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School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Engineering the Future: SEAS at Research Week 2025

UDC’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is driving technological progress through research that addresses critical challenges in cybersecurity, renewable energy, artificial intelligence (AI) and more. As a key player in UDC’s strategic plan to further its role as a research and innovation hub addressing the District’s critical needs, SEAS is expanding its capabilities and interdisciplinary collaboration, and preparing students to lead in the ever-expanding STEM fields.

Their scholarship will be on full display during UDC’s annual Research Week, March 31-April 4, with faculty and students highlighting how SEAS is shaping the future of technology and engineering—both locally and globally.

 Friday, April 4

SEAS Research Week Schedule

10 a.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Van Ness Campus
Building 56 - Student Center, Ballroom

Time Research Project Title Presenter(s), Advisor(s)
10 – 10:05 a.m. Welcome – Vice President for Research, UDC Dr. Victor McCrary
10:05 – 10:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction - Event Coordinator Dr. Esther Ososanya
10:10 – 10:15 a.m. Welcome – Professor and Chair, Civil Engineering Associate Dean of Research Dr. Pradeep Behera
10:15– 10:20 a.m. Welcome – Chief Academic Officer, UDC Dr. April Massey
10:20 – 10:30 a.m. OpenSim based Workflow for Estimation of Joint Load Muscle Activation in Reduced Gravities. Dr. Ji Chen
10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Comparison of Joint angles calculated using VICON Nexus workflow and OpenSim workflow. Dr. Ji Chen
10:40 – 10:50 a.m. Design of an actuation system for a platform perturbation device – applications in balance diagnostics and fall prevention training. Md Islam, Michael Bennett, and Elias Rush
Advisor: Dr. Alex Peebles
10:50 – 11 a.m. The impact of dog walking on gait kinematics and variability. Samatha Morrison (presenter), and Michael Bennett
NSF Waterman Award (PI – Dr. Lara Thompson)
11 – 11:10 a.m. Effects of backpain history on jump-landing biomechanics. Maurice McKenzie and Rukudzo Chikowero (co-presenting)
NIH MSTEM Award (PI – Dr. Lara Thompson)
11:10 – 11:20 a.m. Onyinye Ukeneru-Steve
Advisor: Dr. Lily Liang
11:20 – 11:30 a.m. Quantum BioAI Khadijah Talib
11:30 – 11:40 a.m. Deep Learning-Driven Predictive Frame Generation. Carlos Sac Mendoza
Advisor: Dr. Lily Liang
11:40 – 11:50 a.m. Thermal Conductivity measurement of Lumber materials using both experimental and simulation approach to support the development of Highly Efficient Multi-Effect Drying Systems. Patrick Adegbaye
Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu
11:50 – 12 p.m. Investigating the effect of changing the thickness of VO2 and BaF2 thin films on emissivity for passive thermal control on spacecrafts. Mohamed Ibrahim
Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu
12- 12:10 p.m. Low-Temperature Sintering Study for Aerosol Jet Printed Flexible Electronics Across Diverse Substrates. Mariona Franco
Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu
12:10 - 12:20 p.m. Blast Plate Empirical Modeling to Characterize Lithium-ion thermal runaway phenomenon: Cell Venting and Ejection. Mawussi Nzonou
Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu
12:20 - 12:30 p.m. Atomic Level simulation of the atomic layer deposition process. Tanjee Afreen
Advisor: Dr. Jiajun Xu
12:30 - 12:40 p.m.
12:40 - 12:50 p.m.
12:50 – 1 p.m.
1 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 1:40 p.m.
1:40 - 1:50 p.m.
1:50 – 2 p.m.
2-2:10 p.m.
2:10-2:20 p.m.
2:20-2:30 p.m.
2:30-2:40 p.m. Poster Presentations
2:40-3:40 p.m. Design and Testing of a land rover for space exploration. Cheick Dore, Patrick Ngako, and Danny Seguintaah
DC Space Grant Consortium
2:40-3:40 p.m. Methodology development to autonomously control rover teams for space exploration. Viviana Puebla-Napier, Justin An, and Julio Ramirez-Reyes
DC Space Grant Consortium

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