Engineering Untenured Faculty Network Agenda & Announcements

Engineering Untenured Faculty Network Agenda & Announcements

February 18, 2016

Announcements

USRG/FDA overview
Resources for new faculty

Program: Managing and Evaluating Graduate Students

David Ben-Arieh, Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Doina Caragea, Associate Professor, Computing and Information Sciences
James Edgar, Department Head and Professor, Chemical Engineering

For Your Calendar – Spring UFN Monthly Meetings

The Spring meetings will be 11:30 – 12:30, 2064 Rathbone (the Garmin Room in the former ECE offices) with lunch provided. Upcoming meetings:

Mar 24 – Education and Outreach
Apr 28 – Panel: Collaborative Research Activities
May 26 - Topic to be announced

REMINDER: Deadline: March 7

Faculty Development Awards (FDA) University Small Research Grants (USRG)

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) announces the spring 2016 FDA and USRG Call for Proposals from Kansas State University faculty members ranked assistant professor and above who are interested in receiving assistance in their scholarly activities and professional development. Note: faculty must have at least some percentage of their appointment devoted to research.

FINAL FDA and USRG Information Session

Monday, February 22 at 3:30 pm, K-State Alumni Center Lecture Room

ERGP Matching for FDA and USRG Proposals

ERGP will provide matching funds (with equivalent 1 to 1 match from department or faculty member). If you will be asking for ERGP match, requests must be made by Monday, February 29.No exceptions will be made.

USRG: up to $750 for untenured faculty and up to $500 for other engineering faculty
FDA: up to $750 for untenured faculty and up to $500 for other engineering facultywhere graduate student recruitment is part of the proposal

Faculty Development Course - Develop an online course or redesign an existing online course

Co-sponsored by K-State Global Campus and Kansas State Polytechnic Campus, the faculty development course helps participants develop an online course or redesign an existing online course. Through the course, participants will:

Develop an online course or redesign an existing online course
Gain higher confidence in the ability to teach online
Learn meaningful instructor-to-student and student-to-student interaction techniques
Earn a certificate of completion when course requirements are met

Submit your applicationby March 31, 2016.Cohort participants will be announced by April 22, 2016.

SPOTLIGHT K-State 2016

March 1, 2016, 7-10 pm, Alumni Center Banquet Room

K-State is a showcase event highlighting excellence in innovative, creative, unique teaching on our campus. The event is a fast-paced informative format with 10 speakers who are each introduced by one of their students. The presenters are selected from teaching faculty across our university representing many colleges, teaching ranks and curricula. Each presenter provides a visual portrayal illustrating their topic which is presented in a very short time frame, around 6 minutes. Often they begin with a problem encountered in their teaching followed by an inventive successful solution.

Tech Tips Live!

Join Information Technology Services at 3 p.m. every Wednesday for Tech Tips Live! via Zoom webconferencing and learn about using technology at K-State without leaving your office!

Feb. 24 -Scantron and K-State Online: How does the new version work?
March 2 - Sharing, organizing, and syncing files with OneDrive

UFN Meeting Materials Online. See theUntenured Faculty Meetings site.

Jan 28, K-State Invention Disclosure Process, Chris Brandt, Interim Vice President for Technology Transfer, KSU Research Foundation
Feb 4, Tenure & Promotion, Dean Darren Dawson (note: this session was not recorded but handout is online)

Spring 2016 Calendar

Mar 1Spotlight K-State 2016

Mar 3Hazardous Waste Awareness Training, 9:00-10:00 AM, 011 Edwards Hall (registration required)

Mar 22 K-State Research Showcase: Spotlighting Research Capabilities, Facilities and Resources

Mar 24 UFN Meeting, Education and Outreach, 11:30-12:30, Garmin Room (2064 Rathbone)

Apr 1 Engineering Hall Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 3:00 PM

Apr 12-142016 DC Trip for University Untenured Faculty

Apr 15Engineering Undergraduate Research Poster Forum, 10:30 - Noon

Apr 18OURCI Fall 2016 Research and Travel Applications due

Apr 24UFN Meeting, Panel: Collaborative Research Activities, 11:30-12:30, Garmin Room (2064 Rathbone)

May 26 UFN Meeting, Topic TBA, 11:30-12:30, Garmin Room (2064 Rathbone)