Summer Research Institute
The HSRI is an eight week (June-July) educational activity intended to foster innovative thinking, interdisciplinary research collaboration among and between Honors scholars, near-peer review/mentoring.
Each week, participants will be introduced to and explore the wide-range of research done at NJIT through near-peer research presentations, discussions and critiques. These weekly sessions will be moderated by Honors faculty and staff.
Given the value of this educational experience, full participation in the HSRI will entitle a scholar to a one Honors coursework reduction. A pre-requisite for participation in the HSRI is full-time research at NJIT during the eight week term that the Institute meets. While we expect all interested scholars to apply for support through other mechanisms (ex. Provost Summer Research Fellowship), there are a very limited number of fellowships to support Scholars’ faculty-directed research during the HSRI term.
| Sarah Abdul | Curing Madness: Ottoman Psychiatric Treatments in the 19th Century |
| Kamil Arif | ForensicXR |
| Theresa Carlos | Exploring the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Functional Brain Connectivity using fMRI Data |
| Jonah Eng | Inferring the Properties of Neuronal Synaptic Connectivity: A Combined Dynamic Modeling and Machine Learning Approach |
| Elizabeth Finnegan | Controlling Madness: Constructing Space and Time for Toptaşı Asylum Staff |
| Shaik Hassan | Investigating the Impact of ECM Proteins on Spinal Cord Injury and Repair |
| Erika Hurst | Avatar Creation in Education and the Metaverse |
| Mrunmayi Joshi | Neuronal Loss after Repeated Low-level Blast Injury |
| Nikola Klimczak | Compounding Impacts of Climate Change and Ambient Temperatures on Mortality |
| Priya Marella | Role of TGFβ Signaling in Wound Healing |
| Roberto Martinez | The Effect of Surfactant on the Glass Transition Temperature of PLGA Nanoparticles |
| Charan Masimukku | The Secularization of Italy and Prevalence of Vernacular Devotion |
| Varun Pai | The Role of the Hog1 Pathway in Candida auris Drug Resistance and Cell Wall Architecture |
| Dhruvi Prajapati | Using NMR to Quantify the Degradation Efficiency of PFAS Treatment |
| Prithvi Rajbabu | Investigating the role of the neuronal class, Dmrt3, in the control of locomotion and fin movement in zebrafish |
| Vishva Rana | Air Quality Monitoring System in the Ironbound |
| Anbar Saleem | Interactive Annotated 360 Environments for Educational Use |
| Dinitha Samaranayake | Computational Exploration of the Gewald Reaction |
| Pushti Shah | Assessing Subject Motion in Task-based and Resting-state fMRI scans. |
| Taylor Van Grouw | From Conserved to Forgotten: An Analysis of the Pequannock Watershed |
| Justin Vasquez | The Effects of Climate Change on Public Health |
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Elizabeth Brogna |
The Impact of Clutter on Multiple Object Search in Naturalistic Settings |
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Egor Demidov |
Enhanced Light Scattering and Absorption by Processed Soot Aerosols |
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Manal Desai |
Analysis of Flux Rope Events & Their Effect on Earth’s Magnetosphere |
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Jada Evans |
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Accessibility in Rowasu'u, an A’uwẽ-Xavante Scientific Archive |
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Reesha Gandhi |
An Exploration of Intern Socialization During Remote Internships |
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Sophie Jedrysek |
The Impact of Clutter on Multiple Object Search in Naturalistic Settings |
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Pia Kapoor |
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Accessibility in Rowasu'u, an A’uwẽ-Xavante Scientific Archive |
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Ashish Kokkula |
Study of Targeted Platinum Nanoparticles as Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
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Elizabeth Kowalchuk |
Modern Medievalism |
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Sahitya Kulkarni |
Temperature Entrainment of Cyanobacterial Circadian Clocks |
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Jason Kurzer |
Unity (game engine) for Spatial Research |
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Stuti Mohan |
Pure-Tone Audiometric Clinical Testing of the Mapping Auditory Processing Disorder (MAPD) Application |
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Seejal Padhi |
The effect of microglial NLRP3 inflammasome upregulation on astrocyte Piezo1 dysfunction and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-1β |
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Sheetal Padhi |
Neural Cell Death in Repeated Low-Level Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Nikitha Pappachen |
Investigating the role of a genetically-conserved spinal neuronal class, Dmrt3, in the rhythmic pectoral fin movements in zebrafish. |
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Dhruvi Rajpopat |
Visualizing Space and Place: Lessons for the Young Architect |
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Ruchi Shah |
Visual Memory and Shifting Ability in Chess Players |
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Jacob Swanson |
The Challenges of Cohousing from the Architect’s Perspective |
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Shafia Talat |
A Food Forest to Combat a Hot Planet |
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Nishita Vootukuru |
Effects of Osteopontin on Cardiomyocytes as Evaluated by Gene Expression Analysis |
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Meredith Westrich |
Interface Implementation for the Edicole Sacre Database |
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DaSilva, Matthew M. |
Do Younger and Older Adults Have Increased Muscle Co-Contractions During Walking Over Uneven Compared to Even Surfaces? |
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Ji, Katherine |
The Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation on Cognitive Function and Hemodynamics using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy |
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Kadam, Anuradha |
Analysis of Long-Term Energy and Thermal Comfort Performance of a Net-Zero Energy House |
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Kannan, Manisha |
A Novel Representation of Pressure Drop-Flow Rate-Roughness Ratio for Pipe Flow: Revisiting the 80-year Old Moody Chart |
| Koli, Vrushali | Analysis on Accessibility and Needs of Healthcare Facilities in the Tri-State Area by Integrating GeoSpatial and Social Media Data |
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Lederman, Dylan |
Examining Parameter Estimation Unidentifiability in Dynamic Models |
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Munoz, Steven |
Eight-Legged Coordination: Locomotive Gait of Tardigrades |
| Naeem, Zoraiz | Improving Collaboration, Motivation and Engagement with Participatory Learning |
| Patel, Akaash | Geoacoustic inversion in the ocean using generalized additive models and neural networks |
| Pugliese, Andre D. | Using Long-Read Sequencing to Assemble Genomes with Repetitive DNA: A Simulation Study |
| Riggs, Lindsey | Apolipoprotein 4 and Cholesterol Packaging in Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Senthilkumar, Shiva | Dynamics of Generalized Half-Center Oscillator Neuronal Networks |
| Shah, Nitya | Models of Parasitism: Quantifying the Morphological Evolution Between Social Parasites and their Hosts |
| Singh, Divjyot | An Algorithm for Restructuring of Coated Soot Aggregates |
| Torsiello, Joseph | Retrieving Mosquito Population Density from Entomological Lidar |
| Tuma, Michael | Ultrasound to Determine Porosity of Nano Pores in Shale Before and After Softening |
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Varshney, Shruti |
Resting State fMRI and Thalamocortical Connectivity with Parkinson’s Disease |
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Vought, Rita |
Neural Mechanisms for the Discrimination of Large and Small Moving Sensory Images |
| Vought, Victoria | A Literature Review of the Role of Neuromodulation in Circadian Signaling |
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Agrawal, Parth |
Hippocampal Oscillation Changes During Sleep Cycles |
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DeOliveira, Maria |
Effects of UV exposure on the mechanical behavior of Polylactic Acid |
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Goswamy, Nishaant |
Influence of Autonomous Vehicles on Human Driving Behavior |
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Ji, Katherine |
An Exploratory Study into the Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation using fNIRS |
| Kannan, Manisha | Comparison of Different Cross Linked Apocynin-Loaded Albumin Nanoparticles (apoANP) Formulations and Characterization: Potential Application in Traumatic Brain Injury |
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McGlew, Brian |
Treatment of Contaminated Sediments with Ozone Nano Bubbles and Ultrasound |
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Mina, George Ehab |
Fabrication of a Microscope Stage Compatible Incubator for Live Cell Imaging |
| Patel, Chandni | Changes in Synaptic and Axonal Proteins as a Function of Time in Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Reyes, Xavier | The Effect of Land Area on Ecological Niches: A case study with ants and islands |
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Tanis, Gregory |
Commercial Autonomous Lawn Mower |
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Winfield, Zenit |
Rodent to human scaling laws: The evaluation of biofidelic materials for the rat head model under shock wave loading |
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Callaghan, Jennifer |
Ballistic Armor Composite Metamaterials |
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Daudelin, Daniel |
Compensatory Neuronal Plasticity Mechanisms in response to Insertion of Exogenous Genes |
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DeMottie, Katherine |
Edicole Sparita in Rome’s Eleventh Rione and the Historic Jewish Ghetto |
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D'Souza, Caroline |
Optimization of 3D Printed Hybrid Scaffolds |
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Gould, Laura |
Urban Infrastructure and Apparent Religious Devotion in Rome, Italy |
| Grajales, Jonpierre * | Analysis and Simulations of Vortex Beam Propagation and Polarization Properties |
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Marsh, Richard |
Intense Ultrasonic Waves in Fluids: Nonlinear Behavior |
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Naeem, Zoraiz |
Topologically Protected Domain Boundary Modes in Metamaterials |
| Patel, Kush * | Expediting the process of Food Waste Decomposition through Anaerobic Digestion |
| Paul, Reshma * | Application of Antibacterial Peptide Hydrogels in Diabetic Wound Healing Model |
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Pavuluri, Swathi |
Measuring Susceptibility to Seizures After Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats with Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Rejouis, Beatrice |
The Effect of Breeding on Thoroughbred Race Horse Durability |
| Uddin, Arif * | Wealth and Secularization in the Eternal City |
(* indicates funding via the 2018 Provost Summer Research Fellowships awards)
In the News
NJIT Honors College Creates Interdisciplinary Research Pipelines, read the article here.
Read about the Honors College Debuts Program Promoting Undergraduate Research here.
Collage of photos of the 2018 HSRI Recipients with Dr. Dobiszewski, click here to see complete gallary of photos.
NJIT's 11th International Undergraduate Research Symposium, read the article here.
(Above, left to right) Dean Louis I. Hamilton, Honors College, Laura Gould, Katherine DeMottie, and Arif Uddin, just a few of the students who participated in the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Click here for a complete gallery of photos.
Undergraduate Research Snapshot: Jennifer Callaghan Investigates Bullet-Proof Armor, read the article here.
(Above) Jennifer Callaghan (center) and Ayushi Sangoi, a biomedical and chemical engineering major, use an impact hammer to conduct modal testing, a form of vibration testing, as adviser Kyle Dobiszewski looks on. This type of testing characterizes the frequency response of a sample material — in this case, a commercially available ballistic fiberglass panel. Their work is supported by an FY18 Faculty Seed Grant.