Congratulations to Carlos Manzano for winning the ACS 2012 Graduate Student Paper Awards.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Celebration of Life for Gail Achterman
Please join the Institute for Natural Resources, Gail’s friends and colleagues as they celebrate her life.
Friday, February 24, 2012
2:00pm
LaSells Stewart Center – Construction and Engineering Hall
Gail Achterman, one of Oregon’s foremost experts in natural resources, environmental law and policy and transportation, died on Jan. 28, 2012, of pancreatic cancer. She was 62 years old. She had recently retired as director of the Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University and as Chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission. Gail was born in Portland on Aug. 1, 1949, to Walter and Patricia Achterman. She graduated from South Salem High and received her A.B. degree in economics with honors from Stanford University, where she was a three-sport athlete -basketball, track and swim-ming. Long after she graduated, the Stanford Athletic Department awarded a letter jacket to Gail and many other women in recognition of the role they played in women’s athletics. Gail went on to earn both her law degree and master’s degree in Natural Resource Policy and Management from the University of Michigan. She began her career working in Washington D.C. for the Solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior. In 1978, she returned to her beloved Oregon and joined the law firm that became Stoel Rives, LLP. As an associate and then a partner at Stoel Rives, she specialized in natural resource and environmental law, with a focus on public land law, natural resource acquisition, development and permitting. From 1987 to 1991, Gail worked as assistant to the governor of Oregon for natural resources. In 2000, she became the executive director of Deschutes Resources Conservancy in Bend. In 2003, she became director of the Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University. After leaving INR in 2011, she started her legacy project, Willamette Strategies, with the goal of promoting a shared understanding and vision of our relationship to the Willamette Valley. In lieu of flowers, the family sug-gests contributions to the Japanese Garden Society of Portland, Hoyt Arboretum Friends, the Deschutes River Conservancy, the Oregon State University Foundation for the Institute for Natural Resources or the Gail Achterman Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.Excerpt from The Oregonian on published January 31, 2012
DOD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Funding Opportunities for FY2012
Defense Health Program
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2012
The Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Defense Appropriations Act provides $50 million (M) to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP). The vision of the PRMRP is to improve the health and well-being of all military service members, veterans, and beneficiaries. The PRMRP challenges the scientific and clinical communities to address one of the FY12 congressionally directed topic areas with original ideas that foster new directions in basic science and translational research; novel product development leading to improved therapeutic or diagnostic tools; or clinical trials that address an immediate clinical need. This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
Congressionally Directed Topic Areas: The FY12 PRMRP will solicit research applications for the following 22 topics areas: Arthritis, Composite Tissue Transplantation, Dystonia, Drug Abuse, Epilepsy, Food Allergies, Fragile X Syndrome, Hereditary Angioedema, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Interstitial Cystitis, Listeria Vaccine for Infectious Disease, Lupus, Malaria, Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Science, Neuroblastoma, Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease, Paget’s Disease, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis, Scleroderma, Tinnitus, and Tuberculosis.
Military Relevance: Relevance to the health care needs of the military service members, veterans, and beneficiaries is a key feature of each FY12 PRMRP award mechanism.
The PRMRP is providing information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop applications. FY 12 PRMRP program announcements and general application instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on Grants.gov in February and March 2012. Application deadlines will be available when the Program Announcements are released. This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the government.
Clinical Trial
Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent) Supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials of novel interventions with the potential to have a significant impact on patient care in the topic area of interest Clinical trial is expected to be initiated within 12 months of award date Maximum of $2.2 million for direct costs (plus indirect costs) Maximum period of performance is 5 years
Discovery Award
All Investigators
Supports the exploration of a highly innovative new concept or untested theory Projects involving human subjects or specimens will not be supported unless they are exempt under Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 219, Section 101(b)(32 CFR 219.101[b]) Maximum of $125,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs) Maximum period of performance is 18 months
Investigator-Initiated Research
Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent) Supports research that will make an original and important contribution to the field of research or patient care in the topic area of interest Partnering Principal Investigator option available Clinical trials will not be funded Preproposal submission is required; application submission is by invitation only Maximum of $750,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs) Maximum period of performance is 3 years
Technology/Therapeutic Development
Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent) Supports the development of new diagnostics or therapies that have the potential to make a strong impact on patient care in the topic area of interest Product-oriented Device Drug Clinical guidance/guidelines Clinical trials will not be funded Maximum of $1.5 million for direct costs (plus indirect costs) Maximum period of performance is 3 years All applications must conform to the final program announcements and application instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov in late February or early March. A listing of all USAMRMC funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP eReceipt website (http://cdmrp.org) prior to the pre-application deadline (available when the Program Announcements are released in late February or early March). Applications must be submitted through the federal government’s single-entry portal, Grants.gov. Additional submission deadlines are not available until the program announcements are released.
Requests for email notification of the program announcements release may be sent to help@cdmrp.org. For more information about the PRMRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).
If you would like to request a different recipient to these messages please reply back with the corrected information.
Point of Contact:
CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-9783
Fool’s Gold Could Shine in Solar Cells
Photonics: Although iron pyrite, otherwise known as iron sulfide or fool’s gold, was tossed aside by miners more than a century ago, it may prove to be worth its weight in gold as a thin-film solar cell material. Researchers at Oregon State University have found that iron pyrite, which contains two of the most abundant elements on Earth, is an excellent absorber of solar energy and can be made into extremely thin layers. Unfortunately, the substantial heat required to create solar cells causes the pyrite to decompose. So the researchers tried an inverse design approach. “We identified the failure mechanism of pyrite, formulated a few design rules that preserved the favorable aspects of pyrite, and identified [iron silicon sulfide] and [iron germanium sulfide] as new absorber candidates,” said Douglas Keszler, coauthor of a paper published in Advanced Energy Materials. But much more work remains to be done. It could take at least 10 more years to fine-tune a marketable alternative to traditional solar cell materials.
http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2012/02/fools-gold-could-shine-in-sola.html
DRAFT ARPA-E Open Funding Opportunity Announcement
Please forward this DRAFT Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Open Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to faculty that may be interested.
ARPA-E is seeking comments on the draft Open FOA.
ARPA-E released a draft funding opportunity announcement in FedConnect today.
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Mentoring Workshops for Ph.D. and Masters Students
The Graduate School is hosting Hugh Kearns from Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia to present five workshops on February 20th to February 22nd, 2012.
Hugh Kearns is best known as a lecturer and researcher with international expertise in the area of self-management. He draws on the latest research in psychology and education and applies this to high performing groups such as Ph.D. students, academic staff, medical professionals and senior executives. He has lectured regularly at universities across Australia, the UK, Ireland and the U.S. He has received a national teaching award in recognition of his innovative approach and outstanding outcomes.
Three of these workshops are designed for only Ph.D. candidates at any point in their candidature
- The 7 Secrets of highly successful doctoral candidates (offered twice)
- Turbocharging Your Writing
The other two workshops are designed for all graduate students:
- Presenting Your Research with Confidence
- Using Idea Maps/Mind Maps in Your Research
Mr. Kearns is also offering one workshop for PhD advisors on February 20th, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm:
- Creating the 7 Secrets for PhD advisors
Attached are five flyers with descriptions of the workshops. Emails have been sent to graduate students. Please share this email with your faculty advisors. Please print and post the flyers in your common areas for everyone to notice. Thank you for spreading the word. For registration, please go to https://s01.123signup.com/servlet/SignUpMember?PG=1534345182300&P=15343451911423979100 as soon as possible as seating is limited. Thank you.
Creating The 7 Secrets for PhD Advisors
Presenting Your Research With Confidence
The 7 Secrets for PhD students
Using Idea Maps-Mind Maps in Your Research
NSF Webinar on Materials Research and Chemistry
On behalf of the Division Director of the Division of Materials Research, Dr. Ian Robertson, I would like to ask you to respond to the request below if your research is at the interface of Materials Research and Chemistry.
In response to the 2011 Committee of Visitors report on the Division of Materials Research, the Advisory Committee of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation has charged a subcommittee with looking at future instrumentation and facility needs in the materials research community. As member of the chemistry community, we ask you to respond to this request only if your research is at the interface of Materials Research and Chemistry.
If your research meets this criterion, the subcommittee seeks your input. With this email I invite and encourage you to participate in the upcoming public webinar on this topic. The webinar is Wednesday Feb. 8 at 3:30-5 pm Eastern. Please see the below link for a full explanation and for instructions how to register for the webinar. It is important to register at least one day in advance. Please circulate to anyone who may be interested, especially the heads of your instrument facilities or anyone with particular interest in instrumentation and instrumentation development in the area of materials chemistry. Your input is essential as it will help shape the direction of future programs and investments in these areas.
http://www.nsf.gov/attachments/122291/public/materials_2022_Jan_17_2012.pdf
If you cannot make the webinar, I encourage you to send your questions to materials2022@nsf.gov before March 5, 2012
Full Time Temporary Position
Dear Colleague,
The Chemistry Department at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA is currently searching for a full time temporary instructor, beginning August 2012, to teach general chemistry as a sabbatical leave replacement. The position requires a Ph.D. in Chemistry by the time the person is hired. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Applications are due March 2, 2012. If you know of anyone in your department that may be interested they may see the online vacancy announcement to apply:
http://www.humboldt.edu/aps/employment/temp.html
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applications are due March 2, 2012.
Thank you for your time, have a nice day,
Josh Smith
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Joshua R. Smith, Professor
Chemistry Department
Humboldt State University
One Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Ph 707.826.4882
Fax 707.826.3279
email: joshua.smith@humboldt.edu
web: users.humboldt.edu/jsmith
Announcing Master of Business Administration and Accountancy (MBAA)
On behalf of the Provost and the OSU Faculty Senate, I am pleased to announce the following new degree program:
Master of Business Administration and Accountancy (MBAA)
The Master of Business Administration and Accountancy (MBAA) graduate degree program at Oregon State University has been designed to create a seamless and integrated program that will allow accounting students to receive an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree during their five years of university study required to become a CPA. To be licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Oregon, a student is required to complete a university degree and the equivalent of five years of higher education course work (225 quarter credits). Given the minimum coursework requirement of five years to enter the public accounting profession, this graduate degree program provides an opportunity to enhance the education of Oregon State University’s students in a manner that will enrich all stages of their careers. The MBAA has also been designed to accommodate post-baccalaureate students wishing to prepare for accounting careers, and to provide an opportunity for MBA students to specialize in accounting. The MBAA is unique among Oregon Colleges and Universities.
This degree program was approved on February 2, 2012 and will be available fall quarter, 2012.
Call for 2012 Exemplary Employee Award Nominations
February 2, 2012
To: The OSU Community
From: Jeri Hemmer, Associate Director for Employee and Labor Relations
Subject: Call for Exemplary Employee Award Nominations
Employee Award Program for Professional Faculty and Classified Employees
Start early to get your nomination packets in by the deadline.
Do you know a professional faculty or classified employee who goes above and beyond the call of duty? If you would like to recognize someone in your unit or elsewhere on campus who exemplifies great service to OSU, please review the website below and/or attached Word file for information on how to nominate an exemplary employee for 2012. Nomination packets must be submitted to the Office of Human Resources by Friday, March 30, 2012.
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/admin/hr/recognition/exemplary.html
For clarification or questions regarding these materials, please contact Jeri Hemmer, Associate Director for Employee and Labor Relations, at 541-737-0547; or by e-mail: jeri.hemmer@oregonstate.edu .