Feb. 26, 2019 Voiland College This Week

For Your Information

Safety Training Tip: Don’t Pick “E”

If you are working on a highly energetic reaction, and you need to evacuate, what should you do?

Please choose the best answer:

  1. Bring it with you
  2. Do nothing
  3. Run away
  4. Stabilize the reaction
  5. Stay and work, I am immune to emergencies

You are not immune to completing the required VCEA safety training by April 1, so don’t make this an emergency!

GPSA Research Exposition Needs Judges

If you are interested in helping us judge the March 28 GPSA Research Exposition, please follow this link to the Judge Participant Form.

Women’s Leadership Conference Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the 2019 U of I – WSU Women’s Leadership Conference, to be held in Moscow, ID. This year’s theme speaks to the importance of culture change through individual and shared empowerment, cultivating leadership through positive, open, and honest relationships; and building a diverse and innovative community to create dynamic, respectful and inclusive work environments. For more information, please visit the conference website.


Go Cougs

Shira Broschat, Renee Petersen, Susmita Bose, Anita Vasavada were named among the 2019 WSU Showcase winners.

A WSU Tri-Cities team, led by Srinivas Allena, is developing an ultra high-performance cementitious composite grout.

Reagan Stubb will take part in a competition at the Society of American Baseball Research Analytics Conference in Phoenix on March 8-10.

VCEA students Hedin Beattie, Lars Neuenschwander, Chandler Teigen, Kaitlin Pankratz, Alan Coe, Devin Thompson, Devon McCornack, Stephen Bone, Tanner Stahl, Hannah Zmuda, and Youjin Kim were selected to compete in the Holloman Health Innovation Challenge finals on March 6.


Events

DateEventTimeLocation
Feb 28MME Graduate Seminar: “Safety and Efficiency for Autonomous Vehicles Through Online Learning” with Zachary Sunberg, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC California, Berkeley11 AMETRL 101
Mar 4Hohenschuh Lecture featuring Cornell University’s Lawrence Bonassar4 PMSpark G45
Mar 4CEE Seminar – “Risk in Performance-Based Engineering” with Bruce Ellingwood, Colorado State University4:10 PM – 5 PMPACCAR 202
Mar 7VCEA 3 Minute Thesis Competition2 PMETRL 101
Mar 19VCEA Town Hall3:30 PMFSHN T101 and AMS
Mar 23Kids’ Science and Engineering Day10 – 3 pmCUE
VariousWSU Training for Supervisors.
Topics include workplace management issues, recruitment and hiring, equal opportunity, preventing sexual harassment, etc.
VariousVarious
VariousHRS Research Administration Series.
Subjects include grant process, compliance, F&A costs, cost sharing, award administration, etc.
VariousVarious

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Award and Research

VCEA Staff Excellence Award Nominations Due March 1

Nominations are due no later than 5pm on Friday March 1 to chrisgass@wsu.edu.

Opportunities and Deadlines

OpportunityAgencyClose Date
2019 JCATI Request for Proposals (PDF)JCATI03/01/2019
Karen P. DePauw Leadership and The Association for Faculty Women’s Outstanding Graduate Student AwardsWSU Graduate School03/01/2019
VCEA 3-Minute Thesis Competition NominationsVCEA03/01/2019
VCEA Staff Excellence Awards Nominations; see email from Chris Gass for detailsVCEA03/01/2019
Grace Hopper Celebration ScholarshipGHC03/06/2019
Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)NSF ($2-4M/yr)WSU Deadline: Anticipated, 4/4/2019
NEW! Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program - The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratoriesDOE05/09/2019
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

PNNL-WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program Applications Are Open

DGRP students will work with faculty at WSU and scientists at PNNL while completing their graduate coursework and subsequently transfer to PNNL for the remaining years of their PhD program to gain hands-on research experience with PNNL scientists. There will be opportunities in the following research areas: Radiochemistry, Electric power and Smart Grid, Biofuels, bio-products, and catalysis, Environmental, water and soil science and engineering and more.

Learn more about the PNNL-WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program.

WSU Senior Student Award Nominations Due March 27

Do you know an amazing senior? Take just a few minutes to help us honor and recognize the accomplishments of these incredible students. The Top Ten Senior Awards provide an opportunity for faculty, staff, community members, and other students to nominate a deserving senior for their contributions to Washington State University. Nomination forms, selection criteria, and information about the selection process can be found online.


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:

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