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Research Prizes and Honors
News and Information
Quoted
Research Opportunities
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Research Prizes and Honors
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD
Dr. Benny D. Freeman, chemical engineering professor, has been selected to
receive the 2009 American Chemical Society Award in Applied Polymer Science
for his pioneering research that has defined the state of the art in
polymer-based gas, liquid and vapor separation membranes.
The award will be presented and recognized at the 2009 spring meeting of the
American Chemical Society in March during a two-day symposium featuring 24
presentations from around the world honoring Freeman's contributions to the
field.
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News and Information
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EARLY-CAREER GRANT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT OFFERED
The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) and the Division of Statistics and
Scientific Computation (SSC) will offer free federal grant development
assistance next semester to eight early-career tenure-track faculty at The
University of Texas at Austin who have not received federal funding to date.
The program is designed to maximize a grant's funding possibility through
technical writing guidance provided in monthly meetings with a nationally
recognized grant-writing consultant, Elizabeth Tornquist. Each participant
will also be assigned an on-campus statistical or mathematical consultant
from SSC to collaborate on the creation of a high-quality analysis section.
The program is intensive, requiring two to three meetings (individually and
in small groups) per month across the spring semester, with the aim of
creating a strong draft of a federal proposal by June 2009.
Applications are due by Dec. 12, 2008, for federal grant proposals to be
submitted no earlier than June 2009.
Eligible applicants are early-career tenure-track faculty who are within
three years of joining The University of Texas at Austin and have not
received federal funding.
To request an application or more information, contact Maria Winchell in OSP
at mwinchell@austin.utexas.edu or 232-4319.
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Quoted-UT Researchers in the News
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Detroit Free Press
Nov. 23, 2008
HEADLINE: Liberals break out the flags
Obama's victory stirs patriotism
[From an article at http://www.freep.com/article/20081123/NEWS07/811230467
about new displays of patriotism]
H.W. Brands, a historian at The University of Texas at Austin, said that
Democrats became uncomfortable with only a certain type of patriotism - the
exclusive variety. Primal and powerful, it appears most forcefully during
times of war, whipping up fervor through an us-versus-them mentality,
squelching most dissent in the name of national unity. It was on broad
display, Brands noted, in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks.
The New York Times
Nov. 21, 2008
HEADLINE: Blanket of Soil May Hide Vast Martian Glaciers
[From an article at
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/science/space/25obmars.html
discovery of glaciers on Mars.]
about
"It's sort of like discovering Greenland," said John W. Holt of The
University of Texas, lead author of a study in Science describing the
findings.
The spacecraft's ground-penetrating radar instrument, aimed at several of
these lobes in the Hellas basin in the southern hemisphere, picked up two
reflected signals - one from the surface and another from something else
underground. "That can really only happen with a limited number of
materials," Dr. Holt said, and all the evidence pointed to massive sheets of
ice.
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Research Opportunities
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IMPORTANT UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DEADLINES
http://www.utexas.edu/research/vp/awards/
---NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Sociology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369
Deadlines: Regular Research, Jan. 15, 2009; Dissertation Research, Feb. 15,
2009
Centers for Chemical Innovation Phase I
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09503/nsf09503.htm
Deadlines: Preliminary Proposal, Feb. 2, 2009; Full Proposal (by invitation)
June 3, 2009
Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066
Deadline: Feb. 12, 2009
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13342
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2009
NanoManufacturing
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13347
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2009
Nano and Bio Mechanics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13523
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2009
Math and Science Partnership
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09507/nsf09507.htm
Deadlines: Feb. 17, 2009 for Institute Partnerships, MSP-Start Partnerships,
Phase II Partnerships, RETA Projects; Feb. 24, 2009 for Innovation through
Institutional Integration; and Aug. 20, 2009 for Targeted Partnerships
[This is a Limited Submission. Please contact Courtney Frazier at
limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu or 471-6424.]
Research in Disabilities Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09508/nsf09508.htm
Deadlines: Feb. 18, 2009 for Demonstration, Enrichment or Dissemination;
Feb. 24, 2009 for Innovation through Institutional Integration; and Feb. 26,
2009 for Research
[The Innovation through Institutional Integration program is a Limited
Submission. Please contact Courtney Frazier at limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu
or 471-6424.]
---NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Informing Systems Biology through Genetic Variation: The Genes, Environment
and Health Initiative
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-120.html
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Dec. 14, 2008; Application, Jan. 14, 2009
Innovation in Molecular Imaging Probes
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-016.html
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Dec. 22, 2008; Application, Jan. 22. 2009
---DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Advanced Combustion
http://ecenter.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/8df825feb86675de852564650046faea/567
6848fef5033fe852575010069cb7c?OpenDocument
Deadline: Jan. 16, 2009
Efficient Emission Control Devices
https://ecenter.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/1697B99DA466904D85257501006AAC
87?OpenDocument
Deadline: Jan. 16, 2009
---ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Computational Toxicology Research Centers: in vitro and in silico Models Of
Developmental Toxicity Pathways
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_comptox.html
Deadline: Jan. 29, 2009
---NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_ImplementationGuidelines.html
Deadline: Jan. 28, 2009
---OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Semiconductor Research Corporation Global Research Collaboration
Research in Analog and Mixed-Signal Devices
http://grc.src.org/fr/S200804_Call.asp
Deadlines: White Papers, Dec. 4, 2008; Requested Proposals, March 3, 2009
American Federation for Aging Research
2009 AFAR Research Grants
http://www.afar.org/afar99.html
Deadline: Dec. 16, 2008
Smithsonian Institution
Fellowship Program
Postdoctoral, Predoctoral, and Graduate Student Fellowships
http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2009
Harry Ransom Center
2009-2010 Research Fellowships
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/
Deadline: Feb. 2, 2009
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Research Project
SGER Collaborative Research: VisualizeIT - Measuring the Impact of
IT-Enabled Concept Generation on Designer Creativity
FACULTY: Matthew Campbell, associate professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, principal investigator
AGENCY: National Science Foundation
AMOUNT: $30,906
This project creates and evaluates new visualization techniques of models
from a concept generator to stimulate the designer to generate concepts not
originally posed by designer or computer. This technology is expected to
enable the development of creative solutions to design problems that would
otherwise go undiscovered.
The three challenges to achieving effective visualization for enhancing
creative design at the concept generation phase are: 1) how to cluster the
many concept variants returned from an automated concept generation
algorithm into a manageable set of representative concepts that span the
design alternative space; 2) how to visually represent the option space to
the designer so that it enhances creativity; and 3) how to measure the
impact of the visualization schemes on designer creativity.
This exploratory research, if successful, offers the opportunity to
transform how we design products and systems and how we guide any designer
to a creative new product.
Tim Green
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