SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 20, No. 47, November 18, 2009

Calendar of Events

Monday, November 23

Dept. of Oceanography thesis defense: Lisa Oswald, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Oceanography, Effect of Non-Thermal Physiological Factors on UKâ37-Derived Temperature Estimates near the Chatham Rise, New Zealand, POST 126, 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 24

Hawaii Natural Energy Institute Seminar: Georgianna Martin, Postdoctoral Fellow, HNEI, Fluorescence Characterization of Chemical Microenvironments in Hydrophobically-Modified Chitosan, POST 723, 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 25

No events.

Thursday, November 26

Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Friday, November 27

No events.

Announcements

Call for Pre-Proposals: The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), the NOAA Undersea Research Center for Hawaii and the Western Pacific in the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) invites pre-proposals for research in late 2010 and 2011. HURL provides access to the deep sea (less than or equal to 2000 m) via submersible vehicles. The areas of operations will include the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (2010), the U.S. Line and Phoenix Islands, Johnston Atoll, and American Samoa (2011). A major objective of the program is better understanding of the new marine national monuments. Thematic research areas and guidelines are presented in the RFP, available from the HURL home page. Pre-proposals are due by Wednesday, December 09, 2009.

Early SOEST Bulletin Deadline (correction): The November 30-December 4 edition of the SOEST Bulletin will be published on Wednesday, November 25. Please send any announcements for that week to Pubs by Wednesday noon. Thanks!

HIG Mailroom Schedule over Holidays: The mailroom will be open the day after Thanksgiving and during the Christmas Break. Mail will be delivered and sorted into the cubicles when received as normal. Many office will be closed during this time and mail will not be picked up regularly. This will most likely cause overflow beyond the current cubicles. So, any overflow mail will be kept in the HIGP office, POST 602. This includes any parcels and special deliveries from USPS only. Upon your return to campus on 1/4/10 please e-mail Grace Furuya (gfuruya@soest.hawaii.edu) to schedule a time to come in and pick up your mail. If you need to make special arrangements during this time, please let Grace know. Also please make sure that you have someone receive your Fedex/UPS deliveries while your offices are closed. Due to space limitation, HIGP will not be able to accommodate this arrangement. If you have any further questions please e-mail or call Grace (63184).

Latest SOEST Grants Received

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

P.I.: Charles Fletcher
Amount: $70,350
Agency: USACE (via EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc.)
Title: Agreement by UH Coastal Geology Group to Participate in the Study of Regional Sediment Management by USACE

P.I.: Milton Garces
Amount: $65,000
Agency: NSF
Title Retrodirective Antenna Arrays for Secure Data Transmission in Covert Terrestrial and Nanosatellite Sensor Networks

P.I.: Thomas Schroeder
Amount: $9,500
Agency: NOAA/NWS
Title: Development of a Pilot Project to Provide High Resolution Climate and Information Services to Farmers (Kona Coffee Growers Association)

P.I.: Kevin Weng
Amount: $1,220,406 (supplemental)
Agency: NOAA/NMFS
Title: Pelagic Fisheries Research Program