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The smell of roasting green chiles are in the air, <<First Name>>!
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It's the last day of August, so we're just in time for the August Newsletter! The roasters are out, students are back in school, balloons can be seen in the mornings here in Albuquerque, and the State Fair is just around the corner. Autumn is almost here, and it's going to be a busy one, so take a look at and mark your calendars for the awesome events coming up... and OMG the fall conferences! So many to choose from!
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Here are previews of some great stories on our blog. Make sure to head over to www.nmepscor.org/blog for all the latest on Energize New Mexico and NM EPSCoR happenings.
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Over the summer, two students participated in the NM EPSCoR Externship Program. The Externship Program is a research exchange program that allows New Mexico graduate students (with an existing assistantship) to spend a semester or summer doing research at a partnering New Mexico university or research facility. You can now read both reports and see pictures on our website; The first report is from NMHU student Xu Wang about his summer at New Mexico Tech, and the second is from UNM student John Roesgen about his summer at NMSU.
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Four women previously or currently involved in New Mexico EPSCoR projects were among 13 other women honored earlier this month as New Mexico Women of STEM. Diana Northrup taught the EPSCoR-funded Communicating Science class at UNM in Spring 2014; Lorie Liebrock was an exceptional participant in our previous grants; Phyllis Baca has worked with EPSCoR for several years and is involved in the current Energize New Mexico grant; and Jeri Timlin is a current team member of the Bioalgal Component. Read more about the awards and the awardees.
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A report from Chelsea, our Diversity Coordinator: I started off the summer with the largest group of STEM Advancement Program students to date - 14 students! They all spent a week together at New Mexico Tech then went their separate ways to their research sites in Albuquerque, Socorro, or Las Cruces. At the end of last month, their summer research concluded with presentations. Read more...
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NM EPSCoR is committed to the state of New Mexico, and we are no stranger to examining the effects of natural (or unnatural) disasters on water and the environment—for example, team members during our last grant were able to study the effects of the Las Conchas Fire on the Valles Caldera. This month, several people on the Uranium Team and the Geothermal Team have formed a collaboration among New Mexico Tech, University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University to research the long-term impact of the recent Animas River contamination from the Gold King Mine. Bonnie Frey, Uranium Team co-lead, wrote a report about their experience for us. Read more...
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The New Mexico Academy of Science (NMAS) and its partners, the New Mexico Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR) and the University of New Mexico Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (UNM CREST), invite you to the 2015 Research Symposium! This is our 3rd year hosting this event, and we expect it to be even more popular this year. The event is open to the public, and will focus on water, energy, the environment, and more. Register and submit an abstract on our website!
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Announcing the 2015 Creative Startups Cohort: Nine teams have been chosen to participate in the Creative Startups Accelerator this year. All teams will participate in a six-weeks of intensive business development online sessions and travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico to work with business experts, mentors and investors. Find out more about each team here.
Alice Loy receives Humanitarian Award: Alice Loy, our partner at Creative Startups, recently received one of the 2015 New Mexico Humanitarian Awards. Alice is the recipient of the 2015 “Common Good Investing Humanitarian Award.” According to the Albuquerque Journal, this award "specifically recognizes exemplary leadership in socially responsible investing that supports humanitarian purposes." Congrats, Alice! Read more about Alice and the rest of the award recipients.
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DOE announces photovoltaic research and development funding opportunity: Successful applicants will demonstrate a convincing ability to improve the limits of power conversion efficiency, fielded energy output, service lifetime, or manufacturability for commercial and emerging PV technologies. This funding opportunity will have three topic areas with different funding levels based on the size, scope, and length of the project. Across these three topic areas, projects are expected to be funded with maximum award levels ranging from $100,000 to $450,000 per year. The total federal funding will be approximately $18 million.
Read more here.
RII3 participant recommended for 2 NSF grants: José Herrera (WNMU), a participant in our previous grant, was recently recommended for two grants: WNMU Noyce Track 1 Capacity Building grant to strengthen STEM teacher preparation and Collaborative Research: Parsing the effects of host specificity and geography on plant-fungal symbioses under climate change. Some of the material was based on ideas that were discussed in the NM EPSCoR Diversity IWG last year. Congrats, José!
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Water & Energy in New Mexico Lecture Series
First up on the schedule is our own Dr. Bruce Thomson, who will be discussing the link between water and energy, and why this topic is of critical importance to New Mexico. More info... |
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Water & Energy in New Mexico Lecture Series
Next up in the weekly lecture series is our own Dr. Janie Chermak, discussing economic perspectives on water and energy supply and demand in New Mexico. More info...
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Explora Adult Night: Plugged, Unplugged
Each Adult Night at Explora features a special theme with related activities, ranging from theater performances to hands-on experiments with surprising materials.
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Tree Ring Workshop
Designed for teachers of 5th-8th grades, this workshop is place-based science for mountain schools near Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Los Alamos. More info...
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Prepare for Your Future in a STEM Career
An AMAZING event from Santa Fe Community College for all STEM students, faculty, and professionals. Present a poster, improve communication abilities, and more. More info...
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NM AMP Annual Conference
From October 01–03, 2015 at the Las Cruces Convention Center. More info...
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Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials
More info...
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NM WRRI Conference
From October 07–09, 2015 in Taos, NM. More info...
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SACNAS National Conference
From October 29–31, 2015 in Washington, D.C. More info...
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Abstracts are due no later than October 5th. Space will fill up fast, so register soon!
Make sure to keep up to date with us... we will be announcing a series of workshops with the UNM STEM Collaborative Center on how to write an abstract, how to tell a story with your data, how to present at a conference, and more! These workshops will happen in mid-to-late September and early October.
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Be sure to visit our website to keep up-to-date on our events! If you have an event you would like us to feature (even if it's not EPSCoR-related!), please contact Natalie at nwilloughby@epscor.unm.edu.
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Most of you know that Mary Jo Daniel has moved on to greener pastures at the University of New Mexico. Congrats on your new digs, Mary Jo... we will miss you dearly!
On the bright side, our new Associate Director, Anne Jakle, just started her fourth week at EPSCoR, and we are thrilled to have her. Welcome to NM EPSCoR, Anne!
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