Ocean Science Lecture Series
4 - 7 p.m. TODAY
Johnson Education Center, Harbor Branch campus
Matt Ajemian, Ph.D., will be presenting "Sharks with Spectators." For details and to view the lecture series schedule, click
here.
|
I-SENSE Lecture Series: New Frontiers in Water Resources
11 a.m. - noon Jan. 26
Room 405, Engineering East, Boca Raton campus
Jason A. Hubbart, Ph.D., will discuss "Measuring and Monitoring the Hydro-Dynamics and Water Quality of Mixed Land Use Watersheds." To view the flier, click
here.
|
Life Sciences Collaboration
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30
Jupiter Medical Center
Vice President for Research Dan Flynn, Ph.D., is scheduled to speak at this BioFlorida event at Jupiter Medical Center. For more details and to register, click
here.
|
Neuroscience Lecture Series:
Vesicle Circulation
4 p.m. Jan. 31
Room 119, Research Facility MC-17, Jupiter campus
Videoconference to: Boca Raton (EE-106), Davie (LA-148) and HBOI (LE-108D)
Ed Levitan, Ph.D., will discuss "Vesicle Circulation, Capture and Synaptic Neuropeptide Release." He's vice chair of research in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. For details, click
here. To view the series schedule, click
here.
|
Indian River Lagoon Symposium 2017: An Estuary in Peril
Feb. 9 - 10
Johnson Education Center,
HBOI
Scientists, decision makers, students, educators and others gather to discuss relevant research and its application in the management of the lagoon. A Feb. 10 forum is open to the public. For details and to register, click
here
.
|
|
More Event Listings
Visit the Division of Research events
page for additional listings.
|
Gulf Research Program: Preventing the Next Spill
Letter of intent due: Feb. 1, full proposals by April 12
The Gulf Research Program seeks to support research that will help reduce the systemic risk leading to uncontrolled hydrocarbon release in the offshore oil and gas environment. For more information, click
here.
|
Florida Sea Grant
Due: Feb. 13
The Florida Sea Grant program is soliciting applications for two-year applied research projects. Topics of interest include healthy coastal environments, and environmental literacy and workforce development. To view the solicitation, click
here.
|
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Open until superseded
This program is seeking proposals for research beneficial to national warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities in the fields of engineering, and the information, physical and biological sciences. For more information, click
here.
|
|
More Funding Opportunities
Visit the Division of Research funding opportunities
page for additional solicitations.
|
|
 |
|
Building the Future of FAU Ocean and Environmental Sciences
 More than 130 faculty and staff gathered at FAU Harbor Branch in Fort Pierce Friday to help shape the future of the university's ocean science & technology and environmental sciences programs. Anton Post, Ph.D., HBOI's new executive director, led the day-long retreat that focused on the most complex and far-reaching research pillar identified in President John Kelly's Strategic Plan for the Race to Excellence 2015-2025.
The research retreat was the first step in "co-creating" and "designing" the pillar with input from faculty ... read more.
|
Healthy Aging Seminar Series Kicks Off Today
The Institute for Healthy Aging and Lifespan Studies
(I-HeAL) launches
their guest speaker seminar series with a lecture by Elizabeth Galik, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland. Her talk's title is "Optimizing Function and Physical Activity for
Nursing Home Residents with Dementia." Galik's presentation will be followed by open dialogue. For more details, click
here
.
|
Seeking New Entrepreneurial Class to Continue Successes
The achievements of FAU Tech Runway start-ups are sky-high. In just two years, the 29 companies have created 205 jobs and 76 internships. In addition, they have employed 39 FAU students; created 136 corporate partnerships; earned more than $8 million in revenue; and raised more than $19 million in investment capital.
FAU Tech Runway seeks to continue to build on that success with its 2017 Launch Competition that kicks off today. Selected participants will win $25,000 in seed grant funding, and the opportunity to be housed, trained and mentored for one year. Winners also will complete a 16-week course based on the Stanford Lean Launch Pad curriculum. The competition is open to faculty, staff and entrepreneurs in Florida. Members of the FAU community are encouraged to apply.
READ MORE.
|
I-SENSE Research Fellow Awarded NIST Grant
 The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently awarded a $132,769 grant to Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D., assistant director in the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science. The grant will fund Azarderakhsh's project called, "
Design for Fault Attack Resiliency of Lightweight Cryptographic Architectures for Deeply-Embedded Systems."
This three-year project will explore devising secure and fault attack-immune architectures considering the bottlenecks of traditional security solutions for embedded systems. Azarderakhsh is a Fellow in the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems
Engineering (
I-SENSE).
|
Centers Collaborate for Sustainable and Resilient Communities
 The Center for Urban & Environmental Solutions and the Florida Center for Environmental Studies, both at FAU, are teaming up to resume the work of the award-winning
Florida Public Officials Design Institute under a new name,
FAU Incubator for Sustainable & Resilient Communities. The goal of this program is to develop action plans addressing complex land use and infrastructure problems.
The prior version of the incubator focused on offering elected officials unique no-cost training in urban design using a specific site in their community for study.
|
Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Drone Use at FAU
 FAU's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) office is drafting a formal university policy to govern the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, commonly known as drones. This policy will address drone operations related to research, academics and university business. Recreational drone operations on university property is strictly prohibited.
Email all questions to
EHS, pending finalization of the policy. Include "UAS Approval Request" in the subject line.
READ MORE
.
|
Research in Action
Harbor Branch scientists led by Mike Twardowski, Ph.D. and Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., recently met with the NASA PACE Science team about a next generation imaging satellite that will provide a view of the visible and invisible color spectrum to monitor the biosphere based on chlorophyll distribution to help monitor the health of our oceans. For details, click
here
.
|
| Expand Your Search for Research Funding To find funding opportunities, visit GrantForward. To find university-based resources, expertise and collaborators, use Florida ExpertNet. Click on the images below.
|
|
|
