Calit2 Summer Scholar Presentations and Poster Session

Guest Speaker: Calit2 Scholars Date: September 23rd, 2008 Time: 2-5pm Location: Calit2 Auditorium and Foyer, Atkinson Hall, UCSD [webcast] [event website]

DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT: The 30 Calit2 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars will present their posters from 3-5pm, after a Calit2 General Staff Meeting when Calit2 division director Ramesh Rao provides a status report (2pm) and four of the undergraduates make presentations on their research (2:15-3pm). The poster session (3-5pm) represents the culmination of 10 weeks of intensive research across various disciplines by the scholars. During the presentations in the Calit2 Auditorium, the research talks will cover: - A Distributed Localization System Using Clusters of Microphones (Vishal Kotcherlakota, Electrical Engineering; Advisor: Massimo Franceschetti, ECE) - Accurate Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting Application (Alex Dooraghi, Physics; Advisor: Prab Bandaru, MAE) - Development of Image Processing Methods for the Quantification of Immunohistochemical Staining (Utsav Gupta, Bioengineering; Advisor: Robert Sah, Bioengineering) - Digital Archaeology in the Southern Levant (Charlene Wang, Biology/Anthropology; Advisor: Tom Levy, Calit2/CISA3/Anthropology) For the list of all 30 scholars and their poster topics, check the Calit2 Scholars website at http://ucsdstudents.calit2.net/index.php and click on "scholar list". MORE INFORMATION: The presentations from 2-3pm will be webcast and archived for on-demand viewing in Windows Media. RSVP requested, to Lovella Cacho at ldcacho@soe.ucsd.edu. *Registration is Required