Requested:
$60,188
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$57,000
This proposal has two main components: 1) Upgrading computers and a large format plotter for School of Drama. (SoD) computer labs for graduate and undergraduate students and 2) Upgrading computers used by students and registered student organizations (RSOs) in theatre production laboratories in Hutchinson Hall.
Requested:
$60,852
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$49,769
Neural engineering and Neurotech is rapidly growing in popularity in industry, academia, and consumer markets. With UW being a world class research institution in neurotechnologies, Synaptech holds the mission of educating interested students on cutting edge research and developments in neurotech through hands-on experience. This year, Synaptech is launching long-term projects (for NeurotechX's Student Clubs Competition) and hardware video tutorials, as well as the continuation of hackathons and workshops to enrich the opportunities available for students interested in joining the neurotech community. We request STF funding to support the expansion of these project-based efforts as student interest has been rapidly increasing.
Requested:
$275,625
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$173,700
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology has a 20 year relationship with the Techfee committee that has enabled us to acquire, maintain, and upgrade storage, servers, high speed networking, and software to provide a wide variety of services to UW students. Over 1500 UW students are using our system on regular basis and we've enrolled over 8000 students in our service in the past 10 years. With UW STF support in partnership with CSDE, Arts and Sciences, and the NIH, students get near instant access to some of the very the best available computing services for their 24/7/365 remote use We've historically been awarded about $250K of support from the techfee. We initiated our first block 2 years ago and, though a no-fault misunderstanding, we locked our funding at a much lower level than we've historically needed to run the service. We hope to correct this error in our block funding, or at least fund a catch-up proposal this Spring 2022
Requested:
$270
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$24,858
The Husky Robotics Team is a registered student organization of 113 students competing in the Rover Challenge Series, a series of competitions in Asia, Europe, and the Americas with teams from all over the world. We compete in the University Rover Challenge in the summer and the Canadian International Rover Challenge in the summer and winter. To compete, we bring together a team of diverse and motivated students to annually design, build, and operate a mock Mars Rover. Our Mars rovers perform tasks that range from pouring fuel into vehicles, searching for life, and autonomously finding objectives in an almost mile-wide area. Our team is divided into subsystems: Arm, Business, Mobility, Electronics, Manufacturing, Software, and Instrumentation to cover the competition’s large number of interdisciplinary tasks. Despite having a budget smaller than many other robotics teams, our team was able to place 1st in the US and 3rd overall at the Virtual University Rover Challenge in June 2021. However, our team still requires a large amount of manufacturing, electrical, and storage equipment to complete our rovers while effectively and safely collaborating. The equipment we are requesting is critical to our team’s continued success and will affect the operations of all our team’s members.
Requested:
$1,233
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$2,179
The University of Washington AFROTC Detachment 910 is the Universities commissioning source for Air Force Officers focused on developing leaders of character. Our Cadet Headquarters (CHQ) is our main study resource for over 100 cadets (UW Students), in non-COVID conditions, to study or collaborate on cadet wing plans such as planning, reviewing and studying training curriculum for our university-accredited Leadership Laboratory. Each cadet uses this space to do homework, study for tests and read for all of their academic courses. The CHQ is currently unequipped for the technological needs of our students. We are seeking to provide one 55’’ 4K TV screen and accompanying pc, and improved power outlet strips that can be used for practicing class presentations and presentations we will hold in our future career as officers. We would like to also implement charging ports to our tables, as our current two port outlets on the floor are hard to access and present a tripping hazard.
Requested:
$113,800
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$116,200
UW has a large and outstanding research program in human neuroscience investigating research questions in almost every domain of human neuroscience, including vision, audition, attention, language, reading, motor, executive control, memory and emotional regulation. UW has leading researchers whose work contributes to our understanding and treatment of a variety of disorders including ASD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Alzheimer’s and depression. Over 20 faculty members, distributed across 9 departments and institutes, provide training in neuroimaging to approximately 40 undergraduates and 100 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers each year. One of the most advanced techniques for neuroscience research is MRI. The new UW Center for Human Neuroscience (CHN) will provide a state-of-the-art MRI scanner for human neuroimaging research. This proposal requests funding to support independent research using the new MRI scanner for graduate and undergraduate students. This will be done by providing a pool of funded MRI scanner hours that will be allocated by a student-run CHN-STF committee. The CHN will be a central hub for student training in neuroscience across UW, and will support the research of students with projects funded by the CHN-STF committee.
Requested:
$27,202
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$19,608
One of the key findings of the 2014 UW Assessment of veteran services was that a multi-use community center was key to the long-term success of student veterans at UW. This center should be designed to satisfy the academic, professional, and community needs of our military veterans. Since the inception of our center in 2016, the continued demand and needs of our student veterans have exceeded our current capacity. To continue answering those needs as mentioned earlier, we are asking for funding of eight iMacs, totaling $27,202.41 (including sales tax).
Requested:
$6,217
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$5,060
We are applying for funding to update the technology and accessibility of our seminar room, Communications 202. The Simpson Center brings together departments from across campus to collaborate on interdisciplinary work and digital humanities projects., Some of our work that is specifically for undergraduates includes our project "Pedagogies of Reciprocity" on study abroad and equitable relationships. This important project brings international scholars to the Simpson Center to speak to undergraduate students. Another high profile initiative for undergraduates is the Katz Scholars Program which gives a group of undergraduates access to our most VIP speakers and Simpson Center leadership. Other programming is aimed at graduate students, for instance, our graduate research clusters that are graduate student-organized and led and explore topics such as indigenous studies and disability studies. In addition, we host graduate students and faculty that use digital technology in innovative and intensive ways and explore the cross-cultural implications of digital culture. A major part of these projects and more is the programming we host in our seminar room. We are asking for a new projector, lavaliers, and an OWL live streaming device. Our current projector is over ten years old and is used by speakers to present their work to students and project stakeholders. Our projector has, on many occasions, simply not worked for some presenters, requiring the constant attention of staff and delays for important presentations. The lavaliers are an accessibility measure; while our space is not large, there is a bus stop right outside that makes it difficult to hear. We would like to make it standard practice for our speakers to have a microphone, as recommended by the Disability Services Office. The OWL will also to increase accessibility. It will allow us to live stream more events, which is important not only for accessibility, but also in exploring the new model of a "flightless conference" - an attempt to lower the carbon footprint of the university by having participants take part online rather than fly to the UW. We funded and hosted one such conference this year, "Religion & Ecology." Based on the conference, we realized the Simpson Center can do more to help the UW as a whole meets its carbon-footprint goals and combat climate change. The Simpson Center provides funding and resources to students and faculty, as well as enriches learning opportunities for undergraduates; this technology will aide us in our mission.
Requested:
$156,185
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$156,185
In this proposal we are requesting the purchase of three pieces of histology equipment for processing and sectioning tissues. This equipment would significantly expand the capabilities of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) at the South Lake Union (SLU) School of Medicine campus and thus, provide students a significant advantage in their research projects. After in-vivo and in-vitro studies, histological analysis (acquiring tissue sections and further staining) allows researchers to evaluate the impacts of perturbagens/treatments morphologically. This type of analysis is an indispensable part of research that provides invaluable data to a wide breadth of fields including, cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, lung disease, retinopathies and more. Histological analysis allows researchers to examine changes in overall cell and tissue morphology, proliferation, tumor characterization, and even parasite burden. Being able to view that tissue in a microscopic level has important applications in human medicine, and in science overall.Typically, studying human disorders in an animal model (e.g. heart disease), use human or animal tissue that undergo manipulation (e.g. disease, injury, genetic manipulation or drug intervention) require histological analysis, making this equipment very important in producing publication-quality data. One of the first steps of histological analysis is to acquire tissue which can be processed and prepped for tissue sectioning, through paraffin processing or cryopreservation. The equipment being requested in this proposal is essential to process and prepare tissue sections. The three essential pieces of equipment consist of; a tissue processor, a microtome (a miniature deli slicer), and a cryostat (a frozen version of a microtome) which allows for tissue to be preserved, processed, and cut as thin as 1 micron and up to 50 microns without tissue degradation. ISCRM currently has 57 principal investigators with their own laboratories at South Lake Union with more than 350 undergraduate and graduate students. Here at ISCRM, students have access to state-of-the-art instruments that are common in research and industry settings, and we have several core facilities such as the ISCRM Aquatics Core, Garvey Imaging Core, Quellos High Throughput Screening Core, and the Ellison Stem Cell Core providing the students working here with a strong repertoire of instruments to gain experience on, and a strong user base providing our expertise in developing conclusive research strategies. As a result, more than 100 research articles have been published in scientific journals with many more presentations at conferences which helped to expose our students to the research community. In addition to SLU, most laboratories on main campus also employ the use of histology sectioning in their research. Therefore, we will make the equipment available to students in these labs and offer access to state-of-the-art tissue analysis methods through ISCRM. Therefore, we would like to purchase one Leica CM1950 cryostat, one Leica HistoCore AUTOCUT microtome, and one Leica ASP6025 automated tissue processor. These purchases will significantly improve the students’ ability to resolve tissue changes in biological systems such as zebrafish, mice, rats, rabbits, non-human primates, pigs, human tissue samples. Jeanot Muster, the director of the ISCRM Aquatics core, is well versed in the use and capabilities of this equipment and will help students use this equipment for their studies.
Requested:
$6,507
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$9,238
At the beginning of this year, all ASUW entities were surveyed to see what resources were lacking across the organization. Several entities responded with requests for technologies that are core to their function. The Bike Shop and Bean Basket requested newer desktop computers to process sales and track inventory, and Rainy Dawg Radio requested additional DJ equipment to provide richer experiences for their student DJs and listeners.
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