Research Symposia
Research Symposia discussions provide opportunities to showcase the work of our internal BC faculty grantees. These collaborations can strengthen the quality of projects, uncover syngergies across diverse research agendas, and identify future avenues of inquiry.
From October through December 2023, a series of three research symposia with presentations of work supported by the Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SI-GECS) program were held in the Schiller Convening Space (245 Beacon Street, room 501).
Research for Social and Community Impact (Wednesday, October 18th)
- Phase II of Chelsea's Wellbeing Initiative: A Research-Practice Partnership (PI: Rebecca Lowenhaupt, Lynch School of Education and Human Development)
- Virtue Ethics Working Group (PI: Gregory Fried, Philosophy Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
- Digital Mental Health Innovations to Support Scaling Out a Family Strengthening Intervention for Afghan Refugee Families: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration (PI: Theresa Betancourt, School of Social Work)
- Development of an Educational, Multiplayer Video Game to Address Environmental Racism and Drive Political and Community Action (PI: Julia DeVoy, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students and Programs, Lynch School of Education and Human Development)
Energy and Climate Change (Monday, November 6th)
- Technology assessment of green hydrogen as a significant energy storage component of zero carbon economies needed before 2050 (PI: David Deese, Political Science, Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
- Extending and Institutionalizing The Boston College Multidisciplinary Faculty Research Seminar on Climate Change (PI: David Deese)
- Recycling waste heat in phononics technology via thermal Hall effect (PI: Fazel Tafti, PhysicsDepartment, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
- Discovery of Moire Quantum Catalysts (PI: Qiong Ma, Physics Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
Health-based Research (Friday, December 1st)
- Machine Learning of Hospital Readmission after Heart Failure based on Wearable Devices (PI: Sergio Alvarez, Computer Science Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
- A hybrid analytical-experimental study of the stability and resistance of coupled microbiota (PI: Babak Momeni, Biology Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
- Ultrasound for body composition measurements and nutritional status assessment (PI: Bryan Ranger, Engineering Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
- Building a School-Staff Training Program to Improve Transgender Adolescents’ Mental Health (PI: Maggi Price, School of Social Work)