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Date/Day

Time

Event

Thursday, 9th June 2011

9.00 – 9.30

Registration

 

 

9.30-10.00

Opening Ceremony

 

10.00-11.00

1st Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr. Khalil Arshak (AIT/UL)

Advances In Real Time Detection of Pathogens for food and Water Quality Monitoring

 

11.20 – 12.40

Session 1 : BioMedical

Room : X103

Chairman : Dr. Paul Tomkins

  1. Carmel Doherty, Paul Tomkins and Anne Mulvihill

TiO2 alters Fibronectin and Laminin Expression by Human Dermal Fibroblasts.

  1. Nor Amalina Muhayudin, Anthony Tansey, Fiona Mcevoy and Pat Kiely

Characterisation of Forces of an Artificial Spine: A Preliminary Test

  1. Brenda Gaffey and Sheila Faherty

An investigation of the phytoestrogen signalling pathways involved in the proliferation and toxicity of breast cancer cells.

  1. Nazahah Mustafa, Trevor S Ahearn, Gordon D Waiter, Roger T Staff, George Cameron, Sima Salarirad and Alison D Murray

Automated measurement of periventricular white matter hyperintensities on magnetic resonance image of ageing brain.

 

14.40 – 15.40

2nd Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr. Ali Yeon Md. Shakaff (UniMAP).

Nurturing Multidisciplinary Research – Outcome of a 5-year Initiative at UniMAP

 

15.40 – 17.00

Session 2 : Communication Engineering & Networking

Room : X103

Chairman : Dr. Robert Stewart / Brian Lee

  1. Gururaj Maddodi, Brian Lee and Karunakar Kotegar

Media Aware Network Elements for Scalable Video Adaptation:Survey

  1. Mohd Nazri Bin Mohd Warip, Ivan Andonovic and Ivan Glesk

Energy Efficiency in Full Mesh Optical IP Networks

  1. Florian Bastianelli, Enda Fallon, Marcus Rahilly , Yuansong Qiao, Brian Lee

A Probability Based Handover Triggering Mechanism for MIH Implementations.

 

Date/Day

Time

Event

Friday 10th June 2011

 

9.00-10.40

Session 3 : Materials Engineering

Room : X103

Chairman : James Kennedy

  1. Wei Hong Tan and Zaidi Mohd. Ripin

Acoustical simulation analysis of muffler with micro-perforated panel and experimental verification

  1. Che Mohd Ruzaidi Ghazali

Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Brake Pad Produced from Palm Slag

  1. Brian Mullarney and Paul Archbold

Vibration Serviceability Considerations in Footbridge Design

  1. Heah Cheng Yong Yong, Kamarudin Hussin, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Luqman Musa, Khairul Nizar Ismail and Liew Yun Ming

Strength Development of Kaolin Cement Based on Alkaline NaOH Concentration

  1. Liew Yun Ming, Kamarudin Hussin, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Luqman Musa, Khairul Nizar Ismail and Heah Cheng Yong

Effect of NaOH Concentration on Calcined Kaolin Cement Powder

 

 

11.00-12.00

3rd Keynote Speaker

Dr. James Cunningham (NUI Galway)

Commercialisation and Technology Transfer in Higher Educational Institutions: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

 

12.00 – 13.20

Session 4 : Polymer Engineering

Room : X103

Chairman : Dr. Clement Higginbotham

  1. Jude Ngadaonye, Luke Geever, Martin Cloonan and Clem Higginbotham

Thermoresponsive copolymer hydrogels for potential drug delivery applications

  1. Tracey Kelly and Michael Nugent

Development of novel hydrogels for biomedical applications

  1. Kieran Murray, James E. Kennedy, Brian Mcevoy, Olivier Vrain, Damien Ryan and Clement L. Higginbotham

The Effects of High Energy Electron Beam Irradiation on the Thermal, Mechanical, Structural and Physicochemical Properties of Polypropylene

  1. Mohabattul Zaman Bukhari, Dermot Brabazon and Saleem Hashmi

Assessment of Suitable Thermally Enhanced Materials for Electronics Packaging Application

 

14.20 – 15.20

4th Keynote Speaker

Mr. Brian Toolan, AIT

Introducing Entrepreneurship into Research

 

15.20 – 16.00

Session 5 : Microbiology

Room : X103

Chairman : Dr. Cepta Brougham

  1. Jennifer C. Hayes, Andrew M. Fogarty and Neil J. Rowan

A comparison of the efficacy of pulsed UV light and pulsed plasma gas-discharge systems for the novel inactivation of Cryptosporidium spp. and other clinically relevant microorganisms in drinking water.

  1. Patricia Hughes, Damien Brady and Rachel Halpin

Inhibition of the cariogenic bacteria Streptococcus mutants using whey protein concentrate, a by-product of the cheese making industry

 

16.20– 17.00

Session 6 : Social Science

Room : X103

Chairman : Dr. Mary McDonell Naughton

  1. Shafiq Hizwari Hashim and Sri Kandy Putri Naru Abd Hamid Naru

Writing Introduction Section of Engineering Research Articles: Analyzing steps Occurrence of a Genre

  1. Huzili Hussin, Mohamad Hashim Othman and Shafiq Hizwari Md. Hashim

Seeking to Cure Drug Abuse throughTherapeutic Group Counselling: A Challenge for Malaysia