Friday, April 4
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Research Week Schedule
10 a.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Van Ness Campus
Building 56 - Student Center, Ballroom
| Time | Research Project Title | Presenter(s), Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 – 10:05 a.m. | Welcome – Vice President for Research, UDC | Dr. Victor McCrary |
| 10:05 – 10:10 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction - Event Coordinator | Dr. Esther Ososanya |
| 10:10 – 10:15 a.m. | Welcome – Professor and Chair, Civil Engineering Associate Dean of Research | Dr. Pradeep Behera |
| 10:15– 10:20 a.m. | Welcome – Chief Academic Officer, UDC | Dr. April Massey |
| 10:20 – 10:30 a.m. | OpenSim based Workflow for Estimation of Joint Load Muscle Activation in Reduced Gravities. | Dr. Ji Chen |
| 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. | Comparison of Joint angles calculated using VICON Nexus workflow and OpenSim workflow. | Dr. Ji Chen |
| 10:40 – 10:50 a.m. | Design of an actuation system for a platform perturbation device – applications in balance diagnostics and fall prevention training. | Md Islam, Michael Bennett, and Elias Rush Advisor: Dr. Alex Peebles |
| 10:50 – 11 a.m. | The impact of dog walking on gait kinematics and variability. | Samatha Morrison (presenter), and Michael Bennett NSF Waterman Award (PI – Dr. Lara Thompson) |
| 11 – 11:10 a.m. | Effects of backpain history on jump-landing biomechanics. | Maurice McKenzie and Rukudzo Chikowero (co-presenting) NIH MSTEM Award (PI – Dr. Lara Thompson) |
| 11:10 – 11:20 a.m. | Onyinye Ukeneru-Steve Advisor: Dr. Lily Liang |
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| 11:20 – 11:30 a.m. | Quantum BioAI | Khadijah Talib |
| 11:30 – 11:40 a.m. | Deep Learning-Driven Predictive Frame Generation. | Carlos Sac Mendoza Advisor: Dr. Lily Liang |
| 11:40 – 11:50 a.m. | Thermal Conductivity measurement of Lumber materials using both experimental and simulation approach to support the development of Highly Efficient Multi-Effect Drying Systems. | Patrick Adegbaye Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu |
| 11:50 – 12 p.m. | Investigating the effect of changing the thickness of VO2 and BaF2 thin films on emissivity for passive thermal control on spacecrafts. | Mohamed Ibrahim Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu |
| 12- 12:10 p.m. | Low-Temperature Sintering Study for Aerosol Jet Printed Flexible Electronics Across Diverse Substrates. | Mariona Franco Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu |
| 12:10 - 12:20 p.m. | Blast Plate Empirical Modeling to Characterize Lithium-ion thermal runaway phenomenon: Cell Venting and Ejection. | Mawussi Nzonou Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu |
| 12:20 - 12:30 p.m. | Atomic Level simulation of the atomic layer deposition process. | Tanjee Afreen Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu |
| 12:30 - 12:40 p.m. | ||
| 12:40 - 12:50 p.m. | ||
| 12:50 – 1 p.m. | ||
| 1 – 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH | |
| 1:30 – 1:40 p.m. | ||
| 1:40 - 1:50 p.m. | ||
| 1:50 – 2 p.m. | ||
| 2-2:10 p.m. | ||
| 2:10-2:20 p.m. | ||
| 2:20-2:30 p.m. | ||
| 2:30-2:40 p.m. | POSTER PRESENTATIONS | |
| 2:40-3:40 p.m. | Design and Testing of a land rover for space exploration. | Cheick Dore, Patrick Ngako, and Danny Seguintaah DC Space Grant Consortium |
| 2:40-3:40 p.m. | Methodology development to autonomously control rover teams for space exploration. | Viviana Puebla-Napier, Justin An, and Julio Ramirez-Reyes DC Space Grant Consortium |