Student Showcase - April 18, 2026

Join us for Lunch: Lunch will be available in KING 136 at 12 Noon.

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Presentation Schedule

Session Time Location Title Faculty Member Student Presenter Sponsor
A 9 a.m. King 148 The Transition to Electric Vehicles: A Simulation Modeling Approach Rod MacDonald Jah Batts
A 9 a.m. King 348 Small Creatures, Big Indicators: Assessing Stream Stress on Virginia’s Eastern Shore Rober Brent William DeSimone, Andrew Udalov Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
A 9:20 a.m. King 148 Project Management: The Rework Cycle Rod MacDonald, Linda Thomas Jason Hamant
A 9:20 a.m. King 150 Lights On: How can solar microgrids bring electricity to hurricane-prone areas  Mesude Bayrakci Boz, Steven Frysinger Jada White, Jaylon Taylor
A 9:20 a.m. King 348 Clearing the (Water)Way: Biofilter Design and Nutrient Capture in Mt. Clinton, VA Jennifer Coffman Olivia Jose Jubilee Climate Farm
A 9:40 a.m. King 148 Stratagem Revisited: Stratagem World  Rod MacDonald,  Stefano Colafranceschi Julia Gagliano
A 9:40 a.m. King 150 Smart Cooling for Solar Future Mesude Bayrakci Boz, Steven Frysinger Bradley Bookwalter, Ananshia Seenivasan
B 10:00 a.m. King 148 Lifecycle Analysis of Hempcrete Cindy Klevickis Cameron Zuend
B 10:00 a.m. King 150 Automated Residential Water Quality Management System  Robert Brent,  Hao Zhang Braedon Farr
B 10:00 a.m. King 348 Sun on Tap: Brewing Beer with Solar Energy Chris Bachman, Mesude  Bayrakci Boz Evan Cooper, Zachary Lee Solstice Farm Brewery
B 10:00 a.m. King 350 Data Breach Detection Using Machine Learning Steven Frysinger,  Afzal Upal
B 10:20 a.m. King 148 Silent Saboteurs of the Poultry Industry Cindy Klevickis Heleen Mirawdali, Delia Kumar, Olivia Marshall, Emily Nguyen
B 10:20 a.m. King 150 Solar-Powered Water Purification System for Immediate Disaster Relief  Steven Frysinger Landon Pumo
B 10:20 a.m. King 348 Power from Pollution: Optimizing Microbial Crude Oil Degradation for Hydrogen Production in Microbial Electrolysis Cells Chris Bachmann, Cheng Li Abigail Fischer
B 10:20 a.m. King 350 Gamified Simulation for Space Education Raafat Zaini,  Shannon Conley Bradley Devoir
B 10:40 a.m. King 148 Testing the Efficacy of Plant Extracts at Preventing the Growth of B. avium and B. hinzii  Cindy Klevickis Levi St. Lawrence
B 10:40 a.m. King 150 Testing Biochar Soil Amendments for Forest Seedling Production Ehren Moler Jordan Yang, Chad Kassan,  Andrew MacRae Virginia Department of Forestry
B 10:40 a.m. King 348 Improving Workflow at LifeNet Health with Automated Leak Detection Chris Bachmann Megan Bayne,  Darnell Hicks LifeNet Health
B 10:40 a.m. King 350 Implementation of a Microgrid System at Tangier Island, Virginia Jon Miles Sam Hubard, Brayden Vandenberg, Michael Willliams
C 11:00 a.m. King 148 Brain Cancer Diagnostics: A Review of Medical Imaging Systems Cindy Klevickis Dominick Scarcia 
C 11:00 a.m. King 150 Ground-Truthing a Novel Approach to Controlling the Spotted Lantern Fly Invasion  Ehren Moler Garrett Hall
C 11:00 a.m. King 348 ISAT Recruiter: A Conversational AI Chatbot for ISAT Recruiting and Information Tony Teate Sophia Feldman
C 11:20 a.m. King 148 Development of a Machine-Learning Model for Autonomous Vehicles  Stefano Colafranceschi Daniel Santiago, Mylan Williams
C 11:20 a.m. King 150 Lavender Under Stress: Assessing Drought Tolerance for Sustainable Agriculture Ehren Moler Caleb Kovack Harrisonburg Department of Public Works
C 11:20 a.m. King 348 Using Artificial Intelligence to Effectively Classify Waste Tony Teate Kian Soltani
C 11:40 a.m. King 148 Moneyball 2.0: Artificial Intelligence, Sports Analytics, and the New Era of Predicting the Game Chris Bachmann Aiden Michael,  Colin Sell
C 11:40 a.m. King 150 Branching out: Microclimate Analysis and Tree Diversity at the JMU Arboretum Ehren Moler Maegan Nicely JMU Arboretum, Facilities Management
C 11:40 a.m. King 348 Streamlining REAP: A Framework for Small Business and Agricultural Energy Projects Jon Miles Jack Eberl

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