Symposium archive

Event: Spring 2026

Project Title Participant Mentor Focus Type
AI-Driven Portfolio Optimization Using News Sentiment-Based Volatility Forecasting and Reinforcement Learning Shiv Rajendra Patel Data FURI
Computational Fluid Dynamics in Virtual Reality Shaheer Mohamed Education FURI
Optimization of Powder Bed Fusion of Pure Copper Kai Castillo Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Deployable Crossed-Dipole Antenna for CubeSat Uplink and Downlink Mark Jaber Education FURI
Thermoresponsive NIPAM-Derived Copolymers for Selective Metal Ion Capture and Water Softening Luis Fuentes Sustainability FURI
Photo-Curing of PDMS Foams Adam Bondoc Health FURI
Accelerating Convolutional Neural Network Inference with Posit Computing Alexander Brown Data FURI
Enhancing ASR Models for Reliable EMS Radio Transmissions Lekha Shrivastava Health FURI
Phase Analysis of Conversion and Surface Reactions in LLZO Using Rapid Open-Air Plasma Synthesis Jacob Damon Energy FURI
Experimental Study of Thermal Conductivity and Phase Change Behavior in Composite Organic Phase Change Materials Zaib Shaikh Energy FURI
Increasing Perovskite Temperature and Light Stability Using 2D/3D Layering Wells Marcus Energy FURI
Few-Shot Disaster Classification via Causal Disentanglement and Cross-Modal Flattening Utkarsh Byahut Data FURI
Quantifying the Mechanical Breakdown of E-waste in Laptops Kevin Shepard Sustainability FURI
Parametric Geometry and Meshing Tool for Automated CFD Design Optimization Shubh Dwivedi Data FURI
Position and Orientation Detection of Spacecraft Using Neural Networks Trained on Event Data Kashyap Hegde Kota Data FURI
Neuromorphic Vision for Reliable Robot Navigation in Challenging Conditions Anirudh Gali Data GCSP research stipend
Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushrooms) for In-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon Gabriel Garcia , Health FURI
Design and Development of a Modular, Open-Architecture Robotic Lab Bench for Multi-Disciplinary Curriculum Integration Jensen Menezes Education FURI
Characterization of Shoulder Joint Impedance Across 3D Arm Postures in Stroke Patients Katia Ponce Health FURI
Enhancing Protein Biomanufacturing Using Virus-Derived Signal Peptide Sequences Vivian Saavedra Health FURI
Thermoplasmonic-Induced Phase Separation of Polymer Blends for Multicomponent Patterning Michael Swart Sustainability FURI
Design of a Low-Power 40 kHz Ultrasonic Transceiver Front-End for RF-Restricted Environments Anuarzhan Seraliyev Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Impact of Transfer Methods on 2D Semiconductor Device Performance Nur Khan Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Low-Cost Open-Source Micro-Drone Platform Yuvan Senthil , Education FURI
Translating NL queries into UDF-centric SQL queries using LLMs Catlynh Nguyen Data FURI
Vision-Based End-to-End Trajectory Prediction for Autonomous Vehicles using the Waymo Open Dataset Anushka Tiwari Data FURI
Substrate Effects and Transfer Optimization of Janus WSSe Monolayers Giancarlo Cortes Bugarini Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Effect of Iron Nanoparticle Concentration, pH, and Buffer Strength on the Gelation Kinetics and Mechanical Strength of PPODA-QT Hydrogels for Aneurysm Embolization Alexander Roussas Health FURI
Optimizing Biocompatible Implant Coatings Using Contact Angle Analysis of Calcium Nitrate Tetrahydrate/TEOS Sol-Gel Systems Adwita Goyal Health FURI
Gait Entrainment with Periodic Vibrotactile Stimuli Kunal Sharma Health FURI
Analyzing Heart Failure Progression Across Different Social Groups Shayan Mazhar Health FURI
Tone Mapping on Buried Targets Using Synthetic Aperture Sonar Miah Miner Data FURI
Investigating the Polyimide-Copper Interface to Improve Modeling and Design in Advanced Semiconductor Packages Nicholas Crawford Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Addressing Interfacial Degradation at Hard Carbon Anodes of Sodium-Ion Batteries Jasmine Trang Energy FURI
Ozone Nanobubbles for Larvae Control in Freshwater Canals Diego Sanchez Sustainability FURI
Understanding the dissolution of LDHs to optimize application in wastewater treatment Kevin Li Sustainability FURI
Characterizing Glioblastoma Subtypes Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Chiya Goyal Health GCSP research stipend
Deadlock Resolution in Multi-Agent Systems Using Hierarchical Leader–Follower Control Divya Kandala Data FURI
Geometry-Based Planar Transformer Impedance and CM EMI Noise Estimation Jacob Silber Energy FURI
Extended Electromagnetic Modeling of Planar Inductors and Transformers Vibhas Novli Energy FURI
Machine Learning-Guided Optimization of Perovskite Films Using In-Situ Imaging Zareen Tasnim Rahman Sustainability FURI
Gas Chromatographic Characterization of Ethyl Lactate from the Reactive Distillation of Post-Fermentation Broth Pranav Bhavaraju Sustainability GCSP research stipend
Investigating the Correlation Between Urban Greenspace and Mental Health Through Geospatial and NLP Analysis Saanvi Kakde Data FURI
VoxProof: Voice-Authenticated Text Generation for Academic Integrity Aarshdeeep Singh Nandra Security FURI
Developing Blood Vessel-on-a-Chip Platform for Studying Vascular Mechanobiology Carlos Castillo Bock Health FURI
Machine Learning Enabled Prediction of Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation Ari Everett Energy FURI
Extending PREP: Program Repair Enhancement via Preprocessing Lillian Seebold Security FURI
Applications of Handheld Off-The-Shelf Multispectral Spectrometers for Improving Water and Soil Quality Assessments for Satellite Earth Observation Ahadu Assegued Sustainability FURI
RTL Implementation and Verification of an FP4 Systolic Array for Edge AI Workloads Daniel Pace-Farr Data FURI
Endurance Cycling of 3D Halide Perovskite Memristors Investigating Degradation Mechanisms and Electrode Dependence Diego Curiel Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
3D Printed Conductive Polymer-Based Pressure Sensor for Wearable Applications Joseph Faris Sustainability FURI
Lithium-Ion & Sodium-Ion Battery Performance at High Temperatures Maverick Clar Sustainability FURI
Event-Driven Spacecraft Pose Estimation via CNN Direct Regression from Voxel Grid Santhosh SRS Data FURI
AquaChain: A Blockchain-Based Framework for Transparent Water Footprint Tracking in Agricultural Supply Chains Japjot Singh Sustainability FURI
A Photocurable Resin–Electrolyte Platform for High-Resolution Electrochemical Metal Additive Manufacturing Kody Landeryou Sustainability FURI
Effect of Ground Reflectance on Shadow-Based NLOS Drone Tracking Using Synthetic Outdoor Rendering Sophia Wang Data FURI
Analyzing GPU Power Behavior in AI Workloads for Energy-Efficient Data Centers Nagham Mousa Sustainability FURI
Cooling Performance Evaluation for Performance Apparel in Hot Outdoor Conditions Joseph Rotella Health FURI
Optimization of Open-Air Spray Coating Parameters for a Robust and Scalable SnO2 Electron Transport Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells Nicholas Lee Energy FURI
Characterization and Modeling of Graphene-Nickel Composites at Ultrahigh Strain Rates Alex Coles Security FURI
Quantifying Mobile Ions in a Perovskite-based Tandem Solar Cell Sebastian Kond Energy FURI
Energy Transition Assessment of Solar Photovoltaics, Wind Turbines, and Energy Storage for the Pacific Northwest Natalie Edgington Sustainability FURI
Large-scale Detoxification and Bioweathering of Martian Regolith Paulina Lopez Torres Sustainability FURI
Large Scale Production and Customization of Thermal Management Devices for Semiconductor Applications using Continuous Liquid Interface Production E-Shaun Hsu Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Testing Efficacy of Hyperspectral Imaging to Understand Change in Water Quality Mikko-Dakota Roberts Sustainability FURI
Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Scaffold for Improved Nanosensor Stability Kyler Eenhuis Health FURI
Quantifying Ethanol Interference in Ammonia Standard Solutions Using Physicochemical and Spectroscopic Methods Kreiish Jitesh Health FURI
Machine Learning enabled Future Wildfire Spread Prediction using a Unified Spatiotemporal Dataset Susrik M. Data FURI
Iron phosphate coating for enhanced cycling stability of lithium manganese oxide in aqueous environment Declan O'Connor Energy FURI
Synthesis of Porous LLZO: A Promising Candidate for Nuclear Fusion Applications Lia Ryan Energy FURI
Scout to Guide: Multi-Agent Assistive Navigation on a Quadruped Robot Riana Chatterjee Data FURI
The Structural Effect of Varied Molecular Weight Jeffamine on the Properties of Epoxy-Amine Networks Sarina Roy-Moder Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Reducing Environmental Contamination and Lead Leaching for Perovskite-based Photovoltaic Panels Bernardo De Oliveira Geissmann Semiconductor manufacturing GCSP research stipend
Vibration Suppression in Discrete Elastic Rods using Model Predictive Control Rocco Barletta Data FURI
CustomQA: Customized Video Descriptions and Video Question Answering for Blind and Low Vision Users Nghi Huynh Data FURI
AI Agents for Automatic Chip Design from Specification to GDS Aryan Rauniyar Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Analysis of Energy Transition from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy for the Central U.S. Region Charlie Green Sustainability FURI
Evaluation of chunking and storing strategies for increased Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) accuracy Harsh Vassaram Data FURI
Optimizing 3D Printed Scaffolds for Immune-Protected Cell Therapy Helen Nguyen , Health FURI
Inter-comparison of satellite and buoy salinity data sets in coastal California for environmental applications Nik Patel Sustainability FURI
GreyBox: An Autonomous Visual Testing Agent with Codebase Verification for Dynamic Web Applications Sreeram Sreedhar Data FURI
Improving Trust in AI-Based Pneumonia Diagnosis through Explainable Deep Learning Malaika Kamran Khan Data FURI
Silvaco-Based Simulation and Performance Analysis of AlN FinFET Devices for High-Power Applications Twish Sanghvi Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Quantifying Mechanical Failure in Perovskite Semiconductors Using Shear Testing Emily Carrillo Munoz Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Memory-Inspired Modeling of Alzheimer’s Progression: A KG – Driven Approach Aashir Javed Data FURI
Study of Rare Earth Element Uptake in Seaweed from Mining Water Ethan McClintic Sustainability FURI
Growth Kinetics and Oxygen Tolerance of Trichlorobacter lovleyi During Chlorinated Solvent Reduction Liliana Rivera Sustainability FURI
Sustainable Remediation of Sulfate-Chloride Contaminated Soils Through Fungal Biogeochemical Processes Jamie Magezi Sustainability FURI
Debug Box: Comparative Study of Microcontroller-Based Hardware-Level Debugging Efficiency Koowum Joshi Data FURI
Generation and Characterization of Sex-Specific H-IPSC Derived Neural Progenitor Cells for Alzheimer’s Disease Studies Pranav Arun Health FURI
Machine Learning-Based Detection and Defense Against Attacks in Delay Tolerant Networks Will Cai Security FURI
Learning Spine-Assisted Locomotion: A Reinforcement Learning Comparison of Spined and Rigid Quadruped Robots Rahul Rajesh Data FURI
Accelerating Convergence to Effective Capacity in Lightweight Vision Models via Self-Competitive Distillation Ahmet Arda Dalyanci Data FURI
Development of a Bio-Inspired Robotic Head-Neck Architecture for Object Tracking and Catching Bailey Alex Data FURI
From Bi2O2Se to Bi2Se(3-X)TeX: Utilizing CVD for Phase Transitions and Chalcogen Tuning Evie Henry Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Pioneering Sputtering Routes for High-Mobility Bi₂O₂Se Thin Films on Sapphire Blaise Faser Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Printable, radiation-tolerant CsPbCl3 perovskite films using open-air blade coating. Jad George Energy FURI
Perovskite Thin Film Solar Cell Performance on Shape Metal Alloy Substrates Rayna Hylden Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Reducing the Impact of Rapid Humidity Changes During Perovskite Crystallization Using Moisture-Absorbing Additives Raihan Shams Energy GCSP research stipend
Experimental Analysis of Cryptography Overhead for Secure CubeSat Telemetry Tyler Field Security FURI
Expanding LLM-Assisted Translation of Natural Language to ML-Augmented SQL Queries with Applications in Database Education Matthew Eisenberg Data FURI
Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering System Matthew Sample Energy FURI
Engineering synergistic co-cultures of Clostridium autoethanogenum and Rhodospirillum rubrum for production of polyhydroxyalkanoates Grayson Young Sustainability FURI
Deterministic Safety of AI Agent-Embodied Robots Using a Model-Based Design Approach and Lingua Franca Open-source Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems. Daniel Fan Security FURI
Exploring the effect of seed layer lattice mismatch on the crystallization behavior of metallic glass NiTi films Sara Edmondson Semiconductor manufacturing FURI
Rapid Sintering of Printable Na-based Solid-state Electrolyte Films Using Open-air Processing David Reyes Valdez Sustainability GCSP research stipend
Latent Constructs Across Motor Assessments: A Proof-of-Concept Study Ila Hales Health FURI
Building a Machine Learning Model of Murine Vaccine Response Sean O'Rourke Data FURI
Effects of Supersaturation On Drug Release Rate For A Polyurethane Film Jake Debreceni Health FURI
Thermal Diffusivity of Metal Powders for Use in Additive Manufacturing Mason Seldes Health FURI
Agentic Diagnostic Backtracking for NL2SQL on Federated Databases Joel Hudgens Data FURI
The Role of Estrogen in the Impairment of Cortical Activity in the Brain Following Migraine Aryana Parmar Health FURI
Development of a Low-Power Electrostatic Dust-Repulsion System for Lunar Surface Solar Panels Shatayu Bhojani Energy FURI
Evaluating the Selectivity and Activity of Mixed Molybdenum and Tungsten Oxide as Photocatalytic Carbon Converters Rex Maxwell Sustainability FURI
Nanostructered Pure Silica BEA Zeolite Membrane for Enhanced Li-ion Transport in Li-ion Batteries Yaris Eidenbenz Energy FURI
Thermal conductivity of metal powder for use in additive manufacturing of metals Abraham Istanbouly Data FURI
Depolymerization of Crosslinked Commercial Polyurethane Foam via Reactive Extrusion Decrosslinking Kyra Gordon-Arnett Sustainability FURI
Access Controlled Website Interaction for Agentic AI with Delegated Critical Tasks Sunyoung Kim Security FURI
Testing and Analysis of Functional Resistivity Composites for High Voltage Power Modules Aaron Bournias Semiconductor manufacturing FURI