Aya Masri

Aya Masri Academic Year URG Please provide a brief summary of your research.My project is centralized around the discovery of new mechanosensing proteins as well as demonstrating their physiological role in blood-flow mechanosensing within mice models. I preform...

Michael Bayer

Michael Bayer Summer URG Please provide a brief summary of your research.I developed a method for molding Handed Shearing Auxetics (HSAs), a type of motorized soft robotic actuator, at different scales. These actuators allow for soft robots to take advantage of the...

Maya Kraidy

Maya Kraidy 2025 Circumnavigator Awardee Please provide a brief summary of what you plan to research over the summer, where you plan to go, and why you chose those locations.This summer, I’ll be researching how linguistic landscapes (public signs, billboards,...

Fai Poungpeth

Fai Poungpeth SURG Please provide a brief summary of your research.This past summer, I investigated the relationship between spatial cognition and global vs. local processing of undergraduate students. To measure spatial cognition, I used results from undergraduate...

Kaytlyn Mittag

Kaytlyn Mittag ULG What language did you study and why?I spent my summer attending an intensive Japanese language program to maximize the opportunities of Northwestern University’s Japanese course offerings and prepare myself for the goal of teaching English in...