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Investigating Neuromuscular Coordination And Adaptations From Kafo-Assisted Gait Training In Post-Stroke Individuals, Matthew De Guzman

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Using Advanced Ai To Identify Social Adversity Factors In Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation, Alexa Cumming

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Pioglitazone And Atheroglitatide As Modulators Of Fibroblast Placitiy In Pulmonary Fibrosis, Sean M. Crain

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Prescribing Patterns For Treatment Of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: A Retrospective Chart Review Across Two Dermatology Clinical Settings, Kennedy Cook

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

The Antibacterial Properties Of The Infrapatellar Fat Pad Organ, Mark A. Coggins

Summer Research Program Abstracts

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Delivering Sustainability: Improving Medical Waste Segregation Through Staff Education On Labor & Delivery, Haley Primuth, Kari Schmidt Oliver, Manuel R. Lamptey, Anne Getzin, Deborah Simpson

Aurora GME

Introduction

Climate change has known impacts on the health of the maternal-fetal dyad. Economic instability, flooding and displacement lead to reduced access to care, disrupted crop yields and food supply challenges. Extreme heat has been linked to increased rates of fetal growth restriction, preterm delivery and stillbirth. Healthcare makes up 4.4% of net global emissions and work on Labor and Delivery (L&D) generates significant waste. Even when incineration of regulated medical waste (“red bag waste”) is done properly, there are still emissions which include greenhouse gases, heavy metals, toxins and particulate matter. It is estimated that 3-10% of total waste …

Structured Discussions About Professionalism As Trust: Reframing Professionalism Through Entrustment, Trust Behaviors, And Graphic Medicine, Deborah Simpson, Tricia La Fratta, Kristin Ouweneel, Kathryn Agard, Leah Delfinado, Suzette Caudle, Will Lehmann, Nicole Salvo, Esmeralda Santana, Jacob Bidwell, Jessica O'Brien, William Macdonald, David Irby, Hazel Bidwell

Aurora GME

Introduction

Unprofessional behavior in health professions education adversely affects patient care, team functioning, communication, and learner development. Traditional professionalism curricula often focuses on elements of professionalism (eg, integrity, respect, duty) that may fail to illuminate the relational consequences of unprofessional behaviors. We  developed an educational intervention that reframed professionalism through the lens of trust and entrustment.

Methods

The face-to-face intervention aimed to help learners analyze professional behaviors by examining their effects on patient safety, teamwork, and professional growth using a four-element trust framework. Beginning in February 2026, a multidisciplinary faculty /staff workgroup implemented a series of facilitated educational sessions across …

Engineering Pegylated Chitosan–Gold Nanoparticles For Radiosensitization And Sirna Delivery To Glioblastoma, Wesley Chiu

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Creation Of Air Quality Escape Room, Victoria Gillet, Matt Zabel, Delaney Cairns

Aurora GME

Introduction:

Social and structural drivers of health, including environmental exposures such as air pollution, are increasingly recognized as essential components of equitable health care delivery. Despite this, internal medicine residents often face barriers to meaningfully incorporating environmental health considerations into clinical decision-making. Increasing learner interaction with “gamification” of these subjects has shown promise in improving learner engagement, autonomy, and competence in nontraditional biomedical topics. This project describes the development of an immersive escape room–style educational intervention focused on the health impacts of air quality for internal medicine residents.

Methods:

In December of 2025, two internal medicine faculty participated in a …

Increasing Ai-Related Patient Care Discussions In Family Medicine Residency Clinics, Collin Spencer, Kevin Lee, Jessica Sefen, Alonzo Jalan, Will Lehmann, Keyonna Taylor-Coleman, Katharine Kelly, Bonnie Bobot, Meinuo Chen-Baca, Samantha Ladin, Stephanie Malusic, Deborah Simpson

Aurora GME

Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as Large Language Model (LLM) powered medical search engines, are rapidly becoming integrated into clinical medicine, yet adoption and correct-use education remain inconsistent among residents and faculty. Building on previous findings that highlighted the need for curriculum refinement and faculty champions, this performance improvement project focused supervision discussions. Actively creating an open dialogue discussing AI utilization during staffing encounters presents a crucial teachable moment to model appropriate use, clear misconceptions, and guide residents in the strategic leveraging of these tools for patient care.

Aims: To increase by 20% the number of discussions occurring between …

Pe2prompt: A Large Language Model-Native Framework For Interpretable Static Malware Analysis, Yilin Sun, Mohammad Masum

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Large Language Models (LLMs) possess strong general-purpose reasoning abilities, yet their integration into static malware analysis pipelines remains limited due to the representational gap between high-dimensional numerical features and the natural-language input format required for inference. This study introduces PE2Prompt, a Large Language Model-native framework for interpretable and industrially deployable static malware analysis. PE2Prompt formalizes a modular process that bridges numeric PE features and LLM reasoning through three key components: (1) LLM-guided feature curation directly from raw EMBER JSON fields to identify semantically relevant attributes; (2) numerical feature summarization, compressing byte-histogram and entropy distributions into interpretable descriptors; and (3) structured …

Effect Of Obliquity On Metaphyseal-Diaphyseal Ratio And Anterior Humeral Line Alignment In Pediatric Supracondylar Fractures: A 3d Radiographic Study, Mason T. Chimenti

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Developing Radiomic Neuroimaging Biomarkers Using Machine Learning For Predicting Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, Mark Chao

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Genetic Testing Practices For Neonates With Cleft Lip And/Or Palate In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lily J. Buckner

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Surgical Performance Through Intraoperative Video: A Pilot Study In Robotic Cholecystectomy, Brandon S. Blair

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

A Leg Up: Flap Choice In The Management Of Defects Of The Distal Third Of The Leg, Nikitha Bhavani

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Complications And Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total And Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty In Patients Under 50 Years Of Age, Xavier Becsey

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Microrna-433-3p Induced Senolysis Of Glioblastoma For Enhanced Viro-Immunotherapy, Stephanie M. Bean

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Facilitating Timely Hospice Referrals Using A Screening Toolkit In A Rural Hospital: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Jessica Muse

Doctoral Projects

End of life care is often a difficult time for patients, families, and caregivers. Hospice is a valuable resource for individuals who are considered terminally ill and have a life expectancy of six months or less. Many patients who are near the end present to acute care settings for treatment needs. While there are several clinical indicators that may suggest hospice care is the best plan of care for a patient, identifying hospice appropriate patients can be difficult in an acute care setting and there are currently no numerical assessment tools available in the literature that provides a quick reference …

Mutation-Based Multi-Agent Test Case Update, Dawei Tian, Jiakun Liu, Yun Peng, Yichen Zhang, Jianlei Chi, Jun Sun, Xiaohong Su

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Modern software systems evolve rapidly under CI/CD practices, where tests are critical for quality. However, substantial code changes often render existing test cases obsolete, causing pipeline disruptions, reduced productivity, and compromised quality. Recent automatic test update approaches leverage LLMs to refine test cases via execution feedback and exact-matching context retrieval, prioritizing executability and line coverage but suffering three limitations: (1) neglecting test assertion adequacy, weakening fault detection; (2) relying on coarse line coverage instead of specific uncovered lines/branches; (3) using exact-matching retrieval, which fails for LLM hallucinated queries. To address these, we propose MuMuTestUp, a mutation-guided multi-agent framework with three …

Frozen Frontiers: 500 Years Of Mapping Antarctica Gallery Guide, Madeline C. Lowry

Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography Gallery Guides

An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Fifteenth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography.

Graphene Oxide–Driven In Situ Bismuth Reduction Enables Highly Efficient Electroreduction Of Co2 To Formic Acid, Hao Feng, Bohong Zhang, Jie Huang, Xinhua Liang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

To enable large scale efficient electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) to formic acid (HCOOH), it is important to develop catalysts that can be operated in a wide potential window with good stability. Herein, we successfully synthesized Bi₂O₃ catalyst supported on graphene oxide (GO) and graphene (G) and found that Bi₂O₃/GO catalyst had a better overall performance than Bi₂O₃/G. The Bi₂O₃/GO catalyst demonstrated an outstanding CO₂RR performance with a greater than 90% faradaic efficiency (FE) across a wide applied potential window …

Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour Of Metal-Coated Optical Fibers For Distributed High-Temperature Sensing: From Laboratory Characterization To Industrial Case Validation, Koustav Dey, Rony Kumer Saha, Bohong Zhang, Laura Bartlett, Jeffrey D. Smith, Ronald J. O'Malley, Jie Huang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Reliable distributed temperature sensing in high-temperature environments remains a significant challenge due to the thermal and mechanical limitations of conventional optical fibers. In particular, polymer-coated fibers degrade above ∼300 °C due to coating failure, mechanical fragility and hydrogen ingress. Metal-coated optical fibers offer a robust alternative for harsh environments such as Electric Arc Furnaces (EAFs), aerospace engines, nuclear systems, and oil and gas wells, owing to their superior mechanical strength and hermetic sealing. In this work, a first comprehensive experimental investigation of the thermo-mechanical behavior of metal-coated optical fibers for distributed high temperature sensing is presented over a wide temperature …

Rheology Modifiers For Water-Based Slurry Pipeline Transportation: Overview, Efficiency, And Intensification, Ahmed Alalou, Mohammed El Asri, Ahmed Boulahna, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Owing to their cost-efficiency and eco-friendliness, water-based slurry pipelines are the state-of-the-art technology for the transportation of several types of solids such as coal, fly ash, petcoke, iron ore, phosphate rock and other minerals. This review comprehensively examines the effect of numerous commercial dispersants and novel chemical additives that are used as rheology modifiers to enhance the slurryability and fluidity of solid-water slurries at high solids loading. Several key performance parameters such as the rheological characteristics (shear stress, apparent viscosity, yields stress, and flow behavior), the potential stability, surface tension and contact angle that highlight the efficiency of the rheology …

Microwave Spectrum And Iodine Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants Of Difluorodiiodomethane, Cf2i2, Michael J. Carrillo, Michael J. Tubergen, Garry S. Grubbs, S. A. Cooke, Stewart E. Novick

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The high-resolution rotational spectrum of difluoro diiodomethane is reported for the first time. A molecular-beam broadband Fourier transform microwave spectrometer recorded the spectrum over the frequency range of 5.9–18.1 GHz. The rotational constants, centrifugal distortion constants, nuclear quadrupole coupling constants, and nuclear spin-rotation constants for the two equivalent iodine nuclei were determined from fitting 1378 hyperfine transitions of 163 rotational transitions: A = 2743.79691(18)MHz, B = 587.83103(5) MHz, C = 528.72470(5) MHz, χaa = −1213.287(6) MHz, χbb – χcc = −885.210(5) MHz, and χab = 1437.721(5) MHz. 31 dipole-forbidden/quadrupole-allowed transitions, arising from the large nuclear quadrupole coupling effect of iodine, …

Chemnetworks: New Capabilities For High-Throughput, Real-Time Chemical Graph Construction And Analysis, Daniel J. Pope, Jackson Elowitt, Bo Zhang, Manish Parashar, Aurora E. Clark

Michigan Tech Publications

A major revision of the ChemNetworks software (originally published in the Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2014, 35, 495–505) is presented. While the original ChemNetworks provided foundational graph construction capabilities for chemical systems, it was limited to simple distance and 3-body angular edge criteria, was not designed for high-performance computing environments or real-time operation alongside running simulations. This release addresses these limitations through three core contributions. First, a recursive Z-matrix-based search algorithm is introduced that enables chemically intuitive, arbitrarily descriptive three-dimensional structure searches, supporting geometric, energetic, and logical criteria. Second, the DataSpaces data staging framework is incorporated as an optional I/O …

Building Motivation Through A Christian-Based Vocational Sports Academy, Elasha E. Naylor-Cooper

Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) Capstone Abstracts

Project Type: Business Proposal Capstone

Project Overview: CTA Academy - Christian Technology and Athletics Academy - is a proposed private Christian school designed to provide 6-12 grade students with an alternative educational pathway that integrates academic achievement, Christian formation, career preparation, athletics, wellness, and leadership development. The project responds to concerns surrounding student engagement, motivation, academic performance, limited access to affordable private education, and the separation of academic, vocational, spiritual, and athletic development within traditional educational models. CTA Academy proposes a diversified funding model, including scholarship-supported funds, college and business partnerships, donors, sponsors, and fundraisers. This model seeks to make …

Implementation Of A Six-Month Produce Prescription Program For A Rural Medicaid Population Increased Vegetable Consumption And Reduced Food Security In Washington State, Nicole Stendell Hollis, Tafere Belay, Alyssa Castillo, Lupita Silva, Deborah Guack

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

Objective

Methods

Voucher Reliance And Tuition Determination In Private K-12 Schools: A Quantitative Analysis Of Florida Schools Under 500 Students, Rebekah A. Kogelschatz

PhD in Education

The purpose of this quantitative survey study was to investigate the relationship between voucher dependency and tuition-setting practices among leaders of private K-12 schools in Florida with fewer than 500 students. Guided by resource dependence theory, the study examined school leaders’ perceptions of scholarship funding, tuition income, affordability, sustainability, timing, and flexibility in tuition-setting decisions, as well as the adequacy of current scholarship amounts. A quantitative, non-experimental survey design was used. The sample included 85 decision-making school leaders from private K-12 schools in Florida whose roles involved financial or tuition-setting decisions. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, confirmatory …

Utrgv Online Textbook Adoption Instructions, Bibliu

Faculty Affairs - Resources

No abstract provided.