2011 Women in Science and Engineering Conference • April 8, 2011 • 8AM-5PM
Texas State University, San Marcos TX

2011 Conference Keynote Speaker
Dr. Marsha Wills-Karp
Director, Division of Immunobiology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

About Dr. Wills-Karp...
...at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (more)
...research news (more)
...alumna news (more)

We proudly announce the results of this year's scholarship and poster competitions:

2011 WISE Scholarship Competition Winners:

Women’s Giving Circle Scholarships - Krystle Moore, Sara Weaver
Southwest Research Institute Scholarship - Swapneela Unkule
Samsung Austin Semi-Conductor Scholarship - Selene Basurto-Vazquez

We extend special thanks to our donors for providing this invaluable financial support for women in science and engineering at Texas State.

2011 WISE Poster Competition Winners:

1st place:
• IAA28 May have Multiple Functions in Plant Growth and Development •
Nirmala Karunarathna, Sunethra Dharmasiri, Thilanka Jayaweera, Praveen Kathare, Joseph R. Koke and Nihal Dharmasiri • Department of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos

2nd place:
• Secreted Bioactive Factors from Bifidobacterium longum Increase the Levels of Intestinal Fasting Induced Adipocyte Factor (FIAF) in Vitro •
Priscilla Pham, Reese Cotton, Shaniece Parker, Dhiraj A Vattem, B. J. Friedman and Vatsala Maitin • Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas State University-San Marcos

3rd place (tie):
• Functional Relevance of Unfolded Protein: Investigating Allostery in the Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 •
Jessica Tracy, Leasha Schaub, and Steven Whitten • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University-San Marcos

• Register Pressure Guided Code Transformations for the GPU •
Swapneela Unkule and Apan Qasem • Department of Computer Science, Texas State University-San Marcos

2011 WISE Conference Sponsors:

College of Science and Engineering
Department of Biology
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Computer Science
Department of Engineering Technology
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Ingram School of Engineering
Office of the Vice President for Research and Federal Relations
Samsung, Inc.
Southwest Research Institute
Women's Giving Circle
Women in Science Initiative

We extend our gratitude to these sponsors for supporting our second conference!

2011 Conference Program:

Plenary, invited speaker panels, poster session

Keynote address by Texas State alumna Dr. Marsha Wills-Karp, Director, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Scholarship Competition: Current Texas State students are eligible to apply. Please visit scholarship webpage for complete eligibility information and application.

Poster Session: Current Texas State students are invited to present their research; cash prizes awarded for the best posters (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place)

Engineering and science career panels

Practice job interview session for students

Networking sessions with industry professionals, faculty, and alumni

"Meet and Greet" pre- and post-conference receptions
 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

LBJ Student Center, Texas State University

 All events will be held in the LBJ Student Center. Click photo above for map and directions.