Engineering & Science Research Symposium

Research Symposium

View the abstract for the 2024 Research Symposium here.

Detroit Mercy's College of Engineering & Science hosts an annual symposium to highlight the research and projects by undergraduate and graduate students.

Each year, the College invites high school students and alumni to experience the academic research achievements of our students. 

Submission Requirements (submit abstract here!)

The 2024 Engineering and Science Undergraduate and Graduate Research Symposium was held Thursday, Nov. 14, in the University Ballroom 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. View the winners below!

At this event, we will have high school students and alumni visiting as we present our research, hold demonstrations, and enjoy lunch together. Student participants will present their research via printed poster at the venue location. 

Prizes will be awarded to students for research excellence in both Engineering and Science categories, as well as a participant-voted People’s Choice award. 

Why do we hold this event?

  • Celebrate all the cool research projects we're doing
  • Motivate others to get involved
  • Inspire high school students to choose STEM careers

Join us and judge for yourself!

 

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    2024 Research Winners

    Awards

    Freshman Biology Science Award 

    STOMATAL DENSITY IN PEPPER PLANTS WHEN PLANTED ALONGSIDE MARIGOLD FLOWERS AT THE URBAN GARDENS IN DETROIT, MI
    Chloe Avis, Lydia Campbell, Yara Marouf, Mya Mascaro, Emma McKinley and Stokes Baker*

     

    Engineering Excellence Award  

    1. DEVELOPING AN OPEN SOURCE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PLATFORM THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF A ROS2 INTERFACE INTO A WOODPECKER ELECTRONIC VEHILCE
    Oriekaose Agholor, Andrew Pries, Brandon Smith, Edrees Ahmed, and Utayba Mohammad* 
    2. OPTIMIZING BUILDING OCCUPANCY PREDICTIONS THROUGH COMPARATIVE TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS AND MACHINE LEARNING INTEGRATION
    Bassam Abdelghani, Ahlam Al Mohammad, Shadi Banitaan*, and Mina Maleki* 
    3.ECE SENIOR DESIGN I – SIMULATION OF AN INTELLIGENT GROUND VEHICLE AND ITS INTEGRAL PROCESSES 
    Oriekaose Agholor, Edrees Ahmed, and Michael Santora* 

     

    Scientific Excellence Award 

    1. THE ROLE OF CidI.3.2 IN EYE AND WING DEVELOPMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER 
    Gabrielle Makonnen and Maryam Qoda, and Jacob Kagey* 
    2. TOXR AND TCPP COMBINE TO ACTIVATE THE TOXT PROMOTER IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE BY DIRECTLY CONTACTING RNA POLYMERASE: A CRYOEM STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDY 
    Ali A. Mohammad1, Michael J. Rowse1, Joseph M. Ferracciolo1, Adrià Alcaide-Jiménez2,3, Albert Canals 2,3, Florence Baudin4, Christoph W. Müller4, Miquel Coll2, and Eric S. Krukonis1* 
    3. A CHARACTERIZATION OF NEURONS IN THE DROSOPHILA NOCICEPTIVE NETWORK 
    Mariana Gonzalez1, Ruonan Li1*, and Bing Ye2* 

    People’s Choice Award

    1. DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS BACTERIA 

    Sukhman Ghare and James Graves 

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    2023 Research Winners

    Awards

    Freshman Biology Science Award 

    1. HOW DO DISEASES AFFECT THE STOMATAL DENSITY AND WATER STRESS OF GRAPE LEAVES IN URBAN GARDENS OF DETROIT, MI 
    Abdulqader Naser, Deaira Chaney, Lia White, Channoh Yun, Anna-Simone Mousaad, and Zahara Kanji
    Research Advisor: Maris Polanco

    Engineering Excellence Award  

    1. FREE-CONVECTION ELECTRONICS COOLING: EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF COPPER-AND ALUMINUM-FOAM HEAT SINKS
    Hannah Klatzke
    Research Advisor: Nihad Dukhan
    2. OCCUPANCY PREDICTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATIC AND MOTIF TIME SERIES FEATURES USING WIFI SYSLOG DATA
    Bassam Abdelghani, Ahlam Al Mohammad, and Jamal Dari
    Research Advisors: Mina Maleki and Shadi Banitaan
    3. ENHANCING THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY FACULTY REIMBURSEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Eyiara Oladipo, Andre Price, Ethan Scheys, and Benyamain Yacoob
    Research Advisor: Mina Maleki

     

    Scientific Excellence Award 

    1. QUANTITATION OF ATRAZINE AND ITS METABOLITES FOR TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE KEYSTONE SPECIES FAZONIUS VIRILIS
    Dorian K. Goolsby, Reema N. Hamdan, Kenia L. Contreras, Andrew A. Bosah, Christina M. Rabban1, Mariana Muskovac, and Caela P. Fedraw
    Research Advisors: Rachelle Belanger and Kendra Evans
    2. ALEXITHYMIA MODERATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEMORY FOR EMOTION AND COMPANIONSHIP
    Rebecca De La Garza, Darius Vann, Robiann Broomfiled, Gavin Sanders, and Robin Hanks
    Research Advisor: Lisa Rapport
    3. EXAMINATION OF A CONTEMPORARY COUNTERFEIT BRASHER DOUBLOON
    Keara Moroz, Andrew Ivanciu, Phebi Le, and Lester Rosik
    Research Advisor: Mark Benvenuto

    People’s Choice Award

    1. THE APPLICATION AND HISTORY OF GOOSYPOL

    Mia Cassar

    Research Advisors: Mara Livezey and Prasad Venugopal

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    2022 Research Winners

    Awards

    Engineering Quality Award

    1. Authors: Lauren Ross,Nichole Kutchey,Nassif Rayess,  and Megan Conrad
      Title: #1. DESIGN OF A CUSTOM FORCE FIXTURE TO FIT MINIATURE LOAD CELLS FOR INDIVIDUAL FINGER FORCE MEASUREMENT.
    2. Authors: Karthika Balan,Michael Santora, and Victor Carmona
      Title: #14. MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE CLASSIFICATION WITH COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES USING UAV MULTISPECTRAL DATA FOR ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY APPLICATIONS
    3. Authors: Bassam Abdelghani, Sophia Fadal, Shadi Bedoor, and Shadi Banitaan
      Title: #11. PREDICTION OF HEART ATTACKS USING DATA MINING TECHNIQUES.

    Scientific Quality Award

    1.  Authors:  Jade Siebert,Luming Zheng, Miao Qian, Mingzhan Wu, Jade Sibert, and Genyue Fu
      Title:  74.  Observing Positive Interracial Contact Reduces Young Children’s Implicit Racial Bias

    2.   Authors:  Fadi Koria, Haya El Dana, Joseph Ferracciolo, Laura Young, and Eric S. Krukonis
      Title:  40.  ASSESSING THE PHYSICAL INTERACTION(S) BETWEEN VEILLONELLA PARVULA AND STREPTOCOCCUS

    3.  Authors:  Mohammed Ahmed, Samantha Mena, Arif Hussain, Jungwhan Park, Antonela Shyti, JiEun Park, Woohyun Jeong, Maria A. Gerges, and Katherine C. Lanigan
      Title:  23.  DETECTION OF PHOTO-INDUCED OXIDATION OF METAL-EDTA COMPLEXES ADSORBED TO TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES USING UV/VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY

    People’s Choice Award

    1. Authors:  Mariana D. Muskovac, Diana H. Chammout, Miranda M. Meyou, Hussien B. Hazime, Sarah Awali, Kenia L. Contreras, Dorian K. Goolsby, Reema N. Hamdan, Christina M. Rabban, Kendra R. Evans, and Rachelle M. Belanger
      Title: #29: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CRAYFISH HEMOLYMPH AND HEPATOPANCREAS POST-ATRAZINE EXPOSURE

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