Brain works: choices and intention

June Pilcher, Alumni Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Clemson University

Cold Blood in a Warming World, a discussion on how animal species are adapting to their changing environments in a time of climate change

Mike Sears, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

Big Data and Medicine, a discussion of how the human genome project is finding genetic causes for diseases and influencing medical decisions

Christina Wells, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

TBA - Autism topic

Susan Chapman, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

How to mend a broken heart, literally, a discussion of novel approaches that aim to regenerate, rather than replace, tissues—including heart and blood vessels—using approaches collectively named "tissue engineering". Dan will present the current knowledge and challenges as well as several new devices developed exclusively at Clemson; the "Clemson Bioactive Vascular Graft" and the "Clemson Tissue Engineered Heart Valve".

Dan Simionescu, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, and Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Greenville Hospital System

The Three Faces of Fracking, a discussion of the fracking process and its various applications from energy extraction to shoreline safety

Lawrence Murdoch, Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University