Sentences with phrase «applied science focus»

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«He maintains a relentless focus on innovation, but at the same time he's an applied - science and engineering guy.»

And the European Union stopped funding basic science related to fire dynamics and wildland - urban interface fires almost a decade ago, focusing instead on applied technological projects and more general research on natural disasters.

We believe that SSHRC specifically should undertake a more direct role in enabling research leading to innovation in commercialization processes while NSERC and CHIR should focus even more on applied innovation in Science, Engineering and Medicine.

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

«When you start out with ambiguity it's difficult, but as you apply the science you start to see where you want to focus.»

Selin applied to be a AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellow to access the connections, conversations, and opportunities of a cohort focused on public engagement with science.

► According to an Education Focus in this week's STM, despite the «tremendous investment in the genomic sciences over the last two decades» and the biomedical community's eagerness «to apply new genomic knowledge to patient care,» there are fewer than 2000 board - certified medical geneticists in the United States.

Although this program is not focused on science alone, candidates coming from the pure and applied sciences are encouraged to apply.

That emphasis on «commercial research» has some scientists concerned that funding for basic science will suffer as Ireland's research portfolio becomes even more focused and applied.

In line with the government's recent policy on research, the money is focused on applied science.

I see some validity to this point; that is why The End of Science focused on pure rather than applied research.

Genentech's research organization focuses its efforts on basic and applied science in Oncology, Immunology, Metabolism, Neuroscience, and Infectious Disease.

While this study focused on the biological aspects of nucleation, Jun said an advanced understanding of nucleation in confinement also applies to chemical engineering, materials science and environmental science and engineering.

Until recently, there was little love lost between researchers and the E.U. Scientists have long bemoaned Europe's Framework Programmes for their focus on applied research, the forced collaboration between many labs and companies across the continent, the crippling bureaucracy, and what many see as too much meddling by politicians and bureaucrats in Brussels (Science, 8 December 2006).

In connection with Science magazine's Breakthrough of the Year special focus, Science's Next Wave went on a search of its own, determined to identify the people who, today, are working to apply new technologies to advance evolutionary sScience magazine's Breakthrough of the Year special focus, Science's Next Wave went on a search of its own, determined to identify the people who, today, are working to apply new technologies to advance evolutionary sScience's Next Wave went on a search of its own, determined to identify the people who, today, are working to apply new technologies to advance evolutionary sciencescience.

They include centers focused on food, glass, inflammatory disease, obesity, applied mathematics, computer science and engineering, and biomedicine, as well as two neuroscience initiatives.

During the opening keynote address, former NBA basketball star and U.S. global cultural ambassador Kareem Abdul - Jabbar set the tone for the summit: In order for the United States to stay economically competitive with emerging markets in China, India, and elsewhere, it will have to overhaul its education system to increase its focus on critical thinking and on applied science, math, and tech skills.

The drop since 2009 in views about the state of science occurred among AAAS scientists of all disciplines, those with a basic and applied research focus, and those working in industry and in academia.

Her team also analyzed the type of research that NIH funded, but found no substantial relationship between whether the grant focused on basic or applied science and its likelihood to be cited by a patent.

The sequence of study proceeds from an engagement with engineering and scientific fundamentals, along with humanities and social sciences, toward an increasingly focused training in the third and fourth years designed to give students mastery of certain principles and arts central to engineering and applied science.

Graduate students who have completed their degree programs are invited to apply for post-doctoral positions with the distinguished research faculty of the Blumberg Institute located in Bucks County, PA in an environment conducive to interaction, collaboration and with a focus on translational science.

It will initially focus on invention and creativity over applied science or industrial innovation.

By establishing the Institute, SEAS has committed to fostering graduate training and research in applied computational science, infusing the curriculum with new courses and student research opportunities that will focus on the use of computation to power discovery and innovation.

This edition focuses on PNNL's biological and chemical sciences and engineering capabilities and how they are being applied to produce products and fuels from renewable biomass rather than petroleum.

Headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., BESC is a multi-institutional research organization performing basic and applied science dedicated to improving yields of biofuels by focusing on the fundamental understanding and elimination of biomass recalcitrance.

The Comer Center for Children and Specialty Care, by focusing on complex disease, will help the neediest children right away, but «the clinical and basic science faculty will apply the insights gained from complicated cases to open a window on the fundamental processes of all childhood diseases,» he said.

It allows them to perform at the cutting edge of basic research, to work together under the umbrella of a specific human disease focus, and to apply their science to solve questions about important illnesses of our time.

RG: The idea was to take some of the science of what makes relationships successful and apply that to the dating industry, which so far, has focused on using psychological surveys.

While this concept focuses on science, the metaphor could just as easily apply to engineering, technology, mathematics or any other STEM subject.

Earlier this year, during its annual conference, the American Industrial Arts Association unveiled an ambitious plan designed to shift the focus of industrial arts from hands - on skills and crafts projects to an applied - science approach involving laboratory experiments.

Confident that Meriden's students could benefit from more time in school, the district applied for a $ 450,000 AFT Innovation Fund Grant to expand instructional time at Casimir Pulaski Elementary with a focus on writing, the STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering, and math — and healthy living.

For instance, schools participating in the Carnegie Foundation's Student Agency Improvement Community, a network of researchers and practitioners applying the science of learning mindsets to daily classroom practice, have seen stronger outcomes among low - income black and Latino students since implementing interventions focused on learning mindsets.34 Equal Opportunity Schools, a national nonprofit organization, has also partnered with school, county, and district leaders to increase the number of black and Latino students enrolled in advanced placement courses and has seen gains in both participation and passage rates as a result.35 In addition, several studies show that learning mindsets interventions can reduce the effects of stereotype threat among female, black, and Latino students in math and science classes.36

It could also have included pre - and post-tests from a particular unit she wanted to focus on improving, and evidence from students» interdisciplinary math / science projects, designed to allow them to apply mathematics in a real world context.

The U.S. Department of Education released its proposed requirements for the $ 200 million Race to the Top round three (RttT3) competition, which will allow the nine states to apply for grants that support a portion of their previously established Race to the Top plans and include a meaningful focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Through this grant, PowerMyLearning will receive $ 150,000, advisory support, and access to a team of world - class cognitive scientists focused on applying the latest in learning sciences to product design.

Much as any entity seeking to create a charter school, the district would apply for a state charter and then sign a contract with Concept Schools, which operates similar math - and - science - focused charter schools in other parts of the Midwest.

David is currently a researcher for Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where his work focuses on the use of organizational assessment to apply principles from safety science to inform and design child welfare policy and practice improvement initiatives.

Gwen holds a master's degree in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University, an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on applying the principles of cognitive and computer science to education and business, and a bachelor's degree in Corporate Communication from Ithaca College.

The focus of the Robotics & Engineering program is to build competencies in engineering and technology connected to applied science, mathematics, and problem - solving using the «4 Cs» of communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.

With a bachelor of science degree in environmental studies and biology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Hilary plans to pursue a master's degree in anthrozoology, the study of human animal interactions, with a focus on applied behavior analysis.

«For a year now it's been clear that the president is not particularly focused on applying the political pressure that would have been necessary to reach any kind of pact, much less one that approaches what the science demands.

Attending workshops focused on higher education and sustainability offered insights on applying psychological science to green behavior as well as catalyzing organizational change towards more effective sustainability education.

The current project in India has backing from both the DOE Office of Science, which is devoted to supporting basic science research, and the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which is focused on more applied reScience, which is devoted to supporting basic science research, and the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which is focused on more applied rescience research, and the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which is focused on more applied research.

But judges also have applied the exception to dismiss cases filed by the press secretary at a Roman Catholic church, a writer for The Christian Science Monitor, administrators at religious colleges, the disgruntled beneficiaries of a Lutheran pension fund, the overseer of the kosher kitchen at a Jewish nursing home and a co-founder of Focus on the Family, run by the conservative religious leader James C. Dobson.

He focuses on improving lawyer performance through personality science and has advised AmLaw 200 firms on leadership, management, the psychology of coping with change, and the value of applied behavioral science in the pursuit of success.

Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago - Kent College of Law is the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, a private, technology - focused, research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law.

As I understand it, criminal investigation is an applied science that focuses on solving crimes.

You'll need a degree in a science, technology or maths - related subject to apply for tech - focused graduate training programmes.

Her NIH - funded research focused on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and applies theory and methods across disciplines (including social psychology, neuropsychology, behavioral economics and decision sciences) to inform new approaches to HIV prevention and care.

From the Gottman Method to Emotionally Focused Therapy to the PACT model, we apply science - based methodologies to every couples retreat, relationship retreat and couples therapy weekend we offer.