Sept. 24, 2019 Voiland College This Week

Events

Wednesday, September 25

@ 4:30 PM
SDC Gallery Exhibition Opening Reception: “CUT, FORM, PRINT, STITCH: Explorations in the SDC Fabrication Labs” This exhibition features projects completed in the Fab Labs as well as samples of fabrication processes now available. Location: Carpenter Hall First Floor.

@ 5 PM
Faculty Crimson Club

Thursday, September 26

@ 11 AM
MME Seminar: Power Systems Dispatch Optimization Methods for Thermal and Electrical Systems with Storage w/ WSU Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate Nadia Panossian

Friday, September 27

@ 3:00 PM
JoAnn McCabe retirement party
Please join us as we celebrate the retirement of JoAnn McCabe, after nearly 25 years of service at WSU.

Save the Date

Oct 8: VCEA Town Hall with WSU President Kirk Schulz

Oct 17: Engineering & Technology Management Handshake Reception in Tri-Cities

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Go Cougs!

Idil Akin and John McCloy were featured in a WSU Insider article about the Crimson Club.

Ryan Smith is helping organize Hack-a-House Nov 1-2, which will allow students to explore housing affordability challenges with leading experts in the field as well as to envision innovative solutions to housing issues.

Connor Weller and his 3-D printed Cougkie Cutters were featured on KXLY TV.

The Daily Evergreen highlighted Roland Chen’s Health Innovation Summit presentation about mechanical simulations that benefit medical students.

Mahdieh Babaiasl received the 2019 Society of Women Engineers’ Wanda Munn Scholarship.

Former research assistant Jordana Dahmen has been named a 2019 AAAS If/Then Ambassador

Michael Wolcott outlined WSU’s history in developing aviation biofuels for a story on NW Public Radio.

The United Press International featured a story on WSU’s efforts to fight citrus greening disease.


Opportunities

Online Learning Available

Over 3,500 interactive online courses, and over 25,000 online books, are available to every current WSU employee. Interested in reading a book on communication skills? Taking a leadership simulation? Explore the online training and books.

ORAP RA and $10K Competition – Apply by Sept 24

Opportunity for $10,000 and a doctoral-level research assistant for the calendar year 2020. Applications are due Sept. 24.

WSU Safety, Health and Security Health & Safety Awards Nominations Due Sept. 30

The awards acknowledge the achievements and contributions of WSU’s faculty, staff and students who help make campus a safer place, and foster and promote safety, health and security. Nominations are due Sept. 30

ORAP Team Planning Grant – Apply by Oct. 1

Opportunity to win $50,000 plus a two‑semester doctoral-level research assistant to develop an extramural center-type grant proposal. Applications are due by Oct. 1.

Oct 17: Engineering & Technology Management Handshake Reception in Tri-Cities

Washington State University’s Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) Handshake Reception is an opportunity for ETM’s current, former, and future students to connect, meet and shake hands with ETM professors and administrators, and discuss career development through the sharing of experiences in the engineering and technical management fields.

NSF – Research Traineeship Program– Apply by Oct. 17

WSU ORAP is now accepting limited submission pre-proposals for the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program. The NRT is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training.

The Science Coalition Student Video Challenge – Entries Due Oct. 21

Graduate and undergraduate students can win up to $1,000 by creating a 60 – 90 second video detailing why scientific research matters for our future. Contact Geeta Dutta for more assistance. Learn more about the video challenge.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program –Apply by Oct. 22

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.

CPS – Center for Produce Safety Call for Preliminary Research Proposals Due Nov. 12

The Center for Produce Safety prioritizes research programs that support the development of solutions for critical industry produce safety needs across the entire supply chain.

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Applications Due Nov. 14

The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory/facility in collaboration with a lab scientist for a period of 3 to 12 consecutive months—with the goal of preparing graduate students for scientific and technical careers.

ORNL Jump into STEM Team Challenge: Apply by Nov. 15

The JUMP into STEM initiative seeks to inspire the next generation of building scientists, focusing on creative ideation and diversity in the building science field. Undergrad and grad students could win a 2020 paid summer internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory or the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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