The first Science Jam was held March 7, 2018 for all students to present their research in a fun, friendly and fast-paced environment. The event also provides an opportunity to speak with members of other departments and to hear about research in all the sciences.
The Rules for the Jam:
• Should be understood by people outside your field/department
• No impenetrable abbreviations, acronyms, or jargon
• 5 minute hard limit with (soft) buzzer
• Present the BIG IDEA behind your research; try not to get lost in the weeds
Plans are underway to hold another Science Jam next year, so get your project ready!
Speakers
First Session: 5:00-5:45
Bradley Treece: Synthesis of Neutron Reflectivity and Molecular Dynamics
Giovanni Gravina: A variational approach for water waves
Emily Simon: Role of Viral Glycoprotein Modification in Ebola Pathogenesis
Sayan Mandal: Magnetic Fields In The Cosmos
Ethan O'Brien: Thin rods with prestrain
Alex Carpenter: 'Tie-dyes' for detection of synapses
Alex Moskowitz: Distribution of Stars in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
Second Session: 6:15-6:55
Serzhan Sakipov: Ion permeation mechanism through TRPV6 channel
Stephanie Myal: Acetylcholine in the cerebral cortex: parsing local and distant sources
Riccardo Cristoferi: Seeing the Big Picture
Olga Navros: A Message from the Past: Signals from the Beginning of the Universe
Matthew Ho: Mass Measurements of Galaxy Clusters Using Machine Learning
Stephan Wojtowytsch: Dislocation motion in Laplacian elasticity converges to curve shortening flow