Schedule at a Glance

 Almasri

Neurophysiological Evidence for The Role of Attention on Inhibitory Control During Childhood: A Preliminary Study

 Anderson

Refining Regeneration & Transformation Techniques in Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

 Anikis

Urban versus Rural Differences in Microplastic Abundance found in Caddisfly Larvae and Casings

Bartz

Evaluating the Impact of Choral Group Singing on Emotions of Choir Members Including Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers

 Beasey

The Impact of Interstitial Fluid Flow on CAR T cell Motility

Dog Aging Project Grain Free Diet Validation

Mapping Antarctica’s Hidden Cryosphere: Predicting Ice Loss Through Subglacial Dynamics and Accelerated Ice Sheet Thinning in a Changing Climate

Quality of life of Leiomyosarcoma survivors: Continued screening for recurrence

TEAM-Malawi: Addressing Food Insecurity in Africa with Hydroponics

Identifying Early Maladaptive Schemas that Associate with Alcohol Use and Problems among Adults in Residential Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Dammalapati

Challenges Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Address in Therapy

Neuroscience in Action: Bridging Policy, Community, and Harm Reduction through Service Learning

Eroshenko

Indicator Bacterium Survival Peaks in Brackish Waters

Flessa

Phosphorus Dynamics in Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine Stands (P. taeda L.): Insights from Annual Growth Rings

Forsythe

Chronic Low Level Stress in Zebrafish

Tsunami Genesis, Risk Reduction, Early Warning Systems, and Evacuation

Questioning the Canonical Mechanisms of Cardiac Automaticity

Evaluation of Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound to the Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex for Effects on Pain Intensity and Unpleasantness

Rewiring the Mind: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Substance Use Awareness

Assessing What Factors Affect Our Value of Differently Processed Food

Influence of Dredging on Water Chemistry in a Retention Pond

Understanding the assembly of plant-seed disperser interactions along elevational and seasonal gradients in Central Appalachian Mountains

Using camera traps to assess changes in flower visitation due to bird loss

The Indefinite Article & Language Change Over Time within Appalachian Speech

Genomic evidence for adaptive evolution of Salmonella Typhimurium

Advancing Scene Graph Generation with Open-Vocabulary Models

 Porzeinski

Are responses to feeding low dietary amino acids conserved across mammalian and avian species?

 Ramakrishnan

Understanding Dengue in the Dominican Republic: Epidemiological Trends and a Path Toward Machine Learning–Based Outbreak Prediction

 Talreja

What the Fed Is Really Saying: Using AI to Analyze Speeches

Thalmann

Assessing the Impact of Chinese FDI on Inequality in Bolivia's Lithium Industry

Co-aggregation of skin microflora with Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Mother knows best? Comparing the associations of different measures of emotion regulation with working memory across childhood.

Education and Attitudes toward Gender Roles: Evidence from the General Social Survey

From Holidays to Heritage: A Critical Content Analysis of NCSS Notable Trade Books about Religion

Architecture and Neuroscience: Neural Entrainment within Architectural Rhythm

Characterizing the Effects of Microorganisms on Beer Quality and the Brewing Process

Weller's Wannabe? Investigating Possible Mimicry between Desmognathus orestes and Plethodon welleri

Computer Systems Genome Project: Data and Endpoints Management

The Impact of Alternative Marketing Strategies on the Perception of Shelter Animals.

Influences on Verb Conjugation in Late Talkers

The effect of secondary metabolite diversity on pathogen evolution

Effects of GLP-1 agonists in people with obesity during alcohol consumption

Russia’s Use of Gendered Disinformation as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare Against the United States

Eroshenko

Evaluating the Financial Landscape of Soil Judging Programs

Team Malawi- Community Based Childcare Centers

Partying Parulidae: Interspecific Social Networks of Parulidae Warblers in Active Migratory Passage

Influence of Environmental Nicotine Alkaloids on Phyllobates aurotaenia Toxicity

The Relationship Between Heat and Income in Virginia: A Correlational Study

“Hey Reddit, I’m worried about my grades. Is this normal?”: An exploration of engineering students’ discourse around grades and their impact on students

Symbiotic Strength: Evaluating Mycorrhizal & Nitrogen-Fixing Influences on Plant Fitness

Functional Characterization of the Arabidopsis AAP Family Using a Yeast Expression System

How Regulated are Recreational Fisheries in the Great Lakes?

Stand Still! Comparing Positive and Negative Reinforcement in Equine Training

Repeated Impacts on Cycling Helmet Efficacy

The Accuracy of an American Sign Language-Recognition Deep Neural Network (Transfer Learning Approach) under Simulated Healthcare Conditions

Exploring Neural Resilience: The Role of Cognitive Reserve in Behavioral and Brain Outcomes Following Cognitive Training

Miloszewski

Quantifying Histotripsy Effects on Tendon Integrity

Soil Quality of Worm Compost

The impact of High Deductible Health Plans on lower income populations

Investigating the Molecular Interactions of Soybean Lectins to Mitigate its Anti-nutritional Effects in Soybean Meal

How Accurately Do Owners Remember What They Feed Their Dogs?

Gauging the Cultural Relevance of Bluegrass Lyrics to Central Appalachia via Linguistic Analysis

The Role of Headphones in Expressing Interpersonal Gratitude: An analysis from naturalistic behavioral observations

Methodology to Assess Immune Cell Control of Endothelial Cell Fate Following Vascular Injury

Effects of dietary energy and emulsifier on the performance and energy storage of pullets and young laying hens

Assessment of Red Spruce Encroachment into Areas of Hemlock Decline at Mountain Lake

Validating Behavioral Tasks for Measuring Aggression and Prosociality Using Self-Report Measures

Two-Year-Olds' Socioemotional Competence Predicts Expressive Vocabulary

Optimizing the production of 3D printing filament using recycled plastics in low-resource settings through moisture content reduction

Exploring the thermal biology of Culex pipiens assemblage mosquitoes

Size of aquatic macroinvertebrates as an indicator of stress in response to environments with heavy mining activity

Better Late than Never: Comparing Spring and Summer Varieties in a Changing Climate

The Impacts of the Relationship Between Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds and Microplastics on Freshwater Crayfish Reproductive Health

Characterizing Oligomeric Amyloid-β42 and POPC Interactions Through Molecular Dynamics: A Computational Approach for Understanding Alzheimer's Disease

Microplastics Accumulation and Storage through the 20th Century to Present in Salt Marshes of the Eastern Shore, Virginia

Solving the Young-Laplace Equation with Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Determinants of Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Gratitude Expression and Parental Modeling

Childhood Adversity as a Predictor of Risk-Taking Behavior

Modular Polymers as a platform to study Structure Property Relations in Metal Binding

Policy-Driven Inequities: How European Trade Regulations Deepen Class Divides in the African Cocoa Industry

ECE Study Targeted at At-Risk Preschool Programs

Diagnostic Ultrasound Transducer Probe Integrity

Ligumia nasuta stress response to anti-inflammatory drugs when co-exposed with tire-wear particles

Mottershead

Microplastic Particles and Sediment Grain Size in the Chesapeake Bay from the Early 20th Century to the Present

Computational Modeling of a Bispecific Antibody

Optimizing Meta-Atoms for Large Scale Metalenses

Machine Learning-Driven Analysis of Temperature and Proximity Effects on Landfill Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pantel

Microbiome Community Composition Effect On Hard Cider Phenolic Profiles

The Effects of Heavy Metal Contaminants on Negative Phototropism Behaviors in Ephemeroptera Species

English Place-Names and Viking Activity

The Effect of Sleep Quality on the Power Output of Youth Cyclists

Prakash

Novel Engineered Anticancer Biomaterial for Non-Invasive Melanoma Treatment

Efficient Large Language Models for Modernizing Early Modern English Texts

Sarmiento

Direct macrophage-smooth muscle cell interactions in the injured arterial wall

Resilience at the Local Level: Mapping Spatial Disparities in Food System Planning in Central Appalachia

Wheat-ness the Change: Sowing the Seeds of Regeneration

Maternal facilitation of attention at age 2 predicts inhibitory control at age 3

Sullivan-Fielding

Assessing the seed-dispersal networks of common invasive fleshy-fruiting plants in Virginia

Trubenbach

The Implementation of Passive Sampling for Aquifer Microbial Risk Assessment

32

To pack or not to pack: Revisiting protein side-chain packing in the post‐AlphaFold era

Impacts of Tropical Storm Helene on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Central Appalachian Headwaters

The Cause and Frequency of a Middle Year Slump in Undergraduate Education at Virginia Tech

Death Anxiety and Experiences of Familial Loss in Adolescence

Boudreau

The Cherry on Top: Using Experimental Debriefing as a Site of Linguistic Outreach

Navigating the Nuance That is Me: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Antecedents and Outcomes of Workplace Code-switching

Raman Spectroscopy: A Novel Approach for Schistosomiasis Detection in Low Resource Settings

Stress and Participation in Outdoor Adventure Programming

Microbial activity as a driving factor of organic compost effects on the growth of Plectosporium tabacinum

Characterizing amino acid toxicity in Arabidopsis and the relief by Glutamine

Garrastegui Segarra

K63 Polyubiquitination as a Hippocampal Regulator of Appetite

Evaluating the environmental preferences and spread of the invasive Asian Jumping Worm (Amynthas Agrestis)

Designing a Novel and Effective Childproof Gun Lock for Gun-Owning Families

Localizing and Identifying Nanosatellites with Machine Learning on Edge Radar in Space

Choreography creation is associated with increased dispositional flow and changes in beta neural activity in experienced dancers

Karuppasamy

Hands to Plants: An Investigation of the Effect of Human Touch on the Lettuce Leaf Microbiome

Impact of the Clean Water Act on Businesses

Urbanization Organizes the Arginine Vasotocin (AVT) System in Developing Song Sparrows (Melospiza Melodia)

Effects of Hydroxyurea on the Molecular Structure and Stability of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin

Team Malawi - GIS Detection of Schistosomiasis Water Sampling and Collection

Disordered Eating and Feelings of Shame Associated With Social Media Use By Gender

Does Intensity Matter? Exploring the Role of Exercise and Technology Use in the Internalizing Symptoms of Adolescents with and without ADHD

Transgender Psychological and Physical Safety at Virginia Tech: A Mixed-Methods Assessment

Detection of Canine Osteosarcoma Using Rametrix®Molecular Urinalysis

Assessment of Ticks Sampled from Hunted Deer in Southwestern Virginia for Powassan

Advancing continuous real-time nanoplasmonic Raman biosensing via acoustic in-line sensor surface cleaning

Relations between Parental Psychological Control and College Students’ Emotional, Public, and Altruistic Prosocial Behaviors

Voices of Voice Assistants

Beyond the hide: A mycelium leather exploration

Exploring Comorbidities of Chronic Pain and Connective Tissue Disorders

The Impact of Culture Medium on CT1 Trophectoderm Cell Viability: A Comparative Study

Safari Tooj

Automated Analysis of Cancer Cell Images acquired using phase-based microscopes

Mosquito Diversity, Arbovirus Surveillance, and Host-Feeding Patterns in Western Virginia

Development of Novel Diagnostic Tools for Staphylococcus aureus Strains Causing Joint Infection

Correlation's Between the Passing of Erin's Law and Political Affiliations, Educational Funding Status, and Current Sexual Education Policies within each of the States in the U.S.

Virginia Tech Football Games and Their Impact on Illicit Drug Presence in Local Surface Waters

From Suspension to Solution: Engineering Insight Through Subcellular Localization

Using Stratigraphy Changes to Infer Earthquake Rupture History on Sitkinak Island, Alaska

Brown

“The Same Old Playbook”: Exploratory Analysis of Social Media Commentary of Vice President Kamala Harris During the 2024 Presidential Election

Evaluating the Accuracy of Owner-Reporting About Companion Dog Treat Consumption

Targeting the Catalytic Triad: Comparative Docking of Inhibitors and Agonists in JEV NS2B-NS3 Protease

First Successful Collagen Induced Arthritis and Synovial Fluid Extraction in MRL/lpr Mice

Identifying Potential Protein-Protein Interactions Along Bacterial Spore Inner Membrane

Exploring the behavioral and neural impact of musical theater on individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities

Loss-of-Function of PERM1 in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles of Systolic Heart Failure

Dominguez-Ruiz

Interpretation of Non-verbal Communication in Automotive Contexts

The Effects of Urbanization and Brood Parasitism on Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Protein Abundance in Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Nestlings

Environmental Factors Influencing Resource-Guarding Dogs

Ganapuram

Optimizing Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU) Treatment Parameters: Comparative Analysis of Skull Density, Thickness, and Incident Angle in Humans and Canines

Deciphering Phosphorylation-Induced Changes in α-Synuclein Structure using Drude Polarizable Simulations

Antagonism of Inflammatory Signaling by NLRX1 During SARS-CoV-2 Infection

The Three-Tab Keyguard: A Novel, Low-Cost Device to Help Special Needs Students Communicate

Gesture and Learning in Young Children

Correlation between Grain-Free Diets and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Companion Dogs

Usage of High Elevation Red Spruce Patches by Northern Saw-whet Owls in Virginia

Reforming Trauma Training Materials for NRV School Systems

Refining Resources to Educate the Youth on the Neuroscience of Opioids and the Dangers of Fentanyl

Becoming a man: How sons of single mothers construct masculine identities

Munoz-Martinez

Vertiport Location Selection for UAM

Structure-Guided Ensemble Docking and Screening for Broad-Spectrum Small-Molecule Inhibitors of RNA Viruses

Rajeshkumar

Empowering Minds: Unraveling the Neuroscience of Drug Addiction for Informed Choices

Kinematic Insights into Older Adult Fall-Related Head Impacts: Boundary Conditions and Injury Risk

Use of an Acute Vigorous Exercise Intervention to Improve Academic Success – Effect of Genetics

Impact of Relative Humidity on the Thermal Efficiency of Fiber-Based Insulated Shipping Containers

Exploring Determinants of Psychological Safety in Higher Education

Creating accessible and affordable resources to empower self-identification and self-advocacy in neurodivergent adolescents.

Grain Size Analysis of Pleistocene Turbidites and Ice-Sheet Interactions, IODP Expedition 400, Northwest Greenland Margin

Creating an Anatomical Output Map of the Mediodorsal Thalamus: An Essential Nucleus for Attention and Decision-Making

Bajramaliu

Enhancing Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition: A Structural Modification of Huperzine A

Bejtlich

Monsky’s Theorem and Tropical Geometry

Bruno

Carnivore Trap Rates and Naive Occupancy over 2012-2022 at Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles County, Virginia

Concrete 3D Printing: A Solution for Affordable Housing

Southern Vowel Shift in Southwest Virginia

Cuthbertson

From Infancy to Toddlerhood: How Maternal Sensitivity and Inhibitory Control Shape Anxiety Outcomes

Differential Perceptions of Misogyny in Digital Presentations: Impact of Gender, Religion, and Political Affiliation

Targeted Mutation of HIS-17 in Adenosine Deaminase Enhances Predicted Ligand Binding

The effects of Allura Red AC on the gut microbiota

Light Pollution: How Sky Quality Impacts the Safety Perception of Blacksburg

Virginia Barrier Island System Changes: Landcover Transition Following Hurricane Isabel, 2004-2021

Rodenticide Exposure in Non-Target Predator Species: The Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)

Hair

Mu-Opioid Pain Receptors: How An Amino Acid Mutation Impacts Affinity

Role of Literature in Architecture

Johnson

Elucidating the role of Collembola and soil microbial communities in beet growth and development

Multi-site Assessment of Materials Waste in Senior Living Communities

Examining Additive Risk from Prenatal Substance Use and Parental Mental Health in Predicting Child Mental Health Diagnoses

Understanding the Relations between Social Responsibility and College Students’ Prosocial Tendencies

Enhancing Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition: A Structural Modification of Huperzine A

Dynamics of GacS and RetS Interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the Role of GacS S-Helix Kinking in Biofilm Formation

Nyarko-Odoom

Dietary Completeness Coding for Home-Prepared Dog Diets

The Effectiveness of at Home Water Filters at Removing PFAS and Camping Straws at Removing Microplastics.

Effects of Point Mutations on the MET 370 Amino Acid of the Oxytocin Receptor

An empirical analysis of the levee effect

Light Pollution’s Effects on the Circadian Rhythm of a Night-Blooming Plant Species

Rashkovsky

Auxin Uncoded: A Comparative Analysis of Auxin Response Factors via RNA-Sequencing

Savelyev

Behavioral and Environmental Determinants of Gratitude Expressions: Naturalistic Observations

Expertise Retrieval and Scoring Algorithm

Classification of Piedmont Grassland Plant Communities

The High Road: Cannabis, MYC2, and Trichome Formation

Organic vs Non-Organic Strawberry and Blackberry Polyphenol Content

Changes in Utilization of the Fillers Like, Um, and Uh Across Generations

Grief and Aging in Companion Dogs: Social Loss and Its Effects

Almansoori

Proposed use of 3D printing to treat proximal humerus fractures

Validating Half-Scale Feeding Systems Used in Dairy Calf Heifers

Prey-predator Mite Adaptability in Fibrous Environments

Rewiring Recovery: Neuroscience Education for Empowered Healing in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

The Impact of Colostrum Lactose Supplementation on Neonatal Holstein Calf Passive Immunity and Health Scores

Engineers in Action Summer 2024 Bridge Build

Computational Investigation of Binding Pocket Residues in JAR1 Jasmonic Acid-Amino Synthetase

Computational Mutation of β-Lactamase Reveals Reduced Ceftriaxone Binding at Ser42

The Effect of Point Mutation Ser70Cys on Ceftriaxone Binding to β-Lactamase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Targeted Mutation of HIS-17 in Adenosine Deaminase Enhances Predicted Ligand Binding

Enhancing Instructor Feedback: Sentiment-Based Summarization of Student SPOT Surveys at Virginia Tech Using NLP

The Impact of Fluid Properties on the Feeding Performance of Mosquitoes

Dubon Hinojosa

Types of Adaptive Bird Feeding Equipment Used By Individuals With Accessibility Challenges

The effects of black soldier fly larvae meal on in vitro rumen fermentation characteristics and bacterial abundance

How Studying Dead Languages Can Help Preserve Indigenous Languages

Interactions of Flagellotropic Bacteriophages with Various Agrobacterium Species

Predicting Exoplanet Occurrence Using Association Analysis

Mutation of Lys-233 to Asp-233 in the Mu Opioid Receptor and it's Effects on Ligand Binding

Computationally Determined Thermal Limits for Common Histotripsy Treatments

Panel Optimization

Energy Use and Efficiency Opportunities in Senior Living Facilities

Computational Investigation of Huperzine A and Donepezil with Acetylcholinesterase

Evaluating the Effect of a Polarity-Altering Mutation on Glucokinase-Glucose Interaction

Computer Vision and Machine Learning for Earth Observation onboard Nanosatellites

Machine Inference on Radio Signals for Space Domain Awareness

Structural Impact of Glu157Leu Mutation on Glucokinase-Glucose Interaction

Modeling the Effect of a GLY-1099 Mutation in ATP7B on ATP Binding: Implications for Wilson’s Disease

Racioppi

Investigating a Point Mutation at the 216 Residue in Adenosine Deaminase to Determine the Binding Affinity to 9-Deazainosine

Rehmatulla

My TaleMate: The Impact of Parent-Child Joint Reading with AI Voice Agents on Young Children’s Pattern Recognition Learning

Evaluating Alvimopan as an Alternative to Naloxone for Mu-Opioid Receptor Antagonism

Identifying Fig - Fig Wasp Interactions in the Mariana Islands

Investigating Mood Disorders and Brain Synchronization in Epilepsy: A Comparative Analysis of Dance and Mindful Meditation in Epilepsy, ADHD, and Autism”

Using Mathematical Models to Capture How Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Will Reshape Future Cities

Relations Between Prosocial Behavior and Substance Use Among College Students

Ghost Stories: Examining the Flowering Times of Monotropa uniflora to Reveal Phenology Trends in Medicinal Plants

Stockpiling Tall Fescue

Assessment of Traditional and Robotic Approaches to Interior Construction Layout: A Framework and Comparative Study

Campus Cocktails: A Case Study Evaluating Microplastic and PFAS Co-occurrence in Drinking Water on a College Campus

Increasing the Use of Reusable Grocery Bags with an Innovative Intervention

Exploring the host range of flagellotropic phages: Chi and Chi related phages

Comparison and Discussion of USA Vaccination Rates of Pre and Post COVID-19

Brush Mountain Trail Monitoring Study

Capturing the Sound of SWVA: Investigating Rates of /ay/ Monophthongization Usage

Effectively Composting with Various Substrates

Mild traumatic brain injury preferentially affects dopaminergic neurons and no other neurons in the striatum of mice

From Play to Structure: Does the Transition from Kindergarten to First Grade Influence Children's Inhibitory Control and Social Skills?

Learning RF Through Gamification

Optimizing the Acoustic Coupling Material to Enhance Focused Ultrasound Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Investigating the Relationship Between Mammary Epithelial Cells and Immune Cell Extrusion and Milk Conductivity During Peak Lactation

“The Budding Forager’s Guide” - An Introductory Guide to Southwest Virginia’s Edible Plants

Late Bloomer: Investigating Flowering Times in Culinary Plants in Response to Climate Change

Using environmental-DNA to detect differences in plant-pollinator interactions across the Mariana Islands

Sickle Cell Disease, Gene Therapy, and Immune Response to Malaria

Nelson-Pennebaker

Discovering Chaperones and Investigating a Modification of Cofactor F430

Investigating the impact of alexithymia on empathy in schizotypy and autistic traits; a community sample replication study

Longitudinal relations between inhibitory control performance and baseline and task Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

The Bored Broiler Project

Exploring Gradiometric Measuring Capabilities Using a Helmholtz Coil

Kinetic Facade Design Utilizing Polarization Technology for Indoor Light Control

Investigating the role of FMRP in localized RNA regulation in hippocampal CA1 dendrites

The Use of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography for the Identification of Compounds

Effect of Various Air Quality on Virginia Tech Students’ Health

Flowers in Flux: Shifts in Seasonal Blooming Times of Mertensia virginica

Smart Environmental Monitoring: An AI-Driven Approach to Watershed Data Integration and Access

Glutamine influence on uptake of amino acids in Arabidopsis thaliana

The United Nations and global governance: an investigation of genocide response by the UN and the influence of the top 5 powerful nations.

Low SES individuals may exhibit higher amounts of ED behaviors and shame relative to high SES individuals in relation to viewing #WIEIAD videos on TikTok

Histotripsy Ablation of Pancreatic Tumors Modifies Tumor Microenvironment and Improves Systemic Anti-Tumor Immunity

Usability Heuristics and Large Language Models: Enhancing University Website Evaluations

Exploring Optimal Soybean Traits for Wild Ruminant Consumption: Implications for Ruminant Livestock Nutrition