The
AAAS, Pacific Division, in conjunction with the Western Society of Soil Science and other affiliated societies,
will hold its 88th annual meeting, themed "Science for a Green Future," in Boise, ID, at the Boise Center on the Grove. Some activities will take place a short distance from the Convention Center, on the campus of Boise State University. Membership in AAAS or
its affiliated societies is not required to participate in the meeting.
In an exciting venture, the Pacific Division meeting is co-located with the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Region of the American Chemical Society. Registration for one meeting allows the registrant access to both meetings!
All scientists, as well as graduate
and undergraduate students, are invited to
present their research results either orally
or as posters. Anyone paying the registration
fee may attend all scientific sessions as
well as participate in many other activities
(field trips require advance registration
and payment of additional fees). Dr. Owen McDougal, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Boise State, is chairing the
organizing committee for the Pacific Division.
The following societies and
Pacific Division sections will sponsor symposia
and/or contributed paper and poster sessions
at the meeting:
o Western Society of Soil Science
o Agriculture
and Horticultural Sciences Section
o Anthropology
& Archaeology Section
o Atmospheric
& Oceanographic Sciences Section
o Biological
Sciences Section
(Biogeography, Botany,
Developmental Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Physiology, Microbiology
Population Biology, Systematics, and Zoology)
o Chemistry Section
o Computer
& Information Sciences Section
o Earth
Sciences Section
(Geology, Physical Geography, Geophysics, Paleobiology)
o Ecology
& Environmental Sciences Section
o Education
Section
o Engineering
& Industrial Sciences Section
o General
and Interdisciplinary Section
o Health
Sciences Section
o History
& Philosophy of Science Section
o Mathematics
Section
o Physics
Section
o Psychology
Section
o Social,
Economic & Political Sciences Section
This year's technical sessions will be held at the Boise Center on the Grove. Meeting rooms will be equipped with
a computer and computer projector. Speakers
requiring other equipment, such as a 35mm
slide projector, an overhead projector, or
a T.V. must make their requests known on the
e-mail abstract submission form. Specialized
equipment will be provided if available, and
may incur an expense for the presenter.
A Speaker’s Preview Room, with projection
equipment, will be open during the meeting.
The meeting rooms and presentation time schedule will
be published in the "Program with Abstracts" issue of the Proceedings (vol. 26, pt. 1), which will be provided to Pacific Division meeting
registrants at registration. Speakers will be able to download the schedule,
which shows their time and place to present, from this and from the
AAAS
Pacific Division homepage approximately two weeks prior
to the start of the meeting.
Each poster will be assigned a display space of 96 " W
x 48" H (2.5 m x 1.2 m). Posters will be grouped by discipline and
subject matter. Each presenter will be given at least four hours for
poster display, although more time may be available. Presenters should
set up their posters no later than 15 minutes before the beginning of
their presentation session and are expected to be available to discuss
their work for at least one hour while their poster is on display. Posters
should be removed within 15 minutes of the close of the session. Student
posters will be judged for Awards of Excellence. Therefore, students
must be available for questions until all of the judges have seen their
posters.
With the permission of Dr. Carol
Waite Conner and the Geological Society of
America, the Pacific Division has reprinted
Dr. Conner’s article, "The Poster
Session: A Guide for Preparation."
Click here to download a
copy of this helpful article.
The AAAS Pacific Division is pleased to offer teachers
symposia and workshops specifically organized to meet both their classroom
needs and to introduce them to new and exciting materials and techniques.
Teachers (K-12 and Community College) who plan to attend
the meetings may pre-register at the reduced professional rate of $45
($60 on-site). The Division’s Education Section seeks teachers'
participation in its sessions to share their knowledge and innovative
methodologies with their colleagues. To this end, contributed paper
and poster sessions are being planned. Teachers attending the annual
meeting can receive, upon request, a certificate of attendance from
the Pacific Division.
The AAAS, Pacific Division offers each affiliated society
and section participating in the annual meeting an opportunity to recognize
outstanding student participants through the presentation of student awards, which include certificates, cash prizes of $150 for first place and $75 for second
place, and one year student memberships to AAAS. Student memberships to AAAS include weekly delivery of Science and full on-line access to AAAS websites. Societies may supplement
these awards with their own cash prizes and certificates.
Additionally, in 2007, seven
Division-wide awards will be offered:
Laurence M. Klauber
Award for Excellence (unrestricted);
Geraldine K. Lindsay
Award for Excellence in the Natural Sciences;
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr. Award for Excellence in the Geosciences;
Presidents’ Award
for Excellence (unrestricted);
Rita W. Peterson Award for Excellence in Science Education;
Best Poster Award (for poster presentations only
but otherwise unrestricted); and the
AAAS-Robert I. Larus Travel
Award, which provides for travel and other
expenses for the awardee to attend the 2008
annual meeting of AAAS.
The Klauber, Lindsay, Dutro,
Peterson, Presidents’, Best Poster, and
Larus awards are given to those students whose
presentations are judged the most significant
in the advancement or understanding of science. Recipients
receive a certificate, a $275 cash award, and
a one year student membership in AAAS, as outlined above.
Eligible students must: 1) register
for the meeting, 2) be the principal research
investigator of the work presented and 3)
present the paper or poster. In the case of
a poster presentation, the poster must fit
within the confines allotted for a single poster space. Student presentations,
oral and poster, are judged on their abstracts,
content, style of delivery or presentation,
and audio-visual aids and/or handouts (if
used). The evaluation forms (oral and poster)
are posted on this web site; click
here. Students who register
for the meetings and present papers are invited
to be guests of the Division at the Awards
Dinner.
Recent graduates may also compete for student
awards. Individuals who graduated no later than
one year prior to the date of the start of
the annual meeting and who are presenting research results attained while a student can compete for student awards. In these cases, the individuals
must register as professionals, but their
presentations will be eligible for student awards
and judged accordingly.
WESTERN SOCIETY of SOIL SCIENCE.
President and Program Chair: Jodi L. Johnson-Maynard, Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; phone [208] 885-9245; e-mail: jmaynard@uidaho.edu.
AGRICULTURE and HORTICULTURE. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: TBA
ANTHROPOLOGY and ARCHAEOLOGY.
Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Walter
Carl Hartwig, Division of Basic Medical Sciences,
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Mare Island, CA 94592; phone [707] 638-5238;
e-mail: whartwig@touro.edu.
ATMOSPHERIC and OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCES. Section
Chair and Program Coordinator: Anne E. Sturz, Department of Marine Science
and Environmental Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110-2492;
phone [619] 260-4096; e-mail: asturz@sandiego.edu.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Section
Chair and Program Coordinator: TBA
CHEMISTRY. Section Chair
and Program Coordinator: Owen M. McDougal, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725; phone: [208] 426-3964;
e-mail: owenmcdougal@boisestate.edu.
COMPUTER and INFORMATION
SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator:
Alan E. Leviton, Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences,
875 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103; phone:
[415] 321-8276; e-mail: aleviton@calacademy.org.
EARTH SCIENCES. Section
Chair and Program Coordinator: J. Thomas Dutro,
Jr., U.S. Geological Survey (E-308), National
Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
20560-0137; phone: [202] 633-1322; e-mail:
dutrot@si.edu.
ECOLOGY and ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator:
Michael Parker, Deptartment of Biology, Southern
Oregon University, Ashland, OR 97520; phone:
[541] 552-6796; e-mail: parker@sou.edu.
EDUCATION. Section Chair
and Program Coordinator: William B.N. Berry,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
307 McCone Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767; phone: [510] 642-3925;
e-mail: bberry@uclink4.berkeley.edu.
GENERAL and INTERDISCIPLINARY.
Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Robert
Chianese, Department of English, California
State University, Northridge, Northridge,
CA 91330; phone: [805] 653-2520; e-mail:
robert.chianese@csun.edu.
HEALTH SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator:
Fred C.C. Peng, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurological Institute,
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, #201 Shih Pai Road,
Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan; e-mail: ccpeng@vghtpe.gov.tw, pengf001@hawaii.rr.com, and fccp@cronos.ocn.ne.jp use all three!
HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of
SCIENCE. Section Chair and Program Coordinator:
Donald J. McGraw, 824 Shoreline Drive, Chula
Vista, CA91913; e-mail:
granttree@yahoo.com.
INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY.
Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Henry Oman (Boeing Company,
ret.), 19221 Normandy Park Drive SW, Seattle, WA 98166; phone [206]
878-4458; e-mail: h.oman@ieee.org. Co-chair and Co-program Coordinator: Frank Jacobitz, Department of Engineering, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA; phone [619] 260-7820; e-mail: jacobitz@SanDiego.edu.
PHYSICS. Section Chair
and Program Coordinator: Panos Photinos, Department of Physics and Engineering, Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR
97520; phone: [541] 552-6475;
e-mail: photinos@sou.edu.
PSYCHOLOGY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator:
J. Ken Nishita, Department of Phychology, California State University, Monterey Bay, 100 Campus
Center, Seaside, CA 93955; phone: [831] 582-3563; e-mail: ken_nishita@csumb.edu.
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC and POLITICAL
SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Mark Aldrich,
Deptartment of Economics, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063; phone: [413]
585-3603; e-mail: maldrich@smith.edu.
Name of student:
Section/Society/Symposium at which presented:
Paper #/time and date of presentation:
Please use the following scale for scoring: 0: Unacceptable;
1: Poor; 2: Average; 3: Good; 4: Excellent; 5: Outstanding. Do
not give intermediate scores.
- Abstract: presents summary of pertinent details according to recommended
editorial style.
- Introduction: clearly states objectives of the study and relationship
to earlier work.
- Methodology: methods are appropriate and properly applied.
- Results: appropriate, clearly presented,
and appropriately summarized.
- Conclusion: based on given results, emphasizes significance and
implications of study.
- Presentation: familiar with content, statements clear voice modulations
appropriate, eye contact maintained, audio-visual aids (if used) well-prepared
and appropriate.
- Organization and timing: topical sequence logical, appropriate time
given to sections of the presentation, keeps within allotted time.
- Understanding of subject: presenter has good grasp of study and
related areas and responds effectively and clearly to questions.
Total points:
Is this paper worthy of an award? Yes
No
If yes, please provide written comments to help the Award Committee
in selecting winners of Division-wide awards. Also, if able,
include comments on the importance of the paper.
How do you estimate your ability to evaluate this paper?
High Medium
Low
Judge's signature
Name of student
Paper #/Time and date of presentation
Please use the following scale for scoring: 0: Unacceptable; 1:
Poor; 2: Average; 3: Good; 4: Excellent; 5: Outstanding. Do not
give intermediate scores
- Abstract: presents summary of pertinent details according to recommended
editorial style.
- Introduction: clearly states objectives of the study and relationship
to earlier work.
- Methodology: methods are appropriate and properly applied.
- Results: appropriate, clearly presented,
and appropriately summarized.
- Conclusion: based on given results, emphasizes significance and
implications of study.
- Presentation: poster design, including typography, graphics,
photographs, and other visual and audio aids (if used), well-prepared,
clean and appropriate for the presentation.
- Organization: material well-organized, balanced in content
and in logical sequence.
- Understanding of subject: presenter has good grasp of study
and related areas and responds effectively and clearly to questions.
Total points:
Is this paper worthy of an award? Yes
No
If yes, please provide written comments to help the Award Committee
in selecting winners of Division-wide awards. Also, if able,
include comments on the importance of the paper.
How do you estimate your ability to evaluate this paper?
High Medium
Low
Judge's signature
|
