Student poster presentations highlight the meritorious and collaborative research conducted by graduate students funded through the Graduate Advancement, Training and Education (GATE) program and faculty-led UT-ORII grants. Student presenations take place both April 15 and 16 between faculty presentation sessions.
Optimizing Patient-specific Deep Brain Stimulation Parameters in Parkinson’s Disease
2
Amin Jarrahi
Comparisons of lipid and RNA spatial distribution in the brains of young and old Alzheimer’s and control female murine models
3
Sarah Hirschbeck
Developing an LC-IMS-MS workflow to determine biochemical changes related to aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
4
Heng Li
Exploring and predicting the impact of 3D genome structure on cellular radiosensitivity
5
Allison Jones
Sex- and Age- Related Influence of Vascular Stiffening on Neurological Disorders
6
Kristen Kennison
Utilizing advanced microscopy, fluorescence, and scattering techniques to probe the phase behavior of ternary mixtures with variable low-melting phospholipid chain length
7
Sophia Turner
Unraveling networks: testing plant responses to phenological mismatches with associated fungal interactions above- and belowground
8
Joseph Clark
A Novel Approach to Quantum Circuit Partitioning
9
Presley Dowker
THE ROLE OF AICAR TRANSFORMYLASE IN PREADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND BROWNING
Transportation
10
Kyungchan Lim
Enhancing the Security of Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Ecosystem
11
Bhaskar Gaur
Noise Resilient Quantum Modulo Adders
12
Sounak Bhowmik
Quantum Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection in Consumer Electronics
13
Fujiao Ji
Enhancing the Security of Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Ecosystem
14
Syed Irfan Ali Meerza
Navigating Fairness and Fairness Security in Federated Learning with GlocalFair and EAB-FL Insights”
15
Lu Liu
Enhancing the Security of Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Ecosystem
16
Diyi Liu
Improving the Accuracy of Freight Mode Choice Models: A Case Study Using the 2017 1 CFS PUF Data Set and Ensemble Learning Techniques
17
Seyedmehdi Khaleghian
LTE for Infrastructure-based Vulnerable Road Users Safety: A Field Demonstration
General
18
Paychuda Kritprajun
State of Charge Management for Grid-Connected PV with Supercapacitor System Considering LVRT Operation
19
Ian Cox
Beta-decay spectroscopy of Cl isotopes with FDSi
20
Liz Denison
Effects of warming on viral populations associated with northern peatmosses
21
Sayali Mulay
Changes in the diversity and composition of metabolically active bacterial communities from the Svalbard subsurface under induced thawing conditions
Tuesday April 16
SU 272 B | 12:05 – 2:10
Circular Bioeconomy & Decarbonization
1
Chase Cromer
Upcycling: New Techniques for Breaking Down Plastic Waste
2
Kristen Bidas
Interactions Between Organic Carbon and Synthetic Manganese and Iron Oxides in Acidic Forest Soil
3
Rounak Patra
Contrasting Residue Quality and Agricultural Management: Impacts on Soil Carbon Dynamics Across the Soil Profile
4
Sarah Love
Sky islands as natural laboratories for studying organismal responses to climate change
5
Hyun Seok Yoon
Shift in freshwater biodiversity and its impact on environmental mitigation cost for hydropower plants in changing climate
6
Fidaa Ali
Characterization of Photosystem I in their native membrane: an experimental and computational study
7
Hima Davit
Untapped Potential in Polymer Editing
8
Sanjita Wasti
Coir fiber reinforced polypropylene composites: Effect of sizing approach and sizing concentrations.
9
Dhiraj Pokhrel
Protecting Power Grids Using Decision-Dependent Uncertainty
10
Mirka Mandich
Implementation of a Portable Diagnostic Package (PDP) for Spectroscopic Measurement of Plasmas Relevant for Fusion
11
Charles Amoo
A Multicriteria Framework for Low-Income Household Energy Audit Tools in the U.S.
Clean Manufacturing & Advanced Materials
12
Christopher Cotter
Harnessing Non-Model Yeast for Upcycling of Depolymerized Plastic Waste
13
Samuel Adotey
Ionic Conductivity of Asymmetric Block Copolymers Based on Polymer Ionic Liquids
14
Trisha Ganisyeje
Bottlebrush Polymeric Ionic Liquids: A Model System to Link Chain Conformations with Ionic Conductivity
15
Anjali Rathore
Exploring the Structural Phases and Transport Behavior in Strained Sn Thin Films
16
Anuradha Wijesinghe
Alteration of bulk energy bands in Sb thin films due the quantum confinement effect
17
Holland Hysmith
The Influence of Ionic Distribution at the Metal-Halide Perovskite and Substrate Interface
18
Elham Foadian
Decoding the Broadband Emission of Two-Dimensional Pb-Sn Halide Perovskites through High-Throughput Exploration
19
Shamiul Alam
UltraRAM-based Universal Memory and In-Memory Computing
20
Matthew Whisenant
Reduced-Order Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations via Deep Learning
21
Sheryl Sanchez
Understanding the Ligand-Assisted Reprecipitation of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals via High Throughput Robotic Synthesis Approach
22
John Hirtz
Short Range Cation Ordering in Disordered MgAl2O4 and NiAl2O4 Spinels
23
Pradip Adhikari
Superconductor-Semiconductor hybrid nanowires for quantum devices
24
Jackie Zheng
Nylon 6 Deconstruction and Upcycling: From Waste to a New Place
25
Steven Frankowski
Development of an In-situ Irradiation-induced Creep Capability at the Tennessee Ion Beam Materials Laboratory
26
Danielle Chun
Physical and Chemical Responses of Amidine-Containing Polymers in the Capture and Release of CO2
27
Abigail Linhart
Structure-Property Relationships in Conjugated Thiophene-based Copolymers with an Emphasis on Doping Method
28
Cameron Bobo
Low-Cost Textile Grade Carbon Fiber Carbon/Carbon Composites for Rapid Manufacturing of High Temperature Systems
29
Emine Berfu Ozmen
Tendon tissue engineering: Evaluation of novel strategies for an optimal scaffold construct
30
Meaghan Harley-Troxell
3D PRINTED POLY (LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID) AND GRAPHENE OXIDE SCAFFOLD WITH MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS: A POTENTIAL BIOMIMETIC DEVICE FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES
31
Christoph Eli
TBD
32
Michael Orsini
TBD
Faculty research presentations focus on two topics within the institute’s current convergent research initiatives; clean manufacturing and advanced materials, and energy storage and transportation. Research teams include both UT and ORNL collaborators who received grant funding from UT-ORII grants.
