Symposium Program

Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025. Room # 1105

9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome Note-- Dr. Tanvir Chowdhury
9:15 am - 10:15 am
The oral presentation will take place from 9:15 am to 10:15 am in room 1105.

Presentation 1: "A React-Based Roommate Matching Application Framework for Marshall University"
Authors: Alex Buly

Presentation 2: "The Wand of Damocles - A Roguelite Game"
Author: Joshua Banzon

Presentation 3: "Affordable Haptic Gloves and a Comparison of implementations"
Authors: Edward Sizemore; Andrew Ballard; Jonathan Rigney
10:15 am - 11:55 am Poster Presentation
The poster presentation & judging is expected to begin at 10:15. We will have over 50 students presenting their research and creative work. The project presentation will be judged based on Judging Rubric, and winning presentations will be announced on in the closing ceremony.

Every poster and presentation will be presented in the Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex. From 10:15 am - 12:00 pm (EST), presenters will present their posters in front of judges. During this time period, judges will ask questions and evaluate presenters’ responses.

Poster # 1: "Development and Evaluating of an AI-Enhanced Python Programming Education system"
Authors: Eric Zabala

Poster # 2: "Automated Railway Crack Detection Using Machine Learning: Analysis of Deep Learning Approaches"
Author: Andrew d'Arms

Poster # 3: "Enhancing Railway Safety: A Machine Learning Approach for Automated Detection of Missing Track Bolts"
Authors: Aayush Damai; Hwapyeong Song; Pingping Zhu; Alexander Lambert

Poster # 4: "Two Cases: Number Sorting Algorithms and Word Search Algorithms."
Authors: Matthew Walker

Poster # 5: "A YOLO-Based Semi-Automated Labeling Approach to Improve Fault Detection in Railroad Videos"
Authors: Dylan Lester; Samuel Sutphin; James Gao

Poster # 6: "Voltage-Frequency Regulation Inverter"
Authors: Elijah Smith; Sydney Moore

Poster # 7: "Multi-Camera Gesture Recognition"
Author: Samuel Sutphin

Poster # 8: "Applying DIFFUSEMIX for liver tumor segmentation using the LiTS dataset"
Author: Hannah Vitalos; Miranda Simpson; Ethan Young

Poster # 9: "Automated Detection of Track Gauge Deviations Using Video and Depth Cameras with Machine Learning"
Author: Connor Stonestreet

Poster # 10: "VendMU"
Authors: Matthew Barker; Jay Cook; Cam Menear

Poster # 11: "Filler-Free Voyage Web-Based Application for Streamlining the One-Piece Viewing Experience Using React JS"
Author: Nathan Cline

Poster # 12: "Enhancing Drone Navigation and Control: Obstacle Avoidance, Gesture-Based Piloting, and 3D Mapping"
Authors: Ben Taylor; Mathew Allen; Preston Sellards

Poster # 13: "Time Optimization Algorithms for Traffic Systems Around Marshall University Using Bellman-Ford and Particle Swarm Optimization"
Authors: Bethany Ledford; Kendra Adkins; Emily Kisor

Poster # 14: "The Wand of Damocles - A Roguelite Game"
Author: Joshua Banzon

Poster # 15: "A React-Based Roommate Matching Application Framework for Marshall University"
Author: Alex Buly

Poster # 16: "Key Metrics for Victory in Close Basketball Games"
Author: Madison Kellione

Poster # 17: "Interactive Light-screen for Programming Education"
Authors: Brandon Dial; Nam Tran; Ernesto Zamudio

Poster # 18: "Your Drive - A smarter Code Storage and Reusability Platform"
Authors: Ganesh Paudel

Poster # 19: "Railroad Defect Detection using Emerging Machine Learning Technology"
Author: Hwapyeong Song

Poster # 20: "The Claw Machine"
Authors: Brooke Marshall; Alexa Hoffman; Jace Yost

Poster # 21: "Solar Panel Development at Penn State Health"
Authors: Faith Howell; Ernesto Zamudio; Tristen Thurgood

Poster # 22: "The Hobbyists' Collection"
Authors: Sean Armstrong

Poster # 23: "Affordable Haptic Gloves and a Comparison of implementations"
Authors: Edward Sizemore; Andrew Ballard; Jonathan Rigney

Poster # 24: "Acetabular Wall Sensor"
Authors: Nam Tran; Ernesto Zamudio

Poster # 25: "Exploring Wireless Power Transfer in Autonomous Systems"
Authors: Alex Leonard

Poster # 26: "Realistic Simulation of Swarm Drone Control Using AirSim"
Authors: Jacob Lee; Peyton Dean

Poster # 27: "Security Challenges in Low-Code and No-Code Applications"
Authors: Raad Darwish

Poster # 28: "Lightweight CNN-Based Recognition of Distracted Drivers"
Authors: Satya Nimmagadda; Obi Ifeanyi; Emily Mays
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Closing Note-- Dr. Tanvir Chowdhury