A recent article details the great work that students at Purdue Fort Wayne are doing with the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research! Read more at the following link: https://t.co/mZnECd4kCC
Students in Dr. Kari Clase’s lab investigate the structure and genome of a bacteriophage recently discovered on Purdue’s campus, the PurduePete mycobacteriophage. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/MffwwD9iY4
Wijesooriya Kisal Wijesooriya’s work examines how the dynamics of animals’ neuromusculoskeletal systems can be modeled using applied mathematics. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/CpyqxGgOI7
Gavin Ruan’s research utilizes a machine learning framework to determine optimal food bank locations to improve access to food banks for lower income households. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/qmufMxpx28
Joanna Senff’s snapshot details her contributions to the Black Games Archive (BGA), a project that aims to document Black cultural games. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/lfJ2PCa3Pp
The Spring Undergraduate Research Conference starts tomorrow! JPUR will be at the poster symposium. Feel free to stop by to chat about publication opportunities and ways to get involved!
Student researcher Maelyn Fulton investigates early sleep patterns in children with Angelman and Fragile X syndromes using a variety of descriptive data sources. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/DGhQOe2svn
Toxic Waste Dumps and Intersectionality
Kaitlyn Vasilko examines waste dumps in Lake County, Indiana to study the negative health effects on local communities. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/v5N3ssKxYI
The Purdue Undergraduate Research Pitch Competition is coming up soon! The deadline to apply to present is tomorrow. The event on March 27th is also open to the public so feel free to stop by to watch the pitches, participate in a TEDxPurdueU workshop, and talk with JPUR.
Student Nah’Shon Zion Williams researches the role that Martin L. Peirce, a Lafayette banker and Purdue University trustee, in the American abolitionist movement. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/JKkqWoT1Wh
Kathleen Martinus’s research applies a data-driven model to better understand the spread of electrical fires in space habitat systems. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - https://t.co/K4SqDGRwFc
Undergraduate students who will present at PURC on research done in an ILS course or with a School of Information studies mentor are eligible to compete for this award (to be considered, select the Libraries and School of Information Studies as the final judging unit).
Rhea Dutta’s research aims to address the role limited teaching preparedness plays in creating low engineering retention rates. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - https://t.co/6c3nYraLDq
The Impact of Anorexia Nervosa on the Gut Microbiome
Student researcher Anjali Vanamala uses rat models to examine how anorexia nervosa may affect gut microbial communities. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - https://t.co/gmTUky12VZ
Student researcher Anurag Shah examines historical journalism during the Crimean War and how this affected 19thcentury American public opinion. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - https://t.co/Xjt0p5h9aw
The Undergraduate Award for Humanities and STEM Research is now accepting applications!
This $2,000 award is is open to all Purdue West Lafayette undergraduates, including international and part-time students.
Apply by by March 2, 2025: https://t.co/QwORLg3x1Y
Santiago Lopez’s work evaluates the efficacy of the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK) system to help inform research equipment choices for superconducting qubits used in quantum computing. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - https://t.co/5Z2jHaN5VA