UMS Research and Innovation Speaker Series
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This series is open to everyone; 1st Monday of e
ach month from 12-1 pm on Zoom. We will showcase research and educational programming occurring through UMS-internally funded (MEIF & RRF), federal earmark-supported efforts, and other extramurally sponsored projects. Registration is required.
View recordings of previous speakers
December 4 – “Why Bioengineering Needs the Humanities: Perspectives from a 2023 NEH Summer Institute on Our SHARED Future: Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Research Ethics, and Deliberation”
John Muthyala – Professor of English, USM
January 8* – “Wearable Robotics for Gait Training” NSF Career/NIH
Babak Hejrati – Assistant Professor of Dynamics and Controls, UMaine
February 5- “Tourism, Hospitality, and Outdoor Recreation (THOR) initiative
Tracy Michaud- Associate Professor of Tourism and Hospitality, USM
Karen Beeftink– Associate Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management, UMM
March 4- “The UMaine Arctic NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program: fostering systems perspectives and community connections between Maine and the Arctic”
Jasmine Saros– Professor of Paleolimnology and Lake Ecology, School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute, UM
April 1- “Temporal and Geographic Shifts in Migratory and Resident Birds of Northern Maine”
Jason Johnston– Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, UMPI
May 6- “Minority Francophone Communities in the Northeast”
Patrick Lacroix- Director of the Acadian Archives, UMFK
June 3- “Nursing Simulation-HRSA GWEP”
Sean Sibley– Assistant Clinical Faculty, UM
Val Herbert– Assistant Professor of Nursing, UM
Nima Sajedi-PhD Student Electrical Engineering, UM
July 1- TBD
August 5- TBD
September 9*- “UM-mini GEM Concept”
Giovanna Guidoboni– Dean Maine College of Engineering and Computing
Roberto Lopez-Anido– Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UM
ORD Professional Development Workshop Series
This new workshop series will focus on specific funding
opportunities, grant/project management strategies, research collaboration and system resources, mentoring, and much more. Open to anyone; 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month; 12-1 pm on Zoom. Registration is required.
View recordings of previous workshops.
Panelists: Ned Rubert-Nason (Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UMFK), Beth Campbell (Maine EPSCoR Outreach and Program Manager), Melissa Maginnis (Associate Professor of Microbiology, UM), Sue Ishaq (Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, UM)
December 20-Project Management
Panelist/Presenters: Sue Ishaq (Assistant Professor of Veterinary Sciences, UM), Rachel Schattman (Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, UMF), and Peter Drown (Senior Operations Manager, UM-ASCC)
Presenters: Anne Gershenson (program director in the Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences), Charles Ansong (Program Director -Biochemistry and Bio-Related Chemistry Branch)
Presenters: MacKenzie Stetzer (Associate Professor of Physics/Acting Department Chair)
February 14- NOAA Program Officer
Presenter: Alison Krepp (Social Science and Economics Lead)
Presenters: Kelley Strout (Director, Associate Professor of Nursing) , Jen Bonnet (Proposal Development Associate for Special Projects)
Presenters: Meggan Dwyer (Associate Director), Scarlett Tudor (Education and Outreach Coordinator)-Aquaculture Research Institute
Presenters: Sally Malloy (Associate Professor of Genomics)
Presenters: Zeke Kimball (Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education; Professor of Higher Education), Melanie Spencer (Proposal Development Associate for Special Projects-ORD)
Presenters: Shane Moeykens (State EPSCoR Director), Kelsey Davis (STEM Education Research Associate)
Presenters: Cat Biddle (Director, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development Associate Professor of Educational Leadership), Shane O’Neill (Forest Industry Business Development Manager)
Presenters: John Belding (Director, Advanced Manufacturing Center), Roberto Anido-Lopez (Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering), Ben Herzog (Wood Technologist-ASCC), Carlos Luck (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Department Chair-USM)