Thursday, April 7, 2011
All events take place at the Memorial Student Center, Room BE5, unless otherwise indicated.

Program is subject to change. All updates will be posted here.

Speaker Bios/Conference Chairs

8:30 a.m.	Registration
9:30 a.m.	Opening Address     (Watch the video)    Dr. Stephen J. Kopp    President, Marshall University
9:45 a.m.	Remarks     (Watch the video)    Dr. Paul L. Hill    Vice Chancellor for Science and Research    West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
10 a.m.	Keynote Address – “The Future of the Internet”     (Watch the video)    F. Selby Wellman, MU ’63    Former Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems Inc.
10:45 a.m.	Break
11 a.m.	“Cyberinfrastructure Today at Marshall University”     (Watch the video)    Dr. Jan I. Fox    Senior Vice President for Information Technology/Chief Information Officer    Marshall University
11:25 a.m.	“Cyberinfrastructure and Research”     (Watch the video)    Dr. John M. Maher    Vice President for Research/Executive Director of Marshall University Research Corp.    Marshall University
11:50 a.m.	Lunch (provided)
1 p.m.	Faculty Presentations
1 p.m.	“Whole Genome DNA Sequencing”     (Watch the video)    Dr. Joan E. Wilson    Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
1:30 p.m.	“From Confocal Microscopy to Molecular Imagineering”        Dr. Michael L. Norton    Department of Chemistry, Marshall University
2 p.m.	“Motion Capture/Gait Analysis”     (Watch the video)    Dr. Matthew Comeau    School of Kinesiology, Marshall University    Dr. Felix Cheung    School of Medicine, Marshall University
2:30 p.m.	Break
2:45 p.m.	Faculty Presentations, continued
2:45 p.m.	“Black Holes Simulation and Visualization”     (Watch the video)    Dr. Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton    Department of Physics, Marshall University
3:15 p.m.	“Acoustic Phonon Generation”     (Watch the video)    Dr. Thomas E. Wilson    Department of Physics, Marshall University
3:45 p.m.	“Molecular Dynamics Simulations and the Importance of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Resources”     (Watch the video)    Dr. Douglas E. Spearot    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas
4:30 p.m.	Adjournment
5-6:30 p.m.	Reception/Demonstrations/Student Awards*    (Location:  Arthur Weisberg Family Engineering Laboratories, 1628 3rd Ave.) *Must be present to win.