SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 24, No. 39, September 26, 2013

Calendar of Events

Monday, September 30

No events.

Tuesday, October 1

No events.

Wednesday, October 2

Hawaii Inst. of Marine Biology seminar: Christie Wilcox, Graduate Assistant, UHM HIMB, Lions, Toxins, Genes, Oh My! Coconut Island/Pauley Classroom, 12:00 p.m.

Dept. of Meteorology and UHM Sea Grant joint seminar: Dolan Eversole, NOAA Costal Storms Program Coordinator, Pacific Region, UHM Sea Grant, Sea Level Rise Risk and Vulnerability for Honolulu, MSB 100, 3:30 p.m. Please join us for cookies, tea, and coffee 3:00-3:30 p.m. on the MSB lanai. Please bring your own mug. For more details about the seminar please visit the department website.

Thursday, October 3

Dept. of Oceanography seminar: Joji Uchikawa, Postdoctoral Researcher, UHM Dept. of Oceanography, Characterizing the B/Ca Ratios of Synthetic CaCO3 Under Different Carbonate Chemistry Regimes: Motivations and Initial Results, MSB 100, 3:00 p.m.

Water Resources Research Center seminar: Pao-Shin Chu, Professor and State Climatologist, UHM Dept. of Meteorology, Precipitation Variability and Trend in Hawaii,< POST 126, 3:00 p.m. (added 9/27/13)

Hanauma Bay Thursday Evenings: Lorena Wada, Assistant Field Supervisor, Pre-listing and Listing Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchialine Ponds, Hanauma Bay Education Center Theater, 6:30 p.m. Event is free and open to the public, with no charge for parking after 5:30 p.m. For more information on UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program events and activities, navigate to the online Calendar of Events.

Friday, October 4

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics TGIF seminar: Benoit Welsch, Assistant Researcher, UHM Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Olivine and Clinopyroxene Tell All: Incredible Crystallization Phenomena Revealed! POST 723, 3:30 p.m.

Announcements

SOEST Bulletin Early Deadline: The Oct. 14-18 edition of the SOEST Bulletin will be published with the Oct. 7-11 edition of the SOEST Bulletin. Please send any notices for the Oct. 14 SOEST Bulletin to Pubs by noon, Oct. 3.

More Volunteers for the SOEST Open House Needed: The SOEST Open House still needs traffic monitors and bus greeters for Friday, Oct. 25, 7:45-10:30 a.m. Do you have secret fantasies of heroically controlling crowds or shuttling people to safety? Well, now is the time to indulge those dreams! No riot gear or jet packs necessary to volunteer.

Traffic Monitors
You are in charge of crowd control at the school bus drop off station fronting Holmes Hall. You will help teams of bus greeters with off-loading thousands of K-12 school children and getting them to the right platforms. If you are well-organized, have a strong personality and voice, then you are perfect for the job!

Bus Greeters
You will partner with another bus greeter and work as a team. Traffic Monitors will direct you to buses that need bus greeters. Your team will, with help from Traffic Monitors, off-load students from 1-3 buses and take them to your designated platform. At the platform, you will welcome our guests, state the rules and regulation, remind them about safety, encourage them to learn and have fun. You will then escort the entire group to their first exhibit via the Lunch Room. Drop them off and run back to the Bus Station to meet another group. If you like to speak confidently out loud and run around, you'll have a thrilling time at this job!

Please contact Leona Anthony at leonaa@hawaii.edu if you are interested in helping out or have any questions. (added 10/01/13)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report: On Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is releasing the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) evaluating the evidence for climate change and its cause. The IPCC assessments provide a scientific basis for governments at all levels to develop climate-related policies. UH Manoa researchers are among the lead authors of the AR5 Working Group I Report, which deals with the physical science basis of climate change. They will discuss their work on the AR5 report and the report's findings on Monday, Sept. 30, C-MORE Hale Conf. Rm., 10:00-11:00 a.m. Speakers are as follows.

Axel Timmermann--lead author for an AR5 chapter on paleoclimate
Professor of Oceanography, International Pacific Research Center

Mark Merrifield--contributing author for an AR5 chapter on sea level
Professor of Oceanography, Director UH Sea Level Center, and Director of the Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research

For more information on the report go to theAR5 website. (added 9/27/13)

Memorial Party for Ted Jordan: There will be a memorial party for Ted Jordan on Saturday October 19, 2013 at 1212, Mokulua Dr. (street parking, watch for traffic coming around the bend). Arrive anytime after 1:00 p.m., story telling to start about 2:00 p.m. Wine and cheese pupus reminiscent of times past. Sorry no clam bake, but pizza about 4:00 p.m. Bring stories to share, or come to hear stories and meet with old friends. Please RSVP to Fred Duennebier at fred@soest.hawaii.edu (this is just to help with a head count for food, but come anyway even if you don't RSVP).

Ted's family will be holding a very brief inurnment ceremony at Punchbowl National Cemetery on Friday, October 18. If you would like to attend the Punchbowl ceremony, please contact Ted's son Bob for details on where to meet. Bob can be reached at 672-5310 or e-mail at technovations1@yahoo.com and please start the subject with "Ted". (added 9/27/13)

UHM Office of Research Services PI Workshop: Due to the overwhelming response for the August 31, 2013 PI Workshops, ORS will be offering additional workshops during the fall. This workshop is ideal for faculty who are new to UH's ten campuses, but would also be helpful to those who wish to refresh their knowledge of myGRANT. The next workshop will be held on Friday, Oct. 11, 1:00-3:30 p.m., KUY 201. The topics that will be covered are as follows.

1:00-2:00 p.m.--To familiarize users with UH research administration and the new Pivot funding search tool.

2:00-3:30 p.m.--To familiarize users with myGRANT system functions. We will also assist users with creating a "master" proposal development record that can be used as a template for future proposals in myGRANT (bring a charged laptop or iPad).

To sign up for the workshop please go to the ORS website.

Aloha United Way 2013 Campaign (Message from Dean Brian Taylor): The Aloha United Way (AUW) campaign 2013 begins this week. AUW provides for many in our community, and for some it is a principal source of hope and for their making it through the year. As part of your portfolio of philanthropy, please join in by giving generously to this important health and human services fund raising effort. There are several options for specifying recipient programs if you so chose. Your generosity continues to make a real difference to many who are less fortunate. Mahalo and aloha for your support.

Stevens Institute of Technology Maritime Systems Master's Degree Fellowship Opportunities: Stevens Institute of Technology has three Maritime Systems Master's Degree Fellowship awards available for engineering students interested in pursuing Maritime Security graduate study starting January 2014. The fellowship awards provide full-tuition support, book fees and a $2,300 a month stipend for the entire two-year Master's degree program. For more information about the fellowship and the criteria for applying, please visit their website.

The fellowship program is funded through a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Career Development Grant and requires U.S. citizenship and a minimum of one-year employment in the homeland security domain post-graduation. For more information please visit the Stevens Institute website www.stevens.edu/CSR. The Stevens Institute of Technology's DHS Center of Excellence for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) is a partner with the University of Hawaii's DHS Center for Island, Maritime and Extreme Environment Security (CIMES).

SOEST Contribution List Online

A list of the fifty most recent publications assigned SOEST numbers is available here.

Latest SOEST Grants Received

(New grant unless amount is designated "supplement.")

P.I.: Margo Edwards
Amount: $112,832 (supplement)
Agency: U.S. Army
Title: Hawaii Undersea Munitions Assessment
P.I.: Hope Jahren
Amount: $135,000
Agency: DOE
Title: Fundamental Research on the Fractionation of Carbon Isotope During Photosynthesis: New Interpretation of Terrestrial Organic Carbon Within Geological Substrate
P.I.: Dave Karl
Amount: $4,000,000 (supplement)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education
P.I.: Mark Merrifield
Amount: $60,200 (supplement)
Agency: NOAA
Title: Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program
P.I.: Mark Merrifield
Amount: $386,000 (supplement)
Agency: NOAA
Title: Human Dimensions of Fishing and Marine Ecosystem in the Western Pacific
P.I.: Mark Merrifield
Amount: $20,535 (supplement)
Agency: NOAA
Title: Pacific Islands Region Outreach and Education Program

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