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Rowan University STEM Student Research Symposium

Sponsored by:

The Department of Biological Sciences
The Biology Club
The Pre-Professional Society
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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The 2009 STEM Symposium
Criteria For Participation
Call For Abstracts
How Students Can Help Make The Symposium A Success
Contact For More Information
Acknowledgments
Downloads

STEM FAQ: Click here to get answers to frequently asked questions.

The 2009 STEM Symposium

Planning is underway for the 12th Annual Rowan Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Student Research Symposium:

Date: Friday April 17, 2008
Times (all tentative):
Session I: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Intermission: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Session II: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Place: Student Center Ballroom

Last year's Symposium was a very successful event, particularly because the participating students represented the diversity of Rowan University's academic departments and programs.

All of the work presented at the Symposium should have significant involvement by Rowan University students and should in fact be presented by Rowan students. Thus, the Symposium serves as an excellent opportunity for students conducting scholarly activity to learn how to communicate their work to others inside and outside of their field. In addition, underclassmen attending the STEM Symposium will learn about the wide array of research opportunities available to them here at Rowan University. This is especially important as employers and graduate/professional school admissions committees continue to place a greater emphasis on research experience outside of the traditional curriculum. Finally, the Symposium facilitates additional communication between faculty who may be in different departments but have related research interests.

Criteria for Participation

The criteria for participation in the STEM Symposium are the following:

• the work presented represents science, technology, engineering, or mathematics research in which at least one Rowan student has had participation;
• a Rowan student is the presenting author (multiple presenting student authors are acceptable);
• some significant portion of the presented work has been carried out during 5/2008 - 4/2009 time frame;
• the presented work could have been carried out on-campus or off-campus;
• an abstract is submitted as described in the call for abstracts;
• the presentation will be in the format of a poster similar to what is presented at various scientific meetings.

Please note also that the presented work should represent research conducted within one of the STEM disciplines rather than research about the STEM disciplines. This means that the presented work must be primary research that is hypothesis- or application-driven.

Click here for more details about the criteria for participation.

Call for Abstracts

The abstract submission system for 2009 will soon be open! The submission deadline is 5pm Thurs. April 2, 2009. All abstracts must be submitted via our ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SYSTEM. Please note that abstracts submitted by mail, disk, or email will NOT be accepted.

Click here for more info about the submission process.

Click here to download a PDF that describes how to use the Online Abstract Submission System.

How Students Can Help Make the Symposium a Success; Contact for More Information

The 2009 STEM Symposium is being coordinated by Dr. Gregory Hecht (Dept. Biological Sciences) and is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Biology Club, and the Department of Biological Sciences.
Please direct questions or comments to Dr. Hecht at ext 3577.

Mesum Moosavi and Andrew Vorona will be the STEM Student Coordinators this year. This year we will need student help with the following items: (i) publicity for the Symposium; (ii) set-up for the Symposium; and (iii) clean-up after the Symposium.
SGA chartered organizations that help with the STEM Symposium can receive service project credit. If you know of student groups that are interested in helping out, please have them get in touch with Janora or Amy. We are especially interested in having groups affiliated with the STEM Departments help out, but other groups are certainly welcome, too; these types of groups helped out last year and their assistance was invaluable.

Mesum Moosavi and Andrew Vorona can be contacted by email. They can also be contacted by sending campus mail to the Biological Sciences Department in care of Dr. Gregory Hecht.

Acknowledgments

The STEM Symposium is possible only because of the help and broad-based participation from across the University. No support means no Symposium, so it is important to mention that this year's event arises from the efforts of many people.

Acknowledgments of everybody who helps out with the Symposium will be posted here and will be printed in the STEM Abstract Booklet.