Mentees Present at the 2026 UROP Spring Research Symposium

Created on April 22, 2026

2026   ·   Symposium

April 22, 2026 · Michigan League, Ann Arbor, Michigan

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program’s Annual Research Symposium marks the culmination of a full academic year of research. Students share their projects, learn from one another, and celebrate the partnerships they have built with their mentors. The 2026 Spring Symposium was held on Wednesday, April 22, at the Michigan League.

All three undergraduate students I mentored through UROP during the 2025–2026 academic year presented posters on our generative-AI landslide research:

  • Shivangi Bhatt Blue Ribbon Winner Evaluating Error and Uncertainty in Large Language Models for Landslide Identification
    UROP Blue Ribbon Winner ribbon
  • Andrew Kagan Evaluating Generative AI to Verify and Extract U.S. Landslide Loss Data
  • Dwayne Sean "SJ" Johnson AI-Powered Multi-Agent Framework for Landslide Event Extraction and Analysis

Congratulations to Shivangi, whose presentation was named a Blue Ribbon Winner at the symposium — and to Andrew and SJ for an excellent year of research. I was proud to see the projects they had developed throughout the 2025–2026 academic year come together in their posters.

Shivangi Bhatt presenting her poster at the UROP Spring Research Symposium
Andrew Kagan presenting his poster at the UROP Spring Research Symposium
SJ Johnson and Xin Wei at SJ's poster at the UROP Spring Research Symposium
Left: Shivangi Bhatt presents "Evaluating Error and Uncertainty in Large Language Models for Landslide Identification" — named a Blue Ribbon Winner. Center: Andrew Kagan presents "Evaluating Generative AI to Verify and Extract U.S. Landslide Loss Data." Right: with SJ Johnson at his poster, "AI-Powered Multi-Agent Framework for Landslide Event Extraction and Analysis."