Mathematical and Pedagogical Reflections from Papua, Indonesia

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Professor Ron Milne

Mathematics Department
Goshen College

Professor Milne reflects on experiences from the sabbatical year that he spent in Indonesia.

Forensic Analysis of Duct Tape Using Electron Microscopy and Other Chemical Lab Tools

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Professor Robert Walson

Chemistry and Physics Departments
Butler University

Professor Walson will speak to us about using electron microscopy and other chemical lab tools to undertake a forensic analysis of duct tape.

Cancer Treatment: Biology, Mathematics, and Physics

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Doctor Seza Gulec

Center for Cancer Care
Goshen Health System

Dr. Gulec is board certified in both surgery and nuclear medicine. His clinical areas of interest are surgery of endocrine/neuroendocrine tumors, breast and melanoma. He also has expertise in surgical and non-surgical treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer.

Dr. Gulec is one of the pioneers in radioguided surgery. He has been very active in surgical and nuclear oncology research. Dr. Gulec has landmark publications in lymphatic mapping and probe-guided surgery, angiogenesis research and novel antiangiogenic therapy techniques.

Dr. Gulec will be speaking about some of his research and how students might become involved.

Resilient Farming Cooperates with Nature's Potential

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Professor Dale Hess

Merry Lea Environmental Center
Goshen College

Professor Hess speaks about how resilient farming techniques can cooperate with nature's potential.

Wildlife Conservation in East African Savannas: Restoring Fire-Induced Heterogeneity

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Ryan Sensenig

University of California, Davis
candidate for a biology faculty position

Self-Generated Flows Around Aquatic Insects

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Andrew Sensenig

University of Maryland
candidate for a biology faculty position

Atomic Layer Deposition: The Technology and its Application in Energy Research

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Victor Oyeyemi

Mathematics and Physics
Goshen College

Mr. Oyeyemi speaks about his current research at Argonne National Laboratory. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a technology that is used for the controlled coating of materials. Using this technique, thin films can be coated on a variety of surfaces from planar to powders one molecular layer at a time. The technology has applications in the engineering of materials for catalysis, fuel cell research, and molecular filters and so on. His current research area is in the ALD of Cobalt Oxide, a catalyst used in the synthesis of fuel (syngas) from hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Student Research

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Victor Oyeyemi

Mathematics and Physics
Goshen College

Mr. Oyeyemi speaks about his research during the summer of 2006 and/or his current research at Argonne National Laboratory.

Chemical and Biological Studies of Marine Macrolide Anticancer Agents

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Professor Paul Helquist

Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments
Notre Dame University

Professor Helquist will speak to us about about the chemical and biological properties of marine macrolide anticancer agents.

The Fascinating World of Viruses and the People Who Study It

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Professor Rushika Perera

Markey Center for Structural Biology
Purdue University

Professor Helquist will speak to us about the fascinating world of viruses and the people who study it.

Russian Protected Area Network

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

David Ostergren Ph.D.

School of Forestry
and
Center for Environmental Sciences and Education
Northern Arizona University

David Ostergren Ph.D., candidate for the Director of the Masters in Environmental Education will be presenting a seminar titled, The Russian Protected Area Network: Institutional Reaction and Change in Times of Unequalled Crisis. He has extensive experience working with protected area management in the Siberia and Far East regions of Russia.

Dr. Ostergren is currently an associate professor in the School of Forestry and the Center for Environmental Sciences and Education at Northern Arizona University.

Green Buildings

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Professor Luke Gascho

Merry Lea Environmental Center
Goshen College

Professor Gascho will focus on the ways in which energy conservation and environmental sensitivity played into the construction of Rieth Village. He will also give a report on the performance of the photovoltaic array and the wind turbine.

Mission Driven Medicine in an Internal Colony

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

Dr. J.D. Miller, M.D., FACP
Vice President , Medical Affairs
Appalachian Regional Healthcare,
Hazard, KY

With 65% of its land and coal holdings owned by companies outside the region, Central Appalachia has often been referred to as an internal colony. Lacking other local resources, the coal companies, through their company doctors and company hospitals, provided most of the healthcare in the region until the United Mine Workers of America opened its first hospital in Middlesboro, Kentucky in 1955 and followed in 1956 by opening a chain of hospitals throughout Eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and Southern West Virginia. After going bankrupt, most of these hospitals were reopened in 1963 by the newly formed Appalachian Regional Hospitals, Inc (ARH). The company, which was later renamed Appalachian Regional Healthcare, now has nine hospitals, 12 clinics, outpatient pharmacies, home care stores, and a large home health service. ARH continues to provide much of the healthcare in this region, which still lacks the financial base to otherwise support quality care. From his 33 years of working to provide healthcare in Central Appalachia, Dr. Miller will speak of the many opportunities for healthcare professionals to provide significant service.

Physics of Music Research

The Goshen College Science Speaker Series presents:

David Glick and Jonathan Nafziger

Physics
Goshen College

Mr. Glick and Mr. Nafziger speak about their research on the physics of music.