Student Spotlights
CUSE works with outstanding students of all years, colleges, majors, and disciplines.
Below are recent examples of students who have participated in Conference Presentation, Research, Internship, and Immersion opportunities funded by CUSE!
Summer 2019
Ting Gong, Class of 2022, Honors Math & Philosophy
Research: Texas State Math REU
Location: Texas State University
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michael Gekkhtman
Spring 2019
Avani Agarwal, Class of 2019, Architecture
Research: Cultural Integration in Khmer Architecture: Intersection of the Human and Divine in Ancient Temple Complexes of Cambodia
Location: Cambodia
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: John Onyango
Andrea Alatorre, Class of 2019, Neuroscience & Behavior
Conference Presentation: Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: Generalizability to a Latin American Population
Location: Paris, France
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Haeffel
Andrea Alattore Conference Presentation
John Cresson, Class of 2020, Finance and Philosophy
Conference Attendance: Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Annual Meeting
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Paul Weithman
John Cresson Conference Attendance
Christina DelGreco, Class of 2020, Biological Sciences
Research: Identifying potential target genes to optimize cisplatin chemotherapy through the SNAIL pathway
Location: University of Notre Dame's DNA Learning Center
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Amy Stark
Mary Enright, Class of 2020, Political Science & Economics
Immersion: Alternative Spring Break
Location: Tuscon, Arizona
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Tatiana Botero
Michaela Evanich, Class of 2020, IT Management
Conference Attendance: SXSW Conference Attendance- UX & UI Design
Location: Austin, Texas
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Ann-Marie Conrado
Michaela Evanich Conference Attendance
Madeline Fairman, Class of 2019, Architecture
Creative Endeavor: Bertram Goodhue and the Gothic Perspective
Location: New York, NY
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Steven Semes
Madeline Fairman Creative Endeavor
Andy Fang, Class of 2020, Electrical Engineering & Mathematics
Conference Presentation: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision
Location: Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Adam Czajka & Kevin Bowyer
Andy Fang Conference Presentation
Luke Golichowski, Class of 2019, International Economics
Conference Attendance: PAX East Conference
Location: Boston, MA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jeff Spoonhower
Luke Golichowski Conference Attendance
Jess Hatfield, Class of 2020, Science-Business
Conference Presentation: Management of Localized Breast Angiosarcoma by North American Radiation and Medical Oncologists
Location: Dana Point, California
Jess Hatfield Conference Presentation
Brielle Jaglowski, Class of 2020, Environmental Sciences
Conference Attendance: Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference
Location: Cleveland, OH
Brielle Jaglowski Conference Attendance
Cameron Lucas, Class of 2021, Chemical Engineering
Research: Singapore and Its Impact on Chemical Engineering
Location: Singapore
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: William Schneider
Kaliyah Martin, Class of 2019, Management Consulting
Research: The Sustainability of a Costa Rican Nonprofit
Location: Costa Rica
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Gerard Pannekoek & Daniel Hungerman
Kelly O'Connell, Class of 2020, Management Consulting
Conference Attendance: South by Southwest Conference
Location: Austin, Texas
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Ann-Marie Conrado
Kelly O'Connell Conference Attendance
Erik Peterson, Class of 2019, Physics
Conference Presentation: Analysis of a Century's Worth of AR Scorpii Photometry from DASCH and ASAS-SN
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Peter Garnavich
Erik Peterson Conference Presentation
Caroline Pineda, Class of 2022, Film, Television, & Theater
Conference Attendance: Sports Industry Networking and Career Conference
Location: Washington, D.C.
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Victoria St. Marin
Caroline Pineda Conference Attendance
Anne Slevin, Class of 2021, Science - Business
Internship: Externship in Innovation
Location: San Francisco, CA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Karen Slaggert
Alessandra Turi, Class of 2019, Architecture
Research: Miami Beach: A Timeless Vision and Evolving Manifestation
Location: Miami, FL
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: John Onyango & Julio Perez Hernandez
Takunda Ushe, Class of 2020, Business Analytics & Political Science
Research: South Africa's Extractive Industry: Turning Point
Location: Rustenberg, South Africa
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Georges Enderle & Paul Ocobock
Nicole Waddick, Class of 2019, Political Science
Research: Access to Education for Undocumented Students in the Dominican Republic
Location: Dominican Republic
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jaimie Bleck
Miles Wood, Class of 2020, ACMS
Conference Attendance: Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Annual Meeting
Location: New Orleans, LA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Paul Weithman
Miles Wood Conference Attendance
Fall 2018
Seth Cattanach, Class of 2020, Computer Engineering
Conference Attendance: PyData NYC 2019
Location: New York, NY
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Shreya Kumar
Brandon Davis, Class of 2021, Architecture
Immersion: Rowden Atelier Woodworking
Location: Devon County, UK
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Alessandro Pierattini
Alfredo Duarte, Class of 2019, Aerospace Engineering
Conference Attendance: Purdue Big10+ Graduate Expo
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michael Seelinger
Alfredo Duarte Conferene Attendance
Janne Fuss, Class of 2019, Finance
Conference Attendance: London Investor Show
Location: London, UK
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: John Stiver
Janne Fuss Conference Attendance
Marcus Haworth, Class of 2019, Philosophy & Theology
Conference Presentation: Church and State: Catholic Missiology and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
Location: California State University, Sacramento
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Tzvi Novick
Marcus Haworth Conference Presentation
Marissa Kivi, Class of 2019, ACMS
Research Assistantship: Harvard Forest
Location: Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jason McLachlan
Noelle Pierce, Class of 2019, English, Secondary Education
Conference Attendance: National Conference of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Location: Texas
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Terri Suico
Noelle Pierce Conference Attendance
Anna Scartz, Class of 2020, Anthropology & Economics
Conference Attendance: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting Attendance
Location: San Jose, CA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Natalie Porter
Anna Scartz Conference Attendance
Claire Stanecki, Class of 2020, Anthropology & Spanish
Conference Attendance: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting Attendance
Location: San Jose, CA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Natalie Porter
Claire Stanecki Conference Attendance
Anne Stratman, Class of 2019, Physics and Math
Conference Presentation: TROPIC: A New Code for Calculating Absolute Transition Probabilities Using Python and Mathematica
Location: Hawaii
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Ani Aprahamian
Anne Stratman Conference Presentation
DeAndre Tomlinson, Class of 2020, Science - Computing and Spanish
Conference Presentation: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michelle Whaley & Arnel Bularoro
DeAndre Tomlinson Conference Presentation
Summer 2018
Christian Abraham Arega, Class of 2020, Biochemistry
Research: Peptide Dependent Flexibility of HLA-A2 D220C Region and it's Effects on CD8+ Binding
Location: University of Notre Dame, Harper Cancer Research Institute
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Brian Baker
Christian Abraham Arega Research
Emily Black, Class of 2020, Environmental Engineering
Research: Nixon Park Hybrid Turf Benefits Review and Nixon Park Tree Survey
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Kevin Walsh
Emily Black Research Assistantship
Leah Bode, Class of 2021, Biochemistry
Immersion:Atlantis Fellowship in Huesca, Spain
Location: Hospital San Jorge in Huesca, Spain
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Bahram Moasser
Abigail Campbell, Class of 2020, Economics & Political Science
Research: Migration and Integration in Rome
Location: Rome, Italy
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Ilaria Schnyder
Gino Domel, Class of 2019, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Hydrodynamics of Fish Schooling
Location: Harvard University, Lauder Lab
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Ryan Roeder
Gino Domel Research Assistantship
Victoria Erdel, Class of 2019, Honors Sociology
Research: The Production and Publication Process of Social Media Content at an Anti-Trafficking Social Enterprise
Location: Asia
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Terence McDonnell
Ian Erkkila, Class of 2020, Science Preprofessional
Research Assistantship: Gut Microbes Driving Sex Differences in IBD
Location: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University
Ian Erkkila Research Assistantship
Hugh Flynn, Class of 2020, Neuroscience & Behavior
Research: Epilepsy Curriculum for New Zealand Undergraduate Medical Training
Location: University of Otgago, Wellington, New Zealand
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Nancy Michael
Hugh Flynn Research Assistantship
Yuanmeng He, Class of 2021, Philosophy
Research: Asking Questions: Summer Research In China On Institutional Problems That May Cause The Study Abroad Zeal
Location: China
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Susan Blum
Emilia Maliborski, Class of 2020, Neuroscience & Behavior
Research: The Role of Temporal Synchrony in Infant Object Categorization
Location: Notre Dame Infant Studies Lab
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jill Lany
Emilia Malborski Research Assistantship
Annalie Nagel, Class of 2019, Civil Engineering
Assistantship: Empowerment-Based Engineering Development in Rural Bolivia
Location: Mallkuchusi, Bolivia
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Tracy Kijewski-Correa
Thuy-An Phan, Class of 2019, Economics & Biological SciencesScience
Eagan Fellowship: The Role of Tachykinin on the Feeding Behavior of Aedes aegypti
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Faculty Mentor: Mary Ann McDowell
Dayonni Phillips, Class of 2020, Economics & Political Science
Eagan Fellowship: Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Research
Location: Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Dayonni Phillips Assistantship
Ellen Pil, Class of 2021, Political Science & Pre-Health
Research Assistntship: One Sun Health: Malaria Awareness Program
Location: Limpopo, South Africa
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Eileen Hunt Botting
Colin Rahill, Class of 2020, Philosophy
Research: Zen Research at Shoganji Temple
Location: Japan
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Alexander Jech
Juan Estaban Salazar, Class of 2020, Architecture
Internship: Mātauranga Māori in the Built Environment: Understanding the Social and Cultural Innovation of the Marae
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Kevin Walsh
Juan Estaban Salazar Internship
James Shuttleworth, Class of 2019, Biochemistry & Greek & Roman Civilizations
Internship: Animal Care Internship
Location: Black Pine Animal Sanctuary, Albion, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Robichaud
Mariana Silva, Class of 2021, Environmental Engineering
Research: Neighborhood scale heat mitigation strategies using Array of Things (AoT) data in Chicago
Location: University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Ashish Sharma
Mariana Silva Research Assistantship
Marissa Vander Missen, Class of 2021, Science Preprofessional
Internship: Atlantis Clinical Fellowship
Location: Ferrol, Spain
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Mark T Olsen
Marissa Vander Missen Internship
Paul Wasuwanich, Class of 2021, Biochemistry
Internship: Drug Discovery for Global Diseases
Location: Kitasata University, Japan
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michael Ferdig
Lihao Yan, Class of 2021, Physics & Philosophy
Eagan Fellowship: Analyze and Test the Reliability of the ND Cube Active-Target Time Projection Chamber Using ANSYS
Location: Notre Dame Nuclear Science Lab
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Tan Ahn
Lihao Yan Research Assistantship