SRSP research projects are selected from the main research projects on going at our NSF PREM, CREST center, and BBRI of College of Health and Sciences (CHAS), Students are encouraged to contact PI(s) of the project(s) interested:
Project 1: Nanotechnology research in the modeling, design, formation and characterization of novel nanostructured materials and nanodevices (Dr. Marvin Wu, Mathematics and Physics);
Project 2: The development of functional nanomaterials for potential applications in the fields of optoelectronics, sensing and photocatalysis (Dr. Fei Yan, Chemistry);
Project 3: Biomedical/Biotechnology Research, understanding the neuronal mechanisms that contribute to and result from alcohol abuse (Dr. S. Alex Marshall, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Dr. Rob Onyenwoke, BRITE) ;
Project 4: Microbiology and microbial biochemistry and physiology (Dr. Qing Cheng, JLC-BBRI);
Project 5: Noncommutative analogues of determinants and Pfaffians (Dr. Garrett Johnson, Mathematics and Physics);
Project 6: Investigation of Air Quality with Satellite Images, Correlation Study of COVID with Air Quality (Dr. Zhiming Yang, EEGS)
Project 7: 3D Printing of Breast Cancer Cells Nanoparticle Treatment (Dr. Nicole S Velmeshev,BBRI)
Project 8: Impact of environmental toxins on early development (Dr. Zainab Afzal, BBRI)
Project 9: Effect of adolescent Marijuana and Alcohol exposure on cognitive dysfunction and dementia during NeuroAids (Dr. Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Chemistry/BBRI)
Project 10: Does chronic Micro & Nanoplastic exposure related to the onset of early Alzheimer's diseases? (Dr. Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Chemistry/BBRI)
Project 11: Performing Data Science Using LLM (Large Language Models) by Dr. Weifan Zheng, BRITE
Project 12: Quantum Computing: Optimization of the Quality-Factor of a Ring Resonator by Dr. Patrick Flanigan, Mathematics and Physics.
Project 13: Understanding the behavioral effects of amyloid beta proteins after exposure to micro- and nano plastics (MNPs). This is related to Alzheimer's Disease by Dr. John Bang, Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences
Project 14: Assessment of micro- and nano plastics (MNPs) exposure-induced respiratory dysfunction through surface tension measurement by Dr. John Bang, Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences
Project 15: Electrospray method aided micro- and nano plastics(MNPs) synthesis by Dr. John Bang, Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences
Project 16: Social Media Mining with Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning by Dr. Yang Liu, School of Business.
Project 17: Analysis of periodic oscillations of APDs in reaction diffusion waves with nonlinear diffusion in tissues with peripheral nerve injury (PNI), Dr. Olumide Oni, Department of Mathematics and Physics
NEW Project: Quantum Science and Quantum Computing (Dr. Branislav Vlahovic, Mathematics and Physics ).
Several new seed projects are not listed here (such as nanophotonics and Microcontroller applications, Dr. Yongan Tang, Mathematics and Physics), but they will be available to students too.