Volume 6: Partners in Discovery

Hello Everyone, I’m Vaishali Prayag, and I am beyond excited to step into the role of Student Co-Editor-in-Chief for A Zine About Students as Partners (ZSaP). This past year has been an incredible journey for me, both as a student and as a storyteller. As someone pursuing a degree in journalism and mathematics, with a…

By Anna Lariviere Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program, I had the great pleasure and honor to work alongside Dr. Harmony Reppond, an Associate Professor of Psychology. This experience was deeply important to me in more ways than one. For starters, the SURE program provided me with my first experience in research. Initially…

By Jawad Hazime This summer, I had the opportunity to work with Professor Junaid Farooq on the Open AI Cellular platform, an open source platform for the research and development of artificial intelligence solutions within cellular networks. My focus was the deployment and reverse-engineering of existing solutions for intrusion detection and network slicing in the…

By Shelly Jarenski and Patrick Beauchesne What is Curate and SIFT? In the Fall of 2024, the Foundations program at UM-Dearborn introduced a Common Assignment, designed to be taught across all courses in the program. The Foundations program’s goal is to teach all first year or transfer students the core skills they will need to…

By Lamonta Brown My superhero is a normal student most of the time but can change/transform into Supplier-Boy. Yes, Supplier-Boy is the education institute’s savior when it comes down to maintaining order. Supplier-Boy looks like a typical person except he has a glowing fanny pack around his waist. It glows a variety of different colors;…

By Ibrahim Alwishah Would you like to take part in AI research exploring the different machine learning algorithms and methodologies? My response to this question was an obvious yes. It is not common for an undergraduate student to take part in such advanced research involving the developing world of AI. My introduction to DAgger came…

By Isaac Coenca This piece was my first serious attempt at animation through the class Intro to Animation with Professor Sarah Nesbitt. It is a rotoscope animation which is when you animate by drawing over video footage. This video came from me filming my friend Anna hula hooping on Belle Isle Beach in Detroit. I’m…

By Landon Johnson My experience as a student researcher all began with a simple email to Dr. Maxim after I noticed he had a vacancy for his SURE (summer undergraduate research experience) proposal. The email led to an interview, which was successful, as I was given the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Maxim in his…

By Sasha Kindred Participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURE) this past summer has greatly transformed me in both personal and professional ways. When my faculty mentor, Dr. Finn Bell, first asked me if I wanted to work as a research assistant on an oral history project he coordinated, where I would be tasked…

By Zachary Pousak During the summer of 2024, I participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) hosted by the University of Michigan-Dearborn. It was my first exposure to research beyond small class projects. I worked with Dr. Paul Draus on his “Alley Alchemy: Implementing Urban Acupuncture in Detroit’s Depopulated Districts” project. The goal was…

(A parody of Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern story with inspiration from real events)By Jacob Krajewski Aaron Mollett was just your average principal, running a middle school in Dearborn Heights. He managed the school peacefully until one day, a bright light shone from Powers, the street infamous for its connection to the middle school. The light…

By Aamina Rehman In the summer of 2023, I joined Dr. Michelle Leonard’s Interpersonal Connections and Health Lab. Our group focuses on the links between couple dynamics and health issues. When I was asked by Dr. Leonard if I would like to work with her for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program for our…