2022 2022: Office of Undergraduate Research awards grants to undergraduate student researchers
Office of Undergraduate Research awards grants to undergraduate student researchers

Student researchers from across campus to conduct unique research during the fall

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The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) recently announced the Fall 2022 grant award recipients. The awards are given to student researchers to fund their proposals for research projects alongside a faculty supervisor. The Office of Undergraduate Research works with students who aim to solve problems, make new discoveries, and interact with research faculty outside of the classroom.

 

Fall 2022 recipients are:

Jillian Andruk – Chemistry & Biochemistry

Supervisor: Professor Sivappa Rasapalli

Title: Synthesis of Polyheterocyclic Library via a Novel Homo-aza-Nazarov Cyclization for Anti-bacterial Screening

 

Eden McKenna-Bateman and Evan Grant – Graphic Design

Supervisor: Professor Michelle Bowers

Title: Access@UMassD

 

Marc-Anthony Cardoso – Mechanical Engineering

Supervisor: Professor Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh

Title: Fluid-Structure Interaction of a Flexible Thin Sheet

 

Olivia Collins – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Tracie Ferreira

Title: The Impact of Fibrin Hydrogels on Macrophage Differentiation

 

Samm Crosier – Art History

Supervisor: Professor Pamela Karimi

Title: Palermo Revisited: The Politics and Poetics of Islamic Architectural Heritage in Contemporary Italy

 

Cait Haley – Art History

Supervisor: Professor Pamela Karimi

Title: Exhibiting LGBTQ Art: From the Corcoran Gallery to the New York Historical Society

 

Nathanial Keighley – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Laura Hanzly

Title: Use of a Cell Free Expression System for the Assembly of Custom Amyloid Fibers

 

Abid Neron – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Tracie Ferreira

Title: Cell Viability of Novel Wound Healing Hydrogels

 

Christian Ray – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Lamya Karim

Title: Determining the Effects of Vitamin B6 on Type-2 Diabetic Bone

 

Janice Rullan – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Milana Vasudev

Title: Synthetic Biology and Soldier Materials Science

 

Ken-Lee Sterling – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Milana Vasudev

Title: Microfluidic Device Design to Enclose Raman sensor

 

Shayne Velho – Chemistry & Biochemistry

Supervisor: Professor Sivappa Rasapalli

Title: Synthesis of Benzimidazolyl-chalcone Derivatives

 

Arune Vickneswaran – Bioengineering

Supervisor: Professor Lamya Karim

Title:  Impact of Vitamin C regarding Biomechanical Properties and Anti-Glycation Capabilities of Human Cortical Bone

 

Jacina Yu – Computer & Information Science

Supervisor: Professor Yuchou Chang

Title: Recovery of Fine Details for Imaging Knee Pathologies