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2017 Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Nevada Annual Meeting
March 27 – 29, 2017
University of Nevada, Las Vegas – 4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Stan Fulton Building – Salon B Ballroom
Welcome
The Annual Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Nevada Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 27-29, 2017 in the Stan Fulton Building. Note: Different location than in the past.
The Annual Meeting will include oral presentations featuring research results of Nevada’s National Science Foundation-funded Solar Nexus project as well as presentations from Agency Program Officers on potential funding opportunities. Additionally, the meeting will host a Science Communication, Graduate Student Workshop on Monday, March 27th and a student poster session on Tuesday, March 28th. The objective of this meeting is to share Nexus research findings and outcomes, stimulate collaborations and discussions and plan for upcoming activities.
Attendees
Attendees will include all individuals interested in learning about the latest in solar energy-water-environment science and education in Nevada, including NSF EPSCoR project team members and leaders; NSHE VPRs, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and administrators; Nevada stakeholders; members of the External Advisory Committee (EAC), and members of Nevada’s State EPSCoR Advisory Board. All Nexus project faculty, technicians, and graduate students are expected to attend.
Travel Information
For travel funding information contact the Co-PI at your institution. Please plan to attend the full 1.75 days of sessions (2.75 days for graduate students), which include complimentary breakfast and lunch.
March 27th Full day science communication graduate student workshop
March 28th All Nexus Participants full day meeting with poster session/reception
March 29th All Nexus Participants meeting adjourns at 1:30 pm
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Graduate Students Stan Fulton Building, Salon C |
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| 07:30 am – 08:00 am | Graduate Student Workshop Breakfast | |
| 08:00 am – 03:00 pm | Science Communication Graduate Workshop – Organizers: M. Casella (NSHE) and J. Ewing-Taylor (UNR) Facilitator: Dr. Jane Palmer (Science Writer and Radio Journalist) | |
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External Advisory Committee and Leadership Team Only Hyatt Place Meeting Room 7 |
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| 04:00 pm – 05:00 pm | Presentation | |
| 05:00 pm – 05:15 pm | Transportation to Site Demonstration | |
| 05:15 pm – 06:15 pm | Site Demonstration | |
| 06:15 pm – 06:30 pm | Transportation to EAC/Project Leadership Team Dinner | |
| 06:30 pm | EAC/Project Leadership Team Dinner | |
| March 28, 2017 (all events this day are plenary) (All Nexus participants and EAC)
Stan Fulton Building, Salon B |
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| 08:30 am – 09:00 am | Poster Setup (Salon A) | |
| 08:45 am | Bell Trans Shuttle – Hyatt Place to Stan Fulton | |
| 09:00 am – 09:30 am | Breakfast | |
| 09:15 am – 09:30 am | Welcome/Introductory Remarks | |
| 09:30 am – 10:45 am | Nexus Presentations | |
| 09:30-09:45 | J. Moon, D. Karas, C. Jose (UNLV) – High Temperature Materials for Solar Receivers | |
| 09:45-10:00 | B. Das, S. Das and R. Mookherjee (UNLV) – Nanotechnology and Dust Mitigation on Solar Panels | |
| 10:00-10:15 | M. Berli, M. Cablk (DRI), A. Sheets, L. Brazfield (NSHE) – NEXUS External Engagement Spotlight | |
| 10:15-10:30 | J. Batista, S. Ahmad, S. Bukhary (UNLV). Understanding Energy Intensity and Carbon Footprint for Transport and Treatment of Drinking and Wastewater | |
| 10:30-10:45 | S. Hiibel, C. Taylor (UNR) – Membrane Distillation for On-Site Water Reuse at Solar Facilities | |
| 10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Nexus Presentations Continued | |
| 11:00-11:15 | H. Livani, M. Etezadi-Amoli, S. Fadali, M. Majidi (UNR), Y. Baghzouz (UNLV) – Recapturing Wasted Energy in Water Pressure Reducing Valves via In-Conduit Hydro-power Generators | |
| 11:15-11:30 | M. Casella, A. Sheets (NSHE) – Nevada STEM Mentor Network | |
| 11:30-11:45 | S. Abella, D. Gentilcore (UNLV) – Mitigation of Solar Energy Impacts on Desert Ecosystems | |
| 11:45-12:00 | H. Sun (DRI) – Solar Plant Impacts on Desert Soil Crusts and Mitigation Strategies | |
| 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm | 1) Lunch
2) SmartStart Presentation |
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| 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm | Nexus Presentations Continued | |
| 01:00-01:15 | D. Uz, T. Harris (UNR) – Residential Rooftop Solar Energy Regulations Across the US | |
| 01:15-01:30 | E. Marti (UNLV) – Teacher Professional Development: Bringing Engineering Design and Solar Energy Concepts into the Classroom | |
| 01:30-01:45 | S. Strachan, E. Fritzinger, H. Munoz, C. Scully-Allison, V, Le, F. Harris (UNR) – Comprehensive QA/QC Management Software Environment for Fine-Resolution Scalable Sensor Datasets | |
| 01:45-02:00 | F. Harris, S. Dascalu, E. Fritzinger, S. Strachan, L. Yang, V. Le, H. Munoz, C. Scully-Allison (UNR) – Data streaming and Visualization | |
| 02:00 pm – 03:15 pm | Agency Presentations | |
| Dr. Carole Read, NSF Program Officer, Energy for Sustainability Program | ||
| Dr. Avi Shultz, Acting Director for DOE Concentrated Solar Program and member of the Sunshot Initiative | ||
| Break | ||
| 03:30 pm – 04:30 pm | Agency Program Director round tables with faculty and students1 | |
| 04:30 pm – 06:00 pm | Graduate Student Poster Session (Salon A) | |
| 06:00 pm | Day 2 Adjourns
1) NEXUS attendees: Dinner on own 2) EAC Meets in Hyatt Place Hotel – Meeting Room 7 |
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| 06:10 pm | Bell Trans Shuttle – Stan Fulton to Hyatt Place | |
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March 29, 2017 (All Nexus Participants and EAC)
Stan Fulton Building, Salon B |
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| 07:30 am | Bell Trans Shuttle – Hyatt Place to Stan Fulton | |
| 07:30 am – 08:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 08:00 am – 09:45 am | 1) Publication Sandbox Sessions
2) EAC develops recommendations – Salon A |
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| 09:45 am – 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | 1) Proposal Sandbox Sessions
2) EAC report-out to leadership team – Salon A |
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| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | EAC reports out recommendations to all participants | |
| 11:30 pm – 01:30 pm | Working Lunch (box lunches)
1) Component Teams Meet – Year 5 planning Research – Salon B Cyberinfrastructure – Room 220 Workforce Development and Diversity – Executive Conference Room 2) EAC departures |
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| 11:45 am | Bell Trans Shuttle – Stan Fulton to Hyatt Place | |
| 01:30 pm | Meeting adjourned; Departures | |
| 01:30 pm | Bell Trans Shuttle – Stan Fulton to Hyatt Place and continues to McCarran International Airport | |
1Each PD at a table and faculty go to the person/table they want to talk to.
Graduate Student Poster Presentation
All graduate students participating in research funded by the National Science Foundation and the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Solar Energy, Water & the Environment Nexus in Nevada project are strongly encouraged to attend the annual meeting and provide a research poster presentation. A poster session and reception will be held on Tuesday, March 28th so that students may share their research with other project members and the External Advisory Committee.
Abstracts and Headshot Photo Due: Monday, March 6, 2017 to michele_casella@nshe.nevada.edu
Poster Format and Abstract Guidelines
Format
All posters should be 36” X 48” and should include the information below. Students should bring their posters with them on March 28th and take then down after the reception. Wall space and materials will be provided in order for students to display their posters.
Title: Include a banner frame clearly stating the title of the poster, your name, your mentor(s) name, institution, and department. Be sure to include the NSF logo and the logo of your institution.
Overview: Clearly articulate what you did, how you did it, why you did it, and what it contributes to your field and the larger field of human knowledge.
Introduction: Specify the main argument of your study, provide an overview of what you did, the evidence that supports that argument, and point out the significance and value of the research. Be succinct in this one-frame element.
Method: Illustrate how you conducted your project.
Results (If applicable): Indicate what your research has revealed.
Conclusion: Include an explanation of the ways the results satisfy the research objective. Illustrate how your findings impact scholars in your field and members of the broader intellectual community.
NSF EPSCoR Acknowledgement: (MUST BE INCLUDED ON YOUR POSTER)
Full Support: “This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IIA-1301726.”
Partial Support: “This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IIA-1301726.”
Date
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Times
Poster Setup: 8:30am
Annual Meeting: 9:00am-4:30pm
Poster Presentation: 4:30pm-6:00pm
Poster Break Down: 6:00pm
Location
Salon A Ballroom
Stan Fulton Building
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Project incomplete?
If you have any preliminary results, use them as examples of the kind of results you hope to obtain. Discuss the significance of these results.
If you don’t have any preliminary results, you can focus on projected results: what do you think you might find when your results are complete?
Whether you have complete, partial, or only projected results, keep in mind that your explanation of those results—their significance—is more important than the raw results themselves.
Hyatt Place
4520 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Lodging Reservations
The room block is now closed. If you need assistance please contact marcie_jackson@nshe.nevada.edu.
Complimentary Airport Shuttle
Complimentary Hotel Shuttle to and from McCarran International Airport, 702-369-3366.
Hotel Amenities
Complimentary hotel-wide Wi-Fi, 24-hour fitness center, breakfast. Check-in time 3:00 pm and check-out time 12:00 pm.
Shuttle Schedule
Monday – March 27, 2017
No shuttle provided – please see walking directions to Stan Fulton below.
Tuesday – March 28, 2017
8:45 am Depart Hyatt Place to Stan Fulton
6:10 pm Depart Stan Fulton to Hyatt Place
Wednesday – March 29, 2017
7:30 am Depart Hyatt Place to Stan Fulton
11:45 am Depart Stan Fulton to Hyatt Place
1:30 pm Depart Stan Fulton to Hyatt Place and to McCarran International Airport
Walking Map from Hyatt Place to Stan Fulton
The Stan Fulton building is within walking distance of Hyatt Place (0.7 mile).
Directions to the Stan Fulton Building
- If you are going EAST on Flamingo: drive past the building and make the first right turn (about 1/10th of a mile from the Flamingo/Swenson intersection) after the Solar Arrays into the UNLV campus. There is a red and gray sign that says Stan Fulton Building on the corner. Make another right turn and drive past the Recycle Bins and into the parking lot
on the right. - If you are going WEST on Flamingo: make a U‐turn at Swenson and follow the instructions above.
- If you are going NORTH on Swenson (from Hyatt place): make a right turn on Flamingo and follow the instructions above (see pictures).
- If you are going SOUTH on Swenson: make a left turn on Flamingo and follow the instructions above.
- **** IMPORTANT: If you are taking a taxi cab or rideshare to the Stan Fulton Building, DO NOT let the driver drop you off at the 4505 S. Maryland Parkway UNLV address! ****This will leave you with a 15 minute walk before you get to the Stan Fulton Building, which is where you want to go. Tell the driver that you want to be dropped off or picked
up at the Stan Fulton Building, which is located on the southeast corner of Swenson and Flamingo and give them the instructions as detailed above.
Walking Map from Hyatt Place to Stan Fulton
The Stan Fulton building is within walking distance of Hyatt Place (0.7 mile).
Science Communication Graduate Student Workshop
Monday, March 27, 2017
7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Stan Fulton Building – Salon C Ballroom
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Learn one of the most important skills you’ll need to learn for your science career in industry or in academia: How to communicate your science. Outcome: Video recorded elevator speech posted on the Nexus website.
The work shop will cover three main areas:
Science Communications 101
Communicating with the Media
Preparing an Elevator Pitch
All Nexus graduate students are strongly recommended to participate in this workshop. Students traveling should plan on arriving in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 26 as the workshop will start early on Monday. Don’t delay! Register for the workshop and annual meeting today to participate in this wonderful opportunity!
Facilitator: Dr. Jane Palmer (Science Writer and Radio Journalist)
Organizers: Michele Casella (NSHE) and Dr. Jacque Ewing-Taylor (UNR)
| March 27, 2017 DRAFT AGENDA | |
| Graduate Students
Stan Fulton Building, Salon C Ballroom |
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| 07:30 am – 08:00 am | Breakfast |
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Morning 8:00 – 12:00 |
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| 08:00 am – 09:00 am | Communicating your science 101 (Interactive Lecture) |
| 09:00 am – 09:15 am | Break |
| 09:15 am – 10:15 am | Communicating to the media (Interactive Lecture) |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 am – 10:50 am | Crafting your Elevator Pitch |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Break into groups of four: prepare and practice elevator pitch. Practice giving the pitch to the group and incorporate feedback. |
| 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Lunch |
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Afternoon 12:45 – 3:00 |
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| 12:45 pm – 01:30 pm | Practice giving your elevator pitch to the group and incorporate feedback |
| 01:30 pm – 03:00 pm | Each student to give their pitch and be videoed |
Dr. Gayle Dana
NSF EPSCoR Project Director/Principal Investigator
gayle.dana@dri.edu
775-674-7538
Michele Casella
Diversity Plan Lead
Education, Outreach & Diversity Administrator
michele_casella@nshe.nevada.edu
702-522-7076
Althea Sheets
Communications Specialist
althea_sheets@nshe.nevada.edu
702-522-7082
Marcie Jackson
NSF Research Administrator
marcie_jackson@nshe.nevada.edu
702-522-7079
Mayara Cueto-Diaz
NSF EPSCoR Program Coordinator
mayara_cueto-diaz@nshe.nevada.edu
702-522-7083
