2004 Liquid Crystal Day
April 23, 2004 9 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Samsung Auditorium, Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
The Liquid Crystal Day serves to provide platforms for intellectual and enlightening interactions among students and researchers from different academic and professional areas. This one-day symposium is free and open to anyone interested in liquid crystals. Best paper awards will be presented to students in different categories.
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Chair:
Liang-Chy Chien
CPIP/Liquid Crystal Institute

Organizing Committee:
Eugene C. Gartland,
Mathematics

James T. Gleeson,
Physics

Antal Jákli,
Liquid Crystal Institute

Alexander Seed,
Chemistry

Deng-Ke Yang,
CPIP/Liquid Crystal Institute

Christopher J. Woolverton,
Biological Sciences

Scientific Committee:
Phil Bos
Eugene C. Gartland
James T. Gleeson
Antal Jákli
Alexander Seed
Deng-Ke Yang

Exhibitions:
Phil Bos
CPIP/Liquid Crystal Institute

Jim Maxwell
Liquid Crystal Institute

Program Staff:
Leo Holmberg
Webmaster
Liquid Crystal Institute

Merrill Groom
Liquid Crystal Institute

Lynn Fagan
Liquid Crystal Institute

Betty Hilgert
Liquid Crystal Institute

Brenda Buck
Liquid Crystal Institute

Jim Maxwell
Public Relations Coordinator
Liquid Crystal Institute
Invited Speakers

Noel A. Clark
University of Colorado
"Mysteries of Bananas"

Peter J. Collings
Swarthmore College
"Azimuthally Disordered Tilted Smectics:
It All Started at Kent State" [PDF]

John H. Erdmann
Hana Microdisplay Technologies, Inc.
"When Good Scientists Go Bad" [PDF]
Contact Us

Kent State University
Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent, OH 44242
Tel: 330.672.2654
www.lci.kent.edu
lcimail.lci.kent.edu
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Program Schedule -- April 23, 2004

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Visitor Parking [PDF]

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12 noon
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 4:00
4:00 - 4:40
4:40 - 5:00

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Registration
Opening
Noel A. Clark
Coffee Break
Peter J. Collings
Lunch
Posters/Exhibition/Tour
Student Presentations
John Erdmann
Awards Ceremony

Sponsors of
LCDay 2004

Office of the President

Office of the Provost

Research and Graduate Studies

Prof. J. William Doane, Director Emeritus
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