Sept. 4, 2018 Voiland College This Week

Go Cougs!

Check out the photos from the Voiland College Ice Cream Social!

Von Walden met the US Ambassador to Denmark while conducting research in Greenland.

2017 competition winners Tucker Jones, David Chun, Frederick Stidhams, Kelli Young, Collin Schweikl and WSU School of Design + Construction team coach David Gunderson are featured in the Design-Build Institute of America’s highlight video!

Claire Martin spikes the cover of this year’s Voiland College Magazine.

Lloyd Smith talks baseball in Deadspin.

“TrashWall,” made by students from the School of Design and Construction, is part of the “Make/Do” Exhibit at the Washington State History Museum.

The Architectural Record listed Mona Ghandi as one the foreign born architects that are revitalizing culture and our cities.

Researchers led by Yuehe Lin have developed a new way to make low-cost, single-atom catalysts for fuel cells — an advance that could make important clean energy technology more economically viable.

Researchers led by Ali Hajbabaie and graduate student Rasool Mohebifard have developed a computer model to better manage traffic and prevent gridlock in urban areas.

Darlene Neunherz was interviewed in a Daily Evergreen story about lab safety training. Have you taken your safety training?


Safety Tip of the Week

An Eye on Safety
As a reminder, ANSI Z87.1 compliant safety eyewear is required in all Voiland College laboratories* at all times. This policy applies to anyone entering any lab space. Please reach out to your department’s VCEA Safety Committee representative if you have questions or need assistance implementing this policy.

* A laboratory defined as a space that contains chemicals other than water or atmospheric air, either liquid or gaseous; has rotating or crushing equipment; has any gases stored under pressure, or other identified hazards. Final determination of which spaces are ‘laboratories’ is at the discretion of the VCEA Safety committee.


Upcoming Seminars and Events

DateEventTimeVenue
Sept 6The Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Connecting Science and Policy--AGU Webinar    Featuring Jenny Adam11 AMWebinar
Register
Sept 10Seminar by Aurora Clark, Director for WSU’s Center for Institutional Research Computing, “A Hierarchical Understanding of Separations Processes – From Quantum Chemistry to Statistical Mechanics and Data Analytics”4:10PMADBF 1002
Sept 10, 14VCEA Safety TrainingVariousVarious
Sept 12Town Halls 2018: Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture4 PMETRL 101 and livestreamed
Sept 12Intro to OR and the Life Cycle of a Grant10:30 AMLighty 280 - RSVP
Sept 13Intro to OR and the Life Cycle of a Grant1:30 PMLighty 280 - RSVP
Sept 19Finding Funding with Pivot10:30 AMLighty 280 - RSVP
Sept 20Finding Funding with Pivot1:30 PMLighty 280 - RSVP
Sept 26Voiland College Town Hall Meeting3:30 PMETRL 101
Sept 26PI Roles & Responsibilities10:30 AMLighty 280 - RSVP
Sept 27PI Roles & Responsibilities1:30 PMLighty 280 - RSVP
Oct 6JCDREAM Symposium9 – 5 pmWSU Everett

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Award and Research Opportunities

Requests for Proposals, Research Announcements, and Events

Please note: As of August 15, 2018, there are no more “submission windows” for unsolicited proposals to most of the core programs in the Engineering directorate of NSF (other directorates maintain proposal windows for unsolicited proposals). Investigators can submit proposals to these programs at any time during the year.

Opportunities and Deadlines

TitleAgencyClose Date
Apply for FREE Alaska Airlines milesAlaska Airlines, WSU09/07/2018
Major Research Instrumentation Program  (MRI):
VCEA submissions must include a letter from the Assoc. Dean for Research (dfield@wsu.edu)
NSF

 
WSU Deadline: 09/12/2018
Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information (Q-AMASE-i)NSF ($20-25M award)LOI: 9/17/2018
Washington Commercialization Gap FundWSUPreproposal Deadline: 9/21/2018
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) ProgramNSF9/27/2018
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass DestructionDOD09/30/2018
Idaho National Laboratory Graduate FellowshipINLFall 2018
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Fellowship – Post GradsLLNL10/01/2018
National Security Internship Program for Undergraduates and GraduatesPNNL10/03/2018
Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Student Co-op of the Year / Student Intern of the Year AwardCEED-ASEE11/02/2018
Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM)NSFWSU Deadline: 1/8/2019
NSF CMMI CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop- March 25 – 27, in Charlotte, NCNSF01/08/2019
Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)NSF ($2-4M/yr)WSU Deadline: Anticipated, 4/4/2019
Crimson Spirit AwardWSUOngoing
WSU Office of Research Information SessionsWSU Office of ResearchOngoing
ONNL Alternate Sponsored Fellowships (ASF) for Students, Faculty, and Visiting ScientistsPNNL, DOEContinuous
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG, & MPS(Supplements to existing NSF awards)NSFContinuous
Experiential, Cooperative, and Work-integrated Education Research GrantsCEED- ASEEContinuous

Resources


Student Research Opportunities and Internships

WSU offers a number of opportunities available to undergraduate students who wish to gain experiences working in their field of interest, including:

WSU Honors College Research Opportunities and Internships Database.

Voiland College Career & Internship Center.

WSU’s student employment/internship portal: Handshake.

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