Current URCF Projects

---

MORE SUMMER 2026 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS COMING SOON!

The following table contains links to the Individual Projects Information:

Abdominal Wall Tension as a Novel Indirect Measure of Intra-Abdominal Pressure in Neonates	Analysis and fate of PFAS at the water-solid interface	Decreasing the Incidence of Intraventricular Hemorrhage on Neonatal Populations by Mitigating the Vibrations and Noise Levels Experienced During Transport
Design and measurement of ionic liquid gated devices based on strontium titanate	Development of a High-Speed Optical Flame Detection & Discrimination Sensing System	Environmentally-responsive delivery of therapeutics from injectable microparticles
Field Measurements of Aerosolized Algal Bloom Toxins from Lake Erie in Lakeshore Areas: Occurrence, Concentration, and Cytotoxicity	Global Shear Stress Measurement in Supersonic Flow using Liquid Crystals	Machine Learning for RF Signal Classification
Methods for Preserving Macronutrient Content of Expressed Human Breastmilk	NeoWarm: Kangaroo Mother Care with Integrated Thermal Management and Vital Signs Monitoring	Oxygen Measurements in a Fuel Tank Ullage using Tunable Laser Diodes
Pre-Silicon Side Channel Analysis	Secure Sensing Electronics for Precision Agriculture	Smart Helmets for Detecting and Preventing Concussions
Sound Power Testing of Medical Devices	Ultrasonic Charging for Underwater IoT	Velocity/Vorticity Measurement using Laser Techniques

Note - "Some projects are multi-disciplinary; a project in one area may be of interest to students from another major. Be sure to look at the projects in related areas to widen your choices."

Contact: Dr. Gautam Pillay, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean for Research
College of Engineering & Applied Science (Email: pillaygm@ucmail.uc.edu)