Student Research Conference

Marymount University
2026 Student Research Conference

Wednesday, April 15, 2025
Undergraduate Presentations | Ballston Center | 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Graduate Presentations | Virtually | 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Student Research Conference (SRC) is an annual celebration of Marymount student scholarship. All undergraduate and graduate students who have completed a significant scholarly or creative project are encouraged to apply. A wide range of projects are eligible: Theses, capstone projects, directed research, action research, case reports, major classroom scholarly projects, and fellowship research.

Undergraduate Student Research Conference Presentations

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Ballston Center

Schedule at a Glance

  • 10:00 am – Welcome — Ballston 2nd Floor Conference
  • 10:30 – 11:45 am – First Round of Presentations (Fifth Floor)
  • 11:45 am – 12:00 pm – Break
  • 12:00 – 1:00 pm – Second Round of Presentations (Fifth Floor)

Room 5018

  • Sustainable Computing: Can Data Centers Go Green? Cybersecurity
  • Intentional Cisgender Allyship and its Setbacks. Health Sciences
  • Design and Optimization of a Custom Fitted Cervical Collar for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Mechanical Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
  • Implementation of a Simple Neural Network with Backpropagation (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)
  • Bionest and Vermiculture (Poster). Mechanical Engineering

BREAK: 11:45 am

  • Foreign Investment in Bolivia After Political Change: A Valuation Perspective Through Santacruz Silver Mining. Business Administration and Management
  • Automating Loan Application Review: An AI-Based Pre-Underwriting Approach to Risk and Compliance Detection (Poster). Information Technology
  • Brake Assembly Design and Analysis (Poster). Mechanical Engineering
  • Parts of a Neural Network (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)

Room 5024

  • And Their Eyes Were Opened: Exploring Creation and the Fall Through Translation. Theology and Religion in Culture · Communication
  • How to Combine SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) and Art for the Betterment of Student’s Emotional Regulation. Elementary Education PK-6
  • Comparison of Biodiversity of Disturbed and Undisturbed Forest Land in Mount Laurel (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)
  • Automating Loan Application Review: An AI-Based Pre-Underwriting Approach to Risk and Compliance Detection. Cybersecurity · Information Technology

BREAK: 11:45 am

  • CISO’s Lessons Learned: Why Organizations Fail in Cybersecurity (Poster). Information Technology
  • Mother Knows Best? Effects of Plant Flooding on Beet Armyworm Ecology (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)
  • The Effectiveness of Visual Supports during Math Instruction in Kindergarten and Fifth Grade Classrooms. Early Childhood Education
  • The Effect of Taekwondo on the Five Components of Physical Fitness on the Older Adult. Health Science
  • Development of Lawn Soil Analysis Methods (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)

Room 5030

  • Impact of K-12 Magnet Schools on Academic Achievement. Politics
  • From Inbox to Intelligence: AI-Assisted and Agentic Approaches to Email Communication (Poster). Computer Science
  • Differentiation of Intramuscular Fat in Skeletal Muscle via Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (Poster). Biochemistry
  • Own Your IEP: Exceptional Learners Engaged in Self-Advocacy and Direction. Special Education
  • Investigating the Role of SCAMP Proteins in Skeletal Muscle Repair and Regeneration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Poster). Biomedical Engineering

BREAK: 11:45 am

  • Do Politically Motivated Boycotts Effect American Firms? Political Science and International Relations
  • Data Analytics and Robotics Integration (Poster). Computer Science
  • Breaking the AY Cluster Mold: MurphyJoseph and Sporco (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)

Room 5036

  • Digital Writing and Narrative Design. Digital Writing and Narrative Design
  • CPU Heat Sink Design and Thermal Optimization. Mechanical Engineering
  • Shape Optimization of Gears Project (Mechanics of Materials). Mechanical Engineering
  • Enhancing Student Learning with AI-Driven Virtual Mentors (Poster). Rowan College of Burlington County (NJ)

BREAK: 11:45 am

  • Effects of Altitude on Microbial Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance (Poster). Nursing (ABSN)
  • Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Materials Using FEBio (Poster). Biomedical Engineering
  • Comparing the Effects of Δ9-THC and Δ8-THC in C. elegans Lifespan and Chemotaxis (Poster). Biology

Graduate Student Research Conference Presentations

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Sessions begin at 6:00 pm on April 15, 2026.

Note: There will be one break during the session. (Timing up to the Moderator.)

Virtual Conference Room 1

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  • Factors in Law Enforcement Workforce Calculation. DBA Business Intelligence
  • Assisted Suicide, Legal and Investigative Psychology. Forensic and Legal Psychology
  • Digital Sovereignty in the AI Age: From Platform Bans to Chip Wars. Cybersecurity (DSc)
  • AI-Powered Phishing: How Generative AI is Making Social Engineering More Dangerous and What We Can Do About It. MSc in Cybersecurity
  • Exploring Underrepresentation of Women in Leadership in Higher Education. Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Organizational Innovation
  • Securing Operational Technology Systems in Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing: An Analysis of Threat Actors, Security Posture, and Incident Impact. Cybersecurity
  • Role Breadth Self-Efficiency (RBSE) and Training Effectiveness: Applications for Supervisory Performance. Ed.D. Educational Leadership & Organizational Innovation

Virtual Conference Room 2

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  • AI-Orchestrated Framework for Strengthening Cyber Risk Management in FINTECH. Cybersecurity
  • Psychological Consequences After the Dobbs Decision. Forensic and Legal Psychology
  • Nurse-Led PENFAST Allergy Delabeling, Clinical Allergy Quality Improvement. Nursing
  • Trust and Resilience in Connected Aviation Systems. Cybersecurity
  • Mitigating Insider Threats — Cyber Resilience in Aviation through Cyber Literacy. Cybersecurity
  • Benchmarking Quantum-Resistant Cryptography for IoT: An Empirical Cross-Platform Study. D.Sc. in Cybersecurity

Virtual Conference Room 3

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  • Perceived Institutional Bias and Academic Identity: Belonging, Motivation, and Postsecondary Aspirations in Independent Schools. Ed.D. Organizational Leadership
  • Cyber War and Artificial Intelligence in Ukraine: A Case Study of Russia’s Offensive on Critical Infrastructure and Policy Implications. Doctor of Science in Cybersecurity
  • Designing for Intergenerational Connection. Interior Architecture & Design
  • AI Transformation: Employee Experiences and Perceptions in the Workplace. DBA — Business Intelligence
  • Doctoral Student Well-Being as a Leadership Responsibility: Reframing Institutional Culture Through Transformative Leadership. Ed.D. Organizational Leadership
  • The Way the Mustache Speaks: An Interrogation Study. Forensic and Legal Psychology
  • A Captcha That Captures. D.Sc. Cybersecurity

Virtual Conference Room 4

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  • Evaluating the Impact of the F3EAD Framework on the Public Reporting Cycle of a Significant Cyber Incident. Cybersecurity
  • A Quantitative Assessment: Social Media Narrative Exposure and its Relationship to Sense of Belonging, Loyalty and Organizational Perception in Historically White Fraternities in the U.S. Ed.D. Organizational Leadership
  • Erasing Blackness in Public Schools: Leadership, Racialized Schooling, and the Academic Engagement of Black Secondary Students. Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Organizational Innovation
  • Right Patient, Right Time: A Nurse-Driven Approach to Improve Timely Palliative Care Consultation in the IMCU. Doctor of Nursing Practice — Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Redcognix: Building an AI-Powered Red Team Agent Using Cognitive Architecture to Simulate Human Attacker Behavior. M.S. Cybersecurity · DSc Cybersecurity
  • Impact of Capitalism and Consumerism in Healthcare. Public Health
  • Psychological Safety and the Role of Mentorship Within Organizations. DBA in Business Intelligence

Types of Presentations

Electronic Posters – Undergraduate students may design electronic posters in any format and record a brief presentation in advance. These recorded posters will be posted prior to the event, and presenters will also share their electronic posters in-person through short 5-minute lightning rounds (including Q&A).

Classroom-Style Presentations – Undergraduate and Graduate students can create traditional presentations of 15–20 minutes, including time for audience questions.

Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend and support our student scholars.

Questions? Please contact Dr. Joe Provenzano.