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Kristin Rankin (EDD, ELPS)
Kristin Rachelle Lazenby Rankin (EDD, ELPS)
3/29/23 10:30 AM
The Perceptions of Alternatively Certified K-12 Public School Teachers in One Division in Virginia Regarding Their Preparedness to Teach and the Training and Administrative Support They Need for Retention
@ GENERAL VT Richmond Center -
Claire Murphy (PHD, LSFS)
Claire Margaret Murphy (PHD, LSFS)
3/30/23 9:00 AM
Factors Influencing The Ecology and Epidemiology of Microbial Indicators and Foodborne Pathogens In Surface Waters and Development of Risk Mitigations
@ 108 Human & Ag Bio Science 1 -
Lakshmi Ravi (PHD, EE)
Lakshmi Ravi (PHD, EE)
3/30/23 12:00 PM
Insulation-Constrained Design of Power Electronics Converters and DC Circuit Breakers
@ 143 Whittemore Hall -
Sharon Escalante Pedraza (MS, MINE)
Sharon Daiana Escalante Pedraza (MS, MINE)
3/30/23 3:00 PM
Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) Ash Characterization and Physical Concentration
@ 190 Holden Hall -
Manal Almutlaq (MS, ARCG)
Manal Abdullah M Almutlaq (MS, ARCG)
3/31/23 8:00 AM
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@ 304B Cowgill Hall -
Lauren Panny (PHD, BMVS)
Lauren E. Panny (PHD, BMVS)
3/31/23 1:00 PM
Utilizing proteomic techniques to discover host protein interactions with the E1 glycoprotein of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) for anti-viral discovery
@ 100 Vet Med Phase 4C Vet Res -
Spencer Cardwell (MA, PHIL)
Spencer Christian Cardwell (MA, PHIL)
4/4/23 10:00 AM
Reason, Utility, and Right Action in Hume's Moral Philosophy
@ 225 Major Williams Hall -
Ben Kligman (PHD, GEOS)
Ben Thomas Kligman (PHD, GEOS)
4/4/23 1:00 PM
Rise of present-day tetrapods in the paleotropics of Late Triassic equatorial Pangaea: new insights from microvertebrate data
@ 2062 Derring Hall -
Seyed Morteza Zeinali (PHD, CE)
Seyed Morteza Zeinali (PHD, CE)
4/4/23 3:30 PM
Multi-Scale Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Saturated Earth Materials
@ 200K Patton Hall -
Lauren Ruger (PHD, BMES)
Lauren Nicole Ruger (PHD, BMES)
4/5/23 10:00 AM
Investigations of Ultrasound-Guided Histotripsy Ablation for Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Osteosarcomas, and Brain Tumors
@ 302 North End 460 -
Erica Howes (PHD, HNFE)
Erica Marie Howes (PHD, HNFE)
4/5/23 12:30 PM
The Impact of Weight Bias and Stigma on Energy Misreporting in 24-Hour Dietary Recalls
@ 332 Wallace Hall -
Samuel Browning (MS, PSYC)
Samuel Lee Browning (MS, PSYC)
4/11/23 2:00 AM
Virtual vs. In-Person Instruction and Test-Taking: Comparisons of Factual and Application Learning Outcomes
@ 100 Major Williams Hall -
Maeve Marley (MA, PHIL)
Maeve Marley (MA, PHIL)
4/11/23 11:30 AM
Why Are Some Statistical Generalizations Epistemically Risky?
@ 225 Major Williams Hall -
Annie Sauer (PHD, STAT)
Annie Elizabeth Sauer (PHD, STAT)
4/12/23 10:00 AM
Deep Gaussian Process Surrogates for Computer Experiments
@ 418A Hutcheson Hall -
Mollison Ryan (MA, ENGL)
Mollison Simone Ryan (MA, ENGL)
4/14/23 12:00 PM
With Hope: A Student-Centered Model of Critical Pedagogy for First-Year Writing
@ 316 Shanks Hall -
Aaron Coombs (PHD, PSYC)
Aaron Keith Coombs (PHD, PSYC)
4/17/23 10:00 AM
A Mixed Methods Study of Ranger Attrition: Examining the Relationship of Candidate Attitudes, Attributions and Goals
@ 100 Williams Hall -
Christina Chaccour (PHD, EE)
Christina Chaccour (PHD, EE)
4/17/23 10:00 AM
Building the Foundations and Experiences of 6G and Beyond Networks: A Confluence of THz Systems, Extended Reality (XR), and AI-Native Semantic Communications
@ 3-024 VT Research Ctr-Arlington -
Sonam Sherpa (PHD, GEOS)
Sonam Futi Sherpa (PHD, GEOS)
4/17/23 12:30 PM
Big Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning for Assessing 21st Century Flooding and Socioeconomic Exposures
@ 4069 Derring Hall -
George Greanias (PHD, PGG)
George Christopher Greanias (PHD, PGG)
4/18/23 10:30 AM
Knitting the Velvet Gauntlet
@ 6-001 VT Research Ctr - Arlington -
Parul Manocha (PHD, BMGT)
Parul Manocha (PHD, BMGT)
4/24/23 10:00 AM
Heterogeneous Entrepreneurial Action: A Knowledge Problem Approach
@ 1045A Pamplin Hall -
Juan Romero Acosta (PHD, MATH)
Juan Francisco Romero Acosta (PHD, MATH)
4/24/23 3:00 PM
The Mattila-Sjölin Problem for Triangles
@ 455 McBryde Hall -
Dylan Park (MS, MATH)
Dylan Park (MS, MATH)
4/27/23 2:30 PM
A Two-Level Galerkin Reduced Order Model for the Steady Navier-Stokes Equations
@ 563 McBryde Hall -
Xiangyu Yao (PHD, GBCB)
Xiangyu Yao (PHD, GBCB)
4/28/23 10:00 AM
Mathematical Modeling of Circadian Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells
@ 118 Steger Hall-South Wing -
Randy Spicer (PHD, AE)
Randy Lee Spicer (PHD, AE)
4/28/23 3:15 PM
Additive Manufacturing in Spacecraft Design and In-Space Robotic Fabrication of Large Structures
@ 210 Kelly Hall -
Ali Hassani (PHD, AE)
Ali Hassani (PHD, AE)
5/2/23 11:00 AM
Uncertainty Quantification of Tightly Integrated LiDAR/IMU Localization Algorithms
@ 207 Randolph Hall
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