SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 24, No. 10, February 28, 2013

Calendar of Events

Monday, March 4

Dept. of Ocean and Resources Engineering seminar: Ben Reineman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California at San Diego, Airborne Oceanography: Using Manned and Unmanned Aircraft for Air-sea Interaction and Coastal Processes Research, MSB 114, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Please join us for coffee hour near the seminar venue a half hour? before the seminar, 3:00-3:30 p.m. To see a PDF for this seminar, including an abstract, please visit the department website.

Tuesday, March 5

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics dissertation defense: Bradley Romine, Graduate Student, UHM Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Historical Shoreline Changes on Beaches of the Hawaiian Islands with Relations to Human Impacts, Sea Level, and Other Influences on Beach Dynamics, POST 723, 3:00 p.m.

Global Environmental Science special film screening: Christian Clark, 2011 North American Rolex Scholar, Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society, Below the Surface, POST 126, 4:30 p.m. The duration of the film is 13 minutes. Christian is a 2010 graduate of the UHM Global Environmental Science Program. For more information on the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society please visit their website. (Added 3/1/13)

Wednesday, March 6

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology seminar: Maggie Sogin and Nyssa Silbiger, Graduate Assistants, UHM HIMB, Mesocosm Madness: the Effects of Climate Change on Metabolites to the Accretion/Erosion Balance of Coral Reefs, Pauley Classroom, 12:00 p.m.

Dept. of Meteorology seminar: Ray Tanabe, Honolulu Forecast Office, National Weather Service, So You Wanna Work for the National Weather Service? MSB 100, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 7

Hanauma Bay Thursday Evenings: Jessica Chen, Graduate Student, UHM Dept. of Biology and HI Inst. of Marine Biology, Variations in Songs of Humpback Whales Wintering in the Northwestern and Main Hawaiian Islands, 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, March 8

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics TGIF seminar: Scott Rowland, Specialist, UHM Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Living on Mars Time: The First 200 Sols of Curiosity's Visit to Gale Crater, POST 723, 3:30 p.m.

Announcements

L. Stephen Lau Scholarship: The UHM Water Resources Research Center is pleased to announce that it will be accepting applications for the 2013 L. Stephen Lau Scholarship. This scholarship is for students studying water-related issues.

Eligibility criteria:
-part- or full-time University of Hawaii student;
-upper division undergraduate or
-graduate student;
-any discipline related to water resources at the University of Hawaii.

Selection criteria:
-minimum GPA of 3.2 for undergraduates or 3.5 for graduates;
-an essay or a research proposal on any aspect of Hawaii natural waters; and
-how the applicant's research or area of study is related to it.

Additional information plus the application form can be viewed at the WRRC website. The deadline for fall 2013 is March 22, 2013.

SOEST Mailroom During Spring Break: The SOEST mailroom will be open during the upcoming Spring Break 2013 (Mar. 25-29). Mail will be delivered and sorted into the cubicles when received as normal. Many offices will be closed during this time and mail will not be picked up regularly. This might result in overflow beyond the current cubicles. Any overflow mail will be kept in the HIGP office in POST 602 and the appropriate office will be notified of any overflow mail. This includes any parcels and special deliveries from USPS only. If anyone needs special arrangements during this time, please contact Grace Furuya at 956-3184 or gfuruya@soest.hawaii.edu.

Please make sure you have someone to receive your Fedex/UPS deliveries while your offices are closed. Due to space limitation, HIGP will not able to accommodate this arrangement. If you have any questions please contact Grace.

SOEST Contribution List Online

This week's 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.: Dave Karl
Amount: $367,387.56 (supplement)
Agency: Moore Foundation through UH Foundation
Title: Moore Foundation Award: 2008-2012
P.I.: Bo Qiu
Amount: $146,258
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Title: Elucidating Multi-Scale Midlatitude Ocean Dynamics Using Satellite Altimetry and Numerical Modelling Data
P.I.: Shiv Sharma
Agency: Dept. of Defense via Fibertek
Amount: $195,977
Title: Laser-Based Remote Explosive Detection System (LREDS)

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