Fall 2026 Symposium Schedule
Date and Time: Friday, September 11 from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Russell House University Union (RHUU)
Check-In & Welcome
Check-in begins at 8:45 a.m. and is followed by opening remarks from USC Dignitaries at 9:30 a.m.
Session One: Morning Presentations
Morning presentations take place in RHUU 303 and 305 from 10:10 – 11:10 a.m.
Developing an AI-Assisted Workflow for Creating Exercise Science Physics Problems
Miles Bailey, Electrical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Scott Crittenden
Time Management Coach: A Scheduling AI Chatbot for Students
Jessica Deery, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Dr. Brie Dunn
AI-Augmented Community Health Needs Assessment
Talia Luallen, Neuroscience
Faculty mentor: Dr. Nabil Natafgi
AI Usage Among College Students With ADHD
Koen Reiter, Public Health
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kate Flory
Water Supply and Bill Payment Typologies in Nairobi
Soraya Remaili, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. David Fuente
Sociology 598/732- Covert Social Networks AI Integration Project
James Bertolini, Finance
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matthew Brashears
Molecular Evolution Research Project
Meghan MacFarland, Biomedical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jeff Dudycha
Feed the Flock App: Streamlining Donations to Distribution
Summer Schwedes, Business Economics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Scott Taylor
AI-Integrated Hotel Concept & Development Project (HTMT 260)
Harshil Shah, International Business
Faculty mentor: Dr. Marketa Kubickova
ENGL 387: Introduction to Rhetoric (of/with AI)
Sydney Wilcox, English
Faculty mentor: Dr. Gareth Rees-White
Session Two: Poster Presentations
All poster presentations take place in RHUU 322 from 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Exploring Popular Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Exercise and Dietary Mobile Applications
Gabriel Attar, Integrated Information Technology
Faculty mentor: Dr. Courtney Monroe
Comparing Facial Representations in Deep Neural Networks and the Human Brain
Ian Attmore, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Feilong Ma
The Healthy Eating Index GPT Diet Support Coach
Sarah Campbell, Public Health
Faculty mentor: Dr. Brie Turner-McGrievy
Same Question, Different Answers: Comparing AI-Assisted and Traditional Database Searching
in a Nursing Education Literature Review
Jules Ivory, Nursing
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kathryn Frankel
Nursing Communication Case Studies with Interactive AI Chatbots
Ellison Skinner, Nursing
Faculty mentor: Dr. Sarah Slone
Predicting Student Persistence in Courses Through Online Forum Interaction Patterns
Using Machine Learning Methods
Owen Coulam, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Hengtao Tang
Lab Material Optimization and Pre-Lab GPT Creation for ANTH 161
Bella Dowling, Data Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kelly Goldberg
AI-Assisted Biological Data Analysis Project
Gracie Driggers, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kristin Hall
Richer Representations of Student Knowledge in Automated Assessment Grading
William Hammer, Computer Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Yingxiao Qia
Chinese Language Corpus and Reading Material Assessment
Caroline Hoffman, Psychology
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jiang Liu
Redesigning HIST 300 for Responsible AI Integration
Sophie Lingle, Computer Information Systems
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jessica Elfenbein
Updated Legacy Teaching Tools
David Lothers, Electrical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. April Hiscox
MGSC 394: Data Analytics for Business Course Curriculum Redesign
Brett Markland, Accounting
Faculty mentor: Dr. Katrice Branner
HIST109 Teaching AI Fellowship Project
Rylee Merli, Finance
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matt Childs
Geo Bot: A Smart Document Assistant for Geology 101
Jacob Stoll, Computer Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kathrine Ryker
Generative Model Guided Structure Discovery and Property Prediction of BaCoSi04 System
Jacob Boutin, Aerospace Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Rongying Jin
Progress Toward AI-Assisted Roughness Prediction: Process Parameter Effects and Computer
Vision Defect Classification in AA6061 Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Owen Brennan, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Lang Yuan
South Carolina Electricity Provider Explorer: An AI-Assisted Decision-Support Dashboard
for Utility Planning and Large-Load Growth
Constantin Matros, Finance
Faculty mentor: Dr. Sarah Carroll
AI-Assisted Database Search and Image Restoration for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Cody Miller, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Anna Swartwood House
Agentic AI: The Capabilities and Limitation in Video Editing
Keira Prior, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Dr. Lorne Hofseth
The Bridge Between Archives and Access: Modernizing Text Collections and Preserving
Learning Amidst a New Era of Digital Humanities
Brea Stone, English
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matthew Simmons
Working with AI Summarization
Grady Vasilevskis, Music
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jabari Evans
Perception of musical style: A comparison of AI- and human-generated descriptions
of music
Charlie Winston, History
Faculty mentor: Dr. Emily Schwitzgebel
Generative AI: The Newest Weapon of Non-State Extremists
Wilhelmina Cuono, Cyber Policy and Ethics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Mathieu Delflem
Artificial Intelligence and Society: Developing Critical AI Literacy Through Human–AI
Dialogue
Lacy Latham, Journalism
Faculty mentor: Dr. Garrett Pierman
What Large Language Models Contribute to Rapid Qualitative Analysis
Keertan Patel, Public Health
Faculty mentor: Dr. Pieter Baker
Analyzing Review Sentiment for Robot Restaurants Across Country and Time
Tarun Ramkumar, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Chang Ma
Artificial Intelligence in Inclusive Postsecondary Education: Perspectives of IPSE
Leaders
Isabel Rogers, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Anthony Plotner
Public Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Opinion Drafting: A Pilot
Study
Xan Rogers, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Michael Stoeltzner
Can We Measure a Language Model’s Political Attitudes? A Validity Study
Josiah White, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Joseph Quinn
Session Three: Afternoon Presentations
Afternoon presentations take place in RHUU 305 from 1:15 – 2 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence in Financial Modeling: Where It Works, Where It Fails, and
Why the Analyst Still Matters
Charles Faletti, Economics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Eric Powers
Implementation Outcomes and Documentation Performance of an AI-Enabled Ambient Listening
Device in Athletic Training
Taylor Mitchell, BARSC-M.D.
Faculty mentor: Dr. Zachary Winkelmann
What Is the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Data Research?
Alexandra Vance, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Lauren Workman