Economics shared work area: equipment and software update

Department of Economics

Requested:

$10,298

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$10,299

Abstract

This proposal is to request funding for desktop machines and software for a shared work space for Economics graduate students, honors undergraduates, and affiliated students. We will be requesting funding for 6 shared use machines as well as a license renewal for Matlab for use both on these machines and a shared Windows terminal server used by both Economics and Sociology grads and honors undergrads.

Aquatic Sciences Outreach Program for K-12 Students

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Requested:

$7,320

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$7,321

Abstract

Students Explore Aquatic Sciences (SEAS) is an outreach program based in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS). Our program provides project-based learning activities for K-12 students in the Seattle area. The goals of SEAS are to: (1) provide science access for underserved K-12 students, (2) present aquatic and fishery science career options to K-12 students, (3) build community partnerships with local science and outreach organizations, and (4) provide collaborative outreach opportunities for UW students in aquatic science disciplines. The operational model of SEAS is for volunteers (UW graduate students, undergraduates, and staff) to collaboratively develop project-based learning activities, then present activities to K-12 students at local schools, local science institutions (i.e. Seattle Aquarium), and on-campus at UW. Our project-based learning activities for K-12 classrooms are peer-reviewed, designed to fulfill Next Generation Science Standards, and emphasize the use of the scientific method and critical thinking to examine regionally-relevant issues in the environmental and aquatic sciences. We request funding to procure electronic equipment that will help our volunteers provide high-quality science experiences for K-12 students in off-campus and on-campus locations.

Equipment for the McCarty Innovation and Learning Lab (MILL)

Housing and Food Services

Requested:

$361,298

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$361,299

Abstract

The McCarty Innovation and Learning Lab (MILL) is a hands-on workspace where the University community comes together both formally and informally to imagine, discover, innovate and responsibly create. The MILL will be a new makerspace for University of Washington students, set to open in August 2018 in the newly-constructed McCarty Hall. The facility will be steps from the Foster School of Business, Art Building, Music Building, Engineering and Computer Science Buildings, Libraries, and several other campus resources, making it a new and exciting site for collaboration, innovation, and partnerships on the UW campus. The MILL is being constructed by Housing & Food Services (HFS) in partnership with the College of Engineering. We are very excited to see this space open to the entire student community. More about the MILL: The facility will be over 7,000 square feet and will feature a large, open makerspace area that will have community, ideation, prototyping, milling, sewing/fabrics, electronics, and assembly sections. In addition, it will offer a student project storage room and lockers, a classroom space (up to 35), a wet lab facility, and a store equipped with low-cost supplies needed for projects. The facility will be well-planned with almost everything on wheels and easily able to move and be set up for a number of various functions - putting student learning and needs first. This proposal covers some of the equipment needs within the MILL. HFS will be contributing significant resources toward the equipment, software, and operational needs of the space as well, and approval of this proposal will greatly enhance our goal of providing a space for students to be able to work with equipment that is hard to find throughout campus. An advantage to the MILL for students will be our commitment to helping train and teach students. We will have full-time staff available to students, in addition to an anticipated student staff of over 20 individuals. We will also facilitate over 100 workshops and trainings for students each quarter.

Digital Embroidery Machines

The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)

Requested:

$8,530

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$8,530

Abstract

This proposal requests funds to purchase two digital sewing machines: a Janome MB-4S four-needle embroidery machine and a Brother PE770 embroidery machine. To the best of our knowledge, at the present time, the student community does not have a digital embroidery sewing machine available. The digital sewing machines in this proposal will encourage students from across campus to create their own works of art using this sophisticated software and hardware and will stimulate inventive educational practices while introducing essential industrial techniques. This equipment will provide undergraduate and graduate students the means to familiarize themselves with emergent digital-craft technologies and facilitate the interweaving between fashion, engineering, and art.

HPLC Detector in Research of Extractable Organic Materials in Hybrid Poplar

School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

Requested:

$26,165

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$26,165

Abstract

This proposal is asking for funds to help cover costs associated with Shimadzu UV spectrophotometer and photodiode detector that would support our existing HPLC system and extend our research into antimicrobial properties in the leaves of hybrid poplar trees in Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory (BBL) at the UW. Myself and my six lab colleagues have discovered such properties and are extremely interested in developing it further into something big. Currently we as students cannot continue with our discovery and it has halted our progress for potential renewable antimicrobial products that would help benefit fields from medicine, dentistry to even agriculture and many more. We hope this proposal will be given the green light for our UV spec and detector so we can continue with our project in hopes to better our future. Total number of 53 undergraduate students that will benefit by utilizing the equipment every quarter are coming from Bioresource Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Biology departments.

SCOLA Language Learning Resources

Language Learning Center

Requested:

$6,055

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$6,056

Abstract

The following proposal is for providing on-demand Language Resources and streaming world television, SCOLA through the Language Learning Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. SCOLA is a non-profit educational organization that receives and re-transmits television programming from around the world in native languages while also providing language learning content and on demand resources for students. SCOLA’s mission is to help people of the world learn about one another; their cultures, their languages, and their ideologies while emphasizing the importance and effectiveness of modern information technology as a means in overcoming barriers to global understanding.

High speed computers for processing 3D images from CT scans and other large data sets

School of Marine and Environmental Affairs

Requested:

$15,585

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$15,586

Abstract

This proposal requests funding to purchase high speed Macintosh desktop computers for the student computer lab to support the reconstruction of 3D images from CT data along with other data sets. Friday Harbor Labs is an NSF funded center for generating CT scan data and our undergraduate students need a way to interact with these large and complex data sets.

Video editing & green screen station for Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Requested:

$1,946

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$1,947

Abstract

We request funding to purchase additional equipment and software to provide Atmospheric Science students with an environment in which they can be involved in all aspects of the production of outreach videos from conception to publication, including filming, production, and editing. A desktop mac computer with professional quality video and sound editing equipment will allow all students to be involved in the video editing process, including green screen technology, taking advantage of the Green Screen already available in the Department. The new video camera and equipment will allow students to film themselves practicing weather forecasts, and producing outreach videos, either as a long-term project, or in quick response to a current weather event.

Enabling Diversity of High Performance Computing Research on Campus

High Performance Computing Club

Requested:

$433,444

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$433,444

Abstract

Prior to April 2015, UW students lacked open access to high performance computing (HPC) resources. In Spring 2015, STF agreed to partially fund a request for $1,000,000 to invest in HPC resources and ensure UW’s future as a leader in supercomputing. To accommodate the HPC Club's rapidly expanding membership and equip UW students with the computational resources they need, we asked for the remaining $630,000 to purchase more computing power on Hyak last Spring. We only spent two-thirds of the funds due to unforeseen delays with the rollout of the Mox supercomputer. We are at capacity once again and ask for the unspent funds to purchase resources that will enable training and research in a diversity of disciplines.

Online Intake Portal for Student Legal Services

Student Legal Services

Requested:

$5,505

Status:

Funded

Awarded:

$5,505

Abstract

Student Legal Services is requesting $5,000.00 to purchase an online module that will allow students to submit intake forms and schedule appointments with Student Legal Services remotely, allowing access to our services more quickly and easily.

Funding Status: Funded