Monday, 06 Feb 2006
The Wonders of Virtual Reality: A Research Extravaganza - Carolina Cruz-Neira
Carolina Cruz-Neira - the Spring 2006 Presidential University Lecturer - holds Iowa State's Richard Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering and is a professor in the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department. In 1997 she was featured by Business Week magazine as a "rising research star" in the new generation of computer science pioneers. Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Illinois at Chicago included the design of the CAVE(TM) Virtual Reality Environment, the CAVE Library software specifications and implementation, and preliminary research on CAVE-Supercomputing integration. She is co-owner of the Record of Invention of the CAVE. Here at Iowa State she was key in the development of the Virtual Reality Applications Center, where she led the development of the C2, C4 and the C6, the world's first totally immersive visual reality theatre. 7 p.m. A reception and student research display in the South Ballroom.
Tuesday, 07 Feb 2006
Values and Worldviews: A Case Study of Intercultural Training from Syria - Christian Sinclair
Christian Sinclair is Assistant Director of Middle Eastern Studies, School for International Training Study Abroad Adjunct Faculty, Intercultural Communication, School for International Training. He has worked extensively in Egypt, Tunisia, Spain and Peru as a lecturer and trainer and spent seven years at the American Language Center in Damascus, Syria as International Projects Manager and EFL trainer.
Should You Be Taking Dietary Supplements? Maybe...or Maybe Not - Judith S. Stern
Judith S. Stern is a distinguished professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Internal Medicine in the Division of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of California, Davis. She is also the Co-Director of the Collaborative Obesity Research Evaluation Team. An expert on diet and nutrition, Stern has published extensively on nutrition, the effect of exercise on appetite and metabolism, and obesity. Stern has published over 250 research papers in professional journals and over 150 articles in popular magazines such as Redbook and is an Editorial Advisor to Prevention Magazine. Along with Dr. Richard L. Atkinson she is founder of The American Obesity Association, a lay advocacy organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the disease of obesity where she also serves as Vice President. She is the Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair 2005-06.
Wednesday, 08 Feb 2006
The Global Implications of Identity Theft - Steffen Schmidt
Steffen Schmidt is professor of Political Science at Iowa State University, an Associate of the Latin American Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and an Affiliate of Nova Southeastern University, Oceanographic Center. He has also been "Dr. Politics" for 16 years on WOI Public Radio and has commentated for CNN in Spanish, the BBC, and other major international media. Schmidt is author of 11 books, including American Government and Politics Today and most recently Who is You? The Coming Epidemic of Identity Theft (2005). Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Defining Values in American Politics - Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank is the author of What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America?, and One Market Under God. He received a doctorate in History from the University of Chicago with his dissertation, "The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism," which became a national bestseller. He was also founding editor of The Baffler.Part of the National Affairs Series.
Thursday, 09 Feb 2006
Qi--The flowing energy of Life: Abstract and Realistic Marble Sculptures - Paul Shao
Paul Shao explains the interrelatedness of two types of his sculptures, the central theme of which being the flux of the life force in eternal change and transformation. He is a Professor of Architecture at ISU.
Are We Doing Enough? Food Safety and Biosecurity Issues
James Dickson is with the Institute for Food Safety and Food Security and Animal Science Department at ISU, and past president of the International Association for Food Protection. Charles Hurburgh is Professor-in-Charge of the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative, Grain Quality Laboratory, and professor in the Departments of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Food Science and Human Nutrition at ISU.
Concert
"Black History Month Gospel Choir Extravaganza," local and regional choirs