CURENT’s Young Scholars Program invites local high school students who excel in STEM classes to participate in research alongside CURENT graduate students and professors. The YSP students complete their research during a 4 week summer program. Here are some examples of research projects CURENT YSP students have completed:
2018 YSP Projects
Alex Carter and Rhea Charles – Pyroelectric-Based Sleep Apnea Detection System for Premature Infants (with mentor Samira Shamsir)
Dylan Johnson – Exploring the Factors of Energy Efficiency: How do energy practices, smart grid technology adoption, dwelling characteristics, and demographics affect energy efficiency? (with mentors Dr. Chien-fei Chen and Dr. Xiaojing Xu)
Emily Allen and Gabriel King – Mechanical Properties of Metallic PLA (with Dr. Hahn Choo’s group and Dr. Kin-ling Sham)
Hayle Kim and Madison Vandergriff – Following your Heart(beat) (with mentor Ava Hediyatipour)
Parker Bowling – Design PCB (Printed Circuit Board) for LED Running Light Circuit (with mentor Shahram H. Hesari)
Holland Johnson and Suhil Suresh – Day Ahead Dispatch for the Micro-grid using MATLAB (with mentor Dr. Huimin Zhuang)
Jessy Olatt – Building a Solar-powered USB power bank (with mentor Mark Nakmali)
2017 YSP Projects
Katherine Courtney and Aruha Khan – Heart-Rate Monitoring with Photoplethysmography (PPG) Sensors
Yukai Tomsovic and Colin Moore – Additive Manufacturing of Various Polymers: Microscopy, Chemistry, Thermal Analysis, and Mechanical Properties
Haley Fuller and Yicheng Wang – Power Electronics: Modular Multilevel Converter Prototype
Priscilla Cho – Demographic and Social-Psychological Variables Affecting the Intention to Use Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS)
Haley Cionfolo and Rachel Roberts – Detecting Apnea of Prematurity with Pyroelectric Sensors and Matlab Signal Processing
Richard Li and Ryan Loveday – Basic Principles of Power Consumption on Load Profiles
2016 YSP Projects
Blair Johnson and Sean Indelicato – 3D Animation of Power System Data
Candace Pang and Elizabeth Price – Social-Psychological Factors of Demand Response Programs & a 2×2 Experimental Design on Energy Use
Colby Butcher and Jack Baldwin – Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging Station Along US I-40
Terryl Dodson and Madeline Phillips – Vulnerability Assessment of
Phasor Networks
Meredith Matteson – Analog to Digital Converter
Eric Wang – Source Coding in a Micro-controller Based System
Rebecca Laughon – Signal Detection and How to Build an Audio Amplifier
Sadhana Venkataraman and Yukai Tomsovic – Object Recognition and Feature Detection Using MATLAB
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Jasmine Park – Energy Use and Thermal Comfort in the Workplace
Jack Baldwin – Power Grid Generation Expansion Plan
Diane Kim – Monitoring Blood Glucose Concentration Levels for Diabetes Using LabView
Breanna Piercy and Noelani Fishman – Analysis of Naturalistic Electric Bike Rider Behavior: Energy and Power Considerations
Christine Garcia and Blair Johnson – Brazilian Blackout of 2009
Luke Buckner – Statistical Analysis of the Tensile Properties and Effect of Fill Density in Various Polymers Processed through 3D Printing
Emily Thompson and Vinila Baljepally – A Photoplethysmography Based Heart-rate Monitoring System
- The Lack of Transmission Lines and Transformers
- The Societal Misconseptions of Electrical Energy and the Enviorment
- Presentation
- Poster
- Final Paper
Allison Campbell – Monitoring Breathing Signals in Sleep Apnea Patients Using LabVIEW
Emily Threatt and Cameron Jeske – Exfoliation and Synthesis of 2D Materials
Christopher Moran and Shreyas Muralidharan – Detecting Cascade Failures in the Electrical Grid
2014 YSP Projects
Morgan Briggs – LabView Computer Program Compatible with Wireless Implantable Glucose Monitoring Sensor
Alex Chan – A System to Test Single Photon Avalanche Diodes
Christina Cox and Madelyn Fahhoum – Using Electrostatic Force Cleaning to Purify PMMA Stained Graphene
Andrew Gonzalez and Sean Lee Sustainable – Transportation
Daniel Hong – Distributed Storage in the Transfer of Geospatial Data
Hyungdon Joo and Melissa Yuan – Stability Analysis on Wind-Penetrated WECC System with Composite Load Model
Shreyas Muralidharan – Improved Demand Response and Load Estimation through Finer Customer Segmentation and Neural Network Analysis
Aaron Sander and Ramzie Fathy – Detecting Sleep Apnea with the TIMSP430
Rachel Shah and Varsha Vuyyuru – Sensors in Smartphones:Tracking Your Location
Ronik Sheth and Raaghul Senthilkumar – The Evaluation and Development of an Efficient Cooling System for High Performance Computing Applications
Alex Skwarczynski – Error Detection in the Frequency Monitoring Network (FNET)
Alissa White – Sleep Apnea Monitoring Using Piezoelectric Sensor and LabView Programming
2013 YSP Projects
Emma Berry and Austin Grimes
Caleb Walker and Alex Chan
Christina Cox and Quentin Eustace
Emmanuel Gyebison and Andrew Chitwood
Erin Carter and Clara Park
Faiza Islam and Amber Tran
2012-2013 Spring Projects
Makayla Edwards
Emmanuel Gyebison
Graham Treasure
2012 YSP Projects
Demetrios Bovopoulos, Emmanuel Gyebison, and Jacob Armstrong – Analysis of Load and Calculated Available Wind Power using Data from the Bonneville Power Administration
Jacob Walker – Compressed Air Energy Storage
Stephanie Steren-Ruta and Syeda Faiza Islam – Cyber Intrusion Detection Algorithm Based on Bayes’ Theorem
Lawrence Wang – Optimization of PHEV/EV Battery Charging