National Academy of Engineering announces winners of $1M challenge
...ronmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, chaired the selection committee. The Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability is made possible through the generous support of The Grainger Foundation. The prize was administered and managed by the National Academy of Engineering. ...2006 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize awarded
... panels dealing with important national issues. He chaired the President's Advisory Committee on the Redesign...ommittee of Advisors on Science and Technology. He chaired the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Task Force on the Future of DOE Science Programs, was vice chair...Educators in Georgia and Maryland earn top 2006 Mentoring Awards from AAAS
...l Opportunity in Science and Engineering, which he chaired in 2000-2001. He has had more than 200, including more than 25 dealing with minority engineering education. Gregory Triplett, a former doctoral student of May's, said in a letter of support that "it may be fairly simple to measure his influence in ...Worldwide research network needed to really understand what is changing in the Arctic
...Research Center at Ohio State University. Lyons chaired a 18-member National Academy of Sciences committee that last year that submitted a report, "Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network," outlining their proposal. "The Arctic is much more than just the oceans there. It is the land, the peoples,...Accolades for York's commitment to women in science
...s Athena Swan bid has been led by a Working Group, chaired by Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research Professor Alastair Fitter and supported by the Research Policy Office, with input from the Universitys Personnel and Equal Opportunities Offices. Science Departments have strongly supported the initiative with invo...Nanotechnology's past, present and future: A Congressional perspective
...search. And in his last year in Congress, Boehlert chaired several hearings on nanotechnology safety, particularly on the need to create and fund a prioritized federal nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety research plan. What was it like to be present at the creation of the NNI? What are the pro...Presidential Recognition Awards presented at the 2007 AIUM Annual Convention
...l Standards Committee for the last 7 years and has chaired the committee since 2004. Dr Frates is an AIUM fellow who has been a member since 1991 and has served the association in many capacities as well. AIUM President Lennard Greenbaum, MD, thanked Dr Frates for her service to the AIUM as well as her commi...Revelle family endows UC San Diego chair honoring Roger Revelle
...se the temperature of the lower air. In 1977, he chaired the National Academy of Sciences Energy and Climate Panel that recommended an interdisciplinary effort of an almost unique kind to investigate the effects of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. After that, he was a prominent figure and a wo...5 OHSU faculty members singled out for honors
...son County Public Health Advisory Board, which she chaired for three years; Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education Coordinating Council; Ashland Oregon Parish Nurse Advisory Board; Ashland Community Hospital Board; Rogue Valley Manor Board and the Asante and Providence Home Health and Hospitce Advisory Boar......nal Biology (ISCB). The press conference will be chaired by ISMB/ECCB Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Thomas Lengauer,Ph.D. of the Max-Planck Institut fur Informatik, Saarbraken, Germany and Co-Chair Prof. Dr. Burkhard Rost of Columbia University, New York, together with Co-Chair Prof. Dr. Peter Schuster of the...