ORD Outreach Recordings

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This speaker series showcases internal, federal earmark, and extramural funded research and educational programming across UMS; open to all on the 1st Monday of the month-12-1 pm on Zoom; Sept-May. 
Registration is required.

To be posted after each presentation.

Nursing Simulation Education/ANEW-HRSA
Val HerbertAssociate Professor of Nursing, UM
Sean SibleyAssistant 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 JohnstonAssociate 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-RasherAssistant 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


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This workshop series focuses on researcher-identified topics, such as: funding opportunities, proposal development, project management, evaluation, research collaborations, and ore. On Zoom-2nd Wed; asynchronously-4th Wed. of the month; Sept-May. 
Registration is required.

To be posted after each presentation.

UM Manufacturing Research
JohnBelding
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