Forward Thinking Research Symposium
This year's Forward Thinking Research Symposium was held on Tuesday Nov. 29th from 1:00-4:00pm.
Each year, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) showcases the exciting research being done at Marquette. In celebrating research across campus, the ORSP Forward Thinking Research Symposium provides opportunities to learn more about work being done in other disciplines and fosters professional skills for students. Unlike traditional conferences, where researchers convey the results of work that has been completed, the Forward Thinking presentations focus on projects that will take place in the next 6–12 months.
Ballroom A |
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Teams Meeting Recording | |||||||||
Student (First Listed) |
Faculty (First Listed) |
Dept. | Title | Keywords | |||||
1 | Sayeda Farzana | Aktar | Dr. Sheikh Iqbal | Ahamed | Computer Science | Machine Learning Based Solutions for Building Accessibility Measurement Challenges Comprehensive and Personalized Assessment | Machine Learning | People with disabilities | Building accessibility measurement |
2 | Kazi Zawad | Arefin | Sheikh Iqbal | Ahamed | Computer Science | Pulsatile : Detection of Heart Rate Variability(HRV) & Oxygen Saturation(SPO2) from finger-tip Video | Oxygen Saturation | Heart Rate Variability | Non invasive mobile detection |
3 | Tao | Cui | Naveen | Bansal | MSSC | Determining the corresponding Covid-19 related genes with correlated parameters using Bayesian multiple hypothesis methodology |
Bayesian multiple hypothesis | gene expression | correlation/ skewness |
4 | Veronika | Folvarska | Patrick | McNamara | Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering | Impacts of Corrosion in the Drinking Water Distribution System on Antibiotic Resistance | Antibiotic Resistance | Corrosion | Drinking Water |
5 | MD Romael | Haque | Sabirat | Rubya | Computer Science | Designing Integrate Persuasive Reminders for US veterans to Facilitate Engagement in Peer-mentor Support | Mental Health | Peer-peer support | Persuasive Technology |
6 | Kiswendsida | Kere | Qindan | Huang | Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering | Probabilistic Models Development and Risk Management Strategies for Pipelines with Anomalies | Pipeline failure | Burst pressure prediction | Numerical modeling |
7 | Nicholas | Langer | Ofer | Kedem | Chemistry | Enhancing the Activity of Gold Nanoparticles through Microenvironmental Changes | Nanoparticles | Catalysis | Energy |
8 | Zihao | Lu | Patrick | McNamara | Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering | The impact of increased QACs loadings to performance of anaerobic digesters and development of antibiotic resistance | Quaternary ammonium compounds | antibiotic resistance | anaerobic digester |
9 | Arafat | Mahmood | Sheikh Iqbal | Ahamed | Computer Science | A Smartphone and Sensor-Based System to Monitor Physical and Social Exertional Activities | Smartphone | Sensor | Fatigue |
10 | Farhat Tasnim | Progga | Dr. Sabirat | Rubya | Computer Science | Developing Technology for Supporting Perinatal Wellbeing | postpartum depression | digital storytelling | social support |
11 | Masud | Rabbani | Sheikh Iqbal | Ahamed | Computer Science | A Digital Platform Towards Vital Signs Monitoring from Ten-Second Facial Video | vital sign monitoring | Ten-Second Facial Video | patients with heart diseases and hypertension |
12 | Sujeeth Goud | Ramagoni | Dennis | Brylow | Computer Science | Finding Patterns of High School Computer Science Certified Teachers and Computer Science Enrollment Data | Patterns | High School Computer Science | Teacher Certification |
13 | Chase | Sakitis | Daniel | Rowe | Mathematical and Statistical Sciences | Formal Bayesian Technique to Measure Unobserved FMRI Data for Quicker Brain Imaging | fMRI | Bayesian | GRAPPA |
14 | Audrey | Vice | Ofer | Kedem | Chemistry | Pharmaceutical Reactions with Improved Environmental Sustainability using Single Atom Catalysts | sustainability | catalysis | pharmaceuticals |
15 | Ke | Xu | Daniel | Rowe | Computational Mathematical and Statistical Sciences | Statistical Image Reconstruction of FMRI: A Shifted Field-of-view method for Multi-coil Separation of Parallel Encoded Complex-valued Slices (mSPECS-sFOV) in FMRI | FMRI | SMS | Image reconstruction |
Ballroom D |
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Student (First Listed) |
Faculty (First Listed) |
Dept. | Title | Keywords | |||||
1 | Ashley | Benito Lezameta | Sylvia | Pena | Nursing | Exploring mental health related to cancer diagnosis in the Latinx community | Mental health | Cancer diagnosis | Latinx population |
2 | Aya | Darwish | Stephen | Saunders | Psychology | Social Media, Perfectionism, Mental Health, and Mental Illness Stigma | perfectionim | mental health | mental illness stigma |
3 | Kevin | Grisales | Marieke | Gilmartin | Biomedical Sciences | Fear in real-time: how sex hormones shape the fearfulness of memory | Sex Differences | Estradiol | Fear Learning and Memory |
4 | Miranda | Kargol | John | Grych | Psychology | MPS Success Center: A Restorative Intervention in the Milwaukee Public School System | Restorative | Education | Therapeutic |
5 | Navneet | Kaur | Nilanjan | Lodh | Medical Laboratory Science | Prevalence of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) across geography, years and age groups | Female | Schistosomiasis | diseases |
6 | Madison | McGrath | Jeff | Berry | Speech Pathology & Audiology | Respiratory-Phonatory Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis through Singing | Multiple Sclerosis | Breathing | Singing |
7 | Johanna | Michlig | Astrida | Kaugars | Psychology | Examining Adaptation to Diagnosis and Decisions About Medical Care Among Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity | Caregivers | Children with Medical Complexity | Adaptation |
8 | Rebecca | Mudge | Jeff | Berry | Speech Pathology & Audiology | Improved Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis with Refined Measures of Tongue, Lip, Jaw and Upper Limb Movement | Multiple Sclerosis | Assessment | Movement |
9 | Lauren | Opielinski | Sandra | Hunter | Exercise Science | Persistent Effects of COVID-19 on Physical Function in a Hispanic Community | Community based research | Long COVID-19 | Health |
10 | Christian | Otteman | Kristy | Nielson | Psychology | Positivity and Learning in Younger and Older Adults: Do We Seek the Good, or Avoid the Bad? | Aging | Sex differences | Reinforcement learning |
11 | Ryley | Rand | Jennifer | Ohlendorf | Nursing | Moving, Mapping, and Storying; Navigating the Embodiment of Trauma | |||
12 | Sarah | Rolli | Emily | Sontag | Biological Sciences | Using molecular modeling and structural biochemistry to understand Huntington's disease | huntingtin | chaperones | proteostasis |
13 | Gregory | Simandl | Dr. David | Baker | Biomedical Sciences | Evidence that Astrology Can Treat Diseases of the Brain | Astrocyte | Cognition | Evolution |
14 | Laney | Tarantino | Kathryn | Malin | Nursing | Does money matter? Econometrics and the nursing faculty shortage | Nursing shortage | Econometrics | Faculty |
15 | Janet | Akor | Sumana | Chattopadhyay | Digital Media and Performing Arts | Understanding Afghan women refugee portrayals in the media | Afghan Women | Media | Refugees |
Highlights for 2022
Here are some highlights of this year's event:
- Researchers will make five-minute oral presentations — “elevator pitches” — of their work. Presentations can be accompanied by up to three PowerPoint slides. Presenters will need to be available Tuesday, November 29th from 1:00 – 3:00 pm.
- Presentations should emphasize WHY this work is important, with less attention paid to the HOW (i.e. the details of a particular methodology).
- We strongly encourage student researchers on the project to do the oral presentation, to help further their presentation skills and articulation of the work in a quick and digestible format.
- Marquette's MIC Speakers Lab can help students and faculty develop, organize, edit, practice, and polish the presentation. Visit The MIC webpage for more information.
- Monetary awards of $500 will go to each of the three top projects, with an additional award to be funded by the Institute for Women’s Leadership for a project with a gender focus
- Posters are not required, but may be set up in the AMU reception area to allow for further discussion after the oral presentations.
- To promote Marquette’s tradition of sponsoring academic centers and institutes, several of them will have tables set up in the reception area to share more about their missions and programming.
- ORSP will provide information on upcoming funding opportunities of interest to disciplines and career levels across campus.
Full details of this event can be found in the 2022 Forward Thinking Research Symposium Guidelines.
Important Dates
- Mid-September – Guidelines posted on ORSP website
- October 14 – Deadline to submit Letter of Intent to Participate form is 4:00 pm
- November 14 – Deadline to submit presentation is 4:00 pm
- Information needed to complete the form includes: name, email address and department (faculty) for each member of the project team, title, brief description (2-3 sentences), keywords (3), PowerPoint slide of poster (no more than 3 slides; .ppt file format) and if displaying a supplemental poster.
- November 29 – Day of Event
- 12:00 – 12:45 Set up poster (if applicable)
- 1:00 – 1:10 Welcome and Introduction
- 1:15 – 2:45 Oral Presentations
- 3:00 – 4:00 Reception and Poster Presentations
- Early December – Award winners announced
Important Links
- Guidelines
- Letter of Intent to Participate - deadline October 14th, 4:00pm
- Submit Presentation - deadline November 14th, 4:00pm
- RSVP to attend (virtual or in-person) the Symposium - If planning to attend the event (either virtually or in person)
If you have any questions, please contact Project Planning and Development in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.