Fall 2014
School of Science Colloquium Series – Fall 2014
September 23, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Faculty Research Colloquium
Dr. Dimitris Papamichail, Department of Computer Science, TCNJ – “Algorithmic Redesign of Protein Coding Genes”
Dr. Christopher Murphy, Department of Biology and Office of Academic Affairs –
“Acoustic Communication in Treefrogs”
October 28, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Faculty Research Colloquium
Dr. Michael Ochs, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, TCNJ –
“Bayesian Statistics for Biomedical Data”
Dr. David McGee, Department of Physics, TCNJ –
“Rewards, Opportunities, and Challenges: Teaching and Research in Germany with TCNJ Students”
November 12, 2014 (Wed.)
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Roscoe West 201
Guest Speaker: Co-Sponsor of the Sarnoff Lecture Series
Dr. David Brock, Senior Research Fellow, Chemical Heritage Foundation –
“RCA and the Early History of Microcircuitry”
Biology Colloquium Series – Fall 2014
September 17, 2014 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
SCP-101
Guest Speaker
Dr. John Jungck, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware –
“Biological Insight from Morphogenesis to Morphospace: Computational Biological Visualization, Quantitative Image Analysis, and Exploring Complex Data”
October 7, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Guest Speaker
Dr. Raj Vadigepalli, Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University –
“Molecular regulation and cell phenotypes governing the multi-scale control of liver repair”
October 21, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Guest Speaker
Dr. Dale Cameron, Ursinus College –
“Rogue Proteins or Heritable Molecular Switches? The Unfolding Story of Prions”
November 4, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Guest Speaker
Dr. Emilie Snell-Rood, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota –
“Costs and Constraints in the Evolution of Plasticity and Brain Size”
Chemistry Colloquium Series – Fall 2014
October 7, 2014 (Tues.)
6:00 – 8:00 pm
SCP-319
ACS Webinar
Douglas Dollemore and Darcy Gentleman, ACS Office of Public Affairs –
“Speaking Simply: Communicating your Science”
October 8, 2014 (Wed.)
1:30 – 2:30 pm
C-121
Guest Speaker
Dr. Malcolm Forbes, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill –
“Photodynamic Therapy, Toils and Troubles: Problems Solved With Tiny Bubbles”
November 5, 2014 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
C-121
Guest Speaker
Dr. Dan Mindiola, University of Pennsylvania –
“Methane activation and dehydrogenation of volatile alkanes C2-C8. Can we do better than burn or crack them?”
November 19, 2014 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
C-121
Guest Speaker
Dr. Paramjit Arora, New York University –
“Plucking the High Hanging Fruit: A Systematic Approach for Targeting Protein Interfaces”
Computer Science Colloquium Series – Fall 2014
September 5, 2014 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Forcina Hall 408
Faculty Research Colloquium
Dr. David G. Cooper, Department of Computer Science, TCNJ –
“Affect Detection for a Class Computerized Geometry Tutoring System“
October 24, 2014 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Education 113
Guest Speaker
Matthew Tom-Wolverton, Tumblr –
“Behind the Scenes at Tumblr”
November 7, 2014 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Guest Speaker
Shawn Sivy, Director, Networking & Technical Services, TCNJ –
“This is Not Your Home Network: Understanding the design of the TCNJ wireless and wired networks, how they work and how they get the most out of them”
November 18, 2014
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Forcina Hall 408
Guest Speaker
Jonathan Curry and Sarah Jacalone, Linode –
“Linode Presents: The Nuts and Bolts of Cloud Hosting and Virtualization”
Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Series – Fall 2014
Semptember 24, 2014 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
SCP-229
Student REU Experiences- Presented by Pi Mu Epsilon and the Department of Mathematics
Jessica Perez, North Carolina State University –
“Modeling the Interaction Between Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Dynamics“
Vince Longo, University of Hawaii at Hilo –
“The Abelian Sandpile Model”
Physics Colloquium Series – Fall 2014
September 19, 2014 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-317
Faculty Research Colloquium
Dr. Taryl Kirk, Department of Physics, TCNJ –
“Magnetic Contrast Imaging in NFESEM
Dr. AJ Richards, Department of Physics, TCNJ –
“Learning about Learning”
October 7, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-317
Faculty Research Colloquium
Dr. Shane McGary, Department of Physics, TCNJ –
“When Plates Collide/Making Moons”
October 17, 2014 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-317
Guest Speakers
Raha Ghassemi and Cory Leahy, Physics Alumni, May 2014, TCNJ –
“International Study Experiences and Opportunities with the TCNJ Physics Department”
November 4, 2014 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-317
Guest Speaker
Michael Erickson and John Ferrie, Physics Alumni, TCNJ –
“Transitioning to Graduate Level Coursework and Research”
November 21, 2014 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-317
TBA
Spring 2015
School of Science Colloquium Series – Spring 2015
February 13, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Roscoe West Hall Room 201
Guest Speaker
Dr. Michael Zimmerman, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, Evergreen State College –
“What the Evolution/Creation Debate Can Teach Us about the Relationship between Religion and Science”
February 24, 2015 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Faculty Research Colloquium
Dr. Gary Dickinson, Department of Biology, TCNJ –
“Shellfish in a changing ocean: effects of ocean acidification on shell mechanics and structure”
Dr. Monisha Pulimood, Department of Computer Science, TCNJ –
“Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence Join Forces”
March 2, 2015 (Mon.)
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Mayo Concert Hall
Interdisciplinary Seminar- Guest Speaker
James Barrat, Author of Our Final Invention –
“Artificial Intelligence: Promise, Ethics and Peril”
March 24, 2015 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Business Bldg Student Lounge (Lower Level)
Guest Speaker- CANCELLED
Dr. John C. Warner, Founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry –
“Green Chemistry: The Missing Element”
April 28, 2015 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Faculty Research Colloquium – Sabbatical Presentations
Dr. Karen Clark, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, TCNJ –
“Linear Algebra Applications in the Undergraduate Curriculum”
Dr. Howard Reinert, Department of Biology, TCNJ –
“Trouble in Paradise: Scary Snakes Invade a Tropical Isle”
Biology Colloquium Series – Spring 2015
February 18, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
BIO 209
Guest Speaker
Dr. Robert Pringle, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University –
“How species interactions govern the structure, functioning, and robustness of African savannas”
April 9, 2015 (Thurs.)
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Library Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Co-Sponsored by TCNJ’s African American Studies Program
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Center for African American Studies, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton University –
“‘Discriminatory Design': From Park Bench to Lab Bench, Who’s Designing Our Future?”
April 10, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-101
Guest Speaker
Dr. Neal Overstrom, Director, The Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design –
“Multiple Ways of Seeing; What the Art/Design Studio Offers to Science”
April 17, 2015 (Fri.)
8:00 – 9:00 pm
Business Bldg Student Lounge
Guest Speaker- Following Tri-Beta Induction
Dr. Victor DiRita, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Michigan –
“Cholera: Why is it still a threat in the era of antibiotics and vaccines?”
Chemistry Colloquium Series – Spring 2015
February 4, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
C-121
Guest Speaker
Dr. Robert Gambogi, Research Director and Fellow, Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products –
“Lessons Learned in Consumer Healthcare”
March 4, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
C-121
Guest Speaker
Dr. Nicole Morozowich, 3M –
“From Bone Tissue Engineering to Industrial Adhesives Research – the Journey from Graduate Academic Research to Industry”
April 15, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
C-121
Guest Speaker
Professor Gerrik Lindberg, Assistant Professor, Computational Chemistry and Materials Science, Northern Arizona University –
“Ions at the Air-Water Interface: Determining the pH of Interfacial Water”
Computer Science Colloquium Series – Spring 2015
March 27, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Forcina 408
Guest Speaker
Dr. André Bondi, Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology –
“Methods and Processes for Ensuring the performance of Software Systems”
April 21, 2015 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Forcina 408
Guest Speaker
Dr. Ko Nishino, Associate Professor, Drexel University–
“Recognizing Materials in Images“
Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Series – Spring 2015
January 30, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-222
Guest Speaker
Dr. Marianna Ollar –
“Models of Divisible Good Auctions”
February 13, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-229
Guest Speaker
Hetal Kapadia, Rutgers University –
“Deligne Pairings, Discriminants, and Kahler Geometry”
February 25, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 – 11:50 am
SCP-229
Guest Speaker
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, George Mason University –
“Why is Statistical Literacy so Important?”
March 25, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 – 11:50 am
SCP-229
Guest Speaker
Dr. Matthew Malef, US Army –
Career and Research Talk
April 22, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 – 11:50 am
SCP-229
Guest Speaker
Dr. Rachel Ward, The University of Texas at Austin –
“Geometric Clustering: Efficient Algorithm and Guaranteed Optimality”
April 29, 2015 (Wed.)
11:00 – 11:50 am
SCP-229
Guest Speaker
Dr. Hans U. Boden, McMaster University –
“Virtual Knots and Knotted Surfaces”
Physics Colloquium Series – Spring 2015
February 20, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-117
Guest Speaker
Knicole Colon, TCNJ Alumna, Lehigh University –
“Investigating the Formation of Exotic Extrasolar Planets”
March 3, 2015 (Tues.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-117
Guest Speaker
James Napolitano, Temple University –
“Neutrinos, Nuclear Reactors and the Origins of Matter”
April 7, 2015 (Fri.)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SCP-117
Guest Speaker
Dr. Benjamin Gross, Chemical Heritage Foundation –
“How RCA Led the Way to a Physics Nobel”
Past Seminars/Colloquia Schedule
2012-2013
2013-2014