Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Dr. Clytrice Watson has 10 years of experience in higher education beginning with her employment at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as a lecture of Biology and laboratory coordinator in 1996. Her responsibilities included teaching general biology courses, supervising graduate teaching assistants and mentoring undergraduate students.
In 2000, Watson became the coordinator for the Louis Stoke Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program at UMES. As the program coordinator she worked with the admissions office to recruit quality students for the program. She coordinated the LSAMP summer bridge program, which hosted incoming students for 6 weeks. Once the students matriculated in the fall semester, she served as their mentor and academic advisor, thus promoting academic success.
Dr. Watson resigned her position and pursued her doctoral studies full time. Upon the completion of her doctoral degree in Food Science and Technology in 2005, she accepted a position at Delaware State University as an Assistant Professor of Biology. She currently is conducting research in the area of microbial food safety and has two graduate students working toward Master’s of Science degrees.
Dr. Watson received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Norfolk State University (1992), Master’s degree from Delaware State University (1996) and Doctorate degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2005). She has a personal commitment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) and the students, which they serve.
Thursday, July 12, 2007, Panel
Panel Speakers: Antonette Todd and Michline Brice
Antonette Todd is a graduate of Cheney University where she received her bachelor’s degree in biology. She is currently a graduate student attending Delaware State University in the Bridge to Doctorate Program.
Michline Brice is currently attending Delaware State University, Bridge to Doctorate Program. Ms. Brice received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology, Magnum Cum Laude honors at the first historically black college, Cheney University. She is Haitian American and was born originally in Brooklyn, NY. At Cheney University, she was very active in numerous organizations and activities such as Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Beta Kappa Chi, Ambassadors for Christ Ministries, Resident Advisor, and tutoring. In the near future, Ms. Brice plans to obtained her M.D./Ph.D. She has attended a conference at Pennsylvania State University for Nanotechnology and the Annual Cancer Research Symposium in Washington D.C.
Esmeralda Nava
Antoinette Torres
The Changing Field of Science
Monday, July 16, 2007
“Crayons and Computers: Awesome Pictures of Math”
Presented by Annalisa Crannell
ABSTRACT
It is easy to see, just by looking, that certain kinds of art are beautiful. But how could we "see" beautiful mathematics just by looking? It would help if we could first understand the mathematics that lies within various kinds of visual art. Dr. Crannell will lead us on an artistic mathematical tour past patterned Spanish walls (symmetry and tessellations), computer generated woodlands (fractal geometry), and Renaissance perspective painting (similar triangles).
Annalisa Crannell is a Professor of Mathematics at Franklin & Marshall College. Her primary research is in topological dynamical systems (also known as "Chaos Theory"), but she also is active in developing materials for courses on Mathematics and Art. She has worked extensively with students and other teachers on writing in mathematics, and with recent doctorates on employment in mathematics. She especially enjoys talking to non-mathematicians who haven't (yet) learned where the most beautiful aspects of the subject lie.
Annalisa Crannell
Crayons and Computers: Awesome Pictures of Math
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, Panel
Panel Speakers: Dr. Melissa Harrington, Rashida Davis, Cynthia Von Golen
Dr. Melissa Harrington was born in Dover, New Hampshire but grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana eventually attending Purdue University to get a B.S. in molecular biology. She then went to the Stanford University School of Medicine where she earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She did post-doctoral work as a research scientist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and in the Biology Department at Stanford. Her first faculty position was in the Biology Department at Morehouse in Atlanta where she was an assistant professor for four years. Dr. Harrington joined the faculty at Delaware State University as an assistant professor in 2001, and was promoted to associate professor in 2005. She also serves as DSU’s Director of Biomedical Research. Dr. Harrington has over 20 scientific publications and many more presentations related to molecular biology and neuroscience. Currently, her lab is focused on investigating the dynamics of neural network activity in invertebrate and mammalian systems using multi-electrode recordings. Her research is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Rashida Davis is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware. She earned her bachelor's in Mathematics from the University of Rochester and received her M.S. in Computer Science at the University of Delaware. She is currently working on a project to create effective tutorials for deaf students learning written English. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, intelligent tutoring systems, natural language generation and human-computer interaction. She has had several internships at Motorola and Xerox. She was awarded a National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) Fellowship.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
“Improving One's Health with Mathematics"
Presented by Dawn A. Lott, Ph.D.
ABSTRACT
Do you watch CSI? CSI Miami? CSI New York? NUMB3RS? Crossing Jordan? The old re-runs of QUINCY? Do you find yourself intrigued by Mathematics? Well, combine the two. In this presentation, you will learn how researchers use advanced mathematics and biomechanics to improve the health of others through the art of solving partial differential equations. Techniques for creating healthier healed wounds and treating aneurysms will be explored.
Dr. Dawn A. Lott is an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Delaware State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University in June of 1994. She is the author of several articles in the field of solid mechanics and biomedical engineering. Professor Lott's field of research is the numerical approximation of partial differential equations that model physical phenomena in solid and fluid mechanics. Her work emphasizes the development and implementation of numerical schemes for solving problems in nonlinear elasticity with applications to the medical field. Professor Lott's current projects include I) the determination of optimal patterns of wound closure through non-invasive, numerical techniques, and II) the theoretical prediction of optimal methods for treating cerebral saccular aneurysms. Currently, Lott is a member of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Biomedical Engineering Society, and she is Vice President of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM).
Dr. Dawn A. Lott
Improving one’s Health with Mathematics
Monday, July 23, 2007
“A Day in the Life of an Astronomer”
Presented by Dr. Judith Provencial
An astronomer studies the stars with the hope of understanding the origin of the sun, the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Universe. What does this grandiose statement really mean? What does it take to become an astronomer? Are astronomer sonly awake at night? Do all astronomers live out in remote places? I will highlight some of the answers to these questions.
Dr. Judith L. Provencal
Ph.D. University of Texas 1994
Topic: Interacting Binary White Dwarf Stars
Undergraduate: Smith College, 1983, Physics and Astronomy
Current Position: Resident Astronomer, Mt. Cuba Observatory,
Adjunct Professor, University of Delaware, recently appointed
Director of the Delaware Asteroseismology Research Center.
Judith Provencal
A Day in Life of an Astronomer
Thursday, July 26, 2007
“Moral Decision-Making”
Presented by Stephen C. Taylor
Abstract
The importance of moral decision-making will be explored in order to foster an appreciation for both the number of moral decision-making situations with which we are routinely confronted and the extent to which such decisions, and the actions that they engender, affect the lives of, perhaps, more people than we would normally expect.
Stephen Taylor, is on the philosophy faculty and serves as the Director of The Ethics Resource Site at Delaware State University. In addition to teaching several different ethics courses, he has written and lectured extensively on a variety of ethical issues. He also serves as the ethicist on a number of ethics committees for various organizations throughout the state of Delaware, including (but not limited to): Bayhealth Medical Center; Delaware Hospice, Inc.; and the Genetics Advisory Committee for the State of Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Services: Division of Public Health.
Stephen C. Taylor
Moral Decision Making
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