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 2021 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)
2021 SURF Summer Symposium Award Winners
Best Presentations
1. Roxanne R. Huff (Purdue University)
Research Title: Designing Folate-Targeted Conjugates to Accelerate Kidney Clearance
Lab Mentor: Spencer Lindeman
PI: Dr. Philip Low
Department: Department of Chemistry
2. Zachary E. Lamantia (Purdue University)
Research Title: Novel Peptides in Polymer-Mediated Gene Delivery for Targeted Treatment of Cancer Cells
Lab Mentor: Shreya Kumar
PI: Dr. Marxa Figueiredo
Department: Department of Basic Medical Sciences
3. Huston Locht (University of Florida)
Research Title: Computational Assessment of Bronsted Acid Site Proximity in Chabazite and its Effect on Protolytic Propane Cracking and Dehydrogenation Kinetics
Lab Mentors: Ricem Diaz Arroyo, Bereket Bekele
PI: Dr. Rajamani Gounder
Department: Davidson School of Chemical Engineering - Center of Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR)
4. Noah J. Mehringer (Purdue University)
Research Title: Differential Tractography as a Patient-Specific Tool to Monitor Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers
Lab Mentor: Tyler Diorio
PI: Dr. Vitaliy L. Rayz
Department: Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
5. Pattiya Pibulchinda (Purdue University)
Research Title: Rheological Characterization of Highly Loaded Alumina-Polymer Suspension for Thermal Paste 3D Printing
Lab Mentor: Caitlin Adams
PI: Dr. Kendra Erk
Department: School of Materials Engineering
6. Shivani Pranatharti Haran (Purdue University)
Research Title: An Adaptable Prosthetic Limb: Discovery of Product-Application Fit, Conceptualization, and Design Inception
Lab Mentor: Soumya Bandyopadhyay
PI: Dr. Justin Weibel
Department: School of Mechanical Engineering
7. Zoe Elise Schardan (Purdue University)
Research Title: Ethanol Effects on Embryonic Zebrafish BMP Signaling as a Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Lab Mentor: Linlin Li
PI: Dr. David Umulis
Department: School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
8. Benjamin T. Waddey (Purdue University)
Research Title: Cdc14 Phosphatase Stimulation by an Intramolecular Substrate-Mimicking Motif
Lab Mentors: Kedric Milholland, Andrew DeMarco
PI: Dr. Mark Hall
Department: Department of Biochemistry
9. Jiecheng Zhang (Purdue University)
Research Title: Single- and Multi- UAV Trajectory Optimization and Simulation
Lab Mentor: Vinayak Suresh
PI: Dr. David Love
Department: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
10. Clarisse M. Zigan (Purdue University)
Research Title: Maturing Chondrocyte Seeded Scaffolds Using a Mechanobioreactor System
Lab Mentor: Zachary Davis
PI: Dr. Deva Chan
Department: Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Outstanding First-Time Researchers
1. Maria E. Gibbs (University of Texas at Austin)
Research Title: A Demographic Networked SIHRVD Model for COVID-19 Spread in the U.S.
Lab Mentor: Chi Ho (Humphrey) Leung
PI: Dr. Philip E. Pare
Department: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2. Amel J. Ksaibati (University of Wyoming)
Research Title: Classification of Chemical Reactions Using Molecular Fingerprints and Logical Regression
Lab Mentors: Yinan Xu, Pushkar Ghanekar
PI: Dr. Allison Godwin
Department: Davidson School of Chemical Engineering - Center of Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR)
3. Chandler J. Moy (Purdue University)
Research Title: Vortex Bursting under Dynamic Adjustment of Angle of Attack
Lab Mentors: Terry Zhou, Aditya Anilkumar
PI: Dr. Sally Bane
Department: School of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
4. Caitlin A. O'Brien (Purdue University)
Research Title: Microstructural Characterization of Spark Plasma Sintered Al-SiC-Graphite by 3D X-ray Tomography
Lab Mentor: Hamid Torbatisarraf
PI: Dr. Nikhilesh Chawla
Department: School of Materials Engineering
5. Lainey J. Orr (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Research Title: Evaluation of Different Fingerprinting Techniques for Classification of Large-Set Organic Reaction Data Using the Random Forest Algorithm
Lab Mentors: Yinan Xu, Pushkar Ghanekar
PI: Dr. Allison Godwin
Department: Davidson School of Chemical Engineering - Center of Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR)
Graduate Mentor Awards
1. Shawna Cook
Mentee: Regan Sherman
PI: Dr. Kari Ekenstedt
Department: Department of Basic Medical Sciences
2. Joseph Anderson
Mentee: Jose Manuel Torrez Lopez
PI: Dr. Anter El-Azab
Department: School of Materials Engineering
3. Dhinesh Radhakrishnan
Mentee: Nafissa Maiga
PI: Dr. Jennifer DeBoer
Department: School of Engineering Education
4. Andrew Fix
Mentee: SongHao Wu
PI: Dr. James Braun
Department: School of Mechanical Engineering
5. Elizabeth Bickel
Mentee: Hannah Snider
PI: Dr. Rajamani Gounder
Department: Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
6. Ioanna Katsamba
Mentee: Amy Guo
PI: Dr. Xiulin Ruan
Department: School of Mechanical Engineering