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STATE BUDGET The budget process for the 2000-01 fiscal year has been completed. Although the UCSD campus received an increase in state funding exceeding $40 million, SIO received a very small increase. This is due to the fact that the increase funding is primarily to support undergraduate enrollments. Also, increases that SIO may have realized were reduced by virtue of "taxes" on all the Vice Chancellor areas to support increases in the UCSD Development Office and a subsidy for the Next General Network. CAPITAL PROGRAM USGS Building: For several reasons the anticipated location of this building in the area near Expedition Way and North Torrey Pines Road has become problematic. Thus, alternate siting has been considered and the south end of the Deep Sea Drilling parking lot seems most suitable. This location will make collaboration with SIO scientists more convenient and provide an opportunity for SIO to build some space of its own. As details become more firm, the Staff Council will be kept fully informed. Marine Sciences Development Shop Relocation: Relocation of the SIO machine shop (necessary because of the planned construction of the SIO Commons) was anticipated to be to the south end of Deep Sea Drilling parking lot. With the possibility of constructing the USGS building in this location alternate siting for the shop is being considered. The most likely location at this time appears to be Seaweed Canyon. This decision has not yet been made, however, a further analysis will be done as plans for the USGS facility are firmed. SIO Commons: There are several developments on the Commons project. First, a decision has been made to delete the replacement for the snack bar from the program. This was based on input from a number of members of the SIO community who felt that a more central location for a snack bar would be more desirable. Next, after a lengthy search an executive architect was appointed to assist with detailed project program planning. This firm presented some conceptual layouts which when analyzed would have had a construction cost approximately twice the budget for the project. As a result, a new architectural firm has been hired to see if they can envision a facility that they and we can be proud of within project budget. New Ritter Hall Demolition: The contract has been awarded for the demolition of the portion of Ritter Hall which has the blue tile on the outside. The contractor is expected to occupy the site in early November. However, the first 4-6 weeks will involve asbestos and lead paint mitigation on the interior of the building. In early December the actual physical demolition will begin and extend for another 4-6 weeks. Fortunately much of this will occur during the holidays when less people are on campus. This process, however, will be a very disruptive one anyway. Dust, noise, and large trucks will impact on our community. It is intended that regular ongoing meetings will be held with SIO employees to keep them posted on project status and discuss problems. This phase of the project will involve removal of all but the basement of this building, removal of all hardscape and landscape in the area between Sverdrup Hall and Old Ritter Hall, demolition of the four "T" buildings east of the Marine Science Development Shop, and ultimately demolition and removal of Vaughan Hall. When the demolition is complete, phase 2 of the project will be implemented immediately. This will involve rough grading of the areas impacted and sealing of the roof area of the Ritter basement. Upon completion of phase 2, implementation of the Pawka Green project will begin immediately. This will provide hardscape and landscape to create a large park in the area bounded by Sverdrup and Old Ritter on the south and north, and Endurance and Old Scripps Building on the east and west. Work on this project will likely extend through spring. SIO Infrastructure Project: This project which involved installation of new redundant 12 kv power throughout the campus, replacement of three seawater tanks, and work on underground sewer and seawater lines is nearly complete. The last phase will be to replace the underground sewer line on Discovery Way between the west end of Old Ritter Hall and El Paseo Grande. A contract has been awarded to undertake this project but it is not yet clear whether it will be completed prior to the demolition of New Ritter Hall or after. In any case this project will again disrupt traffic flow and create dust and noise at the south end of campus. SIO South Parking Structure: In conjunction with the SIO Commons it is desired to create a 230-250 space parking structure at the south end of the SIO campus. Considerable planning has gone forward on this project in consultation with impacted members of the SIO community and neighbors. The neighbors have indicated that they would be willing to raise funds necessary to cover the higher cost of building this parking structure substantially underground. If we are able to achieve this then the entire south end of SIO from Sverdrup Hall and Surfside to El Paseo Grande will be a landscaped park. In addition, at the present time it is believed that access to the structure will be provided from La Jolla Shores Drive adjacent to Montoro. DEVELOPMENT:
SIO CONTRACT AND GRANT INFORMATION For the Spring meeting it was reported that Contract and Grant FY00 funding received through March 2000 was $72.7M versus $65M in FY99 representing an increase of 11.84%. Total funding for FY00 was $101.57M versus $85.57M in FY99 representing an increase of 18.7%. The FY00 funding received was the highest in SIO???s 97 year history. FY01 funding through September is $18.1M versus $23.8M received through October 1999. Receipt of NSF and NASA FY01 funding due October 1 has been delayed; NSF started to release FY01 funding in late October. NSF Fastlane Update All funding requests, including revised budgets and supplemental requests, and prior approval requests are now submitted via the Fastlane. Also, PI???s can now access award notices on the Fastlane. ONR San Diego has re-organized creating three groups (administrative matters, close-out, and fiscal matters) to oversee administration of Department of Defense and NASA grants. ONR is continuing to closely monitor expenditure rates requesting quarterly updates on grants with low expenditures. ONR has started to de-obligate unused funds on closed grants. As soon as a final voucher is received, unspent funds are de-obligated from the award. The benefit is that those funds, subject of course to the appropriation laws and regulations, may be re-used for other projects. ONR is no longer requiring a final property report on its grants other than DURIP awards. The SPEAR program (http://ocga2.ucsd.edu/SPEAR ) has several in-process projects as it continues toward the implementation of an electronic sponsored project process. Projects under development include: Electronic Non-Payroll Expense Transfer (ENPET) The ENPET system is being developed to electronically process the non-payroll cost transfers. The objectives of the ENPET project are to streamline the cost transfer process ensuring that the cost transfers are processed efficiently and meet the requirements of UCSD policies. Users will select the transaction to be transferred in the Ledger Annotator and key the ENPET icon. The user enters the appropriate index or fund/organization/program of the receiving entity. And the system processes the transaction by routing it to the appropriate offices for approval and updating IFIS. EMF will sample ENPET transactions processed during the month for a post audit review. The purpose of the review will be to ensure that departments are maintaining the appropriate ENPET support documentation. UCSD Coeus 3 (Phase I) SPEAR has adopted a two phased approach to simplify our approach in installing MIT's Coeus 3 on a relational database to track UCSD's awards. In the first phase proposal information will be captured when it is released by OCGA to an external entity. Award information will be added to Coeus upon notification from the external agency. This information will be passed directly to UCSD financial systems and the data warehouse for campus use via the web. These are essential steps and must be accomplished as a preliminary step for electronic proposal processing. Phase two will address the electronic proposal preparation, routing, approval and security. Overdraft System For the purposes of this project, overdrafts are defined as negative financial positions caused generally by spending in excess of an authorized or available funding and represent unacceptable financial conditions. The Overdraft System (OS) is being designed to: a) create an evaluation matrix for overdrafts that is easily initiated and maintained, b) classify and document overdrafts and their causal conditions, and c) generate detail and management reports that accurately reflect overdraft status. DEATHS & HONORS FALL 2000 DEATHS William A. Nierenberg, who served from 1965 to 1986 as director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCSD vice chancellor of marine sciences, died of cancer on Sept. 10. Primarily known for his work in low-energy nuclear physics, he was a leading expert in several fields of underwater research and warfare. Nierenberg had a long record of national and international service, beginning with his participation as a young, scientific section leader on the Manhattan Project from 1942 to 1945. In addition, he served as Assistant Secretary General for Scientific Affairs at NATO from 1960 to 1962. He held memberships in several prestigious associations, including the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Philosophical Society. Scrippa held a very special memorial for Bill in late Sept. Willard N. Bascom died on Sept. 20. A maverick innovator, he became a prominent ocean engineer. He began work in his teens as a "mucker" on the Delaware Aqueduct tunnel during the Great Depression. He then studied mining at the Colorado School of Mines. His career in ocean science began in 1945 when he joined John Isaacs for studies of waves and beaches first at Berkeley and later at Scripps. He lived in Monterey after the war and his friends included John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts. Bascom pioneered the use of SCUBA for scientific diving on SIO's Capricorn Expedition. In 1954, he joined the staff at NSF where he organized the first phase of Project Mohole. He later was president of Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc. and Director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Harry Grow died on June 15. In 1961, Harry went to work for Scripps as a lab tech and geo-engineer, quickly moving up the ranks, becoming the MSO for the SIO Graduate Department. He retired after working at Scripps for nearly 30 years. Harry not only gave his all at work, he was very involved in the community, and committed to the Boy Scouts of America organization. He loved the sea, revered nature, and was an avid conservationist long before it became popular. Robert Karl Johnson died on May 10. Bob was awarded a Ph.D. at SIO in 1972. He became established as an authority on deep sea fishes through the publication of monographs on that family and the related Evermanellidae (sabertooth fishes), as well as shorter papers on other groups. He later collected reef fishes in Belize and published extensively on ecology and community structure of Caribbean reef fishes. Bob began his career at the Chesapeake Marine Laboratory, but soon moved to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, where he was curator of fishes. He later joined the faculty of the Grice Marine Laboratory of the College of Charleston, South Carolina. Mildred Rogers died at the age of 86. Mildred came to work for Scripps starting as Roger Revelle's secretary on July 28, 1952. After four years, she joined the Marine Physical Laboratory as Fred Spiess' secretary, and from 1966-1977 she worked directly under George Shor as the Sverdrup Hall secretary. She retired in 1977, after 25 years of service to Scripps. AWARDS Christine Anderson, a graduate student in MBRD, received the inaugural Claude E. ZoBell Fellowship for 2000-01. Besides being an excellent student (from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), her breadth of interests and community spirit is shown by her involvement in the Big Buddy program. Her research goals are to study bacterial symbionts of marine invertebrates and their role in chemical defense. Paul Dayton, Mia Tegner, Peter Edwards, and Kristin Riser of MLRG were awarded the prestigious William S. Cooper Award of the Ecological Society of America. The researchers were honored for "Temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography: the role of oceanographic climate," which was published in Ecological Monographs. The Cooper Award honors research that contains large quantities of data from a system where data is difficult to obtain, synthesizes experimental and descriptive studies, and addresses fundamental questions about stability of communities in the face of disturbance along environmental gradients. This is the first Cooper award given to a study of an oceanic system. John Faulkner, a professor with MRD and CMBB, received the Paul J. Scheuer Award in Marine Natural Products for outstanding contributions to the field. He received the award in March at the Gordon Research Conference on Marine Natural Products held in Ventura. Fred Fisher, research oceanographer with MPL, was honored with the Millennium Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Oceanic Engineering Society for his outstanding service as the Society Journal Editor. Bob Hessler, professor with MBRD, received an honorary degree from the Faculty of Science at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. He was named Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa at a ceremony in Lund on May 26. G??nter W. Lugmair, a research chemist and geochemist GRD, was awarded the 2000 Leonard Medal at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. He was presented the award by the Meteoritical Society "in recognition of extensive and fundamental contributions to meteorite, lunar, and terrestrial isotope geochemistry and the chronology of the solar system." Megan McArthur, a graduate student in MPL, was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate, a life-long dream of hers. According to NASA: "Seventeen men and women have been selected for the astronaut candidate class of 2000. The astronaut candidates were selected through a highly competitive process that evaluated their education, training, experience, and unique qualifications. Following the initial period of training and evaluation, the astronaut candidates will receive technical assignments and continue training in preparation for space flight assignment." John Orcutt, IGPP Director, has been selected to serve on the President's Ocean Exploration Panel. On June 12, President Clinton directed the Secretary of Commerce to convene a panel of leading ocean explorers, educators, and scientists and to report back to him within 120 days with recommendations for a national oceans exploration strategy. Responsibility for implementing the Executive Order was delegated to Dave Evans, NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), who asked the NOAA Science Advisory Board to establish the panel and oversee its work. Joe Reid, professor with MLRG, received the 2000 Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The Ewing Medal is awarded for significant contributions to the understanding of physical, geophysical, and geological processes in the ocean; to those who advance oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and to those who perform outstanding service to the marine sciences. Rob Rhew, a graduate student in GRD, was awarded the Edward A. Frieman Director's Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research for his submitted paper in Nature. (Rhew, Robert C., Benjamin R. Miller & Ray F. Weiss, 2000: Natural methyl bromide and methyl chloride emissions from coastal salt marshes.) Bill Schmidt, a Scripps graduate student in applied oceans sciences, has been awarded the Marine Technology Society Scholarship Award for 2000. Bill has been selected as the 2000 recipient of this award based on his "outstanding individual accomplishments in academics and participation in extracurricular activities." According to his MTS award citation, Bill has "demonstrated a commitment to the profession, academic achievement, motivation, and strong goals." Jeff Severinghaus, an associate professor in GRD, was awarded a David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship to pursue his research in rapid climate change over the next five years. These fellowships are among the most prestigious and well-funded awards for younger faculty members at U.S. universities.
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