1. Title: Parallel Processing of MHz Scanning Retinal Images for Quick Automated Retinal Disease Discovery.
Mentor: John Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of
Engineering and Technology, johnlee@iupui.
edu
Co-Mentor: Gautam Vemuri, Professor, Department of Physics, School of Science, gvemuri@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Donald Miller, Associate Professor, School of Optometry, dtmiller@iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Optometry, Physics and
Mathematics.
Skills Expected From Students: Basic Computer Architecture Knowledge; Computer Programming (C or
C++); Image processing basics (FFT, normalization, stabilizing, deformation elimination); Physics Basics
(distortion due to material density, feature extraction); Optometry Basics (aberrations, dispersion, eye diseases, fundus mapping); Mathematics (filtering, modeling, correlation, transformation).
Project Abstract
2.
Title: Lightweight and Unobtrusive Near-field Wireless Optical Communication
Mentors: Hongbo Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology,
School of Engineering and Technology, hl45@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Feng Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology,
School of Engineering and Technology, fengli@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Xukai Zou, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, School of
Science, xkzou@cs.iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Computer Information Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Computer Science
Skills Expected From Students: Computer Programming Skills; Wireless Communication and Mobile
Computing Knowledge; and some ideas on image processing and display technology would be a plus.
Proposal

3.
Title: Evaluation and Phase II Development of the Resilience-Building Program: Your Life. Your Story. Latino
Youth Summit
Mentor: Monica Medina, Clinical Associate Professor and Interim Director, Center for Urban and
Multicultural Education, School of Education, mmedina@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Silvia Bigatti, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Fairbanks
School of Public Health, sbigatti@iu.edu
Co-Mentor: Katrina Conrad, Community Research Coordinator, Department of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, Fairbanks School of Public Health, khaitsma@indiana.edu
Student Majors Requested: Public Health; Informatics; Tourism; Convention & Event Management; Social
Work; Education; Psychology; Sociology; Rehabilitation Sciences.
Skills Expected From Students: Student investigators will be involved in the design and implementation of the second phase and next step of our program for Indianapolis Latino youth and may also serve as mentors to the
Latino youth. Student investigators with prior leadership experience (in any extracurricular activity for example) will be preferred. Also preferred will be students that demonstrate cultural competency and professionalism. Spanish language ability is preferred. Students are required to attend a CUME sponsored orientation program that will include basic research information including cultural competent research, interdisciplinary research, and participatory action research.
Proposal
4.
Title: Racial Differences in Adherence to the Medical Treatment of Glaucoma
Mentor: Lynn Racette, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine,
lracette@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Silvia Bigatti, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Fairbanks
School of Public Health, IUPUI, sbigatti@iu.edu
Co-Mentor: Yara Catoira-Boyle, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine,
ycatoira@iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Biology and Psychology.
Skills Expected From Students: Strong writing, analytical and communication skills; familiarity with basic research design and statistical analysis; proficiency with data management; familiarity with commonly used software programs (e.g. Excel); persistence; detail-oriented .
Proposal

5.
Title: Scalable Manufacturing of Tunable Graphene Plasmonic Resonators for Infrared Absorption
Mentor: Jung Eun Ryu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, jeryu@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Sudhir Shrestha, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, sudshres@iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Skills Expected From Students: Photolithography, Spin coating, Nanoimprint lithography, SEM, AFM, FTIR
Proposal
6.
Title: Developing High surface Area Graphene for High Performance Supercapacitors.
Mentor: Jian Xie, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and
Technology, jianxie@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Zhe-Fe Li, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of
Engineering and Technology, zhefli@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Lei Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, lilei@iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics.
Skills Expected From Students: Chemistry, Physics, Basic Electrochemistry, Mechanical Fabrication
Proposal
7.
Title: Rapid Development of Leukemia Clinical Trial Candidates Using Cancer Systems Pharmacology
Mentor: Jake Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Bio health Informatics, School of Informatics and
Computing, jakechen@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Walter Jessen, Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
School of Informatics and Computing, wjjessen@iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Computer Science, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics
Skills Expected From Students: 1) Reading biomedical research papers and abstracts; 2) Analyzing data by using online or publicly available biological databases and software tools; 3) automating tasks by developing software programs written in Python/Perl/Java; 4) Simulating complex systems with scientific computing programs in Matlab and R; 5) Constructing knowledgebase by applying molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, or immunology knowledge; 6) Analyzing drug-like molecules with computational chemistry software tools and databases; 7) Curating knowledge about successful or failed drugs from clinical trial databases, patents, side effect reporting databases, or other chemistry data sources publicly available; and
8) Communicating with each other through verbal or written communication, e.g., writing reports, presenting papers and findings, and participating in constructive discussions.
Proposal

8. Title: Sintering Phenomena in Additive Manufacturing Process: Modeling and Experimental Validation
Mentor: Jing Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and
Technology, j z29@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Yeon-Gil Jung, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Changwon National University,
South Korea and Visiting Professor at School of Engineering and Technology, jung45@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Yi Zhang, Graduate Research Assistant, School of Engineering and Technology, yz54@iupui.edu
Project Summary
9. Title: Assessment of the Impact of Next Generation Augmented Virtual Reality (VR) Technology on STEM e-Learning – Phase II.
Mentor: Hazim El-Mounayri, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of
Engineering and Technology, helmouna@iupui.
edu
Co-Mentor: Tamer Wasfy, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of
Engineering and Technology, twasfy@iupui.
edu
Co-Mentor: Eugenia Fernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics
Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, efernand@iupui.
edu
Co-Mentor: Chris Rogers, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics
Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, rogerscb@iupui.
edu
Co-Mentor: Jeanne Peters, VP for Information Technology, Advanced Science and Automation Corporation jeanne.peters@ascience.com
Student Majors Requested: Education; Computer Science; Computer Information Technology (CIT);
Computer Graphics Technology (CGT); and/or Engineering Technology.
Skills Expected From Students: For Computer Science student: Computer Programming (C, C++),
Software Development, Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Computer Interface, and Human-machine
Interface. For CIT student: Computer Programming (C, C++), Computer graphics, Virtual Reality and
Computer Interface. For Education student: Learning Theory, STEM Education, Assessment, and Statistical
Analysis. For Computer Graphics Technology: Visualization, and Human-computer Interface.
Proposal

10.
Title: The Effect of Amot Protein Domains on Bio membranes
Mentor: Horia I. Petrache, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, School of Science, hpetrach@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Ann Kimble-Hill, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
School of Medicine, ankimble@iu.edu
Co-Mentor: Merrell A. Johnson, Visiting Research Associate, Department of Physics, School of Science,
mermejoh@iupui.edu
Co-Mentor: Bruce D. Ray, Associate Scientist, Department of Physics, School of Science, bray@iupui.edu
Student Majors Requested: Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Physics
Skills Expected from Students: Basic chemistry, molecular biology, physics or engineering laboratory experience.
Proposal