Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program Project Descriptions Summer 2017 Application and instructions at http://www.upenn.edu/curf/research/grants/purm Unless otherwise noted, current freshmen and sophomores may apply for any listed project. Students are encouraged to learn more about faculty interests by reviewing faculty webpages and recent publications to determine your interest level in particular projects. Projects are listed by primary department but many of them are interdisciplinary in nature, therefore we suggest that you use keyword searches in this document to identify additional projects that would be of interest to you. To avoid confusion, students are asked not to contact faculty about their projects until contacted for an interview or the PURM selection process has been completed. Table of Contents Annenberg .................................................................................................................5 Communication ......................................................................................................................... 5 Sociology .................................................................................................................................... 8 Arts and Sciences ...................................................................................................10 Anthropology ........................................................................................................................... 10 Astronomy ............................................................................................................................... 11 Biology ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Chemistry................................................................................................................................. 15 Classical Studies ...................................................................................................................... 18 Cognitive Science .................................................................................................................... 18 Earth and Environmental Science ......................................................................................... 19 East Asian Languages and Civilizations ............................................................................... 23 Economics ................................................................................................................................ 24 English ...................................................................................................................................... 25 German .................................................................................................................................... 26 History and Sociology of Science ........................................................................................... 27 Linguistics ................................................................................................................................ 30 Philosophy ................................................................................................................................ 32 Philosophy, Politics and Economics ...................................................................................... 34 Physics ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Political Science ....................................................................................................................... 39 Psychology ............................................................................................................................... 43 Religious Studies ..................................................................................................................... 51 Slavic Languages ..................................................................................................................... 52 Sociology .................................................................................................................................. 53 South Asia Studies................................................................................................................... 55 Dental Medicine ......................................................................................................56 Oral Medicine .......................................................................................................................... 56 Preventative and Restorative Sciences .................................................................................. 57 Radiology ................................................................................................................................. 58 Design ......................................................................................................................60 Architecture ............................................................................................................................. 60 City Planning ........................................................................................................................... 61 Fine Arts .................................................................................................................................. 62 Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning ................................................................. 65 Education ................................................................................................................70 Reading/Writing/Literacy ...................................................................................................... 70 Teaching, Learning and Leadership ..................................................................................... 71 Engineering and Applied Sciences .......................................................................74 Bioengineering ......................................................................................................................... 74 Computer and Information Science ...................................................................................... 76 Electrical and Systems Engineering ...................................................................................... 79 Materials Science and Engineering ....................................................................................... 80 Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics ................................................................ 83 Return to top of document Law ..........................................................................................................................87 Law ........................................................................................................................................... 87 Medicine ..................................................................................................................91 Anesthesia ................................................................................................................................ 91 Cancer Biology ........................................................................................................................ 94 Cell and Molecular Biology .................................................................................................... 97 Cardiovascular Medicine ....................................................................................................... 97 Dermatology ............................................................................................................................ 98 Epidemiology ........................................................................................................................... 99 Family and Community Health ........................................................................................... 100 Gastroenterolog ..................................................................................................................... 101 Genetics .................................................................................................................................. 103 Hematology/Oncology........................................................................................................... 106 Medicine ................................................................................................................................. 107 Microbiology .......................................................................................................................... 108 Neurology ............................................................................................................................... 109 Neuroscience .......................................................................................................................... 112 Neurosurgery ......................................................................................................................... 116 Ophthalmology ...................................................................................................................... 118 Orthopaedic Surgery ............................................................................................................ 121 Otorhinolaryngology............................................................................................................