Monday, April 26, 2021

Session 1A: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT

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Timofey Averianov (Approx. 11-11:15 a.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Nanoscale bilayered-vanadium-oxide/carbon composites for improved electron transport in high-power Li-ion batteries

Kara Beck (Approx. 11:15-11:30 a.m. EDT)
MS Program, Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health
COVID-19: At the Intersection of Race & Ethnicity, Politics, and Policy

Shivani Aggarwal (Approx. 11:30-11:45 a.m. EDT)
MS Program, Software Engineering, College of Computing and Informatics
What's up Bot?

Jessica Ann Weaver (Approx. 11:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Co-Continuous Polymer Networks with Tailorable Chemistries and Morphologies

Ramchandra Gawas (Approx. 12-12:15 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering
Ionic Liquid Composite Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Judges

Tsz Kwok
Associate Director, Graduate College
Adjunct Instructor, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Ruocun (John) Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Pierce Weatherly
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics
College of Arts and Sciences

Session 1B: 1:30-3 p.m. EDT

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Melissa Kavanaugh (Approx. 1:30-1:45 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Use of the Health Belief Model to Identify Food Safety Risks for Older Adults

Neisha Terry Young (Approx. 1:45-2 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Education Leadership & Policy, School of Education
Geo-Cultural Identity and Caribbean Immigrant Students

Navy Spiecker (Approx. 2-2:15 p.m. EDT)
MS Program, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
LGBTQIA+ Populations in Fertility Treatment: The Importance of Affirmative Care

John Ray Martinez (Approx. 2:15-2:30 p.m. EDT)
MS Program, Information Science, College of Computing and Informatics
Multimodal Brain Tumor Segmentation using Convolutional Neural Network

Michael Alixander Foster (Approx. 2:30-2:45 p.m EDT)
BS/MS Accelerated Degree, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
A Tower to Plug the Ozone and Make the Sky Dance

Judges

Natalie Chernets
Director of Postdoctoral Affairs and Professional Development
Associate Director, MD/PhD Program
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine

Pierce Weatherly
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics
College of Arts and Sciences

Anne Converse Willkomm
Assistant Dean, Graduate College
Assistant Clinical Professor & Department Head, Goodwin College of Professional Studies

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Session 2A: 1-2:30 p.m. EDT

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Christopher Vatral (Approx. 1:00-1:15 p.m. EDT)
MS Program, Department of Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Evaluation of Consumers Behavior, Knowledge, and Attitudes Around the Recommendation Not to Wash Raw Poultry

Michael L. Barsoum (Approx. 1:15-1:30 p.m. EDT)
BS/MS, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Hybrid Capacitive Deionization of Mixed Ion Solutions using Tunnel Manganese Oxide Nanowires

Kateryna Shevchuk (Approx. 1:30-1:45 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) as SERS substrates

Tyler Andres-Bray (Approx. 1:45-2 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Using Camera Traps to Observe Tool Use Behaviors of Unhabituated Chimpanzees in Cameroon

Judges

Abby Gilman
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nutrition Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Micah Meltzer
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Arun Kumar Soma
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physics
College of Arts and Science

Session 2B: 2:45-4:15 p.m. EDT

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Elizabeth Lampe (Approx. 2:45-3:00 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Associations between Fear of Weight Gain and Maladaptive Exercise in Binge-Spectrum Eating Disorders

Angela Mastrianni (Approx. 3-3:15 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Information Science, College of Computing and Informatics
Increasing Awareness of Critical Events through Interactive Alerts in Medical Emergencies

Ryan Andris (Approx. 3:15-3:30 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Integrating high capacity transition metal oxides with conductive carbon to form 2D layered cathodes for improved Li-ion batteries

Keyur Shah (Approx. 3:30-3:45 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Improving Deformable Image Registration Accuracy using a Hybrid Similarity Metric for Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Mark Anayee (Approx. 3:45-4 p.m. EDT)
PhD Program, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Mechanism and kinetics of the MAX etching reaction for MXene synthesis

Judges

Melissa Bennett
Graduate Co-op Advisor and Career Counselor
Steinbright Career Development Center 

Cameron Kiosoglous
Assistant Clinical Professor and Sport Coaching Leadership Program Director
School of Education

Bridget McFadden
International Student Advisor
International Students and Scholars Services