
Faculty Research Day 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
Since its revival as an annual event in 2011, UB Faculty Research Day has become the premier academic event on campus, providing a venue at which the diverse array of research undertaken by faculty and assisted by students is showcased. The goal of the event is to foster project collaborations between departments, schools, and colleges as research become increasingly interdisciplinary.
UB Faculty Research Day provides a place and time to show the results of faculty and student research from the past academic year. It is also an opportunity to share innovative ideas. Faculty and student collaborators are encouraged to submit posters highlighting completed and ongoing research projects. This year, as in the past, awards will be given to the best faculty, graduate, undergraduate, and high school posters.
Schedule
April 5 - 7, 2021 |
Posters Available for Public Review & Asynchronous Judging Period Opens |
April 8, 2021 |
Top 5 Student Finalists in Each Division & Top 5 Faculty Finalists Announced at 12:00 PM (see below) Attendees are invited to come to Technology Building, Rm 110 between 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM to pick up your 10th Anniversary cloth mask! If you are not on campus, please send your mailing address to frd@bridgeport.edu. |
Undergraduate | Poster # | |
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Muhammad Shoaib Arshad | School of Arts and Sciences | 37 |
Jonah Galan | School of Arts and Sciences | 38 |
Gabriel Ferreira Araujo | School of Engineering | 39 |
Tanyaradzwa Matasva | School of Engineering | 40 |
Mohammed Abueissa | School of Engineering | 41 |
Graduate | Poster # | |
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Sara Palacio | School of Arts and Sciences | 22 |
James Durrell | School of Arts and Sciences | 23 |
Oyindamola Dosunmu | School of Business | 26 |
Necas Collins | School of Business | 27 |
Laarni Beciril | School of Engineering | 32 |
Doctoral | Poster # | |
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Kathleen Wallace | School of Education | 1 |
Susrutha Babu Sukhavasi | School of Engineering | 3 |
Mohamed Mohamed | School of Engineering | 4 |
Suparshya Babu Sukhavasi | School of Engineering | 5 |
Muhammad Wasimuddin | School of Engineering | 6 |
High School | Poster # | |
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Sienna Matregrano | Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School | 50 |
Clayton Nyiri | Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School | 51 |
Savoy Volcy | Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School | 55 |
Gabriella Silva | Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School | 56 |
Shahmima Akther | Fairchild Wheeler’s Biotechnology & Zoological Sciences Campus | 60 |
Faculty Competitive | Poster # | |
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William Landesman | School of Arts and Sciences | 14 |
Miad Faezipour | School of Engineering | 15 |
Nasir Sheikh | School of Engineering | 16 |
Mary Warner | Physician Assistant Institute | 17 |
Liane Leedom | School of Arts and Sciences | 62 |
April 9, 2021 - Faculty Research Day |
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9:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
FRD Zoom Room HQ
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9:00 AM - 9:10 AM |
Morning Welcome Remarks & Event Overview - Join Zoom |
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9:15 AM - 11:30 AM |
Poster Judging Sessions (Concurrent Sessions) |
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9:15 AM - 9:55 AM |
High School Poster Finalists Panel Interviews - Join Zoom Undergraduate Poster Finalists Panel Interviews - Join Zoom |
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10:00 AM - 10:40 AM |
Graduate Poster Finalists Panel Interviews - Join Zoom Doctoral Poster Finalists Panel Interviews - Join Zoom |
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10:45 AM - 11:25 AM |
Faculty Competitive Finalists Panel Interviews - Join Zoom |
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Attendees are invited to browse the poster gallery in between sessions at https://frd-app.bridgeport.edu/presentations/2021-2/. |
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11:30 AM - 4:30 PM |
Join us via Livestream for a LIVE look at events throughout the day! |
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11:30 AM - 11:55 AM |
Sponsor Speaker - Join Zoom |
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12:00 PM - 12:45 PM |
Keynote Speaker - Join Zoom Vincent Wilczynski is the Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science and the James S. Tyler Director of the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation & Design. As the Deputy Dean, he helps plan and implement all academic initiatives at the School. In addition, he manages the School's teaching and research resources and facilities. As the James S. Tyler Director of the Center for Engineering Innovation & Design he leads the School's efforts to promote collaboration, creativity, design and manufacturing activities at Yale's academic makerspace. His professional interests in Mechanical Engineering are in the areas of data acquisition/analysis and mechanical design. He is the Treasurer of the FIRST Foundation (the world’s largest engineering mentorship program) and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, he was the Dean of Engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and has had fellowships at the MIT Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, the Harvard School of Public Health and with the American Council on Education. He has also served as the Vice President of Public Awareness for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was a Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation, the only national award that recognizes outstanding college teaching. |
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1:05 PM - 1:20 PM |
Afternoon Welcome Remarks & 10th Anniversary FRD Video Montage - Join Zoom |
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1:25 PM - 3:30 PM |
Oral Presentations - Join Zoom |
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1:25 PM - 1:40 PM |
Özden Tozanli (Turkey), Ph.D. '19, Postdoctoral Associate, M.I.T. |
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1:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
Morgan Cobbs (United States), Junior, Mechanical Engineering |
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2:05 PM - 2:25 PM |
Cheryl Lyon, N.D., ’07, Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences, UB School of Chiropractic |
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2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Sherri Dente, Esq., Director of Technology Transfer and Venture Creation |
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2:50 PM - 3:05 PM |
Danielle Wilken, Ed.D. Provost and Dean of Faculty, Goodwin University |
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3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
Awards Ceremony - Join Zoom |
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4:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
Closing Remarks - Join Zoom |
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4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Post-FRD Alumni Exclusive Chat Taylor Van Antwerp, Director, Career Development |
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