Location: John Bardo Center, Lobby

Join us to hear the four interdisciplinary research projects present their progress and engage in a question and answer session after the presentations. 

Refreshments served at 9:30 a.m. before the presentations. Presentations start at 10 a.m. with a Q&A session to follow around 11 a.m. 

• The Smart Fusion Material Research Institute has a goal to develop novel computational, material and digital manufacturing approaches to unlock the complex interactions among material, microstructure, processing and mechanical properties involved in additive manufacturing. Lead researcher and presenter: Gisuk Hwang, associate professor of mechanical engineering
• The Disaster Resilience Analytics Center has a goal to leverage the university’s expertise in artificial intelligence, deep learning and multiple modes of big data to better predict natural and human-made disasters, and to improve preparedness by creating a new generation of digital platforms and support services. Lead researcher and presenter: Atri Dutta, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• The Institute for Health Disparities has a goal to generate new methods to reduce obesity among vulnerable populations and improve health literacy as a mechanism among health care providers for behavior change. Lead researcher and presenter: Twyla Hill, professor of sociology
• The Center for Educational Technologies to Assist Refugee Learners has a goal to design innovative solutions to meet the educational needs of the children of the more than 70 million forcibly displaced refugees worldwide. As a result, it will also create innovative pathways and software for educational access to those in our state and nation. Lead researcher and presenter: Mythili Menon, assistant professor of linguistics