GradExpo
Nov. 9 2022, Tomás Rivera Conference Center
The UTEP GradExpo is an annual opportunity for graduate students to share their work, hone their professional skills, and get valuable feedback. In addition to these opportunities to present in a professional environment, the event includes refreshments throughout, lunch, a keynote, and additional options for professional networking. Poster proposals from all disciplines are welcome.
- Participants may propose individually or as a group
- Participants must be enrolled in a master's or doctoral program in Fall 2022 at UTEP
- Participants selected to present are expected to attend the keynote whether they are selected for a morning session or the afternoon poster session
To apply, students submit a proposal that includes their research poster title, abstract, and preferred session for presenting. The Graduate School welcomes proposals from all academic and creative disciplines.
GradExpo schedule for November 9, 2022:
- 9:00am-9:30am - Participant check in and poster session #1 set up. (Coffee and pastries provided)
- 9:30am-10:30am - Poster Session #1
- 10:30am-11:00pm - Session #2 Participant check in and poster set up (Coffee and pastries provided)
- 11:00am-12:00pm - Poster Session #2
- 12:00pm-1:30pm - Provided lunch for participants
- 1:30pm-2:30pm - Keynote Speaker Presentation
- 2:30pm-3:00pm - Session #3 Participant check in and poster set up (Coffee and cookies provided)
- 3:00pm-4:00pm - Poster session #3
- 4:00pm-4:30pm - GradExpo Participant Networking
- 4:30pm - 6:00pm - 3MT Finals Competition (GradExpo participants encouraged to attend)
Congratulations to the GradExpo 2021 Top 5 Research Poster Winners
Past Winners
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Gilbert Carranza
1st Place
Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Jose Coronel
2nd Place
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
Leonardo Gutierrez Sierra
3rd Place
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Oscar Manuel Robledo Holguin
1st Place
Computational Science (MS)
Michelle Aranda
2nd Place
Biology (MS)
Emily Chavez
3rd Place
Kinesiology (MS)
BEST GROUP
Nathalie Gonzalez, Tamra Hendren, & Lilia Sanchez
Occupational Therapy (MOT)
The UTEP Graduate School's EXPO 2019 featured presentations of graduate students from UTEP and our sister institutions in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. In addition to the opportunities to present and network in a professional, bilingual environment, the event included a light breakfast, a keynote luncheon, and refreshments throughout. The EXPO is also a competition and an opportunity for community engagement. Participants receive feedback and may win prizes, and faculty, staff, and community partners can serve as judges.
EXPO 2019 de la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso (UTEP) que facilitó exposisiones de estudiantes de posgrado de UTEP e instituciones hermanas en el estado de Chihuahua, México. Además de estas oportunidades para presentar e interactuar en una red profesional y bilingüe, La Exposición de investigación de estudiantes de posgrado de UTEP incluyó un desayuno ligero, un almuerzo con presentación magisterial y refrigerios en todo momento. La EXPO también es una competencia y una oportunidad para participación comunitaria. Los integrantes reciben retroalimentación y pueden ganar premios y profesores, profesionistas, y miembros de la comunidad pueden ser jueces.
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Jordan Orozco
1st Place
Speech Language Pathology (MS)
Francisco Morales
2nd Place
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (PhD)
Anna Daniela Vélez Arroyo
3rd Place
Ciencias Sociales (Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
AHM Golam Hyder
1st Place
Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD)
Ana Lionel
2nd Place
Physical Therapy (DPT)
Jyoti Ahlawat
3rd Place
Chemistry (PhD)
BEST GROUP
Carina Baeza, Julio Cesar Martinez & Megan Villere Goldner
Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Gold
UTEP College of Engineering
Silver
UTEP Department of Communication
UTEP College of Health Sciences MHIRT Program
UTEP Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
UTEP Master of Occupational Therapy Program
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Ridwan Fayaz Hossain
1st Place
Electrical & Computer Engineering (PhD)
Solution Dispersed 2D Graphene & MoS2 for an Inkjet Printed Biocompatible Photodetector
Ligia Arguilez
2nd Place
History (PhD)
Native Invaders: The Politics of Plants and the Shifting Identity of the Creosote Bush
Md Tariqul Islam
3rd Place
Chemistry (PhD)
Self-Regenerable Water Filter for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Julio Ceniceros
1st Place
Environmental Science (MS)
Identifying the Abundance of Soil, Vegetation, and Rock Using Multiple Endmember
Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA) in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
Luiza Barros
2nd Place
Civil Engineering (MS)
Testing Protocols and Design Tools for Balancing AC Mixes
Victor Garcia
3rd Place
Geological Sciences (PhD)
Uranium - Series Dating of the East Franklin Mountains Fault Carbonates in El Paso, Texas
And friends of the EXPO, Dr. Benjamin Flores & Dr. Donna Ekal
PANEL PRESENTATIONS |
Pamela Lara 1st Place Physics Uncatalogued Variable In The Kepler's Fields |
Pablo Rangel 2nd Place Electrical & Computer Engineering (PhD) Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Sense And Avoid (SAA) Airway Coordination Model Based On Gas Particles Elastic Collisions Dynamics |
Lori Whitaker 3rd Place English Rhetoric and Writing Studies (MA) Maude: Reinventing The Character Of Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men |
Justin Magee Honorable Mention Psychology (PhD) The Impact Of National Security Interrogation Methods On Situational Stress |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
Amelie Muzza 1st Place Speech Language Pathology (MS) Language Of Intervention In A Bilingual Child With Autism |
Alberto Soto Electrical & Computer Engineering(MS) Optimization Of Neural Network Architecture For Radar Signal Classification |
Janeely Villalobos 3rd Place Environmental Science (MS) The Structure And Activity Of Heat Shock Protein 27 And An S135F Mutation That Leads To A Neurodegenerative Disorder |
Monica Ponce Lawler Honorable Mention Speech Language Pathology (MS) The Use Of Code-Switching In Bilingual Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Mary Ana Mackay
1st Place
Mathematics
Geometric Modeling of Girus Trisymmetron
Elva Natalia Strobach
2nd Place
Psychology
The Effects of Task Demands and Word Frequency on Language Source Encoding
Alejandra Maldonado
3rd Place
Sociology
Flood Hazards and Environmental Injustice: Hispanic Immigrants in Greater Houston, Texas
Jesus J. Gutierrez
Honorable Mention
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sculpting Near Fields with 3D Printed Spatially Variant All-Dielectric Metamaterials
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Victor M. Garcia
1st Place
Civil Engineering
Evaluation of Parameters that Can Improve Overlay Tester Results
Kiersten Garrand
2nd Place
Physical Therapy
Evidence for Disability Competence Education Relevant to Health Professionals
Moinul Morshed Porag Chowdhury
3rd Place
Computer Science
Wholesale Market Clearing Price Prediction in Smart Grid
Joseph Negron
Honorable Mention
Psychology
L1 Conceptual Inhibition During L2 Text Comprehension
Sanghamitra Majumdar
Best Oral Presentation
Chemistry
Trophic Transfer of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Along a Terrestrial Food Chain: An Ecological Risk
Azucena Zamora
Best Poster Presentation
Computational Science
Using Constrained Optimization to Improve 2- and 3-Dimensional Earth Structure Models Through Gravity Anomalies