The latest news & opportunities from RI C-AIM
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Above: RI C-AIM student liaison Dr. Patricia Thibodeau and URI Masters candidate
Maggie Heinichen.
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Inside
RI C-AIM's 2020 Vis-a-thon
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Despite COVID-19, the
2020 RI C-AIM Vis-a-thon
is underway! Working in collaboration with the
Edna Lawrence Nature Lab
at RISD, the Vis-a-thon aims to promote visualization as an integral facet of research methodology and provide opportunities for participants to experiment with innovative ways to create and effectively utilize visual imagery and language.
Get a behind-the-scenes look (Click for video!)
at the visualization workshop held this past March, as well as an introduction to the
first three projects
conducted in May.
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Responding to COVID
Dr. Irene Andreu
For the past several months, RI C-AIM's
Dr. Irene Andreu
(above), Director of Operations for the
RI Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
, has exchanged marine science research for a collaboration with
URI's Rapid Solvers
to better understand how protective mask materials fare at filtering air particles, all to help keep the Rhode Island public safe and informed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more!
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BlueSwell Incubator
Informational Webinar
Friday, June 26, 2020
10-11 a.m.
SeaAhead
and the
New England Aquarium
have established
BlueSwell
to support the creation and growth of startups with scalable solutions that enhance ocean sustainability and global resilience. The goal of the BlueSwell Incubator Program is to build the capacity of new founders to convert their big ocean-focused concepts into profitable and sustainable businesses by bridging a gap of funding and mentorship.
Learn more!
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Student Spotlight
Abigail Enck, Bryant
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Recent graduate and 2019 RI C-AIM SURF
Abigail Enck
talks to Bryant University about pursuing a career as a pediatric optometrist, and how her summer research experience with RI C-AIM investigator
Dr. Christopher Reid
, assistant professor of Science & Technology at Bryant, helped get her there.
Read more!
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Save the Date!
2020 C-AIM Summer Intensive
Thursday, July 16 & Friday, July 17, 2020
Graduate students and post doctoral researchers, how prepared are you to effectively engage a variety of audiences, from scientific colleagues and potential funders to journalists and investors? As part RI C-AIM's Career Development Program,
URI's Metcalf Institute will hold a two-day intensive science communication workshop for RI C-AIM participants.
Details forthcoming!
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Global Ocean Series
@ URI GSO
Friday, June 26, 9-10 a.m.
Supported by
URI's Graduate School of Oceanography
, as well as a host of national and international organizations, the Global Ocean Series involves discussions exploring how scaling between local management and large marine ecosystems (LMEs) connects to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. RI C-AIM's
Dr. Tatiana Rynearson
will be participating in this upcoming panel, "Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem: A holistic perspective."
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Image courtesy University of Rhode Island
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Engineering students honored at URI's Rainville Awards
Students from the
URI Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers
(NSBE) were honored earlier this month with the
Team Excellence Award
at URI's 32nd annual A. Robert Rainville Leadership Awards. RI C-AIM Diversity Action Committee Chair
Charles Watson
serves as advisor for the URI chapter, as well as Assistant Director of Diversity for URI's College of Engineering.
Read more
about URI's student leaders, and congratulations to all!
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New look for RI Data Discovery Center
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RI C-AIM's data portal, the
RI Data Discovery Center, has been overhauled! Buoy location and data from Narragansett Bay, including the
Long-Term Plankton Time Series, is readily available for viewing and download.
Check it out!
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Cyanobacteria & microplastics:
New research from RI C-AIM investigators
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URI doctoral candidate
Tania Thalyta Silva de Oliveira (pictured) and advisor,
Dr. Arijit Bose, professor of chemical engineering, present research examining how freshwater and seawater species of cyanobacteria are interacting with nano-scale plastics, funded through RI C-AIM and the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council.
Read more!
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NSF Deadlines:
Be sure to consult upcoming funding/project due dates for faculty and students alike from the National Science Foundation through
their web portal
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Grad Student & Post-Doc Assistance: If you are a graduate student working on RI C-AIM research, be sure to contact our liaison
Patricia Thibodeau for questions about programming and opportunities.
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Rhode Island EPSCoR is funded by the National Science Foundation under EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Award #OIA-1655221 . Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
For more information about RI C-AIM and RI NSF EPSCoR, contact Communications Coordinator Shaun Kirby at 401-874-6888 or
[email protected]
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