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Student Research Colloquium Highlights |
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Registration
All student presenters and Project Sponsors are asked to register for the Colloquium. A registration table is located outside of the Ballroom on the 2nd floor of Atwood Memorial Center (AMC). Anyone who would like a copy of the Colloquium Proceedings or Colloquium Short Program should go to the registration table.
Morning
Presentations (Sessions: A to G)
The Colloquium opens with a poster session of 47 projects representing all disciplines in the AMC Ballroom from 9 to 10:50 a.m. In addition to the posters, there will be six concurrent paper sessions from 9 to 10:50 a.m. Session topics include science and engineering, behavioral studies and linguistics. Session C will be given in Spanish in the South Glacier room of AMC.
Morning Presentations (Sessions: H to M)
There will be six concurrent sessions from 11 to 12:30 p.m. Topics include biochemistry, literature, women’s studies, anthropology, economics and geography.
Invited
Alumnus Address (12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)
The speaker for the Keynote Address is Troy Rogers. Rogers is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Virginia, pursuing a degree in Composition and Computing Technologies at the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Roger’s Keynote Address, Not either/or but both/and: compositional and performative gestures in the spaces between complementary domains will include discussion and demonstration of his work on PercusBot Study No. 1 (music for his computer-controlled robotic percussion ensemble), EyeMusic v1.0 (a work in which the performance is controlled in real-time by eye movements), and other compositions. Also on tap will be musings on the complementarity of domains such as analog/digital, physical/virtual, human/machine, art/science, noise/pattern, and sound/silence. His presentation will be in the AMC Little Theatre from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. with a reception to follow in the AMC Theatre Lounge.
Afternoon
Presentations (Sessions: O to S)
There will be four concurrent sessions from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The SCSU Survey will be presenting their results from the Fall 2005 Statewide Survey in the AMC Mississippi room. In addition, there will be paper sessions on biological studies, geography, and science and engineering.
Afternoon
Poster Presentations (Sessions T)
There will be 48 poster presentations representing all disciplines from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the AMC Ballroom
Evening Presentations (Sessions: U to W)
There will be three concurrent sessions from 5:00 to 6:20 p.m. There will be a session devoted to teaching English as a second language in the North Glacier room. Other session topics include economics and science and engineering.
Reception and Student Award Ceremony
(Session: X)
Starting at 6:45 p.m. in AMC Cascade room, there will be a reception for all attendees of the Colloquium. At 7:15 p.m., the recipients of the 2006 Best Poster Awards and the College of Science and Engineering Denise M. McGuire Student Research Awards will be announced. Recipients of Student Research Funds will also be recognized. New this year, students who attend sessions throughout the day and get their passport stamped will be entered into a drawing to win $400 in prizes!
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