Maseeh Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
The Maseeh Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (MSURE) is open to all Maseeh undergraduate students researching over the summer(there is no enrollment criteria). While each student conducts independent research with their faculty mentor through their respective intern and/or research programs, MSURE creates a supportive peer community through shared learning experiences and networking opportunities. The cohort meets weekly for Lunch & Learns and other programming designed to enhance research skills, build professional competencies, and foster connections among the next generation of researchers across engineering and computer science disciplines. By uniting these talented undergraduate researchers from diverse backgrounds and academic stages, MSURE transforms individual research experiences into a collaborative summer journey, creating lasting relationships and a network of peers who understand the unique challenges and rewards of undergraduate research.
Submissions from 2025
Microbially-Induced Desaturation (MID) for Mitigating Liquefaction, Iman Ahmad
Hyper-gravity Model Construction for Soil Behavior Under Cone Penetration Tests, Brandon Auyeung
Portable Low-Cost Spectrophotometer, Ian Bozovich
Lift Force Measurements and Laser-Based Position Tracking on a Maglev Vehicle, Abigail Jolene Chable
Modeling Residential Water Heater Usage With Ochre, Josephine DeLine
Single-Photon Camera Simulator Interface, Augustine Do
Zephyr RTOS Integration on the NXP MCXN947 for OreSat programming, Blen Ermias
Exploring Query Complexity: Foundations and Open Questions, Jethro Fernandez
Securing Publish-Subscribe Systems with Scalable Fine-Grained Access Control, Spencer Henwood
LV 3.1, Jacob Lutz
Solving Trail-Following Tasks Using Recurrent and Spiking Recurrent Neural Networks in a Reinforcement Learning Environment, Kieran McKenna
Zephyr RTOS on NXP MCXN947 for OreSat Protocards: Bring-up, Drivers, and Debug, Las Meman
Statistical Analysis of Atomic Crystal Structures in Highly Disordered Materials Using Python, Sabeel Saleem Mohammed
VTOL Pop-Up Repeater UAVs, Andrew Nguyen
Experimental Rig for Underwater Volcanic Jet Dynamics, Phi Nguyen
Speed and Torque Analysis of a Contra Rotating Magnetic Gear, Teresa Nguyen
Electronics Hardware Assembly and PCB Design for LV3.1 Rocket and CubeSat Systems, Shaelin Olton
Parallel Explorations in Biomimetics, Simone Scheuer
When Falcons Huddle, Can AI Still Count?, Lyla Shukur
A Systematic Study on Urban Form Influence on Particulate Matter Dispersion: A QUIC-Based Analysis of Portland Neighborhoods, Jurr Sterling
Exploring the Durability of Marine Picocyanobacteria Micro-colonies, Erik Swanson
Listening to Concrete Pavements: Ultrasonic Monitoring for Early Damage Detection, Lindsay Tellegen
Leveraging Fractional Dynamics in Reinforcement Learning for Efficient and Robust Control, Matthew Tubbin
Submissions from 2024
Airframe Stability and Recovery for Launch Vehicle No. 3.1, Samantha Bechtel
Using a Magnetic Spring for Wave Energy Conversion, Cass Blum
Comparison of Different Theories of the Immersed Boundary Method for Large-eddy Simulations, Sienna Christensen
Improved Quartz Tube Furnace For Wildfire Condition Testing, Casey Coffland
Influence of Renewable Energy Into Power Systems, Cristian Gomez
Investigating the Role of 1-Wire in Low-Power, Crystal-free Sensor Networks, Mitch Montee
Sieve: Scalable Access Control to Database Management Systems, Satvik Mudgal
Deformation and Coalescence of Two Impacting Droplets in Microgravity, Cabala Newell
Dead Time Effect on Single-Photon 3D Imaging, Keylan Petty
Impact of cuticular conductance on foliar water uptake in Fagus grandifolia, Rory Price
Exploring Real-time Robotic Control Using Synthetic Neural Systems, Daniel Restrepo
Comparing the Sensitivity and Degree of Boolean Functions via the Hypercube, Annie Rupp
Generating Magnetic Fields from an Orbital Simulator, Emily Snodgrass
Improving CVD Graphene Growth on Copper Micro Powders by Manipulating Annealing Environments, Adan Velasquez
Submissions from 2023
Turbulent Flow Over Coastal Areas, Weston Baker
Modeling Carbon Allotropes using Machine Learning, Angel Chung
Helmholtz Cage Software Development for CubeSat Testing, Gustavo Cotom Lopez
Classroom Analysis Using Audio, Nadine Ferguson
Surface Chloride Content Testing on Oregon Concrete Bridges, Robert Garfias
Real-time Length Sensing of Artificial BPA Muscles for Use in Characterizing Strain Gauge Measurements, Rochelle Jubert
Investigation of Graphene Coatings on Iron-based Alloys through Mechanochemical Ball-Milling, Sebastian Lara
Receiving Bluetooth LE Packets With SCμM, Jacob Louie
Interpretations of a Protocol, Dana Paresa
Understanding Nutrient Response in the Resource-Limited Crop Opuntia Ficus-Indica, Faye Parish
Submerged Jet in Zero-G, Richard Sands
Python for Embedded Linux on CubeSats, Andrey Steblyakov
Modeling Foliar Water Uptake in Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), Camellia Tran
Submissions from 2022
Characterizing Electrically Small Antennas at 2.4GHz, Luis Brennan
Improving Power Grid Reliability: Building a Water Heater Control Module Prototype, Nicole Henderson
Adaptive Robotics Lab Projects, Art Jerome
Predicting Blood Glucose Levels Using Reservoir Computing, Nihar Koppolu
Quantum Computing In A Humanoid Robot, Lynn Nguyen
Many Small Problem Application for Engineering Students, Hongzu Pan
Assessing Inter-metric Correlation for Multi-document Summarization Evaluation, Michael Ridenour
Submissions from 2020
Approximate Computing with Emerging Devices, Richard Atherton
3D-Printed Leg Design and Modification for Improved Support on a Quadruped Robot, Jasmin S. Collins
From Inductive to Deductive Learning, Mikhail Mayers and Brian Henson
Flight Simulator Modeling Using Recurrent Neural Networks, Nickolas Sabatini and Andreas Natsis
Teaching VR and AR, Sam Shippey
Submissions from 2019
Simulation of Human Balance Control Using an Inverted Pendulum Model, Joshua E. Caneer
Creating a 3D Printed Bipedal Robot’s Ankle and Foot With Human-Like Motion, Tylise E. Fitzgerald
Material Parameter Estimation of Thin Wafers with Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy, Kirk R. Jungles
Exploring and Expanding the One-Pixel Attack, Umairullah Khan and Walt Woods
The Applications of Grid Cells in Computer Vision, Keaton Kraiger
Omni-gravity Hydroponics System for Spacecraft, Tara M. Prevo
Submissions from 2018
Learning in Bio-molecular Computing Systems, Lauren Braun
Generating Adversarial Attacks for Sparse Neural Networks, Jack H. Chen and Walt Woods
Designing Model Experiments Around Harriet Tubman Middle School, Ryan Crist, Sarah Smith, Greg Sakradse, and Ryan Scott
Direct Synthesis of Graphene on Niobium and Niobium Nitride, Robin Ekeya and Otto Zietz
Automating Knife-Edge Method of THz Beam Characterization, Christopher Charles Faber
Binder Free Graphene Hybridized Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Supercapacitor Applications, Nathan D. Jansen
Improvement of 802.11 Protocol on Fully Programmable Wireless Radio, Eunji Lee
Real-time Object Detection And Tracking On Drones, Tu Le
Combining Algorithms for More General AI, Mark Robert Musil
Laser-Scribed Graphene Micro-Supercapacitors, Kimi D. Owens
Three Speed 3D Printed Magnetic Gear, Robert J. Rutherford
Thermally Stable Super-Hydrophobic Surface Creation, Caleb Turner
An Analysis of LoRa Low Power Technology and its Applications, Gomathy Venkata Krishnan
An Exploration of Software Defined Radio and GNU Radio Companion for Use in Drone-to-Drone Communication, Amanda K. H. Voegtlin
Early Emerging Pathogen Detection, Mackenzie Wangenstein
Submissions from 2017
The Effect of Plasma on Graphene Quality in an Inductively Couple Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor, Brendan Coyne
Design and Test of 3D Printed Lenses for sub-THz Radiation, Justin Patterson
Improving Quality of Patient Care Through Automated Nerve Segmentation, Madisen D. Phillips
Deposition Velocity Dependence on Urban Morphology, Rawand Muzafar Rasheed
Flux Focusing Axial Magnetic Gear, Robert J. Rutherford
Conditional Averaging and Classification in the Near Wake of a Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer, Sarah E. Smith
The Aerodynamic Effects on Flight Patterns and the Evolutionary Changes in Pterosaurs, Johnathan D. Talik
Jet Bounce in Low Gravity, Caleb Turner
Submissions from 2016
Sparse Adaptive Local Machine Learning Algorithms for Sensing and Analytics, Jack Cannon
Quantum Yield Optimization for Semiconductor Photocatalysis Systems, Ryan Catabay
High-Performance Computing for Drought Prediction, Henry Cooney
Emerging Adaptive Architectures for Biomolecular Computation, Matthew Fleetwood
Design for Fractal Grid Generated Turbulence, Moira Gion