Date and Time
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Location
Online
Presenters
Organizers
More than 50 people from across the University joined this virtual event to learn about and contribute to ongoing and emerging Water Consortium initiatives. Both the event recording and agenda for reference are provided below.
Agenda
12:05-12:07 – Welcome and Agenda (Andy Warner)
12:07-12:20 – Networking Session
- A series of two-minute, one-on-one meetings as an opportunity to network and to get to know fellow faculty, staff, and students. Random placement into rooms, with an open format for discussion.
12:20-1:30 – Water Consortium Updates & Discussion
12:20-12:30 Administrative (10 mins)
- Upcoming Water Council Elections: Faculty and Student Representatives (Matt Royer)
- Update Visiting Water Scholar Program (Heather Preisendanz)
- Update: Water Consortium, new Director of Research (Andy Warner)
12:30-12:45 Outreach/Service (15 mins)
- Community-Oriented, Water-Related Projects: Opportunities to Engage
- Extension: Water Resources team and Projects (Jenn Fetter)
- Sustainable Communities Collaborative: Project Opportunities (Ilona Ballreich)
- Student Opportunities: Penn State Association of Water Students (PAWS) Update and Upcoming Activities (Devon Kerins)
12:45-1:15 – Research (30 mins)
Two-minute updates on example research initiatives, organized under the Water Consortium’s four thematic areas of focus:
Protecting Public Health and the Environment
- Environment and Health (Becky Bascom)
- Emergent Contaminant CII from SAFES (Heather Preisendanz)
- Hotspots CII (Jon Duncan/Lauren McPhillips)
- Water Insecurity (Asher Rosinger)
Advancing Resilient Communities on a Dynamic Earth
- Climate, Flood Risk, and Resilience (Lara Fowler)
- Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory Site: Facilities and Research Opportunities (Ken Davis)
- DoE Urban Laboratory Call (Ken Davis)
Guiding Social Action, Policy, and Corporate Transformation
- Social, Behavioral, and Environmental Change through Stakeholder Engagement in Water Resource Management (Anil Chaudhary, tentative)
- Public perceptions and policy/design implications for stormwater management (Hong Wu)
- Social impacts of Flooding (Shirley Clark)
Driving Innovation and Technology
- Groundwater Monitoring with Fiber Optics (Tieyuan Zhu)
- Big Data Machine Learning in Hydrology and Water Resources (Chaopeng Shen, tentative)
1:15-1:30 – Education (15 mins)
- Water Science, Policy and Management intercollege graduate degree program (IGDP): Status, next steps, and timeline (Ken Davis)
- NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program: Opportunity and call for interest (Ken Davis)
- Water Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Update and next steps (Nat Warner)
1:30-1:55 – Brainstorming Session: New IEE Co-funded Water Faculty positions
Overview of the IEE Co-Funded Water Faculty RfP, followed by a brainstorm session and open discussion of ideas for water faculty position proposals (facilitated discussion)