{"id":8783,"date":"2025-07-02T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/undergraduate-research\/?page_id=8783"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:31:04","slug":"summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/undergraduate-research\/programs\/support-for-undergraduate-research-fellows\/recipients\/summer-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In June 2025 the Office of Undergraduate Research announced 180 SURF Awards for the summer semester. Congratulations to all those who received awards!\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-architecture-amp-urban-planning-school-of\">Architecture &amp; Urban Planning (School of)\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Katy Harris working with Mark Keane, \u201cwww.NEXT.cc\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jennie Crandall working with Lindsey Krug, \u201cSupreme Privacy, No. 30: An Investigation into the Spatial and Architectural Legacies of a Constitutional Right to Privacy as Outlined in the State Constitution of Wisconsin\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brecken Boelter working with Iris Ma, \u201cArtistic and Architectural Applications of Composite Ceramic Material\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aurora Troncoso working with Iris Ma, \u201cThe Poetices of Everyday Life: Artistic and Architectural Applications of Composite Ceramic Material\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cody Kremer working with Krisann Rehbein, \u201cCommunity Design Solutions: Placemaking Research + Design\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan Greene working with Adam Thibodeaux, \u201cReclaiming Queer Space: 1100 E Kane\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sigurds Kakulis working with Adam Thibodeaux, \u201cReclaiming Queer Spaces: 266 E Erie\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lauren Stroh working with Chelsea Wait, \u201cIncreasing Accessibility in Library Environments: Visualizing Data, Developing Architectural Drawings, and Planning Outreach for Sensory Mapping at 51ÁÔÆæ Libraries\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lauren Bauman working with James Wasley, \u201cBuilding the Green Building Data-Base: Deepening Net-Zero Building Cases in Germany and North America Initiated in 2024\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arts-peck-school-of-the\">Arts (Peck School of the)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nora Imhoff working with Adam Hawk, \u201cDigital Technologies in Traditional Craft: Blacksmithing and Modular Design\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sophie Rickert  and working with Yevgeniya Kaganovich, \u201cSlow Growing and the Time of Trees\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Esther Anderle working with Kathryn Martin Meurer, \u201cMaking Nests; The Important of Home, Protection, Prosperity and Love\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ollie Battista and Jaaron Langford working with Jessica Meuninck Ganger, \u201cConfluence: The Intersection of Tradition, Art, and Science\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spirit Hess and Anne Jones working with Joseph Mougel, \u201cBotanical Portraits: The People and Flora of Adams Park &#8211; Hess\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greta Craemer-Meihsner, Ava Schultz and Gita Shitz working with Nathaniel Stern, \u201cGeneration to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cody Witt working with Nathaniel Stern, \u201cCircuitous Poems\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Johnson working with Michael Ware, \u201c3D Printing in Colored Porcelain\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joy Prochaska working with Michael Ware, \u201cSustainable Ceramics &#8211; Wild Clay and the Rocket Kiln\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dah Ra working with Sean Kafer, \u201cHeavy is the Crown: Unity, Progress, and Activism in Milwaukee&#8217;s Urban Neighborhoods\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Solis working with Sean Kafer, \u201cWisconsin IRA Impacts\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antone Washington working with Sean Kafer, \u201cMother-Young Child Care Program\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brody Bane working with Lilly Warren, \u201cUncoiled\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ambrose Schulte working with Alvaro Rios, \u201cNew Play Development Project\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-biomedical-sciences-amp-health-care-administration-school-of\">Biomedical Sciences &amp; Health Care Administration (School of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emlyn Swardenski working with Elizabeth Liedhegner, \u201cDiabetic Retinopathy in a Dish: Muller Cells, High Glucose, and 670nm light\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erica Warner working with Elizabeth Liedhegner, \u201cExamination of SCP-2 Localization and Lipid Trafficking in HEK Cells\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yara Haddad and Kallie Volk working with Troy Skwor, \u201cIdentifying Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Environment\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-business-sheldon-b-lubar-school-of\"><strong>Business (Sheldon B. Lubar School of)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dylan Raikes working with Laura Swenson, \u201cEvaluating the Influence of Incentive Structures in Master Limited Partnerships on Non-GAAP Reporting and Instances of Adverse Outcomes: The Relationship Between Distributable Cash Flow and Maintenance Capital Reserves.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-engineering-amp-applied-science-college-of\"><strong>Engineering &amp; Applied Science (College of)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Setayesh Abiazi Shalmani working with Mahsa Dabagh, \u201cPatient-Specific Image-Based in Silico Model of Cerebrovascular Aneurysms\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannah Vincent working with Mahsa Dabagh, \u201cBlood Flow Simulation for Predicting Aneurysm Growth\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hilda Abdellatif working with Ashwin Kumar Narasimhan, \u201cFabrication of Microfluidic Device for Droplet Imaging\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenzie Friedrich working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cModeling Cell Signaling Pathways\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virgil Jensen working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cIntroduction to Bone Lab\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samantha Kono working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cOsteosarcoma: Diagnosis and Healing\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mikayla McWilliams working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cImmunofluorescence for Bone Samples\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spencer Frey working with Jacob Rammer, \u201cUpper Extremity Biomechanical Assessment in Sport and Disability\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kristofer Acimovic working with Rani El Hajjar, \u201cDesign and Optimization of Piezoelectric Polymer Metamaterial Arrays for Ambient Vibrational Energy Harvesting\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baker Malik working with Rani El Hajjar, \u201cSolid 3D Printed Swept Inserts for Composite Material Joints\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ivan Alvarez working with Daniel Schlitz, \u201cShapeshifting Metamaterial\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owen Schneider working with Daniel Schlitz, \u201cBio-Mechanical Healing\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alec Light White working with Konstantin Sobolev, \u201cNew Generation of Concrete to Support CAN IUCRC Mission\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elijah Cephus working with Habib Tabatabai, \u201cThe Objective Is to Experimentally Evaluate the Application of Survival Analysis Techniques to Engineering Fatigue\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chase Mcclellan working with Jerald Thomas Jr, \u201cUsing Virtual Reality to Evaluate Dynamic Sight Lines for High Cab Vehicles\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jivan Singh and Noah Weishanworking with Jerald Thomas Jr, \u201cExamining Self-Selection of Translation Gain in Virtual Reality\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adam Kovacs working with Chiu Law, \u201cStress Sensing Based on a Flexible Piezoelectric Material with Engineered Electrode Geometries\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yong Ruei Liao working with Shuaiqi Shen, \u201cDevelopment, Optimization and Evaluation of MATLAB-Based Machine Learning Algorithms on NVIDIA Jetson Nano for Edge AI Applications\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chung Kun Wu working with Shuaiqi Shen, \u201cPersonalized Federated Learning Case Study and Preliminary Experiments\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yu Sheng Yeh working with Shuaiqi Shen, \u201cAccurate Energy Consumption Profiling of Deep Neural Networks on Embedded AI Systems\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Truitt working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cGeometries of Rock Fabrics and Small-Scale Fold Structures Related to the Southern Iberian Shear Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hepsiba Reddy Madireddy working with Satya Aditya Akundi, \u201cAI-Assisted Requirements Quality Analyzer\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karamveer Singh working with Satya Aditya Akundi, \u201cIndustry 4.0 Enablers and Barriers Survey\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peyton O&#8217;Kelly working with Benjamin Church, \u201cThermal Expansion of Aluminum-Cerium Alloys Reinforced With Graphite\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mariah Senfleben working with Benjamin Church, \u201cHigh-Temperature Oxidation of Ni-Based Alloys for Aerospace Applications\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Etienne Dolezal working with William Musinski, \u201cProcessing-Structure-Property Relations in Cast Al-Ce-X Alloys\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alec Buhler working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cInfluence of Casting Techniques on the Solidification Behavior, Properties, and Applications of Aluminum-Cerium Alloys\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aditya Kennedy, Angeline Lee and Flavio Toma working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cSynthesis and Characterization of Al-Ce Alloys and Composites\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dawson Walter working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cIn-Situ Precipitation of Graphene in Melts to Synthesize High Performance Metal Matrix Nanocomposites\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justin Wolfe working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cMg Based Biomedical Foams for Bone Regrowth\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rogelio Noriega Joseph working with Ryo Amano, \u201cProject on Energy System\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shivam Patel working with William Musinski, \u201cCharacterization of Corrosion Degradation in Brass Alloys\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elijah Cephus working with Krishna Pillai, \u201cDeveloping a Next-Generation Prototype to Dispense Volatiles (Incense\/Insect Repellant) into the Air\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mitchell Fox working with Mohammad Rahman, \u201cDevelopment and Experimental Preparation of a Mecanum-Wheeled Mobile Robot Platform for Advanced Control and Perception Research\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Loeza working with Mohammad Rahman, \u201cDesign and Modification of a Therapeutic Robotic Prototype\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hayley Singer working with Alyssa Schnorenberg, \u201cAdvanced Biomechanical Analyses for Assessment of Wrist Instability\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jake Siong working with Alyssa Schnorenberg, \u201cInvestigation of Musculoskeletal Joint Health\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas Nelson working with Philip Chang, \u201cMoving-mesh Simulations of Catacylsmic Variables: Extensions\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamila Gutierrez working with Esther Chan, \u201cAtheist and Religious Social Media Influencers\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-freshwater-sciences-school-of\"><strong>Freshwater Sciences (School of)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kayla Peirick working with Carmen Aguilar-Diaz, \u201cCharacterization of the River of Diatoms from the Harbor to Nearshore Lake Michigan\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexander French working with Harvey Bootsma, \u201cPhosphorus Recycling by Invasive Quagga Mussels in Response to Variable Food Supply\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephen Scannell, Vanessa Vargas and Jehiel Smith working with Michael Carvan, \u201c3D Printed Plastics: Laboratory Fish Behavioral Assessment from Developmental and Lifetime Exposures\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> working with Michael Carvan, \u201c3D Printed Plastics: Laboratory Fish Behavioral Assessment from Developmental and Lifetime Exposures\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ella Klackner working with Sandra Mclellan, \u201cDevelopment of a Risk-Based Framework for Beach Closing Decisions\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isaiah Chang working with Ryan Newton, \u201cMicroorganism Cell Abundance across Aquatic Ecosystems\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grant Probst working with Benjamin Peterson, \u201cDevelopment of an Environmentally Relevant Model System for Microbial Mercury Methylation\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angelo Ricco working with Barry Cameron, \u201cExplosive Tephra from the Sand Mountain Volcanic Field, Central Oregon: Insight from Grain Size and Matrix Glass Compositions\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-information-studies-school-of\"><strong>Information Studies (School of)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sean Davis working with Maria Haigh, \u201cDisrupting Democracy: Russian Disinformation in Conservative Rural Wisconsin\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nadia Oniskevich working with Maria Haigh, \u201cNostalgia and Nationalism: AI-Enhanced Sentiment Analysis of Strongman Propaganda Among Immigrant Populations in the Midwest\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon Rabinovich Potapov working with Maria Haigh, \u201cUnderstanding Zoomer Engagement with Strongman Propaganda: Analyzing Emotional Reactions and Disinformation Narratives Among Young Men in the Midwest\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-letters-amp-science-college-of\"><strong>Letters &amp; Science (College of)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emerson Neczek working with Jennifer Haas, \u201cCommunity Archaeology Project &#8211; Engaging Youth with Milwaukee&#8217;s 19th Century History\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexander Henderson working with Ashley Lemke, \u201cShining Light on History Beneath the Waves: Conserving and Digitizing Historic Great Lakes Shipwreck Films\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lydia Lavey working with Filipe Alberto, \u201cReproductive Trade-Offs between Sexual and Asexual Components in the Kelp Gametophyte Life Stage\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson Powell working with Filipe Alberto, \u201cThe Effect of Temperature on the Growth Rate of Kelp Gametophytes\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isaac Mowbray working with Alita Burmeister, \u201cUnderstanding the Evolution of Phage Resistance in Escherichia coli\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allyson Ruffino working with Alita Burmeister, \u201cExperimental Evolution of Phage-Resistant Bacteria\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marina Goulette working with Claire De La Cova, \u201cConserved Kinase and Phosphatase Regulators of Raf Signaling in Noonan Syndrome\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noelle Bryan and Shannon Mcconahy working with Madhusudan Dey, \u201cUnderstanding the Role of Protein Kinase ERK1 in Unfolded Protein Response\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cayden Retzki working with Jennifer Gutzman, \u201cGenotyping MYH9-Related Disease zebrafish CRISPR Mutants\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molly Xiong working with Jennifer Gutzman, \u201cIdentifying Zebrafish Mutants for the Study of Brain Morphogenesis and MYH9-Related Disease\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isaac Gregg working with Gerlinde Hoebel, \u201cEffect of Dopamine Receptor Inhibitors on Treefrog Motor Ability during Phonotaxis\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mal Hermanson working with Gerlinde Hoebel, \u201cDoes Background Matching Prevent Predation in Frogs?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aysha Knoot working with Gerlinde Hoebel, \u201cEffect of Dopamine Receptor Inhibitors on Treefrog Motor Ability\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaitlyn Lund working with Emily Latch, \u201c\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mia Slawikowski working with Gyaneshwar Prasad, \u201cExploring Rhizobial Burden on Plant Growth in Presence of Available Nitrogen\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mushtariybegim Nabijonova working with Christopher Quinn, \u201cStorymapping the Shinsengumi\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mackenzie Dasek working with Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla, \u201cUse of Web Memories in Navigation by Frontinella Bowl and Doily Spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae)\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nils Goesser working with Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla, \u201cTesting the Function of Secondary Sexual Traits in Scatophaga Stercoraria Yellow Dung Flies (Diptera: Scatophagidae)\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leila Goodrum working with Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla, \u201cHost Plant Choice by Enchenopa Treehopper Mothers (Hemiptera: Membracidae)\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haylee Jones working with Erica Young, \u201cNitrogen Cycling Mediated by Mosquito Larvae in Pitcher Plant Communities\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Semi Hyeong working with Ned Littlefield, \u201cUnderstanding Civilian Control of Law Enforcement amid State Violence: Evidence from Brazil\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boston Peters working with Monica VanBladel, \u201cLatin American Studies: K12 Curriculum Research and Development\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Burmesch working with Alexander Arnold, \u201cSynthesis of Human Cytomegalovirus Replication Inhibitors\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shaun Harrington working with Alexander Arnold, \u201cSynthesis of Novel Alpha Adrenergic 2B Receptor Ligands Based on the a Diazepine Scaffold\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas Pajek working with Mark Dietz, \u201cEnvironmentally Benign Approaches to Chemical Analysis: Paper-Based Analytical Devices (PADS) for the Determination of Metal Ions\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ricardo Hughes working with M Mahmun Hossain, \u201cHDAC Inhibitors\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amirhossein Jafari working with M Mahmun Hossain, \u201cSynthesis of an HDAC Inhibitor Designed by Molecular Dynamic Docking Software.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Benes working with Jarett Wilcoxen, \u201cDevelopment of an Artificial Metalloenzyme to Study Bioinorganic Cofactors\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Parlier working with Jorg Woehl, \u201cPoint Spread Function Imaging Using Fluorescent Nanobeads\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ava Danzer working with Joseph Walzer, \u201cWhose Land? Settlement, Dispossession and Race in Urban and Rural Wisconsin and New York\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elise Leonard working with Burkholder Daniel, \u201cThe Science of Ballet: An Anatomically Informed Database for Evidence-Based Technique\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaurav Sachdeva and Gaurav Saluja working with Avik Chakrabarti, \u201cIntegrating AI and Outsourcing: Evidence from Companies in and around Milwaukee\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owen Brandt working with Dong Fang Deng, \u201cApplication of Insect Meal\/ Or Insect Oil in Fish Feed\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calista Klein working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cPaleomagnetic Orientations of the Wausau Syenite Complex\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olliver Plank working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cGeochemistry of the Pulo Do Lobo Metasedimentary Rocks along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hossein Khatibi working with Aragorn Quinn, \u201cInvestigation of ACDH-1 Function in Axon Degeneration\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gwyn Parker, Oli Pierce and  Justin West working with Rachel Buff, \u201cThe Gangster Buffs of Charleston: Jewish Safety in a 20th Century Appalachian City\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elissa Lonzo working with Jessica Nelson, \u201cGuided Tour of the Center for Nursing History\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ava Luedtke working with Jessica Nelson, \u201cOral Histories of Milwaukee Nurses\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mason Novak working with Arijit Sen, \u201cBuildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kahler Paulson working with Arijit Sen, \u201cBuildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School: COI Media Project\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luke Wilson working with Benjamin Church, \u201cHigh-Conductivity and High-Strength Copper Reinforced with ZrC\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rebecca Miller working with Daniel Gervini, \u201cSimulation-Based Parameter Estimation Algorithms for Statistical Data Analysis\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minseo Lee working with Woo Jin Chang, \u201cPressure Dependent Response of the Fibroblast Cells with Mitochondria Tracking\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacquot Benavides working with Philip Chang, \u201cUsing LISA as a Galactic Acceleratometer\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Castello working with Philip Chang, \u201cTwo and Three Dimensional Simulations of Binary Supermassive Black Hole Accretion Disks\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nathan Theis working with David Kaplan, \u201cA Radio View of the Local Universe\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isen Ries working with Lia Medeiros, \u201cVisualizing Supermassive Black Holes\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leanna Firkin working with Ionel Popa, \u201cStudy of the Mechanically-Regulated Talin-Vinculin-Actin Protein Assembly\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julian Whelan working with Ionel Popa, \u201cDevelopment of Solid-State Enzymes\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melissa Gleiter working with Valerica Raicu, \u201cProbing the Structure of Membrane Receptor Complexes and Its Modulation by Natural and Artificial Ligands (Or Drugs) via Fluorescence 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