MADE in SC | SC EPSCoR - State Conference 2019

State Conference 2019: Conference Program

As of April 8, 2019

TIME..	EVENT
8 am	Check-In and Poster Set-up (posters must be up before 9 am), Chateau Ballroom
8:30 am	Breakfast available in the pre-function space outside of Chateau Ballroom
9 am	Conference Opening Session, Chateau Ballroom Mark Sothmann, SC EPSCoR State Committee Chair, Provost Emeritus, MUSC Prakash Nagarkatti, SC EPSCoR State Director, MADE in SC PI, Vice President for Research, UofSC Uma Venkatesawarn, NSF EPSCoR Program Director Nadim Aziz, SC EPSCoR Program Director
10 am	Poster and Networking Break, Chateau Ballroom
10:45 am	Concurrent Session – MADE in SC: Theory, Modeling and Simulations, Chateau Ballroom Moderated by Qi Wang, Professor (Mathematics), UofSC, MADE in SC Co-PI, MCC Co-Leader Computationally-Guided Design of Materials: From Garnering Fundamental Understanding to Optimizing Material Performance, Jiazhou Zhu and Rachel B. Getman (Clemson) Classical-wave based Simulation of Chemical reaction dynamics: Avoiding the curse of multi-scale time problems in MD simulation, Bijoy Dey and Shaquille Shaw (Claflin) Active Matter Model for Cell Patterns, Qi Wang and Xueping Zhao (UofSC) Developing native contacts-based dissipative particle dynamics framework for modeling enzymes, Chandan Kumar Choudhury, Sidong Tu, and Olga Kuksenok (Clemson) Concurrent Session – Stimulus Research Program (SRP): Genome to Phenome and Autism, (PI: Jeff Twiss), Meritage Moderated by Jeff Twiss, Chair (Biological Sciences), SmartState Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, UofSC Intersection of Epigenetic Regulation and Mitochondrial Function in Autism, Jeff Twiss¹, Omar Bagasra², Luigi Boccuto³, Kevin Champaigne⁴, Linnea Freeman⁵, Sofia B Lizarraga¹, Norma Frizell¹, Sajish Mathew¹, and Jill Turner¹ (¹UofSC, ²Claflin, ³Greenwood Genetics Center, ⁴Clemson CIRCA Bioscience, ⁵Furman) Altered Tryptophan Utilization in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kevin Champaigne¹ and Luigi Boccuto² (¹Clemson and CIRCA Bioscience, ²Greenwood Genetics Center) Epigenetic Modulation of Neurotrophin Signaling in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sofia B. Lizarraga (UofSC) Evaluating Nicotinamide Riboside Supplementation in a Mouse Model of Autism, Linnea Freeman (Furman) Concurrent Session – SRP: Vascular Remodeling and Engineering (PI: Wayne Carver), Technic Room Moderated by Wayne Carver, Department Chair (Cell Biology and Anatomy), USC SOMC The Role of Endothelial Extracellular Vesicles in the Pathogenesis of Port Wine Stain Blood Vessels, Wenbin Tan (USC SOMC) Elevated Wall Tension Leads to Reduced miR-133a in the Thoracic Aorta by Exosome Release, Adam W. Akerman^1,4, Walker M. Blanding¹, Robert E. Stroud¹, Elizabeth K. Nadeau¹, Rupak Mukherjee^1,2, Jean Marie Ruddy³, Michael R. Zile^1,2, John S. Ikonomidis⁴, and Jeffrey A. Jones^1,2 (¹MUSC, ²Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, ³MUSC, ⁴UNC Chapel Hill) Mechanosensing in Bypass Graft Development, John Eberth (USC SOMC) Development of chemically-defined hydrogels for therapeutic angiogenesis, Ying Mei, Jia Jia, Ryan Barrs (Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Program)
12:15 pm	Networking Lunch, Champagne Luncheon Program Chair Bob Quinn, SC EPSCoR State Committee Member, Executive Director, SCRA Special Guest Speaker: Susie Shannon, SC EPSCoR State Committee Member, President & CEO, SC Council on Competitiveness
1:30 pm	Concurrent Session – MADE in SC: Experimental, Chateau Ballroom Moderated by Rajendra Bordia, Professor (Materials Science and Engineering), Clemson, MADE in SC Scientific Director and Co-PI Manipulation of Iron(II) to Titanium(IV) Metal-to-Metal Charge-Transfer State Lifetimes, Maksim Y. Livshits¹, Michael D. Turlington², Carl O. Trindle³, Zikri Altun⁴, Jeffrey J. Rack¹, and Paul S. Wagenknecht² (¹University of New Mexico, ²Furman, ³University of Virginia, ⁴Marmara University) Discovery of Compounds using Thermodynamic Calculations and Hydrothermal Methods, Kameron Johnson and Maria C. Gelabert (Winthrop) Molecular Characterization of Amphiphilic Copolymers by Size Exclusion Chromatography Equipped with On-Line Triple Detectors, Nasrollah Hamidi¹, Tianyu Zhu², Anisur MD Rahman², and Chuanbing Tang² (¹SC State, ²UofSC) Kinetically Controlled Block Polymer Micelles: Cavitation Induced Exchange and Templates for Nanomaterials, Kayla A. Lantz, Wessel van den Bergh, and Morgan Stefik (UofSC) Concurrent Session – Big Data Analytics, Meritage Moderated by Mizan Rahman, Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson, Research Associate, Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) Transfer Learning for Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Systems, Pooyan Jamshidi (UofSC) Big Data Analytics for Future Transportation Systems, Mashrur “Ronnie” Chowdhury (Clemson) Big Data Processing, Storage and Analytics using NoSQL Systems for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Venkat N. Gudivada and Dhana L. Rao (East Carolina University) Big Data Analytics for Smart cities, Ron Espinosa (SoftServe, Inc.) Concurrent Session – SRP: Food-Energy-Water Nexus (PI: Scott Husson), Technic Room Moderated by David Ladner, Associate Professor (Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences), Clemson Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors as a Next-Generation Technology to Address the Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Scott M. Husson¹, Nicole D. Berge², Jessica Furrer³, Brannon Andersen⁴, Sudeep Popat⁵, Gary L. Amy⁶, R. Sean Norman⁷, and David A. Ladner⁸ (¹Clemson, ²UofSC, ³Benedict College, ⁴Furman, ⁵Clemson, ⁶Clemson, ⁷UofSC, ⁸Clemson) Anaerobic membrane bioreactor for treatment of domestic wastewater, Negin Kananizadeh, Emily Blair, Colby Cash, Scott M. Husson, David A. Ladner, and Sudeep Popat (Clemson) Understanding the Role that Patterning Plays on Membrane Fouling Through Experimental and CFD Simulation Studies, Anna Malakian, Zuo Zhou, Scott M. Husson, and David A. Ladner (Clemson) Resource Recovery from Waste Streams Using Hydrothermal Carbonization, Nicole D. Berge¹, Gabrielle E. Kartzmark², Mirza Isanovic³, R. Sean Norman⁴, Jessica Furrer⁵, and Saitu Wilford⁶ (¹UofSC, ²UofSC, ³UofSC, ⁴UofSC, ⁵Benedict College, ⁶Benedict) Concurrent Session – SRP: Energy Storage (PI: Apparao Rao), Champagne Moderated by Ramakrishna Podila, Assistant Professor (Physics and Astronomy), Clemson Next-generation Li-S batteries using three-dimensional porous graphene foam current collectors, Ramakrishna Podila¹, John Weidner², Marlena Washington³, and Apparao M. Rao¹ (¹Clemson, ²UofSC, ³Claflin) In situ synthesis of sulfur doped activated carbon cathode for Li-S batteries, Prakash Parajuli, Bipin Sharma, Apparao Rao, and Ramakrishna Podila (Clemson) Bucky-Si-Bucky sandwiched structured anode for Li-ion battery, Shailendra Chiluwal, Nawaraj Sapkota, Apparao Rao, and Ramakrishna Podila (Clemson) Batteries and Electrochemistry- Hands-on course modules for training next-generation workforce, Apparao Rao and Ramakrishna Podila (Clemson)
3 pm	Poster and Networking Break, Chateau Ballroom
3:45 pm	Funding Opportunities, Chateau Ballroom Moderated by Tanju Karanfil, Vice President for Research, Clemson University Uma Venkateswaran, NSF EPSCoR Program Director April Heyward, SC EPSCoR Program Manager
4:30 pm	Conference Conclusion, Chateau Ballroom Nadim Aziz, SC EPSCoR Program Director

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  As of April 8, 2019
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CHAMPAGNE and TECHNIC ROOM AMPHITHEATER are located near the front entrance of the hotel.

CHATEAU BALLROOM and MERITAGE are located in the back of the hotel.

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