TASDC Research Symposium and Competition – 2021
April 23, 2021
A Virtual Conference
Organized by
Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs
Walters State Community College, TN
Sponsored by
Virginia Research Institute, USA
Program
Friday 23, April 2021
8:00 am – 8:05 am – Introduction – Eugenie de Silva – Coordinator; Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs, TN
8:05 am – 8:20 am – Welcome – Dr. Donna Seagle, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Walters State Community College.
8:20 am – 8:40 am – TASDC Vision – Dr. Eugene de Silva, Ph.D. FRSA – President Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs, TN
8:40 am – 9:00 am – Our Commitment to Research – Dr. Matthew Smith – Dean of Natural Sciences, Walters State Community College, TN
9:00 am – 9:20 am – Crazy Observations, Audacious Questions, Weird Connections. What’s It All About – Guest of Honor: Dr. Nancy Hensel – Past President of the New American Colleges and Universities and Former Executive Officer of the Council on Undergraduate Research
9:20 am – 9:40 am – What do high school students want from an online science class? – Keynote Speaker – Dr. Christopher Rozitis – Canada.
9:40 am – 10:00 am – Demographic Characteristics and Response Preparedness of Employed Adults to EVD in Monrovia, Liberia – Invited Speaker – Dr. Beth Ann Saxton – Union and Claiborne County Health Educator, Union County Health Department, Maynardville, TN, USA
10:00 am – 10:20 – Make the most of the wider physics community and your professional society – Invited Guest Speaker – Julian Guassardo. Student Engagement Officer, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom.
Invited Post-graduate Student Speakers
10:20 am – 10:40 am – Nexus Between School Background and Educational Performance of Disadvantageous Students in Victoria – Ms. Kasuni Ranasinghe BA, MA. School of Education, University of Melbourne. Australia.
10:40 am – 11:00 am – Evaluation of Bioactivities of Piper Longum – Ms. Thilini Peramuna B.S., Ph.D. (ABD) – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, USA.
11:00 am – 11:20 am – Education for Sustainability: The white knight to the human-nature pandemonium – Ms. Prasadi H L Arachchige B.Sc. (Hons), DSBM, Ph.D. (ABD) – Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.
Undergraduate Student Speakers
11:20 am – 11:40 am – Greeneville Walks Scavenger Hunt – Gunilla V. Kemmann – Natural Science Division – Walters State Community College – Greeneville Campus, TN
11:40 am – 12:00 noon – Bacteriophages: A Solution to Superbug Infections – Elijah Sterkel, Kaitlyn Cheatham, Michaela Dablaing, and Rachel Jones – – Columbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee.
12:00 noon – 12:20 pm – Genome Characterization of the Novel Bacteriophages of Cluster EC – Rachel Briggs, Ava Brittain, Brenda Feldman, and Olivia Nunn – Columbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee.
12:20 pm – 12:40 pm – A Review of a Case Study of Nonsurgical Treatment of Acetabular Labrum Tears – Hayden Cogdell – Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee.
12:40 pm – 12:50 pm – Vote of Thanks – Dr. Lisa Eccles, Ph.D., M.S., DLM(ASCP), C(ASCP), TN e-Campus Developer and Mentor, Phi Theta Kappa Advisor.
Judges: Ms. Elena Owen, Dr. Terry Rawlinson