Engineering Untenured Faculty Network Agenda & Announcements
September 22, 2015
1. Introductions
2. Announcements
 StrengthsQuest
 USRG & FDA
 Bios & Bio Book
3. Handouts
 Research Quick Reference Guide, K-State Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
 Survival manual for new faculty: Seasoned faculty members around the country offer tips for
new professors. Source: UA/AU (University Affairs/Afaires Universitaires (Canada), 9/9/15
 The Awesomest 7-Year Postdoc or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the TenureTrack Faculty Life, Source: American Scientific, 07/21/13
 Preparing for Academic Life, Source: The California State University
 The Top Ten Things New Faculty Would Like to Hear from Colleagues, Source: Stanford,
Tomorrow’s Professor Postings
4. Program: Pacing Yourself as a New Faculty Member
Panelists: Jessica Heier-Stamm, Stacey Kulesza and Gurpreet Singh
Fall 2015
Time/Location
Topic
Tues, Oct 13
10:30 -11:30,
Edwards Conference Room
10:30 -11:30,
Edwards Conference Room
10:30 -11:30,
Edwards Conference Room
Sponsored Projects Process / new VPR policies
Tues, Nov 10
Tues, Dec 8
Update on Research Resources (internal grants,
collaborations, workshops, etc.)
ABET Accreditation
StrengthsQuest Online Assessment
K-State has a program where entering undergraduate students take the StrengthsQuest online
assessment to find out what their strengths are. This test helps you better understand what your
strengths are and provides insights into how you interact on teams and with others. The Engineering
Research and Graduate Program Office is providing a code for all untenured faculty to take the
StrengthsQuest assessment and learn your strengths. Learn more about the Strengths Quest at the
below websites at K-State as well as doing a search on the internet.
 http://www.k-state.edu/strengthsquest/
 http://www.k-state.edu/acic/strengths/strengths.html
If you would like to take the assessment, please email Chassy Nichols, chassy@ksu.edu, and she will
provide you with the code. It takes about 20-30 minutes to complete but we believe it will be useful
information. We are also working on some possible workshops to discuss how to take advantage of your
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strengths and build teams. Some faculty have done this with their graduate students and UG
researchers as well to help everyone better understand our differences.
College of Engineering Develops Research Keywords Database
If you have not done so already, now is the time to enter, update or publish your Key Words information
and bios. The research keywords database as a way for K-State colleagues and outside entities to easily
identify areas of expertise of engineering faculty, and provide potential connections and opportunities.
ALiCE Training
The College of Engineering has arranged a private ALiCE training session for engineering faculty, staff
and graduate students on October 15 from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. in 3053 Rathbone Hall. This session will
be open to faculty, staff and graduate students. If you are interested in attending, please let me know so
we can reserve a seat for you. For those not familiar, a description of ALiCE Training is provided below.
Please RSVP to jgibisch@ksu.edu if you plan to attend.
The ALICE program was developed by a police officer and his wife, an elementary school principal,
following the events at Columbine. The purpose of ALICE training is to prepare individuals to handle the
threat of an active shooter. Individuals learn to participate in their own survival, while leading others to
safety. To make it easy to remember in a stressful situation, ALICE is broken up into five strategies: Alert;
Lockdown; Inform; Counter and Evacuate.
 ALERT is to notify as many people as possible within the danger zone that a potentially life
threatening risk exists
 LOCKDOWN is to secure in place, and prepare to EVACUATE or COUNTER, if needed
 INFORM is to continue to communicate the intruder’s location in real time
 COUNTER is to interrupt the intruder and make it difficult or impossible to aim
 EVACUATE is to remove yourself from the danger zone when it is safe to do so
New Funding Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2016 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for its Young Investigator
Program (YIP). ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists
and engineers who are in their first or second full-time tenure-track or tenure-track-equivalent
academic appointment, have begun their first appointment on or after 01 Nov 2010, and who show
exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract
outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities") to
the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their
teaching and research careers. Opportunity Deadline: December 1, 2015
Working with Industry Workshops
Two workshops offer follow-up on topics from last spring’s Working with Industry Boot Camp. Both will
be held in t Alumni Center Ballroom. The workshops also will help faculty prepare for industry
interactions during the K-State Research Showcase on Feb. 3, 2016. Additional information will be
available later this fall.
 Working with Industry Workshop: Build Your Brand, Wednesday, October 7, 3:30-5 p.m., Ballroom,
K-State Alumni Center. Registration required.
 Working with Industry Workshop: Navigating Intellectual Property, Monday, November 2, 3:30-5
p.m., Ballroom, K-State Alumni Center. Registration required.
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SPARK (Students Promoting the Advancement of Research at K-State) Week, October 5-9
Is sponsoring SPARK Week, a campus-wide collaboration celebrating and promoting the opportunities
for undergraduate research & creative inquiry at K-State. Events planned for the week can be found on
The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry site, SPARK Week: Schedule of Events
For Your Students
 Graduate Fellowship Information Session, September 22, 3-5 PM, Purple Pride Room, K-State
Alumni Center. This session, co-hosted by the Graduate School, the Office of Nationally Competitive
Scholarships, and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, will provide information on key
graduate fellowships programs. Particularly highlighted will be the National Science Foundation’s
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP); Department of Defense’s Science and
Mathematics Research for Transformation (SMART) and National Defense Science and Engineering
Fellowship (NDSEF); and the Environmental Protection Agency’s STAR Fellowship. Graduate
students who currently hold one of these fellowships will also be present to discuss their application
experience as well as what the award has meant for them. Registration for this event is required,
Graduate Fellowship Information Session.
 Deeper Dive: National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP),
October 5, 3:30-5 PM, Lecture Room, K-State Alumni Center. The National Science Foundation’s
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) supports outstanding graduate students in NSFsupported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing researchbased Master’s and doctor degree. This session will take an in depth look at the requirements for
an NSF GFRP submission. A panel of faculty members who have served on review panels for this
program will discuss tips and provide advice that you will not find in this program’s Request for
Proposals. Students will also have an opportunity to talk about their research ideas with the
panel. If you are serious about submitting to this program, this is a session you should not miss.
Registration for this event is required, Deeper Dive: NSF GRFP.
 The Research and the State graduate student poster session will be held on October 27. This is an
opportunity for graduate students to share their research and scholarly work and discuss the
implications it has for topics of interest to the State of Kansas. Abstract submission is now open and
will remain open through September 25 at 11:59 p.m.
 ERGP is offering FREE business cards for all College of Engineering PhD students. For more
information, click here. They must be requested before October 1!
 The Engineering Undergraduate Poster Forum will be held the evening of Thursday, December 3 in
the Rathbone and Fiedler atriums. This is an opportunity for undergraduate researchers to share
their research and creative inquiry projects with the community. Abstract submission will open on
October 1.
Sign up for K-State Alerts
In light of Friday’s campus lockdown now seems to be a good time to make sure you are signed up to
receive K-State Alerts. K-State Alerts will be used when a dangerous condition exists on campus (e.g.
active shooter, storm in process, dangerous debris from storm), when a decision to close the campus
has been made or when a decision to reopen the campus following a forced closure has been made. The
emergency notification system gives campus authorities the ability to communicate emergency
information quickly to the university community. Some of the following channels are: text messaging,
automated phone calls, broadcast e-mails to all @k-state.edu accounts. Alert beacons, tornado warning
sirens, postings to the K-State website. K-State Alerts FAQs.
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K-State Online: Canvas Training Available Throughout the Fall
Don't put it off, sign up now for K-State Online Canvas training. Training sessions are available
throughout the fall to prepare instructors who need to upgrade their courses to K-State Online Canvas.
Where are you in the lifespan of teaching?
The Teaching & Learning Center promotes innovation and effectiveness in our teaching through a
variety of programs and events. We like to say that our center covers the lifespan of a teacher.
Fall 2015 Calendar
Sept 21-25
Postdoc Appreciation Week
Tues, Sept 22 UFN, “Pacing Yourself,” 10:30 – 11:30, Edwards Conference Room
Tues, Sept 22 Graduate Fellowship Information Session
Fri, Sept 25
Research and the State, deadline for abstract submissions
Mon, Sept 28 Last day to request FDA & USRG matching from ERGP
Thurs, Oct 1
NAE Lecture, 3:30, Fiedler Hall
Thurs, Oct 1
PhD Business Cards, last day to order
Thurs, Oct 1
Abstract submission opens, Engineering Undergraduate Poster Forum
Mon, Oct 5
FDA and USRG proposals due to ORSP
Mon, Oct 5
Deeper Dive: NSF GRFP Session
Oct 5-9
SPARK Week
Wed, Oct 7
Working with Industry Workshop: Build Your Brand
Fri, Oct 9
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) YIP proposals due
Tues, Oct 13 UFN, Sponsored Projects Process and New VPR Policies – PreAward Services, 10:30 –
11:30, Edwards Conference Room
Mon, Oct 26 NSF Kansas EPSCoR First Award, proposals deadline
Mon, Nov 2
Working with Industry Workshop: Navigating Intellectual Property
Tues, Nov 10 UFN, Update on Research Resources – Office of Research and Sponsored Programs,
10:30 – 11:30, Edwards Conference Room
Thurs, Nov 19 DOE Early Career Proposals, application deadline
Thurs Dec 3
Engineering Undergraduate Poster Forum
Tues, Dec 8
UNF, ABET Accreditation, 10:30 – 11:30, Edwards Conference Room
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