The Second Annual University of Georgia Engineering Conference The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Masters Hall, October 24, 2005 Conference Objective: To communicate on the recent advances in engineering at the University of Georgia with focus upon interdisciplinary student involvement and contributions, and to consider new engineering opportunities and directions on campus. PROGRAM 8:00 Registration Opens (Coffee and snacks) Poster placement Master Hall - Atrium Area 8:45 Welcome and Introductions Presiding: Ed Law Opening Remarks E. Dale Threadgill, Director, Faculty of Engineering Conference Emphasis Maureen Grasso, Dean of the Graduate School 9:00 Graduate Interdisciplinary Engineering Projectss Moderator: Guigen Zhang Keynote Presentation by returning doctoral student setting standard for excellence in interdisciplinary engineering-related research at UGA - Dr. Naveen Agnihotri, Invited Graduate presentations - 15 minutes each Presenters in Italics Electrodeposition of CdTe on Te Modified InP (100) Madhivanan Muthuvel, JL Stickney A Surface Acoustic Wave Device for Biosensing Application Yeswanth Rao, G. Zhang High Intensity Pulse Interaction with Dielectric Optical Filters using FDTD Carl Liebig, William Dennis Silver Nanorod Arrays as High Sensitivity SERS Substrates Stephen Chaney, S. Shanmukh, R.A. Dluhy, Y. Zhao, R.A. Tripp, J. Bertone Biodegradation and Analysis of Hydrophobic Dyes by White Rot Fungus Pleurotus Ostreatus Wang Lu, Ian Hardin 10:40 Break with Poster Presentations - Atrium and Lower Lobby areas 11:10 Engineering Grants Project Reports Moderator: Ian Hardin A Nanorod-Based Sensor for Bio-Signal Amplification and Rapid Detection of Pathogens Yao-wen Huang, Yiping Zhao and William Kisaalita Using Warm Season Grasses for Biobased Industrial Products Joy Peterson, Shawn O'Connor, Michele Richbourg, David Miller and Mark Eiteman Intrinsic Fluormetric Imaging of Neutral Activation in Cultured Cells and Zebrafish Andrew Sornborger and James Lauderdale 11:55 Discussion and Announcements 12:00 Luncheon Master of Ceremonies: Ed Law Remarks by UGA Senior Vice President and Provost, Arnett C. Mace Progress of Engineering at UGA Speaker: Andrew T. Sornborger, Assistant Professor, ENGR/MATH Philosophy and Insights regarding Cross-Discipline Faculty Appointments 1:30 Progress in Engineering Programs Moderator: Brahm Verma Biochemical Engineering - Mark Eiteman Biomedical Engineering - William Kisaalita Nanoscale Science and Engineering - William Dennis Systems and Engineering Ecology - David Gattie Computer Systems Engineering - Ron McClendon Engineering Education, Graduate and Undergraduate - Tim Foutz Q & A Session 3:15 The Faculty of Engineering Open Forum Moderator: E. Dale Threadgill Comprehensive Engineering in the UGA Research Agenda David Lee, Vice President for Research Input from the conferees on issues, challenges and opportunities for interdisciplinary engineering contribiutions at UGA. 4:00 Poster Presentations and Refreshments - Atrium area UGA Engineering projects displaying thier scope and impact. 5:00 Award Presentations Best Poster Presentation. 5:15 Adjourn Register online for the event Submit abstracts to abstracts@engr.uga.edu Please refer to poster guidelines