Conference Venue
Wright State University
Student Union Endeavour Room
 Named after the world-famous Wright brothers, Wright State University celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2007. The University serves nearly 17,000 students, offering more than 100 undergraduate and 50 Ph.D., graduate, and professional degrees. The University is located in a beautiful 557-acre wooded setting. The entire campus is handicap accessible and one can travel around the campus both by sidewalks outside, and a tunnel network that connects almost all the buildings at the basement level. The University enjoys many partnerships with local, state, national and international entities. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a particularly significant partner in many ways. The Air Force donated the land on which Wright State University sits to the State of Ohio to establish the University in the early 60's. Today, many members of the faculty from the University and researchers from the Air Force Base continue the collaborative tradition in numerous scientific and technological development efforts.
Several academic programs at the University have a keen interest in aviation. The Department of Psychology is one of ten departments in the College of Science and Mathematics. It offers programs from Bachelors through Doctoral degrees in Psychology. At the Graduate level, the program focuses on Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. The faculty also participates in the Neuroscience track of the interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program.
The Department of Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering is one of four departments in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. It is the only academic unit, nationally, to share programs in these disciplines. The Department offers undergraduate, master, and doctoral degrees with research foci on Industrial & Human Systems, Material and Nanotechnolog, and Sensor and Signal Processing.
As part of the Boonshoft School of Medicine, the Aerospace Medicine program offers an Aerospace Medicine Residency and Master's Program. It is the oldest civilian aerospace medicine training program in the United States, having graduated more than 100 physicians from around the world since its inception in 1978. In addition to students from the United States, the program has attracted students from more than 20 foreign countries.
What to do in Dayton, Ohio
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The Miami Valley offers something for everyone ... from museums to hiking to shopping to extreme sports. You are sure to find something exciting to do.
 Situated in the Miami Valley region of Ohio just an hour north of Cincinnati, Dayton is a mid-sized Midwestern city with a history of innovation surrounded by a diverse metropolitan area of almost a million residents. Home to several international corporations, including NewPage Corp. and LexisNexis, as well as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the region is known for its strengths in information technology, aerospace research and development, advanced materials engineering and health and human services.
Modern architecture and historical landmarks mingle in the central city, while surrounding communities offer comfortable and affordable suburban and rural lifestyles. Miami Valley leaders recently launched "Dayton Create" to foster a "more authentic, sustainable and prosperous region rich with talent, tolerance, technology and territorial assets" so as to attract and retain the creative workforce key to the future of any region hoping to thrive in a global economy. Some of the region's assets are noted below:
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Performing Arts — Dayton offers a rich blend
of dance, vocal, theatrical and instrumental arts. The new Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center is a world-class facility offering the best in local, national and international performing artists. Dayton Opera and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra call the Schuster Center home, and it showcases the latest Broadway shows. Local performing arts treasures, like the Dayton Ballet, also make use of the facilities. The city's cultural flavor also includes the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, CityFolk and the Human Race Theatre Company. The beautiful, historical Victoria Theatre is stage for many of these performers, and five other major-event venues also host shows and concerts.
 Heritage & History — Known as the birthplace of aviation, Dayton is home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force — the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world and Ohio's number one tourist attraction — and one of the country's premier air shows. Held in July each year, the Dayton Air Show showcases military jet demonstrations, world-class aerobatic champions and entertainment for the whole family. Other points of historical interest include the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce and Carillon Historical Park.
 Green Space — More than 35,000 acres of parks, nature preserves and a popular river corridor along the Great Miami River offer outstanding outdoor activities. Greater Dayton has more green space than any other metropolitan area its size. Dayton's newest park, RiverScape, features the Five Rivers Fountain of Lights, the largest river-based fountain in the world. Its design represents the five waterways that converge in the Dayton area, and it is positioned at the confluence of the Great Miami and Mad Rivers. The fountain shoots streams of water 200 feet in the air and 400 feet over the river, raining down at the center of the Great Miami. At night, lasers positioned above the water jets create a spectacular light show.
Clifton Gorge Nature Preserve, at the headwaters of the Little Miami State and National Scenic River, offers one of the most spectacular dolomite and limestone gorges in the state.
Shopping, Dining & Getting Away — The Miami Valley's largestshopping mall, the Mall at Fairfield Commons, is located near campus. The Greene — a 72-acre town center featuring pedestrian-friendly streets, open-air gathering spaces, parks, retail stores, entertainment venues, apartments and restaurants — opened in 2006. Unique restaurants and shops are part of Dayton's Oregon District, and several small college towns and charming villages surrounding the city boast gourmet restaurants, antique shops, bed and breakfasts and small town neighborliness.
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