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Investigation of Reactive Oxidative Stress using a Uniaxial Stretch Model to Simulate Physiological Micromotion Induced Cyclic Strain on Brain
Student:
Juliet Addo
Mentors:
Dr. Arati Sridharan - SBHSE
Dr. Jit Muthuswamy - SBHSE
Dr. Bradley Greger – SBHSE
Comparative Study of Rodent Motion Tracking using Accelerometer and Video Analysis Gilgal Ansah
Student:
Gilgal Ansah
Mentors:
Dr. Jennifer Blain Christen – SECEE
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Sleep Deprivation’s Effect on the Startle Response
Student:
Alexander Crawley
Mentors:
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Christopher Buneo – SBHSE
Dr. Megan Petrov – Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Effects of Remote Data Collection on Functional Task-Specific Motor Training in Older Adult Stroke Patients
Student:
Shae Diaz
Mentors:
Dr. Sydney Schaefer – SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Corianne Rogalsky - CHS
The Stability of Arm Movement Variability Over Time
Student:
Mariam El Sheikha
Mentors:
Dr. Christopher Buneo – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Dr. Paul VanGilder– SBHSE
Using Volatile Organic Compounds to Monitor the Molecular Quality of Tissue Samples
Student:
Claudia Fragoso
Mentors:
Dr. Carolyn Compton – SoLS and Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Dr. Barbara Smith – SBHSE
Dr. Jeffrey Kleim – SBHSE
Resting State fMRI of the Development of Cortical and Subcortical Motor Network Effective Connectivity
Student:
Imelda Fragoza
Mentors:
Dr. Varina Boerwinkle – Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Dr. Sydney Schaefer – SBHSE
Dr. Bradley Greger – SBHSE
High-density EMG Analysis of Individual Motor Unit Activation in Multi-finger Force Production
Student:
Chase Frailey
Mentors:
Dr. Marco Santello – SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Segmentation of Colorectal Cancer with IBM Watson Machine Learning
Student:
Matthew Grudza
Mentors:
Dr. John Chang – Banner Health
Dr. Vikram Kodibagkar – SBHSE
Dr. Scott Beeman – SBHSE
Simulating Alternating Electric Fields for Optimized Placement of Electrodes for GBM Treatment
Student:
Khalil Khoury
Mentors:
Dr. Bradley Greger – SBHSE
Dr. Vincent Pizziconi – SBHSE
Dr. Jit Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Dr. Benjamin Hendrix – Barrow Neurological Institute
Mathematical Modeling of Polymer Microparticles
Student:
Karolena Lein
Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Jianming Liang – CHS
Dr. Bradley Greger – SBHSE
Image Analysis to Quantify and Characterize the Phenotypic Distribution of Trophoblasts within Artificial Placenta Organoids
Student:
Felicia Lindstrom
Mentors:
Dr. Jessica Weaver – SBHSE
Dr. Sarah E. Stabenfeldt – SBHSE
Dr. Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang – SBHSE
Investigation of a Polyether Urethane-based Polymer for Promoting Tissue Healing
Student:
Michelle Loui
Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Sarah Stabenfeldt – SBHSE
Dr. Amrita Pal – SBHSE
A Brief Analysis Processing Tool for Different Types of Neural Data
Student:
Ziling Luo
Mentors:
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Dr. Marco Santello – SBHSE
Dr. Christopher Buneo | SBHSE
Monitoring Upright Posture in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: Foundations for a System to Provide Real-Time Feedback
Student:
Sabina Minta-Jacobs
Mentors:
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Dr. Narayanan Krishnamurthi – Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics Ann & Robert H. Lurie Hospital of Chicago
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Wireless ECG Monitor for Surgical Applications
Student:
Timothy Oetter
Mentors:
Dr. Vikram Kodibagkar – SBHSE
Dr. SungMin Sohn – SBHSE
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
How Does Simulated Physiological, Cyclic Stretch Affect Oxygen Demand at Neural Interfaces?
Student:
Belinda Okomeng
Mentors:
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Dr. Christopher Buneo – SBHSE
Dr. Arati Sridharan – SBHSE
Investigation of Tactile and Proprioceptive Components for Object Manipulation and Perception
Student:
Jacob Perrine
Mentors:
Dr. Marco Santello – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Dr. Simone Toma – SBHSE
Evaluating the Relationship Between Heart Rate and Posture Stability Data to Create a Baseline for Concussion Measurement
Student:
Emma Rodriguez
Mentors:
Dr. Thurmon Lockhart – SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Marc Jacofsky of The CORE Institute
Utilizing Machine Learning to Determine Most Predictive Tests for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease
Student:
Tyler Rose
Mentors:
Dr. Sydney Schaefer – SBHSE
Dr. Scott Beeman – SBHSE
Dr. Mike Malek-Ahmadi – Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
Sensitivity Assessment of a Point-of-Care In Vitro Diagnostic for Antibodies
Student:
Anna Rothweil
Mentors:
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Dr. Massoud Khraiche – Neural Engineering & Nanobiosensors Group, Biomedical Engineering Program, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Comparing the Performance of 2 Markerless Deep Learning Based Motion Capture Systems Software for Human Pose Estimation
Student:
Trijana Sengadu Ashok Kumar
Mentors:
Dr. Christopher Buneo – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Dr. Paul VanGilder – SBHSE
Development of a High-Throughput Microfluidics Tumor-Stroma Platform
Student:
Ouse Sheblak
Mentors:
Dr. Mehdi Nikkhah – SBHSE
Dr. Xiaojun Tian – SBHSE
Dr. Hamidreza Marvi – SEMTE
Creation of a Mathematical Model for the Purposes of Treating Motor Diseases using VR
Student:
Nicholas Sora
Mentors:
Dr. Marco Santello – SBHSE
Dr. Thurman Lockhart – SBHSE
Dr. Simone Toma – SBHSE
Modulating Gait Symmetric Adaptation via Split-Belt Treadmill Distortion and Visual Feedback Distortion and Evaluating the Aftereffects of Adapted Step Length Symmetry
Student:
Emily Tanner
Mentors:
Dr. Hyunglae Lee – SEMTE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Jeffrey Kleim – SBHSE
In vitro Bactericidal Efficacy of Different Antibacterial Irrigations against High Resistant Human Skin Micro-Organisms
Student:
Christine Tran
Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Vincent Pizziconi – SBHSE
Dr. Douglas Montgomery – SCIDSE
Dr. Zachary Christopher – Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Effect of AZD-1775 on Epithelioid and Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma Cell Proliferation
Student:
Gabrielle Wipper
Mentors:
Dr. Christopher Plaisier – SBHSE
Dr. Benjamin Bartelle – SBHSE
Sierra Wilferd – SBHSE
Dexterous Finger Force Control
Student:
Patience Yaa Yeboah
Mentors:
Dr. Marco Santello – SBHSE
Dr. Sydney Schaefer – SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Ribosome Allocation between Host and Synthetic Genes Explains Burden-Caused Growth Rate Decrease
Student:
Shan Zhu
Mentors:
Dr. Xiao Wang – SBHSE
Dr. Xiaojun Tian – SBHSE
Dr. Rosalind Sadleir – SBHSE