MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology will present a Lightning Round Seminar Series to promote research and discovery and grow collaborations among faculty. Multiple presentations are planned throughout the spring in the Educational Activities Building (Room 102) on campus and via webinar at psu.zoom.us/j/91782813316.
“We hope these presentations will spark collaborative research ideas across the school, as well as the college and entire University,” said Vahid Motevalli director of the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology. “In addition, it will be an opportunity for our students to learn about the cutting-edge scholarship taking place here. Finally, these seminars will provide an opportunity for industry to have a glimpse into the rich and diverse intellectual asset that our campus provides for the community, the commonwealth, and beyond.”
The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Anilchandra Attaluri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering – Treatment Planning, Monitoring and Control Systems for Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia
• Hyuntae Na, assistant professor of computer science – Protein dynamics study using the normal mode analysis
• Grady F Mathews IV, assistant professor of civil engineering – Evaluation of Ultra-Lightweight Foamed Glass Aggregates in Self-Consolidating Precast Concrete
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Dariush Khezrimotlagh, assistant professor of mathematics – Performance Measurement and Benchmarking • Nik Tsotakos, assistant professor of biology – Long noncoding RNAs and circular RNAs are key players in cellular homeostasis
• Md Faisal Kabir, assistant professor of computer science – Machine Learning and data mining techniques in healthcare
Thursday, March 3, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Hien Nguyen, assistant professor of computer science – Brain Tumor Classification by Graph Neural Networks
• Will W. Driscoll, assistant professor of biology – Cooperative hunting in toxic algae: Thor’s hammer or Achilles’ heel?
• Nikhil Menon, assistant professor of civil engineering – A Vision for Sustainable Transport and Emerging Mobility Systems Research
• Ola Rashwan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering – Extrusion and Characterization of Customized 3D Printing Filament
Tuesday, March 29, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Ahm E. Rahman, assistant professor of mechanical engineering – Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs) as Reinforcements in Aluminum Matrix Composites
• Abu Asaduzzaman, assistant professor of chemistry – Computational Sciences: From Molecules to Materials
• Truong Xuan Tran, assistant professor of computer science – Data Analytics for Protein Crystallization Screening
Tuesday, April 19, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Fariborz Tavangarian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering – Achieving Bioinspired Resilience in Brittle Polymers
• Xinwei Niu, assistant professor of electrical engineering – Data Driven System Analysis
• Kiana Karami, assistant professor of electrical engineering – The Identification of Nonlinear Complex Systems Using Decoupling Polynomial NARX Method
For more information, contact Jennifer DeBord at 717-948-6097 or jld91@psu.edu.
