Provost Summer Research Fellowships

2023 NJIT URI Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Program

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Awards for Undergraduate Students

and

New Undergraduate Student Members of the National Academy of Innovators (NAI) Chapter at NJIT Student Innovator and Inventor Club (SI2C)

 

NJIT 2025 Strategic Plan emphasizes on providing undergraduate students an outstanding education integrated with research and innovation experience to enable them to succeed and take leadership roles in the society. The Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) program has evolved as a significant part of the interdisciplinary education, research and innovation experience at NJIT. The URI website undergraduate research and innovation opportunities with information about resources and competitions.

The 2023 NJIT Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium was held on July 26-27, 2023. About 155 undergraduate students presented their summer research work to the URI External Advisory Board, faculty, and students. The URI External Advisory Board (EAB) judged all student presentations and selected three top project presentations for Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Awards Prizes and 5 Honorable Mentions, one from each of the five research cluster areas: Bioscience and Bioengineering, Data Science and Management, Environment and Sustainability, Material Science and Engineering, and Robotics and Machine Intelligence and Architecture and Design. In addition, based on the research and innovation merit of the projects the URI EAB nominated 59 students for the membership of the National Academy of Innovators Chapter at NJIT Student Innovator and Inventor Club (SI2C). Listing of Student Winners and Inductees of the NAI-NJIT Chapter Student Innovator and Inventor Club (SI2C) is provided below. These students will be inducted to SI2C at the NAI-NJIT Chapter SI2C Student Member event in Fall 2023 (to be announced).

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Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award Winners from the 2023 URI Summer Research and Innovation Symposium

 

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: First Prize ($1,000)
Name: Stuti Mohan
Department: BME/SAET
Project Title: Identifying a Novel Concussion Metric through Foot Tapping Measurement
Faculty Advisor: Chang Yaramothu
URI Program: URI Provost Summer Research Fellowship Program

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Second Prize ($750)
Name: Melisa Bilgili
Department: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Project Title: Computational Analysis of N8 Stabilized Isolated Single Metal Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Young
URI Program: URI Provost Summer Research Fellowship Program

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Third Prize ($500)
Name: Rituja Bhattacharya
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project Title: Trajectory Clustering Analysis for Modelling Human Hand Motion Skills in Robotics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cong Wang
URI Program: Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT) Summer Research

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Honorable Mention - Bioscience and Bioengineering ($100)
Name: Anushri Gupta
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Evaluation of Hydrogel Scaffolds for Myocardial Regeneration
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vivek A. Kumar
URI Program: Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT) Summer Research

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Honorable Mention - Data Science and Management ($100)
Name: Kevin Diggs
Department: Computer Science
Project Title: Soundly Detecting Memory Leaks in the Linux Kernel
Faculty Advisor: Martin Kellogg
URI Program: URI Provost Summer Research Fellowship Program

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Honorable Mention - Environment and Sustainability ($100)
Name: Hannah Shahinian
Department: Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science
Project Title: Mercury Sorption in Propanotrophs
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lijie Zhang
URI Program: NSF Research Experience of Undergraduate (REU) Program for BioSensor Materials for Advanced Research and Technology (BIOSMART) at the Environment/Biotechnology Nexus

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Honorable Mention - Material Science and Engineering ($100)
Name: Maryom Rahman
Department: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Project Title: Manufacturing a State-of the-Art Selector Valve for a Miniature Peptide Synthesizer
Faculty Advisor: Sagnik Basuray
URI Program: NSF Research Experience of Undergraduate (REU) Program for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapeutic Intervention

Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award: Honorable Mention - Robotics and Machine Intelligence ($100)
Name: Vignesh Nethrapalli
Department: Department of Informatics
Project Title: Improving Caption Data Diversity via Mood-Amplification for Audio-Language Tasks
Faculty Advisor: Mark Cartwright
URI Program: Honors Summer Research Institute (HSRI)

 

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New Student Members of the National Academy of Inventor (NAI) Chapter at NJIT Student Innovation and Inventor Club (SI2C)

First Name

Last Name

Major

Title of Project

Faith

Adams

Biomedical Engineering

Investigating EDC-Crosslinked Collagen Scaffolds for Use in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

Bryan

Aguilar

Biochemistry

Protein Engineering Using Directed Evolution for Bioremediation

Omar

Al-Zaman

Biology

Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium Based Photosensitizer Compounds

Edem

Ammamoo

Biology (Pre-Med)

Use Of Machine Learning Models to Predict Cancer

Amina

Anowara

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Porous Hydrogels As A Transducer Material In Microfluidic Electrochemical Cells

Colin

Arcaro

Electrical Engineering

Understanding the Impact of Solar, Magnetospheric, and Terrestrial Weather on the Ionosphere

Poulami

Basu

Computer science engineering

Traffic Forecasting with Vehicle-Centric Data and Advanced GNN-LSTM Models

Rituja

Bhattacharya

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Trajectory Clustering Analysis for Modelling Human Hand Motion Skills in Robotics

Melisa

Bilgili

Chemical Engineering

Computational Analysis of N8 Stabilized Isolated Single Metal Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

Don

Bonifacio Jr.

Computer Engineering

Tax Fraud Detection Using a Machine Learning Approach

XingZhi (Gigi)

Chen

Chemistry

Investigation of Electrochemical Degradation of PFOA Using High Surface Area Electrodes

Marissa

Christenson

Biomedical Engineering

3D Muscle Shape Reconstruction to Establish the Relationship Between Muscle Shape and Function

Evan

Correa

B.S. Biology



Investigating the Effect of Optogenetically Activating Dmrt3a in Larval Zebrafish

Austin

Dalton

Applied Physics

Analysis of Environmental Dependance of the HODI Instrument Calibrations

Annalyse

Dickinson

Physics

Investigation of the Relationship Between Mini-Filament Eruptions, Small-Scale Magnetic Flux Ropes, and Coronal Ejections, and Their Distribution in Relation to Coronal Holes

Kevin

Diggs

Computer Science

Soundly Detecting Memory Leaks in the Linux Kernel

Anushka

Dixit

Biochemistry

Applying Ultrafast Protein Digestion in Microdroplets to Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS)

Nikita

Dubinin

Financial Technology

"Blockchain Technology and its Applications in Plastic Recycling Industry Supply Chain

Fatimah

El-Belkasi

Forensic Science

The Implications of Visual Stimuli on Conferencing Platforms

Sabastian

Fernandes

Applied Physics

Doppler Residuals on High Frequency Radio Signals

Chelsea

Garcia

Mechanical Engineering

Accounting for Mechanical Behavior of Skin to Minimize Harvested Skin Area in Skin Grafting

 

First Name

Last Name

Major

Title of Project

Shayna

Gentiluomo

Chemistry

Chemical Vapor Deposition as a Method of Synthesis for Titanium-carbide MXenes

Arin

Ghose

Computer Science & Engineering

Large Language Models For Predicting Functional Genetic Variant Candidates

Rohan

Ghosh

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Optical Properties of PbS and PbS/CdS Core-Shell Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Oliwia

Gorska

Biology

Epigenetic Signatures for age-at-death estimation in human remains

Anushri

Gupta

Biotechnology

Evaluation of Hydrogel Scaffolds for Myocardial Regeneration

Steven

Habeb

Biology

"The Effect of Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) on the Ovary

Allison

Harbolic

Biology

 Identifying the Distribution of Nanoplastics in Mouse Placenta

Elizabeth

Hervias

Chemical Engineering

Electrospun PVDF Nanofibers for Early Cancer Detection via Acoustic Wave Sensing

Michelle

Jojy

Biology

Effects of Nanoplastics on Gene Expression in the Placenta

Mrunmayi

Joshi

Biology, Mathematical Sciences

Dural Electrical Stimulation to Motor Cortex after Fluid Percussion Injury Results in Motor Function Improvement

Yousuf

Kanan

Computer Science

Enhancing Graph Features for Improved Roadway Speed Prediction Using GNN and LSTM with Vehicle-Connected Data

Nathaniel

Kapleau

Physics and Computer Science

Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of Coronal Magnetic Field Evolution and Eruption

Daniel

Kidon

BME

Traumatic Brain Injury Simulating Blasting Device Characterization

Jeremy

Kurian

Computer Science

Simulating Patient Behavior with Machine Learning Algorithms: The Case of an Ottoman Mental Institution

Adam

Leszczynski

Chemical Biology

Adsorption Behavior of PFAS to Microplastics

Emily

Luo

Computer Science

Predicting Solar Flare Indices from SHARP Parameter Dynamics using Convolutional Neural Networks

Arman

Manookian

Physics

Solar Prominences

Sebastian

Mattio-Smith

Chemical Engineering

Stabilization of Lithium-Silicon Battery for Energy Storage

Melissa

Mello

Chemical Engineering

Designing Metal Fuels for Custom Thermite Compositions

Stuti

Mohan

Biomedical Engineering

Identifying a Novel Concussion Metric through Foot Tapping Measurement

Aliza

Mujahid

Biomedical Engineering

Enhancing Skin Grafting Efficiency: A New Method for Estimating Skin
Expansion Ratio Based on Skin’s Geometric and Mechanical Properties

Laila

Nashir

Chemistry

Reactivity of Gaseous Mercuric Bromide with Solid and Liquid Interfaces

Vignesh

Nethrapalli

Computer Science + Math

Improving Caption Data Diversity via Mood-Amplification for Audio-Language Tasks

 

 

First Name

Last Name

Major

Title of Project

Ellison

O'Grady

Mathematical Sciences (conc. Applied Mathematics)

Chaotic Scattering of Vortex Dipoles

Naya

Pared

Applied Physics

Trigger Mechanisms for Solar Flares

Alex

Patchedjiev

Computer Science

Roman Street Shrine Database and Querying Interface

Siya

Patel

Biology BS

Characterization of Apoptotic Peptides to Attack Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Riya

Patel

Biomolecular Science

Integrated electronics to mimic tumor cell response to electrical stimulations

Disha

Patil

Biomedical Engineering

Using DTI to Study Changes in White Matter Tracts in the Brain to Identify Mild TBI

Pia

Piazzi

Materials Engineering

Complete Rheological Characterization of Concentrated Emulsions

Nicole

Piccininni

Biology

Investigation of Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

Maryom

Rahman

Chemical Engineering

Manufacturing a State-of the-Art Selector Valve for a Miniature Peptide Synthesizer

Varsha Rao

Rayasam

Biology

Nanobubbles-enabled foam fractionation for efficient algal removal

Marina

Seefen

Chemical Engineering


Novel MXene-Based Electrified Surface Coatings for Antiviral Air Filtration

Sohom

Sen

Computer Science and Engineering

Live SMPLX Model Control and Its Applications

Hannah

Shahinian

Environmental Science

Mercury Sorption in Propanotrophs​

Ana

Sierra-Maldonado

James Abraham (co-presenter)

Chemistry

Fabrication of 2D TMDs based FET sensors for the detection of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Vijay

Subramanian

B.S. Biology

Does mitochondrial DNA activate immune responses during TB infection?

 

Congratulations to all student winners and their faculty advisors!