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  • Ekansh Chaturvedi (PHD, ME) Ekansh Chaturvedi (PHD, ME)
    4/3/25 10:00 AM
    Non-smooth dynamics and sensitivity analysis of multibody  systems with clearances and friction in differential variational  inequality framework
    @ 137 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Shafquat Islam (PHD, AE) Shafquat Tanvirul Islam (PHD, AE)
    4/3/25 4:00 PM
    Multiphysics Model of Hypervelocity Impact and Impact Induced Plasma Formation
    @ 1 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg
  • Tamer Al Radaideh (PHD, ADR) Tamer Saleh Al Radaideh (PHD, ADR)
    4/4/25 10:00 AM
    Transforming Architectural Practice Through Computational Design and Machine Learning: A  Decision-Support Framework for Energy and Daylight Optimization
    @ 403B Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg
  • Chrishma Perera (MS, GEOG) Chrishma Dharshani Perera (MS, GEOG)
    4/4/25 10:00 AM
    A framework to improve climate-resilient health among Indigenous communities
    @ 101 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Fallon Graham (EDD, ELPS) Fallon Elizabeth Graham (EDD, ELPS)
    4/4/25 11:00 AM
    Locus of Control and Strategic Planning Among Virginia Public School Principals
    @ 300 VT Richmond Center, Richmond
  • Tian-Yu Shiung (MS, CSA) Tian-Yu Shiung (MS, CSA)
    4/4/25 3:15 PM
    Are Bigger LLMs Always Better? A Study of Open and Closed-Source Models in Code Generation and Translation
    @ 4211 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Yash Agarwal (MA, PHIL) Yash Agarwal (MA, PHIL)
    4/8/25 4:00 PM
    Testimonial Injustice and the Puzzle of Hearer Culpability
    @ 501 War Memorial Gymnasium, Blacksburg
  • Jasmine Lewis (PHD, PSYC) Jasmine Nicole Lewis (PHD, PSYC)
    4/9/25 10:00 AM
    Resilience Following Adversity: The Role of Religious Coping and Social Support Among  Black Youth After Traumatic Events
    @ 100 Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Heather Abney (EDD, ELPS) Heather Lee Abney (EDD, ELPS)
    4/9/25 11:00 AM
    Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Practices that Influence Teacher Retention
    @ 1 Carol M Newman Library, Blacksburg
  • Ethan Conley (PHD, GEOS) Ethan William Conley (PHD, GEOS)
    4/9/25 1:00 PM
    Addressing climate-driven challenges in groundwater management and coastal hydrogeology through numerical modeling
    @ 4069 Derring Hall, Blacksburg
  • Margaret Webb (PHD, ENGE) Margaret Webb (PHD, ENGE)
    4/11/25 1:00 PM
    Systems to Transform Interdisciplinary Graduate Education: An Ecological Systems Analysis of STEM Graduate Students' Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Identity-Based Motivation
    @ 340 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Shrikar Banagiri (PHD, ME) Shrikar Banagiri (PHD, ME)
    4/14/25 9:00 AM
    A Computational Fluid Dynamics Model to Simulate Wood Combustion
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Elena Roe (MA, PSCI) Elena Grace Roe (MA, PSCI)
    4/14/25 12:30 PM
    Hail to the War Princess: Security Crisis and Gendered Dynamics of Executive Leadership in Central and Eastern Europe
    @ 502 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Destiny Mason (MS, ME) Destiny Mason (MS, ME)
    4/14/25 1:00 PM
    No title on record.
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Raffae Ahmad (PHD, BMES) Raffae Nazir Ahmad (PHD, BMES)
    4/14/25 1:30 PM
    Pancreatic Cancer: Oncomicrobes, Electric Fields, and Fluid Flow
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Angela Yi (PHD, BMKT) Angela Yi (PHD, BMKT)
    4/14/25 2:00 PM
    Consumer Judgment and Decision-making in Healthcare Contexts
    @ 2016B Pamplin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Rebekah Vaughn (MA, PSCI) Rebekah Lynn Vaughn (MA, PSCI)
    4/16/25 9:00 AM
    Aristotle's Virtues of Justice, Liberality, and Friendship and How they Reduce the Problems of Global Governance and Contribute Positively to its Goals
    @ 520 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Mohammad Khorrami (PHD, GEOS) Mohammad Khorrami (PHD, GEOS)
    4/16/25 10:00 AM
    Remote Sensing Big Data and Physical Models for Resilience to Geohazards in the Water-Energy Nexus
    @ 2062 Derring Hall, Blacksburg
  • Safoura Salar (PHD, BIOL) Safoura Salar (PHD, BIOL)
    4/17/25 12:45 PM
    Structural Basis for Bacterial Transmembrane Signaling
    @ 101 Life Sciences 1 Facility, Blacksburg
  • Christopher Huynh (MS, PSYC) Christopher Phong Huynh (MS, PSYC)
    4/21/25 9:30 AM
    "I Wanna Be the Very Best Like No One Ever Was" in Every Situation: Developing and Validating Achievement Motivation SJTs Across Contexts
    @ 327 Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Aileen Suarez (PHD, BMES) Aileen Caridad Suarez (PHD, BMES)
    4/23/25 12:00 PM
    What to expect when you are expecting: Investigating the effects of pregnancy remodeling in the mouse
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Sharon Bradley (PHD, EDP) Sharon Eileen Bradley (PHD, EDP)
    4/24/25 10:00 AM
    The Landscape of Impact: Creating a New Design Framework for Targeted Project Outcomes Through a Practice Based Approach to Research
    @ 001 Burchard Hall, Blacksburg
  • Andrea Schuman (PHD, ENGE) Andrea L. Schuman (PHD, ENGE)
    4/24/25 3:00 PM
    Engineering Students' Development of Global Engineering Competencies during International Programs
    @ 340 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Jack Stack (PHD, GEOS) Jack R. Stack (PHD, GEOS)
    4/25/25 10:00 AM
    Integrating morphological data from fossil and living species and the early evolution of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
    @ 4069 Derring Hall, Blacksburg
  • Teng Li (PHD, ME) Teng Li (PHD, ME)
    4/28/25 9:00 AM
    Robotic-assisted acoustic vortex tweezers
    @ 461 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Asenath Kwagalakwe (PHD, GEOS) Asenath Kwagalakwe (PHD, GEOS)
    5/2/25 12:00 PM
    Investigating the Kinematics and Dynamics of Strain Localization in the Northern Western Branch of the East African Rift System
    @ 1 Derring Hall, Blacksburg
  • Bryce Kayanuma (PHD, EDCI) Bryce Platt Kayanuma (PHD, EDCI)
    5/2/25 2:00 PM
    Design and Development of a Socratic Intelligent Tutoring System: Leveraging Agentic AI for Asynchronous Online Learning
    @ 330 Burruss Hall, Blacksburg
  • David Boyle (PHD, ME) David Mackenzie Boyle (PHD, ME)
    5/6/25 9:00 AM
    Biomechanical Responses of Small Female Human Surrogates during Frontal Sled Tests using a Realistic Vehicle Environment
    @ GENERAL VCOM II, Blacksburg

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