Kalman Symposium 2026

Aiden Davis

Implementation of an Automated PID Control for Detection of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Droplets Liquid-liquid phase separation in aerosol particles can influence cloud droplet formation and therefore affect climate predictions. In...

Amalia Benenati

The Ethics of Cell Lines as Human Remains Some objects are inarguably human remains (e.g. skeletons, brains), while some are debatably human remains (e.g. fetuses, blood smears, cell lines). We have...

Angel Eunisse Yanga

BatLog: open-source passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag logger for wildlife behavioral studies Automated monitoring of individually marked animals enables the collection of high-resolution activity data, yet commercial systems capable of continuous...

Anthony Nyoyoko

Control System Optimization for a Smart Residential Microgrid This thesis began with a simple objective: to restore and optimize the control system of a smart residential microgrid so that it can...

Austin Carroll

Privacy Done Differentially The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA reaps several benefits from publishing its plot data. For instance, disclosure allows third-party researchers to help further its...

Ava Hendrix

Assembling the genome of a bat (Epomophorus labiatus) with an XO sex determination system Several members of the Pteropodidae family of bats are among the few mammals described without a Y...

Axel Uribe

Incubation effort and telomere dynamics in Leach’s storm-petrels Avian embryos cannot regulate their own temperature, necessitating parental thermal buffering to stabilize developmental conditions throughout incubation. Many pelagic seabird pairs take turns...

Ben Khant

Building and Documenting a Reproducible Low-Cost Open-Source Optical See-Through AR Headset for Computing Education (Work in Progress) Students in introductory computer science courses often struggle to understand how algorithms and data...

Benjamin Barkofsky

Definitions of Death and Medical Marginalization In this project, I examine how the medical establishment developed its definition of death in order to argue for a more pluralistic approach to end-of-life...

Deana Marchuk

Comparing Functional and Anatomical Division of the Subthalamic Nucleus as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Deep Brain Stimulation The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is one of the most common targets for...

Delaney Gordan

Physical Sciences

Investigating microbial nutrient sharing based on amino acid sharing and population densities Within microbial communities, many microbes rely on cooperation with each other to survive. One relationship is cross-feeding, where one...

Eryn Drobins

The Brutality of Prostitutes: A Study on Society In America Between 1775-1783 Women during colonial America were widely misrepresented, even in scholarly research after the time. This treatment was even worse...

Fayrene Nguyen

Physical Sciences

Is KBAABB a good proxy of TRUE FIA data? The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program aims to provide comprehensive data on national forest resources. However, challenges in accessing all forest...

Gabriella Santos Meltzer

Nutrient Loading Reduction Capability in Aged Green Roofs As climate change accelerates, intense rain events have been persistent, damaging communities in unprecedented ways. Green roofs are a type of sustainable infrastructure...

Gustavo Oliveira

Numerical Analysis of Vane Shear Test The Vane Shear Test (VST) is widely used in geotechnical engineering to determine the undrained shear strength of soft and sensitive clays due to its...

Iaroslava Polusmak

Preservation of the Japanese Paper Films My summer research project had two parts. The first was a two-week trip to Japan, where we traveled Japan with the showcase of our...

Isaac Horst

Low-Frequency, Low-Intensity Ultrasound Increases Pro-Angiogenic Protein Secretion in 3D Macrophage-Endothelial Co-Cultures Chronic wounds often stall in the inflammatory phase, creating a significant clinical burden. This study investigated Low-Frequency, Low-Intensity Ultrasound (LFLI...

Jasleen Dhillon

Impacts of Acid Rain on Microbial Community Composition Along a pH Gradient Acid rain has been a critical issue impacting water sources and ecosystems in central Pennsylvania for decades. Several streams...

Jean Marie Ngabonziza

Detecting Landcover from satellite images using AI and Ellmer...

Kade Davidheiser

A Conceptual Approach to Estimate the Environment Impact of Electric Aircraft in the U.S. NAS Electric aircraft are becoming more prevalent in our skies, and they are currently being developed with...

Katelyn School

Development and Assembly of Plasmids for Biodegradable Plastic Using the Golden Gate Toolkit in Yarrowia Lipolytica Reliance on single-use plastics continues to harm the environment as toxic chemicals leach into waterways...

Kellan Guinn-Bailey

Plexa: Empowered AI Education AI in education is a hot topic, and for good reason. Professors and Universities are searching for the answers of how they can prepare their students for...

Maura Michalczyk

Co-Liquefaction of Food Waste and Waste Cooking Oil: Reaction Mechanisms, Product Characterization and Ozonation of the Aqueous Phase Food waste (FW) and waste cooking oil (WCO) make up a large portion...

Noah Thorpe

Discharge Process Optimization and Evaluation of Waste Streams from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Lithium-based batteries are increasingly replacing traditional battery technologies, leading to a growing accumulation of spent lithium batteries. These used...

ODDOMNEATH LY

Comparative Validation of Gel-Based and Gel-Less Electroencephalography Systems for Future Neurophysiological Studies This study compares gel-based and gel-free electroencephalography (EEG) systems using the OpenBCI Cyton + Daisy board, a low-cost, open-source platform...

Olivia Janas

Development of a Laboratory Methodology to Manufacture Tailings Recent failures of tailings storage facilities have demanded a greater understanding of the behavior of tailings. However, characterization of tailings properties can be...

Oren Bukowski

Torsion, Tensile, and Impact Performance of Additively Manufactured PA6 Carbon Fiber and Glass Fiber Composites Additive manufacturing (AM) using fused deposition modeling (FDM) is increasingly applied to fiber-reinforced polymers, yet comprehensive...

Quinn Smith

Establishing the Effectiveness of the OpenBCI EEG System in Identifying Physiological Markers of Healthy Brains Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, affecting 1.1...

Sophia Perkins

Historical Gradient of Host-Pathogen Dual Transcriptomics in White Nose Syndrome White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a cutaneous fungal disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) . Since its arrival...

Vitoria Fernandes de Araujo

Performance-Based Design of Shallow Foundations Considering Soil Variability and Climate Change Effects Traditional geotechnical design relies on deterministic methods and prescriptive safety factors that often fail to account for inherent soil...

Zakaria Frane

Exploring 2D and 3D facial recognition systems and its security Two-dimensional (2D) face recognition is widely deployed for authentication and security, yet it remains vulnerable to spoofing attacks using printed photos...

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