2020 Multi-Campus Research Experience for Undergraduates

Research Exhibition

All 2020 Projects

Improving Object Detection Robot Performance

Improving Object Detection Robot Performance

Project Team Students Chang Bickel Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Penn State Altoona Faculty Mentors Sohail Anwar Penn State Altoona Engineering Hussein Abdeltawab Penn State Behrend School of Engineering Constantino Lagoa Penn State University Park School...

Analyzing the Axial Flow of Swirl Effect in a Hybrid Rocket

Analyzing the Axial Flow of Swirl Effect in a Hybrid Rocket

Project Team Students Larry Covington Mechanical Engineering Technology Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Mentors David Lyons Penn State University Park Aerospace Engineering Brian Maicke Penn State Harrisburg Mechanical Engineering Project...

The Application of Support Vector Machine in Eye Diagram Analysis

The Application of Support Vector Machine in Eye Diagram Analysis

Project Team Students Mohammad Adam Hafiz Bin Jafri Malin Electrical Engineering Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Mentors Nashwa Elaraby Penn State Harrisburg Department of Electrical Engineering Yiqi Zhang Penn State University Park School of Electrical Engineering and...

Simulating Surveying In Virtual Reality

Simulating Surveying In Virtual Reality

Project Team Students Joe Fioti Computer Science Penn State Wilkes Barre Donovan Gaffney Computer Science Penn State Wilkes Barre Faculty Mentors Jeffery Chiampi Penn State Wilkes Barre Computer Science Dimitrios Bolkas Penn State Wilkes Barre Surveying Engineering...

Designing a Bio-Inspired Flapping Wing Mechanism

Designing a Bio-Inspired Flapping Wing Mechanism

Project Team Students Cooper Kovar Lietz Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Penn State Berks Lisa Panczner Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Penn State Berks Faculty Mentors Dr. Azar Eslam-Panah Penn State Berks Division of Engineering Dr. Bo Cheng Penn...

Hydrothermal Liquefaction: A Review

Hydrothermal Liquefaction: A Review

Project Team Students Nicholas Houck Chemical Engineering Penn State Berks, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Sarah Freeburne Penn State University Park Chemical Engineering Rungun Nathan Penn State Berks Engineering Project Project Video Project Abstract...

Electricity Generation From Body Movement

Electricity Generation From Body Movement

Project Team Students Bogdan Nazaryan Mechanical Engineering Penn State Berks Faculty Mentors Rungun Nathan Penn State Berks Division of Engineering - Business Computing Aman Haque Penn State University Park Mechanical Engineering Project Project Video Project...

Immersive VR System with Realistic Motion

Immersive VR System with Realistic Motion

Project Team Students Brodie Baxter Computer Science Penn State Berks Faculty Mentors Dr. Joseph Mahoney Penn State Berks Mechanical Engineering, Kinesiology Dr. Joseph Cusumano Penn State University Park Engineering Science Project Project Video Project Abstract...

Designing an Aerodynamically Scaled Wind Turbine Model

Designing an Aerodynamically Scaled Wind Turbine Model

Project Team Students Joshua Forrest Aerospace Engineering Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Dr. Mark Miller Penn State University Park Aerospace Engineering Project Project Video Project Abstract Testing Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) designs in wind...

Frequency Cancellation Interface for Tinnitus

Frequency Cancellation Interface for Tinnitus

Project Team Students Saira Hussain Mechanical Engineering Penn State Lehigh Valley Faculty Mentors Professor Tracey Carbonetto Penn State Lehigh Valley Division of Engineering Dr. Jason Moore Penn State University Park Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering...

Sex Determination in Plants

Sex Determination in Plants

Project Team Students Sining Leng General Biology Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Sairam Rudrabhatla Penn State Harrisburg School of Science Engineering and Technology Shobha Potlakayala Penn State Harrisburg School of Science...

Object Sorting using Robot Arm Based Neural Network

Object Sorting using Robot Arm Based Neural Network

Project Team Students Pengchang Chen Computer Science Penn State Abington Faculty Mentors Vinayak Elangovan Penn State Abington Information Sciences & Technology Vittaldas Prabhu Penn State University Park Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Project Project...

Measuring Surface Water Quality with the AWQUA

Measuring Surface Water Quality with the AWQUA

Project Team Students Tyler Barry Civil Engineering Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State University Park Lukas Seibel Mechanical Engineering Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Alandra Kahl Penn State Greater Allegheny...

Drone Battery and Structure Optimization

Drone Battery and Structure Optimization

Project Team Students Tanay Raje Mechanical Engineering Penn State Behrend Gregory Nutter Mechanical Engineering Penn State Behrend Faculty Mentors Adam Hollinger Penn State Behrend Mechanical Engineering Christopher Rahn Penn State University Park Mechanical...

SWCNT Solar Cells: What’s Absorbance got to do with it?

SWCNT Solar Cells: What’s Absorbance got to do with it?

Project Team Students Shane Kephart Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Penn State Altoona Faculty Mentors Kofi Adu Penn State Altoona Physics Gary Weisel Penn State Altoona Physics Nestor Lopez Penn State University Park Engineering Project...

Alternative Methods of Power: Improving CubeSat Thermal Control

Alternative Methods of Power: Improving CubeSat Thermal Control

Project Team Students Carlos Rodriguez Aerospace Engineering Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Puneet Singla Penn State University Park Aerospace Engineering Anilchandra Attaluri Penn State Harrisburg Mechanical Engineering Project...

Digitally Controlled Needle Array Platform

Digitally Controlled Needle Array Platform

Project Team Students Aaron Dominick Engineering Science Penn State New Kensington, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Ibrahim Ozbolat Penn State University Park Engineering Science and Mechanics Project...

Developing Virtual Reality (VR) App To Mimic Dementia Symptoms

Developing Virtual Reality (VR) App To Mimic Dementia Symptoms

Project Team Students Conner Delancey Software Engineering Penn State Behrend Maura Wells Computer Science Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Dr. Omar Ashour Penn State Behrend Industrial Engineering Dr Christopher McComb Penn State University Park Engineering...

Jay Madaka MCREU slide deck presentation

Jay Madaka MCREU slide deck presentation

Project Team Students Jay Madaka Biomedical Engineering Penn State Abington, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Dr. Mukul Talaty Penn State Abington Biomedical Engineering Pratima Saravanan Penn State University Park Project Project Video Project Abstract...

Development of a Virtual Mental Health Clinic

Development of a Virtual Mental Health Clinic

Project Team Students Bryant Niederriter Computer Science Penn State Behrend Faculty Mentors Dr. Faisal Aqlan Penn State Behrend Industrial Engineering Dr. Hui Yang Penn State University Park Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Project Project Video Project...

Machine Learning for Marine Engines

Machine Learning for Marine Engines

Project Team Students Kazi Nafis Aerospace Engineering Penn State Lehigh Valley Faculty Mentors Tracey Carbonetto Penn State Lehigh Valley Engineering Arash Khoshkbar-Sadigh Penn State University Park School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Project...

Multiplayer Virtual Reality Games for Manufacturing Paradigms

Multiplayer Virtual Reality Games for Manufacturing Paradigms

Project Team Students Ethan Baxter Computer Science Penn State Behrend Trevor Knox Computer Science Penn State Behrend Faculty Mentors Faisal Aqlan Penn State Behrend Industrial Engineering Yang Hui Penn State University Park Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering...

CM Carbonaceous Chondrites

CM Carbonaceous Chondrites

Project Team Students Dylan Treaster Applied Materials Engineering Penn State Dubois Faculty Mentors Neyda Abreu Penn State Dubois Geoscience Kat Crispin University Park Materials Research Project Project Video Project Abstract Carbonaceous chondrites, a type of stony...

Enhancing Outdoor Lab Instruction with Immersive Technologies

Enhancing Outdoor Lab Instruction with Immersive Technologies

Project Team Students Luke Kepner Telecommunications Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Penn State University Park Jason Kepner Telecommunications Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Penn State University Park David Neilson Surveying Engineering Penn State Wilkes-Barre Faculty Mentors...

The Effect of Microstructure on the Elastic Modulus

The Effect of Microstructure on the Elastic Modulus

Project Team Students Jeremy Fischer Mechanical Engineering Penn State DuBois, Penn State Behrend Faculty Mentors Chetan Nikhare Penn State Behrend Department of Mechanical Engineering Todd Palmer Penn State University Park Department of Mechanical Engineering Project...

An Empirical Model for Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots

An Empirical Model for Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots

Project Team Students Chenzhang Zhou Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science Penn State Altoona, Penn State University Park Tamia Williams Electrical Engineering Penn State Altoona, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Dr. Kofi Adu Penn State Altoona Physics...

Handwritten text recognition using Bezier curve detection

Handwritten text recognition using Bezier curve detection

Project Team Students Pengwen Zhu Computer Science Penn State Abington Faculty Mentors Vinayak Elangovan Penn State Abington Engineering Vittaldas Prabhu Penn State University Park Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Project Project Video Project Abstract The...

Particle Size Distribution of Graphene Quantum Dots

Particle Size Distribution of Graphene Quantum Dots

Project Team Students Tamia Williams Electrical Engineering Penn State Altoona, Penn State University Park Chenzhang Zhou Electrical Engineering Penn State Altoona, Penn State University Park Faculty Mentors Dr. Kofi Adu Penn State Altoona Division of Mathematics and...

Developing Magnetic Synapses

Developing Magnetic Synapses

Project Team Students Gabriela Gonzalez Magana Computer Engineering Penn State University Park, Penn State Berks Faculty Mentors Paris Von Lockette Penn State University Park Mechanical Engineering Project Project Video Project Abstract Mimicking brain function in...

Evaluating Possible Alternatives to Paper Recycling

Evaluating Possible Alternatives to Paper Recycling

Project Team Students Ritu Bhalodia Aerospace Engineering Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Mentors Richard Ciocci Penn State Harrisburg Division of Science and Engineering Saurabh Basu Penn State University Park Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Project Project...