Past Projects

SURE 2023 students presented their research in the largest SURE Showcase yet! View the program from the September 2023 Showcase here.

CASL:

• Antimicrobial Efficacy of Nanoparticle Embedded Foley Catheters, Christopher Alteri, (faculty mentor), Molly Lesko (student researcher)

• Bioconjugation of Gold Nanoparticles, Krisanu Bandyopadhyay, (faculty mentor), Nazik Ebrahem (student researcher)

• Binding and Characterization of Novel Chemical Analogues to Detect Riboflavin Deficiency, Marilee Benore, (faculty mentor), Travis Branscum (student researcher)

• Changes in Rainfall Driven by Climate Change Impact Insect Biomass and Abundance, Anne Danielson-Francois, (faculty mentor), Jordyn Burks (student researcher)

• Alley Activation as Urban Acupuncture for Post-Industrial Cities: A Proof-of-Concept Approach, Paul Draus, (faculty mentor), Marlena Brown (student researcher)

• Study the Role of Cancer Cell Chirality During Detachment from the Primary Tumor, Jie Fan, (faculty mentor), Courtney Hadrian (student researcher)

• Role of Endosomal pH Regulation by NHE9 in Exosome Secretion, Kalyan Kondapalli, (faculty mentor), Mariam Duhaini (student researcher)

• Social Determinants of Energy Efficiency, Antonios Koumpias, (faculty mentor), Felix Silva (student researcher)

• Synthesis of Microbial Carbohydrate Antigens for Antibacterial Vaccine Development, Shannon Li, (faculty mentor), Maria Stoica (student researcher)

• Investigation of Aromatic Stacking in B2 Vitamin-Carrier Protein Interaction, Simona Marincean, (faculty mentor), Nathan Medawar (student researcher)

• “The Pandemic as a Portal?“ Covid, Agency, and the Carceral System, Anna Muller, (faculty mentor), Natalie Albrecht (student researcher)

• Environmental Health Research-to-Action: Assessing Impact, Carmel Price, (faculty mentor), Adam Almaleky (student researcher)

• Social Psychological Causes and Consequences of Participating in Multilevel Marketing, Harmony Reppond, (faculty mentor), Mariam Salmassi (student researcher)

• Clifftop Documentary, Adam Sekuler, (faculty mentor), Ava Abramowicz (student researcher)

• Effects of Seed and Fruit Packaging on Fruit Dispersal in Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis), David Susko, (faculty mentor), Asma Jamil (student researcher)

• City Use of ARPA Funding, Dale Thomson, (faculty mentor), Erin Robinson (student researcher)

• Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Removal Using Microorganisms, Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro, (faculty mentor), Grace Pagnucco (student researcher)

• A Simpler Approach of Force Calibration in Cell, Suvranta Tripathy, (faculty mentor), Noah Biestek (student researcher)

• Baicalein Suppresses Tumorigenesis of the Progesterone-Sensitive ER𝛼 Positive of Breast Cancer Cells by Targeting Multiple Signaling Pathways, Besa Xhabija, (faculty mentor), Aidan Mclaughlin (student researcher)

CECS:

• Affect and Emotion in L3 Driving, Areen Alsaid, (faculty mentor), Caleb Nickens (student researcher)

• Electric Vehicle Owner’s’ Decision-Making in Selecting Charging Stations, Shan Bao, (faculty mentor), Freshta Noori (student researcher)

• Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Increased Trust in Machine Learning, Abdallah Chehade, (faculty mentor), Abdul Khan (student researcher)

• Effectiveness of an ACL Injury Prevention Program on Kinematic Performance in Amateur Youth Soccer Players, Amanda Esquivel, (faculty mentor), Kenny Conuel Oralde (student researcher)

• Measure of Perceived Design Feature of Vehicle Cockpit using VR in terms of Human-Centered Design, Sang-Hwan Kim, (faculty mentor), Sukayna Hamka (student researcher)

• Virtual Reality and User Accessibility, Bruce Maxim, (faculty mentor), Rehab Jadallah (student researcher) 

• A Haptic Interface for Interacting with a Digital Twin of a Soft Robot, Alireza Mohammadi, (faculty mentor), Harleen Gill (student researcher)

• Improved Polymer Recycling by Additive Manufacturing, Christopher Pannier, (faculty mentor), Anthony Safa (student researcher)

• Characterizing Geometrical Uncertainties in Additive Manufacturing of Metamaterials, Rafael Ruiz, (faculty mentor), Yuankai Chen (student researcher)

• Bird-Eye View Vehicle Detection, Zheng Song, (faculty mentor), Jonathan Schall (student researcher)

• Seeing Energy Injustice: An Interactive Map for Visualizing Utility Redlining in America, Wencong Su, (faculty mentor), Larico Andres (student researcher)

CEHHS:

• Creating an Oral History Archive of Ypsilanti's BIPOC & Working-Class Food Growers, Finn Bell, (faculty mentor), Briana Hurt (student researcher)

COB:

• The Use of ChatGPT Among Students, Jun He, (faculty mentor), Steven Hou (student researcher)

• Digital Market Strategies in the Korean Entertainment Industry, Kyungwon (Kyung) Lee, (faculty mentor), Kathy Bibang (student researcher)

SURE 2022 students were glad to be back in person for their research, professional development, the Showcase, and even a Tigers game! View the program from the September 2022 Showcase here.

CASL

• Iraqi Shi'i Refugees in Greater Detroit, Rose Wellman (faculty mentor), Lujayne Ridha (student researcher)

• NHE9 Mediated Regulation of Endosomal pH as a New Target for SARS-CoV-2 Therapy, Kalyan Kondapalli (faculty mentor), Perla Fares (student researcher)

• Effects of Property Tax Exemption Portability on Migration Flows, Antonios Koumpias (faculty mentor), Stuart Didonato (student researcher)

• Tuning the Magnetic Properties of Coupled Di-Blatter Radicals, Daniel Lawson (faculty mentor), Gerard Flores (student researcher)

• Textual Analysis of Responsibility Frames in Climate Change News Coverage, Emily Luxon (faculty mentor), Ahmad Makki (student researcher) 

• Interactions Between Riboflavin and Riboflavin Binding Protein with Applications in Riboflavin Detection, Simona Marincean (faculty mentor), Diana Nichols (student researcher)

• Alley Activation as a Neighborhood Sustainability Strategy, Paul Draus (faculty mentor), Andrew Buendia (student researcher)

• Studies of the Interactions of Riboflavin Binding Protein and Copper, Sheila Smith (faculty mentor), Grant Schils (student researcher)

• Kinetics of a Single Kinesin in a Crowded Medium, Suvranta Tripathy (faculty mentor), Muaaz Akhtar (student researcher)

• Nanoparticle-guided Drug Delivery Ameliorates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Zhi Zhang (faculty mentor), Megan Faulkner (student researcher)

CECS

• Maximizing Kids' engagement and Learning of STEAM Concepts Through Optimized Educational Toys Designs, Georges Ayoub (faculty mentor), Isabella Luckey (student researcher)

• Recycling of Cathode Materials in Used Li-ion Batteries, Lei Chen (faculty mentor), Matthew Ryall (student researcher)

• The Effect of Foot Orthoses on Knee Kinematics, Amanda Esquivel (faculty mentor), Regina Arriola (student researcher)

• Experimentation on Drone Testbed for 5G and Beyond Wireless Connectivity, Junaid Farooq (faculty mentor), Meher Jabbar (student researcher

• Measuring Bicycle Traffic Volume Using Pneumatic Bicycle Counter, Fred Feng (faculty mentor), Christopher Salisbury (student researcher)

• Virtual Reality and User Accessibility, Bruce Maxim (faculty mentor), Cody Lovelace (student researcher) 

• A Smooth Start: Improving Linear Bead Uniformity by Controlling Flow in Polymer Additive Manufacturing Motion Startup Transients, Christopher Pannier (faculty mentor), Rene Lemus-Fugon (student researcher)

• Strengthening Drone-Assisted Micro-level Driving Decision Making by Edge Computing, Jie Shen (faculty mentor), Salwa Eljahmi (student researcher)

• Recommending Web Services Based on the Quality of Information via Comparison Testing, Zheng Song (faculty mentor), Daniel Feldman (student researcher)

CEHHS

• Environmental Health Research-to-Action: Building a Community Science Hub, Natalie Sampson (faculty mentor), Jesse Jarvis (student researcher)

COB

• Supply-base Evolution of an Electronic Vehicle Manufacturer Versus Traditional Automakers, Wayne Fu (faculty mentor), Phuong Dinh (student researcher)

The SURE 2021 Showcase was held September 10, 2021 via Zoom. View the Showcase presentations for SURE 2021 on YouTube as are the promos (part 1 and part 2) they made before the event.

CASL

• Islam and Philosophy in The Digital Age, Imran Aijaz (faculty mentor), Fatima Najdi (student researcher)
• Bioconjugation of 4-Phenylbutyric Acid (4-PBA) to Gold Nanoparticle, Krisanu Bandyopadhyay (faculty mentor), Tejas Athavale (student researcher)
• Numerical Range of a Composition Operator on the Ball, John Clifford (faculty mentor), Timothy Batt (student researcher)
• Alley Activation as a Neighborhood Sustainability Strategy, Paul Draus (faculty mentor), Amina Mikula (student researcher)
• What is the Role of Cell Handedness/Chirality in Metastasis?, Jie Fan (faculty mentor), Benson Hang (student researcher)
• Feminism,  Neighborhoods,  and Local Government in Late 20th Century Detroit, Georgina Hickey (faculty mentor), Naja Nile (student researcher)
• Role of the Protein NHE9 in Phagosome Maturation, Kalyan Kondapalli (faculty mentor), Habiba Shamroukh (student researcher)
• The Impact of Walmart Health Clinics on Health Insurance Plan Pricing, Antonios Koumpias (faculty mentor), Samantha Marulli (student researcher)
• Mapping the Link Between Social Vulnerability and Blue and Green Space in Phoenix, AZ, Jacob Napieralski (faculty mentor), Audrey Taylor (student researcher)
• Building a Community Science Air-Monitoring Program, Carmel Price (faculty mentor), Amani Abuelenain (student researcher)
• Research for "Oh Happy Day" Project, Deborah Smith Pollard (faculty mentor), Davian Bennett (student researcher)
• The Ethics of Vaccination, Kriszta Sajber (faculty mentor), Sarah Khaleefah (student researcher)
• Biophysics of Molecular Motor Proteins in a Crowded Medium, Suvranta Tripathy (faculty mentor), Alhareth Altayib (student researcher)
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signaling Pathways After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Zhi Zhang (faculty mentor), Nabeeha Shakil (student researcher)

CECS

• Assessing the Charge Discharge Induced Aging in Li-battery Film, Georges Ayoub (faculty mentor), Jacob Gaudette (student researcher)
• Cost Effective Charging/Refueling Strategies for Autonomous Vehicles, Junaid Farooq (faculty mentor), Shouryan Nikam (student researcher)
• Collection and Analysis of Quantitative Data During the Dearborn Healthy Streets Program, Fred Feng (faculty mentor), Daniel Maudlin (student researcher)
• Analyze and Detect Performance Bottlenecks in Virtual Reality Applications, Foyzul Hassan (faculty mentor), Mostafa El Majzoub (student researcher)
• Driver Style Transfer for Autonomous Driving, Jaerock Kwon (faculty mentor), Faras Al Kharusi (student researcher)
• Physio-Mechano Model for Pulmonary and COVID Related Disease, Joe Lo (faculty mentor), Sali El-loh (student researcher)
• Collect Connect Creating an Augmented Reality Experience, Bruce Maxim (faculty mentor), Aaron Salo (student researcher)
• Identifying Equivalent Web Services, Zheng Song (faculty mentor), Owen Rowader (student researcher)
• Statistical Behavior of Quantum Bipartite Systems, Lu Wei (faculty mentor)

CEHHS

• Mujeres Modernas: Meandering Masculinity, Jean-Carlos Lopez (faculty mentor), Yahira Vega (student researcher)

COB

• Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management, Yi-Su Chen (faculty mentor), Michelle Liu (student researcher)
• Supply-Base Concentration and Supply Chain Resilience, Hung-Chung Su (faculty mentor), Siddharth Patel (student researcher)

In 2019, the SURE program continued, and included more faculty and students. Students continued to develop valuable skills, and presented at a Showcase at the end of the experience.

CASL

• Breaking the Code: Women’s Challenges to Urban Gender Segregation in the 20th Century United States, Georgina Hickey (faculty mentor),  Danielle Anderson (student researcher)
• Flux Recovery from Bleeding Stars, William Clarkson (faculty mentor), Nicholas Boyd (student researcher)
• Analysis of Herbaceous Vegetation on the Rouge River Floodplain at the UM-Dearborn, Orin Gelderloos (faculty mentor), Griffin Bray (student researcher)
• REU in Mathematical Analysis,Alan Wiggins (faculty mentor), David Choy (student researcher)
• Choosy Males: Rare Sex-Role Reversal Discovered in a Spider,Anne Danielson-Francois (faculty mentor), Audrey Crews (student researcher)
• Expression and Characterization of a Genetically Truncated Riboflavin Binding Protein, Shelia Smith (faculty mentor), Briana Cruga (student researcher)
• Role of NHE7 in Brain Copper Homeostasis, Kalyan Kondapalli (faculty mentor), Noah Elagamy (student researcher)
• Direct Sequencing and PCR Mapping of Class 1 Integrons to Determine Novel Gene Cassettes from Multi-Antibiotic Resistant E. coli Strains Recovered from Saint Clair River, Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro (faculty mentor), Yanesa Guzman (student researcher)
• Determining Substrate Specificity in Human Phospholipid Synthesizing Enzymes, Peter Oelkers (faculty mentor), Blake Hardin (student researcher)
• Mathematics of Phaseless Imaging, Aditya Viswanathan (faculty mentor), Brendan Williams (student researcher)

CECS

• Integrated Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Bioactive Factors and Matrix Stiffness on Healing of Diabetic Wounds, Gargi Ghosh (faculty mentor), Youssef Danaoui (student researcher)
• Novel Nanoformulations for Treating Stroke, Mathumai Kanapathipillai (faculty mentor), Cameron Fyffe (student researcher)
• A Virtual Testing System for Autonomous Vehicles, Jie Shen (faculty mentor), Hassan Ibrahim (student researcher)
• Testing and Evaluation of Adhesives and Adhesive Joints in Lightweight Materials, Pankaj Mallick (faculty mentor), Liam McEvilly (student researcher)
• Interrogating the Library: Re-Connecting to Collections, Bruce Maxim (faculty mentor), Abbass Srour (student researcher)
• A Data-Driven Approach to Gait Synthesis for Bio-inspired Robotic Locomotion, Alireza Mohammadi (faculty mentor), Alonso Vega (student researcher)
• Fake Video Identification, Hafiz Malik (faculty mentor), Carmen Zolo (student researcher)

CEHHS

• Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Examining the Impact of Trauma on Economic and Labor Market Opportunity, Jessica Camp (faculty mentor), Kyle Ralston (student researcher)
• Evaluation of Dearborn Environmental Health Research-to-Action (EHRA), Natalie Sampson (faculty mentor), Ilham Saleh (student researcher)

COB

• Supply-Based Concentration and Trade Credit, Hung-Chung Su (faculty mentor), Jay Hopson (student researcher)
• SURE Application: A Research Project on Data Privacy, Jun He (faculty mentor), Mohammad Nadeem (student researcher)
• How Do Finance Flows Change Along Supply Networks? Evidence from Auto and Food Industries, Yan Xie (faculty mentor), Mariam Zayat (student researcher)

The pilot program during the summer of 2018 included students from all four UM-Dearborn colleges which were funded by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, with supplemental funding from the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters and the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

CASL

• Occurrence of Virulence Genes from Escherichia coli Strains isolated from Surface Waters of St. Clair River, Lake Saint Clair and Rouge River, Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro (faculty mentor), Bryan Catalfano, Reis Schittenhelm, James Farinas, Yanesa Guzman, Ali Alsaffar (student researchers)
• Improved Purification of Riboflavin Binding Protein from Chicken and Turkey Egg Yolk, Marilee Benore (faculty mentor), Quinlan Doctrove, Zahra Alsafi (student researchers)
• Does inter-mating interval influence the sperm-removal abilities of the last male to mate?, Anne Danielson-Francois (faculty mentor), Majd Faraj (student researcher)
• Green Redevelopment and the Role of Ethnography: Using Qualitative Methods to Engage a Detroit Neighborhood about Greening Infrastructure, Paul Draus (faculty mentor), Paris Lynn Freeman (student researcher)
• Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) of Vitamin B2 Binding to Apo-Riboflavin Binding Protein, Sheila Smith (faculty mentor), Alhassan Hashem (student researcher)
• Using Virtual Reality To Study Spatial Cognition, Francine Dolins (faculty mentor), Mariam Nasser, Anna Schmidt (student researchers)
• Generation of anisotropic gold and Au-Pd bimetallic nanoparticles on functionalized surfaces, Krisanu Bandyopadhyay (faculty mentor), Diana Paicu, Ian M. Smith, Veronica Gerios (student researchers)
• Photodegradation of methylparaben in aquatic environments, Yiwei Deng (faculty mentor), Scott Pieknik (student researcher)
• Characterizing the Lone Acyltransferase in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Peter Oelkers (faculty mentor), Alexander Ullrich, Blake Hardin, Adam Khanafer (student researchers)
• Investigating UM-Dearborn Study Abroad Programs Through Personal Interviews, Anna Muller (faculty mentor), Jonathan Vartanoff (student researcher)
• Exploratory Research in the Relationship between Financial Contributions and Net Tone of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations’ Press Releases, Emily Matthews-Luxon (faculty mentor), Rebekah Wilson (student researcher)
• Efficiency of a Moving Mesh System with a Curvature-type Monitor Applied to Burgers’ Equation, Yunus Zeytuncu, Joan Remski (faculty mentors), Taima Younes, Marianne Debrito, Annaliese Keiser, (student researchers)

CECS

• Improving the refactoring recommendations using predictive models of bugs and code smells detection results, Bruce Maxim, Marouane Kessentini (faculty mentor), Chaima Abid (student researcher)
• Thermal effects on the structure and magnetic properties of multicomponent nanocrystalline Fe26.67Co26.67Ni26.67Al10Si10 powder, Tanjore V. Jayaraman (faculty mentor), Kathem Bazzi, Anuj Rathi, Vamsi M. Meka (student researchers)
• Hybrid Power Sources, Wencong Su (faculty mentor), Junye Chen (student researcher)
• Automotive Cyber Security, Hafiz Malik (faculty mentor), Abeer Ibseileh (student researcher)
• Validation of a Wearable Device to Measure Ground Reaction Force, Amanda Esquivel (faculty mentor), Sara Khalil (student researcher)
• Understanding Engineering Pathways: A call for institutions from public and private sectors to benchmark diversity efforts in all S.T.E.M. fields, DeLean Tolbert (faculty mentor), Frederick Pruitt (student researcher)
• Personalized Refactoring, Marouane Kessentini (faculty mentor), Soumaya Rebai (student researcher)

CEHHS

• Environmental Health Research To-Action: Building Youth Capacity for Environmental Justice, Natalie Sampson (faculty mentor), Karima Alwishah, Harshita Jalluri (student researchers)

COB

• Executive Compensation Structure and Firm Performance, Crystal Scott (faculty mentor), Brady Malone (student researcher)
• The Connection Between Intangible Practices and Tangible Value, Wayne Fu (faculty mentor), Adrian Maloy (student researcher)