Agenda
(Updated 05.15.06)

Draft Agenda (PDF)

Sunday, May 14, 2006
3:00 pm Check in to Hotel (Hotel Registration Desk)
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm On-Site Check In
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Meeting Orientation Session

Monday, May 15, 2006
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:45 am

WELCOME

  • Carol Stoel, Assessment and Evaluation, DGE
  • Donald Thompson, Acting Assistant Director, EHR
  • Carol Van Hartesveldt, IGERT Program Director
  • Joan Frye, Chair, IGERT Coordinating Committee
8:45 am - 10:15 am

Keynote Lecture

Professor Herbert Kroemer
2000 Nobel Laureate (Physics)
University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Electrical Engineering

10:15 am - 10:45 am BREAK (transition to breakout rooms)
10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Technical sessions

Life Sciences & Engineering (LSE)

  • Noel Holbrook, Harvard
  • Daniel Voytas, Iowa State
  • Stephen DeWeerth, Georgia Tech

Human Sciences & Engineering (HSE)

  • Charles Kolstad, UC Santa Barbara
  • Marie Thursby, Georgia Tech
  • Daniel Hastings, MIT

Computer Sciences & Engineering (CSE)

  • John Guckenheimer, Cornell
  • Manjunath Bangalore, UC Santa Barbara
  • Jeffery Mackie-Mason, U Michigan

Environmental Sciences & Engineering ( ESE )

  • Amelia Ward, U Alabama , Tuscaloosa
  • Barbara Entwisle, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Nancy Grimm, Arizona State

Physical Sciences & Engineering (PSE)

  • Gwo-Ching Wang, RPI
  • Uwe Kortshagen, U Minnesota
  • Dana Anderson and Ricki Haddow, U Colorado

Material Sciences & Engineering (MSE)

  • Yuri Gogotsi, Drexel
  • Marjorie Olmstead, U Washington
  • Henk Verweij , Ohio State
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

International Perspectives
Doctoral Training Programs/Initiatives in EU and Asia

  • Dr. Margareta Norell Bergendahl
    Vice President KTH, Sweden
  • Dr. J ö rg Schneider
    Head, RTG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Dr. Douglas Wicks
    University of Southern Mississippi
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm BREAK
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

IGERT Impact Evaluation Results
NEXT STEPS: Project Evaluation and Graduate Follow-up

  • Findings from the recently completed Evaluation of the Initial Impacts of IGERT :: Jennifer Carney, Associate, Abt Associates
  • Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professorate (AGEP): Potential Partners for IGERT in Broadening Participation :: Roosevelt Y. Johnson, Program Director, AGEP Program
  • The AGEP/IGERT alliance at UCSB :: Linda Petzold, Principal Investigator, UCSB
  • IGERT Project Evaluation: A Tool for Managing Project Results :: R. Dean Gerdeman, AAAS Fellow, DGE/NSF
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Breakout Groups on Evaluation
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Set up poster session
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Poster Session

Opening Remarks:
Dr. Kathie Olsen
Deputy Director, National Science Foundation

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Poster Breakdown


Tuesday, May 16, 2006
7:00 am - 3:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Cyberinfrastructure: Opportunities & Possibilities

Dr. Deborah Crawford, Acting Director
Office of Cyberinfrastructure, NSF

9:00 am - 9:20 am BREAK
9:20 am - 10:20 am

Life After IGERT: A Report From Alumni

  • Matthew A. Goldrick, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University
  • Robinson E. Pino, Advisory Engineer, IBM , Systems and Technology Group
  • Reneé M. Rodgers , Senior Multi-Discipline Engineer, Raytheon Missile System
10:20 am - 11:20 am

How Vital is Interdisciplinary Training? A Case Study in Nanotechnology and Cancer Biology

Mauro Ferrari, MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston and Gregory Downing, National Cancer Institute

11:20 am - 12:00 pm BREAK (NOTE: Check out of Hotel by 12:00 pm)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Town Hall Meeting on Future IGERT Directions
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Program Updates: Dr. Carol Van Hartesveldt

  • NSF Update
  • Renewals
  • QRC and Annual Final Reports
  • IGERT News
  • Stipend Supplements
  • International Supplements
3:00 pm ADJOURN