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Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 8:00am–4:00pm

 

Geologic and Seismic Hazards – Student Poster Presenters (Eligible for the Student Poster Competition)

Speaker                                 Title                

Julia Bruno                                      Interactions Between Basaltic Melt and Xenoliths in Volcanic Ejecta at Dotsero Maar, Colorado

Elise Chan                                       Alluvial or Debris Flow Fan? Classifying Process from Fan and Catchment Geomorphometry

Cassidy Davis                                  Predicting Missing Volcanic Vents for Ground-Truth Analysis: Case Study of Coyote Hills, Black Rock Desert (Utah)

Jose Manuel Gonzalez Duarte      Field Data and Geochemistry Of A Maar Eruption In Japala, Monjas, Guatemala

Aidan Howe                                    Identifying Habitable Extraterrestrial Lava Tubes Using ERT & Lidar Detection

Ipsita Mitra                                      Using 3D electrical resistivity (ER) to image an active fault at Porter Gap, New Madrid Seismic Zone

Ipsita Mitra                                      Characterization of faulting style along the Eastern Reelfoot Rift margin at Union City, TN

Isaac Pope                                       Morphometrics of Modern Lava Flows: What Physicochemical Properties Control Surface Roughness and its Evolution through Time?

Huston Spellman                            Seismic vs. Climatic Triggers: Evaluating Landslide Evolution Near the Motagua Fault, Guatemala

Taylor Trudell                                  Advancing Baroque-Era Earthquake-Resistant Building Research in Antigua, Guatemala Using SEM and Schmidt Hammer Analyses

 

Landslides Student Presenter (Eligible for the Student Poster Competition)

Speaker                                  Title                

Marco Rodriquez                            Landslides Timing and Trigger Mechanisms of the Buckeye Canyon Rockslide, North of Yosemite National Park, CA

 

Professional Poster Presenters

Speaker                                  Title                

Leyla Namazie                                 High Spatial Resolution Ground Motions in the Eel River Basin, California: Analysis of  Mainshock and Aftershock Data from the 2024 Mw

                                                          7.0 Mendocino Earthquake

Luis Bacellar                                     Creep-Type Mass Movements on Slopes Composed of Soft Rocks in Historic Cities of Southeastern Brazil

Luis Bacellar                                     Evaluation of Fractured Rock Masses in Areas Susceptible to Mass Movements Using Thermal Infrared Surveys

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Thursday, September 25, 2025, 8:00am-4:00pm

Environmental Student Presenters (Eligible for the Student Poster Competition)

Speaker                                   Title

Megan Brown                                   Analyzing Microplastics Using Laser Direct Infrared Spectroscopy: Midwest Center for Microplastic Research

Madison Mitchell                             A 5,000-Year Paleoenvironmental Record Based on Macro-and Microfossil Analysis of Cores from Clear Pond, San Salvador Island, The

                                                          Bahamas

Banuchandra Nagaraja                   Development of Novel Chitosan-Biochar-Bentonite Composite (CBBC) for Contaminant Barriers

Oyindamola Oseni                          Enhanced Phytoremediation of Perchlorate and Nitrate in Sand-Biochar Bioreactors

Margi Smith                                     Integrating Remote Sensing Techniques to Analyze Rock Glacier Movement and Morphology

 

AI / Machine Learning Student Presenter (Eligible for the Student Poster Competition)

Speaker                                   Title

Jagadeesh Kumar Janga                 Machine Learning for Predicting Electrokinetic Remediation Performance: Initial Study and Challenges

 

Professional Presenters

Speaker                                   Title

Andrew Custis                                  Microplastics in The Little Blue River

Jessica Hiatt                                     Surface Deformation Monitoring using Terrestrial LiDAR and UAV-Multispectral Orthomosaics of the Axial Coal Mine

                           

High School Student Poster Presenters - Environmental

Speaker                                   Title

Collin Lo                                           From Legacy to Innovation: Reshaping Perceptions of Nuclear Power

Avishai Ramnauth                            The Extent and Effects of Nuclear Proliferation

 

High School Student Poster Presenter - Student / Professional Perspectives

Speaker                                   Title

Sophie Walters                                 Academic Burnout in STEM Students: Causes and Effects