About UMURJ
University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal is a student-run research journal with a mission to build connections between undergraduate students, graduate students, and the public, as well as among the different academic disciplines, through the publication of non-technical articles in all fields of research.
Volume 17 • 2024
Article
Humanities
Social Sciences
Extensive Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever Prevention and Management in Pakistan: A Challenge to Public Health
Bilal Irfan, Ihsaan Yasin and Denise Kirschner
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
Physics and Math
Evaluation of CDM and RBM Methods to Estimate Small Q-matrices
Raphael Jeong-Hin Chin
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
Life Sciences
Multimodal Imaging Evaluation of Rabbit Models
Ashley Brown, Van Phuc Nguyen, Iyabode Ajayi and Yannis M. Paulus
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
An analysis of SPEEK as a suitable alternative for Nafion in a proton electrolyte membrane in PEM fuel cells
Ihsaan Yasin and Bilal Irfan
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
Unlocking the Power of Molecular Cloning: Revolutionizing Medical Microbiology Procedures
Neelabh Datta
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
Checking the Status: The Evolutionary Explanations and Drug Resistance Prevalence to Dolutegravir for HIV Treatment (A Review)
Evan Hall
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
A study on the effect of Zamzam water on the germination and growth of Jasminum sambac
Bilal Irfan and Ihsaan Yasin
2024-03-08 Volume 17 • 2024
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