Agenda

Sunday, June 1, 2025

15:00

Registration opens

15:30

Tutorial: Uncertainty Quantification and Machine Learning in Inverse Problems

Mohsen Zayernouri, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

16:30 

Break

16:45

Tutorial resumes

18:00

Informal dinner at MSU Brody Square cafeteria (pay on your own)

 241 W Brody Rd, East Lansing, MI 48825

Monday, June 2, 2025

7:30

Continental breakfast

Registration opens

8:00

Welcome Remarks

Dr. John Verboncoeur, MSU College of Engineering

8:10

Symposium Kick-Off

Dr. Kirk Dolan, MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

8:15

Keynote: Model Fitting in Autonomous Vehicle Perception

Dr. Daniel Morris, MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Session 1: Heat Transfer

Session Co-Chairs: Keith Woodbury and Robert McMasters

9:00

Reduced-order thermal models in additive manufacturing: toward design and process optimization

Kevin Cole

9:20

Thermal Diffusivity Estimation of Band Heaters

Ramon Peruchi Pacheco da Silva

9:40

Flash Heating of a Hollow Rod to Determine Thermal Properties

Robert McMasters

10:00

Break

10:20

Surface heat flux analysis during pool boiling

Keith Woodbury

10:40

Piecewise linear-in-time approximation of the surface heat flux for solving direct and inverse heat conduction problems

Filippo de Monte

11:00

Keynote: Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for Inverse Problems

Ahmed Mekky

11:50

Group photo

12:00

Lunch

Session 2: Geometry and Topological Mapping

Session Co-Chairs: Yang Yang and Mahdi Masmoudi

13:00

Fast Alternating Fitting Methods for Trigonometric Curves for Large Data Sets

Fei Chen

13:20

Dynamical System Parameter Path Optimization using Persistent Homology

Firas Khasawneh

13:40

ParaFIND: Learning PDE Parameter Fields on Irregular Geometries from Sparse Observations

Mahdi Masmoudi

14:00

A Topological Approach For Data Assimilation (TADA)

Firas Khasawneh

14:20

Break

Session 3: Theory and Methods

Session Co-Chairs: Kevin Cole and Filippo de Monte

14:40

Tobler’s First Law of Geography and Spatial Correlation

Hao Zhang

15:00

The “ARLS” Automatic Regularized Least Squares Package

Rondall Jones 

15:20

Inverse problems for evolution equations with p-Laplacian and damping

Khonatbek Khompysh

Session 4: Poster Session

Session Chair: Brian Feeny

15:40

Parameter Sensitivity and Model Fitting for Corn Leaf Moisture using a Modified GAB Isotherm

Oreofeoluwa Akintan

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Solar Loading Thermography as a Non-Destructive Testing Method for Cultural Heritage Artifacts

Filippo de Monte

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A Generalized Radon Transform in Imaging

Raluca Felea

 

Inactivation of Thermophilic Sporeformers in Dairy Based High Protein Beverages

Harneel Kaur

 

Inactivation Kinetics of Bacillus cereus spores in peracetic acid for aseptic package sterilization

Amandeep Singh 

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3D Object Detection from Sensor Data in Traffic Scenes

Yunfei Long

 

Improving soil health modeling using imputed microbiome relative abundance data

Mateja Milicevic 

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Kernel Bandwidth Selection Strategies in Score Tests for Detecting Spatially Variable Genes in Spatial Transcriptomics

Zun Wang

 

PyLIT: Reformulation and Implementation of the Analytic Continuation Problem using Kernel Representation Methods

Alexander Benedix Robles

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Parameter Estimation for Effective Moisture Diffusivity During Convective Drying of Apple Slices

Anmol Kaur Gill

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Modeling and Parameter Estimation for Predicting Bacillus coagulans Spore Inactivation in Tomato Pulp

Olumide Fashakin

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Predictive modeling of pathogen survival in fermented sausages during drying

Natoavina Faliarizao

 

Influence of Methanol on Induced Crystallization of Submerged Poly(lactic acid) Films

Dian Xu

 

Enhanced Robustness via Adversarial Training for Weed Classification

Boyang Deng 

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17:30

Reception

18:15

Banquet dinner

18:45

Keynote: Clinical Innovations at MSU

Dr. Kurt Zinn, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University

20:00

Adjourn

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

7:30

Continental Breakfast

Session 5: Biomedical and Biomechanics

Session Co-Chairs: Mohsen Zayernouri and Youzuo Lin

8:20

Advancing Ultrasound Imaging through the Integration of Machine Learning and Wave Physics 

Youzuo Lin

8:40

Rapid cardiac activation prediction for cardiac resynchronization therapy using geometric deep learning

Ehsan Naghavi

9:00

Parameter Estimation and Model Evaluation of a Two-Link Swimmer

Jamal Ardister

 

9:20

Break

Session 6: Physics and Imaging

Session Co-Chairs: Ekaterina Rapinchuk and Brian Feeny

9:40

Inverse Methods for Beam Profile Optimization to Mitigate Coherent Synchrotron Radiation

Omkar Ramachandran

10:00

A General Framework for Group Sparsity in Hyperspectral Unmixing Using Endmember Bundles

Ekaterina Rapinchuk

10:20

Determining Elliptical Conductivity Inclusions via Dipole-Based EIT with Minimal Measurements

Aseel Titi

10:40

Break

Session 7: Novel Applications

Session Co-Chairs: Indrek Wichman and Brandon Howard

11:00

Probabilistic Kinetic Modeling of Polyethylene Depolymerization

Brandon Howard

11:20

Inverse Design of Dynamic Low-Emissivity Solar-Control Films for Year-Round Window Energy Efficiency

Xinpeng Zhao

11:40

Lunch

Session 8: Bioengineering

Session Co-Chairs: Neil Wright and Sudhir Sastry

13:10

Determination of bacterial spore inactivation kinetic parameters during ohmic heating by nonisothermal methods

Sudhir Sastry

13:30

Solving the Inverse Problem of Methane Yield Prediction in Anaerobic Digestion via Microbial and Machine Learning Insight

Meicai Xu

13:50

Estimating Salmonella inactivation on chili flakes under isothermal and dynamic temperature conditions

Natoavina Faliarizao

14:10

Closing remarks

Adjourn