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Friday, April 17, 2009
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Events
2009 HCLAS Science Research Symposium
Friday, April 17, 2009
Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library
Speaker Schedule
| Session 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Speaker | Department | Topic |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Gather for Continental breakfast | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Harold Hastings | Physics | Stability of complex systems in ecology and economics |
| 9:30 a.m. | Sylvia Silberger | Math | Automorphism groups of finite grupoids |
| 10:00 a.m. | Mickey Merguerian | Geology | Redefining the intrusive contact between the Yonkers and Fordham Gneisses in Van Cortlandt Park, NYC |
| Session 2 | |||
| Time | Speaker | Department | Topic |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Anthony Agnone | Engineering | Transient response of a thin foil heat flux gauge – backradiation effect |
| 11:30 a.m. | Laura Vallier | Biology | The C. elegans LIM-7 transcription factor is essential for life |
| 12:00 a.m. | Jeremy LeWitt | Computer Science | Wireless sensor networks |
| Session 3 | |||
| Time | Speaker | Department | Topic |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Sandwiches and soda | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Christina Lacey | Astronomy | The start-points of massive star formation: Ultra dense HII regions |
| 2:00 p.m. | Chuck Liang | Computer Science | A unified system for the structured construction of proofs |
| 2:30 p.m. | Ray Mulligan | Computer Science | Coverage problem in wireless sensor networks |
| Session 4 | |||
| Time | Speaker | Department | Topic |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Robert Lavoie | Computer Science | A brief introduction to wireless sensor networks |
| 4:00 p.m. | Sabrina Sobel and Skylar Cohen | Chemistry | Spectator ions ARE important: A kinetic study of the copper/aluminum displacement reaction |
| 4:30 p.m. | Bret Bennington and Christa Abatemarco | Geology | Statistical reanalysis of dinosaur trackways at Dinosaur State Park, CT |
| 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Reception | ||
To view schedule and abstracts in PDF format, click here.