ACURA Spring 2021

3-Semester Projects Accepting Students Spring 2021

University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy award winners 2020

Engineering student Dmytro Suprun

Engineering student Dmytro Suprun was selected as a finalist to present a biomedical engineering research project "Measuring Device for Eye care and Concussion Applications," at the 2020 Johnson and Johnson engineering showcase in Feb 2020. Dmytro’s faculty mentor was Dr. Yi Yang.

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An Empirical Study of Teaching Qualities of Popular Computer Science and Software Engineering Instructors Using RateMyProfessor.com Data
Students: Aliaksei Kavalchhuk and Alec Goldenberg
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ishtiaque Hussain

Belief in Pure Evil, Belief in Pure Good, and Interpersonal Aggression
Student: Lea Gainer
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Russell Webster

What's in a Recipe? Inside V.b.380, a Manuscript from 1677
Students: Alexis Amicone, Amanda Pickett, Hannah Pinson, Caitlin Wert
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marissa Nicosia

Adriana Vagelli

Penn State student Adriana Vagelli's undergraduate research project won first place at the ACURA poster fair for information literacy. Read the story about she became involved in the dig at Old City Philadelphia.

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ACURA is opportunity

  • Collaborate closely with a faculty research mentor on a hands-on research project and/or creative work over the course of one academic year,
  • Receive academic credit (one credit in fall; two credits in the spring) for their research activity,
  • Gain valuable research, technical, and artistic experience for more advanced levels of scholarly work, and/or for use in future careers,
  • Present one’s research findings at the Annual ACURA Poster Fair, at a research lecture at the Fall Colloquium, and/or at a local or national research conference
  • Publish one’s original work and discoveries in partnership with one’s research mentor.
ACURA Science and Engineering students win 1st Place

Abington students, Jung Eun Park and Kenjiro Lay win first place in the Science and Engineering Division at the 2019 ACURA Poster Fair and also at the Eastern Regional Fair at Penn State Hazleton. Faculty Advisor Dr. Masataka Okutsu.

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See the 2020 Project Fair!