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2011 Maine EPSCoR State Conference

September 26, 2011
Wells Conference Center, University of Maine, Orono

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PRESENTATIONS

Monday, September 26, 2011: Wells Conference Center

Welcome and Introduction Michael Eckardt, Vice President for Research, University of Maine Henry Blount, National Science Foundation EPSCoR Office Head Vicki Nemeth, Director of UMaine Research Administration & Maine EPSCoR

Maine EPSCoR Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI): The Road to Solutions: Challenges and opportunities for sustainability science research. David Hart, SSI Research Project Director, and Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center, UMaine

Maine EPSCoR Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI): cont. Towards a Generalizable Approach to Sustainability Science Research Shaleen Jain, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine Kathleen P. Bell, Associate Professor, School of Economics, UMaine Crossing Boundaries for Sustainable Solutions: Brian McGill, Assistant Professor of Ecological Modeling, School of Biology & Ecology & SSI, UMaine Laura Lindenfeld, Associate Professor, Communication & Journalism and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, UMaine

Keynote Address: Collaboration as a Strategy for Environmental Problem-Solving The Promise and Pitfalls of Landscape-Scale Environmental Management Judith Layzer, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, MIT Policy & Planning Group Leader, and Urban Sustainability Project Director, MIT

Maine EPSCoR Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI): continued Creating Solutions through Community-University Partnerships: Moderator: David Hart, SSI Research Project Director, and Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center, UMaine Linda Silka, Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, and Professor, School of Economics, UMaine Mick Peterson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMaine Maggie Shannon, Executive Director, Maine Congress of Lake Associations Pamela Morgan, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, UNE

National Science Foundation Program Directorate: Funding Opportunities for Education: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Assistant Director, NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)

Posters: SSI/SSP research teams/students & others

Break-out Sessions #1: SSI Graduate Student Presentations: What's there to stress about? Using perceived economic stress to examine support for wind power in Maine: Megan Wibberly, UMaine Overcoming the Obstacles for Successful Knowledge to Action: Hollie Smith, UMaine Co-Developing Place-based Scenarios of Alternative Futures with Stakeholders: Michelle L. Johnson, UMaine Understanding Urban Climate Changes in Maine: Judy Colby-George, UMaine Adaptation Strategies in a Changing Climate: Maine's Coastal Communities and the Statewide Stakeholder Process: Alex Gray, UMaine The role of Knowledge to Action in facilitating engagement among stakeholders associated with river restoration within the Kennebec and Androscoggin watersheds: Eileen Johnson, UMaine and Bowdoin College Wind power substitutes: Understanding the factors which deviate support between offshore and land-based wind power: Sarah J. Marrinan, UMaine

Interdisciplinary Collaboration & Organizational Innovation: Susan Gardner, Associate Professor, Education & Human Development, UMaine Shannon McCoy, Assistant Professor, Psychology, UMaine Caroline Noblet, Lecturer, School of Economics, UMaine

Break-out Sessions #2: Partnerships for STEM Education & Workforce Development in Maine: Moderator: Vicki Nemeth, Director, Maine EPSCoR & Chair, Maine STEM Collaborative The Reach Center: Jan Mokros, Executive Director, Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE): Michael Wittmann, UMaine PSP Leader Next Generation Science Standards: Anita Bernhardt, State Science & Technology Specialist & Regional Representative, Maine Dept. of Education

Defining Solutions: Brian McGill, Assistant Professor of Ecological Modeling, School of Biology & Ecology & SSI, UMaine

Break-out Sessions #3: Research Frontiers in Sustainability: Moderator: Mario Teisl, Professor, Ecology & Environmental Science, UMaine Sean Smith, Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences & SSI, UMaine Krish P. Thiagarajan, Alston D. and Ada Lee Correll Presidential Chair in Energy and Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMaine Qingping Zou, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine Sharon J. Wagner, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, UMaine

Demystifying Cyberinfrastructure: Shaleen Jain, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine Bruce Segee, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMaine Sudarshan Chawathe, Associate Professor, Computer Science, UMaine John Koskie, Program Manager, Advanced Computing Research Lab, UMaine Stephen Cousins, Supercomputer Engineer/Administrator, UMaine

Premiere of "Sustainable Maine": Laura Ozment Schenck, Television Producer, MPBN Frank Ferrel, Public Affairs Host/Producer, MPBN