8:00: Registration and Refreshments

8:15: Introduction by Dr. Robert Pervine, Interim Dean, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, MSU

8:20: Dr. Maeve Lewis McCarthy, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, MSU, “The mathematical properties of drums”

8:50: Dr. Adrian Ieta, Department of Engineering and Physics, MSU, "Electrosprays and Applications"

9:05: Dr. Kevin Revell, Department of Chemistry, MSU, "Preparation and Characterization of Semiconducting Oligomers for Application in Organic Solar Cells"

9:20: Dr. Everett Weber, Department of Biological Sciences, MSU, "Quantifying student learning: significant type I and type II errors of learning gains"

9:35: Dr. Paula Gale, Department of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, UTM, “Effects of grassland management on soil physico-chemical properties”

10:05: Break (Refreshments provided)

10:15: Dr. Robin Q. Zhang, Department of Geosciences, MSU, "Modeling dynamic urban expansion processes incorporating a potential model with cellular automata"

10:30: Dr. Paul Higgs, Department of Chemistry, UTM, “Betalain Plant Pigments:  Isolation, Synthesis and Applications”

10:45: Dr. Alexey Arkov, Department of Biological Sciences, MSU, "Mechanisms of Germline Development in the Fruit Fly"

11:15: Dr. Suguru Nakamura, Department of Biological Sciences, MSU, “Immunocytochemical Distribution of H-K-ATPase Beta Subunit in Hyperglycemic Mice”

11:30: Dr. Sarah Holliday, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UTM, “Enumerating Labeled Graphs with Certain Neighborhood Properties”

12:00: Lunch (Lunch is not provided)

We are pleased you could join us for this 6th opportunity for increased interaction
among the faculty of Murray State University and the University of Tennessee at Martin.