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Shishir Damani (PHD, AE)
Shishir Damani (PHD, AE)
2/3/25 8:00 AM
Measurement and Analysis of Sub-Convective Pressure Fluctuations in Turbulent Boundary Layers: A Novel Methodology
@ 440 Goodwin Hall -
Md Syadus Sefat (PHD, CPE)
Md Syadus Sefat (PHD, CPE)
2/3/25 11:00 AM
On Improving Backwards Reasoning with Symbolic Execution: Integrating Loop Summarization, Alias Analysis, and Compositional Summarization
@ 2005 ICTAS A -
Mariah Rojas (PHD, PPWS)
Mariah I. Rojas (PHD, PPWS)
2/3/25 11:00 AM
Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Microbial Ice Nucle
@ 102 Fralin Biotechnology Center -
Nathaniel Jones (MS, BMES)
Nathaniel Levi Jones (MS, BMES)
2/4/25 11:00 AM
Study of Occupant Model Capability to Quantify Injury Risk for eVTOL Vehicles
@ 325 Norris Hall -
David Bruce (PHD, GEOS)
David Randall Marshall Bruce (PHD, GEOS)
2/5/25 1:00 PM
Quantifying coseismic land-level change along the Cascadia subduction zone in central Oregon
@ 2062A Derring Hall -
Anna Gabrielle Patarinski (MS, PSYC)
Anna Gabrielle George Patarinski (MS, PSYC)
2/6/25 12:30 PM
Does Shame Amplify the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Eating Disorder Symptoms? Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Tests
@ 327 Williams Hall -
Fayu Chong (PHD, FOR)
Fayu Chong (PHD, FOR)
2/7/25 9:00 AM
Essays on Dynamic Optimization for Forest Resource Management
@ 311 Latham Hall -
Kamla Al Amri (PHD, EDCI)
Kamla Suleiman Al Amri (PHD, EDCI)
2/7/25 10:00 AM
Guidelines for Integrating Care Pedagogy into Faculty Development for Future Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in Higher Education: The CARE Framework
@ GENERAL CRC -
Ryan Lundquist (MS, AE)
Ryan David Lundquist (MS, AE)
2/7/25 3:00 PM
Investigation of the Aerodynamic and Acoustic Performance of a Scaled eVTOL Propeller in Axial and Non-Axial Flight
@ 210 Kelly Hall -
Jonathan Tyler (MS, CPE)
Jonathan David Tyler (MS, CPE)
2/12/25 2:00 PM
Extraction of Blood Volume Pulse Morphology from Facial Videos Using an LSTM-Based Temporal Encoder-Decoder Model
@ 654 Whittemore Hall -
Don-Roberts Emenonye (PHD, EE)
Don-Roberts Ugochukwu Emenonye (PHD, EE)
2/17/25 10:00 AM
An Information-Theoretic Examination of Next Generation Location Systems: The Role of LEOs, RISs and the Near Field
@ 460 Durham Hall -
Margaret Banks (PHD, CHEM)
Margaret P. Banks (PHD, CHEM)
2/17/25 10:00 AM
From Forest Floors to Pharmacology: Elucidating Millipede Defensive Alkaloids for Drug Discovery
@ 402 Hahn Hall North -
Kristina Bell (PHD, EDCI)
Kristina Elena Bell (PHD, EDCI)
2/17/25 1:00 PM
Re-Imagining Mentoring: Mutual Shaping and Dialogic Collaboration as Key Components of the Mentoring Process
@ GENERAL CRC
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