Partnership Creates STEM Research Opportunities

I l ,jU l » Cl VOL. 92, ISSUE 33 » Thursday, February 4, 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- . THEJAMBAR.COM T h e J a m b a c The student voice of Youngstown State University since 1931 mmmmmmmmmr NEW HEALTH INITIATIVE MAP FOR STUDENTS Partnership creates STEM research opportunities Dan Pompili ASSIST. NEWS EDITOR Youngstown State University will take a major step toward defining its identity as an urban research university in the months ahead. Ohio Clean Technologies Group will rely on YSU’s College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to conduct re search in the field of clean energy technol ogy* OCTG will be formed in the coming months by Michael Garvey, president of M7 Technologies in Youngstown, and Jack Scott, the recently retired president of Applied Sys tems and Technology Transfer. Conceived by Garvey and Scott following PHOTO BY BRIAN CETINA / THE JAMBAR their recent trip to Israel with the Ohio Region al Chamber, OCTG will work in conjunction Chelsea Pflugh Ron Faniro, architect for the renovation, presented with the newly emerging Warren clean energy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the details of the new plan to the board of trustees on Incubator to market clean environmental tech Wednesday. The original budget for the project would nologies. remain neutral even with the new renovations, he Garvey said YSU would play a strong role After years of sitting idle, the Wick-Pollock House said. specifically through the employment of the on Wick Avenue will be the residence for the future “This is a very natural move for this building,” imaging equipment available in the chemistry president of Youngstown State University after a Faniro said. “It’s a tremendous public relations benefit lab, which would be used for material charac unanimous vote by the board of trustees to change for the community. The building is right at the gate terization. renovation plans for the abandoned estate. way of the campus.” “[YSU] really has a state-of-the-art facil YSU had already earmarked $4.4 million to ren A YSU president has not lived on campus since ity,” Garvey said. “There are very few in the ovate the historic 117-year-old structure as part of Howard Jones. His residence stood where Maag Li country as advanced.” YSU’s Centennial Master Plan. The original plan, brary is located. Other presidents purchased their own In 2009, YSU received $11.7 million in re presented last fall, was to demolish the building’s 64- homes with a housing allowance provided by the uni search grants, much of it coming from state room addition with just the 16-room house remaining. versity. In Ohio, YSU and Kent State University are and federal funds. Dr. Timothy Wagner of Those 16 rooms were to be turned into a conference the only four-year, public universities that do not have the chemistry department received the single center and guest housing, but the new plan will trans presidents living on campus. largest grant of $2.1 million, which was used form the house into the new presidential quarters. Former state senator Harry Meshel felt strongly to fund the Center of Excellence in Advanced “A little after the New Year, the board asked le about the resolution. Materials Analysis through the Third Frontier gal counsel to look into the logistics of utilizing the “I love the idea of having the president on campus,” Initiative from the Ohio Department of Devel Wick-Pollock this way,” said Scott Schulick, chair he told the board. “It’s also important to pay tribute to opment. man of the YSU Board of Trustees. “We felt this was the families who made Youngstown what it is.” The STEM College alone received the larg an excellent way to improve visibility and community est portion of the grants, taking in $7.1 mil interaction for the next president.” RESIDENCE page 3 lion, or 61 percent of the total grants awarded to YSU. $2.2 million of that came through federal funds appropriated by Rep. Tim Ryan, $1.3 million of which chemistry professor Allen Hunter received from the U.S. Depart Gen. Ed. ment of Defense to fund the National Defense Loading, please wait... Center of Excellence in Industrial Metrology and 3D Imaging. YSU has been conducting research in these two areas in a partnership Josh Stipanovich "[We were] taking requirements with M7 Technologies. NEWS EDITOR Garvey said YSU would also play a ma jor role in conducting research to help OCTG Performance issues with the calls on things that revamped acquire Leadership in Energy and Environ Youngstown State University mental Design [LEED] platinum certification for the group’s new building. The building, Web site last week left many were broken that students, faculty and staff on the Adam Rogers which will be built on Ohio Works Drive in telephone demanding answers. MANAGING EDITOR Youngstown (next to M7 Technologies), will employ clean technologies including solar Systems programmer of Com aren't expected to puter Services Doug Sewell said power and geothermal heat, and may be the he realized there were sporadic The first meeting of 2010 for the first such building in the state with LEED problems with the previous Sun be broken Academic Senate at Youngstown State platinum certification. Sunfire V I20 server, but didn’t University resulted in the passing of Dr. Martin Abraham, dean of STEM and know how severe they were. three motions actively changing poli one of two YSU delegates on the Regional “We had noticed occasional Mickey Hancharenko cy on general education intensive re Chamber trip to Israel, said that the role of performance issues, but until last quirements, the full refund withdrawal YSU in the OCTG partnership is two-fold. week no one reported chronic period and the credit requirements for He said the first part is that YSU faculty are problems,” Sewell said. “We’re students pursuing multiple majors. always working to develop new technologies, not sure what change caused it to http://www.ysu.edu main server. With the passing of a motion by the and that OCTG will help those faculty to de be severely overloaded starting “[We were] taking calls on Senate’s General Education Commit termine what, if any, commercial value those last week.” things that were broken that tee, the intensive requirements of writ technologies possess. On top of that, ICTG Meanwhile, employees at aren’t expected to be broken ... ing, speaking and critical thinking have may choose to invest in viable technologies Maag Library’s Tech Desk found [and] as an office, it takes away a been removed from the general educa and help YSU develop them into marketable themselves dealing with most stu lot of work ... [and] a lot of [that tion program effective immediately. In products. dent complaints last week. work] got put on the backbumer addition, intensive designations will The other part, Abraham said, is that when “It’s extremely stressful. I for about a week,” Hancharenko now be removed from courses. OCTG encounters a business that is seeking would say we got between 20 said. Dr. Julia Gergits, chair of the GEC, additional research for a prospective technol and 30 calls a day,” said net Sophomore Paul Carrier works proposed the motion and said after 10 ogy, the group will engage faculty and stu work services technician Mickey at the Tech Desk, and he said years of existence, the intensive re dents to develop or improve the technology. Hancharenko. He added that the more complaints are voiced when quirements haven’t been working and The impending partnership with OCTG majority of the calls came in when the My YSU portal system is in needed to be reformed. arrives at an opportune time for STEM. The the number of users on the server solvent as opposed to when the “It’s a substantial change to the college has paperwork pending with the state exceeded its limit. server is running slowly. model,” she said. “The majority of the to enact a new doctoral program. The degree All of the complaints, “We see more panic when the problems plaguing have been inten- will be a doctorate in Materials Science and Hancharenko said, were over portal doesn’t work at all,” Car sives.” Materials Engineering. rier said. whelming because his employ ENERGY page 2 ees’ main focus was repairing the WEB SITE page 3 ACADEMIC page 4 WEJKVHER ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ TODAY t 33|24 FRI SAT ♦ 35| 28 29| 18 News THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2010 THEJAMBAR.COM NEWS BRIEFS YSU students give tour to potential presidents Annual tri-county Armeni had the opportunity to give a legislative to-earth and personable both candidates Jared Buker were to me,” Okular said. “Dr. Podolef- tour to Maynard. MCT breakfast sky especially impressed me by going out “Dr. Maynard was a very well-spoken man who seemed open and willing to Ohio Speaker of the House of his way to treat me as an equal, and Dr. Norton really took an interest in my ma voice his concerns and opinions,” Armeni Armond Budish will be the Two University Scholars got the chance said. “I can see him being an honest presi featured speaker at this an to learn a little more about the school’s jor, studies and activities.” Okular said he and McFadden showed dent who would be able to make a strong nual breakfast, held Friday in presidential candidates as they gave them stand on tough decisions that would inevi the Chestnut Room of Kilcaw- each candidate around campus before a tour of Youngstown State University’s tably arise.” ley Center. The event is open campus. Dr. Jack Maynard, Dr.

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