Program Research Day 2018
Research Day
09:00-17:00
AQ 3153
Awards Ceremony and Reception
17:00-21:00
Diamond Alumni Centre
Research Day Event
8:45 - 9:00 Registration Opens
9:00 - 9:45 Welcome
Dr. Joy Johnson | Dr. Viridiana Perez Torres
9:45 - 10:50 Session 1: Spotlight Talks (5)
Model Estimations of Time-Varying Muscle in Rats | Dr. Chris Tijs
Context is Everything: Creating Data Tools for Better Infectious Disease Control | Dr. Emma Griffiths
Combining Forces to Fight Fake News | Dr. Fatemeh Torabi Asr
Sexual Conflicts of Interest in Mammals | Dr. Mika Mokkonen
Mental Health Resilience: Early-life Adversity and Later-life Mental Distress | Dr. Theodore D. Cosco
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:40 Session 2: Spotlight Talks (6)
An Interdiscplinary Assessment of the Sustainability of North American Shark Fisheries | Dr. David Shiffman
Waste Not Wanted: Testing the Waste Hypothesis with an Agent-based Model | Dr. William Christopher Carleton
Invesitigating Thermally Induced Cation Mixing in a Layered Lithium-ion Battery Cathode Material and its Effect on Performance | Dr. Jeffrey S. Ovens
Are the Public's Concerns about Diabetes Addressed in the Research Literature | Dr. Fereshteh Didegah
Speciation and Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Insights from the Global Distribution of Endemic Fish | Dr. Patrick Hanly
Have you Heard? Why Pundits Share Scholarly Material Online | Dr. David Moscrop
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:45 Session 3: Explorations/Posters (3)
Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery | Dr. Irene Andreu
Characterizing Muscle Function During Movement Using Computational Modeling | Dr. Adrian Lai
Molecular Modeling of Advanced Energy Materials | Dr. Mohammad J. Eslamibidgoli
14:00 - 15:15 Session 4: Spotlight Talks (4), Pitches (5)
Spotlight
Photoaffinity Labeling Probes for the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator | Dr. Zafar Qureshi
What's Bringing Birds to YVR? An Investigation of Feeding Behaviour | Dr. Sean M. McCann
3 Minute-Pitches
Red, White, and Grey: Canada's Aging Population | Dr. Theodore D. Cosco
Multimodal Skin Lesion Classification Using Deep Learning | Dr. Philip Tschandl
Combining Forces to Fight Fake News | Dr. Fatemeh Torabi Asr
Walking on Gecko's Feet | Dr. Irene Andreu
What is a Flipped Classroom and Why Should You Try It | Dr. Birgit Schwarz
Spotlight
An In-depth Exploration of Instructors' Experiences with Flipped Classroom Design, Implementation and Evaluation with and without Teaching and Learning Development | Dr. Birgit Schwarz
Microstructural Aspects of Degradation Mechanisms of Graphite Anodes Used in Li-ion Batteries | Dr. Sandeep Bhattacharya
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:45 Keynote Address
Tipping Points and Transformation in Coupled Human-Ocean Systems | Assoc. Prof. Anne K. Salomon, Resource & Environment Management
16:45 - 17:00 Closing Remarks:
Dr. Viridiana Perez Torres
Awards Ceremony & Reception
17:00 - 18:00 Appetizers and Drinks (one free drink ticket)
~17:30 Announcements of Presentation Winners
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Trivia & Social