Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang, Bruce Millet, South Dakota State University, United States; Sidike Paheding, Michigan Technological University, United States; Shahid Nawaz Khan, South Dakota State University, United States; Kamila Dilmurat, Saint Louis University, United States; Abel A. Reyes, Michigan Technological University, United States; Péter Kovács, South Dakota State University, United States