The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report
The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report
The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> Page 235<br />
10:00 –10:45 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER: “Professional Leadership” UA Union <strong>The</strong>ater, 4 th Floor<br />
Admiral Jack E. Buffington, Former Director of the<br />
Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center<br />
& Chief Engineer U.S. Navy<br />
10:45 – 11:00 am Break UA Union, 4 th Floor<br />
11:00 – 11:45 am U.S. FACULTY SCHOLAR PRESENTATIONS: UA Union, 4 th Floor<br />
“Building Collaborative Relationships: <strong>The</strong> VEF USFS Program and Beyond.”<br />
Brief overview of the USFS program and introductions<br />
Dr. Lynne McNamara, VEF Executive Director<br />
Dr. Quyen D. Chu, M.D., F.A.C.S., Associate Professor, Louisiana State<br />
University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, USFS: 2009 and 2010<br />
Dr. Findlay G. Edwards, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas-<br />
Fayetteville, USFS 2009<br />
Dr. James F. Cremer, Professor, University of Iowa, USFS 2010<br />
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch UA Union, Room 310, Silver 3rd Floor<br />
DISCUSSIONS with U.S. FACULTY SCHOLARS UA Union, Room 312,<br />
3rd Floor<br />
IMMIGRATION ADVISING<br />
UA Union, 3 rd Floor<br />
1:00 – 2:30 pm SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: Presentations UA Union, <strong>The</strong>ater,4 th Floor<br />
1:00 – 1:15 pm Overview of VEF achievements in research<br />
1:15 – 1:40 pm Loc Xuan Bui: “A Brief History of Wireless Communication Systems”<br />
VEF Fellow, Cohort 2004, Post-doctoral Fellow, Stanford University<br />
1:40 – 2:05 pm Tung Thanh Nguyen: “Graph-based Techniques for Software Reuse”<br />
VEF Fellow, Cohort 2007, Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University<br />
2:05 – 2:30 pm Thanh DucNguyen: “Nanotechnology in Portable Powering and Sensing<br />
Bioelectronics”<br />
VEF Fellow, Cohort 2008, Ph.D. Student, Princeton University<br />
2:30 – 2:45 pm Break UA Union, 5 th Floor<br />
2:45 – 4:15 pm SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: Poster Sessions UA Union, Ballroom, 5 th Floor<br />
4:15 – 7:15 pm CAREER FAIR UA Union, Room 504, 5 th Floor<br />
4:15 – 4:20 pm Opening Remarks: Chris Fussner, President Trans<br />
Technology Pte. Ltd. & VEF Board Member<br />
4:20 – 5:00 pm Keynote speech: Hung Nguyen, CEO Viettel<br />
UA Union, Room 504, 5 th Floor<br />
5:00 – 6:00 pm Panel discussion: “Career Opportunities in <strong>Vietnam</strong> from Employers’ & Alumni<br />
Perspective,” led by employers from <strong>Vietnam</strong> and VEF Alumnus Dr. Minh Nguyen<br />
6:15 – 7:15 pm Career Table Talk: Career Fair UA Union, Room 504, 5 th Floor<br />
5:00 – 7:30 pm SPORTS TOURNAMENTS/TOURS UA HPER Rec. Center<br />
6:15 pm First round of buses depart UA for Hotel UA Union Bus Terminal
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