Welcome to the December 12, 2012 CPI meeting
Today’s agenda includes the following items:
• Demo of iRIS Portal – Dr. Robert Nobles, Executive Director of Research
Compliance and Biosafety, Division of Research
• Update on the Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS) – Dr.
John L. Junkins, Founding Director of TIAS and Distinguished Professor of
Aerospace Engineering
• Update on Outsourcing Implementation– Mr. Ralph Davila, Executive Director of
Contract Administration, Division of Finance, and Mr. Bob Casagrande, Vice
President for Operations, SCC/Compass
Research Compliance and
Biosafety integrated into iRIS
Dr. Robert Nobles
Executive Director
Dec. 12, 2012
Research Compliance and
Biosafety Programs
Division of Research
Research
Compliance and
Biosafety
Human Subjects
Protection
Program
Quality
Assurance
Program
Animal Welfare
Assurance
Program
Biosafety
Program
Biosafety/IACUC
Occupational
Health Program
Rationale
• Integration into an
online format was
intended to ultimately:
– Decrease frustration
– Enhance the quality of
submissions and
submission responses
– Improve efficiencies
– Help researchers
maintain compliance
iRIS Timeline
Fall 2011 –
Vendor Demo
Jan-Sept 2012
– Software
integration
Present – iRIS
Training via
multiple platforms
4200 Current
Users & 3500
Active Permits
iRIS Facilitates Communication
• Researchers have a
streamlined mechanism
of seeking approval
• Compliance committees
and compliance staff
perform reviews and
share outcomes
• Approval documentation
maintained and easily
retrievable
• OSRS staff have access
• Integrated with CITI (and
TrainTraq)
RESEARCHER
INSTITUTIONAL
PARTNERS
RESEARCH
STAFF
RESEARCH
COMPLIANCE
SPONSOR
OSRS
Top iRIS calls/concerns
• Log in information and student access
• General Navigation – increased guidance
on iRIS portal page to assist with starting
forms for each program
• Mechanism for responding to compliance
committee requests
• Occasional glitches that have remained
unexplained
iRIS System
• Instructions for using
the system:
http://rcb.tamu.edu/iris
• This page includes
step-by-step screen
shots for creating
applications and
submissions for each
program.
• iRIS Support Line
979.845.4969
Logged In View
My Assistant Tab
Your account information
is derived from your
Directory Information.
Please check that your
information is correct. We
can make adjustments if
needed.
Profile Information
You may add a
CV or other
information if
preferred.
Navigation within iRIS
Always use this
Back button to
navigate to a
previous screen.
If you use the
Browser’s back
button, you may
be logged out and
lose your session.
Ready to add a new study?
Select the Application
Contacts
• The log in is at
http://imedris.tamu.edu
• iRIS Support Line
979.845.4969
• Office of Research
Compliance and
Biosafety
979.458.1467
TIAS
Texas A&M University
Institute for Advanced Study
John L. Junkins
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Presentation to the CPI
December 12, 2012
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TIAS
http://tias.tamu.edu/
TIAS goals:
• Attract eminent scholars across all graduate disciplines
• Enrich the intellectual climate of the University
• Enhance the image of the University
• Enhance research productivity
• Enrich educational experiences
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TIAS Organization
President
Provost
Vice President for
Research
Administrative
Council
TIAS Director
TIAS Advisory
Board
TIAS Electorate
TIAS Faculty Fellows
TIAS Graduate Fellows
(HEEP Foundation)
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TIAS Advisory Board
The TIAS Advisory Board is charged with the responsibility of soliciting and
evaluating nominations for TIAS Faculty Fellows and working collaboratively
with the University's academic colleges and departments to realize TIAS goals.
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JoAnne R. Lupton, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Gerald R. North, College of Geosciences
Bruce Thompson, College of Education and Human Development
Term Expires November 30, 2014
Margaret J.M. Ezell, College of Liberal Arts
B. Don Russell Jr., Dwight Look College of Engineering
James E. Womack, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences
Term Expires November 30, 2015
R.J. Q. Adams, College of Liberal Arts
Christopher Layne, Bush School of Government and Public Service
Marlan O. Scully, College of Science
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TIAS Administrative Council
... responsible for oversight and TIAS policies ...
Co-Chairs
Dr. Karan L. Watson
Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs
Members (in alphabetical order)
Dr. R. J. Q. Adams
Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Nancy M. Amato
Unocal Professor, College of Engineering
Dr. N.K. Anand
Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Dr. Robert S. Bednarz
Professor, College of Geosciences
Dr. Karen L. Butler-Purry
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies
Ms. B. J. Crain
VP for Finance
Dr. Eddie J. Davis
President, Texas A&M Foundation
Dr. Michael A. Hitt
Distinguished Professor, Mays Business School
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Dr. Theresa Fossum
Interim Vice President for Research
Dr. Mark A. Hussey
Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Charles A. Johnson
Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Dr. John L. Junkins
Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering
Dr. Joanne R. Lupton
Distinguished Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Rodney P. McClendon
Vice President for Administration
Dr. Kate C. Miller
Dean and Professor, College of Geosciences
Dr. Douglas J. Palmer
Dean, College of Education and Human Development
Dr. Stephen H. Safe
Distinguished Professor,
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Jorge Vanegas
Dean, College of Architecture
Dr. Karen L. Wooley
Distinguished Professor, College of Science
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TIAS History
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An outcome of the June 2009 Academic Master Plan
Endorsed by University Leadership (2009 - )
Approved, Texas A&M Board of Regents, Dec, 2010
70 Person Electorate appointed, Dec 2010
TIAS Administrative Council Appointed, April 2011
J Junkins Appointed Interim Director, Oct 2011
E Fry Appointed Deputy Director, Oct 2011
J Junkins Appointed Founding Director, Sep 2012
TIAS Advisory Board Appointed, Nov 2011
2012-2013 Faculty Fellow Nominations, Feb 17, 2012
Recruitment Initiated, May 2012, 2012-2013 Class of
Eminent Scholars Announced October, 2012
First TIAS Eminent Scholar Lecture, Nov 13, 2012
2013-2014 Faculty Fellow Nominations Nov 30, 2012
2012-2013 Eminent Scholars Arrival Dates:
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Jay Dunlap/COS
Alan Needleman/COE
Vernon Smith/Liberal Arts
Roth/Mays, Liss/Geosciences, Sreenivasan/COE
Nov 2012
Jan 2013
Mar 2013
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Summer 2013
Dr. Jay C. Dunlap
holds the Nathan Smith
Chair in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
He is professor of genetics and biochemistry and
founding chair of the Department of Genetics (1999-).
Dunlap earned his doctorate in biology from Harvard
University in 1979, and his postdoctorate in genetics
from the University of California in 1983. He is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences and is
best known for his research on the molecular basis of
biological clocks, including their synchronization to
environmental light-dark cycles and their regulation of
daily rhythms in physiology, metabolism, and behavior.
Dunlap has authored and co-authored over 150 research papers, as well as a widely used
textbook on biological clocks, Chronobiology: Biological Timekeeping. In addition to
receiving a 1998 National Institutes of Health Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT)
Award, his work was recognized by the Honma International Prize for Biological Rhythms
Research (1991), the Genetics Society of America’s R. L. Metzenberg Award (2005), and the
George W. Beadle Medal (2009). He is a fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (2010) along with the American Academy of Microbiology (2010).
Dunlap will collaborate with Matthew Sachs, professor of biology; Deborah Bell-Pedersen,
professor of biology; and Paul Hardin, distinguished professor of biology, College of Science.
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Dr. Peter S. Liss has been on the faculty of the University
of East Anglia, Norwich, England for more than 40 years and is
currently a professorial fellow. He is a Fellow of the Royal
Society and is known for his research contributions on the
biogeochemical interactions between the ocean and the
atmosphere. His research is an integral part of the School’s
Laboratory for Global Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
(LGMAC). Liss served as chairman of the International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) for five years and
was subsequently chair of its Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere
Study (SOLAS). He is currently a member of the Science
Advisory Council for the United Kingdom Government's Department of Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs. He was a member of the United Kingdom’s Natural Environment Research
Council for five years, chairing both its Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Boards.
Liss was the first recipient of the Challenger Society Medal, has been awarded the Plymouth
Marine Sciences Medal, and the John Jeyes Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and is
guest professor of the Ocean University of Qingdao, China. Liss has recently been elected a
member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
Liss will collaborate with Piers Chapman, department head and professor of oceanography,
and other faculty-researchers in the College of Geosciences.
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Dr. Alan Needleman’s research interest is in material
science, especially mathematical modeling of fracture, dislocations,
and environmental effects on materials. His research is concerned
with improving understanding of multifunctional material
properties. Needleman is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering and is the recipient of several top honors in his field.
Following a more than 40 year career at the MIT and Brown
University, he recently joined the University of North Texas.
Needleman earned his doctorate in engineering at Harvard Univ in
1970. He spent five years in applied mathematics at MIT before
moving to Brown University where he became Florence Pirce Grant
University Professor in 1996. He retired from Brown (2009), and is a professor of materials
science and engineering at the UNT. His contributions include the development of a ductile
fracture computational methodology, the development of cohesive surface methods for
fracture analysis, and creation of a framework that enables the use of discrete dislocation
plasticity to solve general boundary value problems.
Needleman was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1977, and is a member os AAAS. He
has been awarded the Timoshenko Medal from the Am Soc of Mech Engr, the Prager Medal
by the Soc of Engr Science, the Drucker Medal by the Am Soc of Mech Engr.
Needleman will collaborate with Amine Benzerga, assistant professor of aerospace
engineering; Ray Arroyave, associate professor of mechanical engineering; and Haiyan Wang,
associate
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Dr. Aleda V. Roth
is the Burlington Industries
Distinguished Professor at Clemson University. She is widely
known for her work on risk analysis, sustainability, and supply chain.
Her research is motivated by theoretical and practical explanations
of how firms can best deploy their operations, global supply chain,
and technology strategies for competitive advantage. Her research
addresses the performance and competitiveness impacts of emerging
paradigms, including strategic sourcing/reshoring, operational and
quality risks, supply chain adaptivity, complexity, sustainability,
service science and design for customer experience, knowledge
sharing, and e-operations strategies. Roth earned her master’s in
biostatistics from UNC at Chapel Hill, and her doctorate from The Ohio State University.
With over 200 publications (92 in refereed journals), Roth’s work ranks in the top one percent
of production and operations management scholars in the U.S. Roth has received over 70
research and teaching awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Production and Operations Management Society.
Roth plans to work on problems in the food and pharmaceutical supply chain. Roth will
collaborate with Mays Business School’s Greg Heim and Michael Ketzenberg. She will also
collaborate with Rich Metters, Tenneco professor and department head of information and
operations management.
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Dr. Vernon L. Smith holds joint appointments with the Argyros
School of Business and Economics and the School of Law and helps
operate the new Economic Science Institute at Chapman University. Smith
was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in economic sciences for his
groundbreaking work in experimental economics and is a member of the
National Academy of Sciences. Smith earned his bachelor’s in electrical
engineering from the California Institute of Technology, his master’s in
economics from the University of Kansas, and his doctorate in economics
at Harvard University.
Smith is a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association, an
Andersen Consulting Professor of the Year, and the 1995 Adam Smith
Award recipient conferred by the Association for Private Enterprise Education.
He received the Cal Tech’s distinguished alumni award in 1996. He has served as a consultant on the
privatization of electric power in Australia and New Zealand. In 1997, he served as a Blue Ribbon Panel
Member on the National Electric Reliability Council. He is past president of the Public Choice Society,
the Economic Science Association, the Western Economic Association, and the Association for Private
Enterprise Education. Previous faculty appointments include the Univ of Arizona, Purdue Univ, Brown
Univ, the Univ of Massachusetts, and George Mason Univ, where he was a professor of economics and
law prior to joining the faculty at Chapman University. Smith has been a Ford Foundation Fellow, Fellow
of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and a Sherman Fairchild Distinguished
Scholar at the Cal Tech.
Smith will visit Texas A&M on two occasions and offer lectures on economics. These lectures will be
relevant to the current international economic challenges.
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Dr. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan is senior vice provost for
science/technology for the Global Network University, and provost
for the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU). He is
also university professor, Department of Physics at the Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. Sreenivasan was
previously director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
(Trieste, Italy), distinguished university professor and professor of
physics and engineering at the University of Maryland, and director
of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. Sreenivasan
is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National
Academy of Engineering, and is a Fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences. He plays a significant role in the planning and
development of NYU as a Global Network University.
Sreenivasan earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Bangalore University, India, in 1968, and
both his master’s and doctorate in aeronautical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in 1970 and
1975, respectively.
He is an international leader on the nature of turbulent flows, including experiment, theory, and simulations;
his expertise crosses the boundaries of physics, engineering, and mathematics. Sreenivasan is the recipient of
two dozen international honors and several honorary doctrates and has delivered a number of named lectures,
is a fellow of the learned societies associated with his disciplines. He is the author of more than 240 research
papers and has served the scientific community in several capacities. He will collaborate with Diego Donzis,
assistant professor of aerospace engineering; Devesh Ranjan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering;
and Adonios Karpetis, associate professor of aerospace engineering, in the College Engineering as well as
several faculty members from the College of Science.
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TIAS Eminent Scholar Lecture Series
The Time of Your Life
Dr. Jay C. Dunlap
TIAS Faculty Fellow,
College of Science
November 13, 2012 • 7 p.m.
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There is an aspect of biology that is both old and very
new, a part of biology that is so basic that we all take it
completely for granted and consider it just a part of
being alive. It is an aspect of human biology that is so
pervasive that it affects the activity of every organ and
tissue type and virtually every cell in the human body.
Moreover, it is an aspect of being alive that we share
with nearly every other living thing above the level of
bacteria. It’s an area about which we know a great deal
at the level of whole organisms, but only recently have
come to understand at the level of cells and molecules.
It is the biology of time. For most organisms the principal
domain for time organization is the 24 hour day, where
activities in cells are metered by a circadian clock. Such
clocks have arisen at least three times during evolution.
This presentation will cover where they are found, how
they work, and how molecular interactions at the subcellular level ramify to influence behavior of organisms.
Dr. Jay C. Dunlap holds the Nathan Smith Chair in the
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Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
TIAS Resources & Growth
• We have ~$ to underwrite 5 yrs of
TIAS operation
– $500K/yr from AMP
– $1M/yr from Chancellor (AUF)
– ~$400K from HEEP Foundation
(for TAMU graduate student fellowships)
– ~$300K/yr Cost Sharing From Colleges
– Immediate Plan: Identify and recruit
5/yr or more stellar TIAS Faculty Fellows and up
to 10 TIAS Graduate Student Fellows
• First round of recruiting has gone great
• Now can we do it again?!
• Substantial Endowment Sought to allow
growth & long term stability:
– Goal: 20-25 TIAS Fellows/yr by 2018
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– JJ and EF working with EJD & the Foundation and
others to establish strategies for development campaign
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Graduate Student Fellowships
• Up to $400K/yr is available from HEEP
Foundation funds for TAMU graduate
fellowships. The TIAS Advisory Board will
establish policies for the TIAS Graduate Fellow
appointments.
• The plans for these fellowships have not been
finalized, but it is anticipated that
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– TIAS Graduate Fellows’ research will be aligned with
one or more of the TIAS Faculty Fellows’ interests.
– We anticipate 1 or 2 graduate fellowships per TIAS
Faculty Fellow, these graduate fellows will nominally
be advised by the nominator of the successfully
recruited TIAS Faculty Fellow. We seek especially to
ally the Faculty Fellows with “rising star” young
professors.
– These fellowships may be filled a few months in
advance of the TIAS Faculty Fellows’ arrival, once the
date of acceptance of the TIAS Faculty Fellows has
been agreed to, the fellowships will nominally terminate
upon completion of the Faculty Fellow’s appointment.
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TIAS
Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study
http://tias.tamu.edu/
TIAS goals:
• Attract eminent scholars across all graduate disciplines
• Enrich the intellectual climate of the University
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Questions?
Enhance the image of the University
• Enhance the research productivity
• Enrich educational experiences
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Acknowledgements
Thank you for attending today’s meeting.
Copies of today’s presentation materials and a video of
the meeting will be available at
http://cpi.tamu.edu/meetings
The next CPI meeting will be held on January 16, 2013 in
Rudder 601.
*Activities and staff assistance for the CPI is provided through equal
annual funding support by the Texas A&M University Division of
Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M Health Science
Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M
Transportation Institute.