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Title: Differential Antibiotic Impact on Bacterial Extracellular Vesicle Release and Endothelial Cell Activation
Presenter(s): Panteha Torabian
Poster Number: 1
College: College of Engineering Technology
Keywords: Sepsis, antibiotics, bacterial extracellular vesicles, inflammation, ICAM-1, endothelial activation, host-pathogen interactions
Title: Computerized Design and Mathematical Modeling of Spherical Pivoting Gears for Variable Shaft Angles
Presenter(s): Tom Abraham
Poster Number: 2
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Gears, transmissions, design, modeling
Title: Modeling of Longer High Strength Fibers from Short Fiber Data
Presenter(s): Bryan Doolin
Poster Number: 3
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Kevlar, Vectran, Single Fiber, Scale Factor
Title: Allosteric Modulation of Protein-Protein Interactions Using MELD-Accelerated MD Simulations
Presenter(s): Priya Benny Chiriyankandath
Poster Number: 4
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Protein-Protein Interactions, Allosteric Modulation, Drug Design, MD, MELD.
Title: Construction of Low CTE Glass Objects via Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing
Presenter(s): Gabriel Stash
Poster Number: 5
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Binder Jetting, Low CTE Materials, 3D Printing for Aerospace
Title: Optimization of Thyroplasty Type I Using Patient-Specific Data and Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Computational Framework
Presenter(s): Aninda Kumar Chowdhury
Poster Number: 6
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Unilateral vocal fold paralysis, medialization laryngoplasty, implant optimization, fluid-structure interaction, computational fluid dynamics
Title: Encapsulation of Ruthenium Nanoparticles in NU-1000 MOF for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis
Presenter(s): Minhazur Rahman Shawon
Poster Number: 7
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Ruthenium Nanoparticles, Nu-1000, Ammonia Synthesis, Metal-Organic Framework
Title: Impact of Coolant Temperature on Boiling Chamber Performance for Electronic Chip Cooling
Presenter(s): Noor Mustafa
Poster Number: 8
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Boiling, subcooled boiling, submerged condensation, heat flux
Title: Neural-Augmented Kalman Filter Variants: A Theoretical Exploration of Adaptive State Estimation
Presenter(s): Parth Kapur and Karthik Tumkur Kumar
Poster Number: 9
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Kalman Filters, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, State Estimation
Title: Adaptive Robust Continual Learning based on Bayesian Uncertainty Propagation
Presenter(s): Deepak Kandel
Poster Number: 10
College: College of Science
Title: Implementation and Dissemination of the About Eating Program: Evaluating Participant Engagement, Usability, and Module Interest
Presenter(s): Justin Walker
Poster Number: 11
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: Dissemination and Implementation Science, Online Nutrition Education, Participant Engagement, Usability, Food Resource Management, Digital Health Interventions, Behavioral Change, Underserved Populations.
Title: Beyond the Food: A Scoping Review of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)’s Comorbidities, Nutrition, and Growth Outcomes
Presenter(s): Emily Szewczyk
Poster Number: 12
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: ARFID, eating disorder, nutrient deficiencies, growth outcomes, comorbidities, children and adolescents
Title: Directed Colloidal Motion via Thermoresponsive Gradients
Presenter(s): Timothy Niper
Poster Number: 13
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Colloids, Diffusiophoresis, Micelles, Temperature, Particles
Title: Examining the Influence of Sports Nutrition Counseling
Presenter(s): Jenelle Leon Saravia
Poster Number: 14
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: Sports Nutrition Counseling, Collegiate Athletes, Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, Mixed-Methods Approach, Behavioral Changes, Thematic Analysis
Title: Assessment of Food Allergy Management and Interactions with Campus Dining Halls Among College Students at Rochester Institute of Technology
Presenter(s): Meghan Taylor
Poster Number: 15
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: Food allergies, college dining, allergen management, epinephrine auto-injector, student satisfaction
Title: Biodegradation of Common Post-Consumer Plastic near the Laurentian Great Lakes
Presenter(s): Laura Krebs
Poster Number: 16
College: College of Science
Keywords: Bacteria, Biodegradation, Plastic, Bioremediation
Title: Enhancing the Immunogenicity of Extracellular Vesicle-based Vaccines Against Pathogenic NTHi Bacteria
Presenter(s): Christina Ciko
Poster Number: 17
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: vaccine, extracellular vesicles, immunology,
Title: Establishing a nano-scale liquid-liquid interface inside of NU-1000.
Presenter(s): Lamisa Rahman
Poster Number: 18
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: MOFs, NU-1000, liquid-liquid interface, relative humidity, DED,DRIFTs, catalysis
Title: Enhancement of Firefighter Mental Performance: A Narrative Review
Presenter(s): Nicole Ness
Poster Number: 19
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: Firefighter, Mental Performance, Mindfulness, Psychological Skills Training
Title: Quantifying Villus Cell Architecture: A Computational Approach to Morphometric Analysis
Presenter(s): Thomas Moore
Poster Number: 21
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Villus cell morphology, image analysis, cell segmentation, spatial organization, computational biology, intestinal tissue, quantitative analysis, biomedical imaging
Title: Advancing PLA/TPS Blends for Sustainable Packaging: The Impact of Dicumyl Peroxide and Malic Anhydride on Material Performance
Presenter(s): Harish Chepuri and Saketh Chokkrapu
Poster Number: 22
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Sustainable packaging, PLA/TPS blends, biodegradable polymers, food packaging, oxygen barrier, moisture resistance, polymer modification, mechanical strength, Accelerated Shelf Life Studies
Title: A Constrained Mechanism for Viral Inhibition of Host Gene Export: A Computational Analysis of VSV, KSHV, and SARS-CoV Interactions with Rae1-Nup98
Presenter(s): Skye Bixler
Poster Number: 23
College: College of Science
Keywords: Virus-Host Interactions, AtomDance, Molecular Dynamics, Proteins
Title: Computational modeling of femtosecond laser enabled ablation of Borofloat
Presenter(s): Nathan Klein
Poster Number: 24
College: College of Science
Keywords: High Intensity Lasers, Computational Modeling, Optics, Imaging, Freeform Optics
Title: An Analysis of Human Preference for Object Orientation in Mechanical Design Visualization
Presenter(s): Yan-Ting Chen
Poster Number: 25
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Mechanical design, Visualization, Orientation, Familiarity, Functionality, Stability;
Title: Prediction of protein stability changes upon mutation using MELD x MD
Presenter(s): Alfonso Sierra Uran
Poster Number: 26
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: molecular simulations, free-energy, protein folding, mutations
Title: Tree-based Learning for High-Fidelity Prediction of Chaos
Presenter(s): Adam Giammarese
Poster Number: 27
College: College of Science
Keywords: time series forecasting, machine learning, chaos, climate data
Title: An Exact SIR Series Solution and An Exploration of the Related Parameter Space
Presenter(s): Daniel Hobbs
Poster Number: 28
College: College of Science
Title: Zoo Visitors Learn by Observing Baboons (Papio anubis) Participate in Cognitive Research or Engage in Natural Behaviors
Presenter(s): Anna Sofia Hege
Poster Number: 29
College: College of Liberal Arts
Keywords: Cognitive research, perceived learning, actual learning, interactive components
Title: Multimodal Analysis of Police Body-Worn Camera Footage Using AI for Behavioral Insights and Accountability
Presenter(s): Vivek Senthil, Anita Srbinovska, and Angela Srbinovska
Poster Number: 30
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Police Body-Worn Cameras, Machine Learning, Open Source, Multi-Perspective Analysis, Source Separation, Audio Transcription, Noise Reduction, Police Training
Title: Machine Learning in Phishing Detection: Comparison of Models and Human Performance
Presenter(s): Paras Jain and Khushi Dhar
Poster Number: 31
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Explainable AI, Machine Learning,
Title: Ultrafast laser-enabled surface structuring of SiC
Presenter(s): John Fernandes
Poster Number: 32
College: College of Science
Keywords: Silicon carbide, femtosecond laser, ablation threshold, surface roughness, removal depth.
Title: Exploring Accessibility of Voice Controlled Interfaces and Gesture Interactions in Vehicles for Secondary Driving Tasks for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Drivers
Presenter(s): Sanskriti Kumar
Poster Number: 33
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: accessibility, voice-control interfaces, gesture-controlled interactions
Title: Biochar derived from Spent Mushroom, Cigarette Buds, and Hammered Box
Presenter(s): Wasimm Nasim Khan and Wasimm
Poster Number: 34
College: College of Engineering Technology
Keywords: Biochar, pyrolysis, waste management, sustainability, carbon sequestration
Title: Stochastic Variational AutoEncoders (SVAE)
Presenter(s): Shounak Dhananjay Desai
Poster Number: 35
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Generative models, image generation, Variational Autoencoders, stochastic neural networks, pattern recognition, AI-generated images, deep learning, probabilistic modeling
Title: “Mapping Coastal Ecosystems: Insights from Melding Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data Models”
Presenter(s): Hannah Gallagher
Poster Number: 36
College: College of Science
Keywords: Hyperspectral imaging, LiDAR, Drones (UAS), Salt Marsh, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Imaging Spectroscopy, VCR LTER
Title: PersonReID: Transformer-Based Multi-Drone Person Re-Identification with Synthetic Data Augmentation
Presenter(s): Hemanth Chebiyam and Raga Lagudua Ganesan
Poster Number: 37
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Computer Vision, Person re-identification, multi-drone surveillance, vision transformers, synthetic data generation
Title: Determining SPHINCS+ Readiness for Standardization of SLH-DSA Signature
Presenter(s): Jessica Ancillotti
Poster Number: 38
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Post quantum cryptography, Post-Quantum Security, Digital Signatures, Cryptography, Hybrid-Cryptographic Schemes, SPHINCS+
Title: Modeling Dynamic Competition of Damage Propagation and Repair in Microtubules
Presenter(s): Mustafain Ali and Pete Miller
Poster Number: 39
College: College of Science
Keywords: microtubule lattice, tubulin-induced repair, damage propagation, microtubule severing, mathematical modeling, stochastic simulations
Title: Scanning Electron Microscopy Noise Classification Using Machine Learning
Presenter(s): Mogere Mogere
Poster Number: 40
College: College of Science
Keywords: scanning electron microscopy, convolutional Neural Networks, Noise distribution classification
Title: Automated 6DOF Satellite Pose Estimation from Resolved Ground-Based Imagery
Presenter(s): Thomas Dickinson
Poster Number: 41
College: College of Science
Keywords: computer vision, space domain awareness, deep learning, satellite tracking, pose estimation
Title: Methods for Analysis of Laser Cutting to Assess Cut Quality in CNT Materials
Presenter(s): Rex Bartolini
Poster Number: 42
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Laser Machining, Characterization, Optimization, Quality, Mesh Structure
Title: THERMAL DESORPTION TREATMENTS FOR REMOVAL OF BACK-CHANNEL CONTAMINANTS ON IGZO TFTS
Presenter(s): Sangita Das and Ceili Lipp
Poster Number: 43
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide, Bottom Gate, Passivated, Contaminants
Title: Concept-Based Explanations for YOLOv3: Evaluating Object Detection Beyond Accuracy
Presenter(s): Achyut Sridhar Kulkarni and Sayali Rajesh Kale
Poster Number: 44
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Explainable AI, Object Detection, TCAV, CRAFT, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Title: Assessing the Possibility and Feasibility of New Ion Trap Applications
Presenter(s): Daniel Brunner
Poster Number: 45
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: water, ions, electrodes, stability, separation, extraction, desalination
Title: Impact of Silver-Gold Nanoparticle Attributes on the Adsorption Energetics of Key Reactants for CO oxidation: A Theoretical Study
Presenter(s): Niusha Niknahad
Poster Number: 46
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Bimetallic nanoparticles – Core-Shell structure – Adsorption Energy – Density Functional Theory (DFT) – CO Oxidation
Title: LIPINterpret: Advancing Explainable Deepfake Detection Through Mouth Inconsistencies
Presenter(s): Anurag Mishra
Poster Number: 47
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Deepfake Detection, Explainable AI,Computer Vision,Forensic Analysis, Security and Trust
Title: Ultrasonic Welding of Nanostructured Carbon Conductors to Reduce Contact Resistance with Metallic Foils
Presenter(s): Daniel Broderick, Samuel J. Boyd, Jamie. E. Rossi, Alex C. Tomkiewicz, and Brian J Landi
Poster Number: 48
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: carbon nanotubes, graphene, CNTs, ultrasonic welding, electrodes, chemical doping
Title: Exploratory Study on the Impact of Line-Edge Roughness on Semiconductor Device Performance
Presenter(s): Nitish Kumar Singh
Poster Number: 49
College: College of Engineering Technology
Keywords: Line-edge roughness, semiconductor manufacturing, EUV lithography, transistor performance, nanoscale devices, metrology, plasma etching, process optimization
Title: Optimization of Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) from Agro-waste in PCL-Starch Polymer Blends for Thermoformed Packaging
Presenter(s): Manasvi Khatawkar
Poster Number: 50
College: College of Engineering Technology
Title: Enhancing 3D Scene Editing with Neural Radiance Fields and Autoregressive Image Generation
Presenter(s): Chris Ding
Poster Number: 51
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: 3d Editing, AI-assisted Content Creation, Neural Radiance Fields, Autoregressive Models, Large Language Models, Deep Learning
Title: Blended Optimization and Distillation for High-impact Intelligence (BODHI) of large language models in resource-constrained environments
Presenter(s): Surbhit Kumar
Poster Number: 52
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Knowledge Distillation, Multi-teacher, Large Language Models
Title: Optical Differentiation Wavefront Sensor powered by deep learning
Presenter(s): Akif Qadeer
Poster Number: 53
College: College of Science
Keywords: Metrology, Wavefront Sensing, Adaptive Optics, Imaging, Freeform
Title: Robust Bayesian Vision Transformer for Image Classification
Presenter(s): Akib Mohammed Khan and Mason Wahlers
Poster Number: 54
College: College of Science
Keywords: Trustworthy, Reliable AI, Vision Transformers, Image Classification
Title: Pathogen sensitivity predicts minimum standards for romantic and sexual partner health
Presenter(s): Dan Lindberg
Poster Number: 55
College: College of Liberal Arts
Keywords: Pathogens, Disgust, Human mating, Evolutionary psychology, Social Psychology
Title: Small to Moderate Associations between Subjective and Objective Memory Performance across the Lifespan
Presenter(s): Bo Allaby
Poster Number: 56
College: College of Liberal Arts
Keywords: Subjective memory, objective memory, aging, cognition, neuropsychological performance, memory self-efficacy
Title: Sleep Quality and Facets of Impulsivity are Differentially related to Alcohol Use
Presenter(s): Zaria Kamara
Poster Number: 57
College: College of Liberal Arts
Keywords: Alcohol use, Impulsivity, Sleep, Alcohol Consequences
Title: Gender, Selective Attention, and Aggression: An Eye-Tracking Study
Presenter(s): Romiere Horace
Poster Number: 58
College: College of Liberal Arts
Keywords: Aggression, gender, eye-tracking, attention
Title: Sleepless Nights and Sunset Minds
Presenter(s): Natalie Fornieri
Poster Number: 59
College: College of Liberal Arts
Keywords: Chronotype, Depression, Sleep quality, Sleep duration
Title: Visualizing the Dynamics of Neuroevolution with Genetic Distance Projections
Presenter(s): Evan Patterson
Poster Number: 60
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: neuroevolution, evolutionary algorithm, genetic algorithm, dimensionality reduction,
Title: Molecular visualization software usage in chemistry research
Presenter(s): Chitra Handanahal Keshavakumar
Poster Number: 61
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Molecular design, visualization, tools, structures, 3D models, geometry.
Title: Multifunctional Support Anchoring System
Presenter(s): Barath Pasupathy
Poster Number: 62
College: College of Engineering Technology
Keywords: Unmanned Systems, Soil Sampling, Automation
Title: Femtosecond laser fabrication of scattering patterns inside glass substrates
Presenter(s): Cyril Otieno
Poster Number: 63
College: College of Science
Title: Ultrafast Laser Inscription of Waveguides and Linear Periodic Structures in Nd:YAG
Presenter(s): Derek Oliwa
Poster Number: 65
College: College of Science
Keywords: ultrafast laser inscription, femtosecond laser inscription, 3D waveguide, waveguide laser
Title: A11y: Improving Alternative Texts for Science Figures With Generative AI – Writing Alt Text Without The Knowledge Of The Field
Presenter(s): Yugo Iwamoto and Muhammad Raees
Poster Number: 66
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Accessibility, disability, Human-Computer Interaction, Low vision, computing, screen readers
Title: Technology Capstone Project : Integrating Tech into Hart Homes LLC
Presenter(s): Benjamin Hart
Poster Number: 68
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Capstone
Title: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence solutions for various business operations and climate change
Presenter(s): Priyank Yogesh Joshi and Priya Singla
Poster Number: 69
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: A.I.'s Impact on Various Fields such as Accounting and Auditing, Blockchain Technology, Financial Auditing and Disclosure and Financial Inclusion and Economic Inequality
Title: AI Alignment in Criminal Justice
Presenter(s): Leona Joseph and Mandira Sawkar
Poster Number: 70
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: jury selection, fairness, optimization, game theory, bias mitigation, deliberation modeling, demographic representation, legal system
Title: Machine-checked security proofs for the OPAQUE protocol
Presenter(s): Eloise Christian and Tejas Gadwalkar
Poster Number: 71
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: cryptography, formal verification, internet security
Title: LLM as a Supreme Court Judge - Simulating Legal Expert Reasoning in Complex Judicial Scenarios
Presenter(s): Mandira Sawkar
Poster Number: 72
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM-as-a-Judge, Judicial Simulation, Persona-based Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Reasoning
Title: Limitless Love: A Graphic Exploration
Presenter(s): Angel Yang
Poster Number: 74
College: College of Art and Design
Keywords: Graphic Design, Typography
Title: Examining Food Choice Determinants in a Sample of NCAA Division II Athletes: Insights from the Athlete Food Choice Questionnaire
Presenter(s): Olivia Towne
Poster Number: 75
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Oral Presentations
Title: Probing Galaxy Evolution within Galaxy Overdensities Using the CANDELS-Herschel Environmental Spectroscopic Survey (CHESS)
Presenter(s): Jitrapon Lertprasertpong
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: College of Science
Keywords: Galaxy evolution, high-redshift galaxies, galactic astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, spectroscopy, observational astronomy
Title: Consequences of Finite Resolution and High Magnetic Fields in Binary Neutron Star Merger Simulations
Presenter(s): Allen Wen
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: College of Science
Keywords: Astrophysics, Neutron Stars
Title: Measuring the Extragalactic Background Light at Near Infrared and Ultraviolet Wavelengths
Presenter(s): Ryan Wills
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: College of Science
Keywords: Cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics, diffuse radiation, near-infrared, ultraviolet
Title: Determining SPHINCS+ Readiness for Standardization of SLH-DSA Signature
Presenter(s): Jessica Ancillotti
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Post quantum cryptography, Post-Quantum Security, Digital Signatures, Cryptography, Hybrid-Cryptographic Schemes, SPHINCS+
Title: When Options Markets Speak: How Options Trading Activity Shapes 10-K Disclosures
Presenter(s): Negin Haghi
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: Corporate Disclosures, Stock Market, Options Trading, 10-K Filings, Managerial Learning, Textual Analysis
Title: Can Sentiment from Credit Rating Reports Predict Stock Price Movements?
Presenter(s): Parth Chaudhari
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: Sentiment Analysis, Credit Ratings, Stock Price Prediction, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Investment Strategy, FinBERT, Financial Markets, Trading Algorithms
Title: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence solutions for various business operations and climate change
Presenter(s): Priyank Yogesh Joshi and Priya Singla
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: A.I.'s Impact on Various Fields such as Accounting and Auditing, Blockchain Technology, Financial Auditing and Disclosure and Financial Inclusion and Economic Inequality
Title: AI Alignment in Criminal Justice
Presenter(s): Leona Joseph and Mandira Sawkar
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: jury selection, fairness, optimization, game theory, bias mitigation, deliberation modeling, demographic representation, legal system
Title: Hart Homes Business Plan and Pitch
Presenter(s): Benjamin Hart
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group A2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: Real Estate, Business, Ethics
Title: Differential Antibiotic Impact on Bacterial Extracellular Vesicle Release and Endothelial Cell Activation
Presenter(s): Panteha Torabian
Format: Oral Presentation (3 Minute elevator pitch)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: College of Engineering Technology
Keywords: Sepsis, antibiotics, bacterial extracellular vesicles, inflammation, ICAM-1, endothelial activation, host-pathogen interactions
Title: Automated 6DOF Satellite Pose Estimation from Resolved Ground-Based Imagery
Presenter(s): Thomas Dickinson
Format: Oral Presentation (3 Minute elevator pitch)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: College of Science
Keywords: computer vision, space domain awareness, deep learning, satellite tracking, pose estimation
Title: Concept-Based Explanations for YOLOv3: Evaluating Object Detection Beyond Accuracy
Presenter(s): Achyut Sridhar Kulkarni and Sayali Rajesh Kale
Format: Oral Presentation (capstone slam)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Explainable AI, Object Detection, TCAV, CRAFT, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Title: Machine Learning in Phishing Detection: Comparison of Models and Human Performance
Presenter(s): Paras Jain and Khushi Dhar
Format: Oral Presentation (3 Minute elevator pitch)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Explainable AI, Machine Learning,
Title: Exploring Accessibility of Voice Controlled Interfaces and Gesture Interactions in Vehicles for Secondary Driving Tasks for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Drivers
Presenter(s): Sanskriti Kumar
Format: Oral Presentation (capstone slam)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: accessibility, voice-control interfaces, gesture-controlled interactions
Title: 3D infographic animation series unleashing the mechanism of disease (MOD) of ventricular tachycardias in a cellular and molecular level: afterdepolarization subtypes and triggered activity
Presenter(s): Yan Ning Wong
Format: Oral Presentation (3 Minute elevator pitch)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: College of Health Sciences and Technology
Keywords: Ventricular tachycardia, arrhythmia, excitation-contraction coupling, animation, data visualization, cardiology, heart, medicine
Title: Tracking ASL Gestures Using Autoencoders
Presenter(s): Katyani Mehra
Format: Oral Presentation (capstone slam)
Presentation Group: Group A3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: ASL tokenization, Sign language processing, Autoencoders, Vector Quantized Variational Autoencoder, Gesture recognition, ASL translation, Machine learning for ASL, Sign language video tokenization
Title: Software Architecture in Games to Facilitate Rapid Tooling
Presenter(s): Pranav Rajnish
Format: Oral Presentation (3 Minute elevator pitch)
Presentation Group: Group A4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Software Engineering, Unreal Engine, Tools, Game Development
Title: PersonReID: Transformer-Based Multi-Drone Person Re-Identification with Synthetic Data Augmentation
Presenter(s): Hemanth Chebiyam and Raga Lagudua Ganesan
Format: Oral Presentation (capstone slam)
Presentation Group: Group A4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Computer Vision, Person re-identification, multi-drone surveillance, vision transformers, synthetic data generation
Title: Digital Toybox Technical R&D
Presenter(s): Sam Burgoyne
Format: Oral Presentation (3 Minute elevator pitch)
Presentation Group: Group A4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2610
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: AI, Game Development, Software Engineering, Unity
Title: Mix-QViT: Mixed-Precision Vision Transformer Quantization Driven by Layer Importance and Quantization Sensitivity
Presenter(s): Navin Ranjan
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: vision transformer, mixed precision quantization, layer importance, quantization sensitivity, optimization, post-training qunatization
Title: Wasserstein Barycenter Soft Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning Algorithm
Presenter(s): Zahra Shahrooei
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Reinforcement Learning, Actor-critic algorithms, Optimal transport theory
Title: Neural-Augmented Kalman Filter Variants: A Theoretical Exploration of Adaptive State Estimation
Presenter(s): Parth Kapur and Karthik Tumkur Kumar
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Kalman Filters, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, State Estimation
Title: Stochastic Variational AutoEncoders (SVAE)
Presenter(s): Shounak Dhananjay Desai
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Generative models, image generation, Variational Autoencoders, stochastic neural networks, pattern recognition, AI-generated images, deep learning, probabilistic modeling
Title: Combining human and CNN viewing behavior to enhance CNN robustness to adversarial examples
Presenter(s): Diana Velychko
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: adversarial robustness, CNN, eye-tracking, image tiles, neuroevolution, genetic algorithm
Title: A11y: Improving Alternative Texts for Science Figures With Generative AI – Writing Alt Text Without The Knowledge Of The Field
Presenter(s): Yugo Iwamoto and Muhammad Raees
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Accessibility, disability, Human-Computer Interaction, Low vision, computing, screen readers
Title: Tree-based Learning for High-Fidelity Prediction of Chaos
Presenter(s): Adam Giammarese
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: College of Science
Keywords: time series forecasting, machine learning, chaos, climate data
Title: Assessing MLLM description and evaluation capability for AWS architecture diagrams
Presenter(s): Ali Stambayev
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: AWS, multi-modal large language models, architecture diagrams.
Title: An Assessment of The Capabilities and Limitations of LLM Guardrails
Presenter(s): Matthew Heller
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: LLMs, Jailbreaks, Guardrails, LLM efficiency
Title: Enhancing 3D Scene Editing with Neural Radiance Fields and Autoregressive Image Generation
Presenter(s): Chris Ding
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: 3d Editing, AI-assisted Content Creation, Neural Radiance Fields, Autoregressive Models, Large Language Models, Deep Learning
Title: Improvements in manufacturing yield for template-based CNT array microfabrication.
Presenter(s): Mujtaba Siddiqui
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Microfabrication, Cell Therapies, Scale-up
Title: Onset and growth of miscible viscous finger instabilities for shear-thinning viscoelastic fluids
Presenter(s): Will Braun
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Pattern Formation, Instabilities, Nonlinear Physics, Miscible Fluids
Title: Understanding passive and active contributions to the rheological response of complex media
Presenter(s): Noah Decker
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: rheology, colloids, complex fluids, flow behavior
Title: A High-Efficiency LDO with Adaptive PSRR and Bandwidth Enhancements
Presenter(s): Daniel Zeznick
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Low-dropout regulator (LDO), power supply rejection ratio (PSRR), adaptive gain boosting (AGB), adaptive Miller compensation (AMC), biosensing, IoT
Title: Stability Analysis of Markov Models of Voltage Gated Ion Channels Mediated Action Potential Generation
Presenter(s): Youssof Abdullah
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: College of Science
Keywords: stability analysis; bifurcation analysis; synthetic neurons; neuroscience;
Title: Color Constancy in Immersive Virtual Environments with Head-Mounted and Flat-Panel Displays
Presenter(s): Andrea Avendano Martinez
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: College of Science
Keywords: Virtual Reality, Head-Mounted Displays, Chromatic Adaptation, Color, Psychophysical Experiment, Human Vision
Title: From Boilerplate to Benchmarking: A Graph RAG based Artifact for Cybersecurity Disclosures
Presenter(s): Biju Varghese
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: Knowledge-Augmented Generation, Cybersecurity, NLP, Disclosure Analysis
Title: LIPINterpret: Advancing Explainable Deepfake Detection Through Mouth Inconsistencies
Presenter(s): Anurag Mishra
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group B4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Bamboo CPC-2650
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Deepfake Detection, Explainable AI,Computer Vision,Forensic Analysis, Security and Trust
Title: Methods for Analysis of Laser Cutting to Assess Cut Quality in CNT Materials
Presenter(s): Rex Bartolini
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Laser Machining, Characterization, Optimization, Quality, Mesh Structure
Title: THERMAL DESORPTION TREATMENTS FOR REMOVAL OF BACK-CHANNEL CONTAMINANTS ON IGZO TFTS
Presenter(s): Sangita Das and Ceili Lipp
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide, Bottom Gate, Passivated, Contaminants
Title: Impact of Silver-Gold Nanoparticle Attributes on the Adsorption Energetics of Key Reactants for CO oxidation: A Theoretical Study
Presenter(s): Niusha Niknahad
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Bimetallic nanoparticles – Core-Shell structure – Adsorption Energy – Density Functional Theory (DFT) – CO Oxidation
Title: Tribological performance of choline amino acid ionic liquids as additives to a low viscosity non-polar oil in steel-steel contacts
Presenter(s): Davis Kipkania Kiboi and Esmond Lau
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Tribology, Friction, Wear, Ionic Liquids, Choline
Title: Evaluating Tribological Behavior of Surface Textures in Additive Manufactured Polymers
Presenter(s): Chibuikem Iheonu
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C1
Presentation Time: 8:45–9:45 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Tribology, friction, wear, polymer, additive manufacturing, textured surfaces, 3D printing.
Title: Solar Umbrella
Presenter(s): Namankumar Dipakbhai Khatri
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Saunders College of Business
Keywords: sustanability, Solar energy,
Title: Thermal Modulation of Molecular Aggregation
Presenter(s): Joshua Sam
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Title: Fluorescent carbon dots for sensitive and selective detection of lead ions
Presenter(s): Jack Chen
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Carbon dots, fluorescence, dual emissions, sensitivity and selectivity, lead detection
Title: Choline Amino Acid Protic Ionic Liquids: Potential Sustainable Additives for Water-Based Cutting Fluids
Presenter(s): Moni Chavez-Padilla
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Ionic Liquids, Choline, Amino Acids, water-based cutting fluids, cutting fluids, sustainable
Title: Impact of Coolant Temperature on Boiling Chamber Performance for Electronic Chip Cooling
Presenter(s): Noor Mustafa
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C2
Presentation Time: 9:55–10:55 AM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Boiling, subcooled boiling, submerged condensation, heat flux
Title: MELDxMD structural elucidations of DNA-Histone binding patterns
Presenter(s): Taylor Kranbuhl
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: DNA, Histone, Computation, Thermodynamics, MELD, MD
Title: Molecular docking with Python in Jupyter Notebooks: Towards the development of accessible docking procedures
Presenter(s): Lee Schoneman
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: College of Science
Keywords: Molecular Docking, Cheminformatics, Python, Protein-ligand interactions, Drug discovery
Title: Prediction of protein stability changes upon mutation using MELD x MD
Presenter(s): Alfonso Sierra Uran
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: molecular simulations, free-energy, protein folding, mutations
Title: Reconfigurable assembly via shape-evolving colloids
Presenter(s): Laura Galeano-Tirado
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Shape-shifting colloids, Responsive materials, Polymer micelles, Elastic colloids, Dynamic assembly, Adaptive materials, Self-assembly
Title: Artificial Whisker Sensor Arrays Using Stress-Sensitivity for Underwater Applications
Presenter(s): Luke Ingraham
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C3
Presentation Time: 11:05–12:05 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Keywords: Fluid dynamics, Whisker, Stress Sensitivity, Perception, Tracking, Reenforcement Learning
Title: Exploring Deaf And Hard of Hearing Peoples’ Perspectives On Tasks In Augmented Reality: Interacting With 3D Objects And Instructional Comprehension
Presenter(s): Sanzida Mojib Luna
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Accessibility, Augmented Reality, Interaction Research, Accessible Mobile Interaction
Title: Labels and Interpreting: Exploring the Role of Assumed Labels and their influence on American Sign Language Interpreters
Presenter(s): Eric Severson
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Keywords: ASL Interpreting, Criminal Justice, Interdisciplinary
Title: Individual Spatial Auditory Cognitive Patterns and Self-construal
Presenter(s): Akira Takeuchi
Format: Oral Presentation (12 Minute Presentation)
Presentation Group: Group C4
Presentation Time: 12:15–1:00 PM
Presentation Location: Alumni SAU-1500
College: Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Keywords: Spatial Attention, Auditory Selective Attention, Cocktail Party Effect, Speech-in-Noise (SiN), Electroencephalography (EEG), Event-Related Potentials (ERP)