Graduate Student Conference Oral Presentations Tuesday, March 8, - PDF document

Graduate Student Conference Oral Presentations Tuesday, March 8, 2016 CB 4058 9:00am Suresh Kumar Konda – PhD Chemistry and Materials Science Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of Pd-based Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Spillover Storage Supervisor: Dr. Aicheng Chen 9:15am Oleksandr Bubon - PhD Chemistry and Materials Science Measured Electron-hole Pair Creation Energy in Amorphous Selenium (a-Se) at High Electric Fields using Pulsed-height Spectroscopy Method Supervisor: Dr. Alla Reznik 9:30am Sai Swaroop Dalli - PhD Chemistry and Materials Science Comparison of Fermentation techniques for the Production of Xylitol from Wood Hydrolysate using Immobilized Yeast Supervisor: Dr. Sudip Rakshit 9:45am Bijaya K. Uprety – PhD Biotechnology Utilization of Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Production of Biodiesel from Palm Oil Supervisor: Dr. Sudip Rakshit 10:00am Melissa Togtema – PhD Biotechnology Unique Oncogenic Properties of the HPV16 European-T350G E6 Variant Supervisor - Dr. Ingeborg Zehbe 10:15am Robert Jackson - PhD Biotechnology Pathogen-host Analysis of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Variants in Life-like Skin Supervisor - Dr. Ingeborg Zehbe 10:30am Chris Abraham – PhD Biotechnology TBA Supervisor: Dr. Laura Curiel 10:45am Bal Ram Adhikari – PhD Biotechnology Graphene-based Nano Composites for the Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Clinical Drugs Supervisor: Dr. Aicheng Chen

11:00am Sahar Khedri – PhD Biotechnology Converting Waste Plastic into High Value Chemicals Supervisor: Dr. Siamak Elyasi 11:15am Mohan Konduri – PhD Biotechnology Production of Cationic Xylan as a Flocculant for Clay Waste Slurries Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi 11:30am Germaine Cave - MScENG in Environmental Engineering Application of Biomass Fly Ash on Thermomechanical Pulping Wastewater Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi 11:45am Jonas Valiunas – PhD Chemistry and Materials Science Trace Gas Detection using a Fiber Laser System Supervisor: Dr. Gautam Das 12:00pm Ifte Khairul Amin - PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Three Phase AC to Single Phase AC Cycloconverter Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin 12:15pm Manpreet Singh – MSc Computer Science Building a Cardiovascular Disease Predictive Model using Structural Equation Model and Fuzzy Cognitive Map Dr. Vijay Mago 12:30pm BREAK 12:45pm Marc H. Bohemier – MES-NECU Policing, Reserves, & Resource Extraction Supervisor: Dr. Robson 1:00pm Esther McKay – MES-NECU Bearskin Lake First Nation: An Indigenous Perspective on Treaty #9 Adhesion of 1929-1930 Supervisor: Dr. Robson 1:15pm Jason Stephenson – MES-NECU Aerial Archaeology: 3D Visualization with Drone-Based Imagery Supervisor: Dr. Scott Hamilton 1:30pm Alex Ritz – MSc Forestry Contrasting Distance Sampling and Block-survey Methods for Aerial Moose Surveys using a Virtual Model Supervisors: Dr. Brian McLaren and Dr. Ulf Runesson

1:45pm Emerenciano Rivera- PhD Forest Sciences Structural and Functional Habitat Features as a Mean of Understanding Bird Populations Dynamics in Southern Mexico Supervisor: Dr. Brian McLaren 2:00pm Philippe St. Martin – PhD Forest Sciences Plant Community Retrogression Leads to Functional Homogenization Supervisor: Dr. Azim Mallik 2:15pm Md. Saiful Islam Khan- PhD Forest Sciences Neighbourhood Vegetation Structure as Predictor of Plant Community Succession Supervisor: Dr. Azim U. Mallik 2:30pm Dmitry Tarasov – PhD Forestry Lignocelluloses Isolation from the Spent Liquor of a NSSC Pulping Process: Properties and Applications of the Isolated Products Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi 2:45pm Sebastian Diebel – MSc Kinesiology Physiological Variations in Varsity Cross-Country Runners Following a 10-day Altitude Training Camp at Approximately 1828 Meters Supervisor: Dr. Ian Newhouse 3:00pm Daniel Carlson – MSc Kinesiology The Effects of Variable Type of Practice on One-handed Catching in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder Supervisor: Dr. Eryk Przysucha 3:15pm Wendy Leppanen – MSc Psychological Science The Psychometric Properties of the Systems Thinking Scale Revised Supervisor: Dr. Mirella Stroink 3:30pm Adam C. Davis – MSc Psychological Science For the Love of Cattle: Ecological Cooperation Positively Predicts Pro-environmental Behaviours Supervisor: Dr. Mirella Stroink 3:45pm Karin Almuhtadi – PhD Clinical Psychology Complex Adaptive Systems Theory (CAS) and Conceptual Applications for Clinical Psychology Supervisor: Dr. Mirella Stroink