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Carlos Saint-Preux (PHD, PPWS)
Carlos Saint-Preux (PHD, PPWS)
5/14/25 9:00 AM
Alternaria Leaf Blight and Head Rot of Broccoli: UAV-Based Disease Detection and Fungicide Resistance ManagementAlternaria Leaf Blight and Head Rot of Broccoli: UAV-Based Disease Detection and Fungicide Resistance Management
@ 101 Life Sciences 1 Facility, Blacksburg -
Narayanan Rajagopal (PHD, EE)
Narayanan Rajagopal (PHD, EE)
5/14/25 9:00 AM
Integration of SiC MOSFET-based Power Electronics Building Block Using Organic Substrates
@ 4-206A VT Research Ctr-Arlington, Arlington -
Wilson Ontiveros (MARCH, ARCG)
Wilson Julio Ontiveros (MARCH, ARCG)
5/14/25 9:30 AM
The Space Between Life and Death
@ 1ST FLOOR Washington-Alexandria Arc, Alexandria -
Mark Hainsworth (PHD, EDCI)
Mark Allen Hainsworth (PHD, EDCI)
5/14/25 10:00 AM
Promoting Preservice Elementary Teacher Acquisition of Science and Mathematics Concept Knowledge: Potential of Technological/Engineering Design Based Learning
@ GENERAL CRC, Blacksburg -
Robert Hodges (PHD, ASPT)
Robert Hodges (PHD, ASPT)
5/14/25 10:00 AM
Alternative Examination of Salafi Jihadists, the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS: Resource Mobilization and the Approach of Charles Tilly
@ 112 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg -
MaKenzie Kidd (MS, OCE)
MaKenzie Lane Kidd (MS, OCE)
5/14/25 10:00 AM
Dynamic Architecture Flow Optimization for Capability-Based Assessment of Naval Ship Design
@ 1 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg -
Carson Bianchi (MARCH, ARCG)
Carson Bianchi (MARCH, ARCG)
5/14/25 11:00 AM
Architecture Afloat: Disaster Resilience
@ 027 Burchard Hall, Blacksburg -
Angel Collins (MS, EM)
Angel Eboni Collins (MS, EM)
5/14/25 11:30 AM
Quantitative Comparison: Equine Genital Tissues Under Uniaxial Loading
@ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg -
Sahil Bhola (MS, CSA)
Sahil Bhola (MS, CSA)
5/14/25 12:00 PM
Tenko: A Zero Trust Inspired Framework for Real-Time Network Defense via Intelligent Thresholding and Node-Level Anomaly Scoring
@ 3-024 VT Research Ctr-Arlington, Arlington -
Peiqing Guo (MS, CSA)
Peiqing Guo (MS, CSA)
5/14/25 1:00 PM
Reimagining Graduate Academic Planning: A User-Centered Web Application for the Plan of Study Process
@ 3001 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg -
Swapnil Singh (MS, CSA)
Swapnil Satyendra Singh (MS, CSA)
5/14/25 1:00 PM
Multi-modal Multi-Level Neuroimaging Fusion with Modality-Aware Mask-Guided Attention and Deep Canonical Correlation Analysis to Improve Dementia Risk Prediction
@ 1210 Torgersen Hall, Blacksburg -
Aaron Sheffield (MARCH, ARCG)
Aaron Cristopher Sheffield (MARCH, ARCG)
5/14/25 2:00 PM
The National Sublime: A Park Lodge for the National Mall
@ GENERAL Architecture Center 1001, Alexandria -
Ian McCarthy (MARCH, ARCG)
Ian Alexander McCarthy (MARCH, ARCG)
5/14/25 4:30 PM
Suburbia 2124
@ GENERAL Architecture Center 1001, Alexandria -
Kenneth Guzman (MARCH, ARCG)
Kenneth Eliseo Guzman (MARCH, ARCG)
5/15/25 2:00 PM
Ascend Physical Rehabilitation
@ 403C Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg -
Shuqi Yu (PHD, HD)
Shuqi Yu (PHD, HD)
5/16/25 10:00 AM
Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Affiliate Stigma among Asian and White Parents of Children with Autism in the United States
@ 300 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg -
Jeffrey Thompson (PHD, MACR)
Jeffrey Eric Thompson (PHD, MACR)
5/16/25 3:00 PM
Regioselective Design of Polysaccharide Ester Graft Copolymers
@ 210 Kelly Hall, Blacksburg
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