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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
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in the Context of Humanitarian Demining	Nora Ayanian	Summer 2024
Creating Actively Controlled Turbulence in the Wind Tunnel	Kenneth Breuer	Summer 2025
Characterizing the Impact of Stretch on Structure and Function of Cardiomyocytes on Second-Generation Bioelectric Thread	Kareen Coulombe	Summer 2025
The Anchor: A Multi-Use Facility in Low Earth Orbit	Rick Fleeter	Summer 2025
Restoring Expression: A Virtual Avatar System for Locked-In Syndrome Communication	Leigh Hochberg	Summer 2025
Limiting theImpact of Strength and pH on Graphene Oxide-based Films as a Novel Controlled Release System	Robert Hurt	Summer 2024
In-Situ Remediation of PFAS-Impacted Groundwater: Experimental Evaluation of Particulate Amendment Delivery and Retention in the Subsurface	Kurt Pennell	Summer 2025
Quantum Chemical Effects at the Iron Electrode in an Iron-air Battery	Andrew Peterson	Summer 2024
High Throughput Design of Experiment Optimization of Lipid Nanoparticles for Macrophage Delivery	Theresa Raimondo	Summer 2025
Adapting Quantization Techniques for Multi-Task Learning Models	Sherief Reda	Summer 2025
Reduced-order Model of a Wave-induced Gas Cylinder Collapse	Mauro Rodriguez	Summer 2023
Reduced-order Model of a Wave-induced Gas Cylinder Collapse	Brian Sheldon	Summer 2023
Liposomal Nanoparticles for Hyphal Inhibition to Mitigate Candida albicans Pathogenicity in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis	Anita Shukla	Summer 2025
The QAO Kinetic Framework: An Experimentally-Driven PDE Model to Describe the Metabolics of the Tumor Microenvironment	Vikas Srivastava	Summer 2025
Open-source, Low-cost Motorised Light Sheet Sample Holder	Kimani Toussaint	Summer 2025
Building a New Generation of Bioinspired Underwater Vehicles Employing Metachronal Propulsion	Monica Martinez Wilhelmus	Summer 2024
Engineering Profiling Circulating Tumor Cell Heterogeneity using Computer Vision and Machine Learning	Ian Y. Wong	Summer 2025
Fabrication of a Ge Quantum Dot Photodetector Prototype on an Oxide-covered Si Wafer.	Alex Zaslavsky	Summer 2024
Non-Newtonian Droplet Spreading on Hydrophobic Surfaces: Effects of Shear Thinning and Viscoelasticity	Roberto Zenit	Summer 2025