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Emerging Technologies
Track Chair:  Jolie Feng
Co-Chair: Lasandra Mitchell

Biotechnologies
Track Chair: Tristan Tayag, Ph.D.
Co-Chair: Dan Dimitrijevich, Ph.D.

Power Engineering
Track Chair: Kayla House
Co-Chair: Julio Chavarria

8:30 -- 9:30

Multivariate Parametric Technology Evaluation and Advanced Visualization
Dimitri Mavris, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology

Peptide Drug Delivery into the Central Nervous System
Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D.
University of North Texas Health Science Center

ERCOT: Nodal Market/Nodal Operation
Kent Saathoff
ERCOT

9:45 -- 10:45

Facts and Fiction about Developing Reliable Software
Ann Marie Neufelder, Ph.D.
Owner/Founder SoftRel LLP

NIH Support of Biotechnology R&D in Visual Science
Jerome Wujek, Ph.D.
National Eye Institute (NIH)

Deploying the EPR in North America
Richard W. Bonsall, PE
AREVA NP Inc.

11:00 -- 12:00

Is the Network a Computer? Writing Programs that run over the Internet
Jayadev Misra, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin

Making Sense of Stents
Robert C. Eberhart, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

IEC 61850, Communication Networks and Systems in Substations
Drew Baigent, Mark Adamiak & Ralph Mackiewicz
GE Multilin & SISCO, Inc.

12:00 -- 2:00
Lunch

Keynote Luncheon Address: Jim Thomas, National Laboratories Visualization and Analytics Center

Topic: Visual Analytics Technologies

2:00 -- 3:15

NanoTech Institute Inventions: Nanotube Yarns, Transparent Metallic Sheets, Fuel-Powered Muscles and More
Ray Baughman, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Dallas

Remote Control of Cells
Kevin J. Luebke, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Engineering Ethics and Practice Update
Lance S. Kinney, P.E.
Texas Board of Professional Engineers

3:30 -- 4:45

Intelligent Diagnosis and Prognosis of Engineering Systems
Frank Lewis, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Arlington

Biomechanical Regulation in Human Cells
Paul R. Standley, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, College of Medicine

Wind Generation Capacity Forecasting to Improve the Unit Commitment Scheduling
Wei-Jen Lee, Ph.D., PE
University of Texas at Arlington