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EXPO 2025 Detailed Agenda

The agenda for the Expo 2025 is provided below and will be updated regularly as new details are finalized.

Day 2 Agenda

Day 1

April 23rd, 2025

Poster Session 1

(8:00 am)

Dr. Lloyd L. Lumata's Plenary Talk

(from 9:15 to 10:00 am)

Break

(10:00 am)

STEM Plenary Session - Ballroom A & B
Chair : Dr. Jane Liu and Dr. Christian Bahrim
10:15 AM

Jakub Formella, UT Dallas

Mentor: Dr. Lloyd Lumata
"13C NMR Spectroscopic Tracking of [2-13C] of Glucose Metabolism in Cultured U87 and LN18 Glioblastoma Cells."
10:30 AM Mololuwa Oloyede, Lamar U.—Texas Academy Mentor: Dr. Cagatay Tokgoz
"A Comparative Study of Monopole Antennas Using Various Simulation Methods."
10:45 AM Jason Withers, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Cristian Bahrim
"Fundamentals of Light-Matter Interaction for Explaining Optical Phenomena."
11:00 AM Jenny Xiaoxuan Tu, Lamar U.—Reaud Honors Mentor: Dr. Shannon Jordan
"Landing Mechanics and Muscle Activation in Modern Dancers."
11:15 AM Austin Robertson, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Jane Liu
"Predicting Future Deforestation Hotspots Using Deep Learning and Satellite Images."
11:30 AM Mohamed Irhabi, Lamar U. 2025 Beck Fellow
"Retinal Microvascular Imaging via Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) for Non-Invasive Biomarker Development in Small Vessel Disease and Ischemic Stroke Prognostication."
11:45 AM Mahima Verma, Lamar U. 2024 Beck Fellow
"Advancing Protein Downstream Tasks through Pre-trained Large Language Model Representations."
12:00 PM Mohammad Irhabi and Mahima Verma, Lamar U. Beck Fellows
"Talking about the Beck Fellowship Application Process and the Benefits of Being a Beck Fellow."

Group Photo 

(12:15 pm in front of Setzer Center)

Lunch 

(12:30 pm at Ballroom A&B)

Study in UK

Ms. Alyce Meyers—North America International Officer for Durham University

(1:00 pm at Ballroom A&B)

Early Afternoon Session - Ballroom A & B
1:15 PM Emmanuel Ameh, University of Texas at Dallas Mentor: Dr. Lloyd Lumata
"13C NMR Spectroscopic Probe of the Metabolic Impact of Dichloroacetate on Colon Cancer Cells."
1:30 PM Ahmed Abuali, University of Houston Mentor: Dr. Claudia Ratti
"A new 4D lattice QCD equation of state: extended density coverage from a generalized T ′-expansion."
1:45 PM Christian Schmidt, University of Houston Mentor: Dr. Rene Bellwied
"Extracting Observables from Trajectum, a Heavy-Ion Collision Model."
2:00 PM John Steinman, Rice University Mentor: Dr. Matthias Heinkenschloss
"Matrix-Free Linear Algebra for Trajectory Optimization."
Early Afternoon Session - Setzer Ctr. - Sabine 2
Chair: Dr. Masud Rana
1:15 PM Abraham Barrera-Nouhra, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Masud Rana
“Checkmate: A Classic Computing Program.”
1:30 PM Giyol Rajarethinam Mentor: Dr. Masud Rana
"Trust Talk End-to-End Encrypted Messaging."
1:45 PM Luis Maldonado, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Masud Rana
"AccountMe: Personal Finance & Budgeting Application by Utilizing OOP Programming."
2:00 PM Audrey Kirby, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Masud Rana
"Cue’d Up: Making Your Next Favorite Movie One Tap Away."

Break

(2:15 pm)

Late Afternoon Session - Ballroom A & B
Chair: Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley
2:30 PM Rishi Bharadwaj, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Cristian Bahrim
"Changing the Reflectivity of Silica Surfaces Using the Coherent Coupling Between Two cw-Laser Beams."
2:45 PM MD Yasin Arafat, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Yueqing Li
"Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain & Logistics: Enhancing Transparency and Traceability Using Data Mining Techniques."
3:00 PM MD Momen Shahriar Joarder, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley
"Optimization of Extrusion Parameters and Performance Evaluation of 3D Printed Cubes Using a Pellet-Based Gigabot X2 Printer."
3:15 PM Yeasin Habib, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Xuejun Fan
"Predictive Finite Element Modeling of Molded Interconnect Substrate (MIS) Package Reliability During Reflow Soldering."
3:30 PM Abdulhafeez Bello, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley
"Performance Evaluation of Low-Density Polyethylene Pads for Steel Pipeline Support."
3:45 PM Suraj Jadhav, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley
"A Study of Creep Behavior of Microstructures using Electron Beam Actuation."
Late Afternoon Session - Setzer Ctr. - Sabine 1
2:30 PM Jake Hawkins, Lamar U Mentor: Dr. Edythe Kirk
"Dark Tetrad Confluence ."
2:45 PM Jiyoon Jeon, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
"The Effect of Short Chain Fatty Acids and Eicosapentaenoic acid on Ethanol-induced Neuroinflammation in the SH-SY5Y cell."
3:00 PM Sadman Islam, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Tauhidul Alam
"Spatiotemporal Water Quality Prediction from In-Situ Sensor Measurements."
3:15 PM Sheikh Muhammmad Fareed, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Yueqing Li
"Predictive Finite Element Modeling of Molded Interconnect Substrate (MIS) Package Reliability During Reflow Soldering."
3:30 PM Fakir Sheik Zihad, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Yueqing Li
"Comparison & Validation of Statistical Method for Forecasting Industrial & Residential Water Demand Using Machine Learning."
3:45 PM Jacob Lindh, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Yueqing Li
"The Relationship Between Anterior-Posterior Ball Position and Golf Swing Wrist Kinematics in Elite Golfers."

Poster Session 2

(4:00 pm)

Banquet

(5 to 6pm in the Ballroom A&B of Setzer Center)

Awards Ceremony for FMA/SURF

(from 7pm, at the Ballroom A&B of Setzer Center)