Rutgers-New Brunswick Research Ideation Forum, Fall 2018

Friday, November 16, 2018
Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering

Noon: Registration, Coffee, Boxed Lunch
12:30 p.m.–1 p.m. Welcome and Forum Vision (VCRI, Chancellor, Past Forum Idea Leaders)
1:10 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Thematic Breakout Sessions Meet in Assigned Rooms
3:45 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Idea Leaders Reconvene; Summary Discussion
4:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Social Hour and Networking

Theme A.

Planetary Stewardship

1:15 p.m. Coastlines and People
Idea Leaders

Bob Kopp (EOAS, Earth & Planetary Sciences)
Tony Broccoli (Rutgers Climate Institute, Environmental Sciences)
Victoria Ramenzoni (Human Ecology)

2:05 p.m. Observing Systems and Big Data for Earth System Stewardship
Idea Leaders

Shantenu Jha (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Oscar Schofield (Marine & Coastal Sciences)

2:50 p.m. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice
Idea Leaders

Rob Laumbach (EOHSI, RBHS)
Jeanne Herb (Planning & Public Policy)

Theme B.

Innovations in Catalysis for Energy

1:15 p.m. Molecule Bioimaging and Engineering
Idea Leaders

Shishir Chundawat (Chemical & Biochemical Engineering)
Sang-Hyuk Lee (Physics & Astronomy)

2:05 p.m. Photocatalysis through Gold-Mediated Nanostructures
Idea Leaders

Fuat Celik (Chemical & Biochemical Engineering)
Laura Fabris (Materials Science & Engineering)

2:50 p.m. Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation
Idea Leaders

Alan Goldman (Chemistry & Chemical Biology)
Charles Dismukes (Chemistry & Chemical Biology)
Frank Felder (Planning & Public Policy)

Theme C.

Computational Medicine, Synthetic Biology, and Biomedical Devices

1:15 p.m. Smart Devices for Chronic Medical Conditions
Idea Leaders

Aaron Mazzeo (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Francois Berthiaume (Biomedical Engineering)

2:05 p.m. Synthetic Cells and Cell Components
Idea Leaders

Adam Gormley (Biomedical Engineering)
Vik Nanda (Biochemistry, CABM)

2:50 p.m. Translating Biological Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence
Idea Leaders