Session D: Posters - Physical Sciences and Technology
10:30 - 11:30 am
Architecture; Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Environmental Science; Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology; Materials Science and Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education; and Physics (45 presentations)
Note: Presentations are grouped by the student’s area of research (based on the faculty mentor’s academic department), not the student’s academic major.
Presentations:
D-01 Erik De La Cruz
Research Presentation Title: MOLA Structural Model as a Teaching Guide for Undergraduate-Level Structural Analysis
Faculty Research Mentor: Christina McCoy, Architecture
D-02 Oscar Escamilla
Research Presentation Title: Energy and Structural Performance of Exterior Canopies attached to Curtain Wall Systems
Faculty Research Mentor: Bodhisatta Hajra and Khaled Mansy, Architecture
D-03 Morgan Eubanks
Research Presentation Title: Developing Mass Timber Visual Aids
Faculty Research Mentor: John Phillips, Architecture
D-04 Jillian Hermes
Research Presentation Title: Contracting Sovereignty: Owner–Architect Agreements and the Visual Logic of Tribal Architecture
Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Bailey Brown-Mitchell, Architecture
D-05 Noah Newton
Research Presentation Title: Utilization of Recycled Materials for Construction of Sports Stadiums
Faculty Research Mentor: Christina McCoy Bodhisatta Hajra, Architecture
D-06 Samantha Rother
Research Presentation Title: Rural Churches in Western Oklahoma: A Closer Look at the Architecture of Churches in Custer County, Caddo County, and Washita County
Faculty Research Mentor: Assistant Professor Bailey Brown-Mitchell. Architecture
D-07 Laney Whitfield
Research Presentation Title: Growing Into the Finals
Faculty Research Mentor: Michael Frush, Architecture
D-08 Desi Johnson
Research Presentation Title: Culture Machine in the Deep Deuce: Slaughter's Building
Faculty Research Mentor: Jared Macken, Architecture
D-09 Alec Anderson
Research Presentation Title: Predictive Modeling for Altus Lugert Reservoir Inflow
Faculty Research Mentor: Jeff Sadler, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-10 Dulce Gallardo Owens
Research Presentation Title: Determining the Fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Varying Water Sources in Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Kiranmayi Mangalgiri, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-11 Eli Reynolds
Research Presentation Title: Development and Evaluation of a Dual-Sensor Smart PPE System for Real-Time Respiratory Exposure and Fit Monitoring
Faculty Research Mentor: Kevin Moore, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-12 Chole Tolle
Research Presentation Title: UV-treatment of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater
Faculty Research Mentor: Kiranmayi Mangalgiri, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-13 Annaliese Wentroble
Research Presentation Title: Cost Benefit Analysis of Water Treatment Devices
Faculty Research Mentor: Jeff Sadler, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-14 Aiden Callahan and Kaycee Grint
Research Presentation Title: Online education for Oklahoma Well Owners: A canvas course project
Faculty Research Mentor: Jeff Sadler, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-15 Jaycee Greening
Research Presentation Title: Sensor Calibration and Ergonomic Design in Wearable Respiration Monitoring for Companion Animals
Faculty Research Mentor: Ning Wang, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
D-16 Ethan Moton
Research Presentation Title: The Sorption of Manganese Species on Locally Available Organic Substrates
Faculty Research Mentor: Julie LaBar, Environmental Science
D-17 Matthew Hickerson, Trey Golden, and Truckee Torres
Research Presentation Title: Evaluation of Industrial Dust Deflagration Behavior and Secondary Explosion Phenomena in a Dual-Chamber System
Faculty Research Mentors: Leslie Stockel and Ryan Shen, Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology
D-18 Huiting Jiang, Junhao Zhong, and Zihan Liu
Research Presentation Title: Single Exit
Faculty Research Mentor: Bryan Hoskins, Virginia Charter, Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology
D-19 Zijian Yan, Haolun Zhong, and Jingbo Zhang
Research Presentation Title: Life Safety Analysis of the 2025 Wang Fuk Court Fire
Faculty Research Mentor: Bryan Hoskins and Muhammad Jujuly, Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology
D-20 Eric Holmes
Research Presentation Title: MICROSAMPLE TENSILE TESTING FOR LOCAL MECHANICAL PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALS
Faculty Research Mentor: Ranji Vaidyanathan , Materials Science and Engineering
D-21 Daniela Durango-Cueva
Research Presentation Title: Structural Assessment of a 3D Printed Boom Under Representative Flight Load Performance
Faculty Research Mentor: Anthony Comer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-22 Juan Gandara
Research Presentation Title: Experimental Methodology for the Validation of Vehicle Dynamics for Multiple VTOL UAVs
Faculty Research Mentor: Anthony Comer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-23 Colby Harris
Research Presentation Title: Atomic-resolution strain analysis in swift-heavy ion-irradiated high-entropy pyrochlore oxide
Faculty Research Mentor: Ritesh Sachan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-24 Luella Hollis
Research Presentation Title: Enhancing Seismic Resilience: Investigating the Damping Properties of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composites for Earthquake Mitigation
Faculty Research Mentor: Aurelie Azoug, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-25 Cara Hubenett
Research Presentation Title: Biomechanics Analysis and Musculoskeletal Modeling of Pregnant Women
Faculty Research Mentor: Aurelie Azoug, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-26 Meddy Isabirye
Research Presentation Title: Multi-sensor Onboard AI Based Intelligent Landing Engine
Faculty Research Mentor: Jacob Jamey, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-27 Withdrawn
D-28 Zachary Lohmar
Research Presentation Title: Dynamic Stability of a Blunt-Body Reentry Capsule in the Low Supersonic Regime
Faculty Research Mentor: Kursat Kara, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-29 Levi Peck
Research Presentation Title: Advanced Composite Manufacturing of IM7-G/8552 via Collaborative Robotic Automated Fiber placement Technology (CRAFT) and Manual Composite Lay Up
Faculty Research Mentor: Wei Zhao, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-30 Nicholas Rowland
Research Presentation Title: Cattle Management in the 21st Century
Faculty Research Mentor: Jamey Jacob, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-31 Sarena Beatriz Seno
Research Presentation Title: Subscale Flight Training Effects on Pilot Workload and Performance During VTOL HQTEs
Faculty Research Mentor: Anthony Comer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-32 Abram Smith
Research Presentation Title: Design and Prototyping of a Novel Hybrid Shoulder Exoskeleton
Faculty Research Mentor: Yujiang Xiang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-33 Lance Spiegel
Research Presentation Title: Synthesis of Multi-Principal Element Silicide Thin-films by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Faculty Research Mentor: Ritesh Sachan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-34 Laura Tra and Bodie Walker
Research Presentation Title: Radiosonde Return and Reusability Evaluation for Enhanced Rapid High Altitude Weather Observations
Faculty Research Mentor: Jamey Jacob, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-35 Isaac Williams
Research Presentation Title: Integration and Performance of a Conformal Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger for Micro-Turbojet Thermal Management
Faculty Research Mentor: Kurt Rouser, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-36 Ibrahim Taha, Nathaniel Veld, and James Wayne
Research Presentation Title: iHuman Aloha 2 Robotic Space Teleoperation
Faculty Research Mentor: Manjunatha, Hemanth, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D-37 Withdrawn
D-38 Matthew Ellis, Blake Haskins, and Lily Yates
Research Presentation Title: A Kite Tail Stability Study: Effects of Geometry, Length, and Wind Speed
Research Mentor: Kathleen McNamara, Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education
D-39 Blake Haskins, Matthew Ellis, and Nyah Hostler
Research Presentation Title: A Kite Tail Stability Study: Flight Testing and Stability Observations
Research Mentor: Kathleen McNamara, Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education
D-40 Rayne Cory
Research Presentation Title: Hunting Hidden Planets: Search Beyond Our Solar System
Faculty Research Mentor: Upul Senaratne, Physics
D-41 Hannah DePonte
Research Presentation Title: Dancing Lights Across the Sky : The Physics Behind the Northern Lights
Faculty Research Mentor: Upul Senaratne, Physics
D-42 Nicholette DuCom
Research Presentation Title: Personal Radiation Dosimeter for Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Frequent Flyers
Faculty Research Mentor: Eric Benton, Physics
D-43 Kamryn Hansen
Research Presentation Title: Mapping the Milky Way: The Classification and Discovery of Extrasolar Planets
Faculty Research Mentor: Senaratne Upal, Physics
D-44 Lydia Moore
Research Presentation Title: Design of an Accessible XRF Experiment for Learning Labs
Faculty Research Mentor: Eric Benton, Physics
D-45 Samantha Ruiz
Research Presentation Title: Experimental Determination of the Dielectric Constant of Paper Using a Variable Parallel-Plate Capacitor
Faculty Research Mentor: Upul Senaratne, Physics