Virginia Tech National Capital Region - Meet the Scientists - June 17,2011 - Virginia Tech Research Center

Presentations

Virginia Tech/Carilion Research Institute (Multi-Purpose Room 1 - Floor 2)
Session Leader:	Dr. Michael Friedlander, Director New approaches to imaging and activating the human brain in health and disease
Presenters:	Dr. Jamie Tyler Development of ultrasound for application to neuromodulation in brain disorders Dr. Stephen LaConte Real time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) in neurorehabilitation Dr. Brooks King-Casas and Dr. Pearl Chiu Use of fmri in advancing diagnosis of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic syndrome Dr. Debbie Kelly High resolution imaging of signaling molecular complexes Dr. Warren Bickel Training the brain to value the future and unlearn addiction Drs. Sharon and Craig Ramey Novel therapies for brain rehabilitation in children
Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Science (Floor 5)
Session Leader:	Dr. Roop Mahajan Security and sustainability
Presenters:	Dr. Charles Clancy Cyber security Dr. Alireza Haghighat and Dr. Satish Kulkarni New paths for energy research Dr. Joseph Wang Biomedical computing and nano-sensing Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan and Dr. Diana Farkas Discovery analytics and data mining
Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (Floor 3)
Session Leader:	Dr. Karen Roberto Individual and social transformation
Presenters:	Dr. David Orden Global policy and trade Dr. Derek Hydra Community inclusions and relations Dr. Tina Savla Aging, stress and adaptation
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (Visualization Room - Floor 2)
Session Leader:	Dr. Skip Garner Computational approaches to complex systems
Presenters:	Dr. Chris Barrett Computational informatics for large, diverse network systems Dr. Bruno Sobral Cyberstructure for biological analysis Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher Computational systems biology Dr. Stanley Hefta Host-pathogen-environment interactions and inflammation
College of Engineering (Multi-Purpose Room 2 - Floor 2)
Session Leader:	Dean Richard Benson Security and sustainability
Presenters:	Dr. Jeff Reed New research directions in wireless Dr. Glenn Moglen Water quality and sustainability Dr. Saifur Rahman Energy security and sustainability Dr. Jack Lesko Centers of excellence in engineering research
College of Science (Executive Conference Room - Floor 2)
Session Leader:	Dr. Lay Nam Chang
Presenters:	Dr. James McGrath Water purification, desalination and power Dr. Daniel Crawford Computational tools for scientific discovery in aqueous media Dr. Michael Hochella Nanoparticles in the environment Dr. Jeff Borggaard Ocean flows Dr. John E. Barrett Stream team—connecting to aquatic systems Dr. Tim Long Water-soluble nanomaterials for drug and gene delivery Dr. Seong K Mun Drug discovery and health systems