2014 Vermont EPSCoR Annual State Meeting

 

 
VT EPSCoR Research on Adaptation to Climate Change (RACC) held their annual state meeting on August 5th 2014 at the Hilton Burlington Hotel in Burlington Vermont..
 
Visitors from the National Science Foundation, Congressional Offices, State and Local Agencies, Researchers, Private Sector, Graduate and Undergraduate Students were present to share progress and provide updates on the third year of the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) project.

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8:00 – 8:15 Opening Remarks – University of Vermont Leadership Judith Van Houten, PhD, Vermont State EPSCoR Director David Rosowsky, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Provost, University of Vermont Richard Galbraith, M.D., Vice President for Research, University of Vermont Video

 

8:15 – 8:30 NSF EPSCoR Overview and Funding Opportunities Denise Barnes, Ph.D., Section Head, NSF EPSCoR Timothy VanReken, Ph.D., Program Director, NSF EPSCoR Video    Slides

 

8:30 - 9:00 VT EPSCoR Native American/First Generation Scholarship Presentation Patricia Moulton, Secretary, Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development Lindsay Wieland, Director Vermont EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity at Saint Michael’s College Video

 

9:00 – 9:15 VT EPSCoR Overview: RACC; NEWRnet; C2 Award (Improving Connectivity between the University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges for STEM Research and Education) and context of Center for Workforce Development & Diversity (CWDD) Judith Van Houten, Ph.D., Vermont State EPSCoR Director Video    Slides

 

9:15 – 9:55 Question 1, Lake Processes, Progress and Next Steps Dr. Andrew Schroth, Research Assistant Professor of Geology (UVM) Video    Slides

 

9:55 – 10:35 Question 2, Watershed Processes, Progress and Next Steps Dr. Arne Bomblies, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering (UVM) Video    Slides

 

10:45 – 11:25 Downscaling: Climate Change Projections for the Lake Champlain Basin Dr. Jonathan Winter Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College; Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Dr. Brian Beckage, Professor, Plant Biology, (UVM) Video    Slides

 

11:25 - 12:05 Question 3, Policy and Governance, Progress and Next Steps Dr. Christopher Koliba, Professor, Community Development & Applied Economics (UVM) Video    Slides

 

12:35 - 1:15 Keynote Address: Challenges and Lessons Learned in Implementing Climate and Geospatial Understanding in the K-16 Curriculum and Among Diverse Students Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Professor, Dept. of Geography (UVM) and VT State Climatologist Video    Slides

 

1:30 - 2:10 Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) Dr. Asim Zia, Associate Professor, Community Development & Applied Economics (UVM) Video    Slides

 

2:10 – 2:50 VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development (CWDD) & Diversity at Saint Michael’s College – progress in Year 3 and projections for next year Lindsay Wieland, Director CWDD, Dr. Declan McCabe, Associate Professor of Biology, Saint Michael’s College Veronica Sosa – Gonzalaz, PhD candidate, Rubenstein (UVM); CWDD, Streams Intern Alumna Video    Slides

 

2:50 – 3:30 Private Sector SBIR Phase (0) Dr. Patrick Clemins, Cyber Specialist, VT EPSCoR (UVM) Moderator Kerry Swift, Technology Licensing Officer Office of Technology Innovations (UVM)   Slides Dr. Robert Andosca, Co-founder, President and CEO MicroGen Systems, Inc. and prior VT EPSCoR SBIR Phase (0) Awardee Video