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UAA biology graduate student Kelly Ireland is working on collaborative research involving stickleback fish. These tiny and abundant fish are the subject of intensive study at UAA and elsewhere because of their genetic variability and surprising physiological parallels with humans.

 

The first-ever release of a North Slope 3D seismic data set will help 2018 ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment award winners Professor Simon Kattenhorn and his graduate student, Triffon Tatarin, to get a much better grip on the geologic underpinnings of about 400 square miles of the North Slope.

 

Biology graduate student Hannah Uher-Koch monitors loon behavior on the North Slope

 

 

Plexiglas menagerie: The case of the buried caribou teeth - Nathan Harmston, Anthropology graduate student

Upcoming Thesis Defenses: 

• Anthropology

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Anthropology. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

• Biological Sciences
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Biological Sciences. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 
• Creative Writing and Literary Arts

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Creative Writing and Literary Arts. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Clinical Psychology
  Amber Frasure, MS Candidate in Clinical Psychology
  

  "Medication Assisted Treatment, Opioid Use Disorder, and Incarceration: Experiences as Told by People with a History of Polysubstance Use"
  Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in SSB 302 at 9:00 am

• English

  Sam Friedman, MA Candidate in English
  "Olaf Stapledon and the Human-Animal Boundaries"
  Monday, October 7, 2019 in ADM 283 at 10:00 am 

• Applied Geological Sciences
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Applied Geological Sciences. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 
• Civil Engineering

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Civil Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Mechanical Engineering
  Kaitlyn McCloud, MS candidate in Mechanical Engineering
  
  Design, Modeling, and Experimentation of Fractal Hinge Compliant Mechanisms with Circular-Axis Segments for Out-of-Plane Motion
  
  Tuesday, July 16, 2019 in EIB 413 at 10:00 am. 
• Interdisciplinary Studies
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Interdisciplinary Studies. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

 Upcoming Project Defenses:

• English

  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in English. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Nursing

  At this time there are no upcoming defenses in Nursing. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Public Health Practice

  At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Public Health Practice. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

• Project Management

  At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Project Management. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

• Civil Engineering

  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Civil Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Mechanical Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.
• Applied Geological Sciences
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Applied Geological Sciences. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.
• Interdisciplinary Studies
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Interdisciplinary Studies. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.

 

 

Graduate Funding Opportunities

ASGP Graduate Research Grants: 

The Alaska Space Grant Program (ASGP), a participant in the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, invites applications from U. S. citizens for graduate research grants. These grants are offered to graduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics (STEM) fields. Preference is given to projects directly related to Nama's interests. Awards available under this announcement are limited to students attending Alaska institutions of higher education.   

Graduate Research grants of up to $15,000 (Total Direct Costs) will be awarded through a competitive process. Grants are open to new and continuing students to support research projects fostering the vision of NASA by encouraging career goals in STEM disciplines, strengthening the nation’s STEM workforce and engaging Americans in NASA’s mission. Students receiving awards in past competitions may apply and receive awards for subsequent competitions.  Women, under-represented minorities and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.   

Please see our website for more information and the solicitation. 

Completed applications are due by COB on December 2, 2019. 

Awardees will be notified by email on or around January 15, 2020.   

Alaska NSF EPSCoR:

The Alaska NSF EPSCoR Fire and Ice project announces the availability of travel funding to enable UA faculty, staff and students to present their research, to interact with colleagues and mentors, and/or to obtain training in science related to program goals. Travel may be to conferences, workshops, trainings, or other appropriate academic settings, and should relate to Fire and Ice project goals.

Awards are for up to $3,500 and cover domestic travel only. Travel must be completed by Sept. 1, 2020.

Application deadline is Sept. 16, 2019.

For more information and to apply, visit alaska.edu/epscor/awards.

Arctic Domain Awareness Center:

The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) announces a competitive search to address research challenges associated with multiple Arctic response capability gaps and shortfalls in science and technology discerned from a two part workshop conducted via “Stressing the System…managing a complex Arctic Crisis” Arctic-related Incidents of National Significance workshop, (Arctic-IoNS). These workshops were conducted at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus in Nome, Alaska April 18–19, 2019 and at the University of Alaska Anchorage from May 20–22, 2019. ADAC principally seeks proposals that can smoothly transition from research to solutions and needed capability for USCG and other DHS Arctic maritime operators. For more information see ADAC funding announcement.

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