NM EPSCoR Webinar Series
Past Webinars
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Resources in New Mexico
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 28, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenters: Robert G. DelCampo, Ph.D., Executive Director, Innovation Academy and Rutledge Professor of Management, Anderson School of Management, Kathryn Renner Hansen, Director, Arrowhead Center
In this webinar, NM EPSCoR will announce the launch of its Certificate Training in Entrepreneurship in partnership with the University of New Mexico (UNM) Rainforest Innovations and Innovation… Read More
Making Effective Academic Posters: the #BetterPoster Approach
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenter: Mike Morrison, Creator of the #betterposter movement
Scientific posters haven't changed in 30 years, which should be alarming to you (nothing in science should be stagnant). And evidence suggests they are incredibly ineffective. In this talk, you will learn the evidence-based design principles that science has discovered in the last 30 years (since the birth of the Internet)… Read More
Carrots, Sticks and Other "Smart" Tricks in Making Energy Consumption Smarter
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 23, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenter: Seth Blumsack, Professor, Penn State University
Capturing human behavior in engineering models is challenging, in part because humans themselves are challenging. This talk will discuss a series of pilot experiments run with utilities in Vermont, the goals of which were to understand how investments in a smarter grid—primarily advanced metering and distribution systems—… Read More
Science Communication: Developing Your Elevator Pitch Webinar
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 26, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenter: Allison Brody, Director of Education, ¡Explora!
Abstract: Effective communication is organized, relevant, and engaging. The elevator pitch is your first interaction with a colleague, funder, journalist, etc. The key to a good elevator pitch is to develop a good story and convey it effectively. These exercises are designed to help participants tell a… Read More
New Mexico’s Climate Strategy and Electricity Sector Implications
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 22, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenters: Laura Tabor and Jacqueline Waite, NM Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued Executive Order 2019-003 on climate change in January 2019. This order established the New Mexico Interagency Climate Change Task Force and included several policy directives for state agencies to implement. This presentation will give an overview of the 2019 New Mexico Climate Strategy… Read More
Siemens DEOP – Distributed Energy Optimization Webinar
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 24, 2020/ 9:00AM - 10:00AM MDT
Presenters: Bill Kipnis, Philipp Dolch, Marcello Pomponi, and Paul Bennison, Siemens
An overview of the development of smart read microgrids from around the world.
Siemens is a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for… Read More
Optimizing Mentorship for your Research Teams
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 27, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenter: Christine Pfund, Senior Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This webinar will feature a presentation by Christine Pfund, PhD, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who studies the science of mentoring in STEMM(science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine). In this webinar, Dr. Pfund will present the current landscape of mentoring in science, summarize the recent… Read More
CURENT NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center Overview
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenter: Kevin Tomsovic, Director of CURENT, CTI Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Tennessee
CURENT, Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks, is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center that is jointly supported by NSF (National Science Foundation) and the DoE (Department of Energy). The Center’s vision is a nation-wide or continent-wide transmission grid that is… Read More
NM SMART Grid Center Student Research Spotlight
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 25, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MDT
Presenters:
Jeewon Choi, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico (Research Goal 1),
Jacob Marks, Masters Student, Computer Science, New Mexico Tech (Research Goal 2),
Adnan Bashir, PhD Candidate, Computer Science, University of New Mexico (Research Goal 3),
Shubhasmita Pati, PhD Candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University (Research Goal 4)
Abstract: In this webinar, graduate students from the NM SMART Grid Center’s four research goals will present on aspects of their current research.
Research Group 1: Jeewon Choi will present on the application of an event-triggered and finitetime control methods to the… Read More
High Performance Computing and Data Management Resources
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 26, 2020/ 12:00PM - 1:00PM MST
Presenters:
Diana Dugas, CyberInfrastructure Architect, NMSU
Karl Benedict, Director of Research Data Services/ Director of IT, UNM
High Performance Computing (HPC) Presentation:
This presentation will cover how to access high performance computing resourcesfor your work in the NM SMART Grid Center, including NMSU’s Discovery Cluster, UNM’s CARC resources, and regional/nationalHPC resources such as Summit (CU Boulder) and XSEDE. All… Read More