2023 BIO PRO

1. Haiduke Sarafian, Professor, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
   Title: Impact of the Evolution of a Curved Charge Distribution on Electric Field.
2. Efrain J Ferrer, Professor, The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley.
   Vivian Incera, Dean, College of Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA & Member of the Board of Directors of the American Physical Society (APS).
   Title: Anomalous Electromagnetism in Quark Matter at Intermediate Baryonic Densities.
3. Masoud Ghezelbash, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
   Title: Black Holes in f(T) Gravity.
4. Itzhak Orion, Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
   Michael Bettan, Researcher, Soreq NRC, Israel.
   Title: Neutrino-Antineutrino Production In Gamma Ray e− e+ Pair Production: Monte Carlo Viability Study.

Discussion

1. Maria Ryan, Assistant Professor, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.
   Title: Should I Stay or Should I Go? – Insights into the Impact of Mathematics Anxiety on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement with Service Mathematics.
2. Andres Tremante, Professor, Florida International University, USA.
   Title: A Methodological Proposal to Assess the Feasibility of Implementing Collaborative Robots in Developing Countries for Power Generation Cycles.

Discussion

1. Janez Cerkovnik, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
   Title: Synthesis and Reactivity of (PCP) Palladium and Platinum Hydroxy Pincer Complexes towards CO2.
2. Laszlo Kollar, Professor, University of Pécs, Hungary.
   Title: Unexpected Selectivities in Carboylation Reactions of a Cavitand Skeleton.
   
3. Evangelia Kotsikorou, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.
   Title: An Endocrine Disrupting Chemical can Regulate Allosterically the Androgen Receptor via Binding in the BF3 Surface Binding Site.
4. Milan Selakovic, PhD Student, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Branka Ivkovic, Associate Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Aleksandar Ivkovic, Lecturer, Academy of Technical Vocational Studies, Serbia.
   Mara Aleksic, Full Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Title: Oxidation and Reduction Processes of Ivermectin.
5. Ivar Zekker, Research Fellow, University of Tartu, Estonia.
   Title: Nitrogen Removal and its Possible Reuse as Plant Fertilizer.

Discussion

1. Adrian Ionescu, Professor, Wagner College, USA.
   Title: Computer Software for New Runge-Kutta Methods.
2. Marijana Despotović-Zrakić, Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Title: Application of Virtual Reality in Fashion Design.
3. Gonzalo Dominguez Almaraz, Professor, University of Michoacan, Mexico.
   Title: Ultrasonic Fatigue Tests in the Maraging 300 Steel.
4. Thomas Fehlmann, Senior Researcher, Euro Project Office, Switzerland.
   Title: Management of Cyber-physical Products.
5. Mihail Mateev, Assistant Professor, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria.
   Title: Design and Implementation of Cognitive Digital Twins with Generative AI and ChatGPT.

Discussion

1. Vivian Incera, Dean, College of Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA & Member of the Board of Directors of the American Physical Society (APS).
   Title: Challenges and Opportunities of STEM Education in the 21st Century.
2. Evangelos J. Sapountzakis, Professor & Vice Rector of Finance, Planning and Development, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece.
   Title: Hybrid Learning: An Integrative Approach Merging Theoretical Background and Market-driven Orientation.
3. Gonzalo M. Dominguez Almaraz, Professor, University of Michoacan (UMSNH), Mexico.
   Title: Financial Support in Education.
4. Bala Maheswaran, Professor, Northeastern University, USA.
   Title: Sustainability in Engineering Education.
5. Duncan Carlsmith, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
   Title: The Future of Physics and Physics Education.
6. Masoud Ghezelbash, Professor University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
   Title: Importance of New Discoveries in Science Education.
7. Adrian Ionescu, Professor, Wagner College, USA.
   Title: Trends in the Computer Science Education and Curriculum in the US Universities.

Discussants

1. Glen Bright, Dean & Professor, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2. Mounir Mabsout, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
3. Nadhir Al-Ansari, Professor, Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden.
4. Theodore Trafalis, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering & Director, Optimization & Intelligent Systems Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma, USA.
5. Ampalavanar Nanthakumar, Professor, State University of New York (Oswego), USA.

1. Catherine Amelink, Associate Vice Provost and Affiliate Faculty Department of Engineering, Education and School of Education, USA.
   Todd Nicewonger, Professor, Virginia Tech, USA.
   Title: Organizational Challenges Implementing STEAM Education: Global Themes in Higher Education.
2. Istvan Daniel Sanda, Associate Professor, Obuda University, Hungary.
   Ildiko Holik, Associate Professor, Obuda University, Hungary.
   Gyorgy Molnar, Associate Professor, Dean, Obuda University, Hungary.
   Title: The Necessity of Developing Soft Skills in STEM Areas in Higher Education, with Special Focus on Engineering Training.
3. Aleksa Miletic, Teaching Associate, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Tamara Naumovic, Teaching Assistant, Researcher, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Aleksandra Labus, Full Professor, Researcher, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Petar Lukovac, Teaching Associate, Researcher, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Danijela Stojanović, Researcher, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Title: A Data Streaming Architecture for Air Quality Monitoring in Smart Cities.
4. Gian Carlo Montanari, Researcher, Florida State University, USA.
   Muhammad Shafiq, Researcher, Florida State University, USA.
   Roger McGinnis, Director Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, USA.
   Title: Coming Challenges in Electrified Transportation and Impact on Electrical Insulation Reliability: Ships and Aircrafts.

Discussion

1. Michihiro Sakai, Professor, Kurume College, Japan.
   Hiroshi Miki, Professor, Kurume College, Japan.
   Shunsuke Nakamura, Professor, Kurume College, Japan.
   Title: Early STEAM Education Practice: Application of Graph Theory through Teaching Assistants.
2. Mounir Mabsout, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
   Title: Higher Learning and the Community: Be Engaged, Stay Relevant…
3. Gohar Marikyan, Professor, Empire State University of SUNY, USA.
   Title: Teaching Mathematics with Visuals.
4. Yawo Ezunkpe, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, USA.
   Justin Williams, Master Student, San Jose State University, USA.
   Title: Design of an efficient Turbofan Engine with Afterburners.

Discussion

1. Edgar Pastene, Professor, University of the Bío Bío, Chile.
   Title: Non-Natural Theaflavins Synthetized from Avocado Peels Polyphenols as Antioxidants and Anti-Bioilm-Agents against Pathogen and Nonpathogens Bacteria.
2. Relja Suručić, Assistant Professor, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
   Title: Evaluating the Potential of Punicalin as an Inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interaction with Neuropilin-1 Receptor- In Vitro Study.
3. Rui Alvites, Researcher, ICETA UP, Portugal.
   Title: Echographic Landmarks in the Approach to the Common Peroneal Nerve in a Sheep Model Application in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration.
4. Shaymaa Yahya, Professor, National Research Centre, Egypt.
   Title: Targeting Cancer Related Genes and Mirnas Using Gene Editing Technology.
5. Felix Panis, Researcher, University of Vienna, Austria.
   Title: The Involvement of Tyrosinase Enzymes in the Storage of Organic Carbon in Wetland Ecosystems in the Face of Climate Change.

Discussion

1. Duncan Carlsmith, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
   Title: A Computational Curriculum for 1st-year University Physics Students with MATLAB.
2. Adam Rutkowski, Associate Professor, University of Gdansk, Poland.
   Title: Necessary and Sufficient Condition of Separability for D-Symmetric Diagonal States.
3. Ati Moncef, Associate Professor, University of Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria.
   Title: Phontons S-value Calculation in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine for Dose Estimation.
4. Alejandro Ramirez-Rojas, Researcher, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico.
   Lucía Rebeca Moreno-Torres, PhD Student, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico.
   Title: Behaviour Study of the Entropy Defined in the Natural Time Domain to Characterize of Seismic Activity Prior to the Occurrence of Intense Earthquakes from a Magnitude Time Series Obtained from Seismic Catalogues.
5. Maciej Zams, PhD Student, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
   Paweł Pieńczuk, PhD Student, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
   Sergiusz Łuczak, Associate Professor, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
   Title: Novel Applications of MEMS Accelerometers.

Discussion

1. Leslie Crocker, Professor, Virginia State University, USA.
   Title: Sport Management Careers.
2. Aaron Livingston, Graduate Coordinator – Sport Administration, Grambling State University, USA.
   Title: The Impact of Diversity in Sport Management Education and Student-Athletes.
3. Linda Taylor, PhD Student, Virginia State University, USA.
   Title: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Presidency.
4. Marlyn Pierce, Assessment Coordinator, Virginia State University, USA.
   Title: Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning in Preparation for Transitioning Eighth-Grade Middle into Nineth-Grade High School.

Discussion

1. Ying-Qiu Gu, Senior Engineer, Fudan University, China.
   Title: Hypercomplex Numbers and the Origin of Celestial Magnetic Fields.
2. Rudina Osmanaj, Lecturer, University of Tirana, Albania.
   Title: Real and Virtual Physics Laboratories in High Schools, Case Study Albania.
3. Genica Liliana Saftoiu Golea, PhD Student, University of Bucharest, Romania.
   Title: Characteristics of Low Clouds over Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
4. Nileena Velappan, Research Technologist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
   Title: Strategies for Antibody Selection to Non-Traditional Targets: Toxins, Post-Translational Modifications and Lipids.
5. Cristina Bernardes Monteiro, Researcher, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
   Title: The PISA Concept: Photon Induced Scintillation Amplifier, for Low Background Dark Matter Detectors.

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