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  • Richard Adam Gillespie (MS, BMES) Richard Adam Gillespie (MS, BMES)
    5/4/26, 9:00 AM
    A Vibration-Damping Catcher's Mask Design
    @ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg
  • Taylore Ashley Tomlinson (PHD, ENT) Taylore Ashley Tomlinson (PHD, ENT)
    5/4/26, 9:00 AM
    Evaluating the Effect of Mating Disruption and Parasitoids on Management of Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), in Commercial Brassica Systems
    @ 305 Price Hall, Blacksburg
  • Lan Lou (PHD, LSBC) Lan Lou (PHD, LSBC)
    5/4/26, 9:00 AM
    Circadian Control of Olfactory-Guided Behavior in Mosquitoes: From Host Detection to Repellency
    @ 300 Steger Hall-South Wing, Blacksburg
  • Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu (PHD, HORT) Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu (PHD, HORT)
    5/4/26, 9:00 AM
    Physiological and Molecular Approaches Revealing Mechanisms of Fruit Abscission and Pre-Harvest Drop Management in Apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)
    @ 101 Laboratory-Alson Smith ARC, Winchester
  • Elizabeth Lauren Davis (MARCH, ARCG) Elizabeth Lauren Davis (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/4/26, 9:30 AM
    Within the Void
    @ 403 Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg
  • Swanand Suhas Vaishampayan (PHD, CSA) Swanand Suhas Vaishampayan (PHD, CSA)
    5/4/26, 9:30 AM
    Procedural Justice for CS Hiring: Towards Fair and Equitable Resume Matching in AI Era
    @ 4211 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Youhui Ye (PHD, STAT) Youhui Ye (PHD, STAT)
    5/4/26, 10:00 AM
    Statistical Inference for Image Classification, Language Reasoning, and Counterfactual Estimation
    @ 445 Data and Decision Sciences, Blacksburg
  • Isabel Margarita Valdivia Leiva (PHD, HD) Isabel Margarita Valdivia Leiva (PHD, HD)
    5/4/26, 10:00 AM
    Understanding the Associations Among Executive Function, Self-regulation, Chronic Stress, and Math Learning Outcomes Across Middle Childhood
    @ 300 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Aidan Christopher Porter (MARCH, ARCG) Aidan Christopher Porter (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/4/26, 10:00 AM
    Crowds To Communities
    @ 027 Burchard Hall, Blacksburg
  • Gaurav Duggal (PHD, EE) Gaurav Duggal (PHD, EE)
    5/4/26, 10:30 AM
    Next Generation Emergency Networks
    @ 430 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Margaret Ann Mays (MS, ARCG) Margaret Ann Mays (MS, ARCG)
    5/4/26, 10:30 AM
    Between Body and Light: Perceptual Forces, Equilibrium, and Embodied Orientation
    @ 100E Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg
  • Thomas Awuni (MSLFS, AEE) Thomas Awuni (MSLFS, AEE)
    5/4/26, 11:00 AM
    Exploring the Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt Cocoa Upcycling as an Additional Livelihood Activity between Innovative and Adaptive Cocoa Famers
    @ 1810 Litton Reaves Hall, Blacksburg
  • Kelly Elizabeth Runyon (PHD, NEUR) Kelly Elizabeth Runyon (PHD, NEUR)
    5/4/26, 11:00 AM
    Beyond the Relay: Mediodorsal Thalamic Regulation of Prefrontal Cortex in Cue Detection
    @ 101 Life Sciences 1 Facility, Blacksburg
  • Vladimir Sanchez Padilla (PHD, ENGE) Vladimir Sanchez Padilla (PHD, ENGE)
    5/4/26, 11:00 AM
    Beyond Isomorphism: A Case Study of Institutional Adaptation Strategies for International Accreditation of Engineering Programs
    @ 340 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Asa Barrons Castleberry (MS, ISE) Asa Barrons Castleberry (MS, ISE)
    5/4/26, 11:00 AM
    Exploratory Study: The Relationship Between Minimum Foot Clearance and Real-World Trip Frequency Among Older Adults
    @ 542 Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg
  • Pranav Kumar (MS, CPE) Pranav Kumar (MS, CPE)
    5/4/26, 11:00 AM
    FUSE: Single-Pass Binary Co-Instrumentation for Accurate Vulnerability Detection
    @ 2001 ICTAS A, Blacksburg
  • Eric Jaehyun Yoo (MFA, ENCW) Eric Jaehyun Yoo (MFA, ENCW)
    5/4/26, 12:00 PM
    Stickman
    @ 403 Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • Katherine Drinkwater Gregg (MS, ME) Katherine Drinkwater Gregg (MS, ME)
    5/4/26, 12:00 PM
    Systematic Analysis of Current Curricular Experiences and Proposed Learning Outcomes for Finite Element Analysis Education in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Erin Elizabeth Mahoney (MS, HD) Erin Elizabeth Mahoney (MS, HD)
    5/4/26, 12:00 PM
    Minority Stress, Dyadic Coping, & Relationship Functioning among Interracially Partnered Q+ Individuals
    @ 300 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Sunday David Ubur (PHD, CSA) Sunday David Ubur (PHD, CSA)
    5/4/26, 12:00 PM
    AI-Driven Affective Captioning for Equitable STEM Access Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
    @ 3211 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Megan Wysocki (MARCH, ARCG) Megan Wysocki (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/4/26, 12:00 PM
    The Patch
    @ 007 Burchard Hall, Blacksburg
  • Peter Francis Tyree (MS, AE) Peter Francis Tyree (MS, AE)
    5/4/26, 12:30 PM
    Effects of a Single Moving Mass on the Dynamics of a Samara-Inspired Vehicle
    @ 100 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg
  • Adaline Lok-Yee Lee (MS, EE) Adaline Lok-Yee Lee (MS, EE)
    5/4/26, 1:00 PM
    Spectrum Compression of Complex IQ Samples
    @ 460 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Mattia Gramuglia (PHD, ME) Mattia Gramuglia (PHD, ME)
    5/4/26, 1:30 PM
    Robust Adaptive Control in the Presence of Time-Varying Constraints and Hybrid Dynamics with UAV Applications
    @ 306 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Joanna Ruth Swift Culligan (PHD, IPHD) Joanna Ruth Swift Culligan (PHD, IPHD)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    Understanding and enhancing communication for persons living with dementia and their carepartners through music.
    @ 104 Creativity and Innovation Dist, Blacksburg
  • Haoqiu Song (PHD, CSA) Haoqiu Song (PHD, CSA)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    From Diagnosis to Clinical Decision Support: An AI Framework for Pediatric ICU Using Electronic Health Records
    @ 1100 Innovation Campus Academic, Alexandria
  • Gabriel Costa Borba (PHD, FIW) Gabriel Costa Borba (PHD, FIW)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    Flood pulse effects on multispecies catch in the Amazon Basin
    @ 145 Steger Hall-North Wing, Blacksburg
  • Aafiya Shamshad S. Hussain (MS, CSA) Aafiya Shamshad S. Hussain (MS, CSA)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    SoundBreak: Studying vulnerabilities exposed by Audio Adversarial Attacks on Trimodal Models
    @ 337 Data and Decision Sciences, Blacksburg
  • Thomas Carnes (PHD, CE) Thomas Carnes (PHD, CE)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    Experimental and Numerical Investigation of End Zone Crack Control Strategies During Detensioning of Pretensioned Concrete Bulb-Tee Girders
    @ 321 Holden Hall, Blacksburg
  • Zenobia Makini Goodman (MURPL, URPL) Zenobia Makini Goodman (MURPL, URPL)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    Food Systems Planning: The Implications of Cultural Food Heritage and External Interventions to Food Insecurity
    @ 4-206A VT Research Ctr-Arlington, Arlington
  • Daniel Assefa Mekibib (PHD, PGG) Daniel Assefa Mekibib (PHD, PGG)
    5/4/26, 2:00 PM
    Managed Internalization Global Refugee Governance Norms and Local Script Ecologies
    @ 6-001 VT Research Ctr - Arlington, Arlington
  • Ahmed Shah Nisar (MS, CE) Ahmed Shah Nisar (MS, CE)
    5/4/26, 2:30 PM
    Assessing Connected-vehicle Roughness Data for Network-level Pavement Performing Monitoring
    @ 204A VTTI Building Addition, Blacksburg
  • Rafaela Machado Flor (PHD, BMVS) Rafaela Machado Flor (PHD, BMVS)
    5/4/26, 2:30 PM
    Repurposing Kinase Inhibitor for Rift Valley Fever Virus: Combating Hepatic and Neurological Disease Through Antiviral and Immunomodulation Strategies
    @ 1040 Integrated Life Science Bldg, Blacksburg
  • Ertugrul Baris Ondes (PHD, AE) Ertugrul Baris Ondes (PHD, AE)
    5/4/26, 2:30 PM
    Control, Fault Tolerance, and Farm-Level Optimization of Ocean Current Turbine Systems
    @ 100 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg
  • Jun Yang (PHD, ADR) Jun Yang (PHD, ADR)
    5/4/26, 2:30 PM
    Outdoor Thermal Comfort Research and AI-Based Prediction for Nightscape Planning and Design
    @ 120A Burruss Hall, Blacksburg
  • Dini Hajarrahmah (PHD, BHTM) Dini Hajarrahmah (PHD, BHTM)
    5/4/26, 3:00 PM
    Making Sense of Regenerative Tourism: From Inspiration to Institutionalization through Social Movements, Framing and Co-Creation
    @ 364 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Andrew Mark Calis (MS, BMES) Andrew Mark Calis (MS, BMES)
    5/4/26, 3:00 PM
    The Potential Effects of Youth Hockey Helmet Shell Add-Ons
    @ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg
  • Amanda Andress Hensley (PHD, TBMH) Amanda Andress Hensley (PHD, TBMH)
    5/4/26, 3:00 PM
    Bridging Gaps: Evaluating Strategies to Improve Vaccine Uptake and Strengthen Clinical and Translational Research Recruitment Among U.S. Adult Populations
    @ 121 Vet Med Phase 1, Blacksburg
  • Amanda Christine Silva (MFA, ENCW) Amanda Christine Silva (MFA, ENCW)
    5/4/26, 4:00 PM
    The Crumbling House
    @ 403 Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • Priyatam Annambhotla (MS, CPE) Priyatam Annambhotla (MS, CPE)
    5/4/26, 5:00 PM
    Proto-libErator: Consumer-Code-Independent Library Fuzzing via Protobuf API Interposition
    @ 2005 ICTAS A, Blacksburg
  • Faria Rahman (MS, CE) Faria Rahman (MS, CE)
    5/5/26, 8:00 AM
    Video-Based Parameter Calibration and Virtual Simulation of Pedestrian Crowd Dynamics
    @ 301D Patton Hall, Blacksburg
  • Elieser A. Mejia (PHD, EE) Elieser A. Mejia (PHD, EE)
    5/5/26, 8:30 AM
    Engineering Plasmonic Transducer Arrays for Cyber-Physical-Biological Systems: From Nanoimprinted Bio-Interfaces to Electro-Optical Nanocavities
    @ 235 Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg
  • Laura Isabel Gil Pineda (PHD, LSBC) Laura Isabel Gil Pineda (PHD, LSBC)
    5/5/26, 8:30 AM
    Embracing Chaos: Exploring Conformational Landscapes of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
    @ 1810 Litton Reaves Hall, Blacksburg
  • Maheep Bubna (MS, ME) Maheep Bubna (MS, ME)
    5/5/26, 9:00 AM
    No title on record.
    @ 304 North End 460, Blacksburg
  • Natalie Marian Melville (PHD, TBMH) Natalie Marian Melville (PHD, TBMH)
    5/5/26, 9:00 AM
    Decision-making under uncertainty: neural hardwiring of behavioral algorithms
    @ 230 Riverside Center 1, Roanoke
  • Nicole Marie DeFoor (MS, TBMH) Nicole Marie DeFoor (MS, TBMH)
    5/5/26, 9:00 AM
    Intratumoral Heterogeneity in Interstitial Fluid Flow-Driven Glioblastoma Invasion.
    @ 232 Riverside Center 1, Roanoke
  • Alexander Michael Gioia (MS, ME) Alexander Michael Gioia (MS, ME)
    5/5/26, 9:00 AM
    Factors Influencing Foot Gear Ratio During Walking, Running, and Jumping
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Helene Pehrsson (PHD, CE) Helene Pehrsson (PHD, CE)
    5/5/26, 9:00 AM
    Structural Assessment of Pavements Using TSDD Slope-Based Metrics
    @ 106 VTTI Garage and Office, Blacksburg
  • Ian Bell (MA, PHIL) Ian Bell (MA, PHIL)
    5/5/26, 9:30 AM
    No title on record.
    @ 501 War Memorial Gymnasium, Blacksburg
  • Emelia Dorothy Kamadulski (MFA, ENCW) Emelia Dorothy Kamadulski (MFA, ENCW)
    5/5/26, 10:00 AM
    A Theater of Choice
    @ 316 Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • Grace Elizabeth Bartlett (MS, CSES) Grace Elizabeth Bartlett (MS, CSES)
    5/5/26, 10:00 AM
    Utilizing root traits and mycorrhizal interactions to support sustainable soybean production
    @ 405 Latham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Alana G. Peyton (MACOM, COMN) Alana G. Peyton (MACOM, COMN)
    5/5/26, 11:00 AM
    Children's Awareness of Parental Communication based on Marital Status and its Placement in Family Communication Patterns Theory
    @ 116 Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • Abdulaziz Hussain Alazemi (PHD, ME) Abdulaziz Hussain Alazemi (PHD, ME)
    5/5/26, 11:00 AM
    Data-Driven Koopman Operator Approximations for Piezoelectric Composites with Hysteresis
    @ 441 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Yousra Essaadi (MARCH, ARCG) Yousra Essaadi (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/5/26, 11:00 AM
    LAYERS OF MEMORY: REBUILDING THE MELLAH FOR CONTEMPORARY LIFE
    @ 100 Alexandria Arch Ctr 1021, Alexandria
  • Khadijat Olorunsefunmi Oyediran (MS, BMES) Khadijat Olorunsefunmi Oyediran (MS, BMES)
    5/5/26, 11:30 AM
    No title on record.
    @ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg
  • Larkin Michaela Martini (PHD, ENGE) Larkin Michaela Martini (PHD, ENGE)
    5/5/26, 12:00 PM
    Working With the Neurodivergent Brain: The Role of Psychological Safety in Advising Relationships of Doctoral Engineering Students
    @ 340 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Shourya Mukherjee (PHD, EE) Shourya Mukherjee (PHD, EE)
    5/5/26, 12:30 PM
    Interannual Variability of Polar Mesospheric Cloud Frequency and its Key Drivers
    @ 457A Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg
  • Mallory Kay Premock (MA, PSCI) Mallory Kay Premock (MA, PSCI)
    5/5/26, 1:00 PM
    Humor, Memes, and Brat Green: Use of Humorous Attacks within the Harris Campaign on Instagram
    @ 502 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Delaney Aine Kirr (MS, GEOS) Delaney Aine Kirr (MS, GEOS)
    5/5/26, 1:00 PM
    Investigating Microbially Mediated Manganese Removal and Mobilization Mechanisms during Managed Aquifer Recharge
    @ 2062 Derring Hall, Blacksburg
  • Claudia Jane Clinchard (PHD, PSYC) Claudia Jane Clinchard (PHD, PSYC)
    5/5/26, 1:00 PM
    Childhood Adversity and Pathways to Psychopathology
    @ 100 Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Natalie Elizabeth Crosby (PHD, EDCI) Natalie Elizabeth Crosby (PHD, EDCI)
    5/5/26, 1:00 PM
    Imposing Student Use and Development of Computational Thinking Skills During a Technological/Engineering Design-Based Learning (T/E DBL) Challenge
    @ GENERAL CRC, Blacksburg
  • Leigh Hardy (MARCH, ARCG) Leigh Hardy (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/5/26, 1:30 PM
    Harmony House: The Makings of Peace on the Well Lawn
    @ GENERAL Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg
  • Abdullah Saeed Al Rufaydah (PHD, CE) Abdullah Saeed Al Rufaydah (PHD, CE)
    5/5/26, 1:30 PM
    Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Continuity Diaphragms in Continuous Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridges
    @ 200K Patton Hall, Blacksburg
  • Alyssa Renae Kuhl (MACOM, COMN) Alyssa Renae Kuhl (MACOM, COMN)
    5/5/26, 2:00 PM
    It's Not About Him, But It Might Still Be: Applying the Stereotype Content Model to Male Characters in Female-Led Films
    @ 043 Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • Raymond Jonathan Ginn (PHD, PGG) Raymond Jonathan Ginn (PHD, PGG)
    5/5/26, 2:00 PM
    Examining Representation in Participatory Grantmaking
    @ A14 Graduate Life Center, Blacksburg
  • Shubham Tiwari (MS, CPE) Shubham Tiwari (MS, CPE)
    5/5/26, 3:00 PM
    ReachForge: Automated Vulnerability-Directed Fuzz Harness Generation for C/C++ Libraries
    @ 2001 ICTAS A, Blacksburg
  • Lianbin Xu (MARCH, ARCG) Lianbin Xu (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/5/26, 4:00 PM
    Cohabiting the Air: Architectural Space for Human-Drone Interaction
    @ 310 Alexandria Arch Ctr 1021, Alexandria
  • Nikki Banou Tabatabai (MS, APSC) Nikki Banou Tabatabai (MS, APSC)
    5/6/26, 8:00 AM
    Label-Free Enrichment of Live Sperm Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis in Human and Bovine Samples
    @ 108 Etgen Learning Center Classroo, Blacksburg
  • Rachel Robinette (MARCH, ARCG) Rachel Robinette (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/6/26, 9:00 AM
    Architecture as Habitat
    @ 027 Burchard Hall, Blacksburg
  • Jeremiah Samuel Noser-Munoz (MS, NE) Jeremiah Samuel Noser-Munoz (MS, NE)
    5/6/26, 9:00 AM
    Deep Learning and Data Generation Benchmark for Entrained Droplet Processing
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Hailey Dawn Bullard (MS, BMVS) Hailey Dawn Bullard (MS, BMVS)
    5/6/26, 9:00 AM
    Determining the Vector Competence of Culex Species Mosquitoes for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
    @ 102 Fralin Biotechnology Center, Blacksburg
  • Mary Caroline Pilkington (MARCH, ARCG) Mary Caroline Pilkington (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/6/26, 9:30 AM
    Rekindling the Flame: Reclaiming the Narrative of Post-Industrial Sites
    @ 110 Alexandria Arch Ctr 1021, Alexandria
  • Husnu Uysal (MA, PSCI) Husnu Uysal (MA, PSCI)
    5/6/26, 10:00 AM
    A Comparative Analysis of Turkey and China's Soft Power in Kazakhstan
    @ 520 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Nazia Bano (PHD, TBMH) Nazia Bano (PHD, TBMH)
    5/6/26, 10:00 AM
    Dynamic integrin expression changes and adhesion-driven mitobiogenesis in ovarian cancer metastasis
    @ GENERAL Integrated Life Sci Build, Blacksburg
  • Prashant Ghimire (MS, APSC) Prashant Ghimire (MS, APSC)
    5/6/26, 10:00 AM
    Methodological Effects on Neutral Detergent Fiber Disappearance and Degradation Kinetics in In Situ and Bag Based In Vitro Systems
    @ 3720 Litton Reaves Hall, Blacksburg
  • Caryl Tarah Faulks (MS, HD) Caryl Tarah Faulks (MS, HD)
    5/6/26, 10:00 AM
    The Cost of Strength: How the Strong Black Woman Schema Influences Individual Well-Being and Romantic Relationships
    @ 300 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Stella Sophia Park (MFA, CTEC) Stella Sophia Park (MFA, CTEC)
    5/6/26, 10:00 AM
    After the Figure
    @ 104 Creativity and Innovation Dist, Blacksburg
  • Shaokang Yang (PHD, BBIT) Shaokang Yang (PHD, BBIT)
    5/6/26, 11:00 AM
    Essays on Health Information Technology
    @ 289 Data and Decision Sciences, Blacksburg
  • Haley Elizabeth Roberts (MARCH, ARCG) Haley Elizabeth Roberts (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/6/26, 11:00 AM
    Richmond Coliseum Adaptive Reuse
    @ 404 Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg
  • Laurence Garrett Bangert (PHD, BMES) Laurence Garrett Bangert (PHD, BMES)
    5/6/26, 11:00 AM
    Characterizing Distal Tibia Fractures in Motor Vehicle Crashes: Assessing Occupant Risk, Vehicle  Crashworthiness, and Clinical Outcomes
    @ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg
  • Emily Cassandra Litrakis (MS, GEO) Emily Cassandra Litrakis (MS, GEO)
    5/6/26, 11:15 AM
    Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Volatility in Precipitation within the Southeastern United States
    @ 234 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Hoang Anh Just (PHD, CPE) Hoang Anh Just (PHD, CPE)
    5/6/26, 12:00 PM
    In Pursuit of Optimal Training Data: Towards a Unified Framework for Curation and Synthesis
    @ GENERAL Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg
  • Joshua Richard Gardner (MS, MSE) Joshua Richard Gardner (MS, MSE)
    5/6/26, 12:00 PM
    800 V Traction Inverter Power Stage with Double-Side, Direct-Liquid-Cooled Phase-Leg Modulets
    @ 185 Holden Hall, Blacksburg
  • Yugasha Bakshi (PHD, PGG) Yugasha Bakshi (PHD, PGG)
    5/6/26, 12:30 PM
    Willingness to Cooperate: Exploring trustworthiness and risk perception in Delhi
    @ 227 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Kirk Reilly (MFA, ENCW) Kirk Reilly (MFA, ENCW)
    5/6/26, 1:00 PM
    Chemtrails Over Eden
    @ 403 Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • De'Yana Hines (PHD, BMES) De'Yana Hines (PHD, BMES)
    5/6/26, 1:00 PM
    Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: A Therapeutic Modulator of Mechanisms in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
    @ 2304 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Jin Zhao (PHD, ISE) Jin Zhao (PHD, ISE)
    5/6/26, 1:00 PM
    Kernel-Based Metamodeling for Heteroscedastic Simulation: Theory and Distribution-Free Uncertainty Quantification
    @ 260 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Brianna Jennelle Detter (MS, CSA) Brianna Jennelle Detter (MS, CSA)
    5/6/26, 1:00 PM
    T-LARA: Leveraging Reasoning LLMs to Enhance the Adversarial Robustness of Tabular Security Classifiers
    @ 3218 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Ryan Zachary Chewning (MS, FOR) Ryan Zachary Chewning (MS, FOR)
    5/6/26, 1:00 PM
    Bladed Skid Trail Productivity Impacts on Mountainous Appalachian Terrain
    @ 147 Julian Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Kyle David Beene (MACOM, COMN) Kyle David Beene (MACOM, COMN)
    5/6/26, 1:30 PM
    In-House Broadcasting Ethics and Objectivity
    @ GENERAL Shanks Hall, Blacksburg
  • Daniel Rivinius (MS, BMES) Daniel Rivinius (MS, BMES)
    5/6/26, 2:00 PM
    Neuroimaging of Delay Discounting in Cocaine Use Disorder: Task-Related Map Evaluation and Predictive Modeling
    @ 325 Norris Hall, Blacksburg
  • Abigail Grace Bogin (MARCH, ARCG) Abigail Grace Bogin (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/6/26, 2:30 PM
    Stitching Community
    @ 007 Burchard Hall, Blacksburg
  • Olivia Anne Leonard (MS, EE) Olivia Anne Leonard (MS, EE)
    5/6/26, 3:00 PM
    Dynamic Resource Management for Radar Networks
    @ 430 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Rizky Ramadhana Putra Kusnaryanto (MS, CSA) Rizky Ramadhana Putra Kusnaryanto (MS, CSA)
    5/6/26, 3:00 PM
    eMicro: Real-Time Multi-Hop Access Control for Microservices with eBPF
    @ 4307 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Ganesh Aravind Sundaram Ezhilarasi (MS, AE) Ganesh Aravind Sundaram Ezhilarasi (MS, AE)
    5/6/26, 4:00 PM
    Elastoplastic Buckling of Functionally Graded Beams using Tamura-Tomota-Ozawa and Ramberg-Osgood Material Models
    @ 100 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg
  • Emma Hayden Walker (PHD, CE) Emma Hayden Walker (PHD, CE)
    5/6/26, 5:00 PM
    Enhancing Engineering Design Through Neurofeedback: A Brain and Behavior Analysis
    @ 200 Patton Hall, Blacksburg
  • Brenna Kaylynne Kurtz (MS, FOR) Brenna Kaylynne Kurtz (MS, FOR)
    5/7/26, 9:00 AM
    The Influence of Elevated Air Temperatures on the Physiology and Morphology of Seedlings from Four Southern Appalachian Red Spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) Seed Sources
    @ 218 Julian Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Owen H. Connors (MARCH, ARCG) Owen H. Connors (MARCH, ARCG)
    5/7/26, 9:00 AM
    The Inserted Order
    @ 403 Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg
  • Lee Monta Edwards (MS, BMES) Lee Monta Edwards (MS, BMES)
    5/7/26, 9:00 AM
    Reconstruction of Catcher Concussions: Rigid-Body and Vibration Response of the Head
    @ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg
  • Duo Cheng (PHD, CSA) Duo Cheng (PHD, CSA)
    5/7/26, 10:00 AM
    Towards Understanding the Role of Feedback in Online Learning
    @ 4001 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg

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