8:00 am: Registration/Breakfast, WSC Garden Court
8:45 am: Opening Remarks
9:00 am: Opening and Keynote Speaker - Heath Hall, Technical Services Director | Ash Grove Cement
Cement Manufacturing: Interconnected Engineering, Energy, and Environmental Opportunities
10:00 am: Effects of Voltage Biasing in Photoelectro chemical Etching in Silicon
Aaron M Bencomo (Brigham Young University, USA); Blake P Crosby (Brigham Young University, USA); Alexander J Horspool (Brigham Young University, USA); Ethan W Graham (Brigham Young University & Nielson Scientific, USA); Jared Payne (Brigham Young University, USA); Gregory Nielson (Nielson Scientific, USA); Stephen Schultz (Brigham Young University, USA)
10:20 am: Light Coupling in Adjacent Waveguides with Scattering Enhanced Surfaces
Aiden Carter (Brigham Young University, USA); Alton Overson (Brigham Young University, USA); James G Harkness (Brigham Young University, USA); Holger Schmidt (University of California Santa Cruz, USA); Aaron R Hawkins (Brigham Young University, USA)
10:40 am: Plasma Activated Lamination for High Performance Terahertz Metal-Mesh Filters
Bryson Decker (Brigham Young University, USA); Christopher A Chinh (Brigham Young University & Nielson Scientific, LLC, USA); Stephen Schultz (Brigham Young University, USA); Gregory Nielson (Nielson Scientific, USA); Ellie Hopkins (Brigham Young University, USA); Seth Cheney (Brigham Young University, USA); Bradley E Ferguson (Brigham Young University & Nielson Scientific, USA)
11:00 am: Fabrication of a Thin-Film Terahertz Polarizers Using Photolithography
Ellie Hopkins (Brigham Young University, USA); Christopher A Chinh (Brigham Young University & Nielson Scientific, LLC, USA); Stephen Schultz (Brigham Young University, USA)
11:20 am: Measuring and Compensating for Distortion of 3-Dimensional Structures in Ultra Thin Multi-Layer Materials During Laser Micro-Machining, Lamination, and Electroplating
Cael Black (Brigham Young University, USA); Stephen Schultz (Brigham Young University, USA)
11:40 am: The Optimization of DRIE Tool to Reduce Bulls-Eye Non-Uniformity
Ms. Marzia Zaman (McDaniel College, USA); Sanjoy K. Saha (McDaniel College, USA)
10:00 am: Air Entrainment of Concrete Comprising Natural Pozzolan
Jared W. Jewell (Brigham Young University, USA); Matthew Christensen (Brigham Young University, USA); Battsagaan Ilch (Brigham Young University - Provo, USA); W. Spencer Guthrie (Brigham Young University, USA); Taylor J. Sorensen (Brigham Young University, USA)
10:20 am: Characterization of Engineered Cementitious Composites for Electrified Pavement Applications
Mahmoud Ali (Utah State University, USA); Srishti Banerji (Utah State University, USA); Marvin W Halling (Utah State University, USA)
10:40 am: Comparison of Marshall and Gyratory Compaction Methods for Preparing Specimens of Foamed-Asphalt-Stabilized Base for Indirect Tensile Strength Testing
Sarah Jaen Hosey (Brigham Young University, USA); W. Spencer Guthrie (Brigham Young University, USA)
11:00 am: Use of Twisted Steel Reinforcement for Reducing Concrete Pavement Thickness
Richard H. Brandi (Brigham Young University, USA); Christopher R Bondy (Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh, USA); W. Spencer Guthrie (Brigham Young University, USA)
11:20 am: Production and Performance Characterization of Ground Glass Pozzolan Derived from Utah Mixed Waste Glass
Rosemary Yahne (Utah State University, USA); Srishti Banerji (Utah State University, USA)
11:40 am: Mechanical, Durability, and Bond Characteristics of UHPC for Bridge Deck Overlay Applications
Asher Neitsch (Utah State University, USA); Srishti Banerji (Utah State University, USA); Jovan Tatar (University of Delaware, USA)
10:00 am: Learning-Driven Quantized Gossip Consensus via UCB Multi-Armed Bandits in Semi-Regular MGML Networks
Md. Mehedi Hasan (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Jabir Ahmad Jahin Bhuiyan (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Syed Istiuk Raja (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Jaxon Larsen (Utah Valley University, USA); Mohammad T. Kawser (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Imtiaz Parvez (Utah Valley University, USA)
10:20 am: A Review of Data Driven Virtual Sensors for Internal Combustion Engines: Architectures, Applications, and Challenges
Kanan Roy Chowdhury (Idaho State University, USA); Atulan Gupta (Idaho State University, USA); Antora Dev (Idaho State University, USA); Marco P Schoen (Idaho State University, USA)
10:40 am: A Graph-Attentive LSTM Model for Malicious URL Detection
Md. Ifthekhar Hossain (Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh); Kazi Abdullah Al Arafat (Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh); Bryce Shepard (Utah Valley University, USA); Kayd Craig (Utah Valley University, USA); Imtiaz Parvez (Utah Valley University, USA)
11:00 am: Model Reconstruction from Topology Optimization: A Case Study
Caleb Jones (Brigham Young University, USA); Kendrick M Shepherd (Brigham Young University, USA)
11:20 am: Design and Classroom Deployment of a Reconfigurable Fault-Insertion Platform for Electrical Diagnostics
Scott Hadzik (Weber State University, USA); Brandon Stevenson (Weber State University, USA)
10:00 am: Kolmogorov-Arnold Network Estimation of Solutions to Biochemical Systems
Joshua Ologbonyo (Mercer University, USA); Emmanuel O Adara (Binghamton University, USA)
10:20 am: Beyond Pass/Fail: Multi-Model Vulnerability Profiling f Acoademic Assessment Questions
Qudrat E Alahy Ratul (Utah Valley University, USA); Eshita Zaman (Utah Valley University, USA); Saikat Das (Utah Valley University, USA)
10:40 am: Impact of Data Imputation on Overfitting in ICU Length of Stay Predictions
Mahmad Isaq Karankot (Montana State University, USA); Bradley M Whitaker (Montana State University, USA)
11:00 am: Computational Optimization of "Genqo": A Gaussian State Quantum Optics Modeling Engine
Jacob Gunnell (Brigham Young University, USA); Stefan Krastanov (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA); Ryan Camacho (Brigham Young University, USA); Gabe Richardson (University of Maryland, USA)
11:20 am: Analysis of Use of B-Splines in Numerical Modeling ofChloride Diffusion in Concrete
Eliana Patricia Salangad Royales (Brigham Young University, USA); Ramin Pahnabi (Brigham Young University, USA); Kendrick M Shepherd (Brigham Young University, USA); W. Spencer Guthrie (Brigham Young University, USA)
11:40 am: ICALCC: Locally Centered Contrast Functions for FastICA with GPU Acceleration
Tetsuya Saito (Kleinverse AI, Inc., USA & Globiz Professional University, Japan)
Garden Court, Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center (WSC)
02:00 pm: ANFIS-Ba Frequency Regulation in ased Grid-Forming Inverter Control for Two-Area Interconnected Power System
Muhammad Shehzore Hashmi (Montana State University - Bozeman, USA); Shamsun Nahar Edib (Montana State University, USA)
02:20 pm: Cyberattack Detection in Smart Grids: A Survey of Machine Learning Approaches and Challenges
Md Sadman Hasan (Idaho State University, USA); Mohamed I. Ismail (Idaho State University, USA & Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology, Egypt); Mohamed I. Ibrahem (Augusta University, USA); Mostafa Fouda (Idaho State University, USA)
02:40 pm: Machine Learning-Assisted RIS Beamforming for Secure Smart Grid Communications
Mohamed I. Ismail (Idaho State University, USA & Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology, Egypt); Ahmed Elsayed Al Wakeel (Suez Universiyt, Egypt); Rhana Mahmoud Elshishtawy (Idaho State University, USA); Mohamed I. Ibrahem (Augusta University, USA); Zubair Md Fadlullah (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Mostafa Fouda (Idaho State University, USA)
03:00 pm: A Learning-Driven Gossip Consensus for Smart Grid Applications
Syed Istiuk Raja (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Jabir Ahmad Jahin Bhuiyan (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Mehedi Hasan (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Kayd Craig (Utah Valley University, USA); Mohammad T. Kawser (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Imtiaz Parvez (Utah Valley University, USA)
03:20 pm: MYCO-MARKET: A Single-Round Feeder-Level Double Auction for Network-Constrained Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading
Yomna Mohamed (Idaho State University, USA); Zubair Md Fadlullah (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Mostafa Fouda (Idaho State University, USA)
03:40 pm: GIC Modeling for a Three-Phase, Three-Limb Transformer: Line-Resistance Sensitivity
Julien Aganze (University of Oklahoma, USA); Paul Moses (University of Oklahoma, USA)
02:00 pm: A Lightweight MRAC Torque Overlay for LOC-Tuned Quadrotor Attitude Loops
Ahmed Mohamed Shehata (Idaho State University, USA); Marco P Schoen (Idaho State University, USA)
02:20 pm: Local-Optimal Digital PID Tuning for the Parrot Mambo Minidrone Attitude Loop
Ahmed Mohamed Shehata (Idaho State University, USA); Marco P Schoen (Idaho State University, USA)
02:40 pm: Comparative Analysis of Soft Actor-Critic Evolution Strategy Optimized TD3 RL for Bipedal and Robot Locomotion
Atulan Gupta (Idaho State University, USA); Kanan Roy Chowdhury (Idaho State University, USA); Marco P Schoen (Idaho State University, USA)
03:00 pm: Objective Inference for Nonlinear Dynamical Games with Control Constraints
Logan Lancaster (Utah State University, USA); Matthew W. Harris (Utah State University, USA)
03:20 pm: Decentralized Coverage Control for Multi-Agent Systems with Limited Connectivity Using Reinforcement Learning
Robert William Stallworth IV (United States Naval Academy, USA); Erick Rodriguez-Seda (United States Naval Academy, USA)
03:40 pm: An Adaptive Gossip Consensus Framework with UCB Multi-Armed Bandits for Limited-Bandwidth Networks
Jabir Ahmad Jahin Bhuiyan (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Mehedi Hasan (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Syed Istiuk Raja (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Kayd Craig (Utah Valley University, USA); Mohammad T. Kawser (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh); Imtiaz Parvez (Utah Valley University, USA)
02:00 pm: Secure-by-Design Framework for Agentic AI: Mitigating Toxic Flows and Adversarial Exploits in Multi-Agent Ecosystems
Amani Shatnawi (Weber State University, USA); Anas Mohammad Ramadan AlSobeh (Utah Valley University, USA & Yarmouk University, Jordan); Samer Khamaiseh (Miami University, USA); Muhammad Al-Abdullah (University of Tampa, USA)
02:20 pm: DataGovAI: A Multi-Agent RAG System for Government Data Retention Compliance with Privacy-Preserving Evaluation
Majid Memari (Utah Valley University, USA)
02:40 pm: AI-ClassSims: Multi-Agent LLM Classroom Simulation with Real-Time Feedback for Teacher Training
Majid Memari (Utah Valley University, USA); Krista Ruggles (Utah Valley University, USA)
03:00 pm: QVAS: A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Scoring Exam Question Vulnerability to Large Language Models
Qudrat E Alahy Ratul (Utah Valley University, USA); Eshita Zaman (Utah Valley University, USA); Saikat Das (Utah Valley University, USA)
03:20 pm: Scalable Privacy-Preserving Synthetic Postpartum Depression Narratives with Large Language Models
Sara Sezavar Dokhtfaroughi (Utah State University, USA); Chris Winstead (Utah State University, USA)
03:40 pm: A Systematic Evaluation of Recurrent Architectures for Binary Solar Flare Prediction from Multivariate Time Series
Syed Abrab Mahmood (University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA)
02:00 pm: Generative AI, Large Language Models, and Agentic AI for Fashion and Textile Supply Chains: A Concise Survey
Qudrat E Alahy Ratul (Utah Valley University, USA); Toufiq Imroze Pritul (National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (NITER), Bangladesh)
02:20 pm: Effects of Graphical Fidelity on Simulation-to-Reality Object Detection for Underwater Environments
Sterling Chargois (Cornell University, USA); Flint Morgan (Montana State University, USA); Bradley M Whitaker (Montana State University, USA)
02:40 pm: Observations on YOLO's Detection Biases
Liam G. White (Montana State University, USA); P. Flint Morgan (Montana State University, USA); Bradley M Whitaker (Montana State University, USA)
03:00 pm: Neural Network-Based Object Localization in Turbid Media
Tate Dickson (Utah Valley Uniersity, USA); Justin Webster (Utah Valley University, USA); Shawn Pepper (Utah Valley University, USA); Vern Hart (Utah Valley Uniersity, USA)
03:20 pm: An Experimental Study of Planar Homography Augmentation for Real-World Instance Segmentation
Nadim Dib (Idaho State University, USA); Anish Sebastian (Idaho State University, USA)
03:40 pm: Machine Learning-Based Instance Segmentation of Potato Virus Y (PVY) Symptoms in Seed Potato Crops Using RGB Imagery
Muhammad Shehzore Hashmi (Montana State University - Bozeman, USA); Siddat B Nesar (Montana State University, USA); Walter Zidack (Montana State University - Bozeman, USA); Bradley M Whitaker (Montana State University, USA); Paul W Nugent (Montana State University, USA)
04:20 pm: Drop Formation for 3D Microfabricated Structures
Alton Overson (Brigham Young University, USA); Aiden Carter (Brigham Young University, USA); James G Harkness (Brigham Young University, USA); Anne E Lee (Brigham Young University, USA); Aaron R Hawkins (Brigham Young University, USA)
04:40 pm: Temperature Variation of Water Nucleation in Sealed Capillaries
Ben Goodey (Brigham Young University, USA); Ryan Camacho (Brigham Young University, USA); Chase Miner (Brigham Young University, USA); Aaron R Hawkins (Brigham Young University, USA)
05:00 pm: Thermal Analysis on Spinning Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Disk
Alex Cantrell (University of Utah, USA); Tim Ameel (University of Utah, USA); Cristian Clavijo (University of Utah, USA)
05:20 pm: Surface Modification of SiO2 Microchannels to Stabilize Flow Performance
Edward A Marcos (Brigham Young University, USA); Caleb Mackey (Brigham Young University, USA); Michael Lau (Brigham Young University, USA); Susannah Holliday (Brigham Young University, USA); Ephraim M Ong (Brigham Young University, USA); Zariel Macchia (Brigham Young University, USA); Holger Schmidt (UC Santa Cruz, USA); Aaron R Hawkins (Brigham Young University, USA)
05:40 pm: A Nonlinear Finite Element Framework for Dynamic Thin-Film Lubrication Modeling
Spencer Otero (Brigham Young University, USA); Kendrick M Shepherd (Brigham Young University, USA); Quentin Allen (Brigham Young University, USA)
S04:20 pm: Fabrication of SiO2 Microchannels Using Photoresist Dewetting for Sacrificial Cores
Ephraim M Ong (Brigham Young University, USA); Edward A Marcos (Brigham Young University, USA); Michael Lau (Brigham Young University, USA); Susannah Holliday (Brigham Young University, USA); Zariel Macchia (Brigham Young University, USA); Holger Schmidt (University of California Santa Cruz, USA); Aaron R Hawkins (Brigham Young University, USA)
04:40 pm: Vacuum Lamination of Thin-Film Polypropylene for Terahertz Filter Spacing
Seth Cheney (Brigham Young University, USA); Christopher A Chinh (Brigham Young University & Nielson Scientific, LLC, USA); Stephen Schultz (Brigham Young University, USA); Gregory Nielson (Nielson Scientific, USA)
05:00 pm: Nozzle Geometry Effect on a Lab-Scale Hybrid Propulsion System
Santiago Bernal (Weber State University, USA); Morgan Britton (Weber State University, USA); Tessie Smith (Weber State University, USA); Dustin Birch (Weber State University, USA); Benjamin Garcia (Weber State University, USA); Pedram Pakseresht (Weber State University, USA)
05:20 pm: Generative AI in Supply Chain Management: Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions
Shijon Das (Idaho State University, USA); Mohamed I. Ismail (Idaho State University, USA & Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology, Egypt); Mohamed I. Ibrahem (Augusta University, USA); Ahmed Hamed (Idaho National Laboratory, USA); Mostafa Fouda (Idaho State University, USA)
05:40 pm: Machine Learning for Early Alzheimer's Detection Using Blood-Based Biomarkers: A Focused Survey
Yomna Mohamed (Idaho State University, USA); Zubair Md Fadlullah (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Mostafa Fouda (Idaho State University, USA)
04:20 pm: Impact of Wavelet Representation and Data Augmentation on Transfer Learning Models for Noisy Audio Signal Detection
Antora Dev (Idaho State University, USA); Atulan Gupta (Idaho State University, USA); Kanan Roy Chowdhury (Idaho State University, USA); Mostafa Fouda (Idaho State University, USA); Leslie Kerby (Associate Professor, USA)
04:40 pm: Efficient FFT Computation of Zero-Padded Signals, with Application to a Hopping DFT
Todd K Moon (Utah State University, USA)
05:00 pm: A Low-Complexity Noise-Aided Selective-Symbol Flip Decoder for Non-Binary LDPC Codes over QAM Channel
Zinnia Muntaha Mowri (Utah State University, USA); Chris Winstead (Utah State University, USA)
05:20 pm: A Deep Neural Network Based Hybrid Model for Temporal EEG Classification
Kazi Abdullah Al Arafat (Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh); Md Razuan Hossain (Utah Valley University, USA); Md. Ifthekhar Hossain (Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Irfan Hossain (Independent University Bangladesh, Bangladesh); Imtiaz Parvez (Utah Valley University, USA)
05:40 pm: Hybrid Machine Learning Frameworks for Predictive Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries in ElectricVehicles
Kazi Abdullah Al Arafat (Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh); Md Razuan Hossain (Utah Valley University, USA); Md. Ifthekhar Hossain (Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Irfan Hossain (Independent University Bangladesh, Bangladesh); Md. Fahaduzzaman (Gopalganj University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh); Imtiaz Parvez (Utah Valley University, USA)
04:20 pm: AIRON: An AI-Driven Autonomous Reliability and Self-Healing Framework for Enterprise Data Warehouse Operations Network on GCP
Umamaheswara rao Kukkala (Zions Bancorporation, USA)
04:40 pm: Software Quality-in-Use: A Systematic Literature Review
Yvette D Hastings (Montana State University - Bozeman, USA); Ann Marie Reinhold (Montana State University, USA)
05:00 pm: Characterizing and Codifying Malware Sophistication
Angelo Porcella (Montana State University, USA); Zachary Wadhams (Montana State University - Bozeman, USA); Clemente Izurieta (Montana State University, USA); Jonathan Crussell (Sandia National Laboratories, USA); Ann Marie Reinhold (Montana State University, USA)
05:20 pm: Extensible Data Structures for T-Spline Data Transfer and Visualization
Mitchell Hortin (Brigham Young University, USA); Kendrick M Shepherd (Brigham Young University, USA)
05:40 pm: Minimizing Crossings in Grouped Arc Diagrams
Nathan Cordner (Utah Valley University, USA); David Doig (Utah Valley University, USA); Carlos Rubio (Utah Valley University, USA)
7:00 pm: Museum Tour: Meet at the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum (MLBM)
7:00 pm: Bridal Veil Falls Activity: Meet at the East entrance by roundabout, Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center (WSC)
