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Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRAs)

Gannon Lemaster and Kimani Toussaint — **Gannon Lemaster ’26** (electrical engineering) presented the poster “A Multifaceted Approach to Improving Physiological Monitoring Enabled by Polarization Optics.” Lemaster was advised by Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science Kimani Toussaint, and was supported by an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA).

Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRAs) support Brown students collaborating with Brown faculty on research and teaching projects during the summer or the academic year. Named for the dean who launched the program in the 1980s, UTRAs provide students with valuable academic experience that prepares them for graduate study and that contributes directly to course development at Brown. For more information on UTRAs, including application deadlines and answers to common questions please visit the UTRA site.

Students interested in the UTRA program are encouraged to reach out to faculty members to discuss potential projects and the applications process.

Project Title	Faculty Advisor	Term
Toward Clinical Translation of the Intelligent Spine Interface Project	David Borton	Summer 2022
Artifact Removal from Local Field Potential Recordings during Deep Brain Stimulation	David Borton	Summer 2019
Aerodynamic Tail Effects Developed in Robotic Flapping Flight Wake	Kenneth Breuer	Summer 2023
Engineering Bioelectric Sutures for Heart Repair	Kareen Coulombe	Summer 2021
Modulating the Mechanics and Structure of Wet-Spun Collagen Fiber Scaffolds for Engineering Cardiac Tissue	Kareen Coulombe	Summer 2022
Development of a Robotic Arm for Nano-Spacecraft	Rick Fleeter	Summer 2019
Rapid-Prototyping of Microfluidic Channels with Application to Taylor Dispersion	Dan Harris	Summer 2019
Speech Neuroprosthesis: Decoding Cortical Activity Patterns for Organic Communication in Individuals with Severe Paralysis	Leigh Hochberg	Summer 2023
Inter-layer Adhesion Energies of 2D Nanomaterials	Robert Hurt	Summer 2019
Optical Engineering and Characterization of Novel Scintillating Deterctors for X-Ray Medical Imaging	Angus Kingon	Summer 2019
Modeling the Brain and Studying Traumatic Brain Injury	Arto Nurmikko	Summer 2022
Innovations Based on Conductive Polymers: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Testing of a Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network Based Actuator	Tayhas Palmore	Summer 2019
Reduced-order Model of a Wave-induced Gas Cylinder Collapse	Mauro Rodriguez	Summer 2023
Finding a Bound on the Information Transmitted through Newtonian Gravity	Chris Rose	Summer 2021
Reduced-order Model of a Wave-induced Gas Cylinder Collapse	Brian Sheldon	Summer 2023
Visualizing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Biofilms using Scanning Electron Microscopy	Anita Shukla	Summer 2022
Polymyxin B-modified Liposomes for Active Targeting and Treatment of P. aeruginosa Infections	Anita Shukla	Summer 2023
Polymeric Gel Brain Tissue Surrogates for Studying TBI	Vikas Srivastava	Summer 2023
A Multifaceted Approach to Improving Physiological Monitoring Enabled by Polarization Optics	Kimani Toussaint	Summer 2023
An Automated Electronic Device With Single-Well Control For Multiplexed Electrical Dissociation of Tissues	Anubhav Tripathi	Summer 2022
Collective and Individual Invasion from Multicellular Spheroids in 3D Collagen Matrix	Ian Wong	Summer 2021
Synthesis of Graphene Oxide and Silk Fibroin Composite Aerogels with Programmable Oil/Water Adsorption	Ian Wong	Summer 2021
Experimental Demonstration of Reciprocal Swimming at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers	Roberto Zenit	Summer 2023