Requested:
$489,692
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$381,883
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology seeks funding to further its support of student research computing. This year we are launching a new "Data Collaboration Hub" that is a restricted data enclave for hosting sensitive data sets for collaborative research purposes.
Requested:
$14,203
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$14,202
WOOF3D is requesting funding for the purchase of two Engine SR printers by Hyrel 3D. Both machines will be used for student projects, allowing the 40+ members of the RSO to explore different applications of additive manufacturing. Specifically, these Hyrel printers provide the ability to print using viscous substances such as silicone and gels. The systems will be housed in our RSO space located in the basement of the Mechanical Engineering Building, which all students can access given that they are a member of the club (which anyone can join), pass the required trainings, and are supervised by an officer.
Requested:
$24,587
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$23,645
The Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (CENPA) supports a broad program of experimental physics research in fundamental symmetries, neutrinos, muons, axions, and non-Newtonian gravitation. A major portion of our effort is involved with experiments done elsewhere using equipment we develop here, supporting a vigorous research program at sites as varied as the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, Fermilab in Illinois, the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. CENPA is home to the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) and the Eöt-Wash precision gravity group. A 9-MV Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator provides intense beams of light ions, and the world's most intense helium-6 source. CENPA faculty and staff provide hands-on student instruction in an array of laboratory technical skills & safety on topics ranging from electrical power, compressed gases, cryogenic liquids (He & N2) (liquefaction, dispensing, delivery, transport), lifting and hoisting, vacuum technology, high voltages, high currents, high magnetic fields, radiation, and radioactive sources. This proposal specifically covers the core equipment and software upgrades that will reliably measure gamma radiation spectra using our existing high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector setup, and alpha particle spectra using existing silicon surface barrier detector setup. Previously this detector was used to measure radioactive dust fallout from the Fukushima nuclear plant after the earthquake in March 11, 2011. You will find the results and setup of that setup: https://www.npl.washington.edu/monitoring/.
Requested:
$43,490
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$11,561
CSDE Requests funds for Matlab and SPSS licenses for student use on the Terminal Server and the Simulation cluster. Also requested are funds for feature improvements to remote access software used for linux full gui remote sessions. Lastly, we suggest a modest donation to the Open source project "Debian" (from which many distributions such as Ubuntu derive their codebase) - Our students use Debian every day for their work in R, python and many other packages.
Requested:
$354,275
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$88,427
University of Washington students do not have adequate resources to conduct research using secured UW Medicine patient datasets. Due to federal law (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and UW Medicine policy, patient data may be accessed only through secure hardware and support infrastructure, following authorization by the UW Medicine Institutional Review Board (IRB). UW Medicine Information Technology Services and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences provide these services, but there are currently insufficient computational and data transfer resources supporting student/trainee use of this infrastructure. In order to increase student access to data and computational resources for clinical research, we request support from the Student Technology Fee fund to purchase computers and data transfer credits to be used over the next 5+ years beginning March 2018. Students with research projects approved by the IRB and supported by faculty will be able to gain access to these computational resources. Lowering the barrier to access will benefit both the student body as well as augment the state of university-wide research. All projects will be performed by trainees as both an educational and research activity, and any unused computer resources will be made available to trainees not performing clinical research.
Requested:
$91,204
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$84,048
The CoMotion MakerSpace is a social, multidisciplinary, and collaborative environment that connects creative communities at the University of Washington. Students, staff, and faculty have the opportunity to create the best solutions to do more good in the world - be it a prototype, a community, a connection, or mentoring. The MakerSpace has a wide range of capabilities with augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) headsets, woodworking tools, sewing machines, and 3D printers under one roof for makers to create their next great idea! Our scope is to grow our capabilities in order to meet the needs of the MakerSpace community and the UW community. This proposal asks STF to support two main components. The first is funding for Adobe Suites, upgrade to AR/VR equipment and computers, and 3D scanning capabilities to further enhance the MakerSpace capabilities. Second, we would like to request funds to create the first Mixed Reality (XR) area that is only available for students and the UW community. For the sake of simplicity, we will call any AR/VR/MR and other forms this technology Extend Reality (XR). This request comes from our collaboration with students, such as the Virtual Reality Association (VRA), a Registered Student Organization (RSO), whose aim is to expose students to XR and to broaden the spectrum of these experiences for the UW community.
Requested:
$190,902
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$172,901
Renew and upgrade hardware platforms and software licenses critical to student research projects. Also making sure that all the software that future employers will expect students to know how to use is available and up to date.
Requested:
$24,532
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$21,910
A solid education experience in the arts and humanities is absolutely essential for engineering majors to be effective agents of change through the innovations they will operate or design in future.This proposal is about organizing a bi-annual (every 2 years) Student Film Contest for Engineering Majors in deep collaboration with Liberal Arts majors. The contest will be a catalyst for an education experience for engineering students to master public communication and story telling with empathy and passion through their unique lenses as only they can tell. Every engineering student on campus has had a unique life experience to choose his/her major at UW. There is a need to dispel a myth that engineers cannot tell stories about how engineering makes a difference to the fabric of our lives through personal experiences that matter. By organizing a film contest for the students every two years (the inaugural one has already taken place in March 2017), we plan bring the engineering students closer to liberal arts majors and appreciate the value of arts and humanities in engineering. This proposal asks from STF funding for one-time capital cost for mobile and on-site video footage storage and on-site video editing through portable platforms (macbooks) for student contestants. These macbooks will be kept in the CEE Computer Lab in More 1A. Other operating expenses are being secured through various sources of funding (seed, crowd, philanthropic). The lead of this proposal has been involved in running student film courses, contests and film making since 2007. His fourth documentary "Cotton Fields from the Ivory Tower" is a deep collaboration between engineering and the arts with Seattle Independent Film industry and is currently running in various film festivals around the world.
Requested:
$28,000
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$28,000
This proposal provides continued student funding for U Drive. U Drive is a university wide storage service that provides 35 GBs of non-sync based, mappable, UWNETID Single-sign-on based storage. Students can access it from any university or personal owned machine on campus via SMB/CIFS and via off campus over SFTP or the HuskyOnNet VPN
Requested:
$100,000
Status:
Partially Funded
Awarded:
$60,000
Cloud computing has increasingly replaced locally managed computing infrastructure. The public cloud is rapidly evolving its services for data-driven science. The university has the opportunity to become an early adopter for this kind of program. We propose here a training program for students from all departments to learn and use cloud resources. This proposal is a continuation from the successful proposal in winter quarter.
Learn about the Student Technology Fee and the proposal process by attending a Workshop led by our staff and receive 1:1 support with your proposal.
Phone: 206-543-2975
Email: stfexec@uw.edu
Office: Husky Union Building 305B
