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SYMPOSIUM WILL EXPAND TO TWO DAYS THIS FALL

By Pete Rosenbery

The College of Applied Sciences and Arts’ third multidisciplinary research symposium will be Oct. 14-15 at the Transportation Education Center.

The theme of the 2016 symposium is “Emerging Technologies: Innovation in the Applied Sciences and Arts.” Chad Schwartz, assistant professor, in the School of Architecture, is pleased with the growth of the two-year-old event. The 2015 symposium, Nov. 21, featured 24 presentations and 31 posters, with presentations from SIU Carbondale, St. Louis University, Washington University, the University of Kansas and Carbondale Community High School. The symposium proceedings are available here.

“We were very pleased with the 2015 symposium. We more than doubled the attendance, the number of presentations, and the number of student poster submissions from 2014. It was certainly a great success for our second year,” Schwartz said.

Faculty and students working and studying in the fields of applied sciences and arts are actively engaged in research motivated by a “wide variety of practical needs,” Schwartz said. “The symposium seeks to reveal the role technology is playing in this research and in the development of our environment.”

The goal is to continue growing the event. There will also be more outreach to regional programs that specialize in applied sciences and arts in hopes of bringing more diversity to the symposium, he said.

The symposium is open to faculty and students from any discipline, university, or professional organizations. The sessions will feature presentations, posters and panel discussions that involve the fields of Allied Health, Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Transportation, and Information Systems and Applied Technologies. Organizers are especially interested in proposals that will encourage discussion of current and emerging issues in the applied sciences and arts.

Authors of accepted proposals will have the option of submitting a full paper for review; top papers will be published in The Journal of Applied Sciences and Arts. The symposium will also include a student poster competition to provide a forum for students actively engaged in research or significant course projects. The journal is available at OpenSIUC.

The deadline to submit proposals for topical presentations, workshops and panel discussions is May 27. Successful presenters will be notified June 30. Proposals for student posters are due July 29. For more information, visit the symposium website or contact Schwartz.