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  • Maham Khan (PHD, HD) Maham Khan (PHD, HD)
    11/7/25, 10:00 AM
    Identifying Cognitive Profiles and Determinants of Cognitive Superaging Among Older Adults
    @ 300 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg
  • Sarah Fox Price (PHD, BSE) Sarah Fox Price (PHD, BSE)
    11/7/25, 12:30 PM
    Applications of Wastewater-Based Surveillance Within Rural and Unsewered Communities
    @ 118 Steger Hall-South Wing, Blacksburg
  • Sahra Helen Svensson (PHD, IPHD) Sahra Helen Svensson (PHD, IPHD)
    11/10/25, 10:00 AM
    Product User Well-being in a Circular Economy
    @ 100 Julian Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Bingqing Li (PHD, BMKT) Bingqing Li (PHD, BMKT)
    11/12/25, 9:00 AM
    Marketing at the Human-Technology Frontier:  Essays on AI Acceptance, Digital Twins, and Brain-Computer Interfaces
    @ 1060 Pamplin Hall, Blacksburg
  • Ibrahim Mohamed Eshera (PHD, EE) Ibrahim Mohamed Eshera (PHD, EE)
    11/12/25, 12:00 PM
    Machine Learning Approaches for Biosonar Systems: Investigating Dynamic Sensing in Complex Natural Environments
    @ 164 ICTAS II, Blacksburg
  • Mohammad Ishtiaq Ashiq Khan (PHD, CSA) Mohammad Ishtiaq Ashiq Khan (PHD, CSA)
    11/14/25, 9:00 AM
    Empirical Insights into the Operational Dynamics of DNS-Reliant Security Protocols: A Longitudinal and Qualitative Study of Email and DNS Security
    @ 4307 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Adam Joseph Raines (PHD, PSYC) Adam Joseph Raines (PHD, PSYC)
    11/14/25, 1:00 PM
    A Qualitative Examination of Facilitators and Barriers to MBC Utilization in Post-Graduate Clinicians
    @ 100 Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Xiaomin Chen (MS, CE) Xiaomin Chen (MS, CE)
    11/14/25, 3:30 PM
    Determinants of E-Commerce Demand, Travel Behavior, and Travel-Related Expenditures Among U.S. Households
    @ 301D1 Patton Hall, Blacksburg
  • Md Rejwanur Rahman (PHD, CE) Md Rejwanur Rahman (PHD, CE)
    11/17/25, 10:00 AM
    Probabilistic Characterization of Sediments Using a Combined Geotechnical and Geophysical Approach
    @ 185 Holden Hall, Blacksburg
  • Osama Bajaber (PHD, CSA) Osama Bajaber (PHD, CSA)
    11/17/25, 11:00 AM
    Towards Advanced Access Control via Programmable Data Planes for Zero Trust Security
    @ 4001 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Sebastian Aparicio (MS, CSES) Sebastian Aparicio (MS, CSES)
    11/17/25, 11:00 AM
    Restoring the Chocó: Growth and Survival of Native Chocoan Trees Using Different Propagation Methods
    @ 102A Fralin Biotechnology Center, Blacksburg
  • Ranger Egalite-Dionysus McKinney (MA, PSCI) Ranger Egalite-Dionysus McKinney (MA, PSCI)
    11/18/25, 12:00 PM
    Comradery, Class, and Consciousness: A Case Study in Comradery
    @ 502 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg
  • Erika Gallus (MS, CE) Erika Gallus (MS, CE)
    11/18/25, 1:00 PM
    The Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil
    @ 22 Patton Hall, Blacksburg
  • Anirudh Ramhari More (PHD, ISE) Anirudh Ramhari More (PHD, ISE)
    11/18/25, 1:00 PM
    Engineering Shared Leadership for Human and Autonomy Collaboration in Multi-Agent Systems
    @ 542 Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg
  • Sifat Muhammad Abdullah (PHD, CSA) Sifat Muhammad Abdullah (PHD, CSA)
    11/18/25, 2:00 PM
    Investigating Multimodal Foundation Models through the Lens of Safety and Security
    @ 4307 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Saadman Seraj Ahmad (PHD, LSBC) Saadman Seraj Ahmad (PHD, LSBC)
    11/21/25, 3:00 PM
    Leveraging Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan chemistry to understand Lyme disease symptom progression
    @ 102 Fralin Biotechnology Center, Blacksburg
  • Jharana Sapkota (MS, CSA) Jharana Sapkota (MS, CSA)
    11/25/25, 1:00 PM
    Categorizing and Comparing Students'  Interactions in eTextbooks
    @ 3211 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg
  • Hiral Rajendrakumar Makwana (MS, ISE) Hiral Rajendrakumar Makwana (MS, ISE)
    12/2/25, 11:30 AM
    Prediction Modeling of Pallet Overhand on Box Compression Strength
    @ 260 Durham Hall, Blacksburg
  • Jacqueline Elise Bruen (PHD, CSA) Jacqueline Elise Bruen (PHD, CSA)
    12/4/25, 9:00 AM
    Applying Art-based Embodied Knowledge to Further Artistic Objectives with Technology and Support Creative Thinking in Computing
    @ 542 Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg
  • Ava Joy Veith (MSLFS, PPWS) Ava Joy Veith (MSLFS, PPWS)
    12/8/25, 8:00 AM
    Quantifying Field Variability Effects on Surface Performance and Athletes
    @ 4347 Corporate Research Ctr, Blacksburg
  • Jefferson Viana Fonseca Abreu (MS, CPE) Jefferson Viana Fonseca Abreu (MS, CPE)
    12/8/25, 10:00 AM
    From Static to Adaptive: Dynamic Cost Function Weight Adaptation in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Sustainable 6G Radio Access Networks
    @ 3-024 VT Research Ctr-Arlington, Arlington

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