20/20 Research in Focus - Bridging the Gap; CREW Colloquium

The Council for the Represenation & Engagement of Women Faculty (CREW) presents 20/20 Research in Focus.  This series provides an opportunity to learn about the important work being done by women faculty at RIT and spark ideas for collaborations.The talks are 7 minutes each.  A signifcant time is provided for networking.ALL interested faculty, satffa dn students are wlecome to attend.Moumita Das, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy TALK: A multi-scale understanding of tissue mechanobiology-bridging the gap Biological tissues sense and respond to their environment via mechanisms at the molecular, cellular, and macrosopic scales.  I and my students use multi-scale  models to explain how mechanical stresses are sensed and transmitted in cells and tissues, and how these processes impact tissue dynamics, properties, and biological functions in health and disease.Poornima Padmanabhan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering TALK: How do we reverse engineer across length scales? Bridging the gap through modeling.  Through chemistry, it is possible to tune interactions at the molecular level, but predictive knowledge of how that affects structure and function of materials across multiple length scales is not easy to obtain directly from experiments.  Molecular modeling can bridge this gap and simultaneously provide information on one and thousands of molecules, insights from which can be used to rationally design materials.Sara Schley, Ed.D. Professor, RIT/NTID TALK: Bridging the Gap between students and faculty: Student Mentors and Improving Access and Inclusion Diverse classrooms can present challenges for access and inclusion:  If students rely on an interpreter they cannot simultaneously watch projected video or written information; if students have different communication abilities and preferences, it can be difficult to conduct collaborative activities.  This talk will discuss a model of using student mentors to inform classroom pedagogy.Archana Jain, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Finance TALK: Bridging the gap between fundamental value and asset price with input from pessimists. Description: Short sellers, investors with the pessimist view, help in bridging the gap between the fundamental value of an asset and its market price when it is overvalued.  I study the regulations around short selling activity, market efficiency in presence of short sellers, and determinants of short selling activity


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Betsy Dell
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When and Where
February 06, 2018
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Room/Location: Bamboo Room 2610
Who

Open to the Public

CostFREE