Where are we now and where are we going

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Where are we now and where are we going?

• in every grain of sand there is the story of
  the earth.
• Rachel Carson

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A Troubled River Mirrors Chinas Path to
Modernity By JIM YARDLEYThe polluted Yellow
River is being sucked dry by factories, growing
cities and farming with still more growth
planned.
NY Times Environmental Headlines, Yesterday and
Today
For Clues on Climate, Seeing What Packrats Kept
By ELIZABETH SVOBODA Published November 14,
2006 Geoffrey Spaulding and Kenneth L. Cole
lifted off from a high plateau in the Grand
Canyon, their helicopter laden with so many
packrat nests that it could barely climb.

• Annan Faults Frightening Lack of Leadership for
  Global Warming
• By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
• U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan also said the
  poorest people in the world bear the brunt of
  rising temperatures.

Chemical Burns By ARLENE BLUM Published
November 19, 2006 THIRTY years ago, as a
researcher at the University of California,
Berkeley, I published papers in Science magazine
calling for the ban of brominated and chlorinated
Tris, two flame retardants used in childrens
sleepwear.
Reforestation and Deforestation Published
November 20, 2006 Almost anyone who lives in the
rural Northeast can attest that the forest has
expanded its range in the past century. That is
why all those stone walls the edges of cleared
fields once upon a time are now orphaned deep
in the woods. A new study published by the
National Academy of Sciences and based on a
recent international assessment of forests
confirms that reforestation has become a
widespread pattern in well-off countries and also
in a few that are not so well off.
Black Soot and Asthma Published November 19,
2006 New York has some of the worst rates of
asthma in the nation.
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At the most basic level, humans depend upon the
earth

• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere

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At the most basic level, humans depend upon the
earth

• Atmosphereair to breathe
• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere

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At the most basic level, humans depend upon the
earth

• Atmosphereair to breathe
• Hydrosphere water to drink
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere

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At the most basic level, humans depend upon the
earth

• Atmosphereair to breathe
• Hydrosphere water to drink
• Lithosphere food to eat
• Biosphere food to eat

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Short timescale response of the atmosphere
We need to understand and model how we are
transforming the atmosphere
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We need to understand and model how we are
transforming the oceanic hydrosphere
Observed anthropogenic CO2 in oceans (top
Sarmiento Gruber, 2002)
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We need to understand and model how we are
transforming the terrestrial hydrosphere
Milly et al., 2005
Percent change in calculated runoff for period
1971-1998 compared to 1900-1970 (calculated in
20C3M experiments)
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We need to understand and model how we are
transforming the surface lithosphere
"the bottom line is, we move about 10 times as
much sediment as all natural processes put
together," Bruce Wilkinson, U. Michigan, Nov.
2004, GSA Meeting
Slide from M. Hochella
From Hooke, R. LeB., 2000, Geology, Vol. 28, No.
9.
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We need to understand and model how we are
transforming the surface lithosphere Land use
change from 1700 to 1990
Green primary vegetation, yellow crops, blue
pasture
U.S. land use and total carbon 1700-1990, kg/m2
(SarmientoGruber, 2002)
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We need to understand and model how we are
transforming the biosphere Human actions have
been a major cause of extinction for one-quarter
of bird species on earth
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Critical Zone supports all terrestrial life

• The zone of earth, identified from the outer
  canopy of vegetation down to the lower limits of
  groundwater, that supports all terrestrial life
  on the planet including all human life (NRC, 2001)

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We need to be able to understand past
transformations and predict future
transformations. If we can forecast weather,
why cant we earthcast changes in the Critical
Zone?
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Predicted terrestrial carbon uptake till 2100
with various models (IPCC, 2001)
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Many if not most important environmental
processes are coupled with each other and coupled
with human activities. Earthcasts require
interdisciplinary understanding at a variety of
spatial scales and timescales.
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Enlarged view of pink box. Soil profiles
on Loess studied from Minn to Louisiana showing
increased soil development to the south After
Muhs er al., 2001

• Three Genesis GCM simulations for modern, 6ka and
  10ka BP (different orbit, CO2, ice sheets).
• Calculated annual and seasonal temperatures,
  precipitation, soil moisture fluxes extracted
  over Mississippi Valley transect.

Can we predict soil development on dust deposited
after the last glaciation? (climate calculations
by D. Pollard, soil calculations by Geosc grad
Jennifer Williams)
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How is the cryosphere responding to climate
change?
Finite Element grid for Greenland showing the
"fine-ing" of the grid at the coasts, where all
the action is likely to be.  Jakobshavn glacier,
where PSICE is working over the next 3 years is
in the West and has almost doubled in speed over
the past decade -  driven by a smaller ice shelf
in front and more surface melting
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Mill Dams in Centre County how have they changed
our land surface and how will that surface
respond as we remove the dams?
Dorothy Merritts, Rudy Slingerland, Eric Kirby
Slide and data from Dorothy Merritts
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EESI and EMS strengths We are one of the only
institutions providing

• Expertise that spans from meteorology to deep
  earth processes to human processes
• Expertise in both observational and modeling
  science
• Expertise in manipulation and visualization of
  large data sets
• A university context rich in related areas of
  agriculture, engineering, and materials science

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EESI Mission is to Capitalize on these Strengths

• To encourage interdisciplinary examination of the
  chemical, physical, biological, and anthropogenic
  processes acting to shape our environment and our
  response to that environment
• To facilitate the modeling and manipulation of
  environmental data in new and innovative ways
• To facilitate dissemination of environmental
  research findings
• To develop innovative, interdisciplinary research
  and education programs in environmental science

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EESI History

• Began as the Earth System Science Center (ESSC)
  in 1985 when Eric Barron came to PSU as first
  ESSC director
• Brought together faculty in the Departments of
  Geosciences, Meteorology, Geography, Energy,
  Environmental, and Mineral Economics
• ESSC research included global change, the global
  water cycle, biogeochemical cycles, Earth System
  history, human impacts on the Earth system
• First centers CIRA and CECG in 1998

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EESI History (Cont)

• ESSC renamed the Environment Institute in 1999
• EMS EI mission
• To enhance the visibility of EMS environmental
  research and educational programs,
• To create opportunities for collaborative
  research
• In 1999, computing and outreach components were
  also incorporated
• EI renamed the Earth and Environmental Systems
  Institute in 2004
• Currently hosts activity in five Centers

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EESI by the Numbers
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People

• 52 receive salary (either in total or in part)
• 22 tenure line faculty (Gen funds)
• 23 research faculty and staff (4 Gen and 19
  extramural)
• 7 administrative staff
• 40 EESI associates have offices in the EES Bldg
• EESI associates from
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Geography
• Geosciences
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Meteorology
• Energy and Geoenvironmental Engineering

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Budget

• Averaged 4.3/yr for the past three years
• Total for 05/06 8.2M compared to 4.7M in
  04/05
• 7M are extramural funds
• 1.2M provided as general funds
• General funds expenditures
• 11 administrative staff support
• 8 tuition, grad assistantships, and student
  wages
• 9 supplies, materials, office operations
• 9 computational staff and system maintenance
• 7 other research initiatives (includes centers,
  commitments and misc. requests)
• 10 research faculty and staff salary support
• 46 tenure line faculty
• 65,331 RIF in 2005/2006 (this years figures are
  not available)
• 22 tenure line faculty releasing overhead

Only includes research awards administered by
EESI (424-07).
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Proposals

• Averaged 47 proposals/yr for the past three years
• 22 tenure line EESI faculty experiencing proposal
  success
• Largest four awards 03-06
• Northeastern Regional Center of the National
  Institute for Climate Change Research Ken Davis
  David Eissenstat (1.4M)
• Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Lisa Brown
  (1.9M)
• Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis
  Susan Brantley (6.8M)
• Augmentation of the Pennsylvania Map Program
  Management and Administration Todd Bacastow
  Douglas Miller (11M)

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Centers Receiving Institute Funds
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Earth System Science Center (ESSC)(22.5K/year)
Michael Mann

• Approach
• Multi-tiered approach to climate modeling
• Long-term, high resolution climate model
  integration experiments
• Emphasis on "process" to bridge problems on
  multiple timescales
• Combining Modeling, Empirical Analyses, and
  Fundamental Processes
• Development of new educational tools

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Center for Carbon Cycle Science and Management
(CCSM) (4.5K/year)Kenneth J. Davis

• Formed in 2001
• Focuses on the science, engineering, economics
  and ethics of the global carbon cycle
• Collaborators are located primarily in
• College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• College of Agricultural Sciences
• Interactions with the College of Liberal Arts
  have been initiated
• Collaboration with the Dickinson School of Law
  being explored.
• A focus-area within the ESSC to promote
  interaction among carbon cycle scientists and
  those interested in other aspects of the earths
  climate system
• Northeastern Regional Center for the National
  Institute for Climatic Change Research (DOE, 2
  million/yr)

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Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration (PSICE)
Center (4.5K/year) S Anandakrishnan/R B Alley

• Mission is to facilitate interactions between
  geoscientists, meteorologists, and numerical
  modelers
• Some of the areas of ongoing work include
• Research into ice sheet stability and mass
  balance.
• Improved models of rapid change in ice flow.
• Impacts on sea level interactions with climate.
• Web portal to Polar studies at Penn State and a
  virtual gathering place for Polar-interested
  researchers
• Hope to expand research into areas such as
• Satellite remote sensing
• Biology and ecology impacts of polar
  environmental chg
• Policy

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Center for Environmental Chemistry and
Geochemistry (12.5K/year)Karl T. Mueller

• Sponsored by EMS and the Eberly College of
  Science
• Mission
• Promote research and teaching in environmental
  chemistry and geochemistry
• Promote the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas
  among chemistry, geochemistry, hydrology,
  meteorology, biology, agronomy, environmental
  engineering, and geology
• Provide funding for interdisciplinary research in
  environmental chemistry and geochemistry
• Promote interaction among faculty, staff, and
  students
• Provide support for environmental speakers and
  sabbatical visitors
• Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (1.7
  million)
• Cyberinfrastructure grant -

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Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA)
(two tuition waivers/year)Susan L.
Brantley/James D. Kubicki

• Brings together chemists, geochemists,
  biochemists, soil scientists and engineers to
• measure and synthesize kinetic data for
  environmental systems, and
• promote modeling of the temporal evolution of
  such systems
• The primary research question is
• How can we predict geochemical rates in the
  field?
• Creates broad interdisciplinary educational
  opportunities
• Incorporates post-doctoral research, graduate and
  undergraduate training, and public outreach
  components

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Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) (staff
support)Susan L. Brantley

• Addresses the complex response of the Critical
  Zone to climatic, tectonic, and anthropogenic
  forcings.
• The idea developed with support from NSF to build
  support for a national initiative.
• Currently consists of 8 seed sites including
  Shale Hills
• Current NSF RFO for Critical Zone Observatories
  is related to this effort

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Environmental Computing Facility (ECF)John Miley

• A new model for HPC EESI partners with PIs to
  fund HPC units and EESI personnel buy in for
  5k/y for access
• 5k/y pays John Miley or Dave Pollard to assist
  each PI in getting science going on HPC clusters
• http//www.eesi.psu.edu/centers/ecf.php

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Further HPC and data storage capabilities
• Reach out to students with visualization tools
• Bridge Life and Earth Sciences to engage students
• Grow a relationship between EESI and UPR
• Provide competitive support of EESI centers
• Improve the grant-writing process
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Reach out to students with visualization tools
• Bridge Life and Earth Sciences to engage students
• Grow a relationship between EESI and UPR
• Provide competitive support of EESI centers
• Improve the grant-writing process
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Bridge Life and Earth Sciences to engage students
• Grow a relationship between EESI and UPR
• Provide competitive support of EESI centers
• Improve the grant-writing process
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Grow a relationship between EESI and UPR
• Provide competitive support of EESI centers
• Improve the grant-writing process
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Provide competitive support of EESI centers
• Improve the grant-writing process
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Competitively chose 5 centers to receive funds
• Improve the grant-writing process
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Competitively chose 5 centers to receive funds
• Promoted Denise Kowalski to facilitate grant
  writing
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Competitively chose 5 centers to receive funds
• Promoted Denise Kowalski to facilitate grant
  writing
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Develop the human-environment curriculum
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Competitively chose 5 centers to receive funds
• Promoted Denise Kowalski to facilitate grant
  writing
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Facilitated committee on Human-Environment issues
• Promote observational environmental science
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Competitively chose 5 centers to receive funds
• Promoted Denise Kowalski to facilitate grant
  writing
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Facilitated committee on Human-Environment issues
• Funded activities in Shavers Creek watershed
• Promote a small seminar series on the environment

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EESI Strategic Plan 2005-2008 (written
1/6/2005)

• Established new model for HPC and data storage
• Established GeoWall in EMS museum
• Initiating Earth Systems Ecology Search led by
  Taylor
• Promoting 2 proposals with UPR/PSU, REU ongoing
• Competitively chose 5 centers to receive funds
• Promoted Denise Kowalski to facilitate grant
  writing
• Provide video conferencing facility in EES
  Building
• Facilitated committee on Human-Environment issues
• Funded activities in Shavers Creek watershed
• Established EarthTalks seminar series on Mondays

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The Big EESI ProblemsWe need to

• Improve budget and funding success
• Increase quality of life for EESI folks
• Improve communication
• Increase participation in and diversity of the
  Institute
• Clarify vision

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The Big EESI ProblemsWe need to

• Improve budget and funding success
• Increase quality of life for EESI folks
• Improve communication
• Increase participation in and diversity of the
  Institute
• Clarify vision

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EESI Deficit
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Grants

• 05/06 16/53 proposals were funded (30)
• 04/05 11/45 proposals were funded (24)
• 03/04 19/43 proposals were funded (44)
• Average ask constant 29.5 M/yr vs. 24 M/yr
  03/04
• Awards up from 1.9 M/yr in 03/04 to 5.2 M/yr
• RIF increased from 39,116 03/04 to 65,331 05/06
• EESI-administered research expenditures increased
  from 3M/yr 03/04 to 7.06M in 05/06 (58
  increase)
• EMS-administered research expenditures increased
  from 29M/yr 03/04 to 39.7M in 05/06 (27
  increase)

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The Big EESI ProblemsWe need to

• Improve budget and funding success
• Increase quality of life for EESI folks
• Improve communication
• Increase participation in and diversity of the
  Institute
• Clarify vision

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Wilson Travel funds

• Available to EESI Associates
• Made at the discretion of the Director and on a
  first-come first-served basis
• Must match the guidelines provided by the Deans
  Office
• Apply at http//www.eesi.psu.edu/WilsonFunds/W
  ilsonFunds.php

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Tuition waivers

• 16 one-semester waivers available per year
• Allocated as match
• Allocated for special projects by request to
  Director

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SIR (Scholars in Residence)

• Application Deadline Nov. 15
• http//www.eesi.psu.edu/SIR.pdf
• EESI offers the dept of the SIR 10k to free the
  recipient from teaching responsibilities for one
  semester
• Recipient will use office in EESI
• Recipient will act in some advisory capacity to
  EESI Director

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Fixed Term and Research Faculty Review Process

• Instituted policy with respect to review
• Constituted first review committee, coordinated
  with e-Education and Energy Institutes
• Promoted several faculty
• Increased responsibilities, reporting, and
  feedback

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The Big EESI ProblemsWe need to

• Improve budget and funding success
• Increase quality of life for EESI folks
• Improve communication
• Increase participation in and diversity of the
  Institute
• Clarify vision

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Increase communication

• Adding info to This Week
• Email occasional information
• Strategic Planning workshop held
• Annual All-Hands meetings
• Semi-regular coffee hours
• Regular meetings with Steering committee and
  Center directors

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EESI Governance Committees

• EESI Steering Committee (Yaw Yeboah, Bill Brune,
  Tim Bralower, Roger Downs)
• EESI Center Directors Committee (Doug Miller,
  Karl Mueller, Ken Davis, Michael Mann, Sridhar
  Anandakrishnan)

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The Big EESI ProblemsWe need to

• Improve budget and funding success
• Increase quality of life for EESI folks
• Improve communication
• Increase participation in and diversity of the
  Institute
• Clarify vision

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Promote biological initiatives (e.g. Earth
Systems Ecology) for the college at least in part
to increase gender diversity

• For 35 years the number of science,
  mathematics, engineering, and technology
  graduates has oscillated around one-third of the
  total B.A. pool. (Norman Fortenberry, head of
  NSFs undergraduate Programs, as cited in
  Science).

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To be sure, there have been shifts within the
natural sciences and engineering, as interest in
particular fields have waxed and waned.
Declining interest in fields such as physics
has been more than offset by a spectacular rise
in the life sciences, up 83 in the past decade
after a dip during the 1980s Overall, data from
the National Science Foundation (NSF) show that
the fraction of U.S. undergraduates choosing to
major in science and engineering has stayed
remarkably constantroughly one in threefor more
than a generation (Mervis, J. Science, 2001)
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Why has faculty participation in Institute
diminished?

• Not all EESI associates participate with EESI or
  its centers
• Money for EESI faculty is partly tied up in
  salary of folks that do not participate because
  they are on to new and better things
• Hard to initiate new activities to involve new
  people due to lack of funds

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What should be the rights and responsibilities of
EESI associates? (charge to the SIR committee)

• Sir Kasting Geosciences (Chair)
• Richard Alley Geosciences
• Andrew CarletonGeography
• Michael MannMeteorology
• Jenni EvansMeteorology

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Should EESI privileges be limited in some way to
salaried associates?
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SIR committee recommendation Some benefits
should be only available to salaried associates

• Tuition and/or research support for graduate
  students
• Money for postdocs
• Eligibility for the Scholars in Residence
  program, whereby faculty members are relieved of
  teaching responsibilities for one semester in
  order to concentrate on their research

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SIR committee recommendation Some benefits
should be available to both Associates and
Affiliates

• Access to EESI staff services, e.g., proposal
  preparation.
• Access to EESI-supported computer facilities,
  especially the PC clusters over at the main
  computer building

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SIR committee recommendation EESI support for
Research Faculty

• Support can include space, tuition waivers,
  salary, other funds
• Limit such support for research faculty to those
  activities that widely involve the greater EMS
  community

Currently, in 05/06, some salary on EESI general
funds is provided to Bacastow, Brown, Pollard,
Miley
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SIR committee recommendation TERM limits

• Hire new associates for 7 yr term
• All EESI associates should be evaluated every 5
  yrs (or 7 as above)
• Review to be done by Director and Advisory
  Committee
• Faculty maintaining appropriate ties with
  institute retain salary through institute and
  those that do not return to departmental funding
• For new hires that do not stay with EESI, funds
  return to EESI
• For historical hires that do not stay with EESI,
  funds should be traded for another faculty within
  the same dept by negotiation

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How does PSIE handle review? (info from
Easterling)

• PSIE requires all department heads of PSIE
  co-funded faculty to put a PSIE/dept-written memo
  on file registering expectations for each
  co-funded faculty.  PSIE co-evaluates each
  faculty member at the beginning of the fifth year
  since appointment (or previous renewal) to
  determine whether to continue co-funding.  All
  PSIE co-funding is managed with the expectation
  that a co-funded faculty member in good standing
  will be supported by the PSIE until they retire
  or leave.  PSIE has had few problems with
  co-funded faculty over the last five or so year
  history of PSIE.

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How does Huck Institute handle review? (info from
dept head of Biochemistry)

• Huck funding is for the duration of persons
  tenure.  However, if the person doesn't get
  tenure, funding returns to Huck.  Also, if it is
  determined that the person is no longer
  furthering the mission and goals of the Huck, the
  Huck funding can be terminated and funding goes
  back to Huck.

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SIR committee description of responsibilities of
EESI Associates

• An Associate who does not contribute to EESI
  goals and activities may be terminated at the end
  of their 5- or 7-year appointment. It would be up
  to the EESI Director (and Advisory Committee) to
  decide whether an Associate is satisfying their
  part of the bargain. Examples of what might be
  viewed as being meaningful contributions to EESI
  include direction or participation in an
  institute-related research initiative, relevant
  teaching, or supervision of graduate students in
  relevant, cross-disciplinary research.

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The Big EESI ProblemsWe need to

• Improve budget and funding success
• Increase quality of life for EESI folks
• Improve communication
• Increase participation in and diversity of the
  Institute
• Clarify vision

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SIR Recommendation Establish an Advisory
Committee

• Chosen by Director and/or voted
• Would advise on strategic decisions
• Would advise on evaluation and targeting of EESI
  associates
• Would advise on funding issues

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Proposed Constitution of Advisory Committee

• SIR
• 1 nontenure-line EESI associate
• 1 tenure-line EESI associate
• 1 non-EESI associate
• 1 member voted at large

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Advisory Committee

• To be implemented in spring 07
• Vote to begin in Jan or Feb 07
• Committee to consider clarification of vision and
  policy for term limits

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Conclusions

• Scientifically interesting time with respect to
  environmental issues
• EESI experiencing significant change
• Budget issues are limiting flexibility and
  initiatives
• Budget issues are moving in right direction
• Good time for clarification of vision and
  implementation of Advisory Committee activity