Thursday, April 9
SEAS Research Week Schedule
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Student Center, Ballroom
Van Ness Campus
| Time | Research Project Title | Presenter(s) Advisor(s) |
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| 10 – 10:05 a.m. | Welcome – Interim Manager for Research, UDC | Pradeep Behera |
| 10:05 – 10:10 a.m. | Event Coordinator Welcome and Introduction | Esther T. Ososanya |
| 10:10 – 10:15 a.m. | Welcome – Dean, SEAS | Devdas Shetty |
| 10:15– 10:20 a.m. | Welcome – Chief Academic Officer, UDC | April Massey |
| 10:20 – 10:30 a.m. | Variable emissivity coatings for passive thermal control on spacecraft | Mohamed Ibrahim Advisor: Jiajun Xu |
| 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. | Optimization of Higher-Order Harmonic Surface Tessellations for Additively Manufactured Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers | Patrick Adegbaye |
| 10:40 – 10:50 a.m. | Investigating Thermal Runaway and Gas Venting in 18650 Lithium-Ion Cell: A Case Study Using ANSYS Fluent In-Built Battery Module | Justin An Advisor: Jiajun Xu |
| 10:50 – 11:00 a.m. | Design and Simulation-Based Optimization of a Hybrid Passive Cooling Thermal Management System for Aircraft Electromechanical Actuators | Mawussi Leopold Nzonou Advisor: Jiajun Xu |
| 11 – 11:10 a.m. | Spectral-Spatial Residual Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification | Tewelde Semere Advisors: Nian Zhang and Paul Cotae |
| 11:10 – 11:20 a.m. | Hyperspectral Image Classification Using Deep Learning | Sougre-Nonma (Stephanie) Rouamba Advisors: Nian Zhang and Paul Cotae |
| 11:20 – 11:30 a.m. | FL4MDS: A Federated Learning Framework for Misbehavior Detection in Connected Vehicles under Client Dropout | Sourou Tossou Advisor: Thabet Kacem |
| 11:30 – 11:40 a.m. | Ethical and Cybersecurity Implications of AI in ADS-B Systems: A Gap Analysis and Responsible Solutions | Antione Searcy Advisor: Thabet Kacem |
| 11:40 – 11:50 a.m. | Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis- Gro.und Water Table Fluctuations from Climate Change Events |
Yonathan Weldegebriel 1, Janel Baxter 2 |
| 11:50 – Noon | Engaging Female Students in Computing: A Literature Review | Onyinye Ukeneru-Steve Advisor: Lily Liang |
| 12 - 12:10 p.m. | Modern Mechatronic Enhancement of the NaviGAITor System: Analysis of Statistical and AI-Based EEG Signal Classification | Saul Henderson, EIT Advisor: Devdas Shetty |
| 12:10 - 12:20 p.m. | Investigation on In-Plane Thermal Properties of Thickness-Controlled ALD AI203 on Lithium-ion Battery Cu-Graphite Anodes | Feiyang Bai Advisor: Jiajun Xu |
| 12:20 - 12:30 p.m. | Evidential Deep Learning for Uncertainty-Aware Detection of Suspicious Bank Account Activity | Carlos Luna Sangama Advisor: Dong H. Jeong |
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| 12:50 – 1:00 p.m. | ||
| 1:00 – 1:10 p.m. | Motion-Focused Video Frame Interpolation |
Carlos Sac Mendoza |
| 1:10 – 1:20 p.m. | Outdoor Acoustic Drone Localization and Tracking Over a Simple Built Environment |
Filippo Vatteroni |
| 1:20 - 1:30 p.m. | Energy Optimization in Sole-Source LED Lighting Indoor Farming Using Close-Canopy Dynamic Lighting | Md Komol Hassan Advisor: Andrew Blunk Co-advisor: Hossain Azam |
| 1:30 – 1:40 p.m. |
Economic and Environmental Analysis of Combined Cooling Heating Power System integrated with Thermal Energy Storage Running on Hydrogen Diesel Fuel Blends
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Md Sarwar Hossain |
| 1:40 - 1:50 p.m. |
Evaluating Pretreatment Approaches for Primary Sludge Fermentation Enhancement |
Nishedh Pokharel, Joao V. Poli, Mekhi A. Boulware, Sophia L. Davis Advisors: Hossain Azam, Khoa Nam Ngo, and Haydee De Clippeleir |
| 1:50 - 2 p.m. |
Startup Strategies for Mainstream Partial Denitrification - Anammox Using Methanol, Fermentate and Glycerol |
Nishedh Pokharel, Lee C. Islam, and Hatcher J. |
| 2 - 2:10 p.m. |
Lessons Learned from a Pilot-Scale High-Rate Contact Stabililzation System with inDENSE Application: Coupling Biological and Physical Selection to Improve Performance and Capacity |
Godswill Okechukwu, Yuang Li, Sakib Ahmad, Arame Diop, Maria Mendoza Ramirez, and Emily Goldberg |
Poster Presentation
Student Center, Ballroom
Van Ness Campus
| Time | Research Project Title | Presenter(s) Advisor(s) |
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| 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Electron Spin Resonance Characterization of Magnetic Tunnel Junction Molecular Spintronics Devices | Hayden Brown Advisor: Pawan Tyagi |
| The fate and transport of PFAS in agricultural soil. | Fred Rischmiller | |
| Design and Development of Aerosol Jet-Printed Metal Heaters for 3 ω Thermal Conductivity Measurements | Voss Harrigan Advisor: Pawan Tyagi |
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| Understanding Lunar Soil for Future Moon Bases: Laboratory Testing of LMS-1 Regolith Simulant | Samuel Mather 1, Nasya Rodriguez 2 Advisor: Ujwalkumar D. Patil 3 |
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| Autonomous System Vehicles: Architecture, Challenges, and Future Directions | Marvin Cheguen Mendez, Duru Chukwuma, Osvaldo Montero-Flores Advisor: Esther T. Ososanya |
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| Target Tracking Using MATLAB and FPGA-Based Systems | Tewelde Semera and Timeka Gomillion Advisor: Wagdy Mahmoud |
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Accessible Biomechanics: Validating OpenCap/OpenSim workflow for Clinical Gait Analysis |
Charles Kirkland, Tchindro Sossa, Chukwuma Duru, Nadja Zmukic, Danny Saguintaah, Gafrieka McDuffus Advisor: Ji Chen |
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Python-Based Computer Vision Obstacle Control and Line Following for DJI Tello Drone |
Kristian Harris, Tewelde Semere, Marvin Cheguen Mendez Advisor: Esther T. Ososanya |
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Enhanced TabNet: Attentive Interpretable Tabular Learning for Hyperspectral Image Classification |
Anaton Messan Advisor: Chiranjibi Shah |