Schedule
Thursday, September 21
MATERIALS RESEARCH
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Silvio Silvério da Silva (zoom)
A sustainable future through lignocellulosic biorefineries: bioprocesses and bio-based products as tools for changing the world
Aakash Chakraborty
Sustainability analysis of biorefining processes
Conor McGovern
Asymmetric Cross-Coupling of Ferrocenes in Chiral Ionic Liquids
Drs. Jinan Fiaidhi and Sabah Mohammed
Thick Data Analytics and Translational Informatics are Recharging AI Towards Better Context and Precision
Poster Session and Lunch
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Virginia Walker
"Why doesn't grass die after a killing frost?"; the answer reveals biotech innovations
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Satinder Kaur Brar
Rhodosporidium toruloides as a workhorse: Decoding its benefits and burdens in biorefinery
Dr. Sarita Shrestha
Algaberry: A special and effective heavy metals remover of polluted water
Dr. Janak Khatiwada
Optimization of pretreatments of native freshwater microalgae for reducing sugar extraction and subsequent bioethanol production
Dr. Shreeti Pradhan
Detection of Pathogens using Protein Quantification
Dr. Nadia Sufdar Ali (zoom)
A high throughput screening process and quick isolation of novel lignin-degrading microbes from large number of natural biomasses
Friday, September 22
BIO-INSPIRED ENGINEERING
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chengyu Li (zoom)
Deciphering the Fluid Dynamics of Biological Locomotion: A Computational Framework for Advancing
Bio-Inspired Flow Systems
Dr. Carlos Zerpa
Examining the combined effect of neck strength and hockey goalie helmet liners in mitigating risk of head injury for measures of angular acceleration during simulated horizontal head collision
Aysan Gholami
Heat transfer enhancement in a microchannel by a flow-induced flapping filament
Faisal Muhammad
Examining the Role of Vortex Generators on the Performance of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
Poster Session and Lunch
MEDICAL INNOVATIONS
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Len Luyt
Peptides: Transforming Natural Ligands into Therapeutics and Imaging Agents
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steven Wang
A hybrid complex-valued neural network framework with applications to electroencephalogram (EEG)
Dr. Andrew Drainville (zoom)
Ultrasonic cavitation for controlled pancreatic cancer stroma disruption
Dong Zhao
Synthesis and evaluation of Aurora Kinase B inhibitor for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics
Yang Mao
The Development of Novel Pet Imaging Agents for Diagnosing Cancer
Awards Ceremony and Dinner in the Faculty Lounge
MATERIALS RESEARCH
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Silvio Silvério da Silva (zoom)
A sustainable future through lignocellulosic biorefineries: bioprocesses and bio-based products as tools for changing the world
Aakash Chakraborty
Sustainability analysis of biorefining processes
Conor McGovern
Asymmetric Cross-Coupling of Ferrocenes in Chiral Ionic Liquids
Drs. Jinan Fiaidhi and Sabah Mohammed
Thick Data Analytics and Translational Informatics are Recharging AI Towards Better Context and Precision
Poster Session and Lunch
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Virginia Walker
"Why doesn't grass die after a killing frost?"; the answer reveals biotech innovations
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Satinder Kaur Brar
Rhodosporidium toruloides as a workhorse: Decoding its benefits and burdens in biorefinery
Dr. Sarita Shrestha
Algaberry: A special and effective heavy metals remover of polluted water
Dr. Janak Khatiwada
Optimization of pretreatments of native freshwater microalgae for reducing sugar extraction and subsequent bioethanol production
Dr. Shreeti Pradhan
Detection of Pathogens using Protein Quantification
Dr. Nadia Sufdar Ali (zoom)
A high throughput screening process and quick isolation of novel lignin-degrading microbes from large number of natural biomasses
Friday, September 22
BIO-INSPIRED ENGINEERING
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chengyu Li (zoom)
Deciphering the Fluid Dynamics of Biological Locomotion: A Computational Framework for Advancing
Bio-Inspired Flow Systems
Dr. Carlos Zerpa
Examining the combined effect of neck strength and hockey goalie helmet liners in mitigating risk of head injury for measures of angular acceleration during simulated horizontal head collision
Aysan Gholami
Heat transfer enhancement in a microchannel by a flow-induced flapping filament
Faisal Muhammad
Examining the Role of Vortex Generators on the Performance of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
Poster Session and Lunch
MEDICAL INNOVATIONS
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Len Luyt
Peptides: Transforming Natural Ligands into Therapeutics and Imaging Agents
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steven Wang
A hybrid complex-valued neural network framework with applications to electroencephalogram (EEG)
Dr. Andrew Drainville (zoom)
Ultrasonic cavitation for controlled pancreatic cancer stroma disruption
Dong Zhao
Synthesis and evaluation of Aurora Kinase B inhibitor for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics
Yang Mao
The Development of Novel Pet Imaging Agents for Diagnosing Cancer
Awards Ceremony and Dinner in the Faculty Lounge