Session 6 Advances in Modern Medicine & Health, Computation, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Novel Materials, Biological Sciences April 2nd, 2021 | 9.00-10.00AM Judges: Dr. Hoda Hatoum & Dr. Natasha Chopp Moderator: Yasasya Batugedara Sushree S. Dash PhD Student in Physics Email: ssdash@mtu.edu Presentation: “Boosting Optical Nonreciprocity: Surface Reconstruction in Iron Garnets” Oluwatoyin Areo PhD Student in Chemical Engineering Email: oareo@mtu.edu Presentation: “Measuring Physiochemical Properties of Viral Vectors for Vaccine and Gene Therapy Production“ Shabnam Konica PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Mechanics Email: skonica@mtu.edu Presentation: “Modeling the Network Embrittlement and Fracture Due to Thermo-oxidative Aging in Polymers” Session 7 Computation, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences, GeoSciences, Novel Materials April 2nd, 2021 | 10.00-11.00AM Judges: Dr. Jinguang Sun & Dr. Debra Charlesworth Moderator: Rachael Wilber Sagar Umesh Patil PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Mechanics Email: spatil4@mtu.edu Presentation: “Interfacial properties in flattened carbon nanotubes and polymer composites: A molecular dynamics study” Manpreet Boora PhD Student in Physics Email: mboora@mtu.edu Presentation: “Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Twisted Multilayer TMDCs” Jessica Bruning PhD Student in Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology Email: jrbrunin@mtu.edu Presentation: “Microbial Derived Short Chain Fatty-Acids and Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function” Session 8 Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences April 2nd, 2021 | 12.00-1.00PM Judges: Dr. Sangyoon Han & Dr. Natasha Chopp Moderator: Ranit Karmakar Jared Edwards PhD Student in Chemistry Email: jarede@mtu.edu Presentation: “Purification and visualization of plant-based lysin, Hemolysin X“ Manas Warke PhD Student in Biological Sciences Email: mwarke@mtu.edu Presentation: “Developing a model to investigate effects of soil-arsenic exposure using cell culture“ Thomas Ripplinger MS Student in Chemistry Email: tjrippli@mtu.edu Presentation: “Gas Adsorption Predictions for Mg-MOF-74-II via Dispersion Corrected Density Functional Theory“ Session 9A Transport phenomena, Computation, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences April 2nd, 2021 | 1.00-2.00PM Judges: Dr. Dany Jacob & Dr. Mary Zadeh Moderator: Rachael Wilber Geeta Sachdeva PhD Student in Physics Email: gsachdev@mtu.edu Presentation: “Interfacial Characteristics of Composite Materials for Deep Space Exploration: A DFT Study” Ponkrshnan Thiagarajan PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Mechanics Email: thiagara@mtu.edu Presentation: “Uncertainty quantification of a rate-dependent cohesive zone model” Neerav Kaushal PhD Student in Physics Email: kaushal@mtu.edu Presentation: “Simulating the Universe with Convolutional Neural Networks” Session 9B Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical Sciences, Novel Materials April 2nd, 2021 | 1.00-2.00PM Judges: Dr. Patricia Heiden & Dr. Debra Charlesworth Moderator: Alexander Apostle Masoud Kasraie PhD Student in Materials Science & Engineering Email: mkasraie@mtu.edu Presentation: “Mechanical and Electrical Characteristics of Additively Manufactured Conductive Epoxy-Carbon Nanotube Composites“ Nikhil Mittal PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering Email: nmittal@mtu.edu Presentation: “Myosin-independent Mechanotransmission For Sensing Stiffness Of Extracellular Matrix“