2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
The 2026 SURF program was funded by the National Center for Sustainable Transportation University Transportation Center.
Devanshi Agnihotri
Major: Math and Scientific Computation
Mentor: Dr. Vaish Karanam
Jack Buschur
Major: Community & Regional Development
Mentor: Dr. Elisa Barbour
Rohan Chintalapati
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Scott Hardman
Alyssa Goldfield
Majors: Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, Economics
Mentor: Dr. Gil Tal
Kaitlyn Hahn
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Yongsung Lee
Aya Higashi
Major: Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning
Mentors: Dr. Justin Darr, Dr. Tatsuya Fukushige
Adrian Luo
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Mentors: Dr. Kari Watkins, Matthew Liu
Benjamin Martinez
Major: Philosophy
Mentor: Dr. Jamey Volker
Minh Nguyen
Major: Civil Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Dillon Fitch-Polse
Bridget O'Neil
Major: Economics
Mentor: Dr. Aviv Steren
Obehi Benito-Oserogho
Major: Mechatronics Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Alissa Kendall
Chloe San
Major: Civil Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Sina Nordhoff
Alessandro Selmoni
Major: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Aaron Rabinowitz
Gabriela Sevilla
Majors: Environmental Science and Management, Economics
Mentor: Dr. Amy Lee
Ania Shah
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Na'amah Razon
Tiffany Tran
Major: Statistics
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Rodier, Yunwan Zhang, Brian Harold
Hang Trinh
Major: Civil Engineering
Mentors: Dr. Kari Watkins, Marcus Chan
Sabrina Wendland
Major: Environmental Science and Management
Mentor: Dr. Elisa Barbour
Joy (Chenxuan) Zhang
Major: Environmental Science and Management
Mentor: Miguel Jaller, Maria Catalina Valencia-Cardenas
Jenny (Jiaqi) Zhao
Majors: Managerial Economics and Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Francisco Parés Olguín