Research Expo
Communities of Research: Discovery, Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Annual Research Exposition
Ted Constant Convocation Center
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Background
Since 2004 the Annual Research Exposition at ODU has promoted collaboration and multidisciplinary research, enhanced partnerships among Hampton Roads' academic institutions, publicized and celebrated our ongoing research, and inspired new research relationships.
For the 2008 Annual Research Exposition the Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education (VTC) collaborated once again with Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Norfolk State University (NSU), and Old Dominion University (ODU) to increase the scope of regional research and collaboration among the institutions and regional, corporate and governmental entities. The date of the event was Wednesday, April 9, 2008
participants from educational and research facilities, businesses and the general public were invited to share their research interests and accomplishments, find collaborators and inspire their colleagues by taking part in this research celebration.
Keynote Speaker
This year's keynote speaker was Richard Alley, the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State. Dr. Alley is a member of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." Dr. Alley "is a member of Working Group 1 (The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change) and is lead author on Chapter 4 of the Fourth Assessment Report and a contributing author on Chapter 10. He also served on the writing team for the Summary for Policymakers and the Technical Summary."
The research team's findings are crucially relevant "because many scientists believe that human activities are changing the Earth's climate. These scientists think that gases released by factories and cars are trapping heat near the Earth's surface. As a result, they say, the Earth is becoming warmer and the weather less predictable."
Dr. Alley's current research interests include "glaciology, ice sheet stability, and paleoclimates from ice cores."
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Who And How Can You Participate?
Researchers, faculty and students from Hampton Roads' Higher Education institutions and federal laboratories displayed their posters and attended the discussion panels. This event was open to the public.
Panels:
Panel 1: Fostering an Ethical Research Environment (9:00 - 10:30a.m.)
Panel 2: Global Climate Change (11:00 a.m. - 12:30p.m.)
Panel 3: Democracy and Research Worldwide (1:00 - 2:30p.m.)
Judging Schedules & Poster Timeframes:
There are two (2) poster sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Posters by currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students and residents will be judged.
POSTERS ASSIGNED DURING THE MORNING SESSION:
Presenters assigned to the Morning Session MUST set up their posters between 7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Judges evaluate student posters between 8:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Students are required to stand by their posters from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. At 7:30 a.m. a continental breakfast will be provided.
POSTERS ASSIGNED DURING THE AFTERNOON SESSION:
Presenters assigned to the Afternoon Session may set up their posters between 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon. To be considered for awards by the judging committee, student posters assigned during the Afternoon Session MUST be set up no later than by 12 noon. Judges will be evaluating student posters between 12 noon - 2:00 p.m. Students MUST be standing by their posters between 12 noon - 2:00 p.m. Faculty posters must be up by 12 noon.
Awardees are required to attend the keynote speech and awards ceremony at 3:00 p.m.
Judging Criteria for Students' Posters
Posters by currently enrolled students at Virginia institutions of higher education will be judged. Only ONE (1) poster per lead author will be judged. If students are displaying multiple posters on the day of the event, they must choose ONE (1) poster to be judged. Also, a representative must be present during that session to describe their research to the judges.
Please see the following criteria to be used by the judges.
- Project PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS must be clearly stated.
- An appropriate RESEARCH DESIGN was used and clearly stated.
- The data were collected and analyzed, and the RESULTS were presented clearly.
- CONCLUSIONS were consistent with the aims/purpose of the study.
- The QUALITY of the POSTER: Amount of information, readability, clarity, logical flow of information across poster.
- The OVERALL QUALITY of the POSTER presentation: ANSWERS to questions, and Scientific Merit/research contribution to the community.
- All students/trainees must be by their poster(s) while the judges are making their rounds on the day of the event. A specific timeframe will be provided by the Steering Committee representatives closer to the date.
- In order to be judged, all posters must be mounted on poster boards according to the judges' timeframes for the Morning and Afternoon sessions.
- All posters must be in their assigned spots.
Poster Assignments
Due to the volume of responses, there will be two (2) poster sessions, a Morning Session and an Afternoon Session.
Have questions? Please access the following links.
In addition, each university/college has a representative on the steering committee. They are:
Arts and Letters, - ODU, Robert Wojtowicz, rwojtowi@odu.edu, 683-6077
Arts and Letters, NSU, Cathy Jackson, cmjackson@nsu.edu
Business,-ODU, Marek Wermus, mwermus@odu.edu, 683-3583
Education, NSU, Denise Littleton, dlittleton@nsu.edu, 823-9583
Education, - ODU, Lee Manning, mmanning@odu.edu, 683-3283
Graduate Studies, ODU, Brenda Lewis, blewis@odu.edu, 683-4885
Engineering,- ODU, Osman Akan, oakan@odu.edu, 683- 3753
Engineering, NSU, Larry Mattix, lmattix@nsu.edu, 823-2821
Health Sciences, EVMS, Dr. William Wasilenko, WasileWJ@EVMS.EDU, 446-8480
Health Sciences - ODU, Brenda Stevenson Marshall, BMarshal@odu.edu, 683-6482
Sciences, - ODU, Joe Rule, jrule@odu.edu, 683-4418
Sciences, NSU, Aleicia McClain, amcclain@nsu.edu, 823-8209
Information will be updated regularly on the website, the University Announcement systems, or through your college and/or department.
Thank You for your interest in the Annual Research Exposition!
