Ibrahim Guven, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Guven specializes in fracture and failure analysis using peridynamics.

Fracture and failure analysis using Peridynamics Impact and penetration mechanics Finite element method Boundary element method Multi-scale modeling of physical phenomena

Almut Winterstein

Distinguished Professor · University of Florida

Almut Winterstein is an expert in drug safety and ways to improve medication use.

Medical Marijuana Healthcare Quality Drug Use in Maternal and Child Health Medical Marijuana Safety Pharmacoepidemiology

Susan Coffey, M.D., MSMS, CHSE

Director of the Virtual Education and Simulation Training Center · ChristianaCare

Dr. Susan Coffey is the director of ChristianaCare’s Virtual Education and Simulation Training Center.

Healthcare Simulation Team Training Curriculum Development and Design for Healthcare Education Psychological Safety Debriefing

Nina Caputo

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Nina Caputo is a scholar of medieval Jewish history and interfaith relations in medieval Europe.

Jewish-Christian Relations in the Middle Ages Medieval History Medieval Jewish History Medieval Spain

David Kaber

Professor · University of Florida

David Kaber uses empirical methods to describe human performance and applies heuristic and mathematical methods to model responses.

System Safety Analysis Methods Measuring and Modeling Situation Awareness and Cognitive Workload Aviation Human Factors and Cockpit Display Design Adaptive Automation Human-in-the-loop Systems

Connie Mulligan

Professor · University of Florida

Connie Mulligan is interested in understanding patterns of human genetic variation with implications for human health and evolution.

Syrian Refugees Impact of Stress Complex Phenotypes Influence of Genetics on Response to Trauma and Stress Epigenetic Analysis

Alisa Leckie

Associate Professor · Georgia Southern University

Alisa Leckie's research is focused in the areas of education of language minority students, and analyzing policies impacting education.

Literacy Across the Content Areas and Adolescent Literacy Education of Language Minority Students Critical Analysis of Policies Impacting Education

Lee Allen

Associate Professor · University of Memphis

Experienced presenter with over 20 years experience and expertise in educational technology leadership and teaching information sciences.

Online Teaching and Learning Technology as A Vehicle for Institutional Change Developing Communities of Practice in an Organization

Peter Platzer

CEO · Nanosatisfi

CEO at Nanosatisfi, a visionary space exploration company

The Coming Revolution in the Satellite Industry Entrepreneurship in Europe and the Us Disruptive Innovation On the Example of the Space Industry

William Henry Pruitt III

Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Twentieth and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature Black Radicalism Black Intellectual History Black Performance Studies Black Queer Studies

Hong Zhao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Specializing in solid-liquid interactions, self-assembly of colloidal nano particles, and development of various printing processes

Additive Manufacturing/3d Printing Printed functional devices Transport and self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles Surface science and surface engineering

Chris Treadaway

Chief Executive Officer · Polygraph Media

Experienced speaker and best selling author with experience & success speaking to large groups of small businesses & Fortune 500 clients.

The Social Media Revolution for Small Businesses Social Advertising -- Tips & Tricks The Next Gold Rush -- Social Data Mining Data and Advertising -- the Holy Grail for Cmos

Ramnath K Chellappa

Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management; Associate Dean & Academic Director, MS in Business Analytics · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Pricing Digital Product Pricing and Piracy Economics of Privacy Electronic Markets and US Airline Pricing Management of Information Security and Privacy

John R. Gerdy

Founder and President of Music For Everyone · Archway Publishing

Founder and Executive Director of Music For Everyone

Education Music Arts and Education Activism College Athletic Reform Role and History of Sports in American Education and American Society

Robert Kazanjian

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Growth and Development of Technology-Based New Ventures Management of Innovation in Large Complex Organizations Strategy Implementation and Large Scale Strategic Change

Welson Tremura

Professor/Associate Director · University of Florida

Welson Tremura specializes in ethnomusicology, including folk religion, technology and interdisciplinary projects, and world music.

Music and Religion (Folk Catholicism), Samba, and Bossa-Nova Portuguese Language (Culture, Politics, and Identity) Musicology Latin American Studies Business in Latin America (Management, Law, and International Consulting)

Changqing Luo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Luo’s research focuses on cybersecurity, big data, and complex networks.

Security and privacy (e.g., mobile networks, cyber-physical systems, distributed systems, Internet of Things) Complex networks (e.g., optimization, resource management, cross-layer design) Big data (e.g., large-scale data computing and analytics, smart health)

Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.

Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Atulasimha researches nanomagnetic/spintronic memory and neuromorphic computing devices.

Spintronics and Nanomagnetism Exploratory neuromorphic devices Straintronics: Strian mediated electric field control of magnetism Electric field (VCMA) control of skyrmions Magnetic and multiferroic materials

Kyriaki Kaplanidou

Professor · University of Florida

Kyriaki Kaplanidou's research explores the impacts and legacies of sport events on communities.

Olympic Games Sport Consumer Perceptions About Event Experiences Impacts and Legacies of Sport Events on Community Development Sport Event Tourism

Richard Kobe

Professor of Forestry · Michigan State University

Expert on the ecological processes governing the dynamics of tree communities in temperate and tropical forests

Tree Communities in Temperate and Tropical Forests Forestry