The Technical Assistance Center, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a cooperative effort between the University and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to facilitate the transfer of technology to the public sector. The Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 was established to provide a means of distributing a variety of technologies to a variety of environments, including both corporate and municipal. The products we distribute represent years of research and development and are being used in a wide variety of applications worldwide. Sustainment Management Systems (SMS) combine the latest in computer technology with the most current research in asset management to provide you with powerful assessment and forecasting toolsat an affordable cost.
The Technical Assistance Center, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a cooperative effort between the University and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to facilitate the transfer of technology to the public sector. The Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 was established to provide a means of distributing a variety of technologies to a variety of environments, including both corporate and municipal.
The products we distribute represent years of research and development and are being used in a wide variety of applications worldwide. Sustainment Management Systems (SMS) combine the latest in computer technology with the most current research in asset management to provide you with powerful assessment and forecasting toolsat an affordable cost.
The first "WCBR" was organized by neuroscientists from UCLA and was held at the University of California conference center near Lake Tahoe in 1968. There were ~60 attendees, and the meeting was oriented mostly towards behavioral neuroscience and electrophysiological recording. Now our meeting includes ~500 neuroscientists from all over the world who work in a wide variety of fields. The format includes over 80 posters and 84 panels and workshops. The aim of panels is for experts in a specific field to provide a broad overview for a general audience. Workshops are more focused and are aimed at discussing specific issues in a given field. Posters represent an individual's scientific contributions. The meeting provides a unique opportunity for you to catch up on new developments in fields outside your own, meet and interact with long-time colleagues, and develop new collaborations in a casual setting.
The week begins on Saturday night with the opening reception. The opening breakfast on Sunday features a Keynote speaker. Other special events include:
1) the school outreach program, in which WCBR participants bring neuroscience to the local elementary, middle, and high schools;
2) a town meeting, which features a talk for area residents;
3) a Mountain lunch and a Smitty Stevens Memorial (NASTAR) ski race;
4) the WCBR business meeting; and
5) the annual banquet featuring live music, awards and some wild and crazy neuroscientist dancers!
We have an especially dedicated group of volunteer officers, board of directors, and committee chairs who work throughout the year to ensure that this is a successful meeting with a broad and interesting scientific program.
Pre- and post-doctoral students and junior faculty are encouraged to apply for our travel fellowships.
Exhibitors are welcome! Come to the meeting to present equipment, supplies or books throughout the meeting there are many opportunities to engage the WCBR attendees during afternoon breaks and scientific poster sessions.
So, you're interested in neuroscience research, skiing and socializing with a diverse group of really interesting and dedicated scientists,.... WCBR is the meeting for you!
Our conference, "Persevering Through the Years," serves to celebrate the achievements of women engineers as a result of their perseverance through ever-changing academic and professional environments. This conference will recognize the experiences of women engineers while celebrating the 60-Year Anniversary of the Society of Women Engineers, as well as the 50-Year Anniversary of the University of Illinois' Collegiate Section.
Every aspect of our conference is designed to help participants define their personal success and determine the necessary steps to achieve their goals, whether their ultimate aspirations lie in industry or academia. The featured events of our conference include workshops, networking events, a career fair, tours, and keynote speakers to promote collaboration and development among participants.
The iSchools take it as given that expertise in all forms of information is required for progress in science, business, education, and culture. This expertise must include understanding of the uses and users of information, the nature of information itself, as well as information technologies and their applications. The iSchools have organized under the guidelines below to pursue common objectives with a collective commitment of resources.
The Corn Breeders' School mission and outreach adjusts to keep up with the times. The first School was held in 1964 under the leadership of John Dudley, Bob Lambert, and the late Drs. D.E. Alexander, John Laughnan, Earl Patterson, and others. The School was first formed as an educational outreach to commercial corn breeders in the state of Illinois, though national and international attendance soon grew. At the outset of the School, the hybrid seed corn industry was comprised of many independent, privately-owned companies, and corn breeding was considered, perhaps, just as much an art as it was a science. This is no longer the case. The industry today is dominated by a relatively few, large, publically-owned, international corporations, and corn breeding is an industrialized and highly technical process. Today, each breeder is supported by an army of scientists working in biotechnology, genomics, statistics, data analysis, information management, and other highly specialized disciplines. Contributions from all are essential for launch of successful products.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign warmly welcomes the students, teachers, coaches, and parents of the 2010 Science Olympiad National Tournament.
As an aspiring young scientist, you will find that the university is a perfect place to imagine, illuminate, and integrate what you learn as you celebrate the mysteries of science.
The Society for Research on Biological Rhythms was formed in 1987 to promote the advancement of basic and applied research in all aspects of biological rhythms, to disseminate the important results of that research among scientists, to the agencies that fund research and to the general public, to enhance the education and training of students and researchers in the field and to foster interdisciplinary communication. Biennial meetings provide an environment for the exchange of ideas during scheduled scientific sessions, as well as during informal gatherings.
The Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry will take place at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign from May 26-29, 2010. The theme of the 2010 Congress is "Qualitative Inquiry for a Global Community in Crisis." It is clear that in these troubling political times qualitative researchers are called upon to become human rights advocates, to honor the sanctity of life, and the core values of privacy, human dignity, peace, justice, freedom from fear and violence.
The 2010 Congress will offer scholars the opportunity to form coalitions, to engage in debate, and dialogue on how qualitative research can be used to can advance the causes of social justice, while addressing racial, ethnic, gender and environmental disparities in education, welfare and healthcare. Delegates will show how critical inquiry can be used to bridge gaps in cultural and linguistic understandings.
Sessions will take up such topics as: the politics of evidence; alternatives to evidence-based models; mixed-methods; public policy discourse; social justice; human subject research; indigenous research ethics; decolonizing inquiry; standpoint epistemologies. Contributors are invited to experiment with traditional and new methodologies, with new presentational formats (drama, performance, poetry, autoethnography, fiction). Such work will offer guidelines and exemplars showing how qualitative research can be used in the human rights and policy-making arenas.
On May 26 there will be pre-conference language events and on May 27, morning and afternoon professional workshops. The Congress will consist of keynote, plenary, featured, regular, and poster sessions. There will be an opening reception and barbeque as well as a closing old fashioned Midwest cook-out.
We invite your submission of paper, poster and session proposals. Submissions will be accepted online only from October 1 until December 1 2009. Conference and workshop registration will begin December 1, 2009. To learn more about the Sixth International Congress and how to participate, please visit our website.
Now in its 30th year, this comprehensive program features state-of-the-art information on controlling corrosion, improving operation efficiency, and meeting environmental challenges in fossil- and nuclear-fueled power plants. This years program is geared toward improved training and continuing education of personnel responsible for electric utility cycle and environmental chemistry.
More than 3,000 chemists, consultants, and power plant administrators have attended the workshop since its inception in 1981. The 2010 program has been developed by a committee of representatives from midwestern electric utilities, the Illinois State Water Survey, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and consultants serving the power industry.
Some of the most popular features of the workshop are the Utility Experience presentations. Seasoned professionals from utility companies discuss their experiences on a range of topics. The entire workshop has been structured to encourage participation from attendees.
A notebook containing current water treatment papers, reports, copies and/or outlines of papers presented, along with product information, is included in the registration fee.
