SCI PRO

Annual Academic Meetings of the Natural & Formal Sciences (Chemistry and Physics Units)
and the Engineering & Architecture (Electrical and Mechanical Units) Divisions of ATINER

18-21 July 2022, Athens, Greece
Program (Athens Local Time)
(Note 1: the program is organized along time slots and not according to common theme)
(Note 2: at the end of each time slot questions and discussions will follow)
(Note 3: Please note that many attendees including those who present a paper may choose the online option.
However, ATINER will provide full fledged services (lunches, dinners, excursions) even if one participant presents onsite.)


Monday 18 July 2022

09.00-09.30
Registration


09:30-10:00
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:

  • Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER

10:00-12:00 TIME SLOT 1 – MORNING PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Bala Maheswaran, Head, Electrical Engineering Unit, ATINER & Professor, Northeastern University, USA.

  1. Riadh Habash, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
    Title: Experiential Engineering Learning Model through Community of Design and Practice.
  2. Mexhid Ferati, Associate Professor, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
    Venera Demukaj, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Kosovo.
    Title: Generation Z Enters STEM: Obstacles and Opportunities in the Case of Kosovo.
  3. Ildiko Holik, Associate Professor, Óbuda University, Hungary.
    Istvan Daniel Sanda, Associate Professor, Óbuda University, Hungary.
    Title: The Possibilities of Developing STEM Skills in Higher Education.
  4. Shio Kawagoe, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan.
    Title: Workshop Design for Online STEAM Education in Collaboration with Industry.
  5. Yelena Istileulova, DAAD Bologna Expert, Evaluator of the EU Commission, Independent Consultant, DAAD Hub Peer Support Project (Bonn-Brussels), Slovenia.
    Title: The Age of Enlightenment in the New Method of STEAM Approach: Apple-Tree of Johann Sievers (Germany).

 12:00-14:00 TIME SLOT 2 –NOON PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Haiduke Sarafian, Professor of Physics and Endowed Chair of John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

  1. Péter Odry, Professor, University of Dunaújváros, Hungary.
    Title: Robust Impedance Spectroscopy.
  2. Damira Jantassova, Head/Foreign Language Department, Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Kazakhstan.
    Daniyel Damiyev, Junior Researcher, Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Kazakhstan.
    Title: Framework of Capacity Building for Internationalization of Engineering University on the Base of Digital Platform: Mechanisms of Interaction Via Heat Intensity Map.
  3. Mateja Ploj Virtič, Associate Professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
    Janja Majer Kovačič, Assistant Professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
    Eva Klemenčič, Assistant Professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
    Title: The Role of Teacher Education in the Science Literacy Development.
  4. Samuel Kosolapov, Senior Lecturer, ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, Israel.
    Title: Time Effective Logistics of Hybrid Image Processing Course and Laboratory.

 


14:00-15:30
Lunch


 15:30-17:00 TIME SLOT 3 – AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER.

  1. Sergiusz Luczak, Associate Professor, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
    Title: MEMS Accelerometer as a Sensor of Geometric Quantities.
  2. Nydia Lara Zavala, Professor, National University of Mexico, Mexico.
    Title: Thales of Miletus: Thinking About Nature as an Engineer.
  3. Eva Anderl, Professor, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
    Title: Fostering IT Competencies in Business Students through IT-Based Business Development Projects.

17:00-18:30 TIME SLOT 4 – AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Periklis Papadopoulos, Professor, San Jose State University, USA.

  1. Mark Lin, Principal, Lin Design Engineering, USA.
    Patrick Lewis, Aerospace Engineer, Maxar, USA.

    Periklis Papadopoulos, Professor, San Jose State University, USA.
    Title: Utilising Magnus Effect to Increase Downforce in Motorsport.
  2. Yazdan Pedram Razi, Adjunct Professor, San Jose State, USA.
    Title: The Linear Stability Analysis of Convective Flows under the Effect of Vibrations in a Hele-Shaw Geometry.
  3. Mustafa Bakkal, Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
    Title: Machine Tool Design Improvement via Topology Optimisation.
  4. Thomas Kieffer, Chief Engineer, Vishay Measurements Group, USA.
    Title: Bolt Preload Temperature Cycling.

20:30-22:30
Greek Night


Tuesday 19 July 2022

TIME SLOT 5 – MORNING PRESENTATIONS

08:30-10:00 Time Slot 5a1

08:00-11:00 Time Slot 5b

Coordinator: Kostas Spyropoulos (ATINER Administrator).

  1. Celeste Joy Matias, Researcher, Miriam College, Philippines.
    Ma. Nympha B. Joaquin, Researcher, University of the Philippines, Philippines.
    Title: Being Female and At-risk in Mathematics:  A Phenomenological Study.
  2. Angelina Lumbre, Teacher, San Mateo Senior High School, Philippines.
    Ma. Nympha Joaquin, Professor, University of the Philippines, Philippines.
    Title: Relationships among Mathematics Teachers’ van Hiele Levels, Teaching Styles and Students’ Achievement in Geometry.
  3. Thomas Fehlmann, Senior Researcher, Euro Project Office, Switzerland.
    Title: Intuitionism and Science – Why Scientists do not Like the Axiom of Choice.
  4. Tonći Kokić, Associate Professor, University of Split, Croatia.
    Title: The Destiny of Scientific Theories: Oparin Coacervate Theory Case.
Old and New-An Educational Urban Walk

The urban walk ticket is not included as part of your registration fee. It includes transportation costs and the cost to enter the Parthenon and the other monuments on the Acropolis Hill. The urban walk tour includes the broader area of Athens. Among other sites, it includes: Zappeion, Syntagma Square, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Roman Agora and on Acropolis Hill: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and the Parthenon. The program of the tour may be adjusted, if there is a need beyond our control. This is a private event organized by ATINER exclusively for the conference participants.

10:00-11:30 Time Slot 5a2

Coordinator: Kostas Spyropoulos (ATINER Administrator).

  1. Maria Rosaria D’Acierno Canonici, Associate Professor, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
    Title: Music and Art: Two Underestimated Disciplines.
  2. Deon Vos, Senior Lecturer, North West University, South Africa.
    Title: The Influence and Value of Technology in the Education Systems of South Africa and Russia.
  3. Sara Dias-Trindade, Teacher, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
    Title: Technologies and Digital Competences in Portuguese Education: History of their Integration in Pedagogical Practices since the Beginning of the 20th Century.
  4. Javier Cubas, Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain.
    Title: UPMQuBe: An Academic/Educational PocketQube Proposal for the EU2Space Challenge. 

 11:30-13:30 TIME SLOT 6 – MORNING/NOON PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Adrian Ionescu, Professor, Wagner College, USA.

  1. Haiduke Sarafian, Professor of Physics and Endowed Chair of John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
    Title: Negative Resistance and Its Impact on a RC-DC Driven Electric Circuit.
  2. Mahmoud Huleihil, Head, Computer Sciences Department, Bet Berl College Kfar Saba, Israel.
    Title: General Solution of Two-Dimensional Projectile Motion with Air Resistance.
  3. Masoud Ghezelbash, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
    Title: Black Holes and Conformal Field Theories.
  4. Igor Djerdj, Professor, University of Osijek, Croatia.
    Title: Band Gap Engineering in Novel Fluorite-Type Rare Earth High-Entropy Oxides (RE-HEOs) with Computational and Experimental Validation for Photocatalytic Water Splitting Applications.

  13:30-15:00 TIME SLOT 7 – NOON PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Masoud Ghezelbash, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

  1. Adrian Ionescu, Professor, Wagner College, USA.
    Title: Computer Software Used To Introduce Some New Numerical Methods.
  2. Dheerendra Kumar Dwivedi, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.
    Title: Joining of Copper-Steel Dissimilar Metals by Pulse Pressure Assisted Diffusion Bonding.
  3. Alejandro Ramírez-Rojas, Researcher, Autonomous Metropolitan University – Azcapotzalco, Mexico.
    Elsa Leticia Flores Marquez, Researcher, Autonomous Metropolitan University – Azcapotzalco, Mexico.
    Title: Correlations of the Seismic Sequences Before and after the 2017 Tehuantepec Earthquake M8.2, Mexico by Using the Visibility Graph Method

15:00-16:00
Lunch


16:00-17:30 TIME SLOT 8 – AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS

Coordinator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER.

  1. Genica Liliana Saftoiu Golea, PhD Student, University of Bucharest, Romania.
    Title: Vertical Assessment of Characteristics of Medium Thick Clouds over Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
  2. Vassil Delchev, Professor, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
    Title: Excited State Intra- and Intermolecular Proton Transfers in Cytosine and Guanine.
  3. Mingzhong Li, Professor, De Montfort University, UK.
    Title: Multi-component Crystal Forms of Nutraceuticals for Bioavailability Improvement.
  4. Suzanne Hiller, Assistant Professor, Hood College, USA.
    Title: Citizen Science as a Vehicle for STEM Career Motivation: Research, Assessment, and Implications.

19:30-21:00
The Official Dinner of the Conference hosted by the President of ATINER


 

Wednesday 20 July 2022
Educational Islands Cruise
Mycenae Visit

Thursday 21 July 2022
Delphi Tour