2017 Annual State Conference

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota

AGENDA
Registration/Poster setup
7:30 a.m. Main Floor
ND EPSCoR EMPOWERED-ND Corps Meeting
Because of distance, this group rarely meets face-to-face, so they
will breakfast together in the far corner of the room during this time
7:45 – 8:30 a.m.
(the area will be roped off for this purpose; please fill in other Room 201
sections of the room first – thank you)

Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Room 201
Welcome/Introductions/Recognitions
8:30 a.m. Room 201
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alicia Knoedler “Effective collaborations and
team science; broadening participation; integration of research and
broader impacts; and opportunities within the NSF EPSCoR
landscape” Dr. Knoedler is Co-Principal Investigator, Oklahoma
8:45 a.m. Room 201
EPSCoR; Executive Associate V-P for Research; and Executive
Director of Center for Research Program Development and
Enrichment, University of Oklahoma

STEM Poster Session – Undergraduates, Graduates, Postdocs

For the convenience of our evaluators, the posters of ND EPSCoR’s
Track-1 Centers for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) and
Regional Climate Studies (CRCS) and have been grouped together in
a specific area.
10:00 a.m. - Noon Main Floor
10-11am: NSF EPSCoR Track-1 Center for Sustainable Materials
Science (CSMS) and non-Track-1 EVEN-numbered posters
11am-Noon: NSF EPSCoR Track-1 Center for Regional Climate
Studies (CRCS) and non-Track-1 ODD-numbered posters

Meet ND EPSCoR’s Track-1 External Advisory Board

When they are not viewing student posters, members of ND
10:00 a.m. - Noon Main Floor
EPSCoR’s Track-1 External Advisory Board will be available at tables
in the Lobby to meet with students, postdocs and faculty

Networking Lunch/Presidents’ welcome/Congressional

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. remarks/Recognitions Room 201

Break – Students: please remove your posters prior to 1:45pm

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.
1:45 – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Student and Faculty Sessions (see 2nd page) Various
Concurrent Student and Faculty Sessions (1:45 – 4:00 p.m.):
Time and Location Student Track Faculty Track CRCS/CSMS Faculty
Communicating
Science
Led by: ND EPSCoR
Communicating
Science Senior
Personnel: Crystal
Alberts, Associate
1:45 - 2:30 p.m.
Professor, English and N/A N/A
Fargodome, Room 201
Director of Writers
Conference, UND and
Zoltan Majdik,
Associate Professor,
Communication,
NDSU

Roundtable on Establishing Collaborations with ND’s four Primarily Undergraduate

Institutions (PUIs) and the five Tribal Colleges (TCs) located in ND
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. Led by: ND EPSCoR Tribal Colleges Liaison Manager and EMPOWERED-ND Corps Chair:
Fargodome, Room 101 Scott Hanson (the Corps’ white paper on broader impacts will be discussed and there
will be Q&A with PUI and TC ND EPSCoR NSF Track-1 researchers)

Roundtable on Establishing Partnerships

Led by: ND EPSCoR EAB members: Kathryn Uhrich, Dean of
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of
N/A
Fargodome, Room 102 California, Riverside and Chris Kalash, Commercialization
Manager, ND Department of Commerce

Communicating the Science of ND EPSCoR’s

NSF Track-1 Award

REQUIRED for CRCS/CSMS Faculty:

Please drop-in at any time during this time

period:
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Fargodome, Room 104 N/A N/A Sit for your Track-1 Participant Interview (10
minutes)

Techniques for Developing Virtual Lab Tours

for the NSF Site Visit

Discuss Profile for Publication in NSF Site Visit

Brochure

2:30-4:00 p.m.
Tour of NDSU’s Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST):
Research 1, Room 202,
high performance computing center.
NDSU Campus
Led by: Oluwasijibomi (Siji) Saula, HPC System Administrator, NDSU
To catch a Van to NDSU (East Door of Fargodome)
(limited to 33
A Van will also be provided for the return trip to the Fargodome at 4:00pm
participants)