Winners of the Office of Undergraduate Research's awards exemplify research excellence
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) recently announced the Summer 2024 award recipients and their faculty mentors. The awards are given to student researchers alongside a faculty supervisor to fund their proposals for research projects.
OUR and the Honors College, led by Dr. Amy Shapiro, partnered funding Honors students’ projects. Ten of this year’s summer award recipients are part of UMassD’s Honors College.
The OUR works with students who aim to solve problems, make discoveries, and interact with research faculty outside the classroom.
Summer recipients are:
Omauri Byron-Edwards – Art and Design
- Supervisor: Suzanne Schireson
- Title: Through Another Lens
Ellie Cook – English and Communication
- Supervisor: Caroline Gelmi
- Title: Evolving Feminism in The Hunger Games Series
Amélie Duval – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Supervisor: Sivappa Rasapalli
- Title: Microwave Mediated Synthesis of Quinazolinone Natural products of Peganum harmala for Medicinal Chemistry Applications
Elijah Facchiano – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Supervisor: Sivappa Rasapalli
- Title: A Two-pronged Medchem Approach via Synthesis of Plumbagine Analogues for Anti-hyperglycemic and Anti-bacterial Applications
Fiona M. Marques – Psychology
- Supervisor: Judith Sims Knight
- Title: How do Psychologists and Therapists Develop Treatment Plans?
Anamika Menon – Mechanical Engineering
- Supervisor: Caiwei Shen
- Title: Exploring the Activation of Carbon Fibers Fabrics for Application as Electrodes in Structural Supercapacitors
Abid Neron – Bioengineering
- Supervisor: Tracie Ferreira
- Title: Smart Microparticles for Targeted On-Demand Drug Delivery
Mia Oliveira – Biology
- Supervisor: Micheline S. Labrie
- Title: Quantifying Efficacy of a Floating Treatment Wetland in Long Pond, Centerville, MA
Emma Pimentel – English and Communication
- Supervisor: Megan Fletcher
- Title: Comply or Die: The Relationship Between Survival and Control in Our Institutions
Mehul Puri – Bioengineering
- Supervisor: Milana Vasudev
- Title: Suicide Vectors for the Deletion of Gliding Gene, gldB in Cellulophaga Lytica
Ruby J.C. Sanger – Biology
- Supervisor: Michael Sheriff
- Title: Human-induced Fear in Free-living White-tailed Deer
Nicholas Sardinha – Mechanical Engineering
- Supervisor: Vijaya Chalivendra
- Title: Mixed Mode Fracture Characterization of Hydrogel-3D Printer Polymer Adhesively Bonded Systems
Hallie Thatcher – Nursing
- Supervisor: Mirinda Tyo
- Title: Symptoms of Burnout in Nurses Working During the Covid-19 Pandemic Compared to New Graduate Nurses Entering the Workforce after the Covid-19 Pandemic
Kayli Vieira – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Supervisor: Wei-Shun Chang
- Title: Developing an Ultrasensitive Biosensor to Probe Proteins with Metallic Nanoparticles