Fourth Annual Conference on Convergence and the Future of Research
Description
Discovery Park will hold its fourth annual Conference on Convergence and the Future of Research on August 29. The event, which is free and open to the public, will run from noon to 5:30 p.m. and will include a series of Voss Talks (TED-style talks) presented by the teams who submitted project ideas to Discovery Park's Big Idea Challenge 2.0. The event will also include a poster session highlighting the projects of Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) students, and a reception celebrating the kickoff of the Big Idea Challenge 2.0 will follow.
Discovery Park’s fourth annual Conference on Convergence and the Future of Research will be part of Purdue University’s 150th anniversary. Our anniversary theme is “Giant Leaps,” inspired by Neil Armstrong’s historic statement on the moon and includes a yearlong Ideas Festival.
DRAFT Agenda
12:15-1:00 pm Poster Session: Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship
(DURI) and Big Idea Challenge 2.0 / Lunch – MRGN Café
1:00 pm Welcome Remarks – MRGN 121
Alexandra Boltasseva, Discovery Park Fellow, Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Theresa Mayer, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships
1:10-1:17 pm Addressing the Biodiversity Crisis: A Four-Platform Boilermaker
Solution
Presented by: Bryan Pijanowski, College of Agriculture
1:20-1:27 pm BioSystomics: Development of Integrated Omics for Systems Level
Biodiscovery
Presented by: Marshall Porterfield, College of Engineering
1:30-1:37 pm Building a community network and clinical consultation service for dual
diagnosis mental health and substance use disorder prevention and
treatment
Presented by: Carol Ott, College of Pharmacy
1:40-1:47 pm Climate BufferNet: Biodiversity and Food Security in a Changing Climate
Presented by: Robert Marzec, College of Liberal Arts
1:50-1:57 pm Community Resilience Considering the Interdependence of Innovation
Ecosystem and Physical Infrastructures
Presented by: Saurabh Bagchi, College of Engineering
2:00-2:07 pm Conversion of Plastic Waste into Pristine Polymers, Naphtha, Fuels, and
Other Products for Sustainability
Presented by: Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, College of Engineering
2:10-2:17 pm Improving neurological health outcomes of rural communities by
studying a novel multi-generational cohort of families with a history
of debilitating parkinsonism
Presented by: Aaron Bowman, College of Health and Human Sciences
2:20-2:27 pm Innovations for Economic Viability and Environmental Sustainability of
Indoor Agriculture
Presented by: Cary Mitchell, College of Agriculture
2:30-2:50 pm Break
2:50-2:57 pm LATICE: Framework for Longitudinal Analysis of Time-Course Data from
Patient Generated Health Data
Presented by: Mohammad Adibuzzaman, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare
Engineering
3:00-3:07 pm Quantum Informatics for Businesses and Economies
Presented by: Karthik Kannan, Krannert School of Management
3:10-3:17 pm Recovery and Reuse of Low-Grade Thermal Energy in Urban Settings
Presented by: Ernest Blatchley, College of Engineering
3:20-3:27 pm The Energy Corridor Along the US/Mexico Border: Changing the
Conversation
Presented by: Luciano Castillo, College of Engineering
3:30-3:37 pm Urban Pre-emptive Research and Planning Activities for REal-world
Disasters
Presented by: Daniel Aliaga, College of Science
Dev Niyogi, College of Agriculture
3:40-3:50 pm From Cell Cultures to Community Cultures: Bringing Precision Health to
Autism
Presented by: Bridgette Kelleher, College of Health and Human Sciences
3:55-4:05 pm Revolutionizing the development and manufacturing of next-generation
biologics
Presented by: Rainer Fischer, College of Science
4:10-4:20 pm Solving problems previously reserved to quantum computing with
Purdue’s p-bits and how these future computational capabilities
will impact security, politics and the society as a whole
Presented by: Supriyo Datta, College of Engineering,
on behalf of Joerg Appenzeller, College of Engineering
4:30-5:30 pm Big Idea Challenge 2.0 Kick-Off Reception – MRGN Café
(Closing remarks provided by Alexandra Boltasseva)
Interesting in attending? RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2ZlS5k0
Contact Details
- Nicole Finley
- kingman@purdue.edu
- 765-494-3662