EXPO 2026 Detailed Agenda

DAY 1 Agenda - Update Regularly

Day 2 Agenda

Day 1

April 30^th, 2026

Registration Opens

(7:30 am in the prefucntion area of the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Poster Session 1

(8:00 am at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Opening Remarks by Dr. Brett Welch, Provost

(at 9 am)

Dr. Greg Morrison's Plenary Talk

(from 9:15 to 10:00 am)

Break

(10:00 am)

STEM Plenary Session - Live Oak Ballroom

Chairs: TBA

Table displays a schedule for the STEM Plenary Session in the Live Oak Ballroom.
10:15 AM	Uche Oparaji & Arman Chowdhury, The University of 51�Թ�ProMedical Branch - Galveston	Mentor: Dr. Lauren Richardson
	"The Fetal–Maternal Interface Reconsidered: Cellular and Lineage Perspectives on the Placenta and Fetal Membranes."
10:30 AM	Campbell Fuller, Lamar U.	Mentor: Dr. Susantha Ganegamage
	"Design and Synthesis of Carbazole-Derived Mono- and Dual-Emission Fluorescent Probes for Selective Recognition of Telomeric G-Quadruplex DNA"
10:45 AM	Layali Abusaleh, Lamar U., 51�Թ�ProAcademy	Mentor: Dr. Sylvestre Twagirayezu
	"Temperature-Dependent Analysis of Petroleum Mixtures by Molecular Rotational Resonance Spectroscopy"
11:00 AM	Ruben Blake Peña, Lamar U.	Mentor: Dr. Remmy Kasili
	"Antibacterial Properties of Selected Kenyan Leafy Vegetables"
11:15 AM	Yingjie (Jackie) Gao, Lamar U.	Mentor: Dr. Sidney Lin
	"High-resolution Simulation of Energy Storage by Microencapsulated Phase Change Material"
11:30 AM	Sneha Jobby, Lamar U.	Mentor: Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
	"Role of lncRNAs in Modulating Leishmania Amazonensis Infectivity in Macrophages"
11:45 AM	Sneha Jobby, Isabella Tran, and Homero Tijerina, Lamar U.	Beck Fellowship
	"The David J. Beck Fellowship: From Idea to Interview"
12:00 PM	Mohamed Irhabi, Lamar U. Research done at the Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Mentor: Dr. Ioannis Petropoulos
	"Retinal OCT Angiography as a Window to Neurovascular Small-Vessel Disease in Ischemic Stroke"

Group Photo

(12:15 pm in front of Setzer Center)

Lunch

(12:30 pm at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Poster Session 2

(1 to 2 pm at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Breakout Sessions

(2 to 4 pm, various locations)

Poster Session 3

(4 pm at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Banquet

(5:30 to 6:15 pm in the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Introduction by Dr. Joby John, Dean of College of Business

(at 6:10 pm)

Dr. Pierre Berthon - Banquet Talk

(from 6:15 to 7:00 pm)

Opening Remarks by Heena Karani

Awards Conferred by Dr. Samuel Jator, Sr. Associate Provost

for Academic Affairs & Dean of Undergraduate Studies

FMA & SURF Awards Ceremonies

Recognition for Best Narrative in the Paper Competition

(from 7 to 8 pm, at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)