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Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society

Welcome to the IPFW Chapter web site.

Sigma Xi is an international, multidisciplinary research society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement. Sigma Xi publishes the award-winning American Scientist magazine, awards hundreds of grants annually to promising student researchers and sponsors a variety of programs that serve science and society. Primary programmatic interests include research ethics, science and engineering education, the public understanding of science, international research networking and the overall health of the research enterprise.

Sigma Xi is an honor society, with membership by invitation only, although many of our local events and presentations are open to the general public.

This is the web site for the IPFW local chapter.

 

Upcoming Events

New!!!

The IPFW chapter of Sigma Xi is organizing Science Café events near campus!

The plan is to have a series of events where local scientists speak briefly on their work in a way accessible to a general audience, followed by question time and informal discussion groups in a café setting. This is part of a growing national Science Café network . Here's more on what to expect.

These events are FREE to attend and the public is specifically invited - no science background is assumed or required.

Link to a Fort Wayne newspaper article about Science Cafe

The latest programming plans will be announced right here on this page.

Stay tuned for more Science Café events, Winter/Spring 2010!!!
Recent Events

Our Second Science Café event:

Mark Masters, IPFW Department of Physics

The Game of Science

Dr. Masters will lead a brief activity on the nature of science investigation in which people of any background can participate.  The remainder of the hour will be for questions and group discussion

The presentation will start at 6:30 pm, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, with questions and discussions for about an hour, or until closing!

Location: Firefly Coffee House, 3523 North Anthony Blvd.

Photos from the event

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Our First Science Café event:

Jim Farlow, IPFW Department of Geosciences

"Dinosaur Track Sites in Texas"

based on joint work with Dr. Benjamin Dattilo and Dr. Anne Argast.

The presentation started at 6:30 pm, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, with questions and discussions for about an hour!

Location: Firefly Coffee House, 3523 North Anthony Blvd.

Photos from the event

dinosaur track

Sigma Xi 2009 Annual Banquet

BLU TOMATO RESTAURANT
2787 Maplecrest Road
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Cash Bar 6:00 p.m.
Dinner 6:30 p.m.

Awards and Talk following Dinner

Talk given by Professor Mark F. Masters
Department of Physics
IPFW
"Using reverse game play to engage students in formulating and testing hypotheses"

Please RSVP with check for $23 payable to David Legg (KT200) by Monday, April 27.

 

Congratulations to 2009 IPFW Faculty award winners:

Mark Masters, Physics, 2009 Researcher of the Year

Beomjin Kim, Computer Science, 2009 Science Teacher of the Year

Winners of the 2009 IPFW Sigma Xi Student Research Competition
- First Place for Ashley Day, Department of Psychology (Faculty mentor, Dr. Carol Lawton)
- Second place for Sara Miller, Department of Biology (Faculty mentor, Dr. George Mourad)
- Third place for Jacquelyn Knepper, Department of Biology (Faculty mentor, Dr. Robert Visalli)

Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer 2009

Todor Cooklev, Director of the ETCS Wireless Technology Center, IPFW.
Modern Wireless Systems: From Marconi's Radio to Cognitive Radio.
Monday, February 16, 2009, at 4:30 pm. Kettler 227.

Photos from the event

Talk Abstract:

  • Consumers demand capability to communicate anytime, anywhere, and at high data rates. No wireless system is able by itself to provide the ‘anywhere, anytime’ service desired, resulting in proliferation of wireless systems. In addition to the cellular systems, in recent years other wireless systems have appeared such as wireless local area networks, personal area networks, and metropolitan area networks.
                Modern wireless systems are the result of a long process of technology evolution that started in the 1890’s. The culmination of this evolution is cognitive radio technology. Cognitive radio is one of the most important emerging disruptive technologies that will shape the future of the wireless communication and mobile computing industries.
                In this talk we will cover the history of wireless technology, and we will also explore its evolution, and will identify key emerging directions. 

 

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Speaker Bio:

Todor Cooklev is the Founding Director of the IPFW Wireless Technology Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
            In addition to his academic experience, he has worked for several years in industry. He has received research grants and as a consultant has performed technology and business development for several major corporations and government organizations, including Hitachi America, France Telecom, Agilent Technologies, the US Air Force Research Laboratory, the Government of Canada, and other smaller technology and investment companies. He has served on the board of start-up companies. He has been involved with the development of several standards for wireless communication.
            He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 1995. T. Cooklev has published over 70 journal and conference papers, as well as the book “Wireless Communication Standards,” published by IEEE Press, New York, NY, 2004. Among his honors, he received the Best Paper Award at the 1994 Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, a 1995 NATO Science Fellowship Award, the 3Com Inventor Award in 1999 and the 2006 Wireless Educator of the Year Award.
To sign up for this semester's Brown Bag Series talks, or to suggest a speaker and topic for a Science Café, e-mail Adam Coffman.
To nominate an external Distinguished Lecturer, e-mail David Legg. A list of available lecturers is available here.
Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium: April 25, 2009

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