Save the Date: National Science Foundation Program Officers Plan September Visit
Linkan Bian and Siqian Shen
The Division of Research and Innovation and the College of Engineering will co-host a campus visit with two National Science Foundation program directors. Linkan Bian, program director for advanced manufacturing, and Siqian Shen, program director for civil infrastructure systems, will present a workshop on their programs' current priorities and funding opportunities at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 12 in 452-453 Mullins Library. Short bios and abstracts of their presentations are available here.
Registration for the workshop is required here.
Bian and Shen will also meet with faculty during pre-scheduled 15-minute individual sessions throughout the day in the Division of Research and Innovation Conference Room, 317, in the Administration Building. To sign up for a meeting with Bian, click here, and for Shen, click here.
Registrations to these events will close at the end of the day Wednesday, Sept. 6.
If an event that you are interested in is full, please contact Julie Brogan at jbrogan@uark.edu to be on the wait list.
Links to more Information:
- NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation
- NSF Civil Infrastructure Systems
- NSF Advanced Manufacturing
Topics
Contacts
Sandra Eksioglu, associate dean for research
College of Engineering
479-575-6042,
sandra@uark.edu
Jennifer P. Cook, director of communications
College of Engineering
479-575-5697,
jpc022@uark.edu
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