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WVU Shale Gas Network Kick-off & Forum
Date and time
Location
WVU Erickson Alumni Center
Barnette Room and Kennedy Club Room Morgantown, WV 26506Description
WVU SHALE GAS NETWORK KICK-OFF & FORUM
April 25th * 3 pm to 5:30 pm
Erickson Alumni Center
Barnette Room and Kennedy Club Room
Four forums per year modelled after NRCCE's Holiday Open House open to WVU faculty, staff, and graduate students interested in shale gas issues
*** Network to gain new ideas, meet new researchers ***
*** Learn about funding opportunities ***
*** Receive updates about broader university shale gas intiatives ***
*** Meet colleagues outside your discipline who share your interest ***
*** Present your shale gas research results during our poster sessions ***
KICK-OFF AGENDA
3:00 Welcome, Barnette Room—WVU Vice President for Research Fred King
3:10 Shale Gas Activities Updates—Coordinator of WVU Strategic Research in Energy and GE Plastics Material Engineering Professor Brian Anderson
- National Research Council study update
- Ohio State-WVU Partnership program
- NETL-RUA activities
- NRCCE Shale Gas Flash Funding announcement Q&A
- US DOE Monitoring Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Pending proposals: EFRC, US DOE EPSCoR, etc.
3:25 Featured Presentation: Collaborative research on the environmental impacts of shale gas development
West Virginia Water Research Institute Director Paul Ziemkiewicz and
WVU School of Public Health Interim Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Michael McCawley
4:05 Wine-and-Cheese Flash Networking Poster Session, Kennedy Club Room
Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Kashy Aminian, Assistant Professor of Resource Economics Wesley Burnett, Associate Professor of Law Joshua Fershee, Research Associate and Assistant Director of the Appalachian Hardwoods Center Shawn Grushecky, WVU Extension Service Natural Gas Education Program Visiting Instructor and Program Coordinator Georgette Plaugher, Assistant Professor of Geology Shikha Sharma, Professor of Geology Tom Wilson (in addition to posters by Drs. Ziemkiewicz and McCawley)
Shale Gas Network Digital Community via Presdo*Match Q&A station
NRCCE Shale Gas Flash Funding Q&A station
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The WVU NRCCE coordinates a variety of programs such as the West Virginia Water Research Institute, the Appalachian Oil and Natural Gas Research Consortium, and the Petroleum Technology Transfer Center Appalachian Region which involve WVU's research faculty and external stakeholders and partners. The NRCCE reports to the WVU Office of Research. Both are sponsoring the WVU Shale Gas Network to promote interest in, and support for, the WVU Mountain of Excellence in Shale Gas. They invite researchers and scholars from all disciplines, STEM and non-STEM, to become involved.