Upcoming Events

Biological Engineering Department Seminar Series

Conference/Seminar

The BE Department's Seminar Series Speaker, Dr. Rebecca Gerth, Research Sales Engineer at Ripple Neuro, will present: "Going to the Dark Side - Choosing Industry".

February 3rd at 12:30 pm in ENGR 326

Over the last two decades, academic neuroscientists and engineers have dedicated their lives to developing brain-computer interfaces for the restoration of independence in amputees and paralyzed individuals. Ripple Neuro creates neural interfaces and medical devices to advance research and improve the lives of underserved patient populations. Engineers at Ripple work with academic partners, industry leaders, and clinical experts to solve the problems that still limit the translation of brain-computer interfaces. This presentation will highlight one engineer’s decision to transition to industry and the varied opportunities working for a biotech company provides.

A meet and greet with Dr. Gerth will be held immediately following the seminar in ENGR 326.

E-Club - Personal Elevator Pitch

Conference/Seminar

Come learn how to compose a personal elevator pitch.

[CANCELED] Department of Physics Colloquium

Conference/Seminar

Weekly presentations on topics in physics.

[CANCELED] Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Seminar

Conference/Seminar

Mar 11 - Andrew Gewirth, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mar 18 - Chunsheng Wang, University of Maryland
Mar 25 - Li Li, University of Nevada, Reno
Apr 1 - Hansen Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern University - Old Main 115
Apr 7 (Tuesday) - Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University - ESLC 046
Apr 15 - Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Apr 22 - Lawrence Que, University of Minnesota
Apr 29 - Yugang Sun, Temple University

Intellectual Diversity at The University

Conference/Seminar

This will be a respectful conversation between an Atheist and a Christian to discuss how Social Justice and Identity politics have harmed intellectual diversity at the university. Moderator discussion, Q&A, guest speakers Peter Bue

Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research

Conference/Seminar | Year of the Woman

Utah State University is pleased to host the 2020 Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research. With schools from all over Utah, the day will be filled with poster sessions, oral presentations, and an art exhibit. See the list below for women-themed research that will presented throughout the day:

Art Exhibits: Sister, Sister (Erica Nelson), Womanhood in Art (Harriet Richardson), Women by Nature (Kristen Ackerman)
Posters: How to Raise Our Daughters to be Leaders (Abigail Chapman), North Star: Center for Women (Kelsie Jones); Women in Human Trafficking: A Case Study (Sierra Templeton)

Oral Presentations: Feminism and Women's Suffrage in the Work of George M. Cohan (Sofia Filip); Language, Gender Norms, and Rape Culture (Bethany West); Rhetoric of Reproductive Technologies (Madison Lang); Understanding Personal Influencers to Support Women in STEM(Joshua Luchs); A Cultural Analysis of Political Cartoons from the Women's Suffrage Movement (Alana Manesse, Emily Call); Sex & Gender Attributes in Rock Art in Six Counties in Utah (Samantha Shipley)

See link for time, location and additional research topics: https://2020ucur.sched.com/

Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research

Conference/Seminar

The annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research highlights the best research being done by undergraduate students throughout the state. Research information at the event is shared in the form of poster and oral presentations. Participants should register for the event, but all are welcome to attend the presentation sessions.

Biological Engineering Department Seminar Series

Conference/Seminar

The BE Department's Seminar Series Speaker, Dr. Tara Deans, Assistant Professor at University of Utah, will present: "Engineering Stem Cells to Create Novel Delivery Vehicles".

February 10th at 12:30 pm in ENGR 326

Synthetic biology has transformed how cells can be reprogrammed, providing a means to reliably and predictably control cell behavior with the assembly of genetic parts into more complex gene circuits. Using approaches and tools in synthetic biology, we are programming stem cells with novel genetic tools to control genes and pathways that result in changes in stem cell fate decisions, in addition to reprogramming terminally differentiated cells to function as unique therapeutic diagnostic and delivery vehicles.

A meet and greet with Dr. Deans will be held immediately following the seminar in ENGR 326.

[CANCELED] Department of Physics Colloquium

Conference/Seminar

Weekly presentations on topics in physics.

[CANCELED] Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Seminar

Conference/Seminar

Mar 11 - Andrew Gewirth, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mar 18 - Chunsheng Wang, University of Maryland
Mar 25 - Li Li, University of Nevada, Reno
Apr 1 - Hansen Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern University - Old Main 115
Apr 7 (Tuesday) - Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University - ESLC 046
Apr 15 - Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Apr 22 - Lawrence Que, University of Minnesota
Apr 29 - Yugang Sun, Temple University

Applied Mathematics Seminar: Magic, Gandhi, and balding: matrix methods for stochastic dynamic programming

Conference/Seminar

Speaker: Jody Reimer, University of Utah
Abstract: What unites all of the things listed in this title? You'll have to show up to find out. This work is based on the concept of tradeoffs, a central idea in ecology and evolutionary biology. For example, the evolution of life history strategies is often framed in the language of tradeoffs. Behavioural ecologists may be interested in the tradeoffs inherent in the allocation of time (e.g., between foraging and vigilance) and resources (e.g., how much energy to invest in a reproductive attempt). Conservationists and wildlife managers must also consider tradeoffs between cost, political pressures, and management goals. Stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) is a powerful and flexible method for exploring optimal tradeoffs and has been used in a broad range of applications. In the last 30 years, concomitant with the development of SDP methods in ecology and evolution, matrix methods have emerged as another powerful tool for analyzing ecological systems.

Women’s Suffrage | Let Your Voice Be Heard Conference/Seminar | Year of the Woman

Conference/Seminar | Year of the Woman

Join us to celebrate women of the Uintah Basin and their social impacts. Keynote speaker, Emma Houston, Director of Diversity & Inclusion for the Salt Lake County’s Mayor’s Office of Diversity Affairs will share the history and importance of women in Utah. Learn about the woman’s suffrage movement and register to vote. We will also screen “Iron Jawed Angels”, a docudrama about a fiery American suffragette who lights a fire under the older women’s leaders in Washington D.C.

Bring donations to support Split Mountain Youth Center.

[CANCELED] Department of Physics Colloquium

Conference/Seminar

Weekly presentations on topics in physics.

[CANCELED] Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Seminar

Conference/Seminar

Mar 11 - Andrew Gewirth, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mar 18 - Chunsheng Wang, University of Maryland
Mar 25 - Li Li, University of Nevada, Reno
Apr 1 - Hansen Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern University - Old Main 115
Apr 7 (Tuesday) - Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University - ESLC 046
Apr 15 - Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Apr 22 - Lawrence Que, University of Minnesota
Apr 29 - Yugang Sun, Temple University

Data, Models, Errors, And Uncertainty

Conference/Seminar

Talk by Eric Kostelich, President's Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - ASU

Biological Engineering Department Seminar Series

Conference/Seminar

The BE Department's Seminar Series Speaker, Ms. Rachel Muller, Project Engineer at Merit Medical , will present: "Using Your Resources; A Look At Project Management In Engineering".

February 24th at 12:30 pm in ENGR 326

Behind the scenes of Merit Medical’s success as a global leader in medical manufacturing are the people that make it possible. Learn about what it takes to bring a product to market, key project management strategies, and vital skills to learn as an engineer before entering the medical device industry.

A meet and greet with Ms. Muller will be held immediately following the seminar in ENGR 326.

Geosciences Speaker Series: Beth Christensen

Conference/Seminar

Beth Christensen will present on Plate Tectonics - Climate Change.

[CANCELED] Department of Physics Colloquium

Conference/Seminar

Weekly presentations on topics in physics.

[CANCELED] Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Seminar

Conference/Seminar

Mar 11 - Andrew Gewirth, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mar 18 - Chunsheng Wang, University of Maryland
Mar 25 - Li Li, University of Nevada, Reno
Apr 1 - Hansen Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern University - Old Main 115
Apr 7 (Tuesday) - Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University - ESLC 046
Apr 15 - Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Apr 22 - Lawrence Que, University of Minnesota
Apr 29 - Yugang Sun, Temple University

Dennis Kramer - Visiting Professor: "Harnessing Research for Social Good"

Conference/Seminar

This seminar is open to all graduate students who are interested in education, behavioral science/behavioral economics, decision-making and public policy. Harnessing Research for Social Good: Experiences Applying Behavioral Science Across the Federal Government.

Diversity Conference

Conference/Seminar

The Diversity & Inclusion Conference is an annual event for students, faculty, staff and community members to explore issues of diversity and social justice on a deeper level.

Register online at https://usueastern.edu/cdi/conference

Applied Mathematics Seminar: Stochastic Approximate Model-Checker for Infinite-State Analysis

Conference/Seminar

Speaker: Zhen Zhang, Department of E & CE, Utah State University

Abstract: There has been an increasing demand for providing formal guarantees in the design process of safety-critical synthetic genetic circuits. As a prominent formal verification technique, probabilistic model checking has demonstrated significant potential in formally analyzing the intrinsic probabilistic behaviors of complex genetic circuit designs. However, its scalability is limited as probabilistic models of real-world applications typically have very large or infinite state space. In this talk, I will present a new infinite state CTMC model checker, STAMINA, with improved scalability. It uses a novel state space approximation method to reduce large and possibly infinite state CTMC models to finite state representations that are amenable to existing probabilistic model checkers. It is integrated with a new property-guided state expansion approach that improves the analysis accuracy. This method is evaluated on a design of a genetic toggle switch and several other benchmarking examples. Comparisons with another state-of- the-art tool demonstrate both accuracy and efficiency of the presented method.