Oral Session Details
S11-1 The Battle Within: How Gut Cells Protect Us from Bacteria
Presenting author(s): Dikshanta Vinaya Luitel
Advisor: Dr. Nirakar Sahoo
S11-2 Impact of native and invasive grasses on the behavior of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus
Presenting author(s): Emily Medelez
Advisor: Dr. Pushpa Soti, Dr. Christopher Vitek
S11-3 The effects of soil texture and root densities on thornscrub seedling development root and shoot development
Presenting author(s): Lance Santos
Advisor: Dr. Bradley Christoffersen
S11-4 Dynamic Insights into Sorghum Transcriptome: Unraveling Abiotic Stress Responses through Genome-Wide 3'-End Sequencing
Presenting author(s): Shikha Bharti
Advisor: Dr. Manohar Chakrabarti
S11-5 The Behavioral Influence of Fungal Endophytes on Yellow Fever Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti)
Presenting author(s): Sofia Ayala
Advisor: Dr. Pushpa Soti
S12-1 Evaluating Recyclable Glass Material as a Substitute for Soil in Vegetable Cultivation: An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Agriculture
Presenting author(s): Andrea K. Quezada
Advisor: Dr. Julie P. Vanegas
S12-2 Improvement of Triboelectric Nanogenerator by as-prepared Lithium Niobate for energy harvesting and sensing applications
Presenting author(s): Jahid Inam Chowdhury and Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
S12-3 Recycled Glass Sand Analysis and Impact in Confined Marine Life and Environments
Presenting author(s): Samantha Tamayo
Advisor: Dr. Julie P. Vanegas
S12-4 Microhydration of 3,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid
Presenting author(s): Alitza Garcia
Advisor: Dr. Wei Lin
S12-5 The first report for the synthesis of spiro-centered β-lactams
Presenting author(s): Nneoma James
Advisor: Dr. Debasish Bandyopadhyay
S13-1 Synthesis of NANO-MICROSTRUCTURED BaTiO3 Incorporated in PVDF-HFP/PEO for Sustainable and Green Energy Generation
Presenting author(s): Rigobert Ybarra
Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
S13-2 La1-xSrxCoO3 perovskite Antimicrobial properties and PVDF based piezoelectric nanogenerator through self-induced polling and sensory application
Presenting author(s): S M Anyet Ullah Shohag, Luke Franco, and Adhira Tippur
Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
S13-3 Multifunctional Properties of Delafossite-Coated Cotton Textiles for Photocatalytic Self-Cleaning, UV-Blocking, and Antimicrobial Activity
Presenting author(s): Shahria Ahmed Sachin Chopra
Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
S13-4 Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Diverse Ligands: Expanding Possibilities for Surface Modifications and Applications via High-Energy Ball Milling (HEBM)
Presenting author(s): Amber Garcia
Advisor: Dr. Julie P. Vanegas
S13-5 Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles Passivated by Organic Ligands via Reactive High Energy Ball Milling (RHEBM): A Potential Method for Crude Oil Fractionation
Presenting author(s): Emanuel Aggeo Flores
Advisor: Dr. Julie P. Vanegas
S14-1 Wealth from Waste: Aloe vera peels as a sustainable resource for natural pesticides
Presenting author(s): Jonathan Garcia
Advisor: Dr. Debasish Bandyopadhyay
S14-2 Enhancing Photoluminescence Properties, Shape, and Size Analysis of Metal and Semi-metal Nanoparticles using Reactive High-Energy Ball Milling (RHEBM)
Presenting author(s): Juan Manuel Garcia Jr.
Advisor: Dr. Julie P. Vanegas
S14-3 Spanish moss, a forestry waste, can be a sustainable resource for phytoceuticals
Presenting author(s): Jakir Hossain and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Advisor: Dr. Debasish Bandyopadhyay
S14-4 Enhancement of Polytetrafluoroethylene- Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofibers Triboelectric Effect with Carboxylic Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Coating
Presenting author(s): Fernando Viesca, Diego de Leon, Kevin Alejandro, Rigobert Ybarra, Karen Lozano, and Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin
S15-1 Rare Presentation of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue with Ectopic β-hCG Secretion
Presenting author(s): Taha Al Hassan
Advisor: Dr. Rachel A. Giese
S15-2 Periodontitis and Alzheimer's Disease: A Magnetic Link
Presenting author(s): Noah Al-Hassan, Taha Al-Hassan, and Model Zerfu
Advisor: Dr. Guadarrama
S15-3 Empirical Evidence to Beliefs and Perceptions about Mental Health Disorder and Substance Abuse: The Role of a Social Worker.
Presenting author(s): Helena Baffoe
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Rose
S16-1 Nonlinear stability analysis of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a non-Newtonian fluid
Presenting author(s): Mahanthesh Basavarajappa
Advisor: Dr. Dambaru Bhatta
S16-2 A Mathematical Model for Fracture in the Context of Linearized Elastic Fracture Model (LEFM)
Presenting author(s): Saugata Ghosh
Advisor: Dr. Dambaru Bhatta
S16-3 Constrained Quantization for A Uniform Distribution
Presenting author(s): Dipok Deb
Advisor: Dr. Mrinal K. Roychowdhury
S16-4 Ramanujan Type Congruences for Quotients of Klein Forms
Presenting author(s): Jeffery Opoku
Advisor: Dr. Tim Huber
S16-5 Generating Heat Maps for Turbulence - Imputing Turbulence Readings Through Spatio-Temporal Weighting
Presenting author(s): Joel Williams
Advisor: Dr. Michael Lindstrom
S17-1 Reactive Interaction of Ti-Graphene with the formation of TiC into MWCNT yarns
Presenting author(s): Sara Sharifi
Advisor: Dr. Karen S. Martirosyan
S17-2 Computational and Experimental study on erbium doped lithium tantalate nanoparticles as visible and NIR phosphors
Presenting author(s): Andrea Pelayo Carvajal
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Dimakis
S17-3 Utilizing machine learning to predict the charge storage capability of Lithium-ion battery materials
Presenting author(s): Manoj Chhetri
Advisor: Dr. Karen S. Martirosyan
S17-4 A multivariate analysis of the gravitational wave signal landscape from core collapse supernovae
Presenting author(s): Raul Alberto Espinosa Perez
Advisor: Dr. Soma Mukherjee
S17-5 A search for intermediate-mass black holes in compact stellar systems through optical emissions from tidal disruption events
Presenting author(s): Richard Pomeroy
Advisor: Dr. Juan Madrid
S18-1 An Analysis of Fish Assemblages and Flow Regimes Upstream and Downstream of Falcon Reservoir
Presenting author(s): Christopher Austin
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Taylor
S18-2 Effects of Nitrogen Loading on Respiration and Photosynthetic rate of Red Seaweed Gracilaria tikvahiae
Presenting author(s): Donavuan Salazar
Advisor: Dr. Hudson Deyoe
S18-3 Blue Carbon and the Rio Grande Valley Artificial Reef
Presenting author(s): Michelle King
Advisor: Dr. Richard Kline
S18-4 Greenhouse Gas Emission Dynamics from Turfgrass Soils Affected by Contrasting Water Saturation Conditions
Presenting author(s): Angel Salinas
Advisor: Dr. James Jihoon Kang
S18-5 Effects of Short-term Exposure to Pesticide Mixture on Tissue Architecture, Body Fluid Conditions, Nitrative Stress, and Osmoregulation of the American Oyster
Presenting author(s): Asif Ahmed
Advisor: Dr. Md Saydur Rahman
S19-1 Pesticides Mixture Disrupt Kidney Architecture, Induce Oxidative Stress, Increase Renal Expression and Alter Swimming Behavior in Goldfish
Presenting author(s): Esmirna Cantu
Advisor: Dr. Md Saydur Rahman
S19-2 Cover Crop’s Vertical Soil Moisture Impacts on Rain-Fed Systems: A Meta-analysis across all climatic regions.
Presenting author(s): Fabrizio Javier Pilco Alvarez
Advisor: Dr. Bradley Christoffersen
S19-3 Assessment of Air Pollution Levels Using Data from Low-cost Sensors and Remote Sensing Satellite in Roma Independent School District, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA
Presenting author(s): Kabir Bahadur Shah
Advisor: Dr. Amit U. Raysoni
S19-4 Integrating Data from Satellites and Low-Cost Sensors to Investigate Stubble Burning Effects on Air Quality in Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA
Presenting author(s): Sai Deepak Pinakana
Advisor: Dr. Amit U. Raysoni
S19-5 Development of environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques to detect rough-footed and yellow mud turtles in Texas waters
Presenting author(s): Sakib Tahmid Rishan
Advisor: Dr. Saydur Rahman, Dr. Richard J. Kline
S20-1 Reforestation Impacts on Carbon Sequestration Rates: Thorn Forest Chronosequences in the Rio Grande Valley
Presenting author(s): Samantha Lynn Colunga
Advisor: Dr. Engil Pereira
S20-2 Adaptation to climate change in border regions: A literature synthesis
Presenting author(s): Amanda Hernandez
Advisor: Dr. Anna Erwin
S20-3 Sustainably Reusing Mushroom Waste product and new practices to minimize waste.
Presenting author(s): Carlos Wong
Advisor: Dr. Robin A. Choudhury
S20-4 Production of Tagatose from Galactose with CaO at Room Temperature
Presenting author(s): Ethan Andrew Cruz
Advisor: Dr. Jikai Zhao
S20-5 Usage of the water refill stations across campus
Presenting author(s): Nayeli Garcia, Leticia Contreras, and David Hicks
Advisor: Dr. Leticia Contreras
S21-1 Flood Impact Mitigation: Assessing the Role of Sand Dunes in Protecting Crops in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Presenting author(s): Ira Narang
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Proft