Former UPRISE Projects

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2024 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

The following table contains links to the Individual Projects Information:

AI-Enhanced OASIS E Assessments: Unveiling the Future of Intelligent Assessments	Analyzing Clinical Workflow of Sleep Studies and Understanding Clinician Perspectives on Sleep Data Tracking	Characterizing Neuroinflammatory Responses in Radiation-Induced Brain Injury: Organotypic Brain Slice Validation and Analysis
Clostridioides difficile - neutrophil interactions in CDI recurrence	Community-engaged Research for Health Equity	Convergent Parameter Instrument (CPI): Quantification of Pressure Ulcers using Multimodal Imaging Technologies
Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background	Cost-Effective Integration of PCM Thermal Energy Storage and Wet Compression for High-Efficiency Industrial Heat Pumps	Cracking pulmonary threats: Dissecting the complement 5a enigma in Parkinson’s disease-associated lung inflammation
Data science and Machine learning for the function and dynamics of protein complexes	Decarbonizing Ohio’s buildings through innovative energy policies	Dendrimer-Lipid nanoparticles for transdermal delivery
Developing an AI-based predictive spatiotemporal model for epidemic dynamics	Developing Astronomy Ring Galaxy Catalogues & Outreach	Developing genetic techniques for marine sediment microbes
Developing superconducting resonators using oxide perovskites for quantum information technology	Development and evaluation of a web-based app for transgender voice coaching	Enabling Continuous Molecular Monitoring (like a Glucose Monitor) for Chronic Diseases Beyond Diabetes
Engineering microbiome for imaging and therapy	Experimenting new control designs for source seeking on robots or UAVs	Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: from sources to tap
Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring	General research project in soft materials	Graphical User Interface (GUI) for KickStat
High Density Memory Devices for Bio-Inspired Computing	Historical meandering of alluvial streams in buried valleys, southern Ohio, USA	Human Stem Cell Models of CHD and NDD
Impact of amniotic fluid composition upon fetal lung and gastrointestinal tract development	Improving the efficacy of a cardioprotective therapy	Investigation of the Role of LPS Binding Protein in Inflammation in Atherosclerosis Among Patients with Diabetes.
Machine learning-assisted catalyst design for CO2 Conversion	Metabolic reprogramming of renal cancer	Methods for Preserving Macronutrient Content of Expressed Human Breastmilk
Modeling of respiratory and speech disorders	MyA: Multi-Biometric Vest for People Living with Angelman Syndrome	Neurobiology of pain
Noise as the signal in electrical current measurement	Novel Polymer-Zeolite Composite Membranes for High-Performance Redox Flow Batteries and Water Electrolyzer	Peapod: Measuring the Forces a Newborn Experiences During Transport Inside, Outside, and Between Hospitals and Other Critical Care Settings
Post transcriptional Regulation in Cardiometabolic Disorder	Post-transcriptional regulation of spermatogonial stem cells	Probing the Standard Model with the LHCb Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Process monitoring and control of electrochemical additive manufacturing	Reinforcement Learning (RL) system through game engine	Resolving the Distant Universe with JWST
Rex: A Portable, Low-Cost, Adaptive Athlete-Friendly Device for Measuring Reaction Times as an Indicator of Concussion Severity	Role of propriospinal neurons in recovery of breathing after spinal cord injury	Signal transduction pathways and environmental sensing in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
Sleep in mosquitoes	Smart Helmets for Detecting and Preventing Concussions	Smart Helmets for Detecting and Preventing Concussions
Spatial Training in STEMM Education: Spatial Tasks, Apps, and Assessments (STAA)	Spin Fractionalization in Kondo Lattices	Structural Obstacles
Targetted drug delivery to limit luminal neutrophils in Clostridioides difficile infection	Understanding Mathematics Specialists' Social Identities: A Systematic Literature Review	Utilizing CRISPR-Cas9 technology to introduce novel variants into AML cell lines
Vision, Behavior, and Cognition in Jumping Spiders	Visual-Acoustic Biofeedback for Voice Training: Developing a Web Interface for Therapy Practice	Visualization of High Energy Particle Collision Simulations

Note - "Some projects are multi-disciplinary; a project in one area may be of interest to students from another major. Be sure to look at the projects in related areas to widen your choices."

Contact: Tiffany Grant, Ph.D., UPRISE REU Director (Email: tiffany.grant@uc.edu)