Page 1 of 5
RELATE
Research, Education, Lectures Accessing the Technical Edge
The official newsletter of the Charlotte Research Institute
April 29, 2015
Events:
Dissertation Defense Announcements
North Carolina Research Campus
The William States Lee College of Engineering
College of Education
Infrastructure, Design, Environment, and Sustainability (IDEAS) Center
CASN Events with Dr. Barbara Oakley
Dissertation Defense Announcements
Interactive Static Analysis for Application Security
Candidate: Jun Zhu
Sponsoring Chair: Dr. Bei-Tseng (Bill) Chu, Professor, Department of Software and Information Systems,
UNC Charlotte
Committee: Dr. Heather Lipford, Associate Professor, Department of Software and Information
Systems, UNC Charlotte Dr. Xintao Wu, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Computer
Engineering, University of Arkansas Dr. Mohamed Shehab, Associate Professor, Department of
Software and Information Systems, UNC Charlotte Dr. Mark Pizzato, Professor, Department of Theatre,
UNC Charlotte
Defense Date: May 1, 2015 - 11:00am
Location: Woodward Hall 338
Degree Program Name: Ph.D. in Computing and Information Systems
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Biopsychosocial Intervention
Candidate: Jenna Nicole Ray
Sponsoring Chair: Dr. Paula Goolkasian
Committee: Dr. Susan Johnson, Department of Psychology at UNC Charlotte, Dr. Jeannette Bennett,
Department of Psychology at UNC Charlotte, Dr. Michael Turner, Department of Kinesiology
Defense Date: May 5, 2015 - 11:00am
Location: Colvard Rm 4014
Degree Program Name: Health Psychology
Page 2 of 5
North Carolina Research Campus
NCRC Catalysts Annual Symposium
Progress in NCRC
Date:
Location:
April 30, 2015 from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM
150 Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC
The NCRC Catalyst Group is comprised of students, fellows, and employees from all of the universities
and companies on the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis. This informal group
was started in 2010 to allow people from the various schools and businesses on campus to meet
each other and foster personal and professional relationships. Since 2011 we have expanded the
offerings of the NCRC Catalyst Group to include speaking opportunities for members and host career
development events. All activities by the NCRC Catalyst Group are run voluntarily by its members.
The Catalyst Group is sponsored by the NC Biotechnology Center, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research
Institute and Dole Foods.
The Catalyst Group is hosting their fourth annual symposium “Progress in NCRC” on April 30 from 11:30
am to 5 pm in the David H. Murdock Core Laboratory building first floor event room located at 150
Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC. The event includes lunch. The symposium is sponsored by
NC Biotech. The UNC Nutrition Research Institute is the sponsor of the poster presentation prizes: an
iPad and iPad mini. Postdocs are invited to present a poster and compete for the prizes.
Speakers:
 Zhanxiang Zhou, PhD – Professor, Department of Nutrition, Co-Director, Center for Translational
Biomedical Research, UNC at Greensboro
 Fuxia Jin, PhD – Research Scientist, Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory
 Xu (Sirius) Li, PhD – Assistant Professor, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State
University
 David C. Nieman, DrPH – Professor and Director, Human Performance Lab, Appalachian State
University
 Mary Ann Lila, PhD – Director, Plants for Human Health Institute, David H. Murdock
Distinguished Professor, Food Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
 Shengmin Sang, PhD – Associate Professor, Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies,
North Carolina A&T State University
 Rob Reid, PhD – Research Associate Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, UNC
Charlotte Bioinformatics Services Division
 Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH – Professor, Nutrition, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute
 Xiaohe Yang, PhD – Associate Professor of Biology, Julius L. Chambers
Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University
 Wenhong Cao MD – JC Med, LLC Founder and President, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research
Institute
Visit the website to register.
Page 3 of 5
Jiggy with the Piggy Festival
Date: May 8 – 9, 2015
Location: 125 N Research Campus Dr., Kannapolis, NC 28081
Formerly known as Cottonstock, Spring Fest, Village Fest, and Village Jiggy Jam, the Jiggy with the
Piggy Festival is a 35-year tradition that hosts over 100 Arts & Craft Vendors, Concerts, 5k Walk/Run,
Car Cruise-In, Friday Night outdoors Movie Campus, an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast at
Cannon Memorial YMCA, a People's Choice Wings and Pork Tasting, and National Train Day events
at the train station.
Partners in the weekend events include: Cabarrus Events Association, City of Kannapolis, Downtown
Kannapolis Inc., Kannapolis Rotary, Kannapolis YMCA, the 600 Festival committee, and the NC
Department of Transportation Railway Division.
Visit their website for more information.
SAVE THE DATE
P2EP Symposium
July 29, 2015
The William States Lee College of Engineering
Senior Design Spring Expo
Date:
April 30, 2015 - 11:00am - 2:30pm
Location:
Barnhardt Student Activity Center (SAC)
Open to the Public
College of Education
A Dream Again Deferred?
Please plan to join Betty Chafin Rash, Dorothy Counts Scoggins and Friends for a special evening of
commemoration and discussion moderated by Steve Crump of WBTV
Tuesday, May 5 2015
5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City Campus
Frye Gaillard, author of “The Dream Long Deferred” and Amy Hawn Nelson, co-author of Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow; School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte will share readings and
remarks with special guests.
A Dream Again Deferred?
Page 4 of 5
In 1971, community turmoil and legal wrangling culminated in the fulfillment of a long-deferred
dream to pursue equity in education through integrating public schools in Charlotte, NC. In the
landmark case of Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that students
be bused to achieve racial balance and so began the story of a Southern “city that made
desegregation work.”
Change was not easy, but a new community spirit emerged from the turmoil of dissent as students,
parents, educators, citizens and leaders reached across deep divisions and historic mistrust to choose
shared progress over separated futures.
School desegregation, once a source of disturbing community strife, became a point of community
pride in Charlotte as the Queen City led the U.S. Southeast into a modern, New South era and the
nation into a new chapter of American history.
A 1999 court decision ended school desegregation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, leading to increased
isolation of public school children by race, ethnicity and socio-economics, and our schools now
approach pre-1971 levels of segregation.
As our city has grown and changed, so has the complexity of what it means to be desegregated.
What does that dream look like in Charlotte in 2015 and beyond? Join us to share our past,
understand today and help shape the dream for our future.
Event Sponsors:
DVA Charlotte, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, UNC Charlotte College of Education
Infrastructure, Design, Environment, and Sustainability (IDEAS) Center
BioEnergy Symposium
The UNC Charlotte IDEAS Center is pleased to announce the fourth annual BioEnergy Symposium on
May 14th, 2015. This year's symposium has a focus on Beneficial Byproducts of Bioenergy.
If you have questions or need assistance please contact:
Karyn Williamson-Coria at 704-687-1932 or by email at kwill235@uncc.edu
Click here for more information about the BioEnergy Symposium.
May 21, 2015 Charlotte Area Science Network Science Forum featuring Dr.
Barbara Oakley, Oakland University in three consecutive presentations:
“Learning How To Learn”
May 21, 2015, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm on the UNC Charlotte campus.
Page 5 of 5
“Lessons from a Basement Studio on Effective STEM Instruction”
May 21, 2015, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
UNC Charlotte Alumni House on campus.
Come and listen to insights on how inexpensive online technology and production techniques can
make an extraordinary difference in students’ abilities to excel in the STEM disciplines.
And “A Mind for Numbers”
UNC Charlotte Center City Campus – 320 E Ninth Street, Charlotte
May 21, 2015, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Register Here Today!
Contact Clare Cook Faggart for questions.
Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan
and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego. Her work focuses on the complex
relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakley’s research has been described
as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal—she has published in outlets as varied as the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
She has won numerous teaching awards and co-teaches Coursera
– UC San Diego’s “Learning How to Learn,” one of the world’s most popular massive open online
courses, with well over half a million students in its first six months. Her book A Mind for Numbers: How
to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), (Penguin, 2014) is a New York Times bestselling science book. Dr. Barbara Oakley is the author of New York Times best-selling science book: A
Mind for Numbers: How to Excel in Math and Science (Even if You Flunked Algebra), published by
Tarcher-Penguin in 2014. The book is for anyone who wants to improve their ability to learn math and
science more easily and with less frustration, whether they are a college or high school student or an
established professional seeking a vocational change or new skills. You’ll find new insights based on
neuroscience and cognitive psychology, as well as practical ideas from many of the world’s leading
scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, and from my own decades of teaching in math and
science. http://www.barbaraoakley.com/