Eng 1: Civil Engineering, Geotechnical and Transportation
| A feasibility study on reducing the carbon footprint of local construction activities by replacing conventional concrete with geopolymer concrete | |
| Banujan Balaskandan, Kushanya Sandamali, Shaheek Marikkar, Bryan Eric |
| Improved design for high-speed roundabouts to suit heavy vehicles | |
| Kathirgamalingam Somasundaraswaran, Mark Tomarchio |
Eng 3: Innovation, Design and Energy
| Advanced Processing Techniques to Achieve High Performance Nano-Crystalline Alloys | |
| Anqi Yu, Suveen Mathaudhu, Kiran Solanki, Arun Devaraj, Bharat Gwalani |
| Applications of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy in Battery Materials Research | |
| Vaithiyalingam (Shuttha) Shutthanandan |
| The effect of incorporating carbon nanotubes in device structures of perovskite solar cells | |
| Uthayaraj Siva, Shivatharsiny Yohi, Thanihaichelvan Murugathas, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Ravirajan Punniamoorthy |
| Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of template-free zeolite NaA and zeolite NaX for CO2 Adsorption | |
| Jeyaprakash Madhu, Agilan Santhanam, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Synthesis, Spectral characterization and third order nonlinear optical properties of (E)-N'-(2,4-trimethoxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide | |
| Saraswathi V, Agilan S, Muthukumarasamy N, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Lignocellulosic ethanol: A next generation greenhouse fuel | |
| VinodKumar C.S, Sampanna Muthalik, Manjappa S |
| A Low-Cost Sun Tracking Solar Panel with Data Logger | |
| Periyannan Dilakshan, Thiriyambahasharma Kokulavasan, Ahilan A Kanagasundaram, Valluvan Ragupathyraj, Vinothine Shanmugarajah |
| Optical vibrational excitations, electrochemical and structural properties of poly (ethylene oxide) based gel-polymer electrolytes for sodium batteries | |
| Menisha Mithunaraj, Kandasamy Vignarooban, Senthuran Sivasubramaniam, Jagath Pitawala, Arunachalanadar Madakannan |
| Synergistic Effect of (WS2/CoFe) WS2 Quantum Dots Incorporated CoFe Nanoboxes: Towards Pt- free Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitised Solar Cell | |
| Sr Akshaya, T Venkatachalam, C Sandhiya, N Muthukumarasamy, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Solid state biopolymer electrolytes based on Azadirachta indica derived natural resin for sodium-ion secondary batteries | |
| Ariyakuddi Thabesan, Bandara Jayamaha, Vijiyaratnam Jathushan, Kandasamy Vignarooban, Ganeshalingam Sashikesh, Kuhamurty Velauthamurty |
| Understanding the Role of Aliovalent Al Doping at the Mg Metal Battery Interface using Operando and In-situ Spectroscopy | |
| Luke Soule, Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran, Grant E. Johnson, Jaegeon Ryu, Sungun Wi, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, Karl T. Mueller, Vijay Murugesan |
| Design of a Hybrid Distributed Generation System with Small Scale Wind Turbine Generator, Small Scale PV Generation and Battery Energy Storage (BESS) | |
| Fathima Sazna, Saranya Pulenthirarasa, Ratnakumar Rajan, Vinothine Shanmugarajah, Yuvaraj Manchukan, Arulampalam Atputharajah |
| Roadmap towards achieving 100% renewable electricity by 2050 for Srilanka | |
| Satheeskanth Navaratnam, sangar santhanam, Akila Eranda Jayasinghe Devanarayana |
| Photocatalytic hydrogen production through water-splitting on Metalchalcogenide materials combined with TiO2 | |
| Sivagowri Shanmugaratnam, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan, Dhayalan velauthapillai, Yohi Shivatharsini |
| Nanomaterials Approach for Lithium Rich (Li-Mn-O)-based Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries | |
| Sandhiya Chennakrishnan, Venkatachalam Thangamuthu, Akshaya Subramaniyam, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Raju Marudhan |
| Novel Photocapacitors with Heterostructured Activated Carbon/Silver-Metal Oxide/SnS Electrodes for Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage | |
| Kajana Thirunavukarasu, Arumugam Pirashanthan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan, Meena Senthilnanthanan |
| Selected Transition Metals (Zn, Ni, Ru) Doped TiO2 Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells | |
| Tharmakularasa Rajaramanan, Vijayakumar Gurunanthanan, Jeganathan Thivasen, Shivatharsiny Yohi, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan, Meena Senthilnanthanan |
| Role of Carbonaceous Material for Third-Generation Lead Halide based Perovskite Solar Cells | |
| Selvakumar Pitchaiya, Venkatraman Madurai Ramakrishnan, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Agilan Santhanam, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Synthesis and characterization of photocatalytic active materials | |
| KEERTHANA SP, YUVAKKUMAR R, Ravi G, Dhayalan Velayuthapillai |
| Effect of nanocarbon incorporated Hydroxyapatite (HAp) for biomedical application by DC glow discharge plasma | |
| Yuvaraj Selvaraj, Mykelraj P, Muthukumarasamy N, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Yoganand C.P. |
| Surface modification of Ag incorporated Cotton fabric by Plasma immersion technique for Biomedical application | |
| Yuvaraj Selvaraj, Muthukumarasamy N, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Yoganand C.P. |
| UV-aided preparation of TiO2/Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) Composites as photo anode for Dye-sensitized solar cells | |
| Venkatraman Madurai Ramakrishnan, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Selvakumar Pitchaiya, Agilan Santhanam, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Dual performance analysis of La-SnO2@rGO composite for asymmetric supercapacitor device and visible light induced photo degradation applications | |
| Asaithambi Sankaiya, Perumal Sakthivel, murugesan karuppaiah, Rethinam Yuvakkumar, Melkiyur Isacfranklin, Ganesan Ravi, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Role of carbon in quaternary metal sulfide electrodes for supercapacitor applications: A review | |
| Isacfranklin M, Asaithambi S, Yuvakkumar R, Ravi G, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
Eng 4: Wireless, Optical Communications and Signal Processing
| The Study of Printing Defects in 3D Printed Polyester Gyroid Lattice Structures in Fused Deposition Modelling technique and Defects Control Mechanism to Achieve Impeccable Lattice for lightweight applications | |
| Eshan Sandaruwan Bandara, Manuka Ashan Silva, Sudeesh Madhuwantha Weerasekara, Vijendran Mugilgeethan |
| Channel Allocation in Vehicular Networks Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning | |
| Anitha Saravana Kumar |
| Dengue Mosquito Detection using signal processing | |
| Miyushani Sachinthanee, Gayani Achinthya Rajapaksha, Thiruvaran Tharmarajah, Yuvaraj Manchukan |
| A Comparison of Electromagnetic Radiation from Commonly Used Communication Devices in an Indoor Environment | |
| Darukeesan Pakiyarajah, Prabhashana Wel Hengodage Sasinda Chandula, Thiruvaran Tharmarajah |
| Computational Offloading with Deep Supervised Learning for Edge enabled IoT | |
| Sweta Dey, Sujata Pal, Vijayalakshmi Saravanan |
| Computation Offloading Energy Minimization in hierarchical MEC backhaul network for mMTC applications | |
| Thananjeyan Shanmuganathan, Chien Aun Chan, Elaine Wong, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas |
Eng 5: AI, Blockchain, IoT Applications, Sensors and Robotics
| Evaluation of RaspberryPi-based soil water content sensors for real-time data collection and transmission for irrigation scheduling | |
| Prabakaran Santhanam, Ramanathan Sri Ranjan |
| Securing Smart Home using RSA Algorithm | |
| Ijas Ahmed, Selvakumaran Ragumean, Rahupathyraj valluvan, Kanagasundaram Ahilan, Kirupacaran Suheethan |
| Real-time Irrigation Scheduling using a Plant-controlled Atmometer and IoT | |
| Mujibur Rahman, Ramanathan Sri Ranjan |
Eng 6: Environmental Eng. and Water Resources
| Harnessing antibacterial property of phages in disinfecting hospital waste water effluent | |
| VinodKumar C.S, Suneeta Kumar Kalasuramath, Srinivasa Hirasave, Manjappa S |
Med 1: Lung infection, Immunity, Covid-19 and Gastroenterology
| Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion – Predictor of Clinical Outcome? | |
| Lindsay Anne Caldarone, Andrea Mariscal, Andrew Sage, Meraj Khan, Stephen Juvet, Tereza Martinu, Ricardo Zamel, Marcelo Cypel, Mingyao Liu, Nades Palaniyar, Shaf Keshavjee |
| Defects in Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Cystic Fibrosis | |
| Zubair Sabz Ali, Neil Sweezey, Nades Palaniyar |
| CD38 deficiency enhances neutrophil recruitment during S. aureus-induced pneumonia | |
| Xiaoqian Shan, Liliang Jin, Bibek Dhakal, Samithamby Jeyaseelan |
| Neutrophil apoptosis vs NETosis during airway inflammation: Importance of cytokines and reactive oxygen species | |
| Meraj Alam Khan, David N Douda, Pascal Djiadeu, Andrew Rajkumar, Curtis Sobchak, Lily Yip, Hartmut Grasemann, Neil Sweezey, Jeevendra Martyn, Nades Palaniyar |
| Role of AIM2 Inflammasome in Staphylococcus aureus induced Pneumonia | |
| Bibek Dhakal, Dinesh Bhattarai, Xiaoqian Shan, Samithamby Jeyaseelan |
| Effect of a polyherbal preparation on body mass index of obese and overweight Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients | |
| Ramiah Sivakanesan, Kumutharanjan Thilakeswary, Arasaratnam Vasanthy |
| Association between Body Mass Index and lung function parameters in a healthy population from Sri Lanka | |
| Mathanki Sooriyakanthan, Savithri Wimalasekera, Sivapalan Kanagasabai |
Med 2: Cancer
| R2: A Novel Platform to Assess the Metabolic Dynamics of Primary Neuroblastoma | |
| Zubair Sabz Ali, Lauren Devitt, Mary-Kate McLoughlin, Denis Barry |
Med 3: Mental Health, Public Health, Healthcare System and Obesity
| Memory deficits in rodent off-springs associated with common stimulant exposure during pregnancy | |
| Manal Buabeid, Ayeh Trish, Muralikrishanan Dhanasekaran, Vishnu Suppiramaniam |
| Role of Loss-of-function GluN2A NMDARs in Pediatric Epilepsy | |
| Adrian Courville, Vishnu Suppiramaniam, Subhrajit Bhattacharya |
| Memory deficits in rodent off-springs associated with common stimulant exposure during pregnancy | |
| Ayeh Trish, Manal Buabeid, Muralikrishanan Dhanasekaran, Vishnu Suppiramaniam |
| Patients' knowledge on dispensed medications and associated factors in a tertiary hospital in Sri Lanka | |
| Sinnadurai thuvaragan, B.S.M. Dileka Thathsarani Dayananda, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran |
| How has Teen Coping Methods to Stress changed overtime with the COVID -19 pandemic? | |
| Ithigashan Kandasamy, Sanchsith Rajalingam, Vihashan Aravienthan, Thiviyaa Sathiamoorthy, Jeya Thayaparan |
| Impacts of technology use on sleep and wellbeing in high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| Vihashan Aravienthan, Ithigashan Kandasamy, Bibizan Thiyagarajah, Thiviyaa Sathiamoorthy, Jeya Thayaparan |
| Coping with COVID-19: A Synthesis of Research on the Relationship Between COVID-19 and Mental Health | |
| Sanjeev Sockalingam |
| Effect of an interprofessional educational module to bring behavioral modifications to combat anemia in young women | |
| Suneeta B Kalasuramath, Vinod Kumar C S |
| The role of the gut microbiome in Rett syndrome | |
| Carly Ann Albright, Amanda Friend, Ben Peters, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Vishnu Suppiramaniam |
| Ethics and Influence of Psilocybin Use in Palliative Care for Anxiety About Morality on Clinical Decision Making | |
| Vipusaayini Sivanesanathan |
| Review of the current evidence of Yoga and mindfulness Meditation as an antidote for stress and delaying the aging of brain | |
| Jeya Thayaparan, Jeyarajeen Sivalingam, Aarabi Thayaparan, Vihashan Aravienthan, Maithily Uthayasangar |
Med 4: Pharma, Biotech and Industry
| Calculating Probability of Endoscopic Healing in Individuals with Ulcerative Colitis Starting Infliximab Therapy: A Prediction Model Integrating Pharmacokinetics | |
| Jenny Jeyarajah, Niels Vande Casteele, Vipul Jairath, Parambir Dulai, Siddharth Singh, Lisa M Shackelton, Brian Feagan, William Sandborn |
| Cannabis use and neurocognitive changes | |
| Kelli McDonald, Miranda Reed, Vishnu Suppiramaniam, Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran |
| Flow Cytometry in Drug Development, Assay validation to implementation in global clinical trials | |
| Nithianandan Selliah |
| Establishing the in-silico properties (pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic) of New Psychoactive Substance / Designer Drugs: “Piperazine derivatives” | |
| Soorya Gokulan Rajendran, Mansour Alturki, Mohammed Almaghrabi, Mohammed Majrashi, Ayaka Fujihashi, Sindhu Ramesh, Timothy Moore, Forrest Smith, Randall Clark, Jack Deruiter, Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran |
| Investigate the neuroprotective mechansims (anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities) of Scutellaria lateriflora | |
| Grace A McKerley, Sindhu Ramesh, Manoj Govindarajulu, Mohammed Majrashi, Eddie Fahory, Timothy Moore, Dennis Shannon, Frederik W Van Ginkel, Dean Schwartz, Barbara W Kemppainen, Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran |
Med 5: Drug Design, Personalized Medicine and Geriatrics Heath
| Health Inequalities Amongst New Immigrants to Canada | |
| Sanchsith Rajalingam, Bavina Thirunavukarasu, Vihashan Aravienthan, Ithigashan Kandasamy, Thiviyaa Sathiamoorthy, Jeya Thayaparan |
| Ketone bodies as possible therapeutic option for neurodegenerative diseases | |
| Kelli McDonald, Mohammed Majrashi, Mansour Alturki, Sindhu Ramesh, Manoj Govindarajulu, Mohammed Almaghrabi, Vishnu Suppiramaniam, Timothy Moore, Miranda Reed, Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran |
| New and Novel "Levodopa" formulations to treat Parkinsonism | |
| KADANNAGARI SUREKHA |
| Novel Multilayer Coatings of Meloxicam/PLGA on 3D Printed Stainless Steel Implants for Hip Replacement Applications | |
| Manjusha Annaji, Charley Garrett, Ishwor Poudel, Robert Arnold, Amal Kaddoumi, Nima Shamsaei, Seungjong Lee, Kayla Corriveau, Jayachandra Babu Ramapuram |
| Elucidating the role of glutamatergic neuronal signaling in a rodent model of chemobrain | |
| Kawsar Ullah Chowdhury, Priyanka Pinky, Matthew Eggert, Jenna Bloemer, Lauren Woodie, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Shanese Jasper, Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran, Robert Arnold, Vishnu Suppiramaniam |
| Modulation of Synaptic AMPA Receptors by Polysialic acid: Potential Future Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Disorders | |
| Lucy Clay Seay |
| New and Novel "Levodopa" formulations to treat Parkinsonism | |
| Kadannagari Surekha, Suhrud Pathak |
Med 6: Anesthesiology and Nervous System
| IL-12p40 contributes to secondary damage and functional impairment after spinal cord injury | |
| Jose Rosas, Nicolas Pelisch, Brandy Aperi, Kyle Stehlik, Matt Budde, Karin Swartz, Antje Kroner |
| Role of the heme-binding protein Hemopexin following spinal cord injury | |
| Nicolas Pelisch, Jose Rosas, Antje Kroner, Kyle Stehlik, Brandy Aperi |
| Nimodipine prevents spasticity and promotes motor recovery after spinal cord injury | |
| Dan Reinhardt, Christina Dolick, Dante Graham, Kyle Stehlik, Antje Kroner, Kajana Satkunendrarajah |
| Immunoreceptor Alpha 7 Acetylcholine: An Immune Link in Gut-Brain Axis | |
| Mohammed A.S. Khan, Shingo Yasuhara, Mahad Sohail, Sulie L. Chang, Jeevendra J. A. Martyn |
Sci 1: Physical and Life Sciences - Biology, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics
| Two Dimensional Model of Star Formation In The Presence Of External Perturbations | |
| Sukhjit Singh |
| A Greener approach for the synthesis of colloidal semiconducting CdS nanoparticles: Comparison with the chemical approach | |
| ELILAN YOGENTHIRAN, NILUJA SUKUMARAN, Shivatharsiny Yohi, Thanihaichelvan Murugathas, Suvanya Amirthalingam |
| A Soft Photopolymer Cuboid That Computes with Binary Strings of Light | |
| Alexander D. Hudson, Matthew R. Ponte, Fariha Mahmood, Thomas Pena Ventura, Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu |
| PbS Quantum dot sensitized C-axis oriented ZnO nanorods based solar cells | |
| Vinoth Pandi Dharmalingam, Saraswathi V, Muthukumarasamy N, Agilan S, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Less Toxic Absorbing layers for Environmental Free Perovskite Solar Cells | |
| Pavithrakumar Palanichamy, Selvakumar Pitchaiya, Jayaprakash Madhu, Agilan Santhanam, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai |
| Tailoring physical properties by introducing alkali metals with di-sulphide anion for technological applications: A DFT study. | |
| A. Suresh, B. Kanimozhi Balakrishnan, Vasu Veerapandi, Vajeeston Ponniah |
Sci 2: Environmental Sciences
| Quantification and Categorization of Marine Debris in Charty beach, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. | |
| Dinesh Lakshitha Thennakoon, Paramasivam Shobiya, Kuganathan Sivashanthini |
| Quantification and Characterization of Bioaerosols at a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Site and its impact on human health. | |
| Pooja Ankush Kamdi, Priyanka Bhoyar, Abhishekdawale Dawale, Panuganti Devara, Amit Bafana, Prem Kumarathasan, Saravanadevi Sivanesan, Krishnamurthi Kannan |
| Characterization of microbial diversity of Panchagavya – a natural plant growth promoter | |
| Divyesha Pathak, Nandini Bhojraj, Suresh Dawle, Pooja Kamdi, Sunil Mansinghka, Sarvanadevi Sivanesan, Amit Bafana, Krishnamurthi Kannan |
| Microplastic contamination in fish is a great concern | |
| Sakshi Patil, Krishnamurthi Kannan, Saravanadevi Sivanesan |
| UV radiation and urban shade trees: How much protection can they provide us? | |
| Janani Sivarajah, Sean Thomas, Sandy Smith |
Sci 3: Math, Statistics, and Applications
| An Objective Bayesian Multiple Testing for Correlated Binomial Proportions | |
| Siva Sivaganeshan |
Sci 5: Computer sciences, communication and e-learning
| Explainable Embedding based on Speaker feature Using AAVD | |
| Jenarthanan Rajenthiran, Lakshikka Sithamaparanathan, Saranya Uthayakumar, Uthayasanker Thayasivam |
| An Analysis of Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing | |
| Pooja Shri |
Sci-6: Microbial infection, Animal Science and Animal Diseases
| A DNA intercalator Actinomycin D reduces bacteria-induced NET formation without reducing the phagocytic and microbicidal capacity of neutrophils ex vivo and LPS-induced NET formation in the airways in vivo | |
| Cristiane Naffah de Souza Breda, Meraj Khan, Zubair Sabz Ali, Shang Han Li, Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, Nades Palaniyar |
| Effect of antibiotic structure on the efficiency of Polydopamine Nanoparticles as drug nanocarriers | |
| Meera Patel, Ruby Sullan, Nesha Andoy |
General 1: Workshops, Panels, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Networking
| Cancer Control in Low and Middle Income Countries | |
| Sri Navaratnam, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran, Simon Sutcliffe |
| Effectiveness of Virtual Co-Curricular Global Health Program for Medical Students – A Program Evaluation Study | |
| Keshinisuthan Kirubalingam, Dilakshan Srikanthan |
| South Asian COVID Trust Project: Building confidence in the South Asian Community | |
| Kaarunya Kandeephan, Sanjena Krishnakumar, Bope Hewage - Samadi Senarathna, Thulasi Asokkumar, Ajantha Nadesalingam, Nithiya Ganeshalingam |
| Science Communication as Outreach against Vaccine Hesitancy among Black Canadians | |
| Foustina Nithiyanantham, Nathina Krishnakumar, Chowmiya Premakumar, Sanghavy Sivakumaran, Lehaayini Jeyakumar |
| Technological tools for effective teaching and learning | |
| Ramanathan Sri Ranjan |
General 2: Education, Curriculum, STEAM, Pre-Med and Virtual Learning
| POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL PHYSICS PROGRAMMES IN ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES – A SURVEY STUDY | |
| Sivananthan Sarasanandarajah |
| The effect of modified team based learning as compared to the conventional didactic lecture in large group | |
| Suneeta B Kalasuramath, Vinod Kumar C S |
| Online examinations for engineering courses at University of Southern Queensland during COVID pandemic | |
| Kathirgamalingam Somasundaraswaran |
