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