Virginia Women in HPC (VA-WHPC ): Student Lightning Talks
What
Join us in welcoming 11 undergraduate and graduate students from across Virginia to talk about their research. The talks will be lightning style format allowing 3 minutes for students to present and 1-2 questions and 1-2 questions from the audience. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to hear about a variety of research topics within HPC!
Time:
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
- Lakshmi Miller – Graduate Student
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
“CFD Informed Maneuvering of AUVs”
- Rashmi Chawla – Graduate Student
Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech
“Multiphysics Modeling of UHTCs using Material Point Method”
- Naina Pisharoti – Graduate Student
Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech
“High-fidelity Computational Analysis of UAV Propellers”
- Liza Harold – Undergraduate Student
Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
“Investigating the role of Stereocomplexation in Peptide Assembly via Molecular Dynamics Simulations”
- Clare Cocker – Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
“Role of amino acid stereochemistry in the assembly of peptide hydrogels for tissue engineering”
- Marion LoPresti – Undergraduate Student
Biochemistry, Virginia Tech
“Utilizing HPC to Explore the Dynamics of the Druggable Dengue Virus Protease”
- Nhi Huynh – Graduate Student
Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University
“RSM: To Increasing the Capacity of the Deep GCN (Graph Convolution Neural) Image”
- Sarah Patterson – Undergraduate Student
Developmental Biology, William & Mary
“Single Cell RNA Sequencing in Xenopus Laevis Embryology”
- Cynthia Sias – Graduate Student
Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
“Evaluating the Effect of Cover Crop Termination Management on Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Suppression in Soybean”
- Afrina Tabassum – Graduate Student
Computer Science, Virginia Tech
“Multimodal Learning: Representation and Generation”
- Mahshid Ahmadian – Graduate Student
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Modeling Salmon shark’s location in the Pacific ocean using stochastic process approach”
Moderators:
- Mark Gardner – Network Research Manager, Advanced Research Computing, Virginia Tech
- Heather Baier – Ph.D. Student in Computational Geography, William & Mary
This virtual event is jointly hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, Virginia Tech, William & Mary, University of Richmond, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Old Dominion University, and the University of Virginia.
Please check our website: https://va-whpc.org/event/va-whpc-student-lightning-talks/
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