School of Science and Technology Annual Accomplishment Summary 2013-­‐14 Dean Lynn Stauffer, Ph.D. A. HIGHLIGHTS Describe the School’s accomplishments for the past fiscal year. •
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Over 60 new and continued funding awards to School of Science and Technology faculty, staff, and students. Among the new awards: o Learning by Making: STEM Success for Mendocino County, Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) program, Susan Wandling and L. Cominsky, 1/1/14 – 12/31/18, $2,960,335 plus $447,500 in required matching funds, November 2013. o EC3: Earth-­‐Centered Communication for Cyberinfrastructure Challenges of field data collection, management, and integration, Mookerjee, M., NSF, $299,329 o California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) Song Brown Grant for Family Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant programs: $328,000, to support efforts to expand the capacity of registered nurse education programs within California, Wilkosz, M.E.. School of Science and Technology faculty and students published over 80 papers and gave over 60 professional presentations in 2013-­‐14. Programs in the Nursing Department (undergraduate BSN and graduate FNP) successfully reaccredited for 8 years (the maximum period) by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). School of Science and Technology faculty, staff and students are active in numerous enrichment, service, and outreach activities including: o A “SSU Celebration of Women in Science” during Women’s History Month (March 2014) with speaker events in all SST departments; also co-­‐sponsored speaker (Provost Sue Rosser, SFSU) on unconscious bias in science (Oct 2013). o Expanded the SST Summer High School Internship Program (SHIP) from 10 to 15 student interns partnered with SST faculty mentors. o SSU hosted several important meetings including (1) the annual meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) California-­‐Nevada section in November 2013. This was the first time SSU hosted this meeting, (2) the Mathematical Association of America Section Meeting (February 2014), and (3) the Expanding Your Horizons Conference (March 2014). o Outreach events at the North Bay Discovery Day, elementary school visit for Chemistry Week, Piner High visit, and Napa Valley College MESA Day. School of Science faculty and staff continue to advance their teaching, research and service activities in support of student success. o Implemented Sophomore Year Programming for SST majors including student resource website and expanded outreach activities. o Extended curricular innovations in freshman learning communities (Biology, BioChemistry/Chemistry/STEM), sophomore Biology curriculum, the entire Mathematics & Statistics program, astronomy online modules, and upper-­‐division GE courses. o Continued MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement) program despite ongoing fiscal challenges. pg. 1 Science and Technology continues to build partnerships with local business, industry, government, education and others to advance mutual interests. o Established SSU’s Engineering Industry Advisory Board. o Nearing final approval of SSU-­‐Piner High School STEM Pathway encouraging students to explore STEM fields in high school and to come to SSU as a STEM major. o Accepted 40-­‐acre donation to extend Fairfield Osborn Preserve to 451 acres. B. SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS •
What is the single most important accomplishment of the School this year? The SSU Science Symposium held on April 30, 2014 in the Student Center Ballroom. There were 55 posters representing the research and scholarship efforts of 130 students in collaboration with 26 different faculty mentors from Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, ENSP, Geography, Geology, Kinesiology, Liberal Studies, Math & Statistics, and Physics & Astronomy. Fifteen posters were part of the SSU WATERS Collaborative. SST, the Sonoma County Water Agency (WATERS), and NSF supported the Symposium. LIST OF CATEGORIZED ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY DEPARTMENT (PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, NEW FUNDING, CONTINUED FUNDING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, COLLABORATIONS, MAJOR SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS, OTHER) C. PUBLICATIONS 1. Biology a. Fowler, M.A., D.P. Costa, D.E. Crocker, W. Shen, F.B. Kraemer. Adipose triglyceride lipase, not hormone sensitive lipase, is the primary lipolytic enzyme in fasting elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (in press). b. Chicco, A.J., C.H. Le, A.E. Schlater, A.D. Nguyen, S.D. Kaye, J.W. Beals, R.L. Scalzo, C. Bell, E. Gnaiger, D.P. Costa, D.E. Crocker, and S.B. Kanatous. High fatty acid oxidation capacity and phosphorylation control despite elevated leak and reduced respiratory capacity in northern elephant seal muscle mitochondria. Journal of Experimental Biology (in press). c. Ensminger, D.C., D.A. Somo, D.S. Houser, D.E. Crocker. 2014. Metabolic responses to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) vary with life-­‐history stage in adult male northern elephant seals. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 204:150-­‐157. d. Moore, C.D., D.E. Crocker, A. Fahlman, M.J. Moore, D.S Willoughby, K. Robbins, S.B. Kanatous, S.J. Trumble. 2014. Ontogenetic changes in skeletal muscle fiber type, fiber diameter and myoglobin concentration in the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Frontiers in Physiology. 5:217:1-­‐5. doi: 10.3389/ fphys.2014.00217. e. Louis, C., A.C. Dirtu, M. Stas, Y. Guiot, G. Malarvannan, K. Das; D.P Costa, D.E Crocker, A. Covaci, C. Debier. 2014. Mobilization of lipophilic pollutants from blubber in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-­‐weaning fast. Environmental Research. 132: 438-­‐448. f. Tift, M.S., P.J. Ponganis, and D.E. Crocker. 2014. Elevated carboxyhemoglobin in a marine mammal, the northern elephant seal. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 1752-­‐1757. g. Maresh, J.L., S.E. Simmons, D.E. Crocker , B.I. McDonald, T.M. Williams, and D.P. Costa. 2014. Free-­‐swimming northern elephant seals have low field metabolic rates that are sensitive to an increased cost of transport. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217:1485-­‐1495. h. Peterson, S.H., J.L. Hassrick, A. Lafontaine, J. Thomé, D.E. Crocker, C. Debier, D.P. Costa. 2014. Effects of age, adipose percent, and reproduction on PCB concentrations and profiles in an extreme fasting North Pacific marine mammal. PLoS One 9(4): e96191. i. Spraker, T.R., E.T. Lyons, T.A. Kuzmina, M.S. Tift, S. Raverty, N. Jaggi, D.E. Crocker. 2014. Causes of death in preweaned northern elephant seal pups. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic pg. 2 j.
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Investigation. 26:320-­‐326. López-­‐Cruz, R.I., M.B. Pérez-­‐Milicua, D.E. Crocker, R. Gaxiola-­‐Robles, J. Bernal, A. de la Rosa, J. P. Vázquez-­‐Medina, T. Zenteno-­‐Savín. 2014. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase and xanthine oxidase activities in erythrocytes and plasma from marine, semiaquatic and terrestrial mammals. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 171:31-­‐35. Crocker. D.E., C.D. Champagne, M.A. Fowler, and D.S. Houser. 2014. Adiposity and fat metabolism in lactating and fasting northern elephant seals. Advances in Nutrition. 1: 57-­‐64. Fowler, M.A., C. Debier, E. Mignolet, C. Lignard, D.E. Crocker, D P. Costa. 2014. Fatty acid mobilization and comparison to milk fatty acid content in northern elephant seals. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 184: 125-­‐135. Crocker, D.E. M.A. Fowler, C.D. Champagne, A.L. Vanderlugt and D.S. Houser. 2014. Metabolic response to a glucagon challenge varies with adiposity and life-­‐history stage in fasting northern elephant seals. General and Comparative Endocrinology 195:99-­‐106. Martinez, B., J.G. Soñanez-­‐Organis, J.P. Vázquez-­‐Medina, J.A. Viscarra, D.S. MacKenzie, D.E. Crocker, and R.M. Ortiz. 2013. Prolonged food deprivation increases mRNA expression of deiodinase 1 & 2, and thyroid hormone receptor β-­‐1 in a fasting-­‐adapted mammal. Journal of Experimental Biology. 4647-­‐4654. Houser, D.S. C.D. Champagne and D.E. Crocker. 2013. A non-­‐traditional model of the metabolic syndrome: the adaptive significance of insulin resistance in fasting-­‐adapted seals. Frontiers in Endocrinology 4:1-­‐10. Costa, D.P., D.S. Houser, and D.E. Crocker, and. 2013. Fundamentals of water relations and thermoregulation in animals. Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.10.1002:1-­‐12. Tift, M.S. E.L. Ranalli, D.S. Houser, R.M. Ortiz, and D.E. Crocker. 2013. Development enhances hypometabolism in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris). Functional Ecology. 27:1155-­‐1165. Hassrick, J.L., D.E. Crocker, and D.P. Costa. 2013. Effects of maternal age and mass on foraging behavior and foraging success in the northern elephant seal. Functional Ecology. 27:1055-­‐1063. M. Suzuki, J.P. Vázquez-­‐Medina, J.A Viscarra, J.G. Soñanez-­‐ Organis, D.E. Crocker, and R.M. Ortiz. 2013. Activation of systemic, but not local, renin-­‐angiotensin system is associated with up-­‐regulation of TNF-­‐α during prolonged fasting in northern elephant seal pups. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216:3125-­‐3221. J.G. Soñanez-­‐Organis, J.P. Vázquez-­‐Medina, D.E. Crocker and R.M. Ortiz. 2013. Prolonged fasting activates hypoxia inducible factor -­‐1α, -­‐2α and -­‐3α in a tissue-­‐specific manner in northern elephant seal pups. Gene. 526:155-­‐163. Kleinhesselink, A. R., S. M. Magnoli, & J. H. Cushman. 2014. Shrubs as ecosystem engineers across an environmental gradient: effects on species richness and exotic plant invasion. Oecologia DOI: 10.1007/s00442-­‐014-­‐2972-­‐0. Magnoli, S. M., A. R. Kleinhesselink, & J. H. Cushman. 2013. Responses to invasion and invader removal differ between native and exotic plant groups in a coastal dune. Oecologia 173:1521-­‐1530. Geist NR, Hillenius WJ, Frey E, Jones TD and Elgin RA 2013. Breathing in a box: Constraints on lung ventilation in giant pterosaurs. The Anatomical Record. 013 Dec 10. Cohen MF, Gurung S, Fukuto JM, Yamasaki H (2014) Controlled free radical attack in the apoplast: A hypothesis for roles of O, N and S species in regulatory and polysaccharide cleavage events during rapid abscission by Azolla. Plant Sci 217–218:120–126. Gurung S, Cohen MF, Yamasaki H (2014) Azide-­‐dependent nitric oxide emission from the water fern Azolla pinnata. Russ J Plant Physiol 61(4):in press pg. 3 z.
Yamasaki H, Watanabe NS, Fukuto J, Cohen MF (2014) Nitrite-­‐dependent nitric oxide production pathway: diversity of NO production systems. In: In: Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice -­‐ Pediatric Disorders, H. Tsukahara, K.Kaneko, R.H. Steinhorn, Eds., Springer-­‐Verlag, New York, p. 35-­‐54. aa. Burnaford, J., K.J. Nielsen & S.L. Williams. In Press. Celestial mechanics affect emersion time and patterns of abundance of an ecosystem engineer, the intertidal kelp Saccharina sessilis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. bb. Bakker, J. K.J. Nielsen, J. Alberti, O.O. Iribarne, D.P.J. Kuijper, M. Schrama & B.R. Silliman. In Press. Saltwater-­‐Terrestrial Boundary. In K. LaPierre and T. Hanley (Eds.)Trophic Ecology: Bottom-­‐Up and Top-­‐Down Interactions across Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems. Cambridge University Press. cc. Blanchette, C.A., M.W. Denny, J.M. Engle, B. Helmuth, L.P. Miller, K.J. Nielsen, and J. Smith. In Press. Intertidal. In H. Mooney and E. Zavaleta, (Eds.) Ecosystems of California. University of California Press. dd. Carr, M,H., K.J. Nielsen, J. Prince, P. Raimondi, S.C. Schroeter and B. Tissot. 2014. Final Report of the Science Advisory Committee Scientific and Technical Review of the Survey Design and Methods Used by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to Estimate Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) Density. California Ocean Science Trust, California Ocean Protection Council and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. http://calost.org/pdf/science-­‐advising/peer-­‐
review/Abalone%20Review%20Final%20Report%20FINAL.pdf ee. Dick, CA, NE Rank, M McCarthy, S McWeeney, D Hollis and EP Dahlhoff. 2013. Effects of temperature variation on male behavior and mating success in a montane beetle. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86:432-­‐440. ff. Dellicour, S. Fearnley, S., Lombal, A., Heidl, S., Dahlhoff, E.P., Rank, N.E. and Mardulyn, P.M. 2014. Inferring the past and present connectivity across the range of a willow leaf beetle: combining ecological niche modeling with a geographically explicit model of coalescence. Online publication 22 MAY 2014, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12426. gg. Jackson, M.L., Fields, H.F., Lujan, T.S., Cantrell, M.M., Lin, J., and Fukuto J.M. (2013) The Effects of Nitroxyl (HNO) on H2O2 Metabolism and Possible Mechanisms of HNO Signaling. Arch Biochem Biophys. 538 (2):120-­‐9. 2. Computer Science a. Ravikumar, B. Some Decision Questions Concerning the Time Complexity of Language Acceptors, accepted for publication, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, to appear Fall 2014. b. Ravikumar, B. An Improved Upper-­‐bound for Rivest et al.’s Half-­‐lie Problem, presented at the International Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, Chennai, India, April 11-­‐13, 2014. Paper appeared in Springer-­‐Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 8402, pages 23-­‐38. c. Ravikumar, B. On the Parikh Membership Problems for FA PDA and CM, presented at the Eighth International Conference on Language and Automata Theory, Madrid, Spain, March 10-­‐14, 2014. Paper appeared in Springer-­‐Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 8370, pages 14-­‐31. d. Hsu, C.-­‐H., Combs, J.*, Nazor, J.*, Santiago, F.*, Thysell, R.*, Rivoire, S., and Poole, S.W. Application power signature analysis. To appear in Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on High-­‐Performance, Power-­‐Aware Computing (HPPAC) (Phoenix, AZ, May 2014).(Authors with asterisks are SSU undergraduates) pg. 4 3. Engineering Science a. Haider Khaleel, Innovation in Wearable and Flexible Wireless Systems, Book, WIT Press Publishing Inc, UK. b. Haider R. Khaleel, Ayman Abbosh, Hussain Al-­‐Rizzo, and Daniel Rucker, Flexible and Compact Artificial Electromagnetic Conductor Based Antenna for Telemedicine Applications, published in IEEE Transaction on Antennas and Propagation, Jan, 2013. c. Haider Khaleel, Chitranjan Singh, Miniaturized Antenna Array with Low Correlation for Telemedicine and Body Area Networks Applications. d. Haider R. Khaleel, Hussain M. Al Rizzo, and Daniel G. Rucker.Printed Yagi-­‐Uda Antenna Array for MIMO Systems, Published in IEEE AP-­‐S 2013. e. Haider R. Khaleel, Hussain M. Al Rizzo, Ayman Abbosh, and Said Abushamleh. Ultra-­‐Thin Printed Monopole Based UWB Antenna with Extended 2.45 GHz ISM Band Operability, Published in IEEE AP-­‐S 2013. f. Said Abushamleh, Hussain Al-­‐Rizzo, Ahmed A. Kishk, Haider Khaleel, Miniaturized Thin Soft Surface Structure Using Metallic Strips with Ledge Edges, Published in IEEE AP-­‐S 2013. g. Ayman Abbosh, Radu Babiceanu, Hussain Al-­‐Rizzo, Haider Khaleel, Said Abushamleh, Flexible Yagi-­‐Uda Antenna for Wearable Electronic Devices, Published in IEEE AP-­‐S 2013. 4. Kinesiology a. Maresh CM, Sökmen B, Armstrong LE, Dias JC, Pryor JL, Creighton BC, Muñoz CX, Apicella JM, Casa DJ, Lee EC, Anderson JM, Kraemer WJ. Repetitive Box Lifting Performance is Impaired in a Hot Environment: Implications for Altered Work-­‐Rest Cycles. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Jul;11(7): 460-­‐468. b. American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Conference (2014) Abstract Publications c. Bulent Sokmen, Wesley Martin, Daniel Grubb, Sabrina Hrabe. Effects of Caffeine Intake on Metabolism, Muscular Strength, and Cycling Performance During Intermittent Cycling. Medicine Science in Sports & Exercise. S572 Vol. 46 No. 5 Supplement. http://acsmannualmeeting.org/wp-­‐content/uploads/2014/05/Friday-­‐Afternoon-­‐Abstracts-­‐
2014.pdf d. Wanda Boda, Chelsea Hennan, Ryan Rebbe, Sabrina Hrabe, Caitlin Witwer, Bülent Sökmen. The Relationship of Performance on Land and in Water in Water Polo Athletes. Medicine Science in Sports & Exercise. S729 Vol. 46 No. 5 Supplement. http://acsmannualmeeting.org/wp-­‐content/uploads/2014/05/Saturday-­‐Abstracts.pdf 5. Mathematics & Statistics a. Kanaana, I and Neal, C. “The Distinguished Chromatic Number of Line Graphs of Complete Graphs,” Congressus Numerantium, December 2013. b. Functions Modeling Change, 5th edition (A. Gleason et al.), Wiley, 2015 (B. Lahme, precalculus textbook co-­‐author). c. Algebra: Form and Function, 2nd edition (W. McCallum et. al), Wiley 2015 (B. Lahme, co-­‐
author) d. Multivariable Calculus, 6th edition (W. McCallum et. al), Wiley 2013 (B. Lahme, co-­‐author) e. Calculus, 6th edition (D. Hughes-­‐Hallett et. al), Wiley 2013 (B. Lahme, co-­‐author) f. Classroom Activities to accompany Calculus, Single and Mutivariable, (D. Hughes-­‐Hallett et al), Wiley 2013 (available on the book companion webpage; B. Lahme, co-­‐author and "Functions Modeling Change, 5th edition (Connally et al.), Wiley, 2015 (J. Morris, precalculus textbook co-­‐author) g. Multivariable Calculus, 6th edition (W. McCallum et. al), Wiley 2013 (J. Morris, co-­‐author) pg. 5 h. Calculus, 6th edition (D. Hughes-­‐Hallett et. al), Wiley 2013 (J. Morris, contributing author) i. Classroom Activities to accompany Calculus, Single and Multivariable, (D. Hughes-­‐Hallett et al), Wiley 2013 (available on the book companion webpage; J. Morris, co-­‐author & coordinator) 6. Nursing a. Chen, JK, Wilkosz, ME (2014) Efficacy of Technology-­‐Based Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Adolescents: A Systematic Review, Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics (accepted for publication) 7. Physics & Astronomy a. “Investigating Student Ideas about Cosmology I: Distances, Structure, and Composition of the Universe” Kim Coble, Carmen T. Camarillo, Melissa D. Nickerson, Laura E. Trouille, Janelle M. Bailey, Geraldine L. Cochran, & Lynn R. Cominsky, Astronomy Education Review, 2013, AER, 12 (1), 010102, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/AER2012038 b. “The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) High-­‐energy X-­‐Ray Mission” Fiona Harrison and 80 authors, including L. Cominsky, Ap.J. 770, 103, 19 (2013). c. "Investigating Student Ideas about Cosmology II: Composition of the Universe” Kim Coble, Melissa D. Nickerson, Carmen T. Camarillo, Janelle M. Bailey, Laura E. Trouille, Geraldine L. Cochran, & Lynn R. Cominsky, Astronomy Education Review 2013, AER, 12 (1), 010111, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/AER2012039 d. “Investigating Student Ideas about Cosmology III: Big Bang Theory, Expansion, Age and History of the Universe” Laura E. Trouille, Kim Coble, Carmen T. Camarillo, Melissa D. Nickerson, Geraldine L. Cochran, Janelle M. Bailey, & Lynn R. Cominsky, Astronomy Education Review 2013, AER, 12 (1), 010110, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/AER2013016 e. “Associating Long-­‐term γ-­‐Ray Variability with the Superorbital Period of LS I +61°303” Ackermann, M.. and 128 co-­‐authors including L. Cominsky, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 773, Issue 2, article id. L35, 7 pp. (2013) f. “The Second Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-­‐Ray Pulsars” Abdo, A. and 154 co-­‐authors including L. Cominsky, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, Volume 208, Issue 2, article id. 17, 59 pp. (2013). g. “The First Fermi-­‐LAT Catalog of Sources above 10 GeV” Ackermann, M. and 158 co-­‐authors including L. Cominsky, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, Volume 209, Issue 2, article id. 34, 34 pp. (2013) h. “The First Pulse of the Extremely Bright GRB 130427A: A Test Lab for Synchrotron Shocks” Preece, R. and 158 co-­‐authors including L. Cominsky, Science, Volume 343, Issue 6166, pp. 51-­‐54 (2014). i. “Fermi-­‐LAT Observations of the Gamma-­‐Ray Burst GRB 130427A” Ackermann, M. and 181 co-­‐authors including L. Cominsky, Science, Volume 343, Issue 6166, pp. 42-­‐47 (2014) j. “Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed intermediate mass black holes in LIGO-­‐Virgo data from 2005-­‐2010” Aasi, J. and 853 coauthors including L. Cominsky, Physical Review D, Volume 89, Issue 10, id.102006 k. “The NINJA-­‐2 project: detecting and characterizing gravitational waveforms modelled using numerical binary black hole simulations” Aasi, J. and 888 coauthors including L. Cominsky, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 31, Issue 11, article id. 115004 (2014) l. “Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-­‐Virgo joint science run” Aasi, J. and 850 coauthors including L. Cominsky, Physical Review D, Volume 89, Issue 12, id.122003 (2014) m. “Impulsive and Long Duration High-­‐energy Gamma-­‐Ray Emission from the Very Bright 2012 pg. 6 n.
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and Comparative Zoology. One poster presentation by Kevin Roberts, graduate student. Another poster presentation by Jordan Sayre, an undergraduate. g. Lin, J., The Immune Response to Borrelia burgdorferi. California Ticks and Tick-­‐Borne Infections: Novel and Necessary Knowledge for Clinicians; Presented By Kaiser Permanente, Jan 2014. Chemistry a. Lillig, J., SSU Faculty Research Expo, April 2014, with 2 undergraduates, “Determination of the IC50s for Wild-­‐Type and Fragmented Antimicrobial Peptides.” b. Perri, M., SSU Faculty Research Expo, April 2014, with 3 undergraduates, “Measurement of Organic Pollutants on the SSU campus.” Computer Science a. Ravikumar, B. An improved Upper-­‐bound for Rivest et al.’s Half-­‐lie Problem, presented at the International Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, Chennai, India, April 11-­‐13, 2014. b. Ravikumar, B. On the Parikh Membership Problems for FA PDA and CM, presented at the Eighth International Conference on Language and Automata Theory, Madrid, Spain, March 10-­‐14, 2014. c. Ravikumar, B., SSU Faculty Expo, April 2014, poster “Design and Analysis of Algorithms for Combinatorial Problems.” d. Ravikumar, B. What is a proof?,presented in the Math Department Colloquium, Fall 2013. e. Ravikumar, B. Machine Learning and Signal Processing for BCI applications, presented in the Engineering Science Colloquium, Spring 2014. f. Rivoire, S., Advisor to student poster competition entrant: Classification of Supercomputing Applications by Power Consumption, Jolie Nazor. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Southwestern Regional Conference (CCSC-­‐SW) student poster session g. Rivoire, S. SSU Faculty Expo, April 2014, poster with 5 undergraduates, “Classification of Supercomputing Applications by Power Consumption.” h. Combs, J., Hardwick, M., and Rivoire, S., “Characterizing the Power Consumption of Supercomputing Applications,” SST Science Symposium Engineering Science a. Farahmand, F., SSU Research Expo, April 2014, with 1 graduate and 2 undergraduate students, “Developing High-­‐Precision Real-­‐Time Movement Monitoring System for Treatment Evaluation of Parkinson’s Disease.” b. Khaleel, H., SSU Research Expo, April 2014, “SAR Reduction in Telemedicine Systems.” c. Khaleel, H. “Miniaturized Antenna Array for Telemedicine and Wireless Body Area Networks”, Bio-­‐Devices, Angers, France, March 2014. d. Khaleel, H. “Artificial Magnetic Conductors Based Antennas”, (Invited Talk), IET Engineering Week, March, 2013, Ottawa, Canada. e. Khaleel, H. “Metamaterials: A New Frontier in Engineering Science”, Sonoma State University, Technology Seminar Lecture Series, February, 2013. f. Ou, J., SSU Research Expo, April 2014, poster with 2 undergraduates, “A Low-­‐Cost PCB Fabrication Process.” Geology a. Mookerjee, M. “Evaluating the effectiveness of Flinn’s k-­‐value versus Lode’s ratio,” Structural Geology Tectonics Forum, Golden, CO. June 16-­‐18, 2014. b. Smith, N. SSU Faculty Research Expo, April 2014 with 2 undergraduates, “Reconstructing the pg. 8 Eocene Nevadaplano using Geochronology and Basin Analysis.” 6. Kinesiology a. Sokmen, B. Effects of Caffeine Intake on Metabolism, Muscular Strength, and Cycling Performance During Intermittent Cycling. ACSM National Conference, Orlando, FL May 29, 2014. b. Sokmen, B. The Relationship of Performance on Land and in Water in Water Polo Athletes. ACSM National Conference, Orlando, FL May 29, 2014. c. Sokmen, B. Faculty Research Expo, April 2, 2014 with Wesley Martin, Sabrina Hrabe, Lauren Fryer, Kate McFarland, Olivia Colombo, Dang Le, Alyssa Bernat, Sylvia Lewis (SSU Students), and Daniel Grubb (SHIP intern) “Effects of Caffeine Intake on Metabolism, Muscular Strength, and Cycling Performance During Intermittent Cycling.” 7. Mathematics & Statistics a. Lahme, B. “Applying Lessons from Professional Development Work to Pre-­‐service Content Courses,” with B. Ford, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, January 2014 (invited talk) b. Lahme, B. “Common Core State Standards in Math: What can College Students and Faculty learn from them,” Math Colloquium, University of New Mexico, November 2013 (invited talk) c. Lahme, B. "The Modeling Continuum,” CMC-­‐North Conference, Asilomar, December 2013 d. Lahme, B. "Beyond Developing Productive Habits of Mind: Targeting Mathematical Practices," 1st Annual California STEM Conference e. Lahme, B. "Examples of mathematicians’ work in pre-­‐service teacher education, ”Mathematicians and School Mathematics Education: A Pan-­‐American Workshop, Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation, January 2014 f. Lahme, B. "Collaboration between Mathematicians and Math Educators at Sonoma State University," Critical Issues in Mathematics Education, MSRI, March 2013 8. Nursing a. Wilkosz, M.E., CENIC Annual Conference: Creating Access One Program At a Time 3/12/14 b. Close, L. (January 24, 2013). “The Shared Curriculum Model (SCM): Part One -­‐ Leveraging the Best of Both Worlds and Part Two -­‐ Unpacking ADN-­‐BSN Seamless Progression.” Promising Education Progression Models Video Series, Campaign for Action, Center to Champion Nursing in America. (http://championnursing.org/video/promising-­‐education-­‐
progression-­‐models-­‐video-­‐series-­‐shared-­‐curriculum-­‐model-­‐scm-­‐part-­‐one and http://championnursing.org/video/promising-­‐education-­‐progression-­‐models-­‐video-­‐series-­‐
shared-­‐curriculum-­‐model-­‐scm-­‐part-­‐two) c. Close, L., Roberts, D.A., Smith, W.A., & Wilkosz, M.E. (2014). “Online technology in nursing education at Sonoma State University: Creating access one program at a time.” 2014 CENIC Conference: Above and Beyond, Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), Rohnert Park, CA. d. Kindy, D. FYE Wednesday Lecture, all sections: Sexuality and Identity. October 2013. e. Kindy, D. Pathways to Nursing, requested by the University Advising Center. March 2014. f. Roberts, D. Jewish Community Free Clinic presentations on customer service g. Roberts, D. HIPAA Poster: "Transition into practice: Creating a sustainable, placed based program to prepare graduates for a dynamic workforce. The 17th Annual Continuums of service conference. 9. Physics & Astronomy a. Cominsky, L. Rohnert Park, CA (2013) “Weapons of Mass Destruction” invited lecture in the pg. 9 b.
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War and Peace seminar series, Sonoma State University (September 23, 2013) Cominsky, L. Concord, CA (2013) “S4: Small Satellites for Secondary Students” Keynote talk at AAPT/NCN section at Carondelet High School, Concord, (November 16, 2013) Cominsky, L. San Francisco, CA (2013) “NuSTAR’s Sharp View of the Universe” invited talk to San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (December 18, 2013). Cominsky, L. Washington, DC (2014) “Blazars and Gamma Rays” invited talk to Amateur astronomers at the Winter AAS meeting (Jan. 7, 2014). This talk was part of a special day-­‐
long series of talks designed for amateur astronomers and undergraduates. Cominsky, L. Mountain View, CA (2014) “Rockets, Balloons and Satellites” invited talk at the California Space Grant Consortium meeting at NASA Ames Research Center (March 28, 2014) Cominsky, L. Rohnert Park, CA (2014) “Learning by Making: Rockets, Satellites and More” invited talk at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Science Club (April 15, 2014) Cominsky, L. Sebastopol, CA (2014) “Learning by Making: Rockets, Satellites and More” invited talk at the Science Buzz Cafe (April 17, 2014) Cominsky, L. Santa Rosa, CA (2014) “Blazing Galaxies, Exploding Stars and Monstrous Black Holes: High Energy Visions of the Universe” invited talk at the Oakmont Symposium (May 8, 2014). This talk drew about 500 residents of Oakmont and was video recorded. Cominsky, L. and EPO staff, SSU Faculty Research Expo, April 2014, Education and Public Outreach at SSU. Cominsky, L. “The PockeQube T-­‐LogoQube: a Prototype Approach for Future Spaced Based Astronomy Experiments” Owen, Aaron, Zack, Kevin, Jernigan, J. Garrett, Twiggs, Bob James, Cominsky, Lynn R., Malphrus, Benjamin K., McNeil, S., Roach-­‐Barrette, W., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #224, #122.23, 2014AAS...22412223O. Conference poster. Qualls, J. Faculty Research Expo, S3: STEPping Up STEM at SSU. Severson, S. Poster Presentation at 2014 SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation Conference held in Montreal Canada. Anecdote: Groups from around the world, including Korea, Japan, France and the United States were impressed at the ability to turn undergraduate students into productive members of a project to build a cutting-­‐edge astronomical adaptive optics system that removes the blurring "twinkle" from starlight. Severson, S. Faculty Research Expo, April 2, 2014. Assembly and First Light of the KAPAO Adaptive Optics System in collaboration with one undergraduate. Shi, H. Faculty Research Expo, April 2, 2014 with one undergraduate “Growth and Characterization of Al-­‐doped ZnO via Electrochemical Deposition: An Exploration of Optoelectronic Applications.” Targett, T. Research talk at the University of Edinburgh, presenting work from papers in progress. Targett, T. Presentation to Blizzard Entertainment staff at the 15,000-­‐stong “Blizzcon” games convention regarding the use of video games in the public understanding of science. Qualls, J. SENCER Regional Meeting – Presentation “A Watershed Year: A Freshman Year Experience in STEM” Qualls, J. American Physics Society: California/Nevada Meeting "Coexistence of Spin Density Wave and Superconducting States in Bechgaard Salts" Qualls, J. Integrating Critical Thinking CSU East Bay Seminar "The Integrated STEM Experience" Qualls, J. NSF Annual STEP Meeting "S3-­‐ Stepping up Stem at SSU" pg. 10 E. NEW FUNDING AWARDED IN 2013-­‐14 1. Biology a. Ou J, Farahmand F, Cohen MF, “Understanding campus watershed ecosystem through creating an interdisciplinary capstone project,” Campus as a Living Lab Grant Program, Sept. 2013 – Aug. 2014, $11,900. b. Cohen, M. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Nutrient Mining by Plant-­‐
degrading Bacteria.” c. Cohen, M. WATERS funding, “Development of Microbial Specific Genetic Markers to Track Sources of Fecal Pollution,” Spring 2014 d. Crocker, D. PI, “Physiological impacts of variation in hormonal stress markers and stress responses in a large cross-­‐sectional sample of elephant seals,” 2014 Office of Naval Research, $119,500, 6/14-­‐5/16. e. 2014 – 2017 California Ocean Science Trust $450,000. The Ecological State of Northern California's Sandy Beaches and Surf Zones: A Baseline Characterization for MPA Assessment. PI: Nielsen, KJ (Sonoma State University); co-­‐PIs: Milligan, T (Humboldt State University); Dugan, JE (University of California, Santa Barbara; Craig, S (Humboldt State University); Laucci, R. (Smith River Rancheria). f. Keller, F. WATERS funding, “Restoration of Insect Biodiversity in Santa Rosa,” Spring 2014 g. Nielsen, K. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Elemental Analysis of Coralline Algae: variation in CA:Mg ratios in the intertidal zone.” h. Nielsen, K. and Hammond, D. WATERS funding, “Copeland Creek Water Quality Monitoring,” Spring 2014 i. Girman, Derek. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Phenology and Microgeography of Herpetofauna in Response to Climate Effects” j. Rank, N. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. Study of insects on bay laurel trees. 2. Computer Science a. Rivoire, S. Classifying Application-­‐Level Power Consumption Patterns, PI. Award amount: $7,000 in student stipends and travel support Computing Research Association, Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates program 2013-­‐14. 3. Chemistry a. Fukuto, J., Lares, M., Lillig, J. and Works, M. GMC Academic Integration Grant, $10,000, to support two events: Chemistry Wine Lecture and Nobel Laureate Lecture. b. Lillig, J. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Investigation of Key Molecular Features in the Targeting of Toxicity of Anti-­‐Listerial Proteins” c. Farmer, S. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Investigation of Fluorescent Molecules from Gymnopilus Croceoluteus” d. Perri, M. WATERS funding, “Pesticide Detection in the Copeland Creek,” Spring 2014 e. Perri, M. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Pesticide Analysis of Local Water and Flora.” f. Works, C. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “ Isolation and Characterization of a Novel 15.6 kDa Protein Isolated from Bovine Liver.” 4. Engineering Science a. Integration of Music and Audio Principles within Electrical Engineering and Physics Freshmen and Sophomore Courses, GMC Academic Integration Grant. PI: H. Khaleel, co-­‐PIs: L. Cominsky and B. Ravikumar, $13,000. b. Khaleel, H. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Development of Optically pg. 11 Transparent Antenna for Flexible Self-­‐Powered Wireless Systems.” c. Farahmnad, F. WATERS funding, “Online Meteorological Sensor Network at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve,” Spring 2014 d. Farahmand, F. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “ Water Monitoring Network Development at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve.” e. Farahmand, F. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “ Sensor Network Development at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve.” 5. Geology a. Mookerjee, M. EC3: Earth-­‐Centered Communication for Cyberinfrastructure Challenges of field data collection, management, and integration. NSF, $299,329 b. Dr. Michael Smith of the Geology Department is currently working with $86,000 in funding until 2016 from the National Science Foundation to pursue a research project exploring "Paleogeographic record of contractional to extensional tectonics in the Cordilleran hinterland, Nevada." The project seeks to investigate the sedimentary record of the processes that formed and destroyed an Andes-­‐like mountainous plateau and system of high altitude lakes in the location of present day Nevada. c. A student research group of Dr. Mookerjee’s just secured funding to continue working on the “Geological Squeezebox for Modeling Plastic Strains Associated with Fault Asperities” from an industry donor/partner. 6. Kinesiology a. Buot III, Ferdinand Lawrence: SSU IRA UGR Fund $450. “The effects of engaging in self-­‐paced gardening on oral glucose tolerance test and metabolic demand on healthy males and females.” B. Sokmen, faculty advisor. b. Moore, Brycen and Hayley Dunn: SSU IRA UGR Fund $480. "The Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate Ingestion on Endurance Rock Climbing Performance in Male and Female Climbers." B. Sokmen, faculty advisor. c. B. Sokmen, faculty advisor. Student: Fry, L. WATERS funding $450. “The effects of engaging in self-­‐paced gardening on oral glucose tolerance test and metabolic demand,” Spring 2014 d. Morimoto, L. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “ The Impact of Backward Walking on Hamstring Flexibility” 7. Nursing a. Wilkosz, M.E. OSHPD Song Brown Grant for FNP/PA programs: $134,000, to support efforts to expand the capacity of registered nurse education programs within California. Also continuing Song Brown funding approved (see below). b. Kindy, D. Socrative Method Classroom Implementation: SSU Professional Development & IT: $500.00 8. Physics & Astronomy a. July 2013, Promising Course Redesign for Astro 100, Chancellor’s Office, L. Cominsky, Principal Investigator, $40,268 for AY13-­‐14. b. August 2013, Fermi Education and Public Outreach (extended mission), NASA, L. Cominsky, Principal Investigator, $366,685 through 9/30/14 c. November 2013. Learning by Making: STEM Success for Mendocino County, Department of Education i3 program, Susan Wandling PI and L. Cominsky Co-­‐PI, 1/1/14 – 12/31/18, $2,960,335 plus $447,500 in required matching funds. d. Rockets and CubeSats in the STEM Pipeline, California Space Grant, L. Cominsky, Principal Investigator, $9975 in January 2014. pg. 12 e. Cominsky, L. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “CubeSat Project at SSU” f. Cominsky, L. and Jones, M. GMC Academic Integration Grant, $18,450, for advanced acoustics equipment for precision measurements of Concert Hall and classrooms. g. Severson, S. "What Physicists Do", IRA funding, $6000. 2014-­‐2015 h. Severson, S. "Observatory Viewing Nights," IRA funding, $3162. 2014-­‐2015 i. Shi, H. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Proposal to Build and Test an Optical System for Applications in Medical Physics and Astronomy” j. Shi, H. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “Modular Sensor Array Platform: Environmental Monitoring System for Scientific Applications” k. Targett, T. Provost Undergraduate Research Fund. $1000. “The Size-­‐Mass Relation of Galaxies at 3<z>4” 9. Preserves a. Luke, C. (SSU Preserves) and Draper, P. (Arts & Humanities), GMC Academic Integration Grant, $10,000, for SSUWorks, a cross-­‐disciplinary project in sustainability. F. CONTINUED FUNDING 1. Biology a. Cohen MF, Fukuto J, “Generation and activity of nitro-­‐isoprenes in plants under heat stress,” CSUPERB Faculty-­‐Student Collaborative Research: Development Grant Program, $ 15,000 (June 2012 – May 2014). b. 2011 – 2014 National Science Foundation $1,119,999 c. Collaborative Research: The role of calcifying algae as a determinant of rocky intertidal macrophyte community structure at a meta-­‐ecosystem scale. PIs: Menge, BA (Oregon State University) & Nielsen, KJ (Sonoma State University); co-­‐PIs: Hacker, S & Chan, F (Oregon State University) d. 2011 – 2016 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration $1,800,000 ($146,000 to Nielsen/SSU) in 2011-­‐2014 (additional years pending) CeNCOOS: Integrating marine observations to inform decision makers and the general public. PIs: Primary contact: Leslie Rosenfeld, Director (CeNCOOS @MBARI); (co-­‐investigators in alphabetic order): Barbara Block (Hopkins Marine Lab), Mark Carr (PISCO, UC Santa Cruz), Yi Chao (Jet Propulsion Lab/UCLA), Francisco Chavez (MBARI), Jim Doyle (Naval Research Laboratory) Chris Edwards (UC Santa Cruz) Oliver Fringer (Stanford), Toby Garfield (San Francisco State / Romberg Tiburon Center), Raphe Kudela (UC Santa Cruz), Rik Kvitek (CSUMB), John Largier (UC Davis / Bodega Marine Lab), Steven Le (Science Applications International Corporation), Erika McPhee-­‐Shaw (Moss Landing Marine Laboratory), Mark Moline (California Polytechnic Institute), Andy Moore (UC Santa Cruz), Hanna Nevins (Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care & Research Center), Karina Nielsen (Sonoma State), Jeff Paduan (Naval Postgraduate School), Frank Shaughnessy (Humboldt State University), Igor Shulman (Naval Research Laboratory), Bill Sydeman (Farallones Institute) e. 2011 – 2014 California Ocean Science Trust $290,000 f. Sandy beach ecosystems: Baseline characterization and evaluation of monitoring metrics for MPAs along the south coast of California PI: Dugan, JE (University of California, Santa Barbara; co-­‐PIs: Page, H (University of California, Santa Barbara); Nielsen, KJ (Sonoma State University); Bursek, J (Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary) g. Lin, J. CSUPERB New Investigator Grant (2013-­‐2014) entitled “Elucidating the Role of Peroxiredoxin 1 in B Cell Signal Transduction”. ($15,000) 2. Computer Science pg. 13 a. Rivoire, S. Support for Power Efficiency Task, PI. Award amount: $233,496.19 <-­‐-­‐ approx. $135K in new funding this academic year. US Department of Energy, subcontract with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 3. Mathematics & Statistics a. Ford, B. North Bay Mathematics Project, $49,350 (combined State and Federal pass-­‐through funding). 4. Nursing a. Wilkosz, M.E. OSHPD Song Brown Grant for FNP/PA programs: $184,000 (continuing for department). 5. Physics & Astronomy a. January 2012, S4: Small Satellites for Secondary Students, NASA EPOESS, L. Cominsky Principal Investigator. $549,308 for three years. -­‐ ($182,282 -­‐ this is year 3) b. January 2012, Fermi and Swift Public Relations, NASA, L. Cominsky, Principal Investigator, -­‐ $60K this year c. May 2012, XMM-­‐Newton Education and Public Outreach (extended mission), NASA, L. Cominsky, Principal Investigator, $40K this year d. May 2012, Swift Education and Public Outreach (extended mission), NASA, L. Cominsky, Principal Investigator, $80K this year e. Severson, S. "KAPAO Adaptive Optics for Table Mountain 1-­‐meter telescope," National Science Foundation. September 30 2013 saw the end of the $637,138 National Science Foundation grant (SSU sub-­‐ award: $118,345). f. Severson, S. "What Physicists Do," IRA funding, $6000. 2013-­‐2014 g. Severson, S. "Observatory Viewing Nights," IRA funding, $3162. 2013-­‐2014 6. School of Science and Technology a. September 2011, S3: STEPping up STEM at SSU, NSF-­‐STEP, L. Stauffer Principal Investigator, Co-­‐PIs: L. Cominsky, J. Qualls, N. Rank, C. Luke, Requested $994,826 for five years, funded to date $794,837 for four years. (This is year 3). G. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 1. Biology a. Cohen, M. Veterans on Campus course, April 15, 2014. b. Rank, N. Participated in a workshop for CSU faculty held at San Jose State University about how to gain additional funding for NSF. October 2013. c. Rank, N. Conducted an external review of the Biological Sciences program at San Jose State University. February 2014. d. Rank, N. Participated in a social media workshop about how to use Facebook in professional settings. January 2014. 2. Chemistry a. Lillig, J. and Works, C. Members of pilot faculty cohort for multi-­‐campus, NSF-­‐funded “Reinventing the College Lecture” project to introduce active learning pedagogies to the STEM classroom. 3. Computer Science a. Rivoire, S. and Kooshesh, A. Members of pilot faculty cohort for multi-­‐campus, NSF-­‐funded “Reinventing the College Lecture” project to introduce active learning pedagogies to the STEM classroom. pg. 14 4. Engineering Science a. Khaleel, H. Participated in the Summer Tech Institute held at Sonoma State University. 5. Kinesiology a. Sokmen, B. Faculty Writing group, Fall 2013/Spring 2014. b. Sokmen, B. Faculty Retreat: Developing the Whole Professional in the 21st Century. January 9, 2014 at the Library Instruction Center. c. Sokmen, B. Human Performance Laboratory Fee Based Program (participated as program director). 6. Mathematics & Statistics a. Ford, B. and Lahme, B. Mathematicians and School Mathematics Education: A Pan-­‐American Workshop, Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation, January 2014. Two of 15 U.S. representatives at major Americas-­‐wide working group of 50. b. Lahme, B. Organized 2 day workshop for statistics instructors at SSU c. Lahme, B. Wacom pad trial of 4 faculty. d. Morris, J. Calculus Consortium Meeting, Tucson, May 2013. e. Morris, J. PiMuEpsilon Conference, Sonoma State University, October 2013 7. Nursing a.
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Wilkosz, M.E. Security Training. Wilkosz, M.E. QOLT (Quality Online Learning Technology) -­‐ CSU Level Recognition Kindy, D. Moodle Workshops Kindy, D. Psychiatric Medications Update Roberts, D. 15 Units of nursing continuing education including: Pediatric Case management, Review of HIPAA Regulations f. Roberts, D. Faculty Development lead in Blackboard Collaborate Invite an expert to class. g. Roberts, D. Incorporating guest faculty into on-­‐line class work using the technology of Blackboard Collaborate 8. Physics & Astronomy a. Cominsky, L. Teacher training in July 2013 for the S4 project in Palmdale, CA. See photos and information on our website: http://s4.sonoma.edu. This project teaches middle and high school teachers how to build electronic payloads that are launched on high-­‐powered rockets and/or balloons to acquire experimental data, which are then analyzed. b. Cominsky, L. Teacher training in June 2014 for i3-­‐Learning by Making project in Mendocino. See galaxy.sonoma.edu/i3/ for more details. c. Severson, S. Attended both the American Astronomical Society and SPIE Optical Society meetings. d. Severson, S. Sabbatical, Fall 2013. The sabbatical allowed me to complete the KAPAO astronomical instrument, achieve innovative and remarkable imaging performance, and to develop remote observing capabilities that will revolutionize Sonoma State University students’ access to high-­‐resolution astronomical imaging and cutting-­‐edge research projects. e. Shi, H. Members of pilot faculty cohort for multi-­‐campus, NSF-­‐funded “Reinventing the College Lecture” project to introduce active learning pedagogies to the STEM classroom. f. Targett, T. “What Physicists Do” presentation now most viewed of any SSU faculty presentation on YouTube. g. Targett, T. Attended Moodle training session. h. Targett, T. Attended opening event of Piner High school planetarium as a “special guest” pg. 15 i.
Targett, T. Conducted several radio (KRCB 91-­‐FM) and Newspaper (Press Democrat) interviews regarding topical astronomical phenomenon. H. TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, AND/OR SERVICE COLLABORATIONS 1. Biology a. Cohen, M. CSUPERB 2014 Faculty-­‐Student Collaborative Research Grant Program Joint Ventures Proposal Review Panel, Pomona, CA. April 12, 2014. b. Nielsen, K. A Watershed Year. Lecture, Discussion, and Laboratory Instruction and Curriculum Development for a new, NSF-­‐funded ‘freshman year experience’ for STEM majors; the course integrates critical thinking, philosophy of science, pre-­‐calculus math and biology; co-­‐taught with Dr. J. Qualls [Physics & Astronomy], Dr. Brigitte Lahme [Mathematics & Statistics], Dr. Martha Shott [Mathematics & Statistics] and Dr. Nathan Rank [Biology]. c. Rank, N. Worked closely with =Science 120 team to run the 2013-­‐2014 version of the course. d. Rank, N. Worked with Martha Shott and Jeremy Qualls on a sustainability grant. e. Rank, N. Member of two SSU Preserves governing committees and advisory committee and was a member of the Step program internal advisory committee. f. Rank, N. Organized the launch of the Biology Facebook page and instrumental in maintaining it. 2. Engineering Science a. Khaleel, H. Published a book chapter and 3 Conference papers with Engineering Science undergraduate students. 3. Geology a. Mookerjee, M. Continuing a relatively new collaboration with Kathakali Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata) analyzing crystallographic fabrics that develop as a result of deformation associated with the Himalayan orogeny (i.e., mountain-­‐building event). b. Mookerjee, M. Research collaboration with Sarah Roeske at UC Davis looking at deformation along the Denali Fault in Alaska. c. Mookerjee, M. Participated in the NSF’s “EarthCube All Hands Meeting” this June. The EarthCube All-­‐Hands Meeting is bringing together project institutions, partners, collaborators, and scientists from across the globe to share their progress and experience with EarthCube thus far. d. Mookerjee, M. Jjointly taught a workshop on “Strain Programs for Teaching and Research” with Paul Karabinos (Williams College) and Fred Vollmer (SUNY New Paltz) at this summer’s Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum (SGTF). e. Mookerjee, M. Co-­‐chaired the session on “Quantitative Approaches towards Structural Analysis” with Saad Haq (Purdue University) at SGTF. f. Mookerjee, M. Will be co-­‐chairing a session at AGU on “Cyberinfrastructure for field work: data standards, computer applications, instrumentation and best practices” with Marshall Ma (RPI). 4. Kinesiology a. Sokmen, B. SST Science Symposium, April 30, 2014 at the Student Center (Students presented their IRA funded undergraduate research grant projects). Ferdinand Lawrence Buot III and Lauren Fry, “The effects of engaging in self-­‐paced gardening on oral glucose tolerance test and metabolic demand on healthy males and females.” b. Sokmen, B.., Brycen More & Hayley Dunn. "The Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate Ingestion on Endurance Rock Climbing Performance in Male and Female Climbers." pg. 16 c. Sokmen, B, The SHIP Symposium, September 18, 2013 at the Darwin Hall Lobby. Daniel Grubb. “The effect of caffeine ingestion on cycling efficiency” d. Sokmen, B. Seawolf Decision Day, Science Festival Open Labs; also hosted science students from Piner High School, April 29, 2014. e. Sokmen, B. SSU science fair judge, March 1, 2014. f. Sokmen, B. Cesar Chavez Health Fair, March 29, 2014. Provided health screening for health fair attendees. g. Sokmen, B. CSU Undergraduate Research Competition at CSU East Bay, May 2, 2014. Attended to support presenting student. h. Sokmen, B. SHIP (Summer High School Internship Program), Summer 2014. Working with 3 interns. 5. Mathematics & Statistics a. Lahme, B. Content developer for IllustrativeMathematics.org a website that provides high quality materials to help K-­‐12 teachers transition to the new Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. b. Lahme, B. Math Ed Collaboration with Megan Taylor and Kathy Morris, various projects c. Morris, J. Calculus Textbook author group d. Morris, J. Summer GRE Preparation Group (2013): Over the summer, I helped a group of math majors prepare for the GRE Subject Test in mathematics. e. Morris, J. Friday Problem Group (2013): For the spring semester of 2013, I organized a problem-­‐solving group in real analysis that involved undergraduate students at Sonoma State and graduate students at San Francisco State University. Students took turns presenting problems and working together to solve them. The group met for 2 hours every Friday during the semester. f. Morris, J. Independent Study on Hausdorff Dimension, Summer 2014 6. Nursing a. Wilkosz, M.E. Northern California CSU DNP Program -­‐ Project Chair b. Wilkosz, M.E. Santa Rosa Community Health Center FNP Residency Program c. Kindy, D. Fall and Spring 2013-­‐2014: New Course Design, Nursing 490, The Sexual Imperative: History, Media, Culture, and Imagination; in conjunction with Alanna Brogan – online. Area C2 to meet the needs of our post-­‐licensure students -­‐ successfully passed University committees. d. Roberts, D. Jewish Community Free Clinic: ongoing work as clinical director e. Roberts, D. Council on Aging Vice Chair and Board Member f. Roberts, D. YMCA Diabetes project consultant g. Roberts, D. and Nursing Department. Transition into Practice: Nurse Residency Program with Sutter Health of Santa Rosa and St Joseph's Health of Santa Rosa and Petaluma administered through the School of Extended and International Education. This new nurse residency program places newly graduated nurses in a 280-­‐hour clinical placement with a 1-­‐
on-­‐1 preceptor. All 32 students were placed and hired following program completion. h. Roberts, D. Seawolf Decision Day 7. Physics & Astronomy a. Cominsky, L. Supported Tom Targett who taught the experimental sections of Astro 100 and Astro 350 during the spring semester 2014, as part of the CSU Promising Course Redesign Project b. Cominsky, L. Launch of T-­‐LogoQube, SSU's first satellite, launched into orbit in November pg. 17 I.
2013. The tiny satellite, measuring only 5-­‐by-­‐5-­‐by-­‐15 centimeters, consists of a radio and a sensor that reads the earth’s magnetic field. Collaboration between SSU students and students at Morehouse State University in Kentucky. c. Severson, S. Co-­‐PI SSU Noyce Scholarship Program d. Severson, S. Mentor, SHIP Summer HS Internship Program e. Severson, S. Faculty Advisor, Capstone research f. Severson, S. Faculty Advisor, Two student first author papers, American Astronomical Society meeting, Washington, D.C. g. Targett, T. Aided the NASA/ESO group in their development of the “Big Ideas in Cosmology” online learning course. Implemented the first use of the material as a flipped classroom in the Spring 2014 semester, and as a fully online course during Summer 2014. h. Qualls, J. SCI 120—involved many faculty across SST and utilized Goldridge RCD as a community partner as well as SSU Preserves. 8. SSU Preserves a. SSU is hosting a Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps (SCYEC) group on campus and at SSU’s Fairfield Osborn Preserve. SCYEC employs at-­‐risk youth, providing training in environmental stewardship, ecosystem processes, and job skills. (http://youthecologycorps.org/) MAJOR SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS (e.g., committee memberships, organization of special events, new program design, new course design) 1. Biology a. Cohen, M. Department of Biology, Education/Development/Outreach Committee member b. Cohen, M. Department of Biology, pre-­‐Clinical Laboratory Sciences advisor c. Cohen, M. Student Affairs Committee, School of Science and Technology representative d. Cohen, M. Campus Planning Committee, member e. Cohen, M. University Enterprises Board, member f. Cohen, M. California State University International Programs applicant evaluation committee, member g. Cohen, M. CSUPERB Faculty Consensus Group, member h. Nielsen, K. Co-­‐Chair Elect, California Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team; http://www.opc.ca.gov/about/science-­‐advisory-­‐team/ i. Nielsen, K. Governing Council, Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System; http://www.cencoos.org/sections/about/gov_council.shtml j. Nielsen, K. Scientific Advisory Committee, Red Abalone Density Estimates, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Ocean Science Trust; http://calost.org/science-­‐
advising/?page=ongoing-­‐reviews k. Nielsen, K. Scientific Working Group, Research in Marine Protected Areas, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team l. Nielsen, K. Editorial Board, Journal of Phycology. m. Nielsen, K. Policy Committee, Physiological Society of America n. Nielsen, K. Internal Advisory Group, S3: Stepping up STEM at Sonoma State University, NSF STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP) o. Rank, N. SSU Science Symposium judge. p. Rank, N. Member of EPC and chaired the SST Curriculum Committee last year. q. Rank, N. Ex officio member of all Biology department committees except the RTP committee. r. Rank, N. Grant panel member at NSF in April 2014 pg. 18 2. Computer Science a. Rivoire, S. Academic Senate, Graduation Initiative Group, University Professional Development Subcommittee, Web Advisory Committee, SST Professional Development Committee (chair) b. Rivoire, S. SHIP program coordinator c. Rivoire, S. Name reader at commencement d. Rivoire, S. Expanding Your Horizons 2014: Web chair & facilities committee co-­‐chair e. Rivoire, S. Volunteer scientist, MESA Schools Program “Dinner with a Scientist”, 2014 3. Engineering Science a. Khaleel, H. Guest Editor: International Journal of Antennas and Propagation.2014 b. Khaleel, H. Engineering Science Department Recruitment and Retention Task Force, Faculty Advisor/ Engineering Science Club, Committee Member/ Professional Development Committee (School Level), Committee Member/ Engineering Science Department Curriculum Development Committee. 4. Geology a. Mookerjee, M. Elected Vice President of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum’s Board of Advisors which consists of a two-­‐year terms as VP, followed by a two-­‐year terms as President, followed by a two-­‐year term as Past-­‐President. 5. Kinesiology a. Sokmen, B. Scholarship Subcommittee, Institutional Review Board Committee, Graduate Studies Subcommittee, Graduate Equity Fellowship Selection Committee, Health Advisory Committee, Graduate Advisor, KIN Club Advisor, Rock Climbing Advisor. b. Sokmen, B. Course Proposal for KIN 390 Nutrition in Health and Performance. c. Sokmen, B. Volunteered to teach KIN 101 Physical Activity Class Spring 2014. 6. Mathematics & Statistics a. Mathematics and Statistics, tenure-­‐track faculty: completed significant redesign of upper division major course structure, moving to four-­‐unit courses, removing one concentration, streamlining offerings. b. Brannen, S. Elected to the Program Oversight Committee for the statewide CSU-­‐LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) program for the new 5-­‐year phase. c. Cabaniss, S. Continues to lead efforts to increase diversity on campus including the series of “Women Celebrating Science” speaking events during Women’s History Month 2014. d. Cabaniss, S. Member of the Academic Senate Diversity Subcommittee and the School of Science and Technology representative to the President’s Diversity Council. e. Lahme, B. APC member, Math Department Chair f. Governor of Golden Section g. Lahme, B. EYH facilities coordinator h. Lahme, B. MAA section meeting organizer i. Morris, J. Math Department Curriculum Revision Committee, Math Department web page maintenance, Math Department Community office hour coordinator, Math Lecturer observations, Calculus coordinator j. Newman, E. SSU Chapter President, CFA, Spring 2014. k. Chan, J.B. Fund raising committee chair for the Mathematics and Statistics Department 7. Nursing a. Nursing Department – development and approval of a new GE course Nursing 490 “The pg. 19 J.
Sexual Imperative,” to be taught in an online format. b. Wilkosz, M.E. Academic Senate -­‐ Senator At Large, IRB Committee, Graduate Study Equity Fellowship Committee, Grad Studies Committee, Scholarship Committee, Working on increasing units from 3 to 4 for N 480 c. Kindy, D. 9/2013: Responsible for Section 2 for our departmental accreditation d. Roberts, D. APC Chair, GIG, ACT, Excecutive Committee, ATI Committee, Senate Budget Subcommittee, URTP e. Roberts, D. Statewide Academic Senator f. Roberts, D. Department of Nursing Program Review and ACEN Re-­‐accreditation 8. Physics & Astronomy a. Cominsky, L. SSU Academic Foundation Advisory board member, Fall 2011 – present b. Cominsky, L. Chair, Physics & Astronomy RTP Committee 2013-­‐2014 c. Cominsky, L. CSU Promising Course Redesign of Astro 100 and Astro 350 -­‐ see poster on Merlot at: http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=16711931691237 d. Severson, S. Lead organizer and presenter, SSU Observatory Public Viewing Nights Spring 2014 e. Severson, S. Co-­‐organizer and presenter, Seawolf day Physics & Astronomy activities f. Severson, S. Co-­‐organizer, Physics & Astronomy Student Research Seminar g. Severson, S. Developed new course design for ASTR 331 -­‐ Observational Astronomy h. Targett, T. "Delegate at Large" for CFA Sonoma State, representing the university at CFA meetings. i. Targett, T. Faculty advisor, Sonoma State “eSports” Club j. Qualls, J. Served as the SCI 120 Program Manager and was able to get the class approved for permanent status. k. Qualls, J. Served on a number of committees including SST Curriculum Committee, University Program Review, Academic Standards Committee. l. Qualls, J. Served as Department adviser for physics majors, Editor for the department annual newsletter, “The Physics Major,” Expert Panelist for the NSF Major Instrumentation, User Committee Member for the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, External reviewer for UTPA Mechanical Engineering Program. Co-­‐Organizer for the SSU Science Symposium, SHIP host, Developed new Curriculum for Physics 102 Physics of Toys, SCI 120A, SCI 120B. OTHER IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1. Biology a. Cohen, M. Edited publication: Miyagi, T. (2013). Environmental characteristics of mangroves for restoration in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. ISME Mangrove Ecosystems Occasional Papers No. 4. International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME) Chan HT, Cohen MF, Baba S (Eds.). b. Cohen, M. Student posters presented: Bernie F*, Nguyen MV, Kamennaya K, Gould N*, Birarda G, Sasaki K, Torok T, Holman H-­‐Y, Cohen MF. 2014. Degradation of a biofuel crop by the alkaline-­‐tolerant Cellulomonas sp. FA1 isolated from an ultrabasic spring. 26th CSU Biotechnology Symposium, Santa Clara, CA (Jan. 9-­‐11). c. Halahan J*, Buckley T, Cohen MF, Fukuto J, Holman H-­‐Y. 2014. In vitro formation of isoprene derivatives in conditions simulating membranes of plants under heat stress. 26th CSU Biotechnology Symposium, Anaheim, CA (Jan. 9-­‐11). d. Cohen, M. Named to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Plant Research (term 2014-­‐2017) e. Nielsen, K. Article in popular press about research project: February 1, 2014. Creating a pg. 20 marine reserve snapshot; collaborative project sets baseline for protected areas, by Will Houston. The Times-­‐Standard. http://www.times-­‐standard.com/ci_25041666/creating-­‐
marine-­‐reserve-­‐snapshot-­‐collaborative-­‐project-­‐sets-­‐baseline f. Rank, N. Recruitment of Sean Place to the Biology Department g. The work of SSU Biology graduate student, Julie Byrne, is mentioned in an NBC News posting (http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/social-­‐media-­‐could-­‐help-­‐save-­‐species-­‐
verge-­‐extinction-­‐n117401) on May 29, 2014. The focus of the article is on the use of social media and citizen scientists to help track birds, plants and other species in everyday life. Julie is using iNaturalist in her study of the impact of climate change on lizards. 2. Chemistry a. Farmer, S. is a collaborative contributor to the ChemWiki, an online resource supporting chemistry curriculum. This NSF-­‐funded project is led by Dr. Delmar Larsen of UC Davis and includes contributors from UC Davis, Contra Costa Community College, Diablo Valley College, Hope College, and the University of Minnesota, Morris. 3. Computer Science a. Rivoire, S. Technical program committee membership: Workshop on High-­‐Performance, Power-­‐Aware Computing (HPPAC) 2014, International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP) 2013 b. Rivoire, S. Registration chair for International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), 2014 c. Rivoire, S. Member, IEEE Publication Products and Services Committee d. CS Department held its first alumni reunion in November 2013. About 180 people attended. 4. Geology a. Mookerjee, M. This summer Dr. Mookerjee will be leading a field trip with a combination of 35 Earth Scientists and Computer Scientists to Yosemite and Owens Valley to discuss cyberinfrastructure as a part of the National Science Foundation initiative, EarthCube. b. Mookerjee, M. Four of Dr. Mookerjee’s student research groups will be submitting abstracts to national meetings this summer (GSA in Vancouver and AGU in San Francisco). c. Murphy, M. Martha Murphy passed the State of California’s Professional Geologist licensure examination; the designation of being a Professional Geologist is the standard certification for working geologists in California. Ms. Murphy joins the Geology Department’s David Bero and Thomas Williams in this statewide certification. d. Geology successfully executed a fee-­‐for-­‐service agreement with Great Bear providing experience for students and valuable rock-­‐cutting services for Great Bear. The partnership resulted in $24K to support essential department initiatives. 5. Mathematics & Statistics a. Ford, B. $5.5 million grant applications submitted. $500,000 not funded; $5 million still under consideration by NSF. b. Ford, B. Recipient of SSU’s 2013 Bernie and Estelle Goldstein Award for Excellence in Scholarship. c. Math & Statistics hosted the annual conference of the Mathematical Association of America’s Golden Section in February 2014. Over 200 faculty, students, and community members from Northern California and Nevada attended. d. Lahme, B. Chaired 3 search committees and was part of 2 more search committees e. Morris, J. SSU’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2014 f. Chan, J.B. Raised funds and helped to install the Pacific War Monument on SSU's Holocaust pg. 21 and Genocides Memorial Grove in Fall, 2013. 6. Nursing a. Nursing programs (undergraduate and graduate) successfully reaccredited for (max) 8 years by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). Accreditation included extensive self-­‐study, extended site visits, and response. b. Family Nurse Practitioner Program (FNP) women’s clinic and well physicals established at the Jewish Community Free Clinic c. Kindy, D. Awarded "College Educator of the Year" by Positive Images d. Roberts, D. Reviews: Beth Richardson, Pediatric Success, A Q&A Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking, 2nd edition e. Roberts, D. Judge: Community Youth Service Awards program at The Press Democrat. f. Roberts, D. Unfunded but submitted: Proposal Certificate Transition into Practice Nurse Residency in response to the RFP from the CSU Commission on the Extended University g. Expanded clinical partnership with the Jewish Community Free Clinic to serve new larger facility in Santa Rosa. 7. Physics & Astronomy a. Cominsky, L. Service Activities outside SSU: Nominating Committee, HEAD 2013, Chair, Local Organizing Committee, Far West Section of APS annual meeting, November 2013, Past Chair, California Section of the American Physical Society, 2013-­‐2014 b. Cominsky, L. Media activities: July/August 2013. Article in Sport Rocketry magazine about Small Satellites for Secondary Students by Prof. Lynn Cominsky, Kevin John, Logan Hill and Kevin Zack; December, 2013. Press Democrat interview about SSU’s First Satellite, T-­‐
LogoQube. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20131210/articles/131219961; April, 2014. Press Democrat interview about dark sky locations in Sonoma County http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140421/news/140429934; May, 2014. KRCB-­‐
radio interview about upcoming lecture about black holes. http://radio.krcb.org/post/peeking-­‐inside-­‐distant-­‐galaxies; June 2014. Comcast Newsmaker Interview about Learning by Making program c. Kevin Zack won two awards -­‐ the Steven Chu award (first place) for his presentation at the APS-­‐California-­‐Nevada sectional meeting in Nov. 2013, and second place at the SST Science Symposium in May 2014 for his poster about T-­‐LogoQube and the S4 project. The TLQ project was also written up in Insights. d. SSU hosted the annual meeting of the APS California-­‐Nevada section in November 2013. e. Severson, S. PI of grant application for PhysTEC, Physics Teacher Education Coalition teacher training program. This application is currently pending. Grant requests a total of $29,889 over 3 years to establish a robust pipeline of Physics majors that become high school Physics teachers. f. Targett, T. Excellent (all above 4 of 5) student reviews from all courses given at SSU. g. Qualls, J. Advanced efforts in both water harvesting and new synthesis techniques for organic superconductors. h. Stephan Jackowski (student of Hongtao Shi) won second place last November for the Steven Chu Undergraduate Research Award. This award is given annually for outstanding presentations at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society Far West Section. His work focused on fabricating Al-­‐doped Zinc Oxide thin films for optoelectronic applications. i. Hunter Mills (student of Hongtao Shi) won the Best Posters Award (first place) at the Science Symposium. His work focused on simulating an optical system for medical and astronomy applications. pg. 22 8. SSU Preserves a. Received 40-­‐acre donation from William and Joan Roth and their children (~$600K); expands Fairfield Osborn Preserve to 450 acres. 9. School – Science & Technology a. NSF STEP (STEM Talent Expansion Program) grant continued in its 3rd year; PI Stauffer, Co-­‐
PIs Cominsky, Qualls, Rank, and Luke; funding to support continuing students including advising, tutoring and research internships (3 AY positions; 2 summer 2013 positions, 3 summer 2014 positions). b. Donation to support Summer High School Internship Program (SHIP) through 2015, $33,000. c. Soundscape Project, collaboration of SSU Preserves, SST Engineering and Physics, art, dance, and others, a multimedia performance in Nov/Dec 2013 held in Person Theatre and in Weill Hall. d. School of Science and Technology along with SSU Academic Affairs/Professional Development are collaborating on an NSF WIDER (Widening Implementation and Demonstration of Evidence-­‐Based Reforms) grant with the UC Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science. From the proposal “The goal of Redefining the College Lecture project is to improve university STEM faculty’s instructional practice through a blended professional learning program that nurtures a learning community, provides continuous support, and is situated within their everyday work.” Five SST faculty (Shi (Physics), Rivoire (CS), Kooshesh (CS), Works (Chemistry), Lillig (Chemistry)) participated in face-­‐to-­‐face and online (synchronous and asynchronous) training, workshops, and discussion this past spring and are re-­‐designing their lecture classes to be piloted and assessed this fall. A second cohort of SST faculty (Severson (Physics), Targett (Physics), Cohen (Biology), Lin (Biology)) will participate beginning in early fall with the task of redesigning a lecture course that they will teach in Spring 2015. I serve as the Chair of this grant’s advisory board and am actively involved in reviewing modules and providing program feedback. Ann Steckel, SSU’s Faculty Center, has been an essential partner in this project and a valuable resource to the faculty participants. Planning for the roll out of SSU’s involvement as a field test site in Fall 2015 will begin this summer with Ann Steckel exploring the import of the training materials from bCourse/Canvas into Moodle. pg. 23