Dorthe Wildenschild, Associate Dean and Director of Postdoctoral Programs in the Graduate School and in the Research Office, will begin a new position as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in the College of Engineering on February 15th. This is an exciting new role that will allow her to continue to collaborate around various issues of graduate education and the research enterprise within Engineering.
ACCELERATOR NEWS
The Accelerate Winter 2017 cohort kicked off with 12 companies on the 11th. Five of the companies have previous participated in the Iterate program, four in the most recent session this past fall. Dimension PDF is located in Bend and Smart Traffic Control Cones is located in Portland. Over half of the companies include an OSU student as a team lead or secondary team member. Details here: Winter Cohort
In other Accelerator news, Onboard Dynamics, an OSU spinout company and early Advantage Accelerator graduate, has announced a recent partnership with SoCalGas to further their work on mobile natural gas compressors. Onboard Dynamics started with OSU-Cascades technology working on proof-of-concept test engine/truck with an onboard natural gas compressor and has been advancing this technology ever since. For more on this partnership, here is the full article.
REMINDER: SAVE THE DATE- RO ALL-STAFF MEETING – 2/2, 10:30am
It has been quite some time since our last all-staff meeting! There are many new faces in the office and lots of things to discuss so please do try to make it if your schedule allows. we’ll be meeting Memorial Union 213 from 10:30-11:30 on Thursday, Feb. 2 (Groundhog Day!).
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It is with great fanfare that we announce the arrival of Chrystal (OCCD) and Jack’s baby girl, Cordelia Marie. This adorable little glow worm arrived on January 10th. All are happy, healthy and ready to take on 2017. Congratulations, Chrystal!
It’s with a very large dose of bittersweet-ness that we announce these farewells…first, Stephen Hotard will be leaving the Research Office effective January 20th to pursue a new career opportunity at Samaritan Health. Additionally, Shirley Chow announced her plans to retire at the end of January, though she will be on a 1039 appointment for a bit. As most of you most certainly know, Shirley and Stephen have been a huge source of support and talent for the Research Office and their shoes will be hard to fill. We wish them all of the best in their new endeavors and thank them for their years of fantastic service to OSU and the Research Office!
We are excited to announce that Chad Cropley has joined the Research Office as of January 9, 2017 as an Information Technology Consultant. The purpose of this position is to provide technical assistance, operating instruction, and diagnostic help to the Research Office. Chad is a graduate of OSU in Recreation Resource Management and was recently an IT Manager at CB Distributing in Albany, as well as previous employment with Cedarsix, Inc. as a Web Manager and Intel Corporation as a Technical Marketing Engineer. Chad’s office will be in A312J.
For OSRAA, two new hires joined the office on Monday, January 9. The first is Lisa Hall, our new Effort Reporting Analyst. Lisa comes to us from previous employment at the Siletz County Schools and will be working with Aedra. The second is Corinne Johnson, who will be one of our new Award Management Coordinators. Corinne will be working with Zach and the PAM Unit, and comes to us from previous employment at USDA agencies. The second Award Management Coordinator, Mindi Woods, will join us the week of 1/16/17. Mindi previously worked for the Research Office about 14 years ago. PHEW! I think that’s it for now…HAPPY 2017!
Fiscal Coordinator 1 – The Oregon State University (OSU) Vice President for Research Office invites applications for a full time Fiscal Coordinator-1 position. The Fiscal Coordinator provides fiscal and administrative support to the units and the Centers & Institutes within the Research Office in areas requiring fiscal and/or administrative support in the areas of accounting, financial analysis/reporting, business procedures, and budgeting. Posting # P00676CT. Closes Jan. 11.
NEW! Temporary Administrative Program Assistant – The Office for Commercialization and Corporate Development in the VP for Research Office is seeking a full-time Temporary Administrative Program Assistant, working with the Intellectual Property and Licensing and Industry Contracts Teams. Posting # P00710CT. Closes Jan. 20.
The Vice President for Research is seeking an Accelerator Operations Manager. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, fixed term professional faculty position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Vice President. Closes Jan. 17.
GET YOUR OREGON GRAY WHALE LICENSE PLATE!
FROM BRUCE MATE: This license plate: gray-whale-license-plate-flyer carries a great message about the healthy oceans, whales, and coastal tourism that will find a place in Oregonian hearts. If you feel you would like a plate of this sort on your car, please fill out the registration either online at mmi.oregonstate.edu/whaleplate. We will need over 3,000 folks to join us in this venture in order to make it work. You can read details about how the process will unfold in the attached document. At that time, ODOT will request $40 in return for a plate voucher. Then once the plates are printed and available, ODOT will redeem the voucher for your special plates . You will be able to replace any of your current plates without losing any of the previously paid-for registration time. The proceeds from the plates will come back to the Marine Mammal Institute to support whale research, graduate students, and public education. I suspect there will be a piece in the Oregonian and on OPB next week. There will also be thousands of these flyers given to whale watchers during the Whale Watching Spoken Here week between Christmas and New Year’s at 22 coastal headlands along the Oregon coast. You can really help us start a social media “buzz” too. If you like the proposed plate and are a member of Facebook, please go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Marine.Mammal.Institute) and share our post that announces the proposed plates with your friends!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Yes, it’s cold here in Corvallis…but check out Boise, ID! They have had record breaking snow all over the city combined with freezing temperatures making for super gigantic icicles. The whole city is shut down, even the big shopping mall – the first time ever that has closed….so you KNOW this is serious. Susan Emerson’s lovely daughter, Molly Sue, is holding one of the many menacing icicles. Stay warm!
The Research Office is helping coordinate the Human Library this year. A human library functions similarly to a regular library, however, the Books are real, human beings, who teach others about themselves and their experiences through interpersonal dialogue. The Human Library will be held on February 14th and 15th, 2017 from 12:00pm-5:00pm on Tuesday, and 10:00am-3:00pm on Wednesday. We are looking for individuals who might want to sign up to be a human book. Everyone has something unique about themselves that makes them a great book to learn from. If you would like to volunteer to be a living Book, please visit this link http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0kqxrfCMEWidbsp to complete the online registration process. Participants who wish to meet with a Book can schedule a 30- 45-minute discussion session with a specific Book or drop by the library for a 30-minute discussion with an “on call” Book. Registration to meet with a book will open in January. If you would like to learn more about the Human Library, or if you have questions about registering, please contact Jillian Coleman (jillian.coleman@oregonstate.edu).
GREAT NEWS FROM THE ACCELERATOR
Paul King + KW Associates have won a Phase I SBIR from the National Science Foundation. The topic area is to investigate the use of externally derived magnetic fields to control electric arcs in vacuum arc remelting furnaces. This topic leverages (and in fact is actionable only because of…) the VARmetric technology that we developed under their BEST grant and for which they participated in the accelerator to commercialize. The goal of this technology is to actively control arcs in VAR processing, as opposed to the passive control we offer now, and hence to dramatically increase the efficiency of VAR processing over what we already offer.
FAREWELLS
Anna Walsh, Operations Manager for the OSU Advantage Accelerator is transitioning at the end of this month, accepting a position with a startup company based in Portland, Oregon. Anna has contributed greatly to the Accelerator and the community working on social media, redesigning programs and supporting the Willamette Innovators Network. The Advantage team will miss her and wishes her the best of continued success in her future!
FEDERAL RESEARCH TOWNHALL- STREAMED LINK AVAILABLE TO VIEW
On Friday, Dec. 9th the Research Office convened faculty for a discussion on the federal research landscape under the Trump Administration and 115th Congress. Joining the discussion were OSU’s Vice President of Research Cynthia Sagers, OSU’s Director of Federal Government Affairs Gabrielle Serra, NOAA’s Chief Scientist Rick Spinrad (and former OSU VPR) as well as NIFA’s director Sonny Ramaswamy (and former OSU Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences). Associate VPR, Roy Haggerty moderated. If you were unable to attend and would like to view the discussion it can be accessed via this link: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_07ovha1y
JOY DRIVE UPDATE
Thank you to everyone who donated to the Joy Drive. We were able to fulfill all of the wishes for the family we sponsored, along with giving them warm handmade blankets and a grocery store gift card. Your generosity was much appreciated by the Childcare and Family Resources Office. And a special thanks to Jillian Coleman for organizing this program!
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To warm your hearts a bit in this Holiday Season. Susan went on a 10 day Habitat for Humanity trip to Kona, Hawaii. Susan joined longtime friends who have built together in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala; Kauai, Hawaii; and Taos, New Mexico. For this volunteer trip we worked in the Habitat Restore instead of at the construction site. As fast as we could unpack boxes and put price tags on items, stuff sold. The money then goes directly into building homes. The Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii (HFHWH) was impressive with its focus on attending to the whole community and continuum of housing needs. In addition to building new homes in partnership with families and homeownership repair program, an apartment complex is located next to the Restore. This provides a range of affordable housing options for the community. In addition the HFH West Hawaii has received funding to offer workforce development training in the Restore for the young people.
BRINGING A CHILD?: Children can be dropped off for KidSpirit at Langton room 125 between 5p-6p (pizza will be served around 6p). Children can be picked up at Langton 125 when parents are ready to leave.
WHY IS THE DOOR LOCKED?: The main entrance to the MU facing the QUAD will be left unlocked for the party. All doors off of Jefferson should be locked. If you are attending the Holiday Party, please enter through the main entrance facing the QUAD.
HAILS!
The Human Research Protection Program is delighted to welcome Saritha Suram to our team of Coordinators! Saritha earned a Master’s degree in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University and a Master’s degree in Biophysics and Crystallography from the University of Madras, India. She brings over a decade of research and regulatory experience to the job and will be coming to us after working for the past year as a Coordinator for the central IRB that oversees human subjects research conducted under the auspices of the University of Colorado Denver and its four major affiliates. Saritha’s first day will be January 16th.
Additionally, Shane Melton has already started his position as OSRAA’s newest member of the Proposal and Award Management Unit. Shane will be the Award Set-up Coordinator working with Team C and will be sitting in B308. He comes to the Research Office from UABC, and previously worked in Business Affairs. Welcome Shane!
KUDOS TO COMMERCIALIZATION!
Chris Stoner and Joe Christison teamed and executed a complex industry sponsored research agreement with commercialization milestones. The PI and Dean of Pharmacy, Mark Zabriskie sent a note of appreciation: “Chris, Once again, many thanks for the effort it took you and Joe to get this finally through. I very much appreciate the hard work and willingness to find ways get the deals done.” Special thanks to Chris and Joe for putting their talents to this task!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Say hello to Kim Reese’s new puppy, Kenzie, an adorable English Springer Spaniel!!
OSU’s Research Office invites you to a town-hall discussion on the federal research landscape under the Trump Administration and 115th Congress. The town-hall discussion will be a forum for discussing what we know, sharing informed expectations, and providing an opportunity for us to start an ongoing dialogue to track and help keep you informed. The town hall will bring together OSU’s Vice President of Research Cynthia Sagers, NOAA’s Chief Scientist Rick Spinrad (and former OSU VPR), NIFA’s director Sonny Ramaswamy (and former OSU Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences), and OSU’s Director of Federal Government Affairs Gabrielle Serra. WHEN: Friday, December 9 from 1-2:30pm. WHERE: Kidder 202. LIVE STREAM will be available at live.oregonstate.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to attend in person here. If seating is full, please join on the web. For questions contact Roy Haggerty.
UPDATE ON INCENTIVE PROGRAMS IN THE RESEARCH OFFICE
Two faculty research seed grant programs are being replaced with new, expanded programs. The Faculty Release Time and the General Research Fund are being replaced by a Small Grants program and a Large Program Development fund. In collaboration with the Division of International Programs, the Research Office is nearly doubling the budget for these expanded programs, with the goal of helping more faculty get new, overheaded grants to support research. The SG grants will assist individual PI’s launch new projects. The LPD grants will assist groups of PIs from multiple colleges launch new interdisciplinary projects. Some of the funds will be used to expand our international research profile. The Request for Proposals will be released to the faculty late next week, with SG proposals due on Jan. 27, and LPD proposals due on Mar. 17. For more information, contact Roy Haggerty.
RO DEPARTMENTAL PARKING PASS- AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT
Please make note that we have purchased (for a fairly nominal fee) a departmental parking pass hang tag for the Research office. If you are escorting a candidate around campus via car or have a business obligation that requires parking in another commuter lot on campus, this pass, along with your standard parking sticker, will allow you to park in any of the commuter lots for up to 3 hours. If you would like to rent this pass please contact Jane Cigarran.
MONTHLY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- FLOOD
Please click here: monthly-topic-2016-12-flood for more details on what to do in case of flooding in our community.
REMINDER: RO HOLIDAY PARTY NEXT FRIDAY, 5pm
Last chance to RSVP here! Come celebrate the holiday season with your colleagues and families!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Roy Haggerty with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. Senator Whitehouse spoke at the APLU meeting on Nov. 14 in Austin, Texas. He addressed the need for US research in climate change and urged universities to support their researchers when attacked by anti-science special interest groups.
Shane Melton will be joining OSRAA as an Award Set-up Coordinator on December 1, 2016. Shane comes to OSRAA from the UABC, and will work with Proposal and Award Management Team C. Shane has been at OSU for more than 5 years, and worked in Business Affairs before moving to the UABC. Welcome Shane!
FAREWELLS/ eRA UPDATE
The electronic Research Administration (eRA) project is undergoing some changes. When complete, the eRA system will provide essential back-office electronic data management, compliance office and committee support and management for COI, IACUC, and IRB/HRPP. We are doing an internal and external review of the project to ensure that we are able to deliver a good product that is useful both to the research community and within the Research Office. On a related note, the eRA project manager, Vern Wrobleski, is pursuing a consulting opportunity off-campus and will no longer be part of the eRA team. We wish him good success. In the interim, Stephen Hotard has been appointed project manager for the eRA – thanks, Stephen!
NEW OSU START-UP! AGILITY ROBOTICS
Start-up company Agility Robotics, Inc. has exclusively licensed OSU technology patents. Agility Robotic’s legged locomotion expertise is built on a history of academic research in mechanical design, including the bipedal walking and running robots. Agility Robotics is leveraging this work to create products that address the real world needs of rugged, efficient, and highly capable mobility platforms. Company founders are Jonathan Hurst, Mikhail Jones, Damion Shelton.
HAPPY NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY TO….
Jane Cigarran- Nov 8
Rebecca Henry- Nov. 23
Autumn Helenihi- Nov. 30
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
SUCCESS! The Advantage Accelerator completed the Fall Iterate Program with more than a dozen teams!
A MESSAGE FROM CINDY: NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION FOLLOW-UP
Bravo, RO! Yesterday’s new faculty orientation (NFO) was simply great. We delivered with energy and polish the message of who we are and what we do. Thank you for your time, for preparing so carefully, and for your commitment to excellence in serving the research community. We are now only 12 months from the 2017 NFO. If you would, send your suggestions for improving the session to Jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu. Thanks again!
HAILS! OSRAA UPDATE
FROM SANDY COBB: I am very pleased to announce that we have hired two new Accountant 2s for the Cash and Financial Management Unit. We received confirmation of both hires this morning and were able to share the happy news at the OSRAA Education and Outreach session. Rhonda Holcomb will be joining us on November 7 from Sea Grant, where she is currently working as a Grants and Contracts Technician. She was formerly in the UABC as an Accountant 1. Rhonda has extensive experience in grants and operations administration at Blue Mountain Community College and at the Corvallis School District. She has experience working with granting agencies and PIs, managing awards through all stages of the award, including writing, reviewing, applying, contracting, budgeting, spending, billing, reconciling, reporting, and closing grants. Rhonda’s extensive experience in all facets of award administration will be a tremendous asset to us as Rhonda joins CFM Team O. Autumn Helenihi will be starting on November 1 in this new role, after providing support to OSRAA as a student employee while working on her degree in Accountancy at OSU. She has an extensive history in project, operations, and program management at Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo, and Kinko’s where she was responsible for short and long-term forecasts of product quality rates and costs for projects in excess. In addition to her exposure to OSRAA systems and processes over the last six months, her strong customer service focus, contract compliance, and practical accounting experience and training will be assets as she joins CFM Team O. Please join us in welcoming both Rhonda and Autumn to the OSRAA/ Research Office family!
SAVE THE DATE!- RO HOLIDAY PARTY
Friday, December 9 from 5p-730p, MU Main Lounge. More information and formal invite to follow sometime in November.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK- RESEARCH IN ACTION: CONSUELO CARBONELL-MOORE
Some of you may have taken a look at the poster hanging in the hallway by the elevators. That is the work of OSU scientist, Consuelo Carbonell-Moore who is doing work in Concarneau, Brittany! Attached are some pictures and an update: FROM DR. CARBONELL-MOORE: Work is going very well and smoothly. Lots of sampling (photo) and lots of SEM, which entails a lot of sample preparation too. The weather has been wonderful. This is a very small town, right on the ocean. The lab is by the building in the picture, originally built in the 1800’s. People are very nice. At the end of the month I will be going to Ville-de-France on the Mediterranean, not far from Niece. I will be sampling for more of the creatures of our project. I will have quite a few material to show when I get back. The most important, the research is going forward, and many new questions have risen.
Research Office space is controlled by the VPR or her designee. “Space” is defined as all offices, cubicles, all space designated as employee work stations, all network and telephone connections, and all associated locks and keys. For the good of all Research Office employees, only the VPR or her designee may authorize use of space or changes in use of space. For the same reason, only the VPR or her designee may make arrangements for changes in space (arranging key requisitions, lock changes, network/phone connections). Designees: The Associate VPR is the VPR’s designee for authorization of space, and the VPR’s Executive Assistant is the designee for making arrangements for changes in space. Please work with your Assistant VP to communicate requests to the Associate VPR. We are working on an electronic form for requests. For questions please contact Roy Haggerty.
CHANGES TO THE URISC, FRT , AND GENERAL RESEARCH FUND PROGRAMS
The URISC, Faculty Release Time, and General Research Fund programs are under review in the Research Office. We are looking at changing each of these programs somewhat. Look for a request for proposals for revised programs sometime in late fall 2016 or early winter 2017. If you have questions, please contact the Associate Vice President for Research, Roy Haggerty, roy.haggerty@oregonstate.edu
HRPP ONLINE MEETING REQUEST FORM
The Human Research Protection Program (formerly known as the IRB Office) has held over 430 advising and study review appointments so far this year. Because Tiffany Andrews is scheduling these meetings while working from Utah, Stephen helped us create an online meeting request form to streamline the process. If this type of process is useful to anyone else in the Research Office, the form can be found at: http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5bfKMZmdCWZBoMd
LPI DIRECTOR CANDIDATE A-OPEN FORUM 10/24, 11am- LPSC 402
Open Forum for Director, Linus Pauling Institute-Monday, October 24th, from 11am-12pm in Linus Pauling Science Center (LPSC) 402. Candidate A will give a 20min presentation addressing the following question: Based on what you know about LPI today, what do you see as the opportunities to leverage further to ensure our position as a top, internationally recognized research institute? The presentation will be followed by Q&A for the remainder of the hour. The forum is open to all OSU students, staff and faculty. Position information and the candidate’s bio will be available at the session. For questions, please contact: jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu.
JOY DRIVE PARTICIPATION
Each year Childcare and Family Resources leads a Joy Drive to provide student families in need with gifts for the winter holiday season. They invite departments on campus to participate by sponsoring a family. The Research Office has participated in the Joy Drive for the past few years. Jillian Coleman has offered to help coordinate the Research Office’s participation in the Joy Drive this year. In the past, we have asked people who are interested in participating to donate to a fund which will then be used to purchase gifts for the families. If you are interested in participating, please let Jillian know by November 7th. Participation involves making a donation in any amount you choose to help purchase presents. If you’d like to help with coordinating our participation or shopping, you can do that too. They are also accepting donations of wrapping paper, ribbons, tape, etc. Please feel free to contact Jillian with any questions. (jillian.coleman@oregonstate.edu)
MUSIC IN THE MU TODAY AT LUNCH
OSU Music Faculty in Recital is the Music a la Carte theme for today’s concert in the MU Lounge at Noon. One of the performances will be by Julie Meier’s brother, Dr. Robert Brudvig, Associate Professor, Percussion, who will perform “Fabian Theory” a six-minute percussion solo on the Malletkat – An electronic delay system is employed throughout the piece serving to reproduce the “live” signal 566 milliseconds (about half a second) after it has been played, thereby building a multi-marimba illusion & creating rhythmic counterpoint against a live performance.
DIVE CENTER VIDEO
From Kevin Buch…Here is a link to a short video highlighting the new dive center from our friends at OSU Interactive Communications. And thanks to everyone who stopped by the open house on Friday!
The Research Office and the College of Public Health and Human Sciences invite you to dive into a new era with us! Scientific and recreational diving just got a boost, and we’re excited to share it with you. More details here: dive-center-flier
PLEASE RSVP: RESEARCH OFFICE NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION
Please note that this year’s NFO will have a new format, starting with an introduction from Cindy followed by a 1-hour panel discussion with OSU faculty who have served as program officers. After that there will be booths set up around the Horizon Room for each RO unit. We will use a “speed dating” format to allow new faculty to choose which areas they would like to learn more about. We’ll wrap at 5pm (no reception but refreshments will be provided throughout the event). Please RSVP here.
Here is Kirt presenting a summary of differences in international research contracting at this year’s university-industry demonstration partnership meeting in Atlanta.
BREAKFAST WITH CINDY AND ROY STILL A FEW SPOTS LEFT!You are invited to an informal chat over breakfast with Cindy Sagers and our new Associate VP for Research, Roy Haggerty, on Thursday Oct.13th from 7:30-8:30 (location tbd). This will be an opportunity for you to bring items to our attention that you feel should be addressed, or just a chance to get to know each other better. It will be a fairly intimate gathering, as only the first 10 people to respond will get a space at the table!
We will plan to do these breakfasts throughout the year…so if this timing doesn’t work for you, perhaps another one down the road will. Please email jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu ASAP if you’d like to attend. Hope to see you there!
NEW BOX SERVICE NOW AVAILBLE AT OSU
Box is a cloud based service like Google Drive and Office365. It provides unlimited storage for everyone at OSU and is tied into our directory service for single sign-on and sharing resources across campus. If you are interested in having a training session for this tool or are currently using Google Drive or Office365 and are interesting in migrating your projects to Box, please contact Stephen Hotard at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu for more information. To get started, go here: http://box.oregonstate.edu/
Julie Brandis has been appointed executive director of strategic partnerships for the College of Engineering by Dean Scott Ashford. Julie has worked closely with Advantage Partnerships over the past several years and we all wish her the best of luck in her new role. For more information click here!
