K-State events and announcements | |
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All K-State faculty are invited to attend one of three GRIP Q&A sessions in the coming weeks, hosted by David Rosowsky, vice president for research and Beth Montelone, senior associate vice president for research and director of the Office of Research Development:
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1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 at Radina’s in the K-State Student Union.
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4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Joyce & Joe’s Cornerstone Café, Hale Library, first floor.
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11 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Oct. 26 virtually via Zoom — meeting ID and passcode can be found on the GRIP webpage.
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Th@3 Lab Tours — College of Engineering Catalysis & Nanotechnology Research Lab | |
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3-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 27
2052 and 2030 Durland Hall
The college of engineering invites the research community to attend hour-long come-and-go laboratory tours to exhibit the capabilities of college facilities as well as foster collaboration within the Kansas State University research community.
Placidus Amama, a Tim Taylor Chair and professor of chemical engineering, will open his Catalysis & Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Oct. 27, 3-4 p.m. in 2052 and 2030 Durland Hall. Amama's laboratory is equipped with different reactor systems for synthesis of nanomaterials and evaluation of the performance of heterogeneous catalysts in NOx oxidation, dry reforming, and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, or FTS reactions. The centerpiece tool in Amama’s laboratory is the state-of-the-art chemical vapor deposition, or CVD, system —CVD Corporation. The fully automated CVD system which is LabVIEW controlled also handles liquid precursors and is equipped with several gas lines, low-pressure operation at 200 mTorr to 500 Torr, and atmospheric operation via a vacuum bypass valve. The system can achieve synthesis of carbon nanotubes, or CNTs, graphene, carbon nanofibers, and other nanomaterials, as well as vapor phase deposition of active materials. The flexibility of the system is benefitting the implementation of our unique CVD approach, or FTS-GP CVD that utilizes a gaseous product mixture from FTS-GP as a feedstock and efforts toward control of CNT properties — diameter, quality, helicity, and length.
Amama’s research program focuses broadly on the rational design of catalysts for controlled and scalable growth of carbon nanomaterials, to exploit their unparalleled material properties in heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, and environmental remediation.
The November 10 Th@3 tour will feature Prathap Parameswaran’s advanced wastewater treatment and resource recovery research laboratory in the civil engineering department.
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DARPA Forward is taking national security innovation on the road.
From August to December 2022, six regional events held at leading research and development universities nationwide will connect Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leaders with new communities of talent and partnerships. The ultimate goal: to energize regional and national innovation ecosystems, fuel breakthroughs in national security, and help deliver the U.S. technological advantage.
Virtual events will be hosted by the Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab. Upcoming events will be held:
- November 15-16.
- December 13-14.
For more information or directions, please contact Jeffrey Sheldon jsheldon@k-state.edu.
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CNAP COBRE Center soliciting proposals for pilot grant programs | |
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The CNAP COBRE center at Kansas State University is soliciting applications for pilot grants that will begin on June 1, 2023. The grants are open to all faculty with appointments at higher education institutions within the state of Kansas, although early- and mid-career faculty will be prioritized for funding.
Proposed pilot grants should seek to enhance neuroscience research in the state of Kansas and/or fit within CNAP’s theme of cognitive and neural plasticity. The center funds basic, translational and clinical research in humans and animals from a wide range of disciplines (e.g., animal behavior, biology, pharmacology, veterinary medicine, cognitive science, human factors, kinesiology, human nutrition, computer science and engineering).
Applicants are encouraged to submit a letter of intent by 5 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2023. This is highly recommended to ensure that your grant can be reviewed in a timely manner. Applications should be submitted by the applicant’s research office and are due by 5 p.m. CST on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
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External events and announcements | |
NGA's Industry Strategy Summit | |
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8:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Please join the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or NGA, executives for the NGA Industry Strategy Summit 2022, being held virtually on October 25, 2022 starting at 8:30 a.m.
Our nation faces national security challenges that are more dynamic and rapidly evolving than ever before. This requires NGA to re-think and re-tool its business models and technical approaches in order to meet the security needs of the nation. In that spirit, it is vital that NGA and collaborators from industry, government, and academia have a shared understanding of what future capabilities are needed and how NGA plans to build and acquire them.
This unclassified virtual Summit is designed to give members of industry, academia, non-profits and other government elements, insight into NGA’s strategic thinking, and how the agency plans to develop its future operational environment – including the architectures and tools that support it. This level of strategic engagement is intended to further advance NGA’s ongoing dialog with these key constituents to advance the collective partnership and achieve NGA’s national security objectives.
Register to attend.
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NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-1 Program Webinar | |
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1-2 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 28
The NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 Program, or Mid-scale RI-1, supports either the design or implementation of unique and compelling research infrastructure projects. Mid-scale implementation projects may include any combination of equipment, instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure, broadly used large scale datasets and the personnel needed to successfully commission the project. Mid-scale RI-1 design projects include the design efforts intended to lead to eventual implementation of a mid-scale class RI project.
This webinar will provide an overview of this program that was announced in the recent solicitation NSF 22-637, especially geared for the CISE community.
Register in advance for this webinar.
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Innovation Corps Pilot Overview Webinar | |
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11 a.m.
Thursday, November 3
A second webinar about the NASA Innovation Corps Pilot will occur on Thursday, November 3 at 11 a.m.
The webinar will:
- Provide an overview of the NASA I-Corps Pilot.
- Describe the proposal process and requirements.
- Allow for webinar attendees to submit questions.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions to the NASA I-Corps Pilot Point of Contact and the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Program Director, Ruth Shuman.
Proposals may be submitted at any time through March 29, 2023, but applications will be reviewed in intervals on the following dates: Nov. 17, 2022; and Jan 20, 2023.
Register for the webinar.
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Fall 2022 NSF Virtual Grants Conference – Save the date | |
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Save the Date! Join the National Science Foundation for the Fall 2022 NSF Virtual Grants Conference, to be held during the week of November 14-17, 2022.
Registration will be free of charge. NSF anticipates that the sessions will reach capacity very quickly, so you are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Be on the lookout for our Registration is Open email, which will provide the registration links and details for this event.
If you have any logistical questions about this virtual conference, please contact grants_conference@nsf.gov.
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21st Annual K-INBRE Symposium | |
K-State research in the news | |
Agency news and trending topics | |
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Are elephants important? How about rhinos? Or lions? What happens if Earth loses its last remaining large animals? U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research by biologist Felisa Smith at the University of New Mexico shows the profound impacts of losing large-bodied mammals, or megafauna, in ecosystems. NSF
An experimental approach to enhancing a standard cat allergy treatment made it more effective and faster acting, and the benefits persisted for a year after treatment ended, a study supported by the National Institutes of Health has found. The findings were published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. NIH
If You Don’t Already Live in a Sponge City, You Will Soon
Like anything else, water is great in moderation—urbanites need it to survive, but downpours can flood streets and homes. And as you might have noticed, climate change isn’t good at moderation. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, supercharging storms to dump more water quicker, which can overwhelm municipal sewer systems built for the climate of long ago. Thus you get the biblical flooding that’s been drowning cities around the world, from Zhengzhou, China, to Seoul, South Korea, to Cologne, Germany, to New York City. Wired
Climate change could quiet prairie birds’ chirping
A bird sings on the prairie and nobody can hear it. Forget whether it makes a sound—biologists want to know why it went unheard. Drier conditions intensified by climate change might be responsible, a new study finds, because birdsong doesn’t travel as far in dry air. That could have harmful consequences for birds trying to defend their territories or find a mate. Science
First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment
A medieval parchment from a monastery in Egypt has yielded a surprising treasure. Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have discovered what seems to be part of the long-lost star catalogue of the astronomer Hipparchus — believed to be the earliest known attempt to map the entire sky. Nature
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The Communications and Marketing Specialist is primarily responsible for supporting the marketing and communications efforts of various K-State Innovation Partners initiatives including, but not limited to, the K-State Innovation Partners technology licensing, corporate engagement, entrepreneurship, economic development and Knowledge Based Economic Development partnership activities. The specialist works closely with the Chief Corporate Engagement and Economic Development Officer and Innovation Partners Leadership Team to design a wide range of media including flyers, brochures, posters, reports, presentations, videos, and designs for web-based publications. This position will also work closely with the Office of the Vice President for Research Director of Strategic Research Communications to ensure alignment with the OVPR communications strategies. The specialist will also lead Innovation Partners’ social media strategy and implementation, and draft press releases and other communications.
Learn more and apply.
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This position does typical hardware and software support and also oversees the cloud-based tools that are extensively used across the OVPR and University. It provides strategic value on business continuity by maintaining existing systems while identifying potential new software solutions. This position is instrumental in the development and implementation of new software and technology solutions to support university research demands. The position leads the technical requirements for several new Software As A Service, or SAAS, solutions and works closely with vendors, such as Microsoft. The position has responsibility for ensuring appropriate security standards for all systems within the central research enterprise and must work collaboratively across the university, particularly with central IT areas, and with external vendors to ensure critical controls are maintained while driving the project to successful completion.
Learn more and apply.
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