[LA-SiGMA-funded] LASiGMA NSF Site Visit

[Pedro Derosa]

Aren't we supposed to have teams working on collaborative projects? I mean,
Xavier students do not NEED to be supported by a UNO faculty to be part of a
project with faculty at UNO.  I have a student at GSU, paid for by the
LA-SiGMA funds at GSU but she is working in collaboration with my students
at TECH and with students and Faculty at LSU.  Having said that, it is up to
each Faculty who do they pay for.

 

 

 

From: lasigma-funded-bounces at loni.org
[mailto:lasigma-funded-bounces at loni.org] On Behalf Of Scott L Whittenburg
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:24 AM
To: 'Lamartine Meda'; 'Michael Khonsari'; lasigma-funded at loni.org
Subject: Re: [LA-SiGMA-funded] LASiGMA NSF Site Visit

 

Lamar,

Thanks.  Another suggestion I would make is that we strongly encourage our
faculty to have HBCUs students as the student we support from LASIGMA.  In
other words, at UNO we have budgeted an undergraduate to each of the PIs,
but I believe we are currently supporting UNO undergrads with those funds.
We could encourage our faculty to support Xavier (or other HBCU) students
instead.  Then publications and presentations from UNO would also have
Xavier listed.

Scott

 

From: lasigma-funded-bounces at loni.org
[mailto:lasigma-funded-bounces at loni.org] On Behalf Of Lamartine Meda
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:17 AM
To: 'Michael Khonsari'; lasigma-funded at loni.org
Subject: [LA-SiGMA-funded] LASiGMA NSF Site Visit

 

Randy:

 

The Xavier team can help LASiGMA involving more students in meaningful
collaborative research as suggested by the NSF RSV panel (see quote below).

"Stronger participation of students and faculty at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and community colleges in more meaningful
collaborative activities would enhance LA-SiGMA's impact."

 

Suggestions:

1.      I have a collaborative research program funded NSF-DMR which focuses
on "nanomaterials" that is doing what NSF is asking us to do. Please click
on this link http://www.xula.edu/prem/students.php and see the attachments
which contain publications and presentations given by students in the past
two years. So, we can do the same with LASiGMA. However, we need to recruit
students and offer them scholarships or I may be able to move current
students (if they want to switch) to LASiGMA projects. But, we can't pay
these students hourly, which is the current structure. To have the high
quality of students in LASiGMA that I have in PREM (see link above), we need
to offer them scholarships otherwise they won't come to Xavier. 

 

Let's offer UG students "scholarships and/or stipends."

 

2.      Also, "meaningful research" means access to resources such as
library and electronic access to journals, which most HBCU is lacking. My
EAC board pointed that out as a concern. (Ramu served on the board last
year.) Let's make faculty from HBCU adjunct at Tulane, UNO, LATECH, and/or
LSU and we can teach the students how to do "Meaningful Research"

 

Lamar-

 

 

 

Best regards,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lamartine Meda, Ph.D.

PREM Director

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: NCF 301 A

Phone: 504-520-5324

Lab: 504-520-6203

Fax: 504-520-7942

Email: Lmeda at xula.edu

www.xula.edu/PREM <http://www.xula.edu/prem/students.php> 

 

Mailing address:

Xavier University of LA

Department of Chemistry

1 Drexel Drive

New Orleans, LA 70125

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