2007 ORAU Annual Report - Oak Ridge Associated Universities

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Enhancing Investment in the Professional Growth of University Faculty and Students Dr. Elizabeth Ervin The nation’s leading research universities play a critical role in helping America remain a world leader in science and technology. ORAU understands that academia’s role is not only to teach the next generation of science and engineering students but also to secure funds to conduct important scientific research. ORAU is committed to encouraging and supporting the best and brightest young faculty members and graduate students in our consortium. Annual programs to support university faculty and students include the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Awards Program, the Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students, and the ORNL Student Poster Session/ORAU Graduate School Fair. Powe Awards ORAU’s Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Awards Program rewards ambitious young faculty at our member universities. As an investment in the future of science education in America, the awards are intended to enhance faculty members’ research and professional growth and result in new funding opportunities during the early stages of their careers. Each recipient receives a $5,000 grant from ORAU, which is matched by the recipient’s institution, making the total prize worth $10,000 for each winner. ORAU chose 30 junior faculty from 23 member universities to receive the award for the 2007–2008 academic year. In the program’s 17 years, ORAU has awarded 338 grants totaling more than $1.6 million. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Mississippi and Powe Award Winner 2007–2008 Powe Award Winners Anne Gorden Auburn University Rebecca Howell Emory University Wei Yang Florida State University Douglas Spearot Sukwon Hong Jan Mrazek University of Arkansas University of Florida University of Georgia Background Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University M.S., Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Technological University Yifan Liu Meisha Shofner Lu Peng Michael Tolocka Tzy-Jiun Mark Luo George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology Louisiana State University Louisiana State University North Carolina State University Teng Li Patrick Kanold Elizabeth Ervin Thedford Hollis Liming Zhang University of Maryland University of Maryland University of Mississippi University of Mississippi University of Nevada, Reno Notable Research Study of repetitive impact dynamics and nonlinear phenomenon. She is currently building a Multi- Function Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Mississippi to further her experimentation. Elon Ison Jun Lou Mesfin Tsige Brent Sumerlin Benjamin Mohr Katnrari Entesari North Carolina State University Rice University Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Southern Methodist University Tennessee Technological University Texas A&M University Tae-Youl Choi Stephen Cooke Megan Spence Frank Vogt James Tunnell Kristen Grauman University of North Texas University of North Texas University of Pittsburgh University of Tennessee University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Austin On Winning the Powe Award “As a new faculty member, initiating funding is extremely difficult. It seems that you can only be granted funds after being granted funds. The Powe award is my first external grant, which will hopefully pave the way for more proposal success.” Paul de Figueiredo Texas A&M University Yan Mei Wang Washington University 12
Annual Event Highlights Summer Research Anthony Fields (pictured left) and Jay Patel, University of South Carolina students who participated in the DOE Faculty and Student Team (FaST) Research Program, were among approximately 150 students from across the country who gathered to discuss the results of their summer research at the 2007 ORNL Student Poster Session. The ORISE-coordinated event allowed the participants to showcase their involvement in 11 scientific and technical research participation programs and to present their projects to fellow participants, ORNL scientists, and university representatives. Student research topics ranged from environmental sciences to nuclear sciences and technology. Following the poster session, students gathered at the Pollard Technology Conference Center on the ORAU campus to visit ORAU’s 8th Annual Graduate School Fair, where they could discuss further study opportunities with representatives from 25 top-notch science, technology, engineering, and math graduate programs nationwide. ORAU Sponsors Students for Nobel Laureate Meeting Ten students sponsored by ORAU were among 49 Americans who received a chanceof-a-lifetime opportunity to meet some of the world’s most renowned scientists at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany, during the summer of 2007. Since 1951, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics, and physiology/ medicine have annually convened in Lindau to conduct open and informal meetings with more than 500 students and young researchers from around the world. The meetings rotate by discipline annually; the 2007 event focused on physiology/ medicine. ORISE administered the program for the meeting’s other participant sponsors, including DOE, the National Science Foundation, and Mars, Inc. 13
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