In April, the Office of Undergraduate Research announced an additional 115 SURF Awards for the Summer Semester. Congratulations to the following student/faculty collaborators!

College of Engineering & Applied Science

Electrical Engineering

  • Professor Robert Cuzner working with Nicholas Hoeft: “Short Circuit Fault Protection of DC Microgrid for Use in DC Home Distribution”
  • Professor Robert Cuzner working with Daniel Smith: “Development of Hardware-In-The-Loop System for Shipboard Electrification and Micro-Grids”
  • Professor Chiu Law working with Nicholas Stellpflug: “Optimization of Stress Sensing with Magnetostrictive Composites”
  • Professor Lingfeng Wang working with Yuling Hu: “Probabilistic Reliability Modeling and Evaluation of Power Systems in a Smart Grid Environment”

Materials Science & Engineering

  • Professor Nidal Abu-Zahra working with Karl Flanagan-Morris: “Stability Analysis of Organic Solar Cells”
  • Professor Junjie Niu working with Stanislav Klimchuk: ”A Novel Hydrogel Mesh and Metal Oxide as an Adsorbent for Heavy Metal Removal”
  • Professor Pradeep Rohatgi working with Kyle Brown: ”Surface Alloying and Compositing During Manufacturing of Components for Improving the Corrosion Resistance of Water Industry Components”
  • Professor Pradeep Rohatgi working with Sebastian Olaciregui: ”Study the Effect of Microstructure on Wetting Angle and Corrosion of Aluminum-Silicon Alloys”
  • Professor Pradeep Rohatgi working with Isaac Repinski: ”Advanced Materials for Biomedical Applications”
  • Professor Pradeep Rohatgi working with Milan Stojanovic: ”Design, Synthesize, and Characterization of Metal Matrix Micro and Nanocomposites”

Mechanical Engineering

    • Professor Ryo Amano working with Nicholas DiPasquale: ”Experimental Investigation of Micro Hydro Turbine”
    • Professor Ryo Amano working with Thomas Larson: ”Solid Rocket Booster Chamber Design and Scaled Model Testing”
    • Professor Ryo Amano working with Zachary Taylor: ”Design of Wind Turbine Blades and Testing”
    • Professor Mohammad Rahman working with Andrew Lascelle: ”Development of a Dual Arm intelligent Therapeutic Robot”
    • Professor Mohammad Rahman working with Anna Miller: “Analysis Human EEG and EMG Activites During Upper Extremity Movement for Healthy Individuals”
    • Professor Mohammad Rahman working with Zachary Miller: “Biomechanical Properties of Mitral Valve Leaflets and Chordae Tendineae and Exploration of MVr”
    • Professor Mohammad Rahman working with Nicholas Scannell: “Development a Robot System to Simulate the Disabilities of Human Upper Extremity”
    • Professor Mohammad Rahman working with Fidel Sierra-Flores: “Development a Haptic Force Feedback Device for Teleoperation of an Assistive Robot”
    • Professor Mohammad Rahman working with Christopher Spiewak: ”Design of EMG Based Control for a Robotic Assistive Device for Hand Rehabilitation”
    • Professor Yongjin Sung working with Anthony Schaeve: “Development of a High-Speed Holographic Optical Microscope for Studying Cell Flow in a Microfluidic Channel”

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College of Health Sciences

Kinesiology

  • Professor Jennifer Earl-Boehm working with Kimberly Lopez: ”Developing a 2-D Video Based Single-Leg Landing Screening Tool”

Occupational Science & Technology

    • Professor Bhagwant Sindhu working with Madeline Tetzke: ”Impact of Psychological Factors on Clinician-Versus Patient Perceptions of Function Among Individuals with Lumbar Spine Impairment Receiving Outpatient Rehabilitation”

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College of Letters & Science

Africology

  • Professor Gladys Mitchell-Walthour working with Elijah Nicks: ”African American Women SNAP Recipients and the Politics of Survival”

Anthropology

  • Professor Benjamin Campbell working with Michael DeLaet: ”The Color of Soma”

Biological Sciences

  • Professor John Berges working with Ester Portnoy: “Assessing Composts for Urban Gardening: Effects on Plant Composition”
  • Professor Jennifer Gutzman working with Jennifer Wendlick: “The Role of Wntb5b in Mediating Rho Kinase During Zebrafish Brain Morphogenesis”
  • Professor Gerlinde Hoebel working with Lindsay Hayward: “Difficult Decisions: How Do Female Treefrogs Approach Increasingly Similar Mating Calls?”
  • Professor Gerlinde Hoebel working with Bernard Muransky: “Who’s Listening? Relationship Between Nearest-Neighbor Distance and Call Duration in Male Gray Treefrogs”
  • Professor Gyaneshwar Prasad working with Zachary Hying: ”Effect of Nitrogen Fixing and Plant Endophytic Azoarcus on Colonization and Growth Promotion of Rice and Sorghum”
  • Professor Christopher Quinn working with Vladislav Friedman: ”Investigation of the Mechanisms That Regulate Axon Branch Formation and Stabilization”
  • Professor Rafael Rodriguez working with Caley Conley: “Rules Governing Mate Choice Decisions in Enchenopa Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae)”
  • Professor Rafael Rodriguez working with Sara Seidita: “Testing for Combinatorial Signal Processing in an Insect”
  • Professor Rafael Rodriguez working with Cory Thompson: “Prey Type Impact on the Web Building Behavior of Latrodectus”
  • Professor Rafael Rodriguez working with David Vogel: “Cognition and Mating Success in Salticus Jumping Spiders”
  • Professor Douglas Steeber working with Samer Alanani: “Off-Target Effects of FDA-Approved Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors on Normal Mature Leukocyte Populations”
  • Professor Rudi Strickler working with Simon Gilbert: “Laser Holography Imaging and Reconstruction with Oceanic Zooplankton”
  • Professor Ava Udvadia working with Majdulin Istiban: “Characterizing the Effect of Cabin1 Knockout in Developing Zebrafish: Assessing the Formation of the Craniofacial Skeleton”
  • Professor Ava Udvadia working with Wasef Mahmoud: “Characterizing the Effect of Cabin1 Knockout in Developing Zebrafish: A Survival Study”
  • Professor Ava Udvadia working with Hilda Martinez-Ramirez: “Assessing the Effect of Cabin1 Knockout on the Formation of the Craniofacial Skeleton in Developing Zebrafish”
  • Professor Ava Udvadia working with Heather Waters: “Assessing the Effect of Cabin1 Knockout on Survival in the Developing Zebrafish”
  • Professor Charles Wimpee working with Emily Watton: ”Diversity of Seagrass Vibrios in Boca Ciega Bay, Florida”
  • Professor Erica Young working with Leo Bohlmann: ”Assessing Composts for Urban Gardening: Effects on Plant Physiology”

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Chemistry & Biochemistry

  • Professor Alexander Arnold working with Alessandra Ebben: ”Synthesis of Calcitroic Acid and Its Metabolic Products”
  • Professor Alexander Arnold working with Jonathon Gould: ”Synthesis of New Pepsin Inhibitors”
  • Professor Alexander Arnold working with Alec Huber: “Investigation of CNS Effects of Novel Imidazobenzodiazepines”
  • Professor Mark Dietz working with Victoria Mandella: ”Structure-Property Relationships in Hydrophobic Deep-Melting Eutectics”
  • Professor Andrew Pacheco working with Kaleb Keefe: ”Factors Affecting the Cytochrome C Nitrite Reductase Catalyzed Reduction of Nitrite to Nitric Oxide”
  • Professor Andrew Pacheco working with Frank Pellegrini: ” Designing an Coli Expression System for the Protein Cytochrome c554”
  • Professor Alan Schwabacher working with Kwin Larson: ”Synthesis of Metal Detecting Dyes”
  • Professor Alan Schwabacher working with Tye Seideman: ”Synthesis of a ß- Sheet Mimic: A Potential New Class of Antibiotics”
  • Professor Nicholas Silvaggi working with William May: ”Rational Engineering of Coli Glyoxylate Reductase for Enzymology”
  • Professor Nicholas Silvaggi working with Brandon Patterson: ”Rational Engineering of Coli Glyoxylate Reductase for Enzymology”
  • Professor Nicholas Silvaggi working with Anamarie Tomaich: ”Rational Engineering of Coli Glyoxylate Reductase for Enzymology”
  • Professor Jorg Woehl working with Eric Edwards: “Hole-Burning Spectroscopy of Heme Proteins”

Conservation and Environmental Science

  • Professor Mai Phillips working with Kaleigh Hilger: ”Drylands Natural Resource Center Research – Measuring Soil Productivity in Kenya”

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English

  • Professor Tami Williams working with Nora Plant: “Domitor – Media Ecology Project – Library of Congress Paper Print Pilot and Domitor Members’ Website and Early Film Journals and Archive Database”

Geosciences

  • Professor Julie Bowles working with Joshua Marquardt: ”Using Magnetism to Unravel Processes Linked to Ocean Crust Formation”
  • Professor Stephen Dornbos working with Nathan Hodges: ”Curation and Digitization of the Greene Geological Museum Fossil Collection”
  • Professor Erik Gulbranson working with Madison Houchin: ”Do Trees Communicate Along Fungal Networks in Soil? Implications for Nutrient Acquisition of Forests”
  • Professor John Isbell working with Natalie McNall: ”Characterization of Magnetic & Micromorphologic Signatures in Seismically Disturbed Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks”

History

  • Professor Rachel Buff with Margarita Garcia-Rojas: “Documenting Deportation”
  • Professor Nan Kim with Hanseul Lee: “South Korean Memory Politics, Global Public History, and UNESCO”

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Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies

  • Professor Elana Levine working with Audrey Waln: “Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History”

Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Areas Studies

  • Professor Julie Kline working with Aimee Omdorf: “El Futuro Maya: Applied Research & Public Engagement on Guatemala”

Physics

  • Professor Ionel Popa working with Olivia Gloria: ”Single Molecule Nano-Mechanics”

Political Science

  • Professor Paru Shah working with Ashley Hickey: ”The Candidate Characteristics Cooperative (C3) Project”
  • Professor Paru Shah working with Mai Chong Lee: ”The Candidate Characteristics Cooperative (C3) Project”
  • Professor Natasha Sugiyama working with Samuel Orlowski: “Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being”
  • Professor Natasha Sugiyama working with Luis Mauro Valadao: “Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being”

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Psychology

  • Professor Karyn Frick working with Jacqueline Haertel: ”Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling as a Mediator of Estradiol-Induced Memory Enhancement”
  • Professor Adam Greenberg working with Souriyo Dishak: ”Red or Blue: How Is Color Preference Affected by a National Election?”
  • Professor Adam Greenberg working with Hannah Sallmann: ”Leveraging Cognitive Science to Identify Behavioral Markers of Chemobrain”
  • Professor Adam Greenberg working with Samantha Stelpflug: ”The Effects of Object Exposure Duration on Attentional Selection”
  • Professor Fred Helmstetter working with Emily Paukner: ”Distinguishing High and Low States of Fear Generalization in the Brain During Memory Retrieval”
  • Professor Bonita Klein-Tasman working with Emily Ruder: “School-Aged Outcome Neurofibromatosis Type-1 Study”
  • Professor Christine Larson working with Manar Awadallah: “Neurobiological Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”
  • Professor Christine Larson working with Ciara Ayala: “Neurobiological Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”
  • Professor Hanjoo Lee working with Lauren Hahn: “Computerized Interpretation Training for Thought-Action Fusion”
  • Professor Krista Lisdahl working with MaryBeth Groth: ”Verbal Memory Function in Adolescent and Adult Binge Drinkers”
  • Professor Krista Lisdahl working with Kristen Leer: ”Rates of Perceived Stress in Substance Using Adolescents and Young Adults”
  • Professor Krista Lisdahl working with Sarah Lehman: ”Effects of Marijuana on Verbal Memory Performance”
  • Professor James Moyer working with Wesley Cruz: ”Activity-Dependent Protein Degradation and Age-Related Memory Impairment”
  • Professor James Moyer working with Mariah Linske: ”Mechanisms of Learning in the Aging Brain”
  • Professor Rodney Swain working with Eva Armour: ”The Effects of Exercise on Hippocampal Apoptotic Cell Death”
  • Professor Rodney Swain working with Nicole Lensmire: ”The Effects of Exercise Pattern and Intensity on Flk-1 and Flt-1 in the Hippocampus and Cerebellum”
  • Professor Jeffrey Tiger working with Meagan Sumter: ”Teaching Delay Tolerance to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and Severe Problem Behavior”

Sociology

    • Professor Celeste Campos-Castillo working with Marie Yaroch: ”Social Media and Health”

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College of Nursing

    • Professor Peninnah Kako working with Augustine Rouamba: ”Learning Cultural Safety and Humility Through an Inter-Professional Study Abroad Student Experience in Kenya”

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Helen Bader School of Social Welfare

Criminal Justice

    • Professor Tina Freiburger working with Dryden Shillingburg: ”Evaluation of Eviction Defense Project”

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Peck School of the Arts

Art & Design

  • Professor John Ty Bender working with Danielle O’Hagan-Kennedy: ”Ceramic Irrigation Systems Research”
  • Professor Jessica Meuninck-Ganger working with Madison Tebo: ”Print and Paper: Community Engagement in Making”
  • Professor Jessica Meuninck-Ganger working with Madeline Vogt: ”Print and Paper: Community Engagement in Making”
  • Professor Joseph Mougel working with Kenzie Hack: ”Mobile Camera Obscura and Wet Plate Tent”
  • Professor Joseph Mougel working with Lainey Koch: ”Mobile Camera Obscura and Wet Plate Tent”
  • Professor Chris Willey working with Margaret Franzen: ”Immersive Media Lab Research”
  • Professor Chris Willey working with Christian Holland: ”Immersive Media Lab Research”
  • Professor Chris Willey working with Sarah Wright: ”Immersive Media Lab Research”

Music

    • Professor Tanya Kruse Ruck working with Katelyn Gruell: ”The Inclusion of CCM Styles in the Nation’s Young Artist Programs”

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School of Architecture & Urban Planning

    • Professor Mark Keane working with Ryan Rufer: “K-12 Design Education”
    • Professor Arijit Sen working with Bella Biwer: ”Picturing Milwaukee: Sherman Park. Summer Engaged Humanities Field Research”
    • Professor Arijit Sen working with Teonna Cooksey: ”The Substance of Home: Architecture, Eviction and Foreclosure”

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School of Education

Educational Policy & Community Studies

  • Professor Gary Williams working with Carl Greer: ”Teacher Efficacy Effects On Students”

Educational Psychology

    • Professor Christopher Lawson working with Jennifer Rodewald: ”Emergent Literacy in Informal Learning Spaces: How a Museum Visit Impacts the Acquisition of Literacy Skills in 2- to 4-Year-Olds”

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School of Freshwater Sciences

    • Professor Russell Cuhel working with Liam Brodie: ”Nitrogen Cycle Components of Water Columns and Mussel Beds in Lake Michigan”
    • Professor Russell Cuhel working with Matthew Ryther: ”Total Carbon Dioxide Measurements in Lake Michigan Waters”
    • Professor John Janssen working with Nathaniel Tennies: ”Spatial Inventory of Fish Habitat and Forage in the Milwaukee Estuary”
    • Professors Marcia Silva and David Garman working with Lada Avrunina: ”Evaluation of Novel Porous Materials for the Removal of Chemical and Biological Model Compounds from Water”
    • Professors Marcia Silva and David Garman working with Joseph Corrao: ”Evaluation of Methods for Tailoring the Silica Cage of Natural Porous Materials”
    • Professors Marcia Silva and David Garman working with Alice Lecus: ”Novel Macroporous Materials for the Removal of PCBs and PCPPs from Water”
    • Professors Marcia Silva and David Garman working with Sage LeGault: ”Development of a Novel Filtration Material for Removal of PhoZilber School of Public Healthorus”
    • Professors Rudi Strickler, Marcia Silva, and T Hansen working with Landon Brigman: ”Digital In-Line Holographic Microscopy and Coli Detection”
    • Professors Rudi Strickler, Marcia Silva, and T Hansen working with Adam Honts: ”Digital In-Line Holographic Microscopy and Coli Detection”

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School of Information Studies

Information Science & Technology

    • Professor Jacques DuPlessis working with Evan Becker: “Eargear-THML5 Tools for the Blind”

Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health

Biostatistics

  • Professor Peter Tonellato working with Laura Danner: ”Genomics and Epigenomics of Nutrition”
  • Professor Peter Tonellato working with Amanda Miller: ”Nutrigenomic Database Design and Management”