Pratt Research Fellows

The Pratt Research Fellows Program is a unique, immersive opportunity for undergraduates to conduct authentic research with a faculty member. It’s a deeply engaging and rewarding experience. Typically, Pratt Fellows also graduate With Departmental Distinction and many other honors.

Third-year and advanced second-year students are encouraged to apply. Applications are accepted each fall, with a deadline of October 31.

2025 Poster Session

2:00 to 4:00 pm, April 24 | Hall of Science, Levine Science Research Center

Light refreshments served.

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Program Details

  • Traditional

    • Three (3) independent study semesters. Students earn a total of 3 course credits
    • 10-week, full-time internship experience on campus for one summer
    • Students receive a stipend of $5,000 to cover living expenses incurred during the summer research experience

    Alternative

    • Four (4) independent study semesters
    • Students earn a total of four course credits.

  • Pratt Research Fellows work on projects under the direction of dedicated faculty advisors. Course credit is given in your major in a linked three-semester course sequence:

    • 394: Engineering Undergraduate Fellows Projects
      Intensive research project selected by a Pratt Engineering Undergraduate Fellow. Course credit is contingent upon satisfactory completion of 493 and 494.
    • 493: Engineering Undergraduate Fellows Projects
      Continuation course for Engineering Undergraduate Fellows, contingent upon satisfactory completion of 394
    • 494: Engineering Undergraduate Fellows Projects
      Final course for Engineering Undergraduate Fellows, contingent upon satisfactory completion of 394 and 493
    1. Browse available research projects for your graduating class
    2. Browse samples of possible additional projects from last year’s research projects
    3. Contact and meet with engineering faculty to learn more about their projects
    4. Select up to six (6) research projects
    5. Rank your selected projects in order of preference
    6. Request a reference letter from an engineering faculty member

  • In the research projects section of your application, provide the Project Title and the Faculty name(s) for each preferred project.

    Ensure that your reference letter is submitted as an email attachment to Referen.ausriencbxpyiwd5@u.box.com.

    Complete and submit your application by October 31.

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2024-2025 Pratt Fellows

Evan Abramov

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Nenad Bursac
  • Project Title: Stem cells for engineering of human heart and muscle tissues

Perisa Ashar

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Biology
  • Faculty Mentor: Jessilyn Dunn
  • Project Title: Demographic and Clinical Determinants of Pulse Arrival Time: Insights from ECG and PPG Analysis in the MESA Sleep Heart Health Study

Zachary Charlick

  • Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor: Boyuan Chen
  • Project Title: Robot Anything: Re-imagining Robot Design

Roy Chen

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor: Sharon Gerecht
  • Project Title: Tissue-Engineered Small Artery Characterization via Fluid Dynamic Modelingn

Jenny Green

  • Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering & Math
  • Faculty Mentor: Angel V. Peterchev
  • Project Title: Computer-Vision-Based System for Neuronavigation

Amaris Huang

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor: Ashutosh Chilkoti
  • Project Title: Development of Point of Care Diagnostics against Ricin

Juliet Jiang

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Math
  • Faculty Mentor: Timothy Dunn
  • Project Title: Computational and Behavioral Insights into Locomotor Learning and Classification in Parkinson’s Disease

Robert Kaptur

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Emma Chory
  • Project Title:

Richard Kim

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Siobhan Oca
  • Project Title: IV Insertion End Effector Design

Hari Koneru

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor: Timothy Dunn
  • Project Title: Adversarial Representation Learning for Robust Analysis of 2D Animal Pose Data

Vishal Lashkari

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor: Piotr Marszalek
  • Project Title: Thermal denaturation of firefly luciferase captured in silico

Zeyu “Michael” Li

  • Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor: Tingjun Chen
  • Project Title: Interleaved Ensemble Unlearning: a Dynamic Training-Time Backdoor Defence

Alekshyander Mishra

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Samira Musah
  • Project Title: Investigating Applications of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technologies in Kidney Disease Modeling

Lucie Opdyke

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Al-Hafeez Z Dhalla
  • Project Title:

Matthew Salfity

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Brent Hoffman
  • Project Title: Investigating the Role of the Vinculin-Actin Catch Bond in Proximal Protein Interactions

Jaron Shoemaker

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
  • Faculty Mentor: Sharon Gerecht
  • Project Title: Evaluating Protein Expression of Multicellular iPSC-derived Arteries-on-Chip

Paul Skaluba

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Mathematics
  • Faculty Mentor: Daniel Reker
  • Project Title: Multi-organism Single-Target Modeling: A Cross-Taxonomic Bridge for Protein-Ligand Activity Prediction

Shija “Joy” Tong

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering & Chemistry
  • Faculty Mentor: Ashutosh Chilkoti
  • Project Title: Thermoresponsive Polymers for Biomedical Applications