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Start End Activity Room Oral Poster
8:00AM 8:30AM Check-in and Breakfast Hidalgo
8:30AM 8:45AM Welcome Remarks Hidalgo
Opening Remarks by:
Dr. Can Saygin, Senior Vice President for Research, UTRGV

Dr. Engil Pereira, Associate Dean for Research, College of Sciences, UTRGV
8:45AM 8:55AM Transition Time & Poster Setup
9:00AM 10:30AM Session 1 Various
  • Biology
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Health Sciences
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
  • Robotics and AI
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medical Sciences
  • Mechanical Engineering
10:30AM 10:45AM Break & Poster Setup
10:45AM 12:15PM Session 2 Various
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
  • MSE + Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences
  • Health Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
12:15PM 12:30PM Transition Time & Poster Setup
12:30PM 2:00PM Lunch and Keynote Speaker Hidalgo
Remarks by:
Dr. Robert Freeman, Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Dr. Lucas Macri, Dean, College of Sciences
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James P. Long
“STEM Research in the Age of AI: Challenges and Opportunities”
2:00PM 3:30PM Session 3 Various
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
  • Biology
  • Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences
  • Robotics & AI
3:30PM 3:45PM Transition Time
3:45PM 4:30PM Session 4 Various
  • UTRGV Army ROTC: Creating Army Officers
  • From Undergraduate to Graduate School: Navigating Your Next Step
  • Graduate Panel on Job Searches
4:30PM 5:00PM Award Ceremony Hidalgo

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