Congratulations to The UProar, UP’s Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team, who won the NCAA D-III National Championship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 20, 2024.
Christina Ivler, Engineering, presented “Outer Loop Requirements for Vertical Lift Unmanned Aerial System Automated Flying Qualities,” at the Vertical Flight Society 80th Annual Forum. Montreal, Canada. May 7-9, 2024.
Rebecca Smith, Education, published “Developing relational leadership habits in educational leaders: Utilizing the StrengthsFinder® assessment.” Coauthors: Jeromy Koffler, Jennette Lovejoy. Washington Educational Research Association (WERA) Educational Journal. Vol.16, 38 – 49. February 2024. Smith also presented “Designing a new practice of care in teacher education: Co-constructing care in post-Covid learning environments.” Co-presenters: Gavin Tierney, Paul Sutton. Symposium paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA. April 2024.
Glenna Clifton, Biology, published “Exploring storm petrel pattering and sea-anchoring using deep reinforcement learning.” Coauthors: Brett Klassen van Oorshot, Dixia Fan. Student Coauthor: Jiaqi Xue. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. October 2023. Clifton, alongside collaborator Kathryn Daltorio, was awarded a $15,000.00 grant from the Office of Naval Research for their work “Benthic Autonomy Gaits to Identify Munitions With Dactyl Sensors (BAA N00014-23-S-B001)” in September, 2024. Clifton was awarded an additional grant, alongside collaborator Brooke Flammang, from the National Science Foundation for $480,000 for their work “BRC-BIO: How the evolution of duck foot shape relates to swimming ability–from morphology to robophysical models” in May, 2024.
David De Lyser, Performing and Fine Arts, served as Coordinator/liaison for the Portland Chamber Orchestra Young Artist Competition at University of Portland from October 2023 through March 2024.
Andrew Lafrenz, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Effects of Wildfire Smoke in Oregon on Hospital Admissions.” Oregon Academy of Family Physicians. April 2024.
Bob Butler, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, and Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated, published a new animation “Türkiye — Earthquakes and Anatolian Plate Tectonics”. This animation explains the plate tectonics, GPS observations, and earthquake history of the Anatolian Plate that contains most of the country of Türkiye. This animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/trkiyeearthquakes_and_anatolian_plate_tectonics
Claire McKinley Yoder, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Development and validation of the Curriculum Evaluation Tool – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A tool for evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusion in nursing curricula.” Coauthors: Kala Mayer, Gordon Williamson, Sally Rothaker-Peyton. Student Coauthors: Arden McKown, Chivon Ou. Nursing Education Perspectives. DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001273.