TASDC Research Symposium – 2021 for TN Universities and Community Colleges
November 19, 2021
A Virtual Conference
Organized by
Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs
Walters State Community College, TN
Sponsored by
Virginia Research Institute, USA
Please submit your registration to receive our zoom link for virtual connection or directions to Walters State Community College for the on-ground portion of the conference.
Program
Friday 19, November 2021
8:00 am – 8:05 am – Introduction – Dr. Eugenie de Silva FRSA – Coordinator; Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs, TN
8:05 am – 8:20 am – Welcome – Dr. Donna Seagle Ph.D., 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 B.S., Ph.D., Dean of Natural Sciences, Walters State Community College, TN
9:00 am – 9:20 am – Nanostructured Copper Electrodes for Application in Organic Photovoltaics – Guest of Honor – Dr. Jessica Pereira, Research Fellow, Organic Materials for Energy Generation and Storage, The GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
9:20 am – 9:40 am – Inkjet Printing Technology – Invited Special Guest – Pramudi Abeydeera B.S., M.S., Senior Research and Development Scientist, Polymeric Ltd., Missouri, USA
Invited Post-graduate Student Speaker
9:40 am – 10:00 am – Development of New Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals – Azra Sourjah B.S., Institute of Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
Undergraduate Student Speakers
10:00 am – 10:20 am – Removal of heavy metals using biomass from polluted aqueous media – Dilhan M. Jayasinghe Department of Chemistry, College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka.
10:20 am – 10:40 am – CRISPR Babies Experiment: A Rogue Scientist or a Lack of Education in Ethics? – Allison Dalton, Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN USA
10:40 am – 11:00 am – The utility of tRNA genes in bacteriophages – Annaleisa Matzirakis, Columbia State Community College; Columbia, Tennessee, USA
11:00 am – 11:20 am – Interactions Between Intrinsically Disordered Domains of Nuclear Receptors and DNA Studied with Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers, Computational Simulations, and Cell Assays – David P. Lohry, The University of Tennessee, Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
11:20 am – 11:40 am – The presence of tRNA genes in A1 subcluster Mycobacteriophage Dussy – Adrianna Sasser, Columbia State Community College; Columbia, Tennessee, USA
11:40 am – 11:50 am – Vote of Thanks – Dr. Emmanuel Essuman Ph.D., Secretary – Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs, TN
Judges: Ms. Elena Owen, Dr. Terry Rawlinson