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Sijia Wang (PHD, CSA)
Sijia Wang (PHD, CSA)
7/26/24 1:00 PM
Towards Generalizable Information Extraction with Limited Supervision
@ GENERAL UVA Data Center -
Meghan Failor (MS, FOR)
Meghan Nicole Failor (MS, FOR)
7/29/24 9:30 AM
Tree Canopy Cover Response to Land Development Policies in Fairfax County
@ 147 Julian Cheatham Hall -
Samuel Riddle (MS, EM)
Samuel George Riddle (MS, EM)
7/29/24 10:00 AM
Accelerated Durability Characterization of Laminated Polycarbonate Systems
@ 229 Norris Hall -
Ryan Gellner (PHD, BMES)
Ryan Aaron Gellner (PHD, BMES)
7/29/24 10:00 AM
Optimal Head Impact Signal Processing and the Description and Perception of Head Impact Exposure in Female Adolescent Ice Hockey Players
@ 210 Kelly Hall -
Jason Smith (MS, ME)
Jason Andrew Smith (MS, ME)
7/29/24 11:00 AM
DUAL-USE STRAIN SENSORS FOR SIMULTANEOUS STRAIN MEASUREMENT AND ACOUSTIC SOURCE LOCATION
@ 441 Goodwin Hall -
Vedant Shah (MS, CSA)
Vedant Rajiv Shah (MS, CSA)
7/29/24 12:30 PM
Are Particle-Based Methods the Future of Sampling in Joint Energy Models? A Deep Dive into SVGD and SGLD
@ 1160 Torgersen Hall -
Prajakta Nitin Wale (MS, ME)
Prajakta Nitin Wale (MS, ME)
7/30/24 10:00 AM
POSE ESTIMATION AND 3D BOUNDING BOX PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THROUGH LIDAR AND MONOCULAR CAMERA SENSOR FUSION
@ 313E Goodwin Hall -
Catherine Jula (MS, BMVS)
Catherine Antonia Jula (MS, BMVS)
7/31/24 8:00 AM
Single dose pharmacokinetics of pimobendan in healthy horses
@ 220 Vet Med Instructional Addition -
Shahwar Khursheed (MS, EE)
Shahwar Atiq Khursheed (MS, EE)
7/31/24 10:00 AM
Cooperative Payload Transportation by UAVs: A Model-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning (MBDRL) Application
@ 267 Whittemore Hall -
Cassidy Nelson (PHD, ISE)
Cassidy Rae Nelson (PHD, ISE)
7/31/24 12:00 PM
Human Factors Design and Evaluation of Augmented Reality for Mass Casualty Incident Triage
@ 260 Durham Hall -
Parcilla Salley (EDD, ELPS)
Parcilla Salley (EDD, ELPS)
7/31/24 1:00 PM
The Perceptions of Teachers Regarding the Instructional Practices and School Leadership Supports that Contributed to High Pass Rates in Algebra I for Minority Students in Rural Schools
@ 300 VT Richmond Center -
James Mahan (MA, FLCL)
James R Mahan (MA, FLCL)
7/31/24 1:00 PM
Appréciation thermodynamique des Rougon-Macquart d'Émile Zola
@ GENERAL Graduate Life Ctr -
Aaron Price (MS, FOR)
Aaron Cooper Price (MS, FOR)
7/31/24 1:00 PM
Exploring the Impact of Climate and Productivity on Soil Carbon Across the Native Range of Loblolly Pine
@ 315 Julian Cheatham Hall -
Hossein Amini (MS, EE)
Hossein Amini (MS, EE)
7/31/24 2:00 PM
Islanding Detection and Cybersecurity in Inverter-Based Microgrids Under a High-Noise Environment
@ 457A Whittemore Hall -
Landon Bilyeu (PHD, PPWS)
Landon T. Bilyeu (PHD, PPWS)
8/1/24 9:00 AM
Modeling the Spread of Airborne Particles Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms and Plumes of Colored Smoke
@ 311 Latham Hall -
Alexander Noll (MS, ISE)
Alexander Baldrich Benoni Noll (MS, ISE)
8/1/24 9:00 AM
Quantifying the Reliability of Performance Time and User Perceptions Obtained from Passive Exoskeleton Evaluations
@ 542 Whittemore Hall -
Doyee Byun (PHD, PHYS)
Doyee Byun (PHD, PHYS)
8/1/24 9:30 AM
A Study of Quasar Outflows: Physical Characteristics and Feedback Effects
@ 1060 Pamplin Hall -
Namrata Shanmukh Panji (PHD, CE)
Namrata Shanmukh Panji (PHD, CE)
8/1/24 12:00 PM
Atmospheric Impact of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds: Improving Measurement and Modeling Capabilities
@ 261 Durham Hall -
Christian Hernandez Padilla (MS, ME)
Christian Hernandez Padilla (MS, ME)
8/1/24 1:00 PM
CONTROLLING CURVATURE AND STIFFNESS IN FIBROUS ENVIRONMENTS UNCOVERS FORCE-DRIVEN PROCESSES AND PHENOTYPES
@ 440 Goodwin Hall -
Sabrina Amorim (PHD, APSC)
Sabrina Thaise Amorim (PHD, APSC)
8/1/24 1:30 PM
Genetic Heterogeneity of Residual Variance for Production and Functional Traits in American Angus Cattle
@ 3720 Litton Reaves Hall -
Sakshi Mhatre (MS, CSA)
Sakshi Manish Mhatre (MS, CSA)
8/2/24 11:00 AM
Intersection of Coverage and Crowdsourcing Methods for Bias Detection and Mitigation
@ 6-017 VT Research Ctr - Arlington -
Xinyue Huang (PHD, CE)
Xinyue Huang (PHD, CE)
8/2/24 1:00 PM
Interactions between dust and ecosystem and landscape at multiple scales
@ 200K Patton Hall -
Kelsey Reed (PHD, HORT)
Kelsey Madison Reed (PHD, HORT)
8/2/24 1:00 PM
The Use of Morphogenic Transcription Factors to Enhance Plant Regeneration
@ 102 Fralin Biotechnology Center -
Dylan Easley (PHD, TBMH)
Dylan Cole Easley (PHD, TBMH)
8/5/24 1:00 PM
Muscle Loading Treatments for Achilles Tendinopathy
@ 310 Kelly Hall -
Kylie Davidson (PHD, CSA)
Kylie Marie Davidson (PHD, CSA)
8/6/24 3:00 PM
Exploring Immersive Sensemaking: Integrating Expert and Novice Strategies to Shape Organizational Features in Immersive Space to Think
@ 3210 Torgersen Hall -
Babatomiwa Kikiowo (MS, BMVS)
Babatomiwa Kikiowo (MS, BMVS)
8/14/24 10:00 AM
Exploring a Novel Anti-Gonococcal Compound for Combatting Drug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
@ 121 Vet Med Phase 1 -
Juselyn Tupik (PHD, BMVS)
Juselyn Dorien Tupik (PHD, BMVS)
8/19/24 1:00 PM
Battling Bacteria: Characterizing the NOD-Like Receptor (NLR) Immune Response to Brucella abortus and Borrelia burgdorferi in Host-pathogen Interactions
@ 220 Vet Med Instructional Addition
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