The 2021 virtual ReSEARCH Dialogues Conference will be hosted via the Symposium by ForagerOne online conference platform. Registration is required to access live conference events.
- UTC faculty, students and staff: Click here to register for live events.
- Non-UTC affiliated attendee and visitors: Click here to register for live events.
Conference presentations will be available for viewing on demand between April 12-16. Conference attendees/visitors do not need to pre-register to view presentations. Access the virtual conference at: symposium.foragerone.com/utcrd21. This link will not be live until the morning of April 12.
For more information, refer to the ReSEARCH Dialogues event schedule.
Day One: Mon., April 12
Welcome Session: 11-11:30 a.m.
- Steven Angle, UTC Chancellor
- Jerold Hale, UTC Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- David Steele, UTC Chief of Staff
Community Panel Session: Noon-1:00 p.m.
Moderator: David Steele
Panelists:
- Molly Blankenship, Executive Director, Chattanooga 2.0
- Abby Garrison, Vice President, Venture Forward: Nonprofit Advancement and Social Innovation, United Way of Chattanooga
- James McKissic, President, ArtsBuild
- Deb Socia, President and CEO, The Enterprise Center
- Lorne Steedley, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusive Growth, Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
- Daniela Paz Peterson, Community Strategies Senior Advisor, The Trust for Public Land
Presenter Q&A: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Moderators: Callie Adams and Shewanee Howard-Baptiste
- Moataz Abdalla: Strong Biodegradable Materials and Degradation Models for Osteosynthesis Treatments
- Oluwakorede Ajumobi: Predicting Student Success at UTC: A Qualitative and Quantitative Modeling Approach
- Sai Medury: Design and Evaluation of Cascading Cuckoo Filters for Zero-False-Positive Membership Services
- Erkan Kaplanoglu, faculty: EMG Based Trajectory Control of Hand Exoskeleton, The Real-Time Control of An Active Balance Board with An EMG Monitoring System For Rehabilitation
- Preyanka Dey: Evaluation of Uncertainties in Watershed Scale Hydrological Modeling by Monte Carlo Methods
- Dell Zimmerman: Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications
Presenter Q&A: 3-4 p.m.
Moderators: Rachel Fleming and Kristen Black
- Elizabeth Allen: Linoleic Acid Affects Membrane Permeability and Antimicrobial Activity of Fish Piscidins on Vibrio Cholerae
- Taya De Blonk: Phylogeography of Stonerollers Across North America (Campostoma: Cyprinidae)
- Vaidehi Rathod, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences: Developing a High Protein Vegan Meal Replacement
- Katherine Allison: Impact of Creativity on Second Language Learning and a New Way to Listen and Community-Based Service Design to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission
- Ashleigh Pipes, faculty: Examining Creativity as an Individual Difference in Foreign Language Learning
- Austin Averill: An Assessment of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
- Brooke Persons, faculty: Characterizing Commerce in the Colonial Caribbean: Economic Scaling of 19th Century Ceramics in Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Taylor Wells: Digital Archaeology: Preserving Hard Copies of Archaeological Records for Enhanced Accessibility
Presenter Q&A: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Moderators: Karissa Peyer and Brooke Persons
- Kayeden Milne: The COVID Pandemic and the Likelihood for students to Receive the Vaccine and the COVID-19 Vaccine and Students’ Opinions on Receiving It
- Bree Rust: Testing the Association Between PTSD and Personality Traits and the Association Between State Social Anxiety and Eye Contact Avoidance
- Tanishqa Kuchi, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences: Kahlo vs. Matisse vs. Rothko: Using Python to Track and Artist’s Color Palette Over Time
- Elise Chapman, faculty: Creativity and Research with Student Driven Inquiry in Pollinator Biology
Day Two: Tues., April 13
Welcome Session: 11:00-11:30 a.m.
- Joanne Romagni, UTC Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
- Yancy Freeman, UTC Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
- Meredith Perry, UTC Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
Community Panel Session: Noon-1 p.m.
“How to Conduct Research through an Anti-Racist Lens”
Moderator: Natalie Haber, Online Services Librarian and Associate Professor
Panelists:
- Alexandra Zelin, Psychology
- Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, Health and Human Performance
- Chapel Cowden, UTC Library
Presenter Q&A: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Moderators: Kelly McNamara and Kidambi Sreenivas
- Azad Hossain, faculty: Remote Sensing of Water Quality Using Planet Dove Imagery
- Christi Denton: Performance Enhancing Psychological Skills: A Proposed Method of Stress Inoculation in Healthcare
- Eleni Panagiotou, faculty: Measures of Entanglement Complexity of Physical Filaments
- Elisabeth Sheff-Stefanik, faculty: Legal Protections for LGBTQ and Polyamorous Families
- Jacob Robbins: The Lay Concept of Male-Type Depression
Presenter Q&A: 3-4 p.m.
Moderators: Carolyn Runyon and Stuart Benkert
- Kimberly Page): Does COVID-19 Impact Variables Related to Student Success?: A Comparative Analytics Model
- Maame Korsah: Assessment of the Impact of Awareness Programs on COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics
- Dianna Vermilyea: Screening, Treatment and Referral of Victims of Human Trafficking Utilizing an Evidence-Based Approach
- Rachel Lewis: Perspectives of Pop Culture and Fandom in English: How Pop Culture and Fandom Can Be Used In Pedagogy, Research and Analysis
- Anay Patel, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences: Lozh’ Chernobylya
Day Three: Wed., April 14
Welcome Session: 11:00-11:30 a.m.
- Daniel Pack, Dean, UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Joseph Owino, UTC Department of Civil and Chemical Engineering
- Bradley Harris, UTC Department of Chemical Engineering
Student Research Panel Session: Noon-1 p.m.
Moderator: Bradley Harris
Panelists:
- Christian Garren
- Olivia George
- Elizabeth Plunk
- Christian Saenz
- Samantha Sweck
Presenter Q&A: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Moderators: Rachel Fleming and Madonna Kemp
- Chelsey Paige: Inspecting Provenance from a Post-Colonial Perspective
- Laila Hinton, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences: Let’s Stop Recycling Poverty
- Jennifer Hogg, faculty: Immersive Real-Time Biofeedback Optimized with Enhanced Expectancies Improves Motor Learning
- Morgan Osborn: Explore the Seasonality of COVID-19
Presenter Q&A: 3-4 p.m.
Moderators: Kristen Black and Kidambi Sreenivas
- Mohammad Aman Ullah Al Amin: Digital Twin Model Construction for Two-Arm Collaborative Robot for Process Automation
- Tiffany Harvey: Revised Phylogenetic Hypothesis of Neotropical Electric Fishes Using Complete Mitochondrial Genomes
- Donald Reising, faculty: Radio Identity Verification-based IoT Security Using RF-DNA Fingerprints and SVM
- Astha Sinha, Girls Preparatory School: Impact of Water pH on Fate and Transport of Carbon Nanotubes
- Grace Nansamba: Second-Generation Polyalgorithms for Parallel Dense-Matrix Multiplication
- Talley Bettens: How Juveniles and Adults Use Strategies to Appear Innocent in a Police Interview and How Does Race and Gender Impact Perceptions of the Wrongfully Convicted?
Presenter Q&A: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Moderators: Shewanee Howard-Baptiste and Danny Grzesik
- Brennan Huber: Behavioral Model based Trust Management design for IoT at Scale
- William Rolen: Scheduling Application for Radiation Effects Testing Sites
Day Four: Thurs., April 15
Welcome Session: 1o-10:30 a.m.
- David Steele, UTC Chief of Staff
Keynote Speaker: 11 a.m.-Noon p.m.
- Marcus Shaw, Chief Executive Officer, Co.Lab
Presenter Q&A: 2-3 p.m.
Moderators: Reetesh Ranjan and Kelly McNamara
- Lineah Sakson, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences: Complex Trauma’s Causes and Impact Throughout Life
- Chasity Drew: Native American Inclusion and Belonging
- Dallas Jones: Python
- Lauren Ledford, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences: In What Ways Do the Standards of Beauty Affect the Health of Cultures?
- Andrew Rivers: Framework for Teaching Concepts of Engineering Optimization to STEM Student Using Greenpower Formula 24 Race Cars
