List of Announcements (details below):
* VSE in the News
* Photo of the Week
* Shams Bahabib selected as Mason Employee of the Month
* Graduate Research Fellowship Program in STEM Fields
* “Crowdfunding Propels Scientific Research”: Washington Post
* Funding Opportunity: STEM + Computing Partnerships (NSF)
* Max Albanese Receives Funding from NCIIA
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*VSE in the News*
Here is a list of news stories about VSE that have been posted:
At the Volgenau website (http://volgenau.gmu.edu/):
* What the Drone Sees – Developing Accurate Reliable Data for Robotic
Bridge and Tunnel Inspection
<http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/what-the-drone-sees-%E2%80%93-developing-accurate-reliable-data-for-robotic-bridge-and-tunnel-inspection?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1>
* Alumnus Uses Interest in Robotics to Help Older Adults
<http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/alumnus-uses-interest-in-robotics-to-help-older-adults?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1>
* Engineers Week Photo Challenge
<http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/engineers-week-photo-challenge?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1>
* The Year in Review | 2014
<http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/2014-the-year-in-review?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1>
If you have suggestions for other stories, please submit them to Martha
Bushong, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
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*Photo of the Week*
Ken Ball, Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering (far right) and S. David
Wu, Provost, George Mason University thank Kevin Reynolds (middle),
President, Cardinal Bank; at the 23rd annual Cardinal Bank and George
Mason University Greater Washington Economic Conference.
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*Shams Bahabib selected as Mason Employee of the Month*
Mason’s Employee of the Month Selection Committee has selected of Shams
Bahabib, Undergraduate Student Services, Office of the Associate Dean,
Volgenau School of Engineering as Employee of the Month for February 2015.
Shams will be formally presented with this award by President Cabrera in
his office, 5th Floor of Merten Hall, 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3.
Co-workers and friends are all encouraged to attend the ceremony.
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*Graduate Research Fellowship Program in STEM Fields*
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has a Graduate Research
Fellowship (GRF) program that supports doctoral students engaged in
research in the forensic sciences and other topics of relevance to
criminal justice, per NIJ's mission.
The Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (GRF-STEM) track is open to doctoral students in any of the
following disciplines:
Life Sciences.
Chemistry.
Physics.
Geosciences.
Materials Research.
Engineering.
Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering.
Mathematical Sciences.
Successful GRF-STEM applicants must demonstrate how their proposed
dissertation research advances basic criminal justice knowledge,
practice or policy in the United States.
Each fellowship potentially provides up to three years of support over a
five-year period, pending the demonstration of satisfactory progress
toward the doctoral degree and the availability of funds. For each year
of support, NIJ provides an allowance of $35,000 to cover salary/stipend
and related costs, and up to $15,000 to cover the student’s tuition and
fees, research expenses and related costs.
Students are NOT required to hold U.S. Citizenship or residency to be
awarded this fellowship.International students and non-U.S. Citizens are
eligible provided they meet other eligibility requirements and
qualifications.
For more
information:http://nij.gov/funding/fellowships/graduate-research-fellowship/Pages/grf-stem.aspx
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*“Crowdfunding Propels Scientific Research”: Washington Post*
URL: http://wapo.st/1xlRZnb
This article appeared in the /Washington Post/ on January 18. Excerpts:
“In a video presentation on David Eagleman’s Kickstarter fundraising Web
page, the 43-year-old neuroscience professor removes his shirt. There’s
a legitimate reason: He’s showing off a prototype of a high-tech vest
that he thinks will help us expand human perception beyond the limits of
our five senses.
“Eagleman, who runs the perception lab at the Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston, is part of an emerging generation of scientists who are
leveraging the world of crowdfunding, social media and TED talks to
promote and raise money for research that might otherwise never see the
light of day.
“This kind of public engagement traditionally has been frowned upon in
academia. … As scientists have faced growing competition for a shrinking
pot of government research funds in recent years, however, that attitude
is changing.
“Science historian David Kaiser says the trend is being driven by a
flip-flop in how science research is funded in the United States. In the
1960s, the government supported two-thirds of the country’s research and
development. These days its share is closer to one-third — with
companies, philanthropic organizations and other private sources paying
for the rest. …”
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*Funding Opportunity: STEM + Computing Partnerships (NSF)*
Sponsor:Directorate for Education and Human Resources/NSF
The STEM+C Partnerships program seeks to significantly enhance the
learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
(STEM), and computing by K-12 students and teachers, through research
on, and development of, courses, curriculum, course materials,
pedagogies, instructional strategies, or models that innovatively
integrate computing into one or more STEM disciplines, or integrate STEM
content into the teaching and learning of computing. In addition, STEM+C
seeks to build capacity in K-12 computing education with foundational
research and focused teacher preparation. Projects in the STEM+C
Partnerships program should build on research in STEM education and
prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and
empirical justification for proposed projects.
Deadline(s):04/14/2015
Program URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15537/nsf15537.htm
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*Max Albanese Receives Funding from NCIIA*
Max Albanese of the Applied Information Technology Department received
$18K from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance for
his project, “E-Mow: Biomass-Powered Robot Harvester.”
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Stephen G. Nash
Senior Associate Dean
Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500
Mailstop 5C8
Fairfax, VA 22030
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Phone: (703) 993-1505
Fax: (703) 993-1633
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