2019 ReSEARCH Dialogues

The 2019 ReSEARCH Dialogues conference was Tuesday April 9 and Wednesday April 10.

The conference showcased the scholarly and creative accomplishments of UTC’s undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and community partners through poster, podium, panel, and performance presentations. ReSEARCH Dialogues also included 3 fast-paced pitch competitions for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty or staff.

2019 ReSEARCH Dialogues Program

2019 Presenters

Posters

Presenter(s)	Dept./College	Title
Areeg Ahmed	Electrical Engineering	Wide-Area Voltage Monitoring and Optimization
Korede Ajumobi	Mathematics	On Estimating the Reliability in a Multi-component System based on Progressively-Censored Data from Chen Distribution
Jerin Alexander, Philip Sanders	School of Nursing	Hypertension Needs Assessment
Garrett Allen	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FOR RARE AND COMMON BORODINIA SPECIES TO ACCLIMATE TO CHANGE
Amani Altarawneh	Computer Science & Engineering	Car Jamming detection
Jennifer Archer, Perry Barnhill, Hayley Lumpkin, Ansley Stringfield	Occupational Therapy	Relationship of Dynamic Grip Strength and Hand Function
Babatunde Atolagbe	Engineering	Three-dimensional mesh representation of urban environment based on OpenStreetMap data
Courtney Baier	Chemistry and Physics	Active colloid clustering: Relationship between internal and external forces
Hadyn Bailey	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Has the #MeToo movement affected the punishments of NFL players who commit domestic violence or sexual assault?
Micaela Bailey, Olivia Batchelor, Kaylee Gardner, Shannon Hendrix	Occupational Therapy	Examination of the Revised Occupational Therapy Global Life Skills Assessment
Peyton Ball, Dylan Brownell	Computer Science and Engineering	Realtime Threat Hunting Using Software Define Networking
Raiza Barahona, Braden Sanford	Health and Human Performance	Bridging the Gap Between Minorities and the Outdoors
Lauren Barber, Leandro Pena	Health and Human Performance	Community Based Nutrition Education and Cooking Skills Program
Mallory Barbier	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Edge Effects and Diversity of Understory and Canopy Cloud Forest Beetles
Jordan Barnes	Accounting	Where are we with financial literacy?
Kyle Barton, Konner Glass	Engineering	Effects of Environmental Conditions on Vibrio cholerae Virulence Factors in Static and Continuous Culture
Brooke Bates	School Psychology	NASP Digest Theme Analysis
Adria Bautista	School of Nursing	Increasing Utilization and Access to Hospice and Palliative care services by the Hispanic Community - A Pilot Program
Rebecca Beebe, Ana Rodas, Brianna Goss, Mary Kayln Possy, Kaitlyn Manton, Marie Lavri	School of Nursing	Way Too White
Sara Bey	Chemistry and Physics	Effect of the Substrate Material on the Transport Properties of Amorphous Fe-Dy-O Thin Films
Allen Bible, DPT, FACHE, Adria Sherrill, Jennifer Stephens	Erlanger Health System	Geriatric Hip Fracture Lean Project
Mary Jo Blanton, MSN, FNP-BC, Pamela Camp, MSN, FNP-C, Farron Kilburn, MA, Joanie Jackson, DNP, FNP-BC, Jenny Holcombe, PhD, Amber Roache, DNP, FNP-BC	School of Nursing	From Rural to Urban: A Multifaceted Approach for Preparing Culturally Competent FNP Students and Addressing the Diverse Needs of Underserved Populations
Katie Bogard, Kristen Steele, Kelsey Layton, Brittany Norris, Karen Campbell	Social Work	ACEs: Resilience Factors Among College Students
Ryan Boggs	Engineering	A Methodology for Simulating Radiation Effects in Photonic Devices
Hannah Boulware, Braden Sanford	Psychology	Superman Isn't So Super
Ethan Boyd	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	The Effect a Neighborhood's Socio-economic has on the quality and accessibility of the local Urban Green Space
Roman Boylen	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	How does Institutional Configuration Influence group cohesion?
Lauren Brakebill, Lacie Black	School of Nursing	An Assessment of Hypertension Health Literacy in Patients Without Hypertension
Celeste Bremmer, Kristen Black, Erin Melhorn, Alexandra Zelin	Psychology	College Students' Perceptions of Anticipated Burnout
William Brewer	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Culvert Remediation for Improved Salamander Passage on Sina Branch, Ocoee District of the Cherokee National Forest
Bethany Bray, Katelyn Hancock	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Intimate Parter Violence in Modern Music
Cortrez Brewster	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	To what extent does educational background contribute to different qualities of life outcomes?
Mason Briles, Alyssa Johnson	Health & Human Performance	Reliability and Concurrent Validation of TRAZER to 3D Motion Capture
Mark Britt	Health and Human Performance	Possible Relationships Between Lower Extremity Structure Alignment and Toe Angle During Static and Dynamic Activities
Rachel Browder	Psychology	The Impact of Subordinate Support (PSubS) on Supervisor Performance
Mackenzie Brown, Sandy Cole, MS, EdS	School of Education	Each One Reach One
Kristi Brown, Karys Rigtrup	School of Professional Studies	Challenges Faced by Teen Pregnancy or Parenting Teens
Dylan Brownell, Peyton Ball	Computer Science and Engineering	Dynamic network management over Software defined networking in Smart Cities setup
Ann Buggey, MFA	English	Higher Impact Practices: Using Experiential Learning in Women and Textiles/WTSU 4550R.
Rob Byerley, Weigang Ning, Lixin Chen, Natalie Wallin, Malik Samaniego	Engineering	Using Drone AI to Improve Infrastructure
Haiven Camenisch	Engineering	Endotoxin Bioseparation Technologies for PlasmidDNA Vaccine Manufacturing
Joseph Cancelleri	Engineering	Support Vector Machine Aided Authorized and Rogue Device RF-DNA Fingerprint Discrimination
Jacquelyn Carter	Political Science and Public Service
Jenna Cecil, Ashley Ferguson, Drew Getner	Health and Human Performance	Association of Repetitive Head Impacts with Neuromechanical Test Metrics of College Football Linemen
Madelyn Chadwell, Lauren Easter	Health and Human Performance	Dual-Task Training for Visual-Motor Performance Improvement in ROTC Cadets
Stelios Chatzimanolis, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	A comprehensive phylogeny of Xanthopygina and the origin of myrmecophily
Tes Cherian	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Soil Lead Contamination and Public Health Ethics in South Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ashli Chew, Hannah Holmberg, Cora Miller	The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Memory Retention and Focus
Samuel Clark, Evan Brock	Computer Science and Engineering	Augmented Reality for Visualizing Civil Infrastructure
Justin Clark	Computer Science and Engineering	A Deep Learning Approach to Detecting Budding Yeast Cell RLS
Aleise Cline, Whitney Hardin, Lee Anne LaPlue, Tabitha Williams	Occupational Therapy	Exploring the Utilization of the Virtual Environment in Occupational Therapy Practice
Deandre Cole	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Religion and Homophobia
Nathan Collyer, Shannon McCarragher, PhD, Amy Brock-Hon, PhD	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Geography of Chattanooga: Engaging Community with Place Using Story Maps
Michael Corley	Mathematics	Zero-Free Regions for Partial Sums of Dirichlet Series
Megean Cowsky, Lanaya Larson, Denesha Jones, Alison Hedges, Alison Morris	School of Professional Studies	Social Media and Self Esteem
Kathleen Craig, Hensley Barnes, Anna Cornett, Sally Langager, Lauren Yeager	Occupational Therapy	Effectiveness of Adaptive Silverware on Active Range of Motion in Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elicia Cruz, PhD, OT/L	Occupational Therapy	The Orange Grove Center and UTC OT Community Health Collaborative: A Service Learning Experience
Michael Danquah, PhD, Haobo Guo, PhD, Mikayla Hawkins	Engineering	Molecular and kinetic characterization of aptameric binding
Christopher Davis, Isabel Gray, Tesros Cherian	Computer Science and Engineering	A gene network analysis of cancer cell specific drug targets of a CRISPR screen
Allison Dearing	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	How do Support Systems Influence the Illness Narratives’ Sequences of the Chronically Sick?
Trent Deason	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Conservation and collection of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) germplasm in the South
Olivia DePhillips	Psychology	Differences in Depression and Resilience in Males and Females
Luccas Do Carmo	Chemistry and Physics	Preparation of Organometallic Cobalt (III) Complexes Containing Bidentate Chiral Amine Ligands as Potential Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts
Stefan Dohse	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Geological Mapping of Woodall Shoals, Ga-Sc Using Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing techniques
Amber Doolittle, Amanda Clark, PhD	Psychology	Relationships Among Resilience, Stress, and Attention-Related Errors in UTC College Students
Amanda Durall, MPH	Health and Human Performance	Effects of an Experiential Adapted Fitness Course on UTC Students and Local Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Elizabeth Dyer	School of Nursing	Implementing an EBP Preventive Screening Tool
Susan Eckelmann, PhD	History	Dying Young: Famed Youth Deaths and Public Policy in Modern America
Susan Eckelmann, PhD	History	Research Visit to Birmingham’s Civil Rights Museum & Students’ Historical Exhibits on Chattanooga’s Civil Rights Past
Amelia Edwards, Claudia Craig, Ashley May	Psychology	The Effects of Motivation and Metacognition on Prospective Memory
Jennifer Ellis, PhD, Kendra Dunan, DeAnna Beasley, PhD	School of Education	Chattanooga STEM Education Noyce Scholarship Program
Jessica Elsea, Morgan Simpson, McKenna Dean, Alexis Godsey, Kara Williams, John Ayoub	School of Nursing	Attitude Problems: Exploratory Analysis of Emergency Department Clinicians' Approach Toward Children's Behavioral Health Issues
Ahmed Eltayeb	Computer Science and Engineering	Optimal distributed control of converters in DC microgrids
Brooke Epperson	School of Nursing	STIGMA: Stopping traumatic incidence through governed mental health awareness
Jacob Ewald	Chemistry and Physics	Fluorescence and UV-Vis Spectroscopy Studies of Quinone Induced Protein Modifications
Cassidy Flowers, Andrew Bailey, PhD, Mary Jackson, David Levine, PhD, Susan McDonald, PhD, Kaitlyn McLaughlin, Meghan Robinson	Occupational Therapy	Analysis of the Effects of Animal Assisted Intervention through the Use of Electroencephalography
Lydia Fogo Johnson	Psychology	A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of the Perceived Aesthetics of a Workplace
Tyler Forrest	Learning and Leadership	UTC Parking: A Research-Driven Transformational Improvement
Sandra French	School of Nursing	Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women Caused by Pelvic Venous Disease: Recognizing When There is Another Treatment Option
Jenna Fuqua, Jesseca Bunch, Hannah Gentry, Railey Holt, Grace Dessinger, Karlee Reed	School of Nursing	Jaded Towards Juveniles: Case-Study Analysis of Clinicians' Approaches to Adolescent Obstetrical Care
Lani Gao, PhD, Lisa Nanni	Mathematics	Association of Serum Chloride with Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
Shauntia Garner, Marina Evers	School of Professional Studies	The Correlation Between Suicide and Unemployment
Hannah Gateley, Katelyn Hancock	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Methodology and Breaking Bad: A General Strain Theory Analysis
Arash Ghasemi, PhD, Babatunde Atolagbe, Ignatius Fomunung, PhD, Joseph Owino, PhD, Mbakisa Onyango, PhD	Engineering	3D Drone Delivery Transportation Problem
Evan Gildernew	Engineering	Water Harvesting Using Solar Energy
David Giles, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	The presence of Clostridium difficile spores in the environment of rooms in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Whitney Glaze	Biology, Geology Environmental Science	How Environmental Knowledge Influences Pro-Environmental Behavior in Young Adults
Alice Gleadhill, Shannon Tattitch	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Institutions Addressing Local Hunger and Food Insecurity
Roksolana Gnyda, Joan Bang	School of Nursing	Are nurse practitioner students prepared in skills and procedures?
Lily Grace Gordon	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Transfer Student Integration
Kathryn Graeff, Amanda Warner	Psychology	The association between political orientation and first impressions of personality
Isabel Gray	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	(Bio)Film Screening: The search for Vibrio cholerae genes involved in fatty acid-mediated biofilm formation
Kenneth Grubbs	School of Nursing	Evidence-based work re-design intervention: Improving employee engagement
Sumith Gunasekera, PhD, Lakmali Weerasena, PhD, Aruna Saram, MBA, MS, Oluwakorede Ajumobi	Mathematics	Statistical Exploration of Stochastic Differential Equation Models used in the Stochastic Dynamics of Biological Systems
Haobo Guo, PhD	Computer Science and Engineering	Intrinsic Structural Entropy of Proteins: A Conceptual Framework for Molecular Biology
Francisco Guzman	Psychology	The Organizational Development of Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Itzel Guzman Hernandez	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Oil Preference in Ants & Arthropod Diversity in Urban Environments
Heidi Hall	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	The Study of Mental Health and Student-Athletes
Jonah Hall, Azad Hossain, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	MAPPING URBAN GROWTH AND INVESTIGATING ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
Kara Hamilton, PhD, Kori J. Hahn, Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, PhD, Melissa C. Powell, Mia Faragalli	Health and Human Performance	GENERATING AND APPLYING A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MODEL FOR AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH
Susan Hammond	School of Nursing	Pressure Injury Prevention in the Surgical ICU
Katelyn Hancock	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Perceptions of Male Rape Victims: Examining Rape Myth Acceptance and Victim Blaming Attitudes Among a Sample of College Students
Nisarg Hansaliya	Mechanical Engineering	Using Optically Transparent Thermally Insulated Silica Based Aerogel to harvest unconcentrated sunlight in a solar thermal receiver.
Alexandra Hansen, Gracie Harvey, Taylor Hayden, Kristin Long, Cheryl Self	Physical Therapy	The Impact of Physical Therapy Clinical Education Experience Placement on Recruitment for an Outpatient Physical Therapy Organization
Katie Hargrave	Art	Observational Drawing in the City
Tyler Harp	Engineering	Using Algae to Treat Waste Water
Cullen Harris	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Prevalence of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in Tennessee snake populations: Is it a cause for concern?
Lisa Harrison	School of Professional Studies	Clinical Practice Guidelines - Adherence by Orthopedic Physical Therapists'
Nicole Harty	Psychology	Gender in Occupational Therapy Careers
Brittany Haskell	School of Nursing	Bridging the Gap: Standardized Patient Facilitated Simulation for Behavioral Health Nurse Residents
Sarah Hathcock	School of Professional Studies	Translating Historical Documents into a Virtual Reality Representation of Longwood's Rotunda
Mikayla Hawkins, Michael Danquah, PhD	Engineering	Thrombin Aptamer
Loren Hayes, PhD, Jessica Bertrand, Ashley Carpenter, Blake Lemay, Breanna Long, Lauren Lyons, Wilbourne Markham, Erin McCoy, Jonathan Melton, Saada Musa, Camille Oglesby, Thad Smith	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Intraspecific variation in the social organization of the mammal order Lagomorpha
James Hays	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	The Peculiar Microseisms of Hurricanes Matthew and Florence in Onslow Bay, North Carolina
Opeletia Helton	School of Professional Studies	The Experiences of Adult Children with Incarcerated Parents
Dalyn Hodge, Hannah Gateley	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Exploring Social Constructs in Criminological Research
Derek Holman	Chemistry and Physics	Characterization of Nab Detector Timing Systematics Using Monte Carlos Simulations
Hunter Holzhauer, PhD, Stephen Zurlo, Casey Szatkowski, Maddie Wade, McKenna Blevins, Connor Barnett, Ben Trussel, Kyle Smith	Finance and Economics	SMILE Fund: Real World Research
Azad Hossain, PhD, Richard Blanton, William Adair	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Application of Remote Sensing Technology for Surface Water Quality Studies in Southeast Tennessee
Brennan Huber, Sai Medury, Amani Altarawneh	Computer Science and Engineering	BLAST: Blockchain Based Trust Management
Lauren Hughes	History	Wafuku or YÅ fuku: Feminism and Rank through in Japan.
Lynsey Hughston	School of Nursing	Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection: Prevention & Management in the Intensive Care Unit
Alexandra Hunt	School of Professional Studies	Reclaiming Vacant Housing in Avondale; a Non-gentrifying Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy
Nyssa Hunt, MS, Kelly Daniels	Interdisciplinary Geospatial Technologies Lab	Using Citizen Science to Monitor the Non-Native Mediterranean House Gecko In Chattanooga, TN
Adlai Hurt	School of Professional Studies	The human capital campaign: Retaining fundraising staff in higher education
Taylor Hutson, Kaila Rogers, Christopher Branson	Psychology	Faking It: Identification of Poor Effort on Questionnaires and Performance-Based Assessments of Traumatic Brain Injury
Taylor Hutson, Chelsea Wymer	Psychology	Capturing a Recruiter's Eye: Sexism in Selection
Ahmed Ibrahim, Bharat Patel, Daniel Loveless, PhD, Donald Reising, PhD	Engineering	Unlocking the Secrets of RF-DNA Fingerprints
Adeola Ijiyode, Delaney Perry, Morgan Andrews, Leanza Greenlee, Amye Warren, PhD	Psychology	Reasons to believe or doubt juvenile confessions: A qualitative analysis
Debbie Ingram, PT, EdD, FAPTA, Maegan Keller, Elizabeth Masengil, Kurtisha Norris, Grace O’Day, Faith Rose, Linsey Sutton	Physical Therapy	Assigned Reading and Reading Rates for Doctoral Physical Therapy Students
Garrett Jackson	School of Professional Studies	Transformation and Migration of Adult Tobacco Consumers
Rolla Jibrin, Brianna Ewin	School of Nursing	A Glimpse Into the African American Woman's Health Profile: A Typhon Analysis
Carmen Jimenez, PhD	Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures	Self-representation in two English-speaking Caribbean slave narratives: Mary Prince and Ashton Warner
Quentin Johnson, Katey Rodgers, Ronnie Bridges, Tyler Albright	Health and Human Performance	The Effects Cognitive and Reaction Training on Concussions and Musculoskeletal Injuries in a Division I Football Team
Jacquelyn Johnson	School of Professional Studies	Investigating the relevance of alumni chapters in the age of technology
Clayton Jones, MFA	English	Writing and the Watershed: Motivating Students to Stewardship
Hana Karrar	Engineering Management and Technology	Bricolage Studio
Audrey Keith, Elijah Berry, Katherine Needham , Jessica Meadows, Ashley Valencia	School of Professional Studies	Bridging the Gap: Bridging the Gap: Sex Education and its Effectiveness Toward Safe Sex Habits in the United States
Sakineh Khalili	Management	Growth Model of Electric Vehicle Charging Demand in Chattanooga
Saroj Khanal	Engineering	Grid Integration of Solar Photovoltaic Systems through Modular Multilevel Converters
Saroj Khanal, Shailesh Wasti	Engineering	Reliability-Aware Switching Algorithms for Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converters
Will Khomtchenko	Engineering	Using Elementary Mode Analysis to Design a Minimal Strain of E. coli for the Overproduction of Hydrogen Peroxide
Marissa Knopp, Martha Law, Anna Chill, Jenny Goins, Rachel Brann	School of Professional Studies	College Students' Perception of Depression / Utilization of Mental-Health Services
Lingju Kong, PhD, John Graef, PhD, Andrew Ledoan, PhD	Mathematics	Modeling online social network dynamics using fractional order epidemiological models
Daniel Landgraf	Engineering	Ultrasonic Radar in an Automotive Application
Gracelyn Lane, Jaylee Oliver, Molly Hudson, Natalie Parks, Emily Halvorson, Alexandra Martin, Christian Saenz	Psychology	I'm so overwhelmed! College Students: Coping and Perceptions of Stress
Dakila Ledesma, Yu Liang, PhD, William Baker	Computer Science and Engineering	VIGOR, A Virtual, Individualized and Generative Orchestrator for Rehabilitation
Kevin Lee	Chemistry and Physics	Theoretical study of reactivity of naphthoquinones towards amino group
Sloane Logan	Marketing and Entrepreneurship	Creating a Social Media Campaign for an Academic Research Conference
Jennifer Lubke, PhD, Virginia Cairns, MLIS	School of Education	Effects of the Changing Media Landscape on University Library Textbook Collections and Curriculum Labs
Emma Lynch, Haylee Ingle, Adrianna Jiosa Anna Martino	Social Work	Interracial Relationships
Mallory Maddox, Bailey Sykes, Abby Morehead	School of Professional Studies	How do multiple readmissions into residential treatment facilities affect a patient's overall treatment from the perspective of a social worker?
Artem Malashiy	Computer Science and Engineering	Localization of robots in an indoor environment
Artem Malashiy	Computer Science and Engineering	Small satellite platform for research and education
Lauren Manzo	School of Nursing	INCREASING PULMONARY REHABILITATION REFERRAL RATES AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES OF CARE IN THE MODERATE-TO-SEVERE COPD PATIENT
Justin Marek	Engineering	ARTS - Approaching Rear Traffic Sensor
Hannah Margavio	Engineering	Modeling the Optical Properties of Silica Aerogel
Hannah Matthews	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Notes from Nature
Rick Mattson	School of Professional Studies	Leader-member exchange and trust: A literature review and organizational diagnosis
Allen Mayo	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	To what extent does military service influence academic performance?
Deborah McAllister, EdD	School of Education	Evaluating Teacher Professional Development in Robotics
Shannon McCarragher, PhD, Amy Brock-Hon, PhD, Kevin Hon	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Preliminary Characterization of Unique Large Closed Depressions Located Throughout the Insoluble Clastic Caprock of the Cumberland Plateau Using Remote Sensing and Geophysical Surveys
Matthew McCarver	Mathematics	Algorithm for Airline Crew Assignment Problem
Zach McCoy	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Correlations between life-history traits across taxonomic groups
Emily McLemore, Amanda Benjamin, Shelly Heemstra, Valerie Jensen	Occupational Therapy	Exploring The Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Among Pre-Healthcare Students at UTC
Joyce McPherson	School of Professional Studies	Embodying Text: Performance as a Constructivist Learning Environment
Sai Medury, Connor Woods, Mitch Prewitt	Computer Science and Engineering	Secure Certificate Revocation as a Peer Service
Nicole Messer	Political Science and Public Service	How the Supreme Court Distributed Power in the 20th Century
Autumn Miller, Francesca Leasi, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Thalassic rotifers from the United States
Meg Miller,Hill Craddock, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Small Stem Assay for Chestnut Blight Resistance in Segregating Ful-Sib Families of F2 Hybrid Chestnut Trees
Charlie Mix, Nyssa Hunt, MS, Holland Youngman	Interdisciplinary Geospatial Technology Lab	Mapping Conservation Priorities of Western North Carolina
Charlie Mix	Interdisciplinary Geospatial Technology Lab	Prioritizing Land to Protect and Enhance Water Quality Using Spatial Analysis for the Greater Chattanooga, TN Region
Farog Mohamed	Electrical Engineering	Optimal Battery Sharing in Smart Grid
Jesse Moore, Stephanie Swart, Elise Steel, Mark Drinkard, Colton Smith	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Impacts of outdoors on anxiety and focus.
Lauren Moore, Muhammad Sheikh, Glynne Ford, Hannah Tallent, Sara Newberry, Destiny Tyehemba	School of Nursing	Male vs. Female Physician Perception of Nurse Competence
Alison Morris, Alison Hedges, Lanaya Larson, Megean Cowsky, Denesha Jones	Social work	Social Media and the Effect on Self-Esteem
Colleen Moss	School of Nursing	Mentoring New Graduate Nurse Practitioners
Candace Murphy, Zachary Rush	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Black and Blue: Depictions of Law Enforcement in Gotham Crime-FIghter Comic Books
Shelby Musselman, Erik Loredo	Engineering	Remote Access to an Absorption Column and a Pump Flow Station Using Internet of Things
Sophia Neglia, Abbie Faxon, Kyle Baker, Olivia Haslett	Chemistry and Physics	A Shot of Meditation
Kayla Norman	School of Nursing	Alcohol Abuse Among College Students: Application of an Evidence Based Screening Program
Jordan Norris, Mary Crutchfield, Nicholas Boér, PhD	Health and Human Performance	Physical Aspects of Fatigue Throughout a Season
Brian O’Leary, PhD, Thuy Truong, Alex Britt, James Fulks, Collin Wilbanks	Psychology	Equity Sensitivity - Disentangling It's True Meaning
Adam Olson, Jackson Lappin	Psychology	Content Analysis of Superbowl Commercials
Modupe Omotajo	Psychology	Is it because I'm different? The moderating roles of core self-evaluations and trust on the relationship between relational demography in supervisor/subordinate dyads and justice perceptions.
Maxwell Omwenga	Computer Science and Engineering	Edge Computing Enabled Cognitive Portable Ground Penetrating Radar
Spencer Overbay	Communication	Queer Representation in Mainstream Western Video Games: A Pilot Study
Emma Pace, Sandy Cole, MS, EdS	School of Education	PAWS- Post-secondary Awareness With Success
Trevor Paratore	Chemistry and Physics	Photoacoustic Harmony: Using Musical Concepts to Study Mixed Gases through PA Spectroscopy
Natalie Parks, Emily Halvorson, Alexandra Martin, Gracelyn Lane, Jaylee Oliver, Molly Hudson, Christian Saenz, Kristen Jennings Black, PhD	Psychology	Feeling Like a Fraud: Imposter Syndrome's Relationship with Internalized Shame, Anxiety, and Perceptions of Stress in College Students
Abby Parmley	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	The Roles and Formations of Families of Choice in Southern LGBT Communities
Bharat Patel	Engineering	Single Event Transient Analysis with Ionizing Radiation Effects Spectroscopy (IRES)
Evan Patrick	Engineering	Aerogel Synthesis and Study
Amy Jo Perry	School of Nursing	The Role of Safety Coaches in a Culture of Safety
Ethan Perry, Ryan Crane, Garrett Lesher	Health and Human Performance	Whole-Body Reactive Agility Asymmetries among Athletes with Concussion History
Rosebelle Peters	School of Nursing	Opioid Epidemic: A Hard Pill to Swallow
Karissa Peyer, PhD, Caroline Alexander, Haley Gilbert, Clarke Hyde, Megan Lewis	Health and Human Performance	The UTC Peer Health Coaching Program
Jared Pienkos, PhD	Chemistry and Physics	Transition metal hinged trans-bidentate ligands for cross-coupling reactions
Kateland Porter	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	How are People Altering the Process of Mourning Within Their Usage of Online Social Networks?
Melissa Powell, MEd, RDN, Ryan McCullough, Alexandra Welch	Health and Human Performance	DETERMINING THE NUTRITIONAL INTAKE OF AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY THROUGH STATISTICAL MODELING AND APPLYING THE FINDINGS
Ashley Prak	Art	Rethinking Graphic Design: A Creative Endeavor to Examine Referential Practices in Graphic Design
Hong Qin, PhD, Haobo Guo, PhD	Computer Science and Engineering	Gene networks and longevity
Savannah Quilty, Sadie Arbuthnot, Ali Livesay, Erin White, Cole Davis, Ryan Sanders	School of Nursing	Digital Age and Dementia: Comparative Analysis of Quality of Life in Residences using Electronic Tablets
Grace Rains, Cameron Clark, Kelsey Ward, Kayneice Williams	School of Professional Studies	Is there a geographical relationship between ACE scores and early intervention availability?
Brooklynn Ray, Krystan Mixon	School of Professional Studies	Effects of having Homosexual Parents for Young Adults
Madison Reese	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Women & Social Media: How does Facebook and Instagram influence young women's body image perception?
Nicole Reeves	Social Work	Treatment Providers Insight on Adolescents Sobriety Greater Than 30 Days
Kimberly Reid	Health and Human Performance	Assessing the current and desired levels of training and applied experiences in chronic disease prevention of students during medical school.
Monique Rivers	School of Nursing	Handoff Communication
Kira Robison, PhD	History	Bodies of Knowledge: Spaces, Places, and Power in Medieval Anatomical Education
Kaila Rogers, Ashley Grillo,Tyler Perry, Abigail Rogers	Psychology	Paying Attention to Details: Psychological Indicators of Performance in ROTC Cadets
Katie Rouse	Computer Science and Engineering	Energy Anomaly Detection with Forecasting and Deep Learning
Morgan Royer	Psychology	The effect of therapy dogs on preoperative anxiety
Rebecca Salstrand	Physical Therapy	Shoulder Rehabilitation in a Sledge Hockey Athlete with Bilateral Leg Amputation: A Case Report
Ashwyn Sam	Engineering	Design, Analysis and Performance of Complex Minimum Diameter Rocket
Steven Sawyer, Patrick Craig	Engineering	Treatment of Engineered Nanoparticles: The Way Forward
Taylor Sawyer, Eric Hungenberg, PhD	Business Administration	Exploring MiLB Fan Nostalgia: A neuroscience approach
Charlene Schmidt, PhD, RDN, Rachel Howard, Elizabeth Prather, Elizabeth Hathaway, PhD	Health and Human Performance	Self-Reported Dietary Habits of Exercise Science Students During Weeks 1 and 7 of Spring 2019
Jacquelyn Scott	English	Into the Fire: A Personal Look into the Impact of the 2016 Gatlinburg Fires
Jacquelyn Scott	Writing and Communication Center	A Self-Experiment with Mindfulness in the Writing Center
Ashley Simmons, McKenzie Gregg, Elizabeth Hathaway, PhD	Health and Human Performance	The Power of Being Connected: Correlation between Satisfaction of Life and Religious Support
Austin Sims	Engineering	3D Printing of Biodegradable Bone Implants
Eric Siv	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	An Examination of Allee Effects in Vibrio cholerae
Autumn Skiles	Performing Arts	A History of Western Music in Japan: Why Classical Music is Thriving in the Land of the Rising Sun
Deroneasha Smartt, Patti O’Shea	School of Professional Studies	Factors that Attribute to Educational Success Among the Foster Care System
Benjamin Smith	Chemistry and Physics	Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Stabilization and Folding of Apolipoprotein A1
Catherine Smith, PT, PhD, DPT, PCS, CNT, Victoria Bailey, SPT, Christina Bozarth, SPT, Jessica McCabe, SPT, Jace Phillips, SPT, Kaitlyn Zelhart, SPT	Physical Therapy	Analysis of Factors Influencing Cultural Adaptability of University Students in Two Central Eastern European Countries
William Scott Smith, Hill Craddock, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Bringing Back the American Chestnut
Damian Spears	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Community Gardens in Marginalized Communities
John Spillman, Edien Fernandini, Makayla Colbert	Health and Human Performance	Effects of Concussion on Neuromechanical Function in Olympic-Level Boxers
Anna Spivey, Chelsea Conner, Lauren Dodd, McKenzie Hardeman, Claire Leasure, Kaitlin Szczepanski	School of Nursing	Committing Clinical Communism: A comparative analysis of interdisciplinary pursuits of graduate education
Haley Stacey, Rae'Ven Offut, Kaycee Whiteside, Farley Meadows, Benjamin Schrider	Social Work	Poverty and Healthcare Outcomes in Southeastern States
Lisa Stearns	School of Professional Studies	The adoption of social media by agriculturalists for use in promoting the industry
Megon Stepaniuk, Jade Harry	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	SAU herbarium specimen repair project
Jose Stovall, Austin Harris	Computer Science and Engineering	MLKs Smart Corridor: Demos and Features
Jeremy Strickler, PhD	Political Science and Public Service	Visions of National Strength: Modern Presidential Leadership and the Warfare-Welfare Nexus
William Stuart	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Creating a Detailed Site Map of a Unique Closed Depression on the Cumberland Plateau
Christy Stubblefield	School of Nursing	Utilzing the IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work and Transformational Leadership Training to Improve Job Satisfaction and Workgroup Cohesion
Andrew Stump	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	High Polarization Of S-Waves From Earthquakes Coming From Thrust Faults On Same Longitudinal Plane as Seismometer
Hector Suarez	Computer Science and Engineering	Using Keystroke Biometrics to Detect Fraudulent Users
Will Sutton, PhD, PE, Michael Harrington	Engineering	Directional Emissivity Modeling
Morgan Swafford, Sydney Joseph	School of Education	CK, NOW!
Syed Mohammed Tareq, Jejal Reddy Bathi, PhD, PE	Engineering	Detection of Nano Contamination in Surface Water: Challenges and Findings
Yankarlos Taveras, Mairin Knauss, A'Jacia Wash, Donica Hilario	Psychology	The Relationship Between Resilience and Self-Esteem
Erin Taylor, Hill Craddock, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Spatial Habitat Modeling of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and Distribution in the Southeast United States
Nikolasa Tejero, DMA, Olga Russell	Performing Arts	"Symphonic Tales" Music and Literacy Partnership with Chattanooga Public Library
Maggie Thomas, Ashleigh Cates	School of Nursing	Goal Setting
Riley Tino, Brittany Branda	Psychology	After #MeToo: Perceptions of Sexual Harassment In and Out of the Workplace
Aggie Toppins, MFA	Art	Palimpsests: Travel as Creative Research
Shawn Trivette, PhD	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Building Food Citizenship through Community Gardening Initiatives
Rosa Velasco	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	How have salient social movements such as the black lives matter movement influenced popular media portrayal of law enforcement officers?
Ha Vo	Engineering	An Implementation of Packet-Switched Communication for Pilot Protection at Tennessee Valley Authority
Thomas Vorwerk	Psychology	The Utility of Auditory and Visual Cues for Facilitating Strategic Monitoring in Prospective Memory
A’Jacia Wash	Psychology	The Relationship of Religion/ Faith and the Refusal of Medical Treatment
Shailesh Wasti	Engineering	Agent-based optimal demand response
Andrew Watson	Computer Science and Engineering	Segmentation of Yeast Trap Images
Peter Way, Jeremiah Roland	Computer Science and Engineering	Studying the Effects of Weather and Roadway Geometrics on Daily Accident Occurrence using a Multilayer Perceptron Model
Stephen Welch	Health and Human Performance	EEG-Based Comparisons of Cognitive Functioning During Passive and Experiential Learning Environments
Cassie Whittaker	Communication	Content analysis: Decoding marketing messages and product attributes on cereal packages. What do food companies want consumers to know?
Kristina Wick	School of Nursing	Reducing Burden for Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia: Engaging Primary Care Providers
Lauren Williams, Bethany Bray	Social, Cultural and Justice Studies	Moral Panics, Child Abduction, and Stranger Things
David Witt, MS, MBA	Management	Why Don't Entrepreneurs Burn Out?
Connor Woods, Sai Medury, Charles Prewitt	Computer Science and Engineering	Blockchain Data Provenance
Carson Woods	Computer Science and Engineering	Incremental Benchmarking Fault-Tolerant MPI
Drew Woods	Mathematics	Algorithm for Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Problem
Weidong Wu, PhD, Ignatius Fomunung, PhD, Joseph Owino, PhD, Mbakisa Onyango, PhD	Engineering	Automatically identifying, and counting camera captured transportation traffic with deep learning
Chen Xu	Computer Science and Engineering	Network Intrusion Detection System as a Service on OpenStack Cloud
Chantz Yanagida	Engineering	Managing Overheating in 3D Printers
Austen York, Jacob Burelson	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Investigating the impact of 2016 Southeastern Drought on Vegetation in Hamilton County, TN using GIS and Remote Sensing
Morgan Young	Engineering	Dynamic Load Factor Analysis of a Redundant Reeving Hoist
Ruipeng Zhang	Computer Science and Engineering	GRRAndroid: Remote Live Forensics for Android at Scale
Elizabeth Zuy	Chemistry and Physics	HPLC Detection of Organic Gunshot Residues on Silicone Wristbands

Panels, Podiums andPitches

Presenter(s)	Dept./College	Title
Chris Acuff, PhD, Michael Boehm, Hope Cody, Jim Frierson, Mallory Treece	Political Science and Public Service	Perspectives on Metropolitan Government in Chattanooga
Stephanie Adams	Art	PARK IT.
Fernando Alda, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	These fishes will shock you!
Courtney Alley	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	A Reevaluation of Tennessee Non-Native Plant Species Using Online Herbarium Specimen Data to Develop Species Distribution Models
Morgan Andrews	Psychology	Perceptions of Juvenile Confessions
Jessica Auchter, PhD	Political Science and Public Service	Peacebuilding and Memorialization in Nairobi, Kenya
Timothy Barczak	Business Analytics	Identifying Success Patterns within Students to Predict College and Career Readiness
Laura Bass	School of Education	Registration and course selection processes of entering freshmen and the effects on academic success and retention at a midsize public university
JeannieParkerBeard, PhD	English	Hybrids, Multimodals, and the Space of Composition
Ethan Boyd	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Dogma Dance Off: Charity Through the Celebration of the Local Arts
JenniferBoyd, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Reasons for rarity? Exploring adaptive and acclimatory constraints of southeastern endemics in the face of contemporary environmental change
NikkiBrown, Nikole Green, Jaime Butler	School of Professional Studies	Lost in Translation: Providing Therapeutic Services to Transgendering Victims of Sexual Violence.
SavannahBuffington	Cleveland State Community College,English	A Short Reading of “Leave Hope Here”
Ron Buffington, MFA	Art	Painting as Vibrant Matter
Haiven Camenisch	Engineering	Endotoxin Bioseparation Technologies for Plasmid DNA Vaccine Manufacturing
Samuel Clark	Engineering	Augmented Reality for Visualizing Civil Infrastructure
StephenClark	Computer Science and Engineering	Looking at Movies with Computers - Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Shot Change Detection in Film Footage
TylerClemons	Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies	Southern Charm: A Study of Dialect Code-Switching Among Southerners
Marisa Colston, PhD, ATC	Health and Human Performance	Identification of Shared Professional Values in the Profession of Athletic Training
Nathan Collyer	Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies	Geography of Chattanooga: Engaging Community with Place Using Story Maps
Nathan Collyer	Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies	The Tale of Two Mountains: Applying a Social-Ecological Systems Framework to Analyze the Conservation Outcomes for Cameron Hill and Stringer’s Ridge
BlakeCorman	Chemistry and Physics	21st Century Success Skills: Drive Your Career
Christopher Cunningham, PhD	Psychology	Finding and sustaining motivation and a sense of meaning in medicine
Christopher Cunningham, PhD, Rob Liddell, PhD, Danny Grzesik, MEd	Psychology,Center for Career and Leadership Development, Office of the Dean of Students	Leveraging research, creative endeavors, and experiential learning to rise above the norm: A panel discussion about developing true career readiness
AllisonCyrus	Philosophy and Religion	Aristotle, Aquinas, and Locke: A Synthesis of Natural Law Philosophy in American Jurisprudence
SusanDavidson, EdD, APRN, NP-C & Robyn Tobias, MSN, APRN, NP-C	School of Nursing	The Bloom Project
VahidDisfani, PhD	Electrical Engineering	Urban Electric Vehicle Charging Markets: Computational Modeling and Optimal Design
AbigailDoyle	Engineering	Investigating how bacterial pathogens sense and adapt to their environment to survive and spread disease
KevinDoyle PhD, LPC, NCC	School of Professional Studies	Building Motivation: The Key to Sustainable Change
KevinDoyle, PhD, LPC, NCC	School of Professional Studies	Inspiring Students through Modeled Behavior
AniekanEbiefung, PhD	Mathematics	A Direct Algorithm for the Vertical Generalized Linear Complementarity Problem with P-matrix
Kyler Eskridge	Engineering	Machine learning to predict transformer failure
Landon Finke	Philosophy & Religion	“Scotty and Sadness”
Katelyn Gardner	Cleveland State Community College, Management	Differences in Marketing: Luxury and Drugstore Cosmetic Brands
ArielleGearhart	Cleveland State Community College,English	Marxist Themes in Faulkner’s "Barn Burning"
OliviaGeorge	Engineering	Synthesizing Multifunctional Iron Oxide Nanodrugs and Developing a Model for their Size Analysis using Dynamic Light Scattering
Mehran Ghafari	College of Engineering and Computer Science	Computational Method for Monitoring Cell Division
KathrynGraeff	Psychology	Seeing you from your point of view: Perspective-taking and first impression accuracy
BrittanyGreen	History	Latina/Hispanic Women’s Perspectives in Chattanooga
Sumith Gunasekera, PhD	Mathematics	Exact inference for the Youden index to discriminate individuals using two-parameter exponentially distributed pooled samples.
Sumith Gunasekera, PhD	Mathematics	Mathematics and Statistics - Who is the Winner?
HaoboGuo, PhD	Computer Science and Engineering	Network-based association study of protein sets
Jeannie Hacker-Cerulean, MA	Performing Arts	Arts Advocacy
KaraHamilton, PhD, Melissa Powell, MEd, RD, Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, PhD, Melissa Graham, Carline Nord, PhD, Enjelica Reid, Ryan McCollough, & E’tienne Easley	Health and Human Performance	After school nutrition and physical activity program
Nisarg Hansaliya	Mechanical Engineering	Effects of Optically-Transparent Thermally Insulated Silica Based Aerogel in a Solar Thermal Receiver
KatieHargrave, MFA	Art	Residency and Remix: Developing a new body of work
Wolfe Harris	Philosophy and Religion	Domestic Imperialism: the Reversal of Fanon
LizHathaway, PhD	Health and Human Performance	Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
GregHeath, DHSc, MPH, Eric Asboe, & David Johnson	Health and Human Performance	If you just build it, they probably won’t come: Steps to engaging community sectors in healthy urban planning
RussellHelms, MPH/MFA	English	Depression Since Prozac: Finding the True Self
Azad Hossain, PhD	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Developing a Model to Map the Potential Areas for Landslide Hazards in Hamilton County, TN using GIS and Remote Sensing
RikHunter, PhD, Amy Burger, Shelby Yarbrough, Jenna Lacey	English	3 Cases of Contemporary Digital Writing and Publishing
AnthonyIorio	Political Science and Public Service	The Role of Congress in Treaty Termination: Examining the Political Considerations Surrounding Goldwater v. Carter and Kucinich v. Bush
Destiny Dodson Jones, Hannah Hall, Maria Tellez	Cleveland State Community College,School of Education	Grilling “The Great Gatsby”
Sarah Kelehear	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	All the things we don’t know about the four-toed: modeling the distribution of a cryptic, habitat-specific, salamander
FarronKilburn, MA	School of Nursing	UTC School of Nursing Community Engagement Activities
Eun Kim, PhD, LEED AP	School of Professional Studies	Assessing Residents’ Satisfaction with Housing and Community Environments in the Neighborhoods of Chattanooga
DivoriKimbro, PhD	English	Making Knowledge Accessible: Nerd Night Chattanooga
DavidKing	Philosophy and Religion	The Digital Delusion: A Postphenomenological Analysis of Digital Embodiment
SadieLane	Cleveland State Community College,Criminal Justice	Human Trafficking: Tennessee
JoshuaLawson	Finance and Economics	Speculation and Wheat
Dakila Ledesma	Computer Science and Engineering	VIGOR, A Virtual, Individualized and Generative Orchestrator for Rehabilitation
JesseLeslie	Psychology	Defining Authoritarianism in America: Why Philosophy Matters
CameronMackey	Psychology	Concealment of Nonreligious Identity: Scale Construction and Validation
Daniel Mailman	College of Engineering and Computer Science	Air Piano & Stage Genies: An Engaging, Compelling Computer Science Curriculum
KatieMartin	Art	Mary as a Scribe in Early Modern Painting
AaronMays	Philosophy and Religion	We Live Inside a Dream: David Lynch’s Dream Factory and What it Means for Reality
Alyson McGowan	Art	Beyond Biography: Caravaggio’s Self Portraits as Psychological
Jonathan McNair, DMA, Alison Allerton, DMA, Susan Eckelmann Berghel, PhD, Joanie Jackson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, Edwin Murillo, PhD, Aaron Shaheen, PhD, Jeremy Strickler, PhD	Performing Arts, Africana Studies, History, Modern and Classical Languages, English, Nursing, Political Science and Public Service	A View from the Trenches: Commemorating the Centennialof WWI
JoyceMcPherson	School of Professional Studies	Active Learning in the Humanities: A Study of Shakespeare Pedagogy with Secondary Students
Sai Medury	Computer Science and Engineering	Secure Certificate Revocation as a Peer Service
SaiMedury, Amani Altarawneh	Computer Science and Engineering	Scrybe: A blockchain based secure provenance system
ErinMelhorn, OTD, OTR/L	Occupational Therapy	Balance Matters program in the Community
EthanMills, PhD, Wes Smith, MA	Philosophy and Religion	Incorporating Student Film-Making in a Course on Horror and Philosophy
SaraMitchell	Chemistry and Physics	The Benefits of Attending an Academic Conference
DanaMoody, PhD	School of Professional Studies	Havana: Behind the Façade
EdwinMurillo, PhD	Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures	Midnight Vallenato and Other Stories
BetsyMyers, PT, DHS, MHS, MPT, OCS, CWS, CLT	Physical Therapy	PT students volunteering with Ironman Foundation
Andrew O’Brien, MFA	Art	Drift Alignment: Artist Book Proposal
EleniPanagiotou, PhD	Mathematics	Using topology to understand polymer mechanics and function
KaveriPatel	Cleveland State Community College,Accounting	The Significance of Washington’s Farewell address and The Monroe Doctrine
HarshilPatel, Nate Harrell	Cleveland State Community College,History	The Significance of Washington’s Farewell Address and The Monroe Doctrine
Mary PagePepper	Art	Getting Lost: Examining a Creative Practice Using Found Materials
Tyler Perry	College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies	Crossed and Uncrossed Visuomotor Reaction Time Training
KarissaPeyer, PhD	Health and Human Performance	A community-university partnership to expand and evaluate a youth soccer program in Chattanooga
Karina Kraevsky Phillips	Nursing	Nice girls finish last: Acquiescent assertiveness attributed to workplace violence exposure and uncivil nursing encounters
TurnerPhillips	Philosophy and Religion	American Evangelicals and the social and political issues that concern them
ChangPhuong, Noman Saied	Computer Science and Engineering	Performance Portability - A comparison between OpenMP, CUDA and Kokkos
Joshua Powell	Philosophy and Religion	How Idealism Resolves the Mind-Body Problem
CalebPowell	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	“Born digital,” addressing the challenges of a field-to-database workflow for collections based research
Emily Pritchett, Bradley Hayes, Savannah Renfro	Cleveland State Community College,Education, Biology	Gender Roles in History
GeraldReidenbach	Cleveland State Community College,Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science	Oppression of Women in “The Yellow Wall-Paper”
Shuvashish Roy	Engineering	Decision Supporting Hydrodynamic Modeling of Tennessee River
Annie Tracy Samuel, PhD	History	Sacred Defense: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Iran-Iraq War
Aruna Saram, MBA, MS	Mathematics	Exact Inference of the Youden Index and its Corresponding Cut-Point Under the Multivariate ROC Curve
Steven Sawyer, Patrick Craig	Engineering	Nanomaterial Characterization and Treatment in Urban Stormwater Runoff
Allie Schrenker	Communication	Rising Rock documents Chattanooga
Jacqueline Scott, Elizabeth Benn, Jared Steiman, Shannon Sweeney, and Faith Roberts	English	The Craft of Creative Writing
Elisabeth Sheff-Stefanik, PhD, CSE	Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies	The Increasing Commonality of Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships
Elisabeth Sheff-Stefanik, PhD, CSE	Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies	Growing Up in a Polyamorous Family: Emerging Findings from a Longitudinal Study
DavidShepherd, Josh Couch	Cleveland State Community College, Pre-Health Professions	AI Predicting Alzheimer’s
HeathShultz, MFA	Art	Reading Communist Manifesto(s)
PriscillaSimms-Roberson, DNP, APRN, NP-C, SANE-A	School of Nursing	The Development and Implementation of a Domestic Violence Nurse Examiner Program
BlakeSmith	Mathematics	Approximation Method to the Robust Knapsack Problem
NorahSoufraji	Philosophy and Religion	Mary in the Quran: A Case for Prophethood and an Analysis of Fluidity and Transcendence of Traditional Gender Roles
Henry “Rardy”Spratt, PhD& David Levine, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, CCRP, Cert. DN, FAPTA	Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science,Physical Therapy	Assessing Bacterial Colonization
KidambiSreenivas, PhD	Mechanical Engineering	Simulation of airflow through dense urban neighborhoods
Jonathan Stegmann	Economics	F.O.M.C. Communications: A Sentiment Analysis
William Stuart	Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science	Creating a Detailed Site Map of a Unique Closed Depression on the Cumberland Plateau
CraigTanis, PhD	Computer Science and Engineering	Simulating intelligent mob behavior using a shared potential field or: How I learned to stop computing and admire the ducks
EliseTaylor	Communication	The Making of Lavish in Pink
Erin Taylor	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	Spatial Habitat Modeling of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and Distribution in the Southeast United States
NikyTejero, DMA	Performing Arts	Scrappy’s Keyboards@The Library
SusanThul, DNP, APRN, CNM, Joanie Jackson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, Bernadette DePrez, DNP, MBA, RN	School of Nursing	Improvement Science applied to Doctor of Nursing Practice Education- the role of FOCUS-PDCA in continuous program improvement
JamesTrimble	Computer Science and Engineering	Algebraic Connectivity Tracking for a Network of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
DavidTullock	Cleveland State Community College, Accounting	War Prayer from an Outcast’s Lens
ShaneWard, MFA	Art	High Impact Practice Grant: Collaborative Translation: The Poem as Spatial Rendering
ChandraWard, PhD	Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies	Testing the citizen-centric model: What multi-stakeholder engagement can illuminate about developing smart(er) city initiatives
DonWarrington, PhD, PE	Engineering	Effective Hyperbolic Strain-Softened Shear Modulus for Driven Piles in Clay
Lakmali Weerasena, PhD	Mathematics	Mathematical Modeling and Conservation Biology
GaryWilkerson, EdD, ATC	Health and Human Performance	Identification of Elite Athletes with Perception-Action Coupling Impairment
Aaron Wilson	College of Engineering and Computer Science	Automatic Classification of Electrical Disturbances
OliviaWolf, PhD	Art	Memorializing Migration: Immigrant Patronage, Public Memory and the Syrian Monument to Argentina (1910)
Olivia Wolf, PhD	Art	South-South Dialogues in the Arts
SavannaWooten	Biology, Geology and Environmental Science	In situ conservation physiology of the rare white fringeless orchid
ChayuYang	Mathematics	A cholera transmission model incorporating the impact of medical resource
Sungwoo Yang, PhD	Civil and Chemical Engineering	Air Glass for Solar Energy Harvesting and Smart Building
DellZimmerman	Engineering	Characterization and Biological Response of Legumes Fertilized with Engineered Nanoparticles

Performance

Presenter(s)	Dept./College	Title
Sami Burns	Performing Arts	UTC Theatre Company Presents
Lynn Worcester Jones, DMA , Nikolasa Tejero, DMA	Performing Arts	New Music for Clarinet and Piano
Nikolasa Tejero, DMA, Wanda Dugger, Kyle Patton, Diego de Cordova		Reception

2019 Pitch Competition Winners

Undergraduate Lightning Round

Department: Computer Science and Engineering

Prize: $100 gift card + $1,000 Student SEARCH Award (for continuing UTC students)

Title: VIGOR, A Virtual, Individualized and Generative Orchestrator for Rehabilitation

Abstract: VIGOR, A Virtual, Individualized and Generative Orchestrator for Rehabilitation

Department: College of Engineering and Computer Science

Prize: $75 gift card

Title: Nanomaterial Characterization and Treatment in Urban Stormwater Runoff

Abstract: The presence of nanomaterials in surface water is a growing threat. We aim to characterize how large a threat and also find possible ways to remediate this problem.

Department: Biology, Geology and Environmental Science

Prize: $50 gift card

Title: Creating a Detailed Site Map of a Unique Closed Depression on the Cumberland Plateau

Abstract: Collecting ground-truth data and creating a detailed site map of one of the unique closed depressions on the Cumberland Plateau to inform remote sensing and geophysical surveys and to further understand its formation.

Graduate 3 Minute Thesis

Department: Biology, Geology and Environmental Science

Prize: $200 gift card + $1,000 Student SEARCH Award (for continuing UTC students).

Title: All the things we don't know about the four-toed: modeling the distribution of a cryptic, habitat-specific, salamander

Abstract: The range of the four-toed salamander in Tennessee is not well understood. Distribution records from the literature show it as wide-ranging, however, seems range-limited in the state when examining known records; perhaps due to habitat requirements.

Department: College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies

Prize: $100 gift card

Title: Crossed and Uncrossed Visuomotor Reaction Time Training

Abstract: Using Trazer systems and a visual acuity reaction time tablet, we will measure Olympic Athletes' right and left handed reaction time in conjunction with training their left and right whole body movements.

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Prize: $50 gift card

Title: Effects of Optically-Transparent Thermally Insulated Silica Based Aerogel in a Solar Thermal Receiver

Abstract: Solar energy in recent years has become a very promising sustainable energy source. We are using the miracle material Aerogel to increase the solar thermal receiver efficiency. Ultimately supplying cost effective energy with lower carbon footprint.

Faculty Elevator Pitch

Department: Psychology

Prize: $1,500 mini-grant and funding to support a part-time graduate assistantship for the 2019-20 academic year

Title: Finding and sustaining motivation and a sense of meaning in medicine

Abstract: Building an archive of shareable stories from hospital workers at all levels (administrators, physicians, nurses, staff) to illustrate how healthcare professionals experience find and sustain motivation and a sense of meaning in their work.

Department: Biology, Geology and Environmental Science

Prize: $1,500 mini-grant

Title: Developing a Model to Map the Potential Areas for Landslide Hazards in Hamilton County, TN using GIS and Remote Sensing

Abstract: Many hillsides and steep slopes in Hamilton County, TN present areas potentially susceptible to landslide and erosion. This study aims to develop a GIS based model to identify areas that have higher potentials for landslide occurrence.

Department: Biology, Geology and Environmental Science

Prize: $1,500 mini-grant

Title: Developing a Model to Map the Potential Areas for Landslide Hazards in Hamilton County, TN using GIS and Remote Sensing

Abstract: Many hillsides and steep slopes in Hamilton County, TN present areas potentially susceptible to landslide and erosion. This study aims to develop a GIS based model to identify areas that have higher potentials for landslide occurrence.

Department: Civil and Chemical Engineering

Prize: $1,500 mini-grant

Title: Air Glass for Solar Energy Harvesting and Smart Building

Abstract: We will present aerogel called an air-glass or artificial solid vacuum. We will demonstrate its great potentials for solar energy harvesting and energy efficient smart building.

2019 Videos and Photos

Undergraduate Lightning Round Videos

Graduate 3 Minute Thesis Videos

Faculty Pitch Videos 

Event Photos