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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. All are welcome to attend.

Morning presentations

10 a.m.

"A Feature-Centered Redesign Methodology for Systematic Product Innovation"

Presenter: Mahnaz Asgari Sooran, doctoral student in engineering management

Advisor: Dr. Venkata Allada

10:15 a.m.

"Bending Fatigue Characterization of Metal using Miniaturized Krouse Specimen"

Presenter: Md Bahar Uddin, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

Advisor: Dr. Frank Liou

10:30 a.m.

"Transformer-Guided Deep Reinforcement Learning for Takeoff Trajectory Optimization"

Presenter: Nathan Roberts, doctoral student in aerospace engineering

Advisor: Dr. Xiaosong Du

10:45 a.m.

"Cross-Scale Policy Transfer in Finite-Source Repair Control"

Presenter: Joseph Walton, doctoral student in engineering management

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Nicolosi

11 a.m.

"Full Valorization of Olivine for Zero-Waste MgO-based Cement"

Presenter: Jie Shi, doctoral student in civil engineering

Advisor: Dr. Hongyan Ma

11:15 a.m.

"An Explainable Vision Transformer Model for ECG Image Classification"

Presenter: Nazish Khalid, doctoral student in electrical engineering

Advisor: Dr. Donald Wunsch

 

Afternoon presentations

2 p.m.

"Additively Manufactured Copper Polymer Composite Conical Shaped Charge Liners"

Presenter: Avery Lyons, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

Advisor: Dr. Phillip Mulligan

2:15 p.m.

"Detoxification of Xenobiotics by Flavin-Dependent Enzymes"

Presenter: Daniel Cortazar, doctoral student in chemistry

Advisor: Dr. Pablo Sobrado

2:30 p.m.

"Numerical Simulation of Methane Explosions in Large-Scale Underground Mine Entries"

Presenter: Gengyan 'Larry' Liu, doctoral student in explosives engineering

Advisor: Dr. Catherine Johnson

2:45 p.m.

"Characterization of Plant Flavin Monooxygenases Involved in Plant Hormone Biosynthesis"

Presenter: Marshall Stoner, doctoral student in chemistry

Advisor: Dr. Pablo Sobrado

3 p.m.

"GridTree: A Stable, Scalable, Fractal-Like Hierarchical Layout for Dynamically-Updating Tree Data"

Presenter: Nathan Tibbetts, doctoral student in computer science

Advisor: Dr. Satish Puri

Morning presentations

10 a.m.

"Selective Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Wastewater"

Presenter: Wenting Feng, doctoral student in mining engineering

Advisor: Dr. Guang Xu

10:15 a.m.

"Optimizations in Niche EMC Applications (ESD and psSAR)"

Presenter: Daniel Szanto, doctoral student in electrical engineering

Advisor: Dr. Daryl Beetner

10:30 a.m.

"Sensor-informed Probabilistic Bridge Reliability and analysis"

Presenter: Isaac Ojonogecha Adama, doctoral student in civil engineering

Advisor: Dr. Genda Chen

10:45 a.m.

"Multimodal Disaster Management: AI in Support of Crisis Response Personnel rather than their Replacement"

Presenter: Ritwik Raj Saxena, doctoral student in computer science

Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Madria

11 a.m.

"Processing of Simulated Salt Waste Intermediates: Scaling Laboratory Melts"

Presenter: Lucas Greiner, doctoral student in materials science and engineering

Advisor: Dr. Charmayne Lonergan

11:15 a.m.

"Developing Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Sustainable Construction"

Presenter: Ehsan Asheghianamiri, doctoral student in civil engineering

Advisor: Dr. Hongyan Ma

 

Afternoon presentations

2 p.m.

"Saturation Properties of n-Dodecane in the Presence of High Pressure Nitrogen Gas"

Presenter: Jordan Hartfield, doctoral student in mechanical engineering

Advisor: Dr. Zhi Liang

2:15 p.m.

"Nature's Detergents: Engineering Microbial Solutions for Oil Spill Remediation"

Presenter: Shweta Sunil Tiwari, doctoral student in chemistry

Advisor: Dr. Michael Eze

2:30 p.m.

"Design of An Isolated Power Electronic Converter for AI Data Centers"

Presenter: Amirhossein Habibi, doctoral student in electrical engineering

Advisor: Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi

2:45 p.m.

"Safeguarding Communities in Volcanic Landscapes using Surface Roughness Dating of Lava Flows"

Presenter: Issac Pope, doctoral student in geology and geophysicsy

Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Maurer

"Exploring Your Entrepreneurial Journey" 

4–5 p.m. | St. Pat's A-B, Havener Center

Student panel moderated by Dr. Christine Karslake, associate vice chancellor of innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization. Sponsored by Kummer Student Programs and Technology Transfer and Economic Development.

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.

All are welcome to attend.

Closing reception

5–6 p.m. | St. Pat's A-B, Havener Center

Join us for a relaxed, informal gathering recognizing of the achievements of Missouri S&T and Kummer Institute made possible by the Kummer's gift. Together, these efforts are elevating S&T, driving economic development and expanding STEM outreach and engagement opportunities for K-12 communities.

Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend.