blood Cell Interactions”

School of Education

  • Sarah Buchan working with Johanna Groene: “Learning Loss and Literacy: Providing Online Teacher Support for Students with Reading Delays”
  • Leti Cortes working with Leanne Evans: “Navigating Spaces in Higher Ed: Collaborating for the Inclusion of Underrepresented Voices in Teacher Education”
  • Haley Elmendorf working with Tania Habeck: “Asset Based Cultural Competence Ensuring Student Success (ACCESS) Culturally Responsive Resources Repository”
  • Kintressa Gosz working with Elizabeth Rollins: “Navigating Spaces in Higher Ed: Collaborating for the Inclusion of Underrepresented Voices in Teacher Education”

School of Freshwater Science

  • Jacob Braun working with Dong Fang Deng: “Impact of Different Sizes of Microplastic on Yellow Perch through Water Exposure”
  • Devin Gagnon working with Ryan Newton: “Artemia Associated Microbiota and Their Establishment in Fish Intestines”
  • Emma Kraco working with Dong Fang Deng: “Potential of a Low Salinity Recirculating Aquaculture System for the Production of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Larvae”
  • Garrett Scapellato working with Ryan Newton: “Determining the Characteristics of Sewer System Flavobacteria”

College of General Studies

  • Leah Ackley working with Michael Pauers: “Axes of Differentiation in Labeotropheus Hybrids”

College of Health Sciences

  • Cassidy Bertagnoli working with Sabine Heuer: “Life Participation with Aphasia: Focus Groups with Community-Dwelling Stroke Survivors”
  • Brooke Follansbee working with Roger Smith: “Preliminary Construct Validity of AccessTools Taxonomy for People with Disabilities within an AccessPlace Framework”
  • Chloe Glubka working with Stephen Cobb: “Lower Extremity Kinematics and Neuromuscular Muscle Function During Walking and Transition Step Negotiation in Middle Age Adults with Persistent Ankle Symptoms”
  • Sanya Kathuria working with Elizabeth Liedhegner: “670nm Light Treatment Modifies the Metabolic Footprint of Aging in C57/BL Mice”
  • Dayna LeClair working with Jennifer Earl Boehm: “Investigating the Accuracy of a Video Method of Analyzing the Quality of Movement During a Stepdown Task”
  • Barbara Mayo working with Troy Skwor: “Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Aeromonas Species within Wastewater”
  • Kelly McGavock working with Nathan Spaeth: “Assessing the Validity of AccessPlace Ratings Among People with Sensory, Cognitive, and Motor Impairments”
  • Halley Reeves working with Wendy Huddleston: “Discovering Saccade Planning Precision”
  • Megan Sullivan working with Roger Smith: “Preliminary Construct Validity of AccessTools Taxonomy for People with Disabilities within an AccessPlace Framework”
  • Megan Vosberg working with Nathan Spaeth: “Assessing the Validity of AccessPlace Ratings among People with Sensory, Cognitive, and Physical Impairments”

College of Letters & Science

  • Larson Birdsong working with Alan Schwabacher: “Synthesis of Intermediates for Antibiotic Development”
  • Vivien Blecking working with W. Hobart Davies: “Providing Support for Distressed Parents in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Self-Efficacy among Medical Providers”
  • Elena Castro and Kyra Connersk working with Maria Novotny: “Recruiting Diverse Experiences with Infertility”
  • Dylan Childs working with Charles Paradis: “The Milwaukee Column for Teaching and Research of Contaminant Transport in Groundwater”
  • Tyler Clazmer working with Erin Parcell: “Communication Experiences for People with Disabilities”
  • Ryan Conrad working with Han Joo Lee: “EEG Assessment for Cognitive Task Performance Among Individuals with OCD Symptoms”
  • Emily Dalske working with Mark Netzloff: “Shakespeare and the Politics of Premodernity”
  • Daniel Djgugg working with Hanyong Park: “The Amount of Information Revealing Foreign Accent in Short, Slightly Accented Utterances”
  • Toren Dorsey working with Kelsie Pattillo: “Linguistic Embodiment in Classifier Systems”
  • Stephen Drena working with Rachel Buff: “20th Century Liberation Theology in Central America”
  • Kathryne Fogle working with Lindsay McHenry: “Insights into Pleistocene Climate Change in East Africa Based on Olduvai Paleolake Mineralogy”
  • Kathryn Gabryelczyk working with Erin Parcell: “Voices of Gun Violence”
  • Grace Geiger working with Karyn Frick: “Examining the Extent to which a Novel, Non-toxic Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Alters Histone Acetylation Levels in Male Mice”
  • Logan Guo working with Paru Shah: “C3: Candidate Characteristics Cooperative”
  • Sophia Hamdan working with Liam Callanan: “Lester Maitland Biography”
  • Hannaleigh Jennings working with Nigel Rothfels: “Night at the Zoo: A History of Zoo Nocturnal Houses”
  • Erika Johansen working with Jorg Woehl: “DC Corral Trapping of Charged Micro- and Nanobeads”
  • Joan Kaiser working with Erica Young: “Novel Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities Involved in Prey Breakdown in Pitcher Plants”
  • Timothy Keating working with Mark Schwartz: “Phenological Observations in Downer Woods”
  • Hassan Khokhar working with Adam Greenberg: “Tracking Fluctuations of Attention using Tablet Computer-based Testing and Neuroimaging”
  • Cing Kiim working with Steven Forst: “Analysis of Antibiotic Mutant Strains of Xenorhabdus szentirmaii“
  • Theo Klein working with Christine Larson: “Working Memory Performance for Safe and Aversive-Conditioned Stimuli”
  • Morgan Klug working with W. Hobart Davies: “Community-Based Intervention to Improve Sleep Health in Early Childhood”
  • Corrine Kronschnabel working with Christopher Cantwell: “Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee”
  • Brittany Macpherson working with Alexander Arnold: “Evaluation of New Oral Agents to Treat Asthma”
  • Sakshi Malhotra working with Xiaohua Peng: “Inducible DNA Cross-Linking Agents as Selective Anticancer Drugs”
  • Karina Montoto working with Christine Larson: “Anxiety and Attentional Control to Conditioned Threat Stimuli”
  • Morgan Moore working with David Pacifico: “Casma Online Archaeological Mapping Project”
  • Chinh Nguyen working with Gabriella Pinter: “A Mathematical Model of the Disruption of the Glucose Homeostasis in Cancer Patients”
  • Lillian Pachner working with Amanda Seligman: “The Birth of Zero: Research Support for a Historical Twitter Reenactment”
  • Naomi Raicu working with Ionel Popa: “Development of a Program Interface for Force Clamp Rheometry”
  • Audrey Schlais working with Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla: “Testing for Problem Solving Abilities in Orb-web Spiders”
  • Holden Skeels working with Paru Shah: “Candidate Characteristics in the States”
  • Logan Teehan working with Joseph Aldstadt: “A Novel Sequential Injection Analysis Method for Amphetamines in Forensic Samples”
  • Ryan Thiede working with Karyn Frick: “Behavioral and Molecular Effects of Long-term Administration of a Novel Estrogen Receptor Beta Agonist in Ovariectomized Mice”
  • Nhi Tran working with Joseph Aldstadt: “Analysis of Forensic Samples by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy”
  • Tori Tran working with Anne Pycha: “Phonological and Morphological Roles Modulate the Perception of Speech Sounds”
  • Henry Wehrs working with Amanda Seligman: “The Birth of Zero: Research Support for a Historical Twitter Reenactment”
  • Miriam Whitenight working with Jian Chen: “Colorimetric Soil Moisture Sensors”
  • Luis Carlos Ylizaliturri Fernandez working with Rachel Buff: “Pushing out the Border: The Implementation of U.S. Immigration Policy in Mexico and Central American”

College of Nursing

  • Savannah Ely working with Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu: “Addressing Gender Inequality in the Lives of Women Globally”
  • Hannah Frohlich working with Heidi Luft: “Measurement of Teen Dating Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”
  • Emma Luhring working with Heidi Luft: “Measurement of Teen Dating Violence in Low- and Middle-income Countries”
  • Nicole Martin working with Jeana Holt: “Social Media Approach to Understanding Community Strengths and Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic”
  • Brittany Ochoa-Nordstrum working with Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu: “Tracking our Truth: Providing Access to Advocacy Driven Medical Forensic Care”
  • Shadika Panta working with Kaboni Gondwe: “Biopsychosocial Pathways in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Black Women”

Peck School of the Arts

  • Andrew Beale working with Rebecca Holderness: “2Ft.D Market Research Project”
  • Katherine Behlke working with Christopher Willey: “IML – Immersive Engineering Methodologies
  • Jonathan Chudnow and Kay Speidel working with Andy Miller: “Applied Pedagogy of Afro-Brazilian Candomblé Drumming”
  • Natalie Derr working with Maria Gillespie: “Parts of the Whole: The Body is Home”
  • Mich Dillon working with Nathaniel Stern: “Art of the Eschaton / Leverage”
  • Anna Emerson working with Christopher Willey: “IML – Ethical Use of Emerging Technologies”
  • Kailee Evans working with Rebecca Holderness: “2Ft.D Design and Data Development”
  • Ashley Garcia working with Mair Culbreth: “Moving Bo(a)rders: Researching a Social Kinesthetic of Skateboarding Communities”
  • Ashley Garcia working with Simone Linhares Ferro: “Milwaukee Through Embodied Research”
  • Bradley Gessler working with Christopher Willey: “Immersive Media Lab”
  • Zoe Glise working with Mair Culbreth: “Moving Bo(a)rders: Researching a Social Kinesthetic of Skateboarding Communities”
  • Emma Horvath working with Christopher Willey: “IML – Applied Information Science within Concatenate Growth Systems”
  • Heavenly Johnson working with Christopher Willey: “IML – UX for Retail”
  • Paula Lovo working with Portia Cobb: “Voices of Gun Violence (formerly Gun Violence Project)”
  • Jessica Lueck working with Simone Linhares Ferro: “Milwaukee Through Embodied Research”
  • Rachel Malehorn working with Mair Culbreth: “Queer Lives: Coalitional and Collaborative Cultural Production”
  • Madison Pecha working with Sean Kafer: “The History of Racial Segregation in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin”
  • Robert Polivka working with Christopher Willey: “Immersive Media Lab”
  • Bryan Stoffel working with Christopher Willey: “IML – UI/UX for Immersive Media”
  • Nkaujoua Xiong working with Sean Kafer: “The Racial Roots of Human Trafficking Documentary”

Zilber School of Public Health

  • Matida Bojang working with Emmanuel Ngui: “Relationship Between Racial/Ethnic Neighborhood and Hospital Segregation in Wisconsin Metropolitan Areas and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Neonatal Infant Mortality”
  • Sophie Fournier working with Shengtong Han: “Method Comparisons for Rare Variant Association Test”
  • Alia Glinski working with Todd Miller: “Analysis of Water Samples for Algal Toxins”
  • Cheyenne Tatzlaff working with Todd Miller: “Analysis of Algal Toxins in Water Samples from Midwestern Lakes”

Global Water Center

  • Kevin Hicks working with Marcia Silva: “Developing and Testing a Sensor for Detection of Phosphate in Water”
  • Brian Liebau working with Marcia Silva: “Sensor for Detection of Virus Using Holographic Imaging and Deep Neural Networks (DNN)”
  • Manav Sunilkumar Menon working with Marcia Silva: “Developing a Programmable Microfluidics Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) Platform”
  • Gianna Noffsinger working with Marcia Silva: “Immobilization of Enzymes on Graphene-based Products for Efficient Water Treatment”