Spring Research and Arts Conference Poster Presentations
Session One Poster Presentations (9:00a.m. - 10:30a.m.)
Wolford Family Athletic Center:
| Presenter(s) | College/School | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menekse Adar, Serkan Varol | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | A Study of Cognitive and Visual Responses During Online Product Purchase |
| Devon Anderson, Isaac Kramer, Nathan Caudill, Nasir Brevig | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Regression Testing System |
| Erick Baltodano | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Escherichia Coli Stress Response: The Impact of Damaged Peptidoglycan Layer on the Oxidant-Antioxidant Balance |
| Olivia Beck | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Resilience by Living With the Land and Community: A Case Study of a Local Food Forest |
| Katie Brobst, MFA | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | How Motivation and Engagement Lead to Meaningful Work in Creative Majors |
| Allie Brown | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Predictors of Online Shopping Addiction: A Study Addressing the Impacts of Personality, Academic Procrastination, and Anxiety on American Consumer Behavior |
| Matthew Cary, Adam Holt, Tristan Jones, Amanda Tomlin | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Educational Intervention to Standardize Anesthesia to PACU Handoff Report |
| Gabriel Castillo Sanchez | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Examining the association between household nutrition security and mental health-related quality of life outcomes among clients of a food pantry |
| Riley Clontz | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | The Impact of Recreational Fear on Memory |
| Daniel Collier | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Stabilization of Secondary Structure in CGG Repeats of Fragile-X Syndrome |
| Colby Cook | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Enhancing the Evasion Capability of Phantom Jam Sybil Attacks in VANETs Using TimeGAN |
| Fiona Crawford, Elisha Morrison, James McCully | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Implementation of a Lung Protective Ventilation Educational Intervention to Improve Knowledge in Anesthesia Practice |
| Gracie Crooks | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics | Stabilizing Inverse Problems with Regularization and Optimization |
| Emma Davis, Samuel Smith, Jannatul Ferdoush | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Identifying Key Hub Genes in Lung and Esophageal Cancer for Potential Therapeutic Interventions |
| Alexandra Dihonov | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Conceptualizing Everyday Goals: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Daily Goals Between Neurodivergent and Neurotypical Adults |
| Niklas Dobler | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Friend or Foe? The Benefits and Risks of Large Language Models in Cybersecurity |
| Emery Doescher, Nora Aslinger | Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences | Pleasant Garden Cemetary: Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in the African-American Community | |
| Nick Doumitt | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Quantifying stress and color change in spiropyran-embedded polyurethane foams |
| Emily Durham | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Fog water pollution along the southern coast of Peru |
| Regan Eisher | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photo Project |
| Terry Ellis | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Reduction of Post-Procedural Length of Stay for Uncomplicated Radial Percutaneous Coronary Interventions |
| Dawn Ford, PhD, Mikira Claybrook, Zoe Cripps, Anna Currie, Rylie Denning, Molli Flint, Maddox Holtz, Allan Ruggeri-Ray, Lineah Sakson, Matt Scott, Lola Baker, Annabel Bates, Jordan Harris, Steve Johnson, Ivy McClure, Hannah McIntosh, Kyle Prusinowski, Sydney Robinson, Jasmine Castellano, Nicholas Lathrop | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Biology and Environmental Science Student Projects on San Salvador, Bahamas |
| Angel Fraire Estrada | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Polarization-Controlled Reconfigurable Four-Photon Interference in a Deployed Metropolitan Fiber Network |
| Sean Fredenburg, DMA, Alex Sponable, Kai Hernandez, Neal Brite, Conner Parson, Denis Maldonado, Nova Melvin, Luke Nash, Colt Kittle, Layla Swaggerty, Remi Bohuslavicky, Spencer Bottoms | College of Arts and Sciences | Performing Arts | UTC Saxophone Ensemble Performs at the 2026 Biennial NASA Conference |
| Lani Gao, PhD, Samuel Glandon | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics | Imbalance-Aware Modeling for Prehospital Prediction of Large Vessel Occlusion |
| Gabrielle Garavelli | College of Arts and Sciences | Political Science & Public Service | A comparative Analysis of the Effects of Gambling on Families in the US and UK |
| Alex Garretson, BS | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | 2025 Tennessee Community Heat Risk Assessments |
| Taylor Giroir, Robert Davis, Carson Schunk | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Chick-Fil-A Fast Lane Forward |
| Samuel Glandon | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics | A 3D-Printed Laser Autocollimator for Precise Angular Deviation Measurements |
| Tyler Griffin, Jennifer Lynberg | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Big Five Personality Traits and Their Role in College Students’ Classroom Engagement and Performance |
| Stephen Hamill | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Meshtastic: Exploring Decentralized Communication |
| Chase Heistand, Tom Laufenberg | College of Arts and Sciences | Social, Cultural, & Justice Studies | Ancestral Repatriation under UTC's NAGPRA Internship |
| Elizabeth Hendricksen, Emily Wood, Jannatul Ferdoush | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Elucidation of overexpression of Transcription factor, TAF7 in Eukaryotic Cell |
| Sarah Howard, Scott Keil, Corbin Winters, Miles Bailey, Nicholas Chabot, Skylar De Cuir, Curtis Ford, Walker Herrington, Stewart Huggins, Alec Jones, Zeke King, Ellie Rathay, Beau Welborn, Christopher Lawhorne, Ethan McDaniel | College of Arts and Sciences | Performing Arts | UTC Percussion Ensemble @ PASIC |
| Marcus Jakubiszak, Aaron Knight | College of Nursing | DNP Nurse Anesthesia | Improving Knowledge in Corneal Injury Prevention |
| Sebastian Jimenez | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Community Resilience and Response to Salinity Gradients in Streams Flowing into Biscayne Bay, Florida |
| Joshua Kilgore | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Habitual Cues for Exclusive E-Cigarette Users |
| Joshua Latham, Alex Headrick, Caleb Kouvarakis, Vitaliy Kyslytsya | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Capstone Project: Microbrewery Design |
| Kathryn Lazenby | College of Arts and Sciences | Social, Cultural, & Justice Studies | Sheffield Hallam Research Internship Abroad |
| Izabella LeBlanc | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Perceived Legal System Support of Crime Survivors and Attitudes on Justice |
| Lindsey Locke, Lela Herring | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Development of a Clinical Practice Pathway for Pediatric Patients with an Acute Spinal Cord Injury |
| Quinn Martin | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Discovery of New Atomic Sites in Fe-Doped Graphene Layer using Density Functional Theory for Catalyst Applications |
| Deborah McAllister, EdD, Jennifer Lynberg, Jason Gordon, Mary Buehner | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | School of Education | Supporting Student Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies |
| Deborah McAllister, EdD, Jennifer Lynberg, Anna Grace Sorrells | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | School of Education | Continuing to Assess the Programming Self-efficacy of Teachers through Professional Development with Drones |
| Deborah McAllister, EdD, Jennifer Lynberg, Anna Grace Sorrells, Taylor Behrman | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | School of Education | Assessing the Programming Self-efficacy of Teachers through Professional Development Using the Ozobot Evo Robot |
| Shelby Meeks, Samuel Smith, Jannatul Ferdoush | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Early Biomarker Detection and Targeted Drug Therapy Opportunities in Lung and Liver Cancer |
| Tara Mitchell | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Innundated |
| Diana Morales, Lenaye Ruffin | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | The Prevalence of Chronic Hypertension on Preterm Birth Outcomes Among Women in Tennessee |
| Alexandria Morris | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Working Memory |
| Lydia Nakamine | Gary W. Rollins College of Business | Marketing & Entrepreneurship | STEM Education in Vietnam and the US: A Comparative Analysis |
| Ellie Pugh | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Heavy Hitters: Quantifying Species- and Sex-Specific Differences in Periodical Cicada Body Mass |
| Ryen Rae, Daylon Freeman, Alexandra Hogg, Daniel Linebaugh | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Anesthesia Considerations |
| Joanna Rann | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Reframing the Frame! |
| Catie Rice | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photography I Final |
| Isaac Rose | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | First-Principles Reproducibility Study of Adsorption Energies in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) |
| Karen Salinas, Aaron Balentine, Max Doumitt | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Software Design for BioAstLab Data Collection and Control System |
| Benjamin Sessions, Tyson Russel | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Mineralogical Effects on Cement Stabilization Efficiency: Tennessee Soils Compared to Other U.S. Soils |
| Sofiia Skrypkar, Sarah Cardwell | College of Arts and Sciences | Political Science & Public Service | Flourishing or Lonely? Social Connectivity Among Commuter and Non-commuter College Students |
| Anay Srivastava | East Hamilton High School | N/A | The Art of Obsession |
| Tooba Tanveer, Fatin Ihsan Hredoy | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Framework for Simulation of Chemically Reacting Flows |
| Ethan Thomasson, Emmanuel Merryfield | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Post-Traumatic Growth Associations with Anxiety |
| Luke Thoresen | Gary W. Rollins College of Business | Finance & Economics | AI as an Assistant: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Business Practices |
| Dominique Tran | UTC Alumni | Marketing & Entrepreneurship | Selling to a Stereotype |
| Samantha Tremmier, Jacob Haustein, Parker Gravett, Tory Hammond, Nick Higgins | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Design of a Pedestrian Bridge Crossing |
| Allison Turner, Jannatul Ferdoush | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Identification of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase of Transcription Factor Taf2 for Future Therapeutic Intervention |
| Hannah Vanwinkle | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Aquatic Ecosystems Under Pressure: How Anthropogenic Land Use and Flow Regimes Shape Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities and Organic Matter Decomposition |
| Fabion Walden | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | When Accuracy Is Not Enough: Evaluating Explainable Vulnerability Detection Beyond Accuracy |
| Allaysia Watkins | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | How Unhelpful is your Unhelpful Help? Associations Between Social Support and Mental Health in the Workplace |
| Michelle White | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | From Conversations to Canopies: GIS-Enabled Community Engagement in Urban Tree Planting |
| Jamie Wilson | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Chemical Reactor Network based Modeling of Silicon Carbide Deposition During Chemical Vapor Infiltration |
| Emily Wood, Jannatul Ferdoush | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Role of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System in Regulation of Transcription Factors |
| Noah Wyatt | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | A Low-Cost, Portable Cosmic Ray Detector for Education and Exploration |
| Erin Yenawine | College of Arts and Sciences | Political Science & Public Service | Post-Dobbs: Observed Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes |
| Ryan Zhu, Chase Heistand, James Devareaux | College of Arts and Sciences | Social, Cultural, & Justice Studies | Archaeological Survey Mapping in Port Royal with the Shipwreck Research Club |
Session Two Poster Presentations (11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.)
Wolford Family Athletic Center:
| Presenter(s) | College/School | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merna Abdrabo | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Fabrication and Characterization of High-strength Magnesium-based Nanocomposite Orthopedic Implants by Optimizing Compaction Parameters |
| Andrew Adams, Braylon Nix, Philip Segraves | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | 8-Bit Computer |
| Menekse Adar, Serkan Varol | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Analyzing Cognitive Patterns of Undergraduate Students Using EEG and Eye-Tracking Data During Canvas Interaction |
| Hayden Akins | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Political Identity and Dating Selectivity in Gen Z |
| Aaliyah Alva, Angelica Ramirez | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Investigation of napthoquinones-induced lysozyme modifications at pH7, using chromatographic separation and UV/Vis spectroscopy |
| Steven Anliker | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Shared Medical Appointments in Heart Failure Clinic |
| Gabriella Barnhart, Elijah Hibbett, Stephanie Koopman, Gabi Mendonca, Anna Davis, Taylor Kozell | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Occupational Therapy | Exploring the Difference Between Two VR Applications and a Traditional Mindfulness Activity for Stress/Anxiety Reduction |
| Pryce Bevins | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Controlling mechanical properties of hydrogels through hydrophobic / hydrophilic balance |
| Benjamin Boals, Nathan Dark, Taylor Tharpe, Kade Hartline | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Open Source Portable Audio Player Project |
| Brainerd High School TechRise Challenge Team - Casey Dark, Josue DeLeon, Leviathan Foster, Corey Fowler, Hadden Lynn, Joquise McMurray, Abdulkabir Ogunwolu, JaNiyah Reid, Tionna Talley, Nina Torres, Aiden Turcios | Brainerd High School | Utilizing AI to Model Flight Paths and Self-Learn | |
| Jeremy Bramblett, MEd, Abby Griffis, Ashley Manning-Berg | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Initial Petrographic Observations of a New Stromatolite Sample from Adairsville, Georgia |
| Benjamin Bryant | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | AI-Driven Analysis of Intellectual Property Compliance in Open-Source Software: Technical, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives |
| Gabriel Castillo Sanchez, Serena Olsen | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Ambient Air Quality and Its Impact on Chronic Respiratory Disease in Hamilton County, Tennessee |
| Isabella Charnley, Amy Brown | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Linking Early Adversity to Multisensory Attention Functioning |
| Ameneh Cheshmehkani | Gary W. Rollins College of Business | Management | Comparative Analysis of Global Development Indicators Across Continents (2014–2023) |
| Taylor Claxton | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Exploring Men’s Experiences Filing Protection Orders Following Intimate Partner Violence |
| Katie Collins | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Salt-Dependent Purification of Green Fluorescent Protein Using Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography |
| Ethan Dailey | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Synthesis of novel 1,2,3-triarylnaphthalenes via intermolecular dehydro-diels-alder reaction |
| Tyler Davis | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Foraging Ecology and Life History Variation of Stream Fishes during Periodical Cicada Emergences |
| Samantha Dean | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Anxiety or Advantage? Detecting Malingered Symptoms in College Students Seeking Academic Accommodations |
| Deponker Sarker Depto | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Personalized Federated Learning for Multi-Agent Trajectory Forecasting in Urban Traffic |
| Kathryn Dippel, Sarah Rochford | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Implementation of Simulation-Based Learning To Reduce Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Turnover, Improve Self-Efficacy, and Decrease Institutional Cost |
| Omer Durmus | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Regulation and Performance Analysis of the Pure Pursuit Path-Tracking Algorithm |
| Andrew Edler | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Methods of Analyzing the Physical Properties of Topical Analgesic Patches |
| Lucy Faler | Girls Preparatory School | Dithioglycerol Halogenated Derivatives for Halogen Bonding | |
| Paul Ferris, Bowman Jack, Dale Deocales, Jonathan Blancett | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Deni Food Truck App |
| Olivia Foreman, Jessi Lockett, Leah Major | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Perioperative Risk Analysis (Surgical Risk Calculator) and Anesthesia Implications |
| Allyson Frazier, Mary Leslie Cranford, Abby Davis | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Occupational Therapy | Interprofessional Education: Experiential Learning in the Community on a Mobile Health Unit |
| Gracie Galbreath | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Interprofessional Collaboration Across Academic Departments: Imposter Syndrome |
| Kristin Geater | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Implementing Standardized Simulation Competency Instruction for Clinical Faculty Teaching in a Four-Year Undergraduate Nursing Program |
| Hannah Godel | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | The Look of Belonging, 2025 |
| Kate Graphos, Daniel Selsvik | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | The Impact of Agentic Control on Circular Vection |
| Judean Guinn | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Creating Safer Spaces: A Translational Approach to Workplace Violence Prevention in the Emergency Department |
| Dominique Harris, Stephanie Blaine | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Association Between Hypertension Status and Engagement in Physical Activity Among Adults |
| Nolan Heath, Acelynn Sellers, Maria Sanchez, Amya Arnold | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Polystep C-12S Dosage System |
| Joanna Hembree, Rebekah Biddle, Cameron Jean, Becky Rice | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Occupational Therapy | Investigating Resources and Utilization and the Impact on Community Reintegration for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors in the Greater Chattanooga Area |
| Jack Henson, Mika Rouse, Ezekiel Jones | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | TVA Equipment Monitoring Device |
| Paycen Higdon | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | 2026 AIAA SciTech Experience |
| Caroline (Sky) High, Katie Catlett, Ziya Pronk | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Pushing the Limits: Defining the capacity for Vibrio cholerae to utilize fatty acids for growth, biofilm formation and membrane phospholipid remodeling |
| Elizabeth Hilsman | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Effectiveness of Bionic Reading for Neurodivergent Populations |
| Jenny Holcombe, PhD, Kara Davis, Maddie Dyer, Daley Griffith, Brian Perez, Brette Taylor | College of Nursing | BSN (Traditional) | Seeking Treatment: The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma & Adult Health |
| Jenny Holcombe, PhD, Reese Kelly, Emma Hocking, Kamila Vargas, Sydney Sims, Meagan Zeimet | College of Nursing | BSN (Traditional) | Understanding Role Strain in Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients |
| Marla Holland | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Telehealth Overflow Clinic |
| Zara Hossain, David Giles | Signal Mountain Middle High School | Examining the effects of conjugated linoleic acids on growth, phospholipid remodeling, membrane permeability, and biofilm formation in 𝘌𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 | |
| Julia Hubley, Camden Day, Ashlyn Martin, Emily Finnell, Frances Bryant | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Occupational Therapy | Emotional Intelligence through Music Creation in Children: A Case Study |
| Sarah Kantor, MLIS, Emily Thompson | UTC Library | Creating Critical Consumers: Incorporating Information Literacy into Teaching AI | |
| Gracen Landry, Maya Saxe | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | University Transparency in Sexual Assault Prevention and Support: A Content Analysis |
| Zachary Lloyd | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Risk Assessment of a Hypothetical Quantum Repeater Network Using SP 800-30 and the CIA Triad |
| Jennifer Lynberg, Kaylaa Rizer, Ja'Niyah Williams, Maya Moorer | Tyner Middle High Academy | Who Plans Better? AI versus Teachers in Lesson Design | |
| Jennifer Lynberg, Dalinda Solorzano, Caitlin Bass, Bre Anderson | Tyner Middle High Academy | What High School Students Really Do with AI: Classroom Implications for Educators | |
| Sydney Maasberg, Vagio Guzman, Alex Francisco, Caroline Capell, David Levine, Benjamin Pobanz, Nancy Fell, Gregory Heath | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Physical Therapy | Moving the Needle: Uptake in Meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines Among US Stroke Survivors, 2013-2023 |
| Noelle Matthews | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Inaccessible |
| Stephanie Morton | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Improving Perioperative Onboarding to Impact Employee Engagement |
| Alex Moyer, Peter Zaleski, Alex Myers | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | UTC Observatory Remodel |
| Jeremiah Myers | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Biophysical Analysis of Escherichia Coli Grown in the Presence of Ampicillin |
| Emma Omeragic | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Effectiveness of Riparian Buffer Programs for Conserving Habitat Diversity: Evaluating an Innovative River Program within Urbanizing Central Florida |
| Kennedy Palmeira | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Assessing the influence of specific conductivity on fish traits in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed |
| Kiya Patel, Anna Shaw, Catherine Fields | Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences | Hydroxyapatite Bone Scaffold | |
| Neel Patel, Madelyn Purcell | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Quantifying Mechanochromism in Polyurethane Foams |
| Shivam Patel | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Visualizing 3-Dimensional Schlieren Imaging With Anaglyphs |
| Grace Pippin, Dr. Jejal Bathi, Nishat Tasnim | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | The Coconut Catch: Coconut Coir Filtration Efficiency of Polyethylene Microplastics |
| Grace Pippin, Macy Kesley, Arly Perez, Holly Duckett, Hudson Tittle | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project for EUD |
| Júlia Pontés, MFA | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Mineral Veins |
| Cindy Poole, OTD | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Occupational Therapy | Sleep Across Cultures: A Global Perspective from the Lens of Occupational Therapy |
| Sadie Reynolds | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Exploring the biochemical pathways targeted by different blood pressure medications: A qualitative approach |
| Dexter Rowland | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | The Effect of Cultural Tightness-Looseness on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Reward Type and the Moderating Role of Reward Source |
| Daniela Salas | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | School of Professional Studies | The Examination of Emotional Detachment in Bilingual Adults |
| Jack Sapp, Jeana Chapman, Hayla Turney | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Hayla Turney | A Better Way Through Swarm Sense |
| Anil Selcuk | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Implementation of Normal Distribution Transform to Simulation Environment and Application in 2D |
| Lisa Springett, Alvin Bolden | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Convertible Hybrid Drive Quadcopter |
| Samantha Strandberg, Dionne Gray | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Investigating the Effectiveness of Interprofessional Collaborative Education on Heart Health Program Knowledge Outcomes in Older Adults Residing in Rural Tennessee |
| Emilee Teague | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | "Fish got the ick?": Creating an Accessible Resource for Disease ID and Treatment in Aquarium Fish |
| Mandy Tran | Gary W. Rollins College of Business | Accounting | Financing Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of Green Financing and LEED-Certified Building Development in the U.S. and Vietnam |
| Joshua Tyler, PhD | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Introducing Audio Converter Pro For Superior Quality When Converting Audio |
| Joshua Tyler, PhD, Donald Reising, Colin Keeter, Jack Rawls | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computational Science | Using Real-time Wireless Recever Simulation to Accelerate Wireless Research Projects |
| Maneesha Vanga | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computational Science | A 1/10th Scale CDA Vehicle Platform for Cooperative Perception and Digital Twin Based Evaluation |
| Tyler Weldon | College of Nursing | DNP: Nursing Administration Systems | Translating Knowledge into Safety: A Clinician-Based Intervention to Mitigate Workplace Violence |
| Hannah White, Chris Crumpton, Damian Thurman | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Solar Splash |
| Michelle White | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Identifying Environmental Drivers of Range Expansion in Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog) Across the Southeastern United States |
| Nadiah White | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Family Support in Managing Anxiety Among College Students |
| Andrew Wildman | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Cicadas in the Stream: Quantifying Periodical Cicada Drift Densities in Streams |
| Zoe Williams | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Exploring the Impact of Poverty on Financial Literacy: The Role of Parental Education in College Student Financial Behavior |
| Flare Woodby | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Livestream Ready |
| Elijah Woods | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Optimization of Powder Metallurgy Process for Stainless Steel to Achieve Various Part Densities |
| Sarah Wright, Rachel Teti, Ella Ensign, Paisley Simmons | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Occupational Therapy | Association Between Cognitive Function and Physical Activity Among Residents in Assisted Living Facilities |
Session Three Poster Presentations (1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Wolford Family Athletic Center:
| Presenter(s) | College/School | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chyrra Abdelhalim, Samuel Whitlock, Benjamin Rader, Boris Speed, Rylan Voiles, Eli Loft | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | MentAssist: Streamlining Mental Health Treatment Through Automated Processes |
| Alexander Akin, Jack Seiters, Cole Underwood | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Food Preparation Area Redesign for a Local Restaurant |
| Griffen Akkerman, TJ Fields, Andrew Hedrick, Coulter Johnson, Owen Smith | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Camera Tilt-Pan system for a Mobile Robot |
| Cassandra Almond | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Resilience and Posttraumatic Stress as Predictors of Emotion Regulation |
| Nadia Binte Asif | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | MuST2-Learn: Multi-view Spatial-Temporal-Type Learning for Heterogeneous Municipal Service Time Estimation |
| Chathuri Aththanayake, PhD | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics | Probabilistic Multi-objective Multi-facility Location Model for Emergency Medical Services |
| Alex Bailey | Baylor School | The Design of a Six Fingered Robotic Hand Featuring Bi-Directional Joints | |
| Astrid Banegas, Amber Hillen, Jackairis Medina, Andrea Fogg | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Bridging the Gap: Educating CRNAs on Gastric POCUS for Preoperative Aspiration Risk Assessment |
| Walker Billingsley, Marko Carrasquillo, Kagen Coyle, Christian Miller, Alina Rader Blackmon | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Intelligent Bumper Sticker for a Mobile Robot |
| Timothy Born | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Exploring Perspectives on Condorcet Compliance in Recent Voting Rule Proposals |
| Tonya Brown | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Reskilling University Staff for Digital Transformation: A Systematic Review of Professional Development Strategies in Higher Education IT Services |
| Linen Cooper, Taylor Johnson, Sydney King, Aruturo Garcia, Hayden Reynolds | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Development of a Subdivision |
| Baylee Dorgan | College of Arts and Sciences | Integrated Studies | Preventative |
| Sydney Douglas | Baylor School | Assessing pH Affinity of Host-Associated and Free-Living Bacteria | |
| Brooke Epperson, DNP, MBA, MSNEd, RN, Jenny Holcombe, PhD, Rosebelle Peters, DNP, MBA, RN, CHSE, Tessa Mullinax-Baker, MSN, RN, CNL, Maggie Duckworth, BA | College of Nursing | Palliative Care Simulation Toolkit: Exposing Undergraduate Nursing Students to Challenging Conversations | |
| Cheryl Fogler | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Making Sense of Microcredentials at Four-Year Institutions: Definitions, Frameworks, and Implementation Insights |
| Nolan Foster | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Blooms To Remember - Nolan Foster (2025) |
| Sarah Frizzell | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photo |
| Maya Geick | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Statistical Identification of Biodiversity Hotspots Using Public Ecological Data |
| Brent Goldberg | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Strategic Planning in Higher Education: Implementation and Effectiveness |
| Katelyn Hamilton, Erin Fitzgerald | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Effects of Coffee Processing Methods in Coffee-Derived Carbon Quantum Dot Synthesis |
| Katelyn Hamilton, Wesley Johnson, Reese Self | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Cold Brew Design Project for Industry Scalability |
| Katelyn Hamilton, Mohammed Mohammed | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Activation Temperature-Dependent Dynamic Water Vapor Sorption in Chestnut Shell–Derived Carbons |
| Mehedi Hasan, Kyle Pifer, Alec Parten, Yosif Mohamedain | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Fishing for Phishing: Using AI to Catch Malicious Emails |
| Jenna Hijar, Emily Hallberg, Melina Maple | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Examining the Anesthetic Implications of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: An Education Intervention for Anesthesia Providers |
| Elliott Hill | Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences | Airfoil Efficiency Optimization through Holce: A Conceptual Approach | |
| Pippa Hill | Baylor School | Evaluation of Carbon Sequestration in Monoculture Versus Polyculture Cover Crops | |
| Lennon Houston | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Toward the synthesis of p-cymene supported ruthenium based molecular squares involving pyrazine and 4,4’-bipyridine |
| Nathan Huang, Buck Merritt, Sergio Peinado, Grant Wilkerson | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Continuum Robotic Finger Rehabilitation Device |
| Braxton Hughes, Hunter Jennings, Caleb Johnson, Andrew Price | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Tactile and Curiosity Table Design for Signal Community Center |
| Malik Johnson, Samuel Blackwell | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Warehouse Layout Optimization for Improving Order Fulfillment Efficiency |
| LaDell LaFlora | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Breaking Barriers: Examining Women's Underrepresentation in Higher Education Leadership |
| Duncan Lamb, Justin Allen, Antony Burlaka | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | StoryGuard |
| Gracen Landry, William Moore | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Emotion Dysregulation as a Moderator of the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Reactive Versus Proactive Aggression |
| Taylor Lange | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Reimagining Justice: Conceptualizing a Transformative Framework for Individuals Negatively Impacted by the Commercial Sex Industry |
| Alisha Leahy | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Implementing the PHQ-4 Screening Tool at a Family Practice Clinic |
| Connor Mackey | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Thermal Characterization of Ammonium Perchlorate with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene or Polylactic Acid Supports for Additively Manufactured Solid Rocket Propellant |
| Aaron McAfee, Erin Fitzgerald | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Controllable carbon-free synthesis and characterization of Boron Nitride Quantum Dots for applications development |
| Anthony McClellan | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Reframing the Post-Secondary Built Environment as a Strategic Engine for Student Success |
| Jessica Moss, Amanda Burnett, Lindsey Dolhon | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Improving Health Outcomes for Older Adults in Southeastern Tennessee |
| Ty Nixon, David Perez Delfin, Jonathan Wang, Jackson Patrick | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Active Orthosis for a Hip-Knee-Ankle System |
| Kaitlyn Notto, Alexis Murray | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Enhancing Nursing Self-Efficacy Scores on Medication Reconciliation Within Four Hours of Admission on a Med-Surg Unit |
| Brandon Oakes | Baylor School | Development of Data Collection System for F24 Electric Race Car | |
| Isabel Oleson, Ryan Jines, Phoebe Stefanick | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Standardized Market Launch Process |
| Wesley Oshel | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photo 1: Untitled |
| Tina Ouyang | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Educational Attainment and Age at Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Mortality in the United States |
| Justice Peltier, Alec Parten | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | NetSec-Labs: A UTC Network Security Lab Resource |
| Oli Pender | College of Arts and Sciences | History | Radical Desire: The Sexual Revolution of the 1960s |
| Ronin Perry, Dalton McNutt, Shannon Li, Jacob Kouvarakis, Aiden Camp | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Remote Quantum Key Distribution Lab |
| Ashleigh Pipes, PhD, Cindy Williamson, Stacie Grisham, Katie Gohn, Nora Ketron | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Connect and Thrive: Wellness for Contemporary Remote Doctoral Students |
| Gavin Prater, Katie Collins, Jessica Hobbs | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | Integrated Chemical Process Design |
| Ashish Rajbanshi | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Optimization of Park-and-Ride Locations for Volkswagen Chattanooga Employees |
| Sarah Reeves, Mallory Mayhue | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Advanced Care Planning: Implementing Advanced Care Planning Education at the Primary Care Level |
| Amanda Rice, Brooke Williams | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Increasing Awareness of Sexual Assault Resources Among Undergraduate Students |
| Adeline Rucker, Farron Kilburn | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | An academic-community partnership model: Partnering to reduce health disparities and enhance nurse practitioner education |
| Joseph Rush, Aidan Harrison | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Synthesis of N-oxide Imaging Agents |
| Johanna Schott, Abigail Evans | Chattanooga State Community College | What’s Really on the Label? A Molecular Investigation of Seafood Mislabeling in Local Markets | |
| Nancy Seiters | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | A Critical Reframing of Student Organization Advising: Emerging Issues and Implications for Practice |
| Anna Sherrill | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Modeling Chlorophyll-a Values in the Tennessee River using Landsat Imagery and Google Earth Engine |
| Elizabeth Silva | Baylor School | Creating a Convolutional Neural Network to Classify Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies | |
| Landon Sims, Benjamin Mangrum, Jason Zhao | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Assistive Elbow Exoskeleton |
| Matthew Smith | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Understanding the Seasonal Trends of Turbidity in the Tennessee River Using Landsat Satellite Imagery |
| Kate Spurling, Zach Porter | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | AI Healthcare Shift Handoff Assistant |
| Melissa Stan, Alireza Ghaffarnia, Colby Cook, Firas Elhag, Cecily Holland | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Secure AI Agent for Course Equivalency and Prerequisite Substitution |
| Everett Stockman | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Reducing Material Discontinuities in Additively Manufactured Potassium Nitrate and Sucrose Propellant Grains |
| Anna Stoddard | Baylor School | Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Architecture to Design a Small Scale Quantum Computer | |
| Lita Swafford | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Enhancing Nursing Self-Efficacy Scores on Medication Reconciliation Documentation Within Four Hours of Admission on a Med-Surg Unit |
| Khalid Tantawi, PhD, Ayden Black, Zach Hovey, Patrick Kent, Ben Mangrum, Trey Mastin, Ann Mcabee, Andrea Ramirez, Will Whitney | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Solar-Powered Hybrid Thermoelectric and Liquid Cooling System for Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Management |
| Khalid Tantawi, PhD, Tate Ervin, Conner Hicks, Michael Novarese, Tanner Sealey, Jessica Song, TJ Welch, Natalie Williams | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Compromising Industrial Cybersecurity via Power-Line Thumbprints |
| Khalid Tantawi, PhD, Ian Gripp, Joseph Hendricks, Lucas Posey, Lance Ruth, Landon Sims, Jason Zhao | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Smart Predictive Maintenance for Motor Drives |
| Bethany Taylor | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Applied Leadership and Learning | Patient Experience is not a Google Review: Examining the Literature to Inform Future System Design in Healthcare |
| Hailey Theken | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photography I Final |
| George Thompson | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | DFT Modeling of Perovskite Oxides for Thermochemical Energy Storage Applications |
| Skye Tran, Keanu Tun, Dawn Jardinico | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | PAEC (Pediatric Adaptive Equipment Closet) |
| Natalie Wells | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photography 1 final |
| Naomi Williams, Alicia Guo, Ananlya Harsha | Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences | The Scopes Trial: The Case That Made Everyone Go Bananas | |
| Cindy Williamson, PhD | Office of Accreditation & Assessment | Boosting Institutional Effectiveness through Visualization and Communication | |
| Travis Wright, Sabina Dukic, Allison Kiemeyer | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Practitioner | Increasing Palliative Care Consults: A Quality Improvement Project |
Session Four Poster Presentations (3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.)
Wolford Family Athletic Center:
| Presenter(s) | College/School | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Anthony | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | An Investigation Into a Survivor's Testimony and the Art That Validates It: Mittelbau Dora |
| Josie Bailey, Angela Dittmar, Sarah Thompson, Emma Collins | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Arts-Based Collaborative | Play as Pedagogy |
| Nola Bailey, Seth Alan Brock, Bradley Chambers, Hannah Brown | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Words, Words, and More Words |
| Mitchell Benson | College of Arts and Sciences | History | Mittelwerk: The SS, Private Industry, and Mid-level Management |
| Gavin Boggs | Baylor School | Identifying Symbiosis between Pseudomonoas and Terrestrial Salamanders | |
| Daniel Bruce | Baylor School | Mapping DNA Accessibility During C. elegans Development Using Sodium Bisulfite Sequencing | |
| Braden Burba, Braeden McGrath, Andrew DeVries, Solomon Jackson | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Autonomous Dart Turret |
| Carson Chalk | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Growing Change: A GIS Spatial Analysis to Plan Urban Gardens in Chattanooga |
| Grace Chen | Baylor School | Designing an AI Powered Lip Health Diagnostic System | |
| Lauren Cheung | College of Arts and Sciences | Integrated Studies | Revitalizing the Campus Landscape: An Interdisciplinary Approach to UTC’s Linda T. Collins Arboretum |
| Ratri Chowdhury | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Explicit Simulation of Small Scales in Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows using the Two-Level Simulation Model |
| Cameron Clark, Bea Lomax, Trinity Anthony, Laura McDevitt | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Illustrating A Point. |
| Adam Clymer | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photo 1 Final |
| Madison Day | Chattanooga State Community College | What Fish is This? Identifying Species Using DNA | |
| Noah Dillon | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | UTC-CORE: A Modular Infrastructure for Cyber Operations Education |
| Angela Dittmar, Angie Beahm, Sarah Thompson | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Arts-Based Collaborative | Creative Pathways for Conservation: A Living Timeline of Provence Park |
| Angela Dittmar, Amy Burton, Emma Collins, Sarah Thompson | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Arts-Based Collaborative | Arts Integration in Midtown: A Catalyst for Community Learning |
| Virginia Foster | Baylor School | Training a Convolutional Neural Network for Human Identification in Natural Disaster Zones | |
| Calen Hawk | Baylor School | Subframe Development for Diesel to Electric Tractor Conversion | |
| William Hubbard | Baylor School | Development of a Chinese Language Tone Training App Utilizing Pitch Detection | |
| Samuel Hunt, Sophia Duke, Nathan Parnaby, Ashley Carrera | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | UTC Parking Tracker |
| Abigail Hurst | College of Arts and Sciences | Chemistry & Physics | Single-chain polymer nanoparticles with silyl ether cross-links |
| William Hyder, Emma Bain | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Geographic Disparities in Tuberculosis Mortality: Examining Rural Versus Urban Residence and United States Census Region Using National Vital Statistics Data |
| Preaa Islam, Ashley Ogletree | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Analysis of the U.S. Dietary Patterns Across States and Their Association with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Mediated by High Blood Pressure |
| Rigdon King-Anderson | Baylor School | On the Development of a Two Qubit Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Quantum Computer | |
| Emily Kleiner | College of Arts and Sciences | History | Systems of Violence: Forced Labor and Sexual Exploitation in the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp |
| Rahul Kumar | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computational Science | Assessment and Improvement of Non-Equilibrium Boundary Conditions with Multi-Temperature Models in Hypersonic Flows |
| Amelie Johnson | Baylor School | Understanding the Evolutionarily Conserved Role of JNK in the Nervous System | |
| Tom Laufenberg | College of Arts and Sciences | Social, Cultural, & Justice Studies | Maritime Archaeological Surveys in Port Royal and Kingston Harbors, Jamaica |
| Seth Ledbetter, Ana Currie, Dr. Hill Craddock | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Digitization and the Curation of the Fungal Collectionsat the Unviersity of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Laura Lee, MS, Nyssa Hunt, Charlie Mix, Mimi White | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Mapping Temporal Land Cover Change in the Cradle of Southern Appalachia Using National Land Cover Database (NLCD) |
| Chelsae Litton | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Reflection |
| Jerry Ma | Baylor School | Variable Swept Raked Wingtip Design for the Boeing 757 | |
| Hellen Mabone | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Age-Specific Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adult and Pediatric Patients |
| Levi Miller, Andy Barron, Ben Lamontagne, Josh Bell, Riley Goff | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Civil & Chemical Engineering | UTC Parking Analysis and Redesign |
| Lake Montgomery | Baylor School | Use of Solar Panels to Extend Run Time of Electric Tractors | |
| Mckinley Morris, Kaylan Bowles | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Cranial description of the extinct Miocene armadillo Proeutatus (Mammalia, Cingulata) and the implications of its anatomy |
| Timothy Moyers | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Comparative Efficiency and Safety Assessment of PWR and BWR Nuclear Power Plants |
| Saba Mustafa, BS | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Relationships Among Healthcare Experiences and Student Health |
| Adam Patterson, Railey Holt, Heather Edwards | College of Nursing | DNP: Nurse Anesthesia | Enhancing Respiratory Monitoring After Neuraxial Opioids in Post-Cesarean Patients: A Focused CNRA Education Module |
| Tori Peterson | College of Arts and Sciences | Art | Photo 1 Final |
| Kyle Pifer | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Critical Infrastructure Protection: Improving Compliance Reporting for Public Utilites |
| Katie Rye, Elizabeth Olson | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Speleothem Chemistry in Raccoon Mountain Caverns Chattanooga, TN |
| Matthew Schaublin | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Composing The Self: Examining Dynamics of Meaning and Agency in Narratives of Authenticity and Self-Transformation |
| Hunter Shaw | Baylor School | The Effects of Secondary Contact on Tellico Salamanders (Plethodon aureolus) | |
| Anna Sherrill | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Facilitating Effective and Non-Biased Sampling for Developing Remote Sensing Based Turbidity and Chlorophyll-a Estimation Models in the Tennessee River |
| Landyn Sholar, Osvaldo Garcia, Tristyn Jones, Kim Ramos | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Design and Development of an Entryway Operations Dashboard for WYRE Technology |
| Jessica Song | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Management & Technology | Automated Wire Cutter |
| Henry Wang | Baylor School | On the Development of an Electromagnetic Suspension System for Cars | |
| Chloe Wesson, Caroline Jacobs | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Balancing Place, Preservation, and Public Benefit: A Recreation Feasibility Study of Public Land |
| Levi Wright | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Mind the Gape: Morphological Constraints on Periodical Cicada Consumption in Stream Fishes |
Additional Presentations
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| Presenter(s) | College / School | Dept. | Title |
| Lava Barwari, Alexandria Eldridge, Alexandria Booker | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Is Shoulder Rotational Range of Motion Predictive of Imminent Shoulder Injury in Division I Collegiate Softball Athletes? |
| Keyle Bryant | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science | Effects of Urbanization on Meiofauna Biodiversity in Chattanooga’s Lentic Ecosystems Through GIS Applications |
| Madison Ekas, MacKenzie Perkins, Rebecca Rinehart | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Benefits Derived from Across-Season Perceptual Response Training of College Women's Soccer Players |
| Catherine Goodrum, Anna Wright, Gabrielle Tench | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Predictive Value of Pre-Participation Survey Responses and Virtual Reality Metrics for Identification of Individual College Athletes with Elevated Injury Susceptibility |
| Lillie Hulgan, August Haynes, Parker Berlekamp | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Association of Perceptual Decision Efficiency with Injury Incidence Among College Athletes |
| Colin Keeter | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Measuring and comparing signal feature variations under degrading temperature versus radiation conditions |
| Ellie Minneci | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | Narratives of Calling: Catholic Sisters on Culture, Community, and Continuity |
| Doga Ocal | College of Arts and Sciences | Psychology | What Students Find Helpful About 'Psychology as a Profession': A Thematic Analysis of Career Development Reflections |
| Conner Pippin, Elizabeth Marshall, Nicole Nodine | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Does Reaction Time Training Improve Biomechanics During an Unanticipated Cutting Task Compared with an Anticipated Task? |
| Adrianna Richards, Antanecia Kinds | College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies (CHEPS) | Health & Human Performance | Legal and Ethical Violations among Athletic Trainers in the United States: A 2021-2025 Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis |
| Isabella Riggs | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Analysis of Rarefaction Effects during Chemical Vapor Infiltration |
| Luke Riggs | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Numerical Investigation of Silicon Carbide Deposition Kinetics under Varying Process Conditions in a Plug Flow Reactor |
| Matthew Riggs | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Molecular Dynamics Study of Electrothermal Response of Classical Water Models Under an Electric Field |