The University Honors College is now accepting applications to the DeLoach Work Scholarship program for winter and spring terms, 2016. Tenured and tenure-track Oregon State faculty members, as well as senior instructors, can submit proposals for funding in support of Honors College undergraduates working at tasks that advance faculty research and enhance student experiential learning. Other faculty who like to apply should contact the UHC. Proposed work must relate to the area of the nominated student’s academic training and provide a significant learning outcome. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m.. Information regarding awards and the application process is available at http://honors.oregonstate.edu/deloach-work-scholarship.

SBIR Award Title
Low cost, scalable and selective electrochemical metallization process technology
SBIR Award Abstract
NANO3D will disrupt 3D chip packaging market for Through-Silicon Vias which are currently fabricated by
comparatively high cost and poorly scalable Damascene approach. The project is aimed to develop low cost,
scalable and selective electrochemical (eLOCOS) plating technology based on proprietary nano-materials to
replace Damascene processing and enable high density interconnects for 3D IC. eLOCOS is a nano- and
micro-fabrication platform technology that have other applications including metallization of Through-Glass
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Research Opportunity
Title Material Scientist
Number of Fellows 1
Open for Applicants Yes
Address
Address line 1 1915 NW Amberglen Pkwy.
Address line 2 Suite 400
City Beaverton
State OR
Zip 97006
Officer
Name Val Dubin
Email dubin@nano3dsystems.com
Phone number (971) 327 4055
Principal Investigator
Name Val Dubin
Email dubin@nano3dsystems.com
Phone number (971) 327 4055
Description
The research activities are aimed on the development of NANO3D platform technology to produce largescale
arrays of magnetic nano- and microstructures and testing their feasibility for biomedical applications.
The new platform addresses barriers to sensitive, scalable, high-throughput use of magnetic shaped
microstructures. These barriers are high deviation in size and magnetic properties of the magnetic particles as
well as its low sensitivity and low signal-to- noise ratio for the application as MRI contrast agents. The
platform based on utilizing a NANO3D eLOCOS technology which is low cost, scalable and selective
electrochemical metallization technology for ‘bottom-up’ fill of the pre-patterned substrates to produce wellcontrolled
in size magnetic structures. The technical plan hypothesize that (1) narrowing of nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) frequency shifts (of about less than 10-20%) by improving uniformity of the magnetic
miscrostructures (5 to 10% deviation in size) therefore increasing the sensitivity of the MRI contrast agents;
(2) the magnetic cylinders may be designed to increase a signal to noise ratio to produce a highly effective
MRI contrast agents; (3) the NANO3D technology is highly efficient therefore will allow to produce low
cost, high-throughput manufacturing of the well controlled 3D metal magnetic microstructures.

Desired Knowledge
The job duties include:
1. Managing and performing technical work to meet research program objectives.
2. Conduct magnetic particle synthesis and analysis per customer specifications.
3. Generate design of particle structures and fabrication process flow per customer technical specification.
4. Work with a team of engineers and technicians to execute research programs.
5. Write reports documenting results and present work to customers or at conferences.
Minimum requirements include:
1. Doctoral degrees in Material Science, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
2. Proficiency in using SEM/EDX, XPS and XRD
3. Good verbal and written skills
Desired qualifications:
1. Experience in magnetic characterization involving B-H Looper, SQUID and Zetasizer
2. Surface chemistry experience involving surface modifications using self-assembled monolayers or plating
3. TEM and NMR experience
Apply to this research opportunity
NSF Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship Program
Administered by: American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) | www.asee.org
1818 N St NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036-2479 | 202-331-3548

The Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (OHESC) began in 2008 as the Oregon University System Sustainability Conference.  OHESC 2016 will be at Lane Community College Feb. 4 and 5.  For those who love great content but don’t like huge conferences, or don’t have a huge conference budget, this is the event for you!  Proposals for posters, panel discussions, workshops, case studies and networking meetings are due Nov.6.

The Research Office is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) program for Winter term 2016 and/or Spring term 2016. This program supports undergraduate research activities from all academic disciplines within the university. NOTE: the program description and application have been revised http://research.oregonstate.edu/incentive/undergraduate-research-innovation-scholarship-creativity-urisc.  Information: Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. Deadline: Nov 2.

Please join us for a workshop, hosted by the Center for Open Science and the OSU Libraries Center for Digital Scholarship and Services, to learn easy, practical steps researchers can take to increase the reproducibility of their work. Using example studies and hands-on activities, attendees will actively participate in creating a reproducible project from start to finish.

These workshops are aimed at graduate students, post-docs, and faculty, across disciplines, who are engaged in quantitative research. The workshops do not require any specialized knowledge of programming. Participants will gain a foundation for incorporating reproducible, transparent practices into their current research workflows.

Topics we will cover include:
Project documentation
Version control
Pre-analysis plans
Open source tools like the Center for Open Science’s Open Science Framework to easily implement these concepts in a scientific workflow
Speaker: Courtney Soderberg
Courtney is the Statistical and Methodological Consultant at the Center for Open Science. She leads their training programs for reproducible research methods. She has a Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Psychology from UC Davis.

Please RSVP as space is limited:
Workshop 1 focus: Laboratory-Based Research
November 16, 9:00-Noon, Willamette Classrooms, The Valley Library
RSVP: http://bit.ly/COSatOSU1

Workshop 2 focus: Natural Sciences/Field Research
November 17, 9:00-Noon, Willamette Classrooms, The Valley Library
RSVP:  http://bit.ly/COSatOSU-2

Attendees will need to bring their own laptop in order to fully participate.

[We will have a cake at 2pm in Kidder 128 with Dean to celebrate the World Statistics Day.

http://www.un.org/en/events/statisticsday/

Dean Evasius

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Evasius received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology after obtaining a B.S. in mathematics from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Graduate Student Success Center’s (GSSC) Grand Opening Celebration: Please join us for refreshments and a tour on Tuesday Oct 20 from 2 – 5 p.m. in MU 203/206, as we celebrate the opening of our new space designed by graduate students, for graduate students. There’s no other space like it at OSU! Click here for Grand Opening details and RSVP.

http://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-scholarship.htm