Friday, April 1, 2011, 10:00 AM–3:30 PM 
Atrium Theater  



5th Annual City Tech Research Conference

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Description

The  City Tech Research Conference is a forum for faculty and students to present their research and other scholarly works. On Friday, April 1, the whole day is devoted to faculty presentations; student research will be presented on May 5th (announcement will follow). The  conference aims to cover the following topics: African American Studies, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, English, Humanities, Mathematics, Physics and Social Sciences, Engineering, Health fields, Professional Studies, Law, Human Services, Architecture & Design-related fields, Advertising & Graphic Arts, Business-related fields, and others (see below for the schedule).  The conference is open to all faculty, staff and students; admission is free.


Schedule (click on the session links for a complete schedule)


Time
 Event
 Room
 Chair
10:00AM Welcome by Dean Brown (A&S)
 Atrium Amphitheater
 Hans Schoutens

Opening remarks
10:15AM Roman Kezerashvili, Can we move photons?
11:00 AM

Niloufar Haque, Memory and Behavorial Patterns: Altzheimer's Revisitied
11:45AM Costas Panayotakis, Remaking Scarcity: Capital’s Crises and the Project of Economic Democracy
12:15PM Lunch
Faculty Lounge A632

Parallel sessions
1:30PM Mathematics
 N718
 Delaram Kahrobaei
1:30PM
 Physics
 N705
 Roman Kezerashvili
1:30PM
 Biology
 N700
 Laina Karthikeyan
1:30PM
 Dentistry and Nursing
 N402
 Patricia Cholewka
1:30PM
 Social Sciences and Humanities
 N517
 Ann Delilkan
1:30PM
 Business
 N518
 Lucas Bernard
1:30PM
 Hospitality and Human Services
 N419B
 Soyeon Cho
1:30PM
 Computer Systems and Technology
 N519
 Iem Heng
1:30PM
 Engineering
 N521
 Gaffar Gailani



 





Organizing Committee 

Arts and Science, Research and Grants Committee (under the supervision of Dean Pamela Brown)

Hans Schoutens (chair)

Alexander Rozenblyum (MAT)
Ann Delilkan (HU)
Anna Do (ENG)
Annette Saddik (ENG)
Delaram Kahrobaei (MAT)
Eric Rodriguez (SS)
Giovanni Ossola (PHY)
Laina Karthikeyan (BIO)
Laura Ghezzi (MAT)
Liana Tsenova (BIO)
Oleg Berman (PHYS)
Soyeon Cho (HUS)
Thomas Johnstone (MAT)
Tony Nicolas (CHEM)
Tshombe Walker (AFR)
Victoria Gitman (MAT)
Zhao Chen (MAT)