Impact of Political Connections and Corruption on Government Procurement in China

Faculty Sponsor: Xiaoxue Zhao Ruihan Sun Ruihan Sun is a rising senior (’25) from Chongqing, China, majoring in Mathematics and Economics at Wesleyan. Outside of her classes, she likes to play Animal Crossing, read books, enjoy music, and take photographs. Looking ahead, Ruihan hopes to leverage her mathematical skills in finance and become a quantitative … Read more

Patterns of Spring Discharge in Texas

Faculty Sponsor: Helen Poulos Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Anya Le Anya Le (‘25) is a rising senior from Charlottesville, Virginia, where she attended Albemarle High School. She is double majoring in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Biology. Her hobbies include singing with Slavei and creative writing. After graduating from Wesleyan, Anya plans to pursue … Read more

Genomic Analysis of Heptosyltranferase I Predicting Pathogenicity of Vibrio Genus

Faculty Sponsors: Phil Arevalo & Erika Taylor Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Jeffery Shen Jeffery Shen is a rising sophomore (class of 2027) at Wesleyan. He was born and raised in Guangzhou, China and graduated from Affiliated High School of South China Normal University. He plans to major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and minor … Read more

Computed Comparison and Analyses of Simulated Wild and Mutant Type HepI

Faculty Sponsor: Professor Erika Taylor June Butelman June Butelman is a rising junior (’26) at Wesleyan, pursuing a major in the Chemistry department and the College of Science and Technology Studies. She is curious about In Silico, computational, and physical chemistry and the significance of chemical processes in life and society. She is currently a … Read more

Building Connections With ASR Models and How we Can do Better

Faculty Sponsor: Pavel Oleinikov Jeramiah Trout I am from Houston, Texas and a rising Junior in the class of 2026. My degree field is Computer Science with a focus on programming and optimization. Outside of work this summer, I watched every episode of every series of Star Trek at double speed and played . Working … Read more

War Narrative and Public Opinion

Faculty Sponsor: Kolby Hanson Angelina Kunitskaia Angelina is a rising sophomore from Russia. She is a prospective Government and Economics double major. She is interested in political research, specifically the intersection of media and politics. In the future, Angelina would like to conduct quantitative geopolitical research and make political knowledge available to the public. In … Read more

Statistical Description of Electromagnetic Wavefronts for Extreme Near-field Micromanipulations

Faculty Sponsor: Tsampikos Kottos Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Abstract: We design a wavefront shaping protocol which maximizes the electromagnetic forces acting at a specific location in an arbitrary complex scattering medium. Our approach utilizes appropriate physical operators, that rely on the measured scattering matrix, whose eigenvectors can be used for the design of wavefronts … Read more

Permutation-based Text Clustering

Faculty Sponsor: Pavel Oleinikov Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Yifei Zhao Yifei Zhao is a rising junior (Class of ’25) originally from China. During the summer of 2023, he had the opportunity to collaborate with Professor Pavel on a project involving permutation-based text clustering. Beyond his academic pursuits, Yifei finds joy in sports, capturing candid … Read more

Exploring Partisan Attitudes of Crime Threat Perception and Federal Spending in the 2022 Midterm Election

Faculty Sponsor: Professor Fowler Aniya Akhtar Aniya is a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is majoring in Government with a concentration in Comparative Politics and minoring in Data Analysis and Global Engagement. On campus she is involved in the Wesleyan Media Project and Shakti. Abstract: Using Wesleyan Media Project’s survey data of Americans before and … Read more

Evaluating Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Binge Drinking

Faculty Sponsor: Laverne Melón Jonah Yas Jonah Yas is a rising junior (’25) from Brooklyn, NY, who is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science and IDEAS. Taking from his experiences at Beacon High School and growing up in New York City, his academic interests include cognitive neuroscience, environmental anthropology, and biological design. … Read more