ORD Outreach Recordings
This monthly, academic year-long Zoom series provides the opportunity for researchers across UMS to showcase their internally (MEIF-SCI, RRF, EPIC, etc.) or externally funded projects.
Open to all on the 1st Monday of the month-12-1 pm on Zoom; Sept-May.
September 9*- “UM-mini GEM Concept”
Giovanna Guidoboni– Dean; Maine College of Engineering and Computing
Roberto Lopez-Anido– Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UM
October 7- “Biodiversity and Rural Response to Climate Change Using Data Analysis (Barracuda)”; NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 FEC
Matt Dube- Associate Professor in Data Science, Computer Information Systems, and Applied Mathematics, UMA
November 4-“UMS Substance Use Disorder Collaborative-Leveraging Cross-Campus Collaborations to Advance Substance Use Disorder Research, Evaluation, and Programmatic Support”
Mary Lindsey Smith; Senior Research Associate and Director of Substance Use Research at University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute
Marcella Sorg; Research Professor, University of Maine Department of Anthropology, Climate Change Institute, and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
December 2- “EPIC- Mini Grant Awardees”
Ali Abedi, Associate Vice President for Research; Director, Center for Undergraduate Research; Professor of ECE: UM
Libin Louis– Assistant Professor of Forestry: UMFK
Rachel Hovel, Associate Professor of Biology: UMF
Karen Beeftink, Associate Professor of Environmental Recreation and Tourism Management: UMM
Ashanthi Maxworth, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering: University of Southern Maine
Anita-Ann Jerosch, Associate Professor of Music: UMA
Robert Causey, Associate Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences: UM
Jan 6th: “Rare Earth Elements and the Recently Discovered Pennington Mountain Rare Earth Elements-Niobium-Zirconium (REE-Nb-Zr) Deposit in Northern Maine: What, How, and Why it Matters?”
Chunzeng Wang; Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies; UMPI (and graduate faculty of the University of Maine Graduate School)
Feb 3rd: “Maine Maritime Academy: Coastal and Marine Environmental Science” (Maine Coastal and Marine Climate Action Fund/MEIF-SCI award)
Steven Baer, Associate Professor; Marine Science
LeAnn Whitney, Associate Professor; Oceanography
Kerry Whitaker, Associate Professor; Coastal and Marine Environmental Science
Mar. 3rd: Rural Issues’ Research
4-H Maple Woodlands Agriculture and Workforce Development
Andrew Hudacs, Cooperative Extension 4-H
Rural Resilience: The Role for Innovative Public Transportation
Jonathan Rubin, Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center; CJ Evans-Ralston & Kathleen Spear (undergraduate researchers)
Apr. 7th: “Building Ethical Resilience Among College Students Using Metacognitive Approaches“
Ross Hickey– Assistant Provost for Research Integrity;
Bruce Thompson– Professor of Psychology
University of Southern Maine
May 5th: “Development of Cost Effective Biosorbents to Remediate Heavy Metals and PFAS Contaminated Wastewater” (MEIF-SCI)
Udaya Jayasundara, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; UMPI
Nursing Simulation Education/ANEW-HRSA
Val Herbert– Associate Professor of Nursing, UM
Sean Sibley– Assistant Clinical Faculty, UM
Minority Francophone Communities in the Northeast
Patrick Lacroix- Director of the Acadian Archives, UMFK
Wabanaki Languages Resource Center
Conor Quinn; Assistant Professor of Linguistics-University of Southern Maine
Temporal and Geographic Shifts in Migratory and Resident Birds of Northern Maine
Jason Johnston– Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, UMPI
A Small Campus Story: Building Biology Research Infrastructure and Innovation Capacity at UMF
NSF-EPIIC (Enhancing Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity)
Timothy Breton-Associate Professor of Biology, UMF
UMS 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
Wearable Robotics for Gait Training
Babak Hejrati – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Dynamics and Controls, UMaine
Why Bioengineering Needs the Humanities: Perspectives from a 2023 NEH Summer Institute on Our SHARED Future: Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Research Ethics, and Deliberation; Maine Digital Collaborative
John Muthyala – Professor of English, University of Southern Maine
UMA-UMF Human Services Training Collaborative
Wendy St. Pierre –Assistant Professor of Mental Health & Human Services, UMA
Strengthening the Teacher Workforce in Rural, Low-Income Communities
Patty Williams – Professor of Early Childhood Education, UMF
Co-Translation: Making the Invisible Visible (Nanotechnology & Art vs. PFAS & MicroPlastics)
Onur Apul – Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering; UM
Susan Smith – Graduate Coordinator of Intermedia Programs; UM
Characterizing benthic mysid ecology and animal-fluid interactions in response to background flow, food, and light conditions Rachel Lasley-Rasher–Assistant Professor of Biology; USM
Accelerating New Environmental Workskills (ANEW)-NSF REU site
Kristina Cammen– Assistant Professor of Marine Science; UM
Foundations of Deep Neural Network Robustness and Efficiency- NSF- Career
Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh– Assistant Professor of Computer Science; UM
Cybersecurity for Maine Communities and Businesses
Henry Felch-Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Computer Information Systems; UMA
Assessing Disparities in Access to Advanced Medical Device Therapy in Maine
Asheesh Lanba-Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; -University of Southern Maine
Advancing Natural Resource Based Strategies for Rural Community Resilience
Caroline Noblet-Associate Professor of Economics; UM
Maine’s First Soft-Shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network: Highlighting a Statewide Fishery Crisis Through Citizen Science
Brian Beal-Professor of Marine Ecology; UMM
Biomedical Data Analysis Using Deep Learning Approaches
Rafiul Hassan-Associate Professor of Computer Science; UMPI
Mountain Ponds as Sentinels of Change in the Northeast
Rachel Hovel-Assistant Professor of Biology; UMF
Transforming Global Change Experiences through DEIJ-Centered Science
Ned Rubert-Nason-Assistant Professor of Chemistry; UMFK
This academic year-long Zoom series is offered twice a month, and features presentations and activities to address topics identified by researcher feedback/input and raising awareness about external funders/opportunities through awardees’ showcasing their successfully funded projects. Open to all on the 2nd & 4th Wed of the month-12-1 pm on Zoom; Sept-May.
Sep. 11th- NASA/DOD Awardees
Emmanuel Boss– Professor of Marine Science
Amber Roth– Associate Professor of Forest Wildlife
Management
Sep. 25th- ORD: Research Ideas Map
(resources available upon request-email ORD)
Oct. 9th- USDA Awardees
Juan Romero– Associate Professor of Animal Nutrition
Ling Li– Assistant Professor of Sustainable Bioenergy
Systems
Oct. 23rd–ORD: Broader Impacts
(activities available upon request-email ORD)
Nov 6- Maine Sea Grant Funding and NOAA Awardee
Jessica Jansujwicz– Maine Sea Grant; Assistant Director
for Research
Dana Morse– Senior Extension Program Manager,
Aquaculture Lead Maine Sea Grant and University of
Maine Cooperative Extension Darling Marine Center
Nov 20-ORD: Logic Models
(resources available upon request-email ORD)
Dec 11- NSF EPSCoR/Dept. of the Interior
Shane Moeykens– Director, Maine State EPSCoR Office
Lauren Ross- Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental
Engineering; UM
Dec 25-Building Research Collaborations
(asynchronous- will be emailed to registrants)
Jan 8-NEH/NEA
Bonnie Newsom– Associate Professor, Anthropology;
UM
Susan Pinette– Professor, Modern Languages & Director
of the Franco-American Center; UM
Jan 22- Project Management
(resources available upon request-email ORD)
Feb 12- Supporting Student Research
Sandra De Uriote-Stone- Associate Professor of Nature-based Tourism/Assistant Vice President for Research (NSF-NRT)
TBD
Feb 26- Measuring Research Impacts/Science Communication (resources available-email ORD)
Mar 12- HHS/NIH/HRSA
David Harder– Director, UMaine Institute of Medicine/
University Research Professor of Medicine
Jeffrey Hecker– Professor of Psychology & Director of
Clinical Training (HRSA)
Mar 26- Open Access Publishing/Creative Commons
Casey Koons- Open Scholarship Librarian; Fogler
Apr 9- ED/IES/Foundation Funding
Bridie McGreavy– Associate Professor; Communication and Journalism (Foundation)
TBD
Apr 23- Coordinated Operating Research Entities
Megan Tardif– CORE director
May 14- Early Career/Equipment Funding
Evan Wujcik– Assistant Professor of Chemical and
Biomedical Engineering (NSF)
Qing Jin– Assistant Professor of Food Science (USDA)
May 28- Proposal Submission/Grant Management
ORA, ORC, ORD
UM Manufacturing Research
John Belding Director, Advanced Manufacturing Center; Roberto Lopez-Anido Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Ben Herzog Wood Technologist-ASCC; Bashir Khoda Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Phillip King Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Building Partnerships: Interdisciplinary-, Community-, and Industry-Involved Research
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
Measuring Impacts/Data Management
Kelsey Davis STEM Education Research Associate; Shane Moeykens Director, Maine State EPSCoR Office
Evaluation Plans and Foundation Funding Opportunities
Zeke Kimball Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education; Professor of Higher Education; Melanie Spencer Proposal Development Associate for Special Projects-ORD
Undergraduate Mentoring
Sally Molloy Associate Professor of Genomics; Caitlin Howell Associate Professor of Bioengineering; Jacquelyn Gill Associate Professor of Terrestrial Paleoecology
Aquaculture Experiential Opportunities for Undergraduate Students-AquEOUS USDA REEU
Meggan Dwyer Associate Director, Aquaculture Research Institute; Scarlett Tudor Education and Outreach Coordinator, Aquaculture Research Institute
Research Impacts
Kelley Strout Director, Associate Professor of Nursing; Jen Bonnet Proposal Development Associate for Special Projects, ORD
NOAA Program Officer
Alison Krepp-NOAA Sea Grant Program Officer, Social Science and Economics Lead
“Developing, Testing, and Disseminating Reasoning Chain Construction Tools for Introductory Physics and Chemistry Courses” NSF IUSE
MacKenzie Stetzer Associate Professor of Physics/RiSE Center
Project Management
Sue Ishaq Assistant Professor of Veterinary Sciences; Rachel Schattman Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture; Peter Drown Senior Operations Manager, ASCC
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research
Ned Rubert-Nason Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UMFK; Beth Campbell Maine EPSCoR Outreach and Program Manager; Sue Ishaq Assistant Professor of Veterinary Sciences; Melissa Maginnis Associate Professor of Microbiology-UM
NSF S-STEM Program
Penny Rheingans Director of the School of Computing and Information Science and Professor; Alex Friess Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Brunswick Engineering Program
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Program Officer(s)
Emily Doolittle Teaching and Learning Division: Program Officer, Rural Education Research, and Grants Administration Liaison; Huang Haigen IES, National Center for Education Statistics IES funding opportunities ppt
Postdoctoral Mentoring Plans
Sandra DeUrioste-Stone Assistant VP for Research and Assoc. Professor of Nature-Based Tourism; Chris Gerbi Associate Dean for Research, Associate Director of MAFES, Professor; Jim Artesani Associate Dean of Accreditation and Graduate Affairs, College of EHD
NSF-Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Shane Moeykens, Director of the Maine EPSCoR Office
Logic Models
Carla Scocchi 4-H Youth Development Professional; Kate Yerxa Extension Professor of Nutrition
NSF Proposal Guide (PAPPG) Updates, SciENcv, and Pivot
Leanne Crawley Office of Research Administration; Danielle O’Neill and Jen Bonnet Office of Research Development