Mon projet de recherche vise à étudier l’impact de la langue utilisée par une marque sur la perception et l’évaluation que les consommateurs ont de celle-ci. Dans ce but, une recherche théorique avancée sur la marque et une étude culturelle seront le socle d’une expérimentation visant à tester des hypothèses. Grâce à cette bourse, je […]

Linking proximate mechanisms of immune responses to host health and parasite burden is key to predicting individual infection outcome. However, existing mathematical models fall short as they leave out mechanistic details of host responses. My work bridges the gap between mechanistic immunology and infection ecology by incorporating a process-based description of host responses into a […]

Massive public and private funding is being invested in building new healthcare infrastructure. Hospitals who take part in building new facilities often take this opportunity to improve their practices through quality improvement projects. The organizational transformations that result create a lot of changes for individuals who work, visit and receive care in these hospitals. Nurses […]

The project builds upon prior work done by Prof. Katherine Kuchenbecker’s former Ph.D. student Naomi Fitter and current Ph.D. student Mayumi Mohan in the field of human-robot interaction. They investigated ways of using an upper-body humanoid robot (a Rethink Robotics Baxter Research Robot) to play physically interactive games with elderly adults in order to motivate […]

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an optical imaging method providing 3D in vivo optical tissue biopsy noninvasively. OCT studies in gynecology has revealed its capabilities for cervical screening due to its high resolution imaging, and sensitivity to both morphological and functional changes, and customized probes. Micro-optical coherence tomography (µOCT), a technology developed at Tearney Lab […]

The discovery of new chemicals and materials with unique optical and structural properties is the driving force behind the manufacturing of the innovative devices for electronic, sensing and medicinal applications. In this research project, novel compounds will be synthesized and incorporated into self-assembled cages as building blocks on a large molecular scale. These cages will […]

Power systems are becoming more open, stochastic and dynamic nonlinear as the integration of renewable energy sources are keeping increasing. On the other hand, power systems are usually confronted with various weather conditions and fortuitous events that may lead to incidents causing instability of the networks. This research will propose an on-line transient stability prediction […]

I plan to make a small molecule probe that reacts to specific colors of light, triggering cell death in the illuminated area in a process called Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) as a method to treat cancer. The probe uses a drug currently being investigated in clinical trials called Tookad© soluble for therapy. This probe also has […]

The main intended research activity of this international collaboration is to fabricate protective composite layered coatings for hydraulic turbine systems. The use of self-lubricating polymer bearings has become popular in order to reduce maintenance costs caused by the manual application of oil or grease lubrication. However, such materials are not suitable for larger loads, and […]

This research project aims to investigate how Chinese international graduate students perceive Individual Writing Consultations (IWCs), and the findings will be used to provide constructive suggestion for writing IWC administrators. Two questions will be used to guide this study: 1. What are international graduate students’ opinions of IWCs? 2. How can IWCs improve their service […]

Improvements in survival rates of cancer diagnosed between the ages of 13 and 29 have led to a growing number of survivors of teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer living with quality of life challenges well into adulthood. TYAs are at an increased risk for physical and mental heath challenges following diagnosis and treatment, and […]

Mon projet de doctorat porte sur l’impact des propriétés physiques de la neige sur les lemmings en Arctique. Ces petits mammifères sont un maillon clé de l’écosystème arctique, étant la proie principale des prédateurs vivant dans ces régions. Les changements climatiques sont susceptibles de modifier la qualité de la neige en Arctique, ce qui pourrait […]