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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CEAE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY AND STAFF MEETING MINUTES Date Sept. 23, 2015 Time 12P – 1P Facilitator R. Balaji Scribe M. Hubler Location ECCE1B41 Attendees Balaji, Henze, Montoya, Hubler, Molenaar, Krarti, Livneh, Kuchenrither, Cook, Xi,

Rundell, Gooseff, Adams, Kasprzyk, Dashti, Corotis, Sideris, Neupauer, Beamer, Warren, Srubar, Crimaldi

Key Points discussed No. Topic Highlights

1 Announcements (Balaji) Announcements: • We will hire a new graduate advisor. We are waiting to approve

the posting for this position. Anne from Aerospace and Susan will help out in the interim. The graduate committee will work on the applications.

• The faculty search posting is ready. It will be posted soon. Accomplishments: • Yunping Xi and Mija Hubler received a $1.3M DOE grant. • John Crimaldi was awarded a $6.4M NSF grant as PI. He

discussed the Ideas Lab funding mechanism at NSF. 2 Professional Master’s

Program (Dick Kuchenrither)

• The professional masters program document was sent out to everyone.

• The goal is to have the certificate expanded to a full program. • It would be offered as a master in engineering. • See the attached slides

3 Faculty seminar (Henze) • Review of his sabbatical in Europe • See the attached slides

4 Adjourn

CEAE Dept. Faculty Meeting

Sep 9, 2015

Agenda

• Announcements

• Professional Masters Program

• Faculty Seminar: Gregor Henze

Announcements • Graduate Advisor - Status • Faculty Search – Status

• When it Rains, It Pours!

Recent Grants Yunping Xi(PI); Mija Hubler (Co-PI) & Sandia National Lab $1.3M research grant from DOE “Nanoparticle Injection Technology for Remediation Leaks of CO2 Storage Formations”

Accomplishments John Crimaldi (PI) $6.4M research grant from NSF Animal Olfactory Navigation Research - As part of the White House’s BRAIN Initiative

Olfactory Navigation: Dynamic Computing in the Natural Environment

• Collaborative NSF Award (7 PIs, 6 Institutions) • $6.4M Total • Crimaldi Lead PI, CU Lead Institution

• Designated as a Grand Challenge problem for the 21st Century• $300M in funding (NIH, NSF, DARPA, etc.)

Cracking the Olfactory Code

Directorate for Biological Sciences     Division of Integrative Organismal Systems     Division of Biological Infrastructure     Emerging Frontiers

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences     Division of Physics     Division of Mathematical Sciences

“Deciphering the operating principles of olfaction through development of innovative and integrative approaches…”

~$15M in available funding

Pre-proposal May 2015

June 2015

Invitation to Submit July 5th 2015

Full Proposals Due July 31st 2015

Award Announced Aug 4th 2015

team formation and

idea development

Project Team

Crimaldi (Lead) Fluid Dynamicist University of Colorado

Nathan Urban Neurophysiologist University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Lucia Jacobs Evolutionary Ecologist UC Berkeley

Justus Verhagen Neurobehaviorist Yale School of Medicine

Jonathan Victor Computational Neuroscientist Weill Cornell Medical College

Bard Ermentrout Mathematical Neuroscientist University of Pittsburgh 

Katherine Nagel Electrophysiologist NYU School of Medicine

Flow  direction2  cm

Body  Size  ScaleIllustrative  Path  

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Maximum  Inter-­sensor  Distance  (cm)  0.06 0.2 1.0 1.4 7.0

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(flight)

(walking)

Odor Environment Quantification(a) (b)

• Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence imaging • 2D and 3D • in water (existing capability) • in air (new direction for my lab)

$0.25M equipment upgrades

Opportunities & Expected Outcomes

• The White House Neuroscience Initiative is being compared to the Human Genome Project

• New area for the College of Engineering, new collaborations

• CU College of Engineering is leading a collaboration of PI’s from top medical schools in a Neuroscience

• Future interactions with existing College research (e.g., indoor/outdoor air quality, autonomous vehicles, etc.)

• Development of efficient algorithms for odor source localization

• Advances in understanding of brain function

PROFESSIONAL MASTER’S PROGRAM

Leadership in the Water Profession (Water Engineering & Management)

Key Points of PMP LWP

• Fall 2012 implementation in 2 phases • Success after 2 years Yr1/Yr2

– Distance Learning students 14/29 – Campus students (20% outside of Dept. & College) 20/33 – Positive cash flow

Phase 2 PMP LWP

• Master of Engineering – Leadership in the Water Profession

• Not a new master’s degree, sub-plan of College of Engineering

• The revenue and program management is housed in Civil Engineering and CE Master’s environmental program

Key Points of PMP LWP (cont.)

• Master’s Academic Program – 4 Environmental Engr. Core Courses – 3 LWP Core Courses - Fall, Spring, Summer – 2 Civil Electives – Master’s report

• Certificate Academic Program – 3 LWP Core courses- Fall, Spring, Summer – Elective in broad perspective of Civil/SPA courses

Key Points of PMP LWP (cont.)

• The PMP is supporting the university’s desire to increase global participation in CU supporting distance learning education.

• The PMP will bring in new students, especially those from the water professions working in utilities, consulting firms and regulators.

• Looking ahead, MS offered to distance education students

• The PMP will enable more networking of faculty and students with the water industry