Sentences with phrase «field research projects»

My experience in field research projects, and construction of land survey plates, bridge plats, and topographic survey maps have confirmed my interest and desire in this field.

In addition to ensuring that the live collection at Georgia Aquarium receives the best diet available, Nutritionist Dr. Lisa Hoopes carries out multiple field research projects throughout the year.

Dvornich began working with Informal Science Education organizations in 2005 to create a network of NatureMapping centers throughout the United States, educating and supporting schools and communities in conservation planning and field research projects while providing credible data to the NatureMapping database.

President Barack Obama on Friday signed a major new transportation funding bill that extensively reworks — and cuts — a little - known program that has paid for hundreds of field research projects over the last few decades.

Another geologist there invited me on a field research project up in the Apennines, about halfway to Florence.

Not exact matches

Major consumer products companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year constructing, assigning and fielding market research projects and then summarily reviewing and incorporating the survey and research results into proposals, pitches, and other internal presentations to a variety of audiences.

In the project, which will be carried out by Alphabet's research arm X, human operators will fly drones carrying cargo beyond their field of vision.

Familiar examples are the seminar, the lecture, the conference about a research project, the practicum concerning a «field placement,» solitude in which to read, reflect, and write.

These questions are the same as those to which we have addressed ourselves in a five - year National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Project for the training of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaluatfield of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for EvaluatField of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaluation.)

Over the next four years, Rodale Institute will conduct a research project on Industrial Hemp through two field trials, a Variety Trial and Weed Suppression Trial, and one greenhouse study.

Improved postharvest practices: A recent research study undertaken by WFLO with funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides an great assortment of data on the results of 12 past projects, postharvest losses % for 26 crops, a description of the value chain for 30 crops in 4 countries (Rwanda, Benin, Ghana and India) and 21 field trials of postharvest technologies suitable for helping small farmers reduce losses and improve their incomes.

These field trials form part of the Golden Rice project that the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is working on together with other leading nutrition and agricultural research organizations to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the PhilResearch Institute (IRRI) is working on together with other leading nutrition and agricultural research organizations to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philresearch organizations to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines.

Despite vandalism in one of the five multilocation field trials in August this year, data are being readied for submission to government regulators who will review Golden Rice against international standards for biosafety, according to Antonio Alfonso, coordinator of the biotechnology program of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) and leader of the Golden Rice project at the DA - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

Take a decade - by - decade look at just a few of Mathematica's projects that have made a lasting impact on the field of research and the use of data to make a difference.

Established to conduct the first large - scale experimental social research project in the United States, Mathematica's commitment to innovation drives us to develop new methods, explore emerging fields, and apply new technologies in ways our early employees could barely have imagined.

I shared with him my hope that he will, in a future project, turn his considerable journalistic skill to an area he addresses briefly in the beginning of this book - the high - quality and far - reaching research in the field of infant - parent mental health.

Stonyfield will not only be contributing funds to support AZA SAFE field work but is aiming to drive kids and their families to see animals and conservation projects first hand at zoos, aquariums, and on the ground where the research is happening.

After an extensive review process, Mass Audubon supports the development of Cape Wind and we have compiled extensive review comments and field research on the project.

JOLIET — Since the Joliet City Council might help pay for a new aquatic complex, a committee is taking a field trip next week to three area swimming pools to research such a project's viability.

To make sure that we represent the science accurately, we have a board of seven expert advisers from a variety of fields (including economics, medicine and policy) who review all of our publications, provide us with guidance, and occasionally collaborate on joint research projects.

He has been a lifelong volunteer for causes he believes in, including conducting climate change science field research with the Harvard Department of Forestry in Southern Africa, working on get - out - the - vote efforts for John Kerry, Barack Obama and Zephyr Teachout, building agricultural databases for USAID funded international projects all over the world, and providing technical assistance to schools in Senegal (for which he was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award by the Obama administration).

fund excellent research projects not fully supported from other sources, including those of field - defining or transformative potential and deploying interdisciplinary and thematic approaches

Projects funded by the non-profit institute include research on dairy, field crops, apples, vegetables, berries and Christmas trees.

Getting used to a new field of research, new colleagues, running some never ending research projects, it all took time.

She worked with these participants in developing research questions, designing field studies, presenting the results as co-authors on a poster presentation at a national conference and writing grants supporting the project.

Menczer's work, which is also supported by the military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and by the private James S. McDonnell Foundation, is part of a growing field that examines what are called complex, nonlinear feedback systems.

Refer broader, longer - term research questions or needs for additional input from other scientific fields back to AAAS staff so they can identify a longer - term partner or team of volunteers for the project from the On - call Scientists roster.

Edward Goolish, science projects manager for NAI at its central offices at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, calls the research fellows «ambassadors who communicate between teams of scientists and the publicResearch Center in Moffett Field, California, calls the research fellows «ambassadors who communicate between teams of scientists and the publicresearch fellows «ambassadors who communicate between teams of scientists and the public.»

Not surprisingly, the research is diverse, with projects ranging from neural network - based modeling of various systems to pulsed electric field treatment of food products.

After a gap year spent as the assistant project director for a chimpanzee field site for ecological research in western Uganda, I began graduate school in my first - choice neuroscience program.

«We do a lot of research and development projects, and gaming is an obvious field to explore,» says a Tobii spokesperson.

The US$ 20 - million Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project, which Powell oversees, plans to drill into the lake during the 2012 - 13 field season.

Private funders such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, Washington, and the Tata Trusts, a Mumbai - based charity, have spent tens of millions on gene - drive research, but this funding has been directed to specific projects or institutions; other government funders have not yet made large contributions to the field.

«Such an experience certainly wouldn't be negative when considering an academic career, which nowadays and in our fields commonly involves strong collaborations with industry on research projects.»

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

The Zebra Migration Research Project began in 2008 after Hattie Bartlam - Brooks and her team discovered the migration during field work for Okavango Herbivore Research.

«Often, we are privileged to work on extensions of existing areas of research which have been pioneered by great minds in the field, but this project has been different in that we have done a lot of the initial development ourselves.

With the price of oil cresting over $ 130 per barrel, the timing of Chevrolet's «Project Driveway» field market research could not be better.

The report estimates that the U.S. government poured some $ 430 million into the field between 2005 and 2010, mainly through the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

A fascinating project, but there was no way she could carry it out without going abroad and doing field research.

Vickers - Rich, well known for her research at Dinosaur Cove in western Victoria, tells me that the project has helped finance field trips to the central Urals by Australian scientists and has brought about 50 Russian scientists and technicians to Australia.

I recently returned from a two - year research project in Alaska, where I led field research into this issue alongside fellow scientists from the University of Colorado; the University of Nevada's Desert Research Institute; the University of Toulouse and the Sorbonne University in France; and the Gas Technology Institute in Iresearch project in Alaska, where I led field research into this issue alongside fellow scientists from the University of Colorado; the University of Nevada's Desert Research Institute; the University of Toulouse and the Sorbonne University in France; and the Gas Technology Institute in Iresearch into this issue alongside fellow scientists from the University of Colorado; the University of Nevada's Desert Research Institute; the University of Toulouse and the Sorbonne University in France; and the Gas Technology Institute in IResearch Institute; the University of Toulouse and the Sorbonne University in France; and the Gas Technology Institute in Illinois.

This project aims to develop long - term co-operation within fields of education and research.

«Scientists have to be trained in presenting their subject outside their research field,» says Hubertien Schutter, project manager of the Netherlands Foundation for Public Communication on Science and Technology (PCST), or Stichting Weten.

«The idea was to have a system that would read steps to them under their control, so they could keep their hands and eyes on whatever task they were doing,» says Beth Ann Hockey, a computer scientist who leads the project at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, US.

According to Jennifer Woolley, chief executive of The Daphne Jackson Trust, «Daphne Jackson developed a fellowship scheme where it predominantly involved research projects so that people could develop and update their skills, putting them on a level playing field with their peers.»

Other key factors that make a good impression on would - be supervisors include carrying out the Ph.D. projects for a supervisor with a good reputation (cited by 57 percent of respondents); having an interest in studying new fields of science (46 percent); and coming from a good research institution (38 percent).

For this particular group of scientists, long - term research projects are vital if they are to gain a full understanding of their field of interest — evolutionary genetics.

Dr. Margaret Hunter comes face to face with a manatee during field research by the USGS Sirenia Project at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.

* Participatory research for sustainable livelihoods: A guide for field projects on adaptive strategies