Title: “Integrating Renewable Energy Sources in the Electricity Grid”, by Prof. Daniel Kirschen (University of Washington)
Where: EEB 037
When: Tues October 28th at 4:45pm
Abstract: This presentation will start by discussing the factors that drive the operation and the deployment of the electricity grid and spur the development of the concept of “smart grid”. We will then discuss the problems associated with the integration of renewable energy sources in the grid. The talk will close with a discussion of some current research topics in this area.
Speaker Bio: Daniel Kirschen is the Donald W. and Ruth Mary Close Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. His research focuses on smart grids, the integration of renewable energy sources in the grid, power system economics and power system security. Prior to joining the University of Washington, he taught for 16 years at The University of Manchester (UK). Before becoming an academic, Daniel worked for Control Data and Siemens on the development of application software for utility control centers. He holds a PhD and MS from the University of Wisconsin and an Electro-Mechanical Engineering degree from the Free University of Brussels (Belgium).
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Green Seed Fund Proposals and SustainableUW Festival
The University of Washington is delighted to announce that the Green Seed Fund will be accepting proposals beginning October 22. The Green Seed Fund is a grant opportunity for sustainability-focused research projects and seeks to engage the UW community in research that advances sustainability on campus and beyond. Successful grant proposals will use the campus as a living, learning laboratory and help the UW find solutions to the most pressing environmental issues. *Links and more information: http://green.uw.edu/green-seed-fund Green Seed Fund Facts: *Proposals may be submitted beginning at 12:00 p.m. Pacific time on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 and will close at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, December 11, 2014. *Grants are open to UW Seattle, Bothell, Tacoma and affiliated field stations, as well as UW Medical Center, and Harborview. *Research teams are required to include at minimum a faculty, student and staff member. *Approximately $250,000 of funding is available for Fiscal Year 2014-2015; the average award will be $25,000-75,000. *Projects should be approximately one year in duration and should not exceed two years. *Applicants will also be required to provide letters of support from any campus unit potentially impacted by the proposed scope. *2013-2014 Green Seed Fund teams will present posters at the Sustainability Summit as part of the SustainableUW Festival in Alder Hall October 22 from 4-7 p.m.: http://green.uw.edu/festival Other sustainability news of interest: *Celebrate sustainability efforts at the University of Washington during the week-long SustainableUW Festival! Held October 20-25, the festival recognizes environmental stewardship and sustainability efforts across the University of Washington, highlighting contributions and leadership efforts across campus and providing opportunities for students, faculty and staff to get involved. *A central part of the festival will be the Sustainability Summit on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, which is national Campus Sustainability Day. This includes a vendor fair on Red Square during the day, and the Sustainability Summit speakers and poster session in Alder Hall from 4-7 p.m. Full event listing: http://green.uw.edu/sustainable-festival-2014/events.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Announcing the 2015 USAID Donald Payne Fellowship Program
2015 Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship
The application deadline is January 20, 2015.
The Payne
Program is designed to attract outstanding young people to careers in
international development as USAID Foreign Service Officers. The Payne
Fellowship Program provides:
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Benefits valued at up to $90,000 over two years toward a two-year master's degree,
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Arranges internships in Washington D.C. and at USAID missions overseas, and
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Provides professional development and support activities.
Fellows
who successfully complete the program become USAID Foreign Service
Officers. Fellows may use the fellowship to attend a two-year master's
program in a U.S. institution to study
an area of relevance to the USAID Foreign Service, including
international development, international relations, public policy,
business administration, foreign languages, economics, agriculture,
environmental sciences, health, or urban planning at a graduate
or professional school approved by the Payne Program. At the end of
the two-year fellowship, Fellows enter the USAID Foreign Service.
Applicants must be:
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College seniors or graduates looking to start graduate school in the fall of the year they apply,
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Have GPAs of at least 3.2 and
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Must be U.S. citizens.
The program welcomes applications from those
with any undergraduate major and encourages applications from members of
minority groups historically underrepresented in the USAID Foreign
Service and those with financial need. Information
and application materials for the program are available at www.paynefellows.org.
The application deadline is January 20, 2015. The Program is funded by USAID and managed by Howard University.
2015 Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship
Number of Fellowships Offered: 5
Eligibility Requirements: U.S. citizenship; GPA of 3.2/4.0; seeking to start two-year relevant grad program in fall 2015
Online Application Opens: October 14, 2014
www.paynefellows.org
Application Deadline: January 20, 2015 - Finalists selected by the end of February - Fellows selected by mid-March
Contact:
Tessa Henry, Program Officer
USAID Donald M. Payne Int'l Development Program
paynefellows@howard.edu; 202-806-4367, (877) 633-0002
Office: (202) 806-5952
tessa.henry@howard.edu
www.paynefellows.org
Business and IT Internships and Career Opportunities at Kaiser Permanente
Discover a place where powerful technology meets business expertise.
Where expert care drives performance. And where the momentum of one of
the nation's leading not-for-profit health plans gives you a head start
on success.
APPLY YOUR PASSION
TO THE FUTURE OF HEALTH
Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns and new grads have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here-and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.
If you have a background in accounting, communications, finance, IT, or marketing-or if you're simply interested in impacting the future of care-we invite you to explore internship and career opportunities at Kaiser Permanente.
Please mention you heard about these openings from AfterCollege.
Interested in receiving additional updates on events and opportunities? Join our university talent network.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
APPLY YOUR PASSION
TO THE FUTURE OF HEALTH
Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns and new grads have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here-and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.
If you have a background in accounting, communications, finance, IT, or marketing-or if you're simply interested in impacting the future of care-we invite you to explore internship and career opportunities at Kaiser Permanente.
Please mention you heard about these openings from AfterCollege.
Interested in receiving additional updates on events and opportunities? Join our university talent network.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Husky Toastmasters Club Open House, Thursday, October 16
Toastmasters
support each other in learning how to give a speech, think on our feet
and exercise leadership skills. We invite you to learn about
Toastmasters at an educational event on October 16th,
Thursday, in Schmitz 170 from noon to 1:00 pm.
Our special guest will be Professor Cliff Mass from the department of Atmospheric Sciences. He will present on ‘Successful Public Speaking’,
full of great information on how to gain your confidence and find your
voice
in presentations. The Professor is a great speaker, who consistently
wows his audience. We guarantee you’ll learn something new and have fun
doing it!
One of our Toastmaster members, Deb Smith, will present ‘What is Toastmasters’.
This speech will be evaluated by Toastmasters’ member Kate Curtis who
will demonstrate on how positive evaluators can give constructive
feedback to help speakers improve.
Please join us to find out more about Toastmasters’ public speaking and leadership program. Refreshments will be served.
Winter 2015 GEOG 258 Digital Geographies
Prof. Sarah Elwood
Geographic technology is everywhere! Online and in smart phones, we are tweeting about protest movements, becoming mayors on Foursquare, making political art, and getting around town on Uber or Lyft. Our everyday lives are increasingly made through spatial media.
Do you like art? Politics? Technology? Maybe you want to learn how these new tools are used for social justice. If this sounds like you, this is your course!
Make digital, web-based maps that you can share!
Voice your social justice concerns through digital geography!
Probe societal inequalities affected by spatial technology.
Expand your aptitude for new technologies -- and have the evidence to show to future empoyers!
Understand how your daily lives shape and are shaped by these rapidly emerging technologies.
Winter Quarter, 5 Credits, I&S
SLN 14788, Tues/Thurs 1:30 - 3:20
(with assorted lab sections)
Geographic technology is everywhere! Online and in smart phones, we are tweeting about protest movements, becoming mayors on Foursquare, making political art, and getting around town on Uber or Lyft. Our everyday lives are increasingly made through spatial media.
Do you like art? Politics? Technology? Maybe you want to learn how these new tools are used for social justice. If this sounds like you, this is your course!
Make digital, web-based maps that you can share!
Voice your social justice concerns through digital geography!
Probe societal inequalities affected by spatial technology.
Expand your aptitude for new technologies -- and have the evidence to show to future empoyers!
Understand how your daily lives shape and are shaped by these rapidly emerging technologies.
Winter Quarter, 5 Credits, I&S
SLN 14788, Tues/Thurs 1:30 - 3:20
(with assorted lab sections)
Monday, October 13, 2014
Boren Scholarships & Fellowships for language study abroad - UW information session TUESDAY!
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are available for undergrad & grad students in all fields planning to study languages abroad during 2015-16 and who are interested in government work. Please share this information widely. We are fortunate to have a representative from the Boren Awards program visiting UW tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 14 to provide information to students, faculty and staff.
UW Information Sessions:
· Tues., Oct. 14, 2014, 2:30pm, 171 MGH -- This session will be hosted by Hannah Grossblatt, Boren Program Coordinator, and will cover both Undergraduate Scholarships & Graduate Fellowships.
· Wed., Nov. 12, 2014, 3:30pm, MGH 173R (covering Undergraduate Scholarships only)
· Tues, Dec. 2, 2014, 4:30pm, MGH 173R (covering Undergraduate Scholarships only)
· RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/239, though drop-ins are always welcome
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. For a complete list of countries, click here.
Boren Scholars represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. For a complete list of languages, click here.
Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their study abroad program, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined. NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. To view the Program Basics for the Boren Scholarship, click here.
Undergraduate applicants must apply through UW to be considered for the Boren Undergraduate Scholarship Program. UW Seattle's deadline for undergraduate applicants is January 8, 2015 for study abroad programs during the 2015-16 academic year. Interested students are welcomed to contact me: Robin Chang, robinc@uw.edu, Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards.
UW Bothell undergraduate and graduate students interested in these opportunities can contact Natalia Dyba (NDyba@uwb.edu) for campus deadlines and application support. UW Tacoma undergraduate and graduate students can contact Cindy Schaarschmidt (cs65@uw.edu) for campus deadlines and application support.
The Boren program also offers Graduate Fellowships for graduate students, details are at http://borenawards.org/boren_fellowship. There is no Boren campus application process at the graduate level; the national deadline for the Boren Graduate Fellowship is January 27, 2015. Marilyn Gray (megray@uw.edu) in the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards is the point of contact for graduate students interested in this program.
UW Information Sessions:
· Tues., Oct. 14, 2014, 2:30pm, 171 MGH -- This session will be hosted by Hannah Grossblatt, Boren Program Coordinator, and will cover both Undergraduate Scholarships & Graduate Fellowships.
· Wed., Nov. 12, 2014, 3:30pm, MGH 173R (covering Undergraduate Scholarships only)
· Tues, Dec. 2, 2014, 4:30pm, MGH 173R (covering Undergraduate Scholarships only)
· RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/239, though drop-ins are always welcome
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. For a complete list of countries, click here.
Boren Scholars represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. For a complete list of languages, click here.
Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their study abroad program, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined. NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. To view the Program Basics for the Boren Scholarship, click here.
Undergraduate applicants must apply through UW to be considered for the Boren Undergraduate Scholarship Program. UW Seattle's deadline for undergraduate applicants is January 8, 2015 for study abroad programs during the 2015-16 academic year. Interested students are welcomed to contact me: Robin Chang, robinc@uw.edu, Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards.
UW Bothell undergraduate and graduate students interested in these opportunities can contact Natalia Dyba (NDyba@uwb.edu) for campus deadlines and application support. UW Tacoma undergraduate and graduate students can contact Cindy Schaarschmidt (cs65@uw.edu) for campus deadlines and application support.
The Boren program also offers Graduate Fellowships for graduate students, details are at http://borenawards.org/boren_fellowship. There is no Boren campus application process at the graduate level; the national deadline for the Boren Graduate Fellowship is January 27, 2015. Marilyn Gray (megray@uw.edu) in the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards is the point of contact for graduate students interested in this program.
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