January 6, 2022
Research Day 2022
THEME OF THE DAY:
Scaling Up: Keeping Scholarly Momentum Throughout Your Career
PURPOSE OF RESEARCH DAY:
To create a supportive research enterprise at Michigan Tech.
To build efficiencies in the process of research at Michigan Tech.
To learn about the services available in the VPR units.
To build connections/collaborations among faculty.
Agenda
9:00–9:20 am • Welcome and Introductions
Introduction to the theme for the day — Scaling Up: Keeping Scholarly Momentum Throughout Your Career
An overview of the VPR offices that support faculty through the research lifecycle. A full staff listing can be found here.
David Reed, Vice President of Research
Jim Baker, Associate Vice President of Research Administration (AVPRA)
Kathy Halvorsen, Associate Vice President of Research Development (AVPRD)
9:20–9:30 am • Break
9:30–10:30 am • Session 1: Scaling Up Throughout Your Career
This session will begin as a full group discussion to set the stage for the day's theme, led by representatives from the Michigan Tech Advance Initiative team. We'll use breakout discussions within the Zoom meeting to facilitate more focused discussions based on self-identified career stage. Panelists have been invited to help share a diverse set of experiences; however, breakouts will be highly interactive with all in attendance. The full group will come back together at the end of the session for wrap-up and discussion.
Patty Sotirin, Professor of Communication & Michigan Tech ADVANCE Initiative
Adrienne Minerick, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Michigan Tech ADVANCE Initiative
Sonia Goltz, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Michigan Tech ADVANCE Initiative
Scaling Up Early in Your Career
This breakout group will discuss strategies and resources for scaling up early in a scholarly career. Tenure-track assistant professors and non-tenure-track scholars within their first six years in their current role are encouraged to join this breakout discussion.
Panelists
Bo Chen, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Carolyn Duncan, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology
Hoda Hatoum, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Kristin Brzeski, Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Moderator
Andrew Burton, Associate Dean and Professor, Outgoing Director, Ecosystem Science Center, Coordinator of Interdisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Research
Mid-Career: Scaling Up Post-Tenure and/or mid-career
This breakout group will discuss strategies and resources for scaling up mid-career. Associate Professors and those in non-tenure-track roles at a mid-career stage are encouraged to select this breakout discussion.
Panelists
Durdu Guney, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carsten Külheim, Associate Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Kelly Steelman, Associate Professor and Chair, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Moderators
Dukka KC, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Research, College of Computing
Mari Buche, Professor of Management Information Systems and Associate Dean, College of Business
Keeping momentum as a full professor and/or established researcher
This breakout group will discuss strategies and resources for scaling up as an established scholar. Those at the full professor or those in non-tenure-track roles with significant work experience are encouraged to join this breakout discussion.
Panelists
Victor Busov, Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Barbara Dai, Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Thomas Oommen, Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Moderator
Larry Sutter, Associate Dean of Research and External Relations (COE); Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory (ACMAL)
10:30–10:45 am • Break
10:45–11:45 am • Session 2: Partnering with Centers, Institutes, and Shared Facilities
Learn more about campus Centers, Institutes, and Shared Facilities in a "TechTalks" two-minute presentation format. Hear from the directors as they describe how partnering with a center, institute, or shared facility can help scale up your research.
Center & Institute Directors and Shared Facility Directors
Brent Burns, Director, Research Facilities and Federal Relations
11:45–12:30 pm • Break / Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 pm • Keynote by Emily Bernhardt, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Dr. Emily Bernhardt is currently the James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry and current Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke University. First appointed to Duke in 2004, Dr. Bernhardt’s research is motivated by a desire to understand how our use of watersheds alters energy and nutrient cycling in receiving streams and wetlands and the extent to which management efforts can reverse, ameliorate or improve aquatic ecosystem structure and function. Dr. Bernhardt has been recognized for her scholarly productivity and impact with the 2004 H.G. Hynes Award from the Society for Freshwater Science; the 2013 Yentsch-Schindler award from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography; the 2015 Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America; and a 2015 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She has been named a Fellow of the Leopold Leadership Program, the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Freshwater Science. She was identified as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in each of the past three years.
More about Emily can be found on her lab's website.
1:30–1:45 pm • Break
1:45–2:30 pm • BREAKOUT 1 (choose 1 session)
Breakout 1A: Research Marketing: Telling your research story
This session will examine the importance of, and strategies for, research marketing and public engagement. How important is public engagement for sustained success? How can public engagement be used for professional networking? Are social media platforms a helpful tool, or a time-wasting distraction (or both!)? Come and share your experiences, questions, and ideas in this interactive session.
Panelists
Emily Bernhardt, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor & Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke University
Cyndi Perkins, Senior Content Specialist, University Marketing and Communications
David Flaspohler, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Nancy French, Senior Research Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI); Adjunct Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Jared Wolfe, Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Moderator
Amy Marcarelli, Professor of Biological Sciences
Breakout 1B: Integrating Diversity and Interdisciplinarity (co-sponsored by the Michigan Tech ADVANCE Initiative)
This session will examine strategies for working across disciplinary boundaries, engaging with diverse collaborators, and building/working with diverse teams.
Panelists
Valoree Gagnon, Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and Director, University-Indigenous Community Partnerships, Great Lakes Research Center
Wayne Gersie, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Judith Perlinger, Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Jennifer Daryl Slack, Distinguished Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Humanities
Erin Syth, Manager, Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture (IPEC)
Moderator
Peter Larsen, Director, Research Development
Note: the recording was cut-off prematurely at the end, our apologies
Breakout 1C: Internal Collaboration and Project Management Roles on Large Projects
This session will discuss the fundamentals of project management and why it is important in designing, preparing proposals, and managing large projects. The session will also describe considerations for budgeting project management and administrative support. Hear from experts in the "Research Development Network," Research Administration, and researchers experienced in large projects.
Panelists
Grace Schmitz, Institute Manager, Health Research Institute (HRI)
Jim Baker, Associate Vice President for Research Administration
Stephen Techtmann, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Moderator
Elizabeth Hoy, Director of Business & Program Development, Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
2:30–2:45 pm • Break
2:45–3:30 pm • BREAKOUT 2 (choose 1 session)
Note: we are experiencing some technical difficulties with zoom. We'll get the Breakout sessions started asap. -RD Team 2:43 p.m.
Breakout 2A: Strategic Relationships for Research Development
This session will examine a variety of strategic relationships that can be leveraged for research development. We'll discuss opportunities and strategies for connecting with US National Labs, collaborations with the university's government relations team for research relations, and opportunities for industry-sponsored research.
Panelists
Ana Dyreson, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Pasi Lautala, Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering; Director, Rail Transportation Program, Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
Jake Manchester, Associate Director, Research Development and Corporate Research
Moderator
Tim Havens, Director, Great Lakes Research Center; Director, Institute of Computing and Cybersystems; William and Gloria Jackson Professor, Computer Science
Breakout 2B: Building Teams for Large Research Projects: Planning & Submission Considerations
This session will examine a variety of strategies for building teams and managing the integrated submission of large, team-based research projects. We'll discuss considerations in assembling a team, and strategies for team member outreach (e.g. how to recruit people beyond your immediate network and how to work together with people you may not have worked with before), subrecipient issues and managing complex budgets, and strategies for success, including distributing tasks, critical timeline elements, internal and red team review, and related considerations. We'll also discuss the use of workshop and planning grants, as well as other types of similar smaller projects, to build teams for scaling up.
Panelists
Hilary Anderson, Sponsored Programs Analyst
Caryn Heldt, Director, Health Research Institute; James and Lorna Mack Endowed Chair of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering; Professor, Chemical Engineering
Chelsea Schelly, Associate Professor of Sociology; Affiliated Associate Professor, CFRES
Raymond Shaw, Distinguished Professor, Physics; Director, Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. Program
David Shonnard, Professor, Chemical Engineering; Robbins Chair in Sustainable Use of Materials
Moderator
Jim Baker, Associate Vice President for Research Development
3:30–3:45 pm • Break
3:45–4:30 pm • Synthesis & Research Recognitions
A panel from across campus will come together to share their brief key takeaways from sessions throughout the day, followed by recognitions of achievements in research and scholarly activity throughout the past year.
Jim Baker, Associate Vice President of Research Administration (AVPRA)
Kathy Halvorsen, Associate Vice President of Research Development (AVPRD)