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Kummer I&E Doctoral Fellows graduate research presentations

10–11:30 a.m. and 2–3:30 p.m. | Missouri and Meramec Rooms, Havener Center

Stop by in the morning and afternoon to hear from Kummer I&E Doctoral Fellows as they present their graduate research, made possible in part by Fred and June Kummer's gift. Presentations occur in 15-minute increments.

Morning presentations

10 a.m.

"Advancing Low-Carbon Construction: Biochar from Downdraft Gasification as a Sustainable Cement Composite Material"

Ugochukwu Ewuzie, doctoral student in aerospace engineering

10:15 a.m.

"CFD-Driven Innovations in Photobioreactor Design: Enhancing CO2‚ Mass Transfer for Sustainable Microalgae Growth"

Alireza Fallahi, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

10:30 a.m.

"An Adaptive Newton Secant Framework with Neural Prediction for Robust Power Flow Analysis"

Mohammed Sleiman, doctoral student in electrical engineering

10:45 a.m.

"Agentic Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Maintenance"

Samiksha Aryal, doctoral student in systems engineering

11 a.m.

"Variational Data Assimilation With Finite Element Descretization and Steepest Descent Method for the Heat Equation and the Stokes Equations"

Yafang Hei, doctoral student in mathematics

11:15 a.m.

"Development of Intelligent Robot Assistance in Mining (IRAM)"

Khosro Ghorbani Zadeh, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

Afternoon presentations

2:15 p.m.

"Dynamics and Utilization of the Earth-Moon Triangular Libration Points"

Collin Gentry, doctoral student in aerospace engineering

2:30 p.m.

"Accurate Computer Modelling of Alkane Fuels and Their Material Properties"

Jordan Hartfield, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

2:45 p.m.

"Introducing GridTrees: A Dynamic, Stable Layout for Multi-Level File Browsing and Visualizing Hierarchical Data"

Nathan Tibbetts, doctoral student in computer science

3 p.m.

"Recovery of Silica as SCM from Olivine using Oxalic-enabled Chemical Comminution"

Jie Shi, doctoral student in civil engineering

3:15 p.m.

"Designing Tomorrow's Glass: From Radioactive Waste to Sustainable Agriculture"

Lucas Greiner, doctoral student in material science

Morning presentations

10:15 a.m.

"Automatic Detection and Quantification of Defects toward Bridge Condition Assessment"

Mohammad Hossein Afsharmovahed, doctoral student in civil engineering

10:30 a.m.

"Knowledge Distillation-Based TinyML Model for Breast Cancer Detection Using Real and Wasserstein GAN-Generated Microwave Imaging Data"

Nazish Khalid, doctoral student in electrical engineering

10:45 a.m.

"Sustaining the Future of the Transportation Construction Sector: Enhancing Delivery, Safety, Resilience, and Innovation for Long-Term Success"

Mariam Elazhary, civil engineering

11 a.m.

"Adversarial Learning Dynamics in Adaptive Resonance Theory"

Shane Cairns, doctoral student in computer science

11:15 a.m.

"Dating Lava Flow Eruptions Using Topographic Data: An Inexpensive Tool for Safeguarding Communities and Exploring Planetary Histories"

Isaac Pope, doctoral student in geology and geophysics

Afternoon presentations

2:15 p.m.

"Nanoparticle-based Targeting Drug Delivery Systems for Atherosclerosis Diagnosis and Therapy"

Hsin-Yin Chuang, doctoral student in bioengineering

2:30 p.m.

"Enhancing CO2 sweep and Storage Efficiency: Development and Evaluation of hydrogel for CO2-EOR project"

Maryam Sharifi Paroushi, doctoral student in chemical engineering

2:45 p.m.

"A System Dynamics Model for Customer Satisfaction Drivers."

Mahnaz Asgari Sooran, doctoral student in engineering management

3 p.m.

"Deterministic two-stage transmission expansion planning integrated with security-constrained unit commitment"

Ahmad Heidari, doctoral student in electrical engineering

3:15 p.m.

"Characterization of Additively Manufactured Carbon/Nylon 12 and Carbon/PEEK Composites"

Matik Heskin, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

Kummer Day luncheon

Noon–1:15 p.m. | Innovation Lab

An invitation-only luncheon to showcase how the gift by Fred and June Kummer helping to shape Missouri S&T's future through advances in research, student success, economic development and STEM outreach. Seating is limited and advanced registration is required. For questions, please email ki@mst.edu.

"Real Entrepreneurs, Real Stories" panel presentation

Sponsored by Kummer College, Technology Transfer and Economic Development and Career Opportunities and Employer Relations

4–5 p.m. | Carver-Turner Room, Havener Center

Moderated by Christine Karslake, associate vice chancellor innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization

Learn about real-life startups on S&T's campus from the students that are part of them. Students will share their journey into entrepreneurship, their experience in the early-stage accelerator and what they learned along the way. Open to all students, staff and faculty.