Live Session Schedule and Video Presentations

Student participants have recorded a research video or a poster narration, which are available on UNL's MediaHub. Links to each video are included below organized by the corresponding live session, during which each student will be available for further discussion and Q&A. Student presenters are bolded below along with their current institution and UNL co-authors. Links will be added as they become available, so please check this page again or go directly to the summer research channel on UNL's MediaHub.

Session 1: 10:10AM - 10:35AM

  1. “Assessment of Post-Tornado Damage in Natural Areas” by David Bukowski (presenter, Lafayette College, NSF-REU), Richard Wood, and Yijun Liao.
  2. “Modeling Bridges to Optimize Intentional Damage for Bridge Health System Testing” by Erica West (presenter, Haverford College, NSF-REU), Samira Ardani, and Daniel Linzell.
  3. “Natural Hazards Digital Reconnaissance Evaluation: First 7 Months of the 2020 Calendar Year” by Arman Moussavi (presenter, UNL, SNERP) and Christine Wittich.
  4. “Computer Vision-Based Health Monitoring of Rural Aging Bridge Infrastructures” by Yajyoo Shrestha (presenter, UNL, SNERP), Chungwook Sim, and Ji Young Lee.
  5. “Effect of Water Retention Properties of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) on Landfill Stability” by Eric Nero (presenter, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, NSF-REU), Sina Mousavi, and Jongwan Eun.  
  6. “Fate and Occurrence of Microplastics in Agricultural Runoff” by Malayna Wingert (presenter, UNL, SNERP), Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, and Nasrin Naderi Beni.

Session 2: 10:40AM - 11:05AM

  1. “Digital Post-Disaster Reconnaissance for Civil Infrastructure in Rural Areas using Deep Learning” by Simone Williams (presenter, Worcestor Polytechnic Institute, NSF-REU) and Christine Wittich.
  2. “Assessment of Structural Damage Following Tornadoes using Point Clouds” by Mario Equivel (presenter, UNL, SNERP), Ebrahim Mohammadi, and Richard Wood.
  3. “Evaluation of Load Rating for Continuous Stringer Bridges” by Jonathon Gerdes (presenter, UNL, SNERP), Emmanuel Akintunde, and Daniel Linzell.
  4. “Improving the Agricultural Pollution Potential Index” by Dalton Everhardt (presenter, Mercer University, NSF-REU), Chuyang Liu, and Yusong Li.
  5. “Water Quality & Floating Treatment Wetland Assessment in Harlan, Rockford, and Wagon Train Lakes” by Natalie Balbuena (presenter, Swarthmore College, NSF-REU) and Tiffany Messer.
  6. “Investigating an Efficient Method for Extracting Microplastics from Soil/Sediment Samples” by Stephanie Perez (presenter, UNL, McNair), Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Tiffany Messer, Amy Schmidt, Nasrin Naderi Beni.

Session 3: 11:10AM - 11:35AM

  1. “Revisiting Reliability for Rural Bridges” by Caroline Bowers (presenter, Mercer University, NSF-REU) and Joshua Steelman.
  2. “Labelling Point Clouds for Damage Assessment of Residential Areas in the Aftermath of Nashville Tornadoes” by Pooja Rajeev (presenter, UNL, UCARE), M. Ebrahim Mohammadi, and Richard L. Wood.
  3. “Development of Next Generation of Portable Concrete Barrer – Alternative Concrete Additives” by Andrew Huonder (presenter, UNL, SNERP) and Mojdeh A. Pajouh.
  4. “Occurrence of Terrestrial Microplastics in Agricultural Ecosystems” by Jonessa Haas (presenter, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, NSF-REU), Shannon L Bartelt-Hunt, Nasrin Naderi Beni.
  5. “Playing in Traffic” by Camryn Moy (co-presenter, UNL), Nicholas Dean (co-presenter, UNL, SNERP), Ben Praeuner (co-presenter, UNL), and Libby Jones.
  6. "Kriging Analysis of Composting and Conductive Treated Manure to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria" by Asha Mani (presenter, University of Oklahoma, NSF-REU), Noelle Atieno Mware, and Xu Li.