Spring 2014
9th meeting: Friday, February 14, 2014 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
Topic: “Sensory Research in Food Science – Sense and Sensibility”
Presenter: Professor Soo-Yeun Lee (Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Location: BIF4001
Fall 2013
8th meeting: November 19, 2013
Topic: “Security blanket theory in design: Emotional bonding between the consumers and the products”ication to product design”
Presenter: Cliff Shin (Assistant Professor of School of Arts and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
7th meeting: October 22, 2013
Topic: “Self-regulatory resource depletion and compulsive consumption”
Presenter: Ron Faber (Professor emeritus, University of Minnesota)
Spring 2013
6th meeting: May 3, 2013
We discussed what our members want to do in the next semester. Also, many ideas on seminar topics were brainstormed.
5th meeting: April 19, 2013
Topics:
1. “Advertising prescription drugs!” and
2. “Physical systems metadata – Informatics and consumers”
Presenters:
1. Professor Patrick Vargas (Department of Advertising, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and
2. Professor Scott Morris (Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
4th meeting: April 5, 2013
Presenter: Professor Andrei Cimpian (Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
3rd meeting: March 8, 2013
Presenters:
1. Professor Alejandro Lleras (Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Simona Buetti (postdoctoral student in Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and
2. Professor Michelle Nelson (Department of Advertising, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Glenn Wang (Master’s student in Advertising, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
2nd meeting: February 22, 2013
Presenters: Professor Madhu Viswanathan (Marketing) and Srinivas Venugopal (Ph.D student in Marketing)
1st official meeting: January 25, 2013
Presenters: Professor Katie Abrams (Department of Advertising, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Professor Brenna Ellison (De Agricultural and Consumer Economics)
Kick-off Meeting
Second kick-off meeting: January 17, 2013
The initial CSI members gathered and discussed the future meetings planned for the Spring 2013 semester.