2022 SURF Symposium

The SURF program culminates with a Research Symposium, where participants present their summer research findings. This event provides a great opportunity for the Purdue community to learn more about the interesting and innovative research being conducted by undergraduates in various labs across campus.

The students disseminate information on the research they conducted throughout the summer and a few presentations are chosen to be awarded during the end-of-summer closing ceremony. For more details on the judging criteria, you can view the following score templates:

• Presentation:Judge Rubric Sheet (PDF)

SURF 2022 Symposium Sessions

The SURF Symposium provides a great opportunity for the Purdue community to learn more about the interesting and innovative research conducted by undergraduates in various labs across campus. This event highlights the scholarly work of SURF students Download PDF of Full Schedule and Participants

Download the Symposium Abstract Booklet (PDF)

 

2022 SURF Symposium Award Winners

Best Presentations

1.      Audrey Virginia Harrison, Neurobiology and Physiology|Purdue University| PI: Edward Bartlett

2.      Dylan Spencer Forbes, Chemistry|Purdue University | PI: Jianguo  Mei

3.      Jackson Daniel Lyall, Environmental and Ecological Engineering |Purdue University | PI: Brady Hardiman

4.      Kevin Gococo Ng, Chemical Engineering|Purdue University | PI: Rakesh Agrawal

5.      Emily Aicher, Biological Engineering|Purdue University | PI: Abby Engelberth

6.      Monique Nicole Watson, Engineering (First Year)|Purdue University | PI: Xiaoping  Bao

7.      Alison Mae Steele, Biomedical Engineering|Purdue University | PI: Denny Yu

8.      David Jonathan Sixon, Chemical Engineering|Purdue University | PI: Gintaras Reklaitis

9.      Raey Hunde, Chemical Engineering|University of Maryland, Baltimore County | PI: Jong Hyun Choi

10.    Lauren Michelle Oleksy, Chemical Engineering|Clarkson University | PI: Rajamani  Gounder

 

Outstanding First-Time Researchers

1.      Akshat Bisht, Computer Science| Purdue University | PI: Stanley Chan

2.      Jessica Taylor Joslyn, Biomedical Engineering | Purdue University| PI: Denny Yu

3.      Maria Rafiq, Applied Biosciences | Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) | PI: Tamara Kinzer-Ursem

4.      Navdeep Vansal, Mechanical Engineering| Purdue University | PI: Xiulin Ruan

5.      Vidisha Singhal, Engineering (First Year)| Purdue University | PI: Peter Bermel

 

SURF Student Choice Awards

1.      Halley Le, Chemistry|Bennington College| PI: Andrew Whelton

2.      Natalie Maria Galvan, Nutrition Science|Purdue University| PI: John Tesmer

3.      Saron Bhoopathy, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering|Purdue University| PI: Dharmendra Saraswat

4.      Santiago Lopez, Physics|Purdue University| PI: Ruichao Ma

5.      Xingyuan Zhang, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering|Purdue University| PI: Karen Marais

 

Graduate Mentor Awards

1.       Emerson Hernly, Department of Chemistry, nominated by Rosemary Ajish

          PI: Prof. Julia Laskin

2.       Geoffrey William Cramer, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, nominated by Qianqian Li

          PI: Prof. James C Davis

3.       Jie Zhu, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, nominated by Vidisha Singhal

          PI: Prof. Peter Bermel

4.       Madeleine Yuh, School of Mechanical Engineering, nominated by Kylie Sommer-Kohrt

          PI: Prof. Neera Jain

5.       Ria D. Corder, School of Materials Engineering, nominated by Vineeta Chen

          PI: Prof. Kendra A. Erk