Third Annual ASA Multidisciplinary Research Symposium
October 17, 2016
The third annual ASA Multidisciplinary Research Symposium took place last Friday and Saturday in the Transportation Education Center. The Symposium started with a panel discussion on “Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) - What are They?” Mike Burgener (Moderator), Dr. Jim Peterson, Wayne Glass, Steve Goetz, and Mike Robertson were the panelists. Another panel discussion was held after lunch on Friday focusing on “Sustainable Mobility for Rural Small University Towns” with the following panelists: Ralph Tate (Moderator), Shannon McDonald, Stanley Young, Sam Chung, Michael Behrmann, Shelby Orr, Audrey Wagner, and Joseph Schafer. Becky Robinson offered a workshop on “Strategies for Successful Grant Seeking” Friday afternoon.
Saturday started with a welcome address by Geory Kurtzhais, SIU Sustainability Coordinator, who talked about the relationship between sustainability and innovation in the Applied Sciences and Arts, highlighting the current need for sustainability and how it fits into higher education and the careers for which we are preparing our students. Dr. Stanley Young from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory gave a keynote address titled “Planning for a Sustainable Surface Transportation System in an Uncertain Future” during Saturday lunch.
Over 20 parallel research presentations and 18 student posters about “Emerging Technologies” were presented with authors from SIUC and other regional institutions. Top student poster awards were given to three of SIUC's Architecture students: Jacob Petty, Zoey Koester, and Adam Tregoning.
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the 2016 ASA Multidisciplinary Research Symposium:
- Platinum Sponsor: SIU Office of Workforce Innovation and Research, https://ehs.siu.edu/wed/
- Gold Sponsor: Southern Illinois Healthcare, https://www.sih.net/
- Silver Sponsor: TAC Air, http://tacair.com/
- Bronze Sponsors: Eggmeyer Associates Architects, Inc, http://eggemeyer-architects.com/
- Bronze Sponsors: fwai Architects, Inc., http://www.fwai.com/
- Bronze Sponsors: SIU Graduate School, https://gradschool.siu.edu/
Please join us in congratulating the CASA Research Committee for organizing successfully the 2016 Applied Sciences and Arts Multidisciplinary Research Symposium! The two-day event involved much
work planning and organization. The symposium would not be possible without the dedicated members of the CASA Research Committee, who contributed enormously through their hard work preparing and organizing the event. The College would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all the Research Committee members for their great effort and wonderful job done!
- Chad Schwartz, Co-Chair, School of Architecture.
- Karen Jo Johnson, Co-Chair, Department of Aviation Technologies.
- Jennifer S. Sherry, School of Allied Health.
- Tom Imboden, School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies.
- Sean M. Boyle, Department of Automotive Technology.
- Seung-Hee Lee, School of Architecture.
- Marcea Walter, School of Allied Health.
- Jose Ruiz, Department of Aviation Management and Flight.
