GPSS Research Symposium
Permanent URI for this collection
Programs and presentations from the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (formerly GSA) Research Symposium, held every spring.
Browse
Browsing GPSS Research Symposium by Title
Now showing 1 - 20 of 24
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- 13th Annual Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 1997-04-28)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 16th Annual Research Symposium of Virginia TechGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2000-03-27)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 17th Annual Research Symposium of Virginia TechGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2001-03-26)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 18th Annual Research Symposium of Virginia TechGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2002-04-02)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 19th Annual Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2003-03-26)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 20th Annual Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2004-03-23)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 21st Annual Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2005-03-23)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- The 22nd Annual Research Symposium and ExpositionGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2006-03-29)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- The 23rd Annual Research Symposium and ExpositionGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2007-03-28)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- The 24th Annual Research Symposium and ExpositionGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2008-03-26)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and a list of posters and presentations.
- 27th Annual GSA Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2011-03-23)The Graduate Student Assembly research symposium program book includes a schedule of events and a list of posters and presentations.
- 32nd Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Research Symposium: Beyond Boundaries, Across Disciplines(Virginia Tech, 2016-03-23)The Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Research Symposium & Exposition is a unique opportunity for graduate and advanced undergraduate students to bring together ideas and research findings from different disciplines by showcasing their scholarly pursuits and achievements in a variety of formats, including posters, papers, panels, roundtable discussions, and creative installations. This year’s theme is Beyond Boundaries, Across Disciplines. This reflects the goal of the GSA Research Symposium & Exposition Organization Committee to highlight intersectionality across multiple disciplines, and our commitment to showcasing research from a wide variety of departments, programs, and colleges during the Symposium.
- 34th Annual Graduate Student Assembly Research Symposium and ExpositionGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2018-03-28)The GSARS program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 35th GSA Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2019-03-27)The GSARS program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 36th GSA Research SymposiumGraduate Student Assembly (Virginia Tech, 2020-03-25)The GSARS program book includes a schedule of events and abstracts from all posters and presentations.
- 38th GPSS Research Symposium and Exposition(Virginia Tech, 2022-03-23)An abstract book for the 2022 GPSS Research Symposium.
- 39th Annual GPSS Research Symposium and Exposition(Virginia Tech, 2023-03-29)An abstract book for the 2023 GPSS Research Symposium.
- The 40th Graduate Research Symposium(Virginia Tech, 2024-03-27)A program for the 2024 GPSS Research Symposium.
- Breaking the Sound Barrier: Understanding the Physics of Aerodynamic NoiseFritsch, Danny (Virginia Tech, 2020-04-08)Chaotic, swirling motion, called turbulence, in fluid flows near solid bodies is a strong source of undesirable noise. The impact of this noise creates a negative experience for people who live near airports, wind turbine farms, and military bases, often creating the need for restrictive rules. The study of this noise, called aeroacoustics, has been the subject of extensive research in recent decades, but our ability to make accurate predictions of flow noise is still extremely poor. Six peer-reviewed and widely accepted models have been proposed, but the differences between them are so great they are practically unusable; the disagreement between the highest and lowest predicting models is a factor of fifteen, meaning our ability to predict the noise on an aircraft is only accurate to the range between a garbage disposal and a rock concert. One of the reasons for the lack of significant progress in this research area is the nearly infinite number of variables that may contribute to the production of aerodynamic noise. Finding an organized way to generate and characterize all of these variables has presented a huge challenge, but it’s critical for advancing the field of aeroacoustics and improving human quality of life. My team has designed a novel wind tunnel experiment that manages to neatly divide up the different variables of the problem in controllable and repeatable ways by using a rotating airplane wing model to change the conditions on the test surface. The preliminary results of these experiments show that it is in fact possible to control and study this phenomenon in a systematic way, which we believe will help reveal the underlying physics and improve our ability to make accurate noise predictions.
- GAIA is a Cyborg? Exploring Ecological Personhood in Horizon Zero DawnFox, Alice (Virginia Tech, 2020-03-25)Midway through the 21st century, the world was at the peak of automated military practices. One of the greatest achievements, to date, was a combat-ready robot swarm by the name of Chariot. Chariot swarms were designed to utilize biomass as fuel, self-replicate, and be virtually unhackable. Robotic swarms were ideal military units until a glitch in one Chariot unit sparked a series of mutations throughout the army’s system that rendered Chariot robots uncontrollable—consuming biomass and replicating at a staggering rate. As the world descended into darkness, project Zero Dawn was enacted as a last-ditch effort to preserve Earth and its inhabitants. At the helm of this operation was AI system named GAIA, who was directed to restore the biosphere and create life once again. This paper will examine the synthetic being GAIA in the game Horizon Zero Dawn to segue into an argument for the inclusion of incipiency and versatility as possible criteria for establishing moral personhood. Two key points will then be derived from the argument: Cyborgism isn’t just for humans. Reimagining Gaia as a cyborg opens a new avenue for exploring rights and duties to the environment.