Archive for February, 2026
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Rethinking Intelligence: A Framework for Responsible Agentic AI
Agentic AI introduces autonomous, goal oriented systems capable of real time decision making. This research presents a framework for governing these technologies responsibly through explainability, fairness, and human AI collaboration.
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The State of Healthcare in America, Who Is Really Calling the Shots?
Rising premiums, claim denials, provider shortages, and insurance driven decision making are reshaping healthcare delivery in America. This presentation examines who truly influences patient care and explores incremental innovations that support patient centered models.
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Balance Fundamentals of Counterweights on Bascule Bridges
Behind every bascule bridge is a precise balance equation. This research explores how counterweight design, equilibrium analysis, and moment calculations ensure smooth, controlled movement in movable bridge systems.
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Utility Pole Replacement: An Engineering Management Approach
Double utility poles often remain standing far beyond regulatory timelines due to fragmented communication and scheduling gaps. This student research presentation explores how improved workflow design, shared tracking portals, and joint scheduling can reduce backlog and strengthen infrastructure reliability.
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Photovoltaic Solar Inefficiencies
Explore how targeted airflow redesign in commercial solar inverters can reduce thermal derating, improve energy yield, and increase reliability in utility scale photovoltaic systems.
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Networking and Partnerships: Creating Purposeful Academic Pathways in Higher Education
Purposeful partnerships go beyond enrollment recovery. This presentation examines how structured collaboration between U.S. and Caribbean institutions created sustainable academic pathways aligned with student opportunity and regional workforce needs.
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education
AI tools are reshaping engineering classrooms, but responsible integration requires more than adoption. This presentation examines current research, faculty perspectives, and practical strategies for aligning AI with rigor and instructional goals.
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Holding the Afterglow: Sustaining Clinician Wellness After
Burnout can intensify during the transition back from meaningful, high-intensity service. This workshop introduces the clinician reentry gap and presents a replicable, theory-driven framework to support sustainable reintegration and long-term professional wellness.
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From Conversation to Action: Community-Led Pathways to Stronger Primary Care
Access to primary care is often discussed as a policy issue, a reimbursement issue, or a workforce issue. Rarely is it framed as a community leadership issue. This accepted in-person […]
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Applying Competency-Based Assessment Strategies in Hybrid and Online Learning Environments: A Practical Framework for Integration into Learning Modules and Courses
Competency-Based Education does not require an institutional overhaul. This presentation demonstrates how course-level CBE strategies can strengthen mastery, equity, and engagement in hybrid and online learning environments.
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The Making of a Swim Coach: How Swim Coaching Shapes Self-Identity
How does stepping into a leadership role reshape who you are? This SAMIBC 2026 presentation explores how swim coaching influences personal, social, and professional identity over time. Drawing on interviews with coaches, the research highlights how relationships, feedback, purpose, and role conflict shape leadership identity in dynamic and deeply human ways.
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Accountability Is Not Blame: It Is the Discipline That Makes Trust Possible
Accountability is often confused with blame, yet high performing teams experience it as clarity, ownership, and trust. When responsibility is clear and follow through is consistent, teams move faster and collaborate with confidence. This Management Monday article explores how low accountability quietly undermines performance, why ownership must be explicit, and how leaders shape accountability through everyday conversations rather than formal reviews. Accountability is not about pressure. It is about creating the conditions where trust and performance can grow together.
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The AI-Driven Healthy Organization: How a 2-Week Experiment Generated $3M and Transformed Our Culture – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
What happens when a single, AI-enabled experiment challenges everything an organization believes about innovation, speed, and control? This accepted presentation explores how a two-week low-code sprint generated $3M in revenue and became a catalyst for cultural transformation, offering leaders a powerful lens on building healthier, more agile organizations in the age of AI.
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When Metrics are Malleable: Equity Theory and the Perceived Underpayment of NFL Quarterbacks – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Why do some of the highest-paid professionals in the world still feel underpaid? This SAMIBC 2026 presentation uses NFL quarterbacks as a compelling case study to explore how equity theory explains compensation dissatisfaction when performance metrics are unclear. The session highlights how ambiguity, not absolute pay, drives perceptions of unfairness and offers important lessons for managers designing compensation and evaluation systems across all industries.
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Managing Toxic Leadership and Employee Behavior: AI’s Potential to Curb Dark Triad–Driven Dysfunction – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Toxic leadership and counterproductive workplace behavior often stem from Dark Triad personality traits that undermine trust and fairness. This accepted SAMIBC presentation explores how AI-driven tools may help reduce bias, standardize evaluations, and limit the impact of manipulative leadership, while raising important ethical considerations for organizations.
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Bureaucratic Inefficiency and Section 8 Housing – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Administrative inefficiency can quietly unravel even the most well-intentioned public programs. This accepted SAMIBC presentation explores how breakdowns in accountability, communication, and process within the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program place families and landlords at risk, offering a case-based look at housing policy through a management and governance lens.
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Becoming an Entrepreneur: Identifying and Enhancing Critical Character Traits – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Entrepreneurial success is often linked to traits like self efficacy, conscientiousness, and risk propensity, but these characteristics are rarely discussed as skills that can be developed. This research examines how foundational theories in social learning can be used to intentionally strengthen entrepreneurial character traits and support entrepreneurial intention and long term success.
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The Effect of Social Media Influencers on Consumer Behaviour in the Food and Beverage (F&B) Industry – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Social media influencers are reshaping how consumers engage with food and beverage brands. This presentation explores how authenticity, credibility, and digital engagement strategies influence purchasing behavior, drawing on a thematic analysis of influencer marketing research in the F&B industry.
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An Eviction Case Study – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This case study explores how structural inefficiencies in Colorado’s eviction system create uncertainty, financial risk, and operational challenges for landlords. By examining eviction as a managerial and policy issue rather than a purely legal one, the research highlights broader implications for accountability, governance, and market stability.
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Transforming E-Commerce Through AI: From Chatbots to Predictive Analytics
Artificial intelligence is reshaping digital commerce by transforming customer engagement, marketing strategy, and operational decision making. This presentation explores how AI-powered chatbots and predictive analytics enable more personalized, efficient, and data-driven e-commerce ecosystems while highlighting key governance and ethical considerations.
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Beyond Flashcards: Understanding New Forms of Academic Support in College Learning – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Artificial intelligence tools are changing how college students study, write, and manage their learning. From AI-powered writing support to personalized study aids, new forms of academic assistance are reshaping learning strategies while raising important questions about integrity, equity, and institutional responsibility. This presentation explores how AI-enabled academic support can enhance learning when adopted thoughtfully and governed responsibly.
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Apprenticeship After AI – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
As AI transforms entry-level marketing work, employers are demanding skills that traditional education pathways struggle to deliver. This presentation examines the growing experience paradox and proposes apprenticeship-based models as a scalable solution for rebuilding job readiness in an AI-enabled economy.
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The Role of Student Media in Shaping Student Commitment and Engagement at Universities – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This accepted presentation explores how student-run media platforms shape student engagement, satisfaction, and institutional commitment. By examining media consumption, participation, and perceptions of relevance and independence, the study positions student media as a strategic tool for strengthening campus connection and community.
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The GenAI Gap: Why Data-Driven Firms Struggle to Deliver? – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Many organizations invest heavily in Generative AI but fail to see meaningful returns. This research examines why data-driven firms struggle to capture GenAI value, highlighting governance gaps, strategic misalignment, and cultural barriers that prevent AI initiatives from delivering on their promise.
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Strategic Planning: Psychoanalytic Insights and Defense Mechanisms – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Why do well-designed strategies fail under pressure? This research explores how anxiety and unconscious defense mechanisms shape strategic planning, offering a psychoanalytic framework to help leaders and scholars improve decision quality, adaptability, and organizational health.