February 28, 2008
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, March 20, at UW Tacoma.
Blood Drives
Thursday, Feb. 28, 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby
Thursday, Feb. 28, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., HUB 108
Thursday, Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., qua Verde Café
Thursday, Feb. 28, 11:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Schmitz (North side)
Thursday, Feb. 28, noon–6 p.m., Dawg Donor Days (Bus in front of William Gates Hall)
Tuesday, March 4, 1:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., UW Hillel, (Stan Rosen Dining Room)
ADAI grant deadline
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW researchers for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000.
The next application deadline is 5 p.m., March 17. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.
English in the Workplace classes
Registration is now under way for spring quarter’s English in the Workplace classes. These classes are offered free of charge to UW classified and professional staff. See schedule and application at http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/pod/staff/ewp/. For more information, contact Professional and Organizational Development at 206-543-1957 or pod@u.washington.edu.
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.
Evening on-site courses focus on improving conversational skills and preparation for the TOEFL. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.
UWELP customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.
For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.
Deputy legislative representative call for nominations
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee seeks nominations for the position of Deputy Legislative Representative to serve for the academic year 2008-09. The same person will likely be elected to serve as Faculty Legislative Representative in 2009-10 and 2010-11. The main duties are working with the current Faculty Legislative Representative in representing the faculty before the State Legislature and its committees, and executive agencies, and participating with the Faculty Senate’s Special Committee on Legislative Matters in formulating the faculty’s legislative initiatives and its positions on pending legislation.
To facilitate the performance of these duties, the Office of the Provost provides the elected representative with one summer month’s salary and negotiated released time from other departmental duties during the legislative session. Other arrangements are possible for those on 12-month appointments.
If you would like to be considered for this position, or if you would like to nominate a colleague, please send a letter of application or nomination to the Faculty Senate, c/o Nancy Bradshaw, Box 351271 or by email to senate@u.washington.edu, by March 14.
University of Washington determination of significance and request for comments on scope of supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS)
Project Name: UW Medical Center Expansion Phase 1 & 2
Proponent: University of Washington
Description of proposal:
Design and construct a new building addition directly south and contiguous with the UW Medical Center’s Muilenberg and Pacific Towers. The expansion will be in two phases. The top penthouse will be configured to accommodate a future vertical addition–Phase II. The two phases will provide up to the total maximum allowed 226,000 gross square footage (GSF) approved by the minor plan change to the University’s Master Plan 2003 for the Seattle Campus. This square footage addresses the majority of the need identified in the 2005 comprehensive Facility Planning Study of 260,000 GSF for year 2015.
Phase One is a five-story addition (including a mechanical/electrical mezzanine story and a mechanical basement level) of approximately 117,700 GSF. Level 1 accommodates Columbia Road, mechanical /electrical space, loading dock operations and the development potential for future support space for the Medical Center’s pharmacy, materials management and food services department. Level 2 provides expansion space for Diagnostic Imaging and shell space to expand Surgery in the future. Level 3 is principally a mechanical/electrical interstitial floor with a public lobby and elevator access to the inpatient floors. Level 4 will house a 30-bed Acute Care Nursing Unit. Level 5 will house a 50-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Phase Two will add approximately 108,300 GSF with up to four floors of additional Acute Care Nursing Units, patient care floors, and a mechanical penthouse. The fourth level (or 9th floor) would require a major plan change to the UW Campus Master Plan–2003.
Location: 1705 NE Pacific Street, University of Washington, Seattle campus
Lead Agency: University of Washington
The University of Washington has determined this proposal has the potential to have a significant adverse impact on the environment. A Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS*) will be prepared pursuant to Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter 43.21C. The Campus Master Plan and other materials can be reviewed at the Capital Projects Office (206) 543-5200.
Agencies, affected tribes and members of the public are invited to comment on the scope of the SEIS. You may comment on reasonable alternatives, mitigation measures, probable significant adverse impacts and licenses or other approvals that may be required. Please provide comments to the contact person by the date specified.
The University has identified the following areas for discussion in the SEIS: earth, air, water, plants/animals, energy/natural resources, environmental health, land use, transportation, public services.
The draft SEIS will include analyses of the No Action Alternative.
Contact Person: Jan Arntz, Environmental Planner, 206-543-5200
Comment Deadline: March 10
Responsible Official: Richard K. Chapman
Position/Title: Associate Vice President for Capital Projects, Telephone: 206-543-5200
Address:
Capital Projects Office
University Facilities Building
Box 352205
Seattle, WA 98195
DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Examinations
- Jon-Jason M. Agnone, Sociology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3. Gowen Hall, 1-B. (Prof. Elizabeth Pettit).
- Warren Jerome Brown, Education, Ed.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Miller Hall, 112-A. (Prof. Stephen Kerr).
- Bruce D. Campbell, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Fluke Hall, Bowen Room. (Prof. Thomas Furness).
- Ning Chen, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6. Paul Allen CTR for CSE, 128. (Prof. Anna Karlin).
Carissa Faith Cheng, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, March 7. Health Sciences, RR-443. (Prof. Donna Johnson).
Kuang-Wei Cheng, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, March 3. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. (Prof. David Allstot).
Emily Jane Clark, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 10. Padelford Hall, A-13. (Prof. Carolyn Allen).
Cecilia A. Cotton, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 12. Health Sciences, F-643. (Prof. Patrick Heagerty).
Dao-Fu Dai, Pathology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Health Sciences, K-076. (Prof. Peter Rabinovitch).
Yanming Di, Statistics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 11. Padelford Hall, C-301. (Prof. Elizabeth Thompson).
Geunhye Han, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 13. Health Sciences, T-404. (Prof. Gail Kieckhefer).
Kimberly E. Hereford, Art History, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 12. Art Building, 302. (Prof. Susan Casteras).
Joanne Joan-Che Ho, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 10. Anderson Hall, 022. (Prof. John Perez-Garcia).
Paul A. Jaussen, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 7. Padelford Hall, A-13. (Prof. Herbert Blau).
Larry Wen-Lei Jean, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 12. Anderson Hall, 010. (Prof. Mark Kot).
Sashidharan Komandur, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Paul Allen CTR., AE-105. (Prof. Richard Storch).
Clint M. Kraus, Music, D.M.A. 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Music Building, 102. (Prof. Carole Terry).
Jerrod A. Larson, Technical Communication, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, March 7. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219-A. (Prof. David Farkas).
Weiyao Lin, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Paul Allen Ctr., AE-105. (Prof. Raadhakrishnan Poovendran).
Matthew W. Luzum, Physics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Phys/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. Gerald Miller).
Laureta Mema, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, March 13. Padelford Hall, B-202. (Prof. Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen).
Xu Miao, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, March 3. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 303. (Prof. Rajesh Rao).
Gregory Samuel Newkirk, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Health Sciences, HH-322. (Prof. Peter Detwiler).
Tanvi Patel, English, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Padelford Hall, A-13. (Prof. Laura Chrisman).
Caleb B. Perkins, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 4. Miller Hall, 201. (Prof. Margaret Plecki).
Ebasa Belina Sarka, Social Work, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6. Sch. of Social Work, 210-F. (Prof. Anthony Ishisaka).
Brian R. Schultz, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. noon Monday, March 10. Health Sciences, K-233. (Prof. Jeffrey Chamberlain).
Amir Seifi, Oral Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Health Sciences, B-228. (Prof. Jeffery Vieira).
Juned Noor M. Shaikh, History, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, March 10. Smith Hall, 320. (Prof. Anand Yang).
Katherine Eileen Shannon, Psychology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Johnson Annex, 201-A. (Prof. Theodore Beauchaine).
Terry Hsin-Yi Shen, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 5. Health Sciences, T-498. (Prof. Peter Tarczy-Horonoch).
Meredith Mclain Skeels, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 12. Mary Gates Hall, 420. (Prof. Wanda Pratt).
John A. Smythe, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 11. Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Scott Dunham).
James R. Terry, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Balmer Hall, 308. (Prof. Denyse Delcourt).
Jin Wang, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Mechanical Engr. Bldg., 134. (Prof. Minoru Taya).
Timothy Welsh, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 7. Padelford Hall, A-13. (Prof. Brian Reed).
Wei-Wen Wu, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, March 10. Health Sciences, T-605. (Prof. Donna Berry).
Jelena Zurovac, Economics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Condon Hall, 309. (Prof. Elaina Rose).
Final Examinations
Paul I. Archer, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 10. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Overcoming challenges in doping semiconductor quantum dots” (Prof. Daniel Gamelin).
Eric Y. Chan, Microbiology, Ph.D. 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 5. Foege, N-130A. “Quantitative proteomic analysis of host response modulation by human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infection” (Prof. Michael Katze).
James Louis Denman, Music, D.M.A. 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 7. Music Building, 212. “The octatonic idiom of Jehan Alain: A survey of musical structures in representative works for keyboard” (Prof. Carole Terry).
Anthony N. Docan, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, March 3. Communications Bldg., 102-E. “Relational turning point events in college teacher-student relationships” (Prof. Valerie Manusov).
Joaquin E. Drut, Physics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Physic/ Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “The unitary Fermi gas” (Profs. Aurel Bulgac & Dam Son).
Aussadavut Dumrongsiri, Business School, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6. Mackenzie Hall, 367. “Supply chain models for web-based retailing and rental business” (Profs. A. Jain & K. Moinzadeh).
M Linda Gingrich, Music, D.M.A. 10:40 a.m. Monday, March 10. Music Building, 101. “The seen and the unseen: Hidden allegorical links in the Trinity season chorale cantatas of J.S. Bach” (Prof. Abraham Kaplan).
Shiho Iwanaga, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, March 3. Electrical Engr. Bldg., 443. “Thermoelectric properties and applications of sodium doped vanadium pentoxide thin films” (Prof. Robert Darling).
Tae Young Jung, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 5. Mechanical Engr. Bldg., 219-A. “New hierarchical – modular supervisory control of automated laboratory systems” (Prof. Martin Berg).
Maureen Christine Kennedy, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Anderson Hall, 22. “Multi-objective optimization for ecological model assessment and theory development” (Prof. E. David Ford).
Yunmi Kim, Economics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 12. Condon Hall, 309. “Essays on time series models with dynamic coefficients in macroeconomics and finance” (Profs. Charles Nelson & Chang-Jin Kim).
Kristin L. Mahan, Pharmacology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 10. Health Sciences, D-209. “Circadian oscillation of MAPK activity and ca.m.P in the hippocampus: Implications for memory persistence” (Prof. Daniel Storm).
Diem Thi Nguyen, Education, Ed.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 11. Miller Hall, 222. “In-between worlds: How Vietnamese immigrant youth negotiate social, cultural, and civic identities” (Prof. James Banks).
Brandon L. Pierce, Public Health Genetics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Health Sciences, F-348. “Searching for prostate cancer susceptibility variants and exploring intellectual property implications for future clinical applications” (Prof. Melissa Austin).
Theresa Scholz Richards, Pathobiology Group, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, March 7. Health Sciences, RR-134. “Molecular and cellular approaches to investigating Candida albicans biology.” (Prof. Theodore White).
Ashraf Ali Saad, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, March 7. Paul Allen Ctr. For CSE, 303. “Vessel recognition in color Doppler ultrasound imaging” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
Maria Jeanette Stein, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, March 7. Foege N-130A. “Understanding the protein resistance of non-fouling materials in relation to interfacial water structure” (Prof. Buddy Ratner).
Lucas James Thompson, Immunology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Health Sciences, T-747. “Direct effects of inflammatory cytokines on the development of the adaptive CD8 T cell response to infection” (Prof. Murali Kaja).
