Spring 2008
Date |
Time | Location | Presenter | Title of Seminar |
| 2/7 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Joe Manfredi (Student Affairs Chair & Past President, NJ Chapter, International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) | A History of Pharmaceuticals; introduction to ISPE |
| 2/14 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Paul Schueler (RVCC chemistry faculty) | Ice Sheets and Sea Level Changes |
| 2/21 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Arthur Carvalho (Clinical Prof. of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Newark) | Molecular Biology of the Liver as Problem and Solution in Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia |
|
2/28 (Thurs) Note Time and Room Change |
6:00-7:30 PM | Grand Conf. Room B | Christina Armeli, MS, Certified Genetic Counselor, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | How Genetic Information is Changing our Lives |
| 3/6 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Molly Crowther (RVCC adjunct chemistry faculty) | Climate Change at the Artic Edge: an Earthwatch Expedition |
| 3/13 (Thurs) | No Seminar | Spring Recess | ||
| 3/20 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Grace Martin (RVCC adjunct nutrition faculty) | To supplement or not to supplement, that is the question: Is there a real need for supplemental vitamins and minerals? |
| 3/27 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Mira Franke | How to Calculate your Carbon Footprint |
| 4/3 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Jay Kelly (RVCC Biology/Environmental Science faculty) | The Biology and Conservation of Endangered Plant Species in New Jersey |
| 4/10 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Daniel Teodoru (Bronx VA Hospital, retired) | Brain vs Mind |
| 4/17 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1)Carly Aulicky 2)Jessica Murphy |
1) Colony Collapse Disorder 2) Organic Foods |
| 4/24 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1) Heather Fraser 2) Elyse Moreault |
1) Combat Medicine 2) TBA |
|
4/29 (Tues) Note: New day |
12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1)
Christopher Gilbert, Jodi Banghart, Sheik Mohamed Kaba
2) Rob Emberger, Ilona Repko, Martina Thompson |
1) Biomanufacturing: producing
human therapeutics in living organisms 2) Using Micro Labs Hardware and Software to Demonstrate Real Time Acquisition of First Order Decay Kinetics |
| 5/1 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1) Josh Faber 2) Brian Squiteri |
TBA |
Fall 2007
Date |
Time | Location | Presenter | Title of Seminar |
| 9/13 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Paul Schueler (RVCC Chemistry faculty) | Time's Arrow: An introductory look at the origins of the direction of time |
| 9/20 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Eddie Hanebuth (President of Digital Quest) | Geospatial Technology and the Education Hub Site |
| 9/27 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Howard Beroff (RVCC adjunct prof.) and retired biomedical engineer | Ergonomics |
| 10/4(Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Ed Carr (RVCC Biology faculty) | Malaria |
| 10/11 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Todd Weber (Rider Univ. Biology) | What time is it? I forget!: Research on circadian rhythms & neurogenesis in mice |
| 10/18 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Rola Bekdash (RVCC Biology faculty) | The Emergence of New Microbial Threats – Part I |
| 10/25 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Jack Curran (Physicist/Engineer) | High Intensity LED's |
| 11/1 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Melanie Lenahan (RVCC Biotechnology faculty) | Personalized Medicine: Is it in your future? |
| 11/8 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Sarah Imbriglio (RVCC Chemistry faculty) | Linus Pauling |
| 11/15 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Peter Stupak (Operations & Engineering Manager, OFS-Fitel) |
How Long is the West Coast of England? That Depends on the
Yardstick: Fractal Dimensions in the Real World.
|
| 11/22 (Thurs) | No Seminar | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 11/29 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Steven Lewis (Principal Scientist, Integrative Policy & Science, Inc., Adjunct Professor, R.W. Johnson Medical School) | Exxon Valdez: the Disaster that Wasn't |
| 12/6 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1)
Mariam
Rashid 2) Darren Tong |
1) The
History of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA 2) Sleep |
Date |
Time | Location | Presenter | Title of Seminar |
| 2/1 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Ed Carr (RVCC Biology faculty) | Forensic DNA Analysis |
| 2/8 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Grace Martin (RVCC Biology Adjunct Faculty) | “Diet and Phytochemicals: Dietary Strategies to Reduce the Risk for CVD" |
| 2/15 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Anand Gnanadesikan (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab of NOAA) | "Ocean life and global climate" |
| 2/22 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | H210: Please note the room change | Prof. Patti Hulsen (RVCC Math Faculty) | "After the smoke clears, there is coffee" |
| 3/1 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Tom Weinert | Demonstration of the VH Dissector |
| 3/8 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Paul Schueler (RVCC Chemistry Faculty) | Parrondo's Paradox Revisited: the Stock Market, Molecular Motors, etc. |
| 3/15 (Thurs) | No Seminar | Spring Break | ||
| 3/22 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Greg Herzog (Rutgers University Chemistry Faculty) | "The rise and fall and rise of water on Mars: from Sir Percival Lowell to the 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference" |
| 3/29 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Melanie Lenahan (RVCC Biology Faculty) | Genetics of Aging |
| 4/5 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Peter Stupak (Operations & Engineering Manager, OFS-Fitel) | "Fiber Optics: Coming to Your Home - Soon" |
| 4/12 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Rola Bekdash | "Effects of chronic alcohol on the Neuroendocrine - Immune interaction" |
| 4/19 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1)
Lorette Cheswick 2) Viktoria Gomilko |
1) Client Side Security 2) Thalidomide: its mechanism of action |
| 4/26 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1)
John
Dequina 2) Carly Muglia |
1) New ways to save energy 2) Gastric bypass surgery |
| 5/3 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Antonella Pompo (RVCC Engineering Faculty) | "How Small is Small?: An Introduction to Nanomaterials" |
Date |
Time | Location | Presenter | Title of Seminar |
| 9/14 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Paul Schueler (RVCC Chemistry faculty) | Saving the Ozone Layer: An Environmental Success Story? |
| 9/21 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | A33 (Arts Building) | Howard Beroff (RVCC adjunct prof.) & AnnMarie Leikauf (Branchburg attorney) | The Psychology of the Guide Dog (and its Human Partner) |
| 9/28 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Profs. Steve Kaufman & Tom Valasek (RVCC Anthropology & Communications faculty) | Extinction on the Fly: The Case of the California Condor |
| 10/5 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Julie Drawbridge (Chair, Biology Dept, Rider University) |
Developmental Biology at Rider University: students and salamanders |
| 10/12 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Melanie Lenahan (RVCC Biotechnology & Biology faculty) | Genetics of Obesity |
| 10/19 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Lonny Buinis (RVCC Instructional Designer) | Bicycling on Other Worlds |
| 10/26 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Bruce Burnham (Rider Univ. Chemistry Dept) | Lipid-Lowering Research at Rider University |
| 11/2 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Sarah Imbriglio (RVCC Chemistry faculty) |
Penicillin: A History |
| 11/9 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Steven Lewis (Principal Scientist, Integrative Policy & Science, Inc., Adjunct Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) | Risk Assessment: Environmental Risks to Human Health |
| 11/16 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Patrick Janssen (RVCC Biology faculty) | Developing a Health & Wellness course at RVCC: a novel approach |
| 11/23 (Thurs) | No Seminar | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 11/30 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Prof. Ed Carr (RVCC Biology faculty) | Beyond the Human Genome: Environmental Genomes?? |
| 12/7 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1) Kenneth Liwag 2) Kimberly Maio |
1) Magnetic Levitation 2) Tourette's Syndrome |
| 12/14 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | 1) Jacqueline Cudworth 2) Daniel Teodoru |
1) Bird Flu 2) Glucose Regulation |
Previous Seminars
Spring 2006
Date |
Time | Location | Presenter | Title of Seminar |
| 2/2 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Lonny Buinis | Creating the Newark Museum Saturn Mural in 3D |
| 2/9 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Ed Carr | Mining the soil for new antibiotics |
| 2/16 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Steven Lewis |
The Information Quality Act: Assuring Sound Science to Protect Health and the Environment |
| 2/23 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Paul Schueler | Going South: travels to Argentina and Antarctica |
| 3/2 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | CANCELLED | |
| 3/9 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Mira Franke | “The Elegant Universe: Einstein’s Dream” |
| 3/16 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Dr. Ed Sargent (Merck) | Occupational and Environmental Health in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| 3/23 |
RVCC |
Spring Break | No Seminar | |
| 3/30 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Ashlee Pieris | The process of constructing a building |
| 4/6 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 |
1)Julia Jaksch (RVCC Honors student) 2) Jason Krystofiak (RVCC Honors student) |
1) Juvenile Diabetes - How to live with "the
other type" of diabetes 2) Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| 4/13 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Bob Egan (RVCC Librarian and Assoc. Professor) | Science, Math, and Engineering Research Made Easy |
| 4/20 (Thurs) | No Seminar | |||
| 4/27 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Marge Garguillo | "Forest Fragments in the Suburbs" |
| 5/4 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Panelists TBA | Book Discussion: "Copenhagen" |
| 5/11 (Thurs) | 12:00-1:20 PM | SC100/101 | Jessica Bauer, Eva Garstka, and David Sierra (RVCC Honors students) | TBA |
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Rola Bekdash | RVCC Biology Adjunct Faculty | The Next Pandemic? |
|
Dr. Margaret Czerw (with Alison Kimsey and David Sierra (RVCC students)) |
RVCC Chemistry Faculty | The Undergraduate Research program in Chemistry at Rutgers University |
| Cally Ingram | Honors Seminar Student | Gastric Bypass Surgery |
| Dr. Paul Jivoff | Rider Univ. Biology Faculty | How interactions between human exploitation and mating system structure may limit the reproductive potential of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus. |
| Dr. Melanie Lenahan | RVCC Biology Faculty | Novel Cancer Therapies |
| Dr. Phillip Lowrey | Rider Univ. Biology Faculty | Broken Biological Clocks: The Tale of an Early bird Hamster |
| Kelly McCartney | Honors Seminar student | Invasive Species |
| Linda Missal | Honors Seminar student | The Larynx and Vocal Health |
| Chris Neil | Honors Seminar student | Summer Research at Hydromer |
| Dr. Joel Ongaro | RVCC Biology/Environmental Science Faculty | The "Mysterious" Legumes |
| Representatives of Raptor Trust | Raptor Trust | Raptors of New Jersey |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC Chemistry Faculty | The Chemical Bond and Bioenergetics |
|
Dr. Sarah Tabacco |
RVCC Chemistry Faculty | Chemistry in Space |
| Dr. Phillip Wells | Food Technologist (Retired) | Food Labeling |
Spring 2005
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Dan Briechle | Honors Seminar Student | Drug Delivery Methods |
|
Michael Gessman |
St. Jude Medical | Pacemakers and Defibrillators: the Technology of Implantable Cardiac Devices |
| Christina Henson | Honors Seminar Student | The Prosthetic Larynx |
| Dr. Patrick Janssen | RVCC Biology Faculty | Asthma: Current Understanding of the Disease, and Summary of the Harlem Children’s Zone Asthma Initiative |
| Kandi Kaczetow | Honors Seminar Student | Human Cloning: A Brief History from Farming to Fashion |
| Bill Klinger | RVCC Computer Science Faculty | The Art of Computer Science (Parts I & II) |
| Gylla MacGregor | RVCC Biology Adjunct Faculty | Foraging Behavior in Timber Rattlesnakes: Site Selection and Prey Choice |
| Alex McKay | Honors Seminar Student | The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories |
| Kristin Poltarak | Honors Seminar Student | The Physics of Gymnastics |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC Chemistry Faculty | Are Atoms Real? Part II (a selective excursion into the history of chemistry) |
| Dr. David Wade | RVCC Chemistry Adjunct Faculty | Colin Powell: From Politician to Peptide |
|
Darryl Walke |
RVCC Physics Faculty | Sedna and the Outer Solar System |
| Darryl Walke and Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC Physics and Chemistry Faculty | Einstein and the World Year of Physics 2005 |
|
Sandra Weeks |
Honors Seminar Student | Diabetes: Holistic Therapies |
Fall 2004
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Howard Beroff | RVCC Physics/Ophthalmics Adjunct Faculty | The Space Race: A Personal Memoir |
|
Joseph Blumetti |
Honors Seminar Student | Antonio Stradivari and Early Musical Instrument Construction |
| Dr. Marion Ceruzzi | RVCC Biology Adjunct Faculty | How drugs are approved in the United States |
|
Dr. Trevor Clark |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research |
Purification of Natural Gas with Inorganic Membranes |
| Dr. Jaki Fesq | RVCC Mathematics Professor | The Mathematics of Voting |
| Lisa Hartpence | Honors Seminar Student | Overview of genetic and environmental causes of cleft palates and the social, emotional and psychological benefits of corrective surgery in a third world country. |
| Dr. Patrick Janssen | RVCC Biology Faculty | Recent Advances in the Research and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
| Dr. Joel Ongaro | RVCC Biology & Environmental Science Professor | Some Perspectives on East African Ecology |
| Dr. Michael Palladino | Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Monmouth University | Exploring the Human Genome |
| Natalia Pinzon | Honors Seminar Student | Psychology of Language in Children |
| Dr. James Riggs | Professor of Biology at Rider University | The Language of Biology- Etymological Forays in Microbiology |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC Chemistry Faculty | Are Atoms Real? (a selective excursion into the history of chemistry) |
| Maria Valenta | Honors Seminar Student | The Art of Diagnosis: What Causes Hyperthyroidism? |
|
Darryl Walke |
RVCC Physics Faculty | Pythagorean Triples and all that: Explorations in Number Theory |
| Richard T. Wetherald | Research Meteorologist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA | Weather Phenomenon and Numerical Weather Forecasting |
Spring 2004
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Dr. Paramjeet Bagga | Ramapo College Biology Faculty; Convener of Bioinformatics | Bioinformatics |
|
Dr. Anand Gnanadesikan |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab of NOAA | The great ocean conveyor: Shaken or stirred? |
| Robert Gulay | RVCC Biology Faculty | HIV/AIDS: The Pandemic of Our Time |
|
Dr. Stephen Kaufman & Dr. Paul Schueler |
RVCC Anthropology & Chemistry Faculty |
On Safari: Home, Home on the Range, Tanzanian Style |
| Dr. Roger Knowles | Drew University Biology Dept | Disruption of neural networks and the decline of consciousness in Alzheimer's disease |
| Dr. Tomas Kovarik & Shahzeb Zahid Munir (student) | RVCC Math faculty | Mathematical Mysteries, solved and unsolved |
| Nicole Lombardo | RVCC student | Cystic Fibrosis |
| Dr. Terry McGuire | Prof. of Genetics, Rutgers University | Behavior Genetics: Flies, Flowers and the Smell of Fear and Happy |
| Bridget Millman | RVCC student | |
| Joshua Price | RVCC student | Vulcanism at Yellowstone |
| Bill Sass | RVCC student | Stem Cells |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC Chemistry Faculty | Aquaporins: 2003 Nobel Prize for Chemistry |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC Physics Faculty | Explorations in General Relativity (part I) |
|
Darryl Walke |
RVCC Physics Faculty | Explorations in General Relativity (part II) |
Fall 2003
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Dr. Nancy Connell | Director of the Center for Biodefense, UMDNJ | The War Against Bioterrorism |
| Tracy Gallichio | RVCC student & Galileo Scholar | Report on Summer Internship at Hydromer, Inc |
| Patti Hulsen and Paul Schueler | RVCC (Math and Chemistry Faculty) | Sight to Insight: Snapshots of the Power of the Visual in Math and Science |
| Prof. Paul Jivoff | Rider University Department of Biology | Control of range expansion and habitat use of the invasive European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, by the native blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. |
| Dr Paul Schueler | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | Why Galileo? Who was this 17th century Italian scientist and philosopher, and why is he important enough to lend his name to our Galileo project? |
|
Darryl Walke |
RVCC Physics Faculty | Transits of Venus |
Spring 2003
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Dr. Osman Ahmed | RVCC (Engineering Faculty) | Alexandria Library: Coming out of the ashes |
| Dr. Bruce Cornet | RVCC (Geology Adjunct Faculty) | The First Microfossil Evidence for Microevolution at the Mendelian Level |
| Robert Gulay | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | The Human Influenza Virus |
| Dr. Patrick Janssen | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Asthma in Society—Parts 1 & 2 |
| Dr. Stephen Kaufman & Dr Paul Schueler | RVCC (Anthropology & Chemistry Faculty) | Climbing Kilimanjaro: Trekking to the Roof of Africa |
| Dr. Michael Lennick | DGI BioTechnologies, Inc | Using Peptides as Tools for Drug Discovery in The Post-Genomic Era |
| Joyce Tigner, Ph. D. | RVCC (Philosophy Faculty) | Hume and Causation: what can science 'know'? |
| Phillip R. Wells, Ph. D. | Food Technologist (retired) | Food Mythology and Science |
Fall 2002
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Howard Beroff | RVCC (Mathematics & Ophthalmic Adjunct) | Absorbable Surgical Implants |
| Lauren Geiser and Chelsea Morrese | RVCC Honors Science Seminar Students | Fad Diets: Dangers and Side Effects |
| Dr. Cliff Mintz | BioInsights, Inc | Career Opportunities in the Biotechnology Industry |
| Octavian Rotaru | RVCC Honors Science Seminar Student | A Complete Graphing Method |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | Buckyballs & Nanotubes |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | The Extended Organism |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Stellar Aberration |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Ray Davis wins the Nobel Prize! |
Spring 2002
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Jacqueline Fesq | RVCC (Mathematics Faculty) | Public Key Encryption or How Prime Numbers Help Maintain our National Security |
| Roger Johnson | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | The Global Ecology of Dust |
| Paul Schueler | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | The Darwin Industry: A Historical Perspective |
| Holly Smythe | RVCC | The International Space Station |
| Greg J. Stock | Stevens
Institute of Technology (former
|
A Derivation of the James Gregory Pi Series |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | The Equation of Time |
Fall 2001
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Siham Alfred and Kathleen Kane (RVCC) | RVCC (Mathematics Faculty) | The mathematical and scientific analysis of blood spatter |
| Dr. Ray Borichewski | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Photo Microscopy |
| Lonnie Buinis (RVCC) | RVCC | Life in Europa, and elsewhere in the solar system? An Update |
| Lt. Norman B. Cetuk | Somerset Co. Prosecutor's Office | Forensic Science: The application of science to law |
| Dr. Joseph Godino | Stevens Institute of Technology | Electron Behavior in Diamagnetic Kepler Traps |
| Dr. Karl Hricko | Kean University | Hunting down quasars with the Hubble Space Telescope |
| Cynthia Hutton | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Biological Warfare |
| Dr. Paul Schueler & Darryl Walke | RVCC (Chemistry & Physics Faculty) | Building our own Supercomputer, here at RVCC |
| Vincent Stass | RVCC Honor Student | Small Pox: Eradicated, yet a threat |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | The Planck scale and the breakdown of Physics |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Resonances and Planetary Orbits |
Spring 2001
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Dr. Ray Borichewski | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Ethical Issues Raised in the Cloning of the Human Species |
| Dr. Ray Borichewski | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Biotechnology: Gene Therapy |
| Joel Fuhrmann M.D | Private practice & Hunterdon Med. Ctr. | Treatment of HIV with Super Nutrition |
| Angela Hafiz and Catherine Heldt | RVCC Honor students | Bacteriophages and Biological Hazards |
| Cynthia Hutton | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Interpreting the Human Genome |
| Dr. Patrick Janssen | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Physiology at high altitudes |
| Roger Johnson | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Gardening in a New Environment: the Florida Keys |
| Dr. Stephen Kaufman | RVCC (Anthropology Faculty) | Kilimanjaro: A Trekker's Geography |
| Dr. Paul Schueler | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | Parrondo's Paradox: Flashing Ratchets, the Stock Market, and the Origins and Mechanisms of Life.... |
| Dr. Neil J. A. Sloane | AT&T Shannon Lab | The Life and Contributions of Claude Shannon |
| Dr. Tracy Wang | RVCC (Mathematics Faculty) | Mathematical Applications in Finance |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Archaeoastronomy: The Spence Method for Dating the Pyramids |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | The distance problem in astronomy |
Fall 2000
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Howard Beroff | RVCC and J & J, Retired. | Optimizing Eyeglass Lenses Using Artificial Intelligence |
| Ray Borichewski | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Identification of Microorganisms |
| Patrick Janssen | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
| Roger Johnson | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Environmental Pollutants & Agriculture |
| Paul Schueler | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | Water, Water, Everywhere |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Neutron Stars: Pulsars, Magnetars, and Space Souffle..... |
| Darryl Walke | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Exoplanets: an Update |
Spring 2000
| Presenter | Affiliation | Topic |
| Alfred, Siham | RVCC (Mathematics Faculty) | Chaos in One Dimension |
| Borichewsk, Ray | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Cancer Chemotherapy |
| Carstens, Sonja, MSN, RN | Somerset Medical Center | AIDS: Social and Economic Issues |
| Hutton, Cynthia | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | DNA Fingerprinting |
| NASA & WHRO | Satellite Teleconference | "International Space Station: Ventures in Space" |
| Schueler, Paul | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | Polymers: Current Variations on an Ancient Theme |
| Tigner, Joyce | RVCC (Philosophy Faculty) | Perspectives on the History of Science |
| Vinski, Jerry | RVCC (Planetarium Director) | Science Fact & Science Fiction |
| Walke, Darryl | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Gravitation Waves: Prediction & Detection |
| Walke, Darryl | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | The Copernican Revolution: special insights |
| Young, Garrett | RVCC (Honors Seminar student) | Isolating Plasma Species |
| Zurovchak, Joe | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | The Plight of Migrating Songbirds |
Fall 1999
Presenter |
Affiliation |
Topic |
| Ahmed, Hossam | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Weapons of Mass Destruction: Reducing the Current Threat, Preparing for Future Threat |
| Meyer, Erin | RVCC Honors Seminar student | On Scientific Misrepresentations in the History of Human Classification |
| Borichewski, Ray | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | The Architecture of China: Marvels of Engineering |
| Borichewski, Ray | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | Cancer: Etiology and Therapy |
| Buinis, Lonny | RVCC (Media Instructional Designer) | Life IN Europa |
| Fesq, Jacqueline | RVCC (Mathematics Faculty) | Could a Course in Statistics Have Saved theSpace Shuttle from Disaster? |
| Haussamen, Brock, and Smith, Myrna | RVCC (English Faculty) | Science and Religion |
| Johnson, Roger | RVCC (Biology Faculty) | The Ecology of the British Virgin Islands |
| Kovarik, Tomas | RVCC (Mathematics Faculty) | Fourier Analysis on Strings and Drums |
| Loaiza, Lauri | RVCC Honors Seminar student | On Conducting Experiments in Space in Real Time |
| Mueller, Nina | RVCC and Seton Hall (chemistry grad. student) | Fourier Transform Infrared Technology at Mennen |
| Schueler, Paul | RVCC (Chemistry Faculty) | D-Orbitals Observed! Freshman Chemistry Textbooks Confirmed!? |
| Teodoru, Dan | Bronx VA Hospital (retired) | Motivation, Energetics, and the Brain |
| Walke, Darryl | RVCC (Physics Faculty) | Neutrinos and Neutrino Mass |
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