Welcome to the 2021 Virtual Graduate Research Symposium! The Graduate College is excited to host this year's event - our 13th symposium - with 54 entries in three different competition categories: poster, research paper, and 3 Minute Thesis (3MT). Our virtual event is scheduled to take place Tuesday, April 20th at 5:30 pm. This year, we feature projects from the following graduate programs: Business Administration, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Elementary Education, English, Exercise and Sport Administration, History and Social Studies Education, Professional School Counseling, Public Administration, Science Education, and Social Work.
For each symposium participant, you will find a link to the submitted project and a link to the participant’s video presentation.
This year, we will award $500 to the first place, $200 to second place, and $100 to third place finishers in each of the competition categories.
And, on the behalf of The Graduate College and our symposium participants, many thanks to our faculty judges!
Dr. John Doe (Economics and Decision Sciences)
Dr. Jane Doe (English)
Graduate Student Research Showcase (GSRS)
Effects of Elevated Temperature and Roundup Exposure on Antioxidant Expression in the American Oyster: Mechanisms and Modulation of Oxidative/Nitrative Stress
Afsana Chowdhury (Agricultural, Environmental, and sustainability Studies)
The Hanging Clouds on Crowdfunding: The African Story
Bright Frimpong (Information Systems)
A Machine Learning Model for discriminating between gravitational wave signals from core collapse supernovae and detector noise
Michael Benjamin (Physics)
A Machine Learning Model for discriminating between gravitational wave signals from core collapse supernovae and detector noise
Shahrear Khan Faisal (MSIS: Science and Technology)
Machine Learning and Satellite Imagery to Landslide Susceptibility Prediction in Humanitarian Crisis
Md Salman Rahman (Applied Statistics and Data Science)
Environmentally Relevant Mixture of Pesticides Affects Free-Swimming Behavior and Induces Oxidative and Nitrative Stress in Goldfish
Esmirna Cantu (Ocean, Coastal and Earth Sciences)
A Preliminary Exploration of Psychological Adjustment Factors Among Latinx Students who Relocate and Do Not Relocate for College
Lisa Lozano (Clinical Psychology)
Examining the roles of cover-cash crop rotations on arthropod community dynamics in Lower Rio Grande Valley
Adegboyega Fajemisin (Agricultural, Environmental and Sustainability Studies)
SVD-GRU: Robust Software Vulnerability Detection using Bayesian Gated Recurrent Unit
Orune Aminul (Electrical Engineering)
Federated Learning for Image Classification
S M Sarwar (Computer Science)
Biological Optimization of Polymer-based Anti-HIV Drug Delivery towards the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT)
Arkajyoti Paul (Biochemistry and Molecular biology)
Investigating localization and function of transcription factor FOXO4 in Basal breast cancer (BBC) and Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell lines
Millat Jahan (MS in Biology)
A New Sustainable Wastewater System
Bibhas Bhattacharjee Tanmoy (Civil Engineering)
Difference in leaf trichome density is ineffective against the feeding of later instar caterpillars
Satinderpal Kaur (MS Biology)
A poster presentation is a way to communicate your research or your understanding of a topic in a short and concise visual format. This year, we have 26 posters entered into the poster competition and additional 13 posters that are presented outside of the competition.
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)
Reasons why African crowdfunding platforms fail: the missing cultural component
Bright Frimpong (Information Systems)
Investigating localization and function of transcription factor FOXO4 in Basal breast cancer (BBC) and Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell lines
Millat Jahan (MS in Biology)
SVD-GRU: Robust Software Vulnerability Detection using Bayesian Gated Recurrent Unit
Orune Aminul (Electrical Engineering)
A New Sustainable Wastewater Management System
Bibhas Bhattacharjee Tanmoy (Civil Engineering)
Relocating for College - Is it the Right Move?
Lisa Lozano (Clinical Psychology)
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition that challenges graduate students to present their research in a compelling, three-minute speech, relaying the significance and relevance to a non-specialist audience. The time limitations force the presenter to consolidate their work and ideas. The first 3MT was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 graduate students competing. Today, the 3MT competition has grown to over 170 universities across more than 17 countries worldwide. UNCP hosted its annual 3MT event since 2017. This year, we have 5 competitors.