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Provost Summer Research Fellowships
Research offers an excellent opportunity for professional development in many fields of interest at NJIT. It gives an individual the ability to think on their own and handle open-ended problems. It also gives them the discipline to take a problem towards its solution. As a student-centered research institution, NJIT is committed to providing opportunities for research participation beginning at the undergraduate level. We invite undergraduates from across the campus to explore a research topic of interest, under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The following link provides the most recent information about the next Provost Summer Research program.
Call for Proposals: 2022 Provost Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Summer Fellowship Program
Online Submission Deadline: April 18, 2022
Dana-Knox Student Research Showcase
Every year, students get an opportunity to present their work in the Dana-Knox Student Research Showcase and network with members of advisory boards and NJIT community. Details of the next Dana-Knox Student Research Showcase area available on the website.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Provost URI Summer Research Fellowships!
The following is a list of students receiving the 2021 Provost URI Summer Research Fellowship awards:
Arun Aryal
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Effect of Training on neuronal responses in auditory cortex in presence of background sound.
Faculty Advisor: Antje Ihlefeld
Hao Massimo Chen
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Computer Science
Project Title: Study of Global-Scale Surface Flows of the Sun in Past 10 Solar Cycles
Faculty Advisor: Mentor: Yan Xu; Co-mentor: Haimin Wang
Lazar Agoev
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Computer Engineering
Project Title: Long-Term Evolution of A Flare-Productive Active Region
Faculty Advisor: Haimin Wang
Michaela Dungan
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biology
Project Title: Proposal to Collect Normative Data on Concussed Pediatric Patients Using the Oculomotor and Vestibular Endurance Screening (Moves) Protocol
Faculty Advisor: Chang Yaramothu
John Tobia
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biology (B.A)
Project Title: Using BODIPY-based Photobase Generators to Create Physiologically-Compatible Hydrogel Photopolymerization Systems
Faculty Advisor: Yuanwei Zhang, PhD
Rui Zhang
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Computer Science
Project Title: Building an Enhanced Infrastructure for Understanding and Predicting the Onset of Solar Eruptions
Faculty Advisor: Ju Jing
Bhumi Patel
Academic Standing: Senior
Major: Industrial Engineering
Project Title: Determining Conditions for the Optimal Immunization Strategy: Ring or Mass Vaccination
Faculty Advisor: Esra Büyüktahtakın Toy
Sean Larmore
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Chemistry
Project Title: Computational Study of Substituted Chiral Nonclassical Carbocations
Faculty Advisor: Pier Alexandre Champagne
Christopher Henni
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Forensic Pain Biosensors
Faculty Advisor: Omowunmi A Sadik
Jason Ong
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Chemistry
Project Title: Bacterial Inactivation by Ultranarrow Spectrum LEDs
Faculty Advisor: Mengyan Li
Bilal Adra
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Dual-Layer, Millimeter-Core, Coil Wrapping Machine
Faculty Advisor: Balraj Mani and Ravindra Nuggehalli
Vishva Rana
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Ultrasound to Determine the Ultrafine Pores of Softened Shale
Faculty Advisor: Jay N. Meegoda
Rebecca Zaki
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biology
Project Title: Evaluation of a Phase-Transfer Catalyst Toward the Synthesis of Chiral Alkylboronic Esters
Faculty Advisor: Pier Alexandre Champagne
Joseph Schaedler
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Computer Science
Project Title: Blockchain-enabled System Design for Standardized Testing Process
Faculty Advisor: Jasmine Chang
Mirna Cheikhali
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: The Impact of Agglomeration and Surface Hydrophobicity on the Dissolution Rate of Dry Coated Poorly Water Soluble and Cohesive Drugs
Faculty Advisor: Rajesh Davé
Jason Ogbebor
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Compressibility of Nanoconfined Water From Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Faculty Advisor: Gennady Gor
Manal Desai
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Computer Science & Applied Mathematics
Project Title: Analysis of Flux Rope Events & Their Effect on Earth’s Magnetosphere
Faculty Advisor: Hyomin Kim
Egor Demidov
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Enhanced Light Scattering and Absorption by Processed Soot Aerosols
Faculty Advisor: Alexei Khalizov
Ashish Kokkula
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Study of Targeted Platinum Nanoparticles as Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Faculty Advisor: Kathleen McEnnis
Sahitya Kulkarni
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biology BS
Project Title: Temperature Entrainment of Cyanobacterial Circadian Clocks
Faculty Advisor: Yong-Ick Kim
Pranati Ambati
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biology
Project Title: Investigating the Role of Developmental Environment and Mauthner Cell Morphology on Neuronal Plasticity and Escape Behavior
Faculty Advisor: Kristen Severi
Sreya Sanyal
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biology & History
Project Title: Opsonization of SARS-CoV-2 to develop a COVID-19 antiviral
Faculty Advisor: Vivek Kumar
Anoushka Karnad
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: DanceForRehab: Dancing Pad for Movement and Balance Rehabilitation
Faculty Advisor: Alev Erdi
Elizabeth Kowalchuk
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: B. Architecture
Project Title: Modern Medievalism
Faculty Advisor: Louis Hamilton
Camilo Martinez
Academic Standing: Senior
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Integration of Cloud Storage Data Services in Health Care Devices
Faculty Advisor: Carlotta Mummolo
Edgar Canario
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Brain Function Using fNIRS
Faculty Advisor: Bharat Biswal
Disha Panchal
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biology
Project Title: Peptide-based Nucleic Acid Delivery Vehicle as COVID-19 Therapeutic
Faculty Advisor: Vivek A. Kumar
Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Synthesizing Biomimetic Water Splitting Catalysts
Faculty Advisor: Michael Eberhart
Jeffrey Luk
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biology BA
Project Title: Inactivation of MS2 Bacteriophage for Water Disinfection via Microwave Irradiation in the
presence of Microwave-Adsorbing Catalysts
Faculty Advisor: Wen Zhang
Pedro D'Avila
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Business
Project Title: Attention induced bias: a measurement of the strength of the contrast effect at different levels of equity investor’s attention
Faculty Advisor: Zhipeng Yan
Shaikh Hassan
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Modeling Spinal Cord Injury and Repair with Nidogen-1
Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Grasman
Vincent Tews
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Hybrid Monte Carlo-Molecular Dynamics Scheme for Simulating Adsorption-Induced Deformation in Spherical Pores
Faculty Advisor: Gennady Gor
Alicja Bil
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Utilizing DTI to Examine Structural Brain Changes in COVID Patients
Faculty Advisor: Bharat Biswal
Esha Shah
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biology (BA)
Project Title: Can Cold Atmospheric Plasma Improve Neural Regeneration?
Faculty Advisor: Gal Haspel
Alexander Hanna
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Chemistry
Project Title: Photosensitizers for Multi-Step Excited-State Electron Transfer Reactions
Faculty Advisor: Michael S. Eberhart
Dhruvi Rajpopat
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Architecture
Project Title: Visualizing Space and Place: Lessons for the Young Architect
Faculty Advisor: Gabrielle Esperdy
Maria Pepper
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Quantifying Overpronation Risk Factors in High Jump and Analyzation of Existing
Preventative Devices
Faculty Advisor: Xianlian (Alex) Zhou
Sheetal Padhi
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Neuronal Cell Death in Repeated Low-Level Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury
Faculty Advisor: Ying Li
Samuel Solomon
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Civil Engineering
Project Title: Polymer Engineering and Mechanisms in Template Assisted Crystallization for Hardness Removal
Faculty Advisor: Wen Zhang
Justin Pace
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Experimental Determination of Mixing Time in the USP Dissolution Apparatus 1
Faculty Advisor: Piero Armenante
Allison Wong
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Digital Design
Project Title: Developing Interactive Educational Animation to Visualize Financial Concepts for Students
Faculty Advisor: Hyejin Hannah Kum-Biocca
Jacob Swanson
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Architecture
Project Title: The Challenges of Cohousing from the Architect’s Perspective
Faculty Advisor: Maurie Cohen
Shiva Senthilkumar
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biology B.A.
Project Title: Dynamics of Generalized Half-Center Oscillator Neuronal Networks
Faculty Advisor: Horacio Rotstein
Ruchi Shah
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Visual Memory and Shifting Ability in Chess Players
Faculty Advisor: Yelda Semizer
Dylan Lederman
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Biology (B.S.)
Project Title: Examining Parameter Estimation Unidentifiability in Oscillatory Systems
Faculty Advisor: Horacio Rotstein
Seejal Padhi
Academic Standing: Freshman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: The effect of microglial NLRP3 inflammasome upregulation on astrocyte Piezo1 dysfunction and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-1β
Faculty Advisor: Bryan Pfister
Abdul-Rahman Azizogli
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: B.S. Biology
Project Title: Computational Design of Anti-Inflammatory Hydrogels
Faculty Advisor: Vivek Kumar
Rohan Harish
Academic Standing: Sophomore
Major: Electrical Engineering
Project Title: Improving the Efficiency of an Electric Scooter using a Continuously Variable Transmission
Faculty Advisor: Zhiming Ji and Dina Ayman
Lara Rios
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Civil Engineering
Project Title: Open Source Lead Sensor Development
Faculty Advisor: William Pennock
Gabriela De Carvalho
Academic Standing: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Quantifying Gait Abnormalities in Children with Cerebral Palsy through 3-D Motion Analysis Techniques
Faculty Advisor: Saikat Pal
Past Undergraduate Summer Research Awards
2019 Undergraduate Summer Research Awards Recipients
2018 Undergraduate Summer Research Awards Recipients
2017 Undergraduate Summer Research Awards Recipients
2016 Undergraduate Summer Research Awards Recipients