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Welcome to the University Research Committee’s 
3rd Annual Faculty and Staff Research Symposium

Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2024
Time: 3:00-6:00pm

Locations:
 Boivin Hall | Klamath Falls
Room 106 | Portland Metro
and Virtually via ZOOM
 

Oral Presentations

2 Sessions #1 & #2 Run Concurrently 3:00-4:30pm

Time

Session #1

Portland Metro: Use Zoom Link
Klamath Falls: Boivin Room 101
Facilitator: Matt Schnackenberg

OregonTech Zoom Link

Session #2

Portland Metro: Room 106
Klamath Falls: Boivin Room 108
Facilitator: Thomas Kivatinos

OregonTech Zoom Link

3:00

Matt Schnackenberg (Communication)

Title: Classics Without Fragility, The Publishing Ethos of Eidolon: How to Write Rhetorical Public Scholarship

Jamie Kennel (Emergency Medical Services)

Title: EMS Racial Treatment Disparities in Patients with Long Bone Fractures

3:15

Ganghee Jang and Stefan Andrei 
(Computer Systems Engineering Technology)

Title: KeepMeClean from Sun rise and Sun set

David Hammond, David Johnston & Ryan Madden 
(Applied Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences)

Title: ChatGPT Goes to College: A Tale of Five Professors, One Innovation Grant, and the Future of Higher Education

3:30

Nate Bickford (Natural Sciences)

Title: Golden Eagle Persecution: Why Do People Shoot Eagles

Rachel Speaks 
(Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, and Technology)

Title: Novel Materials Coating for Wind Turbine Blades Protection and Deicing

3:45

David Grossnickle (Natural Sciences)

Title: On the cusp of adaptive change: the radiation of phyllostomid bats

Kevin James Brown (Communication)

Title: Remote Control: Understanding the Motivations of Remote Workers

4:00

Jherime Kellermann (Natural Sciences)

Title: Conservation of Oregon's rarest bird population

Eean Grimshaw (Communication)

Title: Politicians at Night: Interaction and Discourse on the Entertainment-Political Interview

4:15

Kerry Farris (Natural Sciences)

Title: Using the Potential Range Expansion the Western Gray Squirrel (S. griseus) to Guide Undergraduates in Applied Research Methods

Thomas Kivatinos (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Title: On the Metaphysical Implications of Vertical-Mechanistic Explanations in Science

Poster Session & Reception

   Time: 4:30-6:00pm

Poster 
Presenters



Klamath Falls

Reception & Poster Session

Boivin Common Area

 

 




Portland-Metro
Reception & Poster 

Session
Room: 120

 

 

 


Reception compliments 
of President Nagi and Provost Mott
 

Kristin Whitman (Library)
Title: Open Educational Resources and Disciplinary Associations
Kim Faks (Assistant Director of Student Involvement and Belonging-PM
Title: Rebuilding a Student Orientation Program: S.O.A.R.-ing into Success Focused On Learning Outcomes
C.J. Riley (Civil Engineering) 
Title: Engineering Lab Report Writing Guides for Students and Instructors
CJ Riley (Civil Engineering)
Title: Characterization of the iPhone LiDAR-Based Sensing System for Vibration Measurement and Modal Analysis
Adam Ray (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Title: The Impact of Video Game Modality on Grit and Immersion
Lee Mitchell (AIRE Center)
Title: Comparative Analysis of Data Choices for Studying Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke in Southwestern Oregon
Ruth Claire Black (Online Department)
Title: Evaluating the Impact of the NHS Digital Academy upon Participants' Perceptions of their Identity as Leaders of Digital Health Change: A Mixed Methods Study
George Drouant (Computer Systems Engineering Technology) 
Title: Measuring the Lengths of Sperm Whales of the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Wavelet Analysis of their Usual Clicks
Madhusudan Singh (Management)
Title: Blockchain Approach to Non-invasive Gastro-Intestinal Diagnosis System
Madhusudan Singh (Management) 
Title: Securing Data in the Metaverse: What We Need to Know
Irish Singh (Computer Systems Engineering Technology)  
Title: Self-Adaptive Security for Blockchain Cloud Systems: Enhancing SLA Smart Contracts through SRE_BBC Methodology 
Rishikesh Sahay (Management)
Title: A Comparative Risk Analysis on CyberShip System with STPA-Sec, STRIDE and CORAS
Kamal Gandhi and Ken Usher (Natural Sciences) 
Title: Analysis of Cyanobacteria Growth in Upper Klamath Lake Over a Summer: A RUI Project with Local Impact.
Shawni Cayetano-Ramos (Student Involvement & Belonging)
Title: Supporting Student Identity Formation and Cultural Engagement Through Leadership Learning Lenses
Robyn Wilde (Natural Sciences)
Title: Positronium Scattering by Polar Molecules
Marybeth Grant-Beuttler (Physical Therapy)
Title: Smart Technology Intervention to Retrain Gait in Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking
Su Jin Lee and Kyle Chapman (Geomatics and Humanities and Social Sciences) 
Title: Heating Fuel Survey in Klamath Falls using GIS 
Travis Owen (Natural Sciences) 
Title: Synthesis of New Light-Harvesting Complexes to be Utilized in the Field of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Research 
Zoe Smiley (Student Involvement & Belonging) 
Title: First-Year Experience and the Importance of High-Impact Practices 

Thank you for attending!