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  • Timothy Mast (MS, ME) Timothy Edward Mast (MS, ME)
    4/6/20 10:00 AM
    Application of Optical Detection Methods for Top-of-Rail (TOR) Lubricity Evaluation on a Moving Platform for Revenue Service Track
    @ GENERAL Commerce Street Lab
  • Derek Hennen (PHD, ENT) Derek Alan Hennen (PHD, ENT)
    4/7/20 10:00 AM
    Natural history, taxonomy, and phylogenetics of Appalachian flat-backed millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)
    @ 305 Price Hall
  • Rachel Nelson (MS, HNFE) Rachel A Nelson (MS, HNFE)
    4/7/20 2:00 PM
    Cultivating a Healthy School Environment: Evaluation of a Virginia School Nutrition Training Program
    @ 333 Wallace Hall
  • Sai Tej Paruchuri (MS, MATH) Sai Tej Paruchuri (MS, MATH)
    4/8/20 2:30 AM
    No title on record.
    @ 1 Wright House
  • Emily Janes (MS, HD) Emily Elizabeth Janes (MS, HD)
    4/8/20 1:00 PM
    "Womanhood is Finally Unbound" :The Impact of Disaffiliation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day Saints on Identity and Womanhood
    @ 202 VT-UVA Northern VA Center
  • Kirsten Davis (PHD, ENGE) Kirsten Ann Davis (PHD, ENGE)
    4/10/20 9:00 AM
    Pursuing Intentional Design of Global Engineering Programs: Understanding Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes
    @ 341 Goodwin Hall
  • Alisa Huskey (PHD, PSYC) Alisa Mae Huskey (PHD, PSYC)
    4/10/20 1:00 PM
    Computational and Human Learning Models of Generalized Unsafety
    @ 100 Williams Hall
  • Amy Moore (MSLFS, FST) Amy Nicole Moore (MSLFS, FST)
    4/13/20 10:00 AM
    Impact of Yeast Nutrient Supplementation Strategies on Hydrogen Sulfide Production during Cider Fermentation
    @ GENERAL Human Ag & Bio Science 1
  • Clayton Word (MS, FOR) Clayton Stewart Word (MS, FOR)
    4/14/20 11:00 AM
    Hydrologic Regime and Soil Property Interactions in a Forested Peatland
    @ 315 Julian Cheatham Hall
  • Laura Dickerson (MS, ME) Laura Carroll Dickerson (MS, ME)
    4/14/20 1:00 PM
    Exploring the Effect of Ankle Braces on Foot Posture
    @ 325 Norris Hall
  • Gideon Simons (MFA, ENCW) Gideon James Simons (MFA, ENCW)
    4/14/20 1:30 PM
    Dreamfaire
    @ CR 1 Shanks Hall
  • Tolu Adeyeye (MFA, ENCW) Tolu Adeyeye (MFA, ENCW)
    4/14/20 3:00 PM
    The Unseen Queen
    @ 370 Shanks Hall
  • Pamela Sterling (MS, HD) Pamela Beth Sterling (MS, HD)
    4/15/20 1:00 PM
    The Grieving Process of Opioid Overdose Bereaved Parents in Maryland
    @ GENERAL VT-UVA Northern VA Center
  • Abdulrahman Alghamdi (MS, ME) Abdulrahman Saeed Alghamdi (MS, ME)
    4/15/20 2:00 PM
    Increasing the Heat Transfer on a Grooved Surface Under Dry and Wet Conditions by Using of Jet Impingement  
    @ 313E Goodwin Hall
  • Seyyed Moein Razavi Borghei (MS, EE) Seyyed Moein Razavi Borghei (MS, EE)
    4/15/20 2:00 PM
    The Modeling of Partial Discharge under Fast, Repetitive Voltage Pulses using Finite-Element Analysis
    @ 140 Whittemore Hall
  • Uchechukwu Okonkwo (MFA, ENCW) Uchechukwu Anne Okonkwo (MFA, ENCW)
    4/20/20 10:30 AM
    Long Hair
    @ CR 1 Shanks Hall
  • Dylan Finch (MS, CSA) Dylan Keifer Finch (MS, CSA)
    4/22/20 10:00 AM
    Using Pedagogical Agents to Supplement Limited Facility in Computer Science Education
    @ 3160A Torgersen Hall
  • Aarushi Bhargava (PHD, EM) Aarushi Bhargava (PHD, EM)
    4/22/20 12:00 PM
    Dynamics of smart materials in high intensity focused ultrasound field
    @ 325 Norris Hall
  • John Monk (MS, MSE) John Lawrence Monk (MS, MSE)
    4/29/20 11:00 AM
    Theoretical Study of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Lasers with Asymmetric Barrier Layers
    @ CR 0 Randolph Hall

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