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Spotlights

Spotlights offer a glance at the achievements of IGERTS in the following three areas: transformative interdisciplinary research achievements, achievements in education, and featured outreach achievements.

Posted Spotlight Project Project Themes
02/16/2009 The Open Prosthetics Project Graduate Training in Biologically Inspired Materials Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Outreach on changes in the Columbia River Basin Earth's Subsurface Biosphere: Coupling of Microbial, … Climate Change, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Implementing a sustainable water system in El Salvador Earth's Subsurface Biosphere: Coupling of Microbial, … Climate Change, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Informing wildlife management policies Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From … Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Informing the public about nanotechnology Nanoparticle Science and Engineering Energy, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 A film on the interrelatedness of all living things Computational Phylogenetics and Applications to Biology Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Making science accessible to all Signals in the Sea Sensing, Signals & Imaging, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Tropical forest workshops for undergraduates in Bolivia Working Forest in the Tropics Sustainability
02/16/2009 A summer research program for undergraduates IGERT: Life Chip Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Marine science opportunities for underrepresented groups Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Provi… Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Environmental engineering for undergraduates Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Env… Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Influencing public policy on key political issues Public Policy and Nuclear Threats: Training the Next … Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Courses at the San Quentin State Penitentiary Training Program in Politics, Economics, and Psychology Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Impacts of climate change at high latitudes Regional Resilience and Adaptation: Planning for Change Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Promoting international education in China IGERT: Training Program on Biodiversity Conservation … Sustainability
02/16/2009 Undergraduate opportunities in mathematical biology Cross-Disciplinary Research Training in Mathematical Biology Bioinformatics
02/16/2009 Helping kindergarteners discover the natural world EIGER- Exploring Interfaces through Graduate Educatio… Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Providing real world science to high schoolers IGERT on Multi-scale Computations of Fluid Dynamics Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Investigating climate change with high schoolers Penn State Biogeochemical Research Initiative for Education Sustainability
02/16/2009 "The Challenges of a Complex World," course Institutions, Diversity, Emergence, Adaptations and S… Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 An undergraduate economics club called SWEET Regional Resilience and Adaptation: Planning for Change Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Stimulating undergraduate interest in physics Terahertz Science and Technology - A Studio-Based Approach Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Providing undergraduates with research experience Graduate Training Program in Interactive Digital Multimedia Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Helping schools sustain Athabascan culture Regional Resilience and Adaptation: Planning for Change Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Taking tide pools to K-12 classrooms Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From … Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Providing quality science education for all students Program for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, a… Sustainability
02/16/2009 Introducing nanotechnology to K-12 students Sensory Knowledge-based Interface Science (SKINS) Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Educating K-12 students about marine ecosystems Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Provi… Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 College opportunities for underrepresented groups Multidisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Tra… Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Plant genomics research for teachers and students Computational Molecular Biology Training Group Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Internship at the University of Heidelberg Cross-disciplinary Optics Research and Education (CORE) Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Archaeological research in Europe and Asia Integrated Graduate Training in Archaeological Sciences Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Dissertation research in Latin America Working Forest in the Tropics Sustainability
02/16/2009 Sanitation research in China Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Env… Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Assessing coral reefs in Malaysia and Borneo Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Provi… Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Using urban forest mapping scheme worldwide IGERT in Urban Ecology Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Networking with international Nobel Laureates IGERT: Integrating Nanotechnology with Cell Biology a… Nanoscience, Neuroscience
02/16/2009 An industrial partnership with Aptima Multidisciplinary Training Program in Computational A… Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Partnership with British Petroleum (BP) Regional Resilience and Adaptation: Planning for Change Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Invasive species research with the Nature Conservancy Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society … Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Research with the Los Alamos National Laboratory Materials Creation Training Program (MCTP) Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Two universities partner: Tuskegee and Cornell Multidisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Tra… Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne partnership Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Th… Entrepreneurialism, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Impact of conservation measures in Costa Rica Ecosystem Management in Tropical and Temperate Region… Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Sensory motor integration in dexterity Program in Nonlinear Systems Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 An implantable technology to restore balance IGERT: Life Chip Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Interdisciplinary research courses in nanostructures IGERT: Atomic and Molecular Imaging of Interfaces/Def… Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Courses investigating biological systems Program in Computational Biology (COB) Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Wind Science and Engineering courses Multidisciplinary Program in Wind Science and Engineering Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Combining science education and business training Entrepreneurship at the Interface of Polymer Science … Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Access into the field of nanoparticles Nanoparticle Science and Engineering Energy, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Opportunities in the latest in photonics research Graduate Training in Optical Sciences and Engineering Device Development, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Polymeric vesicles for drug delivery and gene therapy Bio-Applications of Membrane Science and Technology Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 A lab-on-a-chip platform for liquids Materials Creation Training Program (MCTP) Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Optical communications and networking Optical Commuications and Networking Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 The "Mini-Z" THz spectrometer device Terahertz Science and Technology - A Studio-Based Approach Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Peptide array development Optical Biomolecular Devices: From Natural Paradigms … Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Optoelectronic analog statistical signal processor Graduate Training in Optical Sciences and Engineering Device Development, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Design and fabrication of carbohydrate microarrays Multiscale Phenomena in Soft Materials Device Development, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Use of the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10 A Joint Graduate Program in Applied Mathematics and t… Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Sustainability
02/16/2009 A congressional internship Freshwater Graduate Studies Link Fundamental Science … Climate Change, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Recovering fossil hominins in Tanzania New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution
02/16/2009 Impact of fish extinctions on nutrient recycling Integrated Graduate Education and Research in Biogeoc… Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Adaptive value of social bonds for baboons Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Biological Evolution, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 A first genetic linkage map Integrated Training in the Evolution of Development Biological Evolution
02/16/2009 Ecology and fracture mechanics of animal teeth Integrative Human Evolutionary Biology Biological Evolution
02/16/2009 The Science of Learning An Interdisciplinary Initiative on Technology Based L… Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Human and monkey neurophysiology comparisons IGERT: Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience Computational Sci & Eng, Neuroscience
02/16/2009 Understanding visual perception with neuroimagery Innovative Cross-Disciplinary Training in Neuroscienc… Computational Sci & Eng, Neuroscience
02/16/2009 Mathematical models for experiment simulations The Dynamics of Communication in Context Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Impacts of global change factors on future forests Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Phase II Climate Change, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Development of the Enhanced Fujita scale Multidisciplinary Program in Wind Science and Engineering Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Tree Ring Research Integrated Graduate Training in Archaeological Sciences Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Mathematical models of three infections Cross-Disciplinary Research Training in Mathematical Biology Bioinformatics
02/16/2009 Protein and gene expression evolution in Drosophila Evolutionary, Computational, and Molecular Approaches… Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 A genetic algorithm for phylogenetic inference Computational Phylogenetics and Applications to Biology Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 The Systems Health Monitoring research group Multidisciplinary Training in Reliability and Risk En… Civil Infrastructure
02/16/2009 Corrosion behavior of materials Materials Lifetime Science and Engineering Civil Infrastructure, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Revealing the intuitive value of information Vision and Learning in Humans and Machines Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 An algorithm that optimizes data collection Hybrid Neural Microsystems: Integrating Neural Tissue… Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Neuroscience
02/16/2009 New materials for oxygen sensing Biophotonics Materials and Applications Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Nanoscale mechanics Graduate Training in Biologically Inspired Materials Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Supercapacitors Nanoscale Engineering and Science: One Campus, Two- U… Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 New "metrology" of cell-biomaterial interactions Integrative Education and Research on Biointerfacial … Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Particles that carry imaging agents to plaques Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Th… Entrepreneurialism, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Record cooling in a crystalline solid Cross-disciplinary Optics Research and Education (CORE) Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Elephant population dynamics and impacts IGERT Program in Adaptive Management Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Including errors in bear population dynamics Program for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, a… Sustainability
02/16/2009 Nanoprobe for medulloblastoma tumors Building Leadership for the Nanotechnology Workforce … Entrepreneurialism, Human & Social Dimensions, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Polymer nanofiber and chain alignment Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Biotechnology Device Development, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Quantum dots used to image T cell receptors IGERT: Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Design… Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 Nanostructured solar cells IGERT: Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen Energy, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Water behavior in fuel cells An Entrepreneurial Ph.D. Education in Fuel Cell Manuf… Device Development, Energy, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Multiscale models of lubricant degradation On A Virtual Tribology System: Future Engineers and F… Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Entrepreneurialism, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Analysis at a wind research center Multidisciplinary Program in Wind Science and Engineering Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Two books on human dynamics and social systems Institutions, Diversity, Emergence, Adaptations and S… Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Assessing security systems Assessing the Implications of Emerging Technologies: … Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Horticultural trade and invasive species Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From … Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Obstacles in the distribution of student aid Multidisciplinary and Comparative Program in Inequali… Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications in Emerg… Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 High-volume production of nanoparticles IGERT: Interdisciplinary Materials Program to Acceler… Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Quantum dot sensitized nanowire solar cell Nanoparticle Science and Engineering Energy, Nanoscience
02/16/2009 An "open channel" email protocol Socio-Technical Infrastructure for Electronic Transactions Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Ontology on natural disaster responses Integrative Geographic Information Science Traineeshi… Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Media systems for interactive rehabilitation An Arts, Sciences and Engineering Research and Educat… Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Integrating mathematical and theoretical linguistics IGERT: Unifying the Science of Language Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/16/2009 Simulating the hydrodynamics in the Mississippi IGERT on Multi-scale Computations of Fluid Dynamics Computational Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Technology used to aid stroke patients Interdisciplinary Research Training in Assistive Technology Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
02/16/2009 Forest thinning and residential pattern simulations Ecosystem Management in Tropical and Temperate Region… Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Restoring a Michigan lakefront LEAP: Landscape, Ecological and Anthropogenic Processes Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Developing national carbon emissions policies Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems: Integrating N… Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Social-ecological sustainability efforts in Alaska Regional Resilience and Adaptation: Planning for Change Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Publication by ecologists, engineers, and chemists Signals in the Sea Sensing, Signals & Imaging, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Transport of toxic heavy metals in rivers EIGER- Exploring Interfaces through Graduate Educatio… Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng
02/16/2009 Molybdenum isotopes research in Tanzania Earth's Subsurface Biosphere: Coupling of Microbial, … Climate Change, Sustainability
02/16/2009 Climate change models and U.S. plague distribution Montana-Ecology of Infectious Disease: Integrative Gr… Computational Sci & Eng, Sustainability