NEWS

• Members Only Website Soon to Go Live - A new section will soon be active for all members of the NETL-RUA to serve as both an information portal and a workspace for teams and committees to share documents and collaborate. Keep a lookout in your inbox for an email from NETL's information technology department containing your unique account username and password. Check back here for a notice when those emails are sent out, and if you did not receive account information after that notice is posted, please send an email to NETL-RUA-FB@netl.doe.gov requesting an account.

 EVENTS

• The NETL-RUA Spring Meeting will be held on March 9, 2012 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia.

  • This year's theme is "Growth Through Collaboration."
    
    
  • "The morning plenary session will provide an overview of the NETL-RUA strategic approach to growth, a snapshot of FY2012 programmatic objectives, and highlights of NETL-RUA accomplishments and success stories. A networking session will be open to all attendees during lunch. The afternoon session has been set aside for collaborative meetings of the NETL-RUA Research Teams and Standing Committees.
    
    
  • The meeting is open to all NETL-RUA member organizations; however seating for the plenary session will be limited. It will be important to register early to ensure your seat. The deadline for registration is Thursday, Noon (EST), March 1, 2012.
    
    
  • The registration fee for this meeting is $20, which must be prepaid at the time of registration. Refunds will not be honored after March 3, 2012. Online registration, agenda, and hotel information is available here.
    There are no restrictions for foreign nationals attending this meeting, provided they have filled out the registration form and indicated their Country of Citizenship and Country of Birth. The only exception applies to foreign nationals from the countries of Sudan, Cuba, Iran, or Syria, which by DOE Order 142.3 are prohibited from attending.
    
    
  • WEBCAST: For those who are not able to attend the meeting in person, the morning plenary session will be webcast. The webcast live feed will not begin until the plenary session starts (~8:30AM). If the link below is not live when you click on it the meeting may be starting a few minutes late. Click Here for the webcast.

• WVU is hosting a presentation entitled "Geology Colloquium" by Dr. Peer Hoth, Federal Republic of Germany, Ministry of Economics and Technology, on Wednesday, October 5th @ 4:00 p.m. This presentation will be available to the NETL-RUA via webcast.
  
  
• See attached for information on Geological and Environmental Science research positions available at NETL through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
  • Geospatial Data Specialist
    
  • Post Graduate Researcher - Geological and Environmental Sciences
  
  

• NETL-RUA Executive Committee Meeting March 31 at NETL - The next NETL-RUA Executive Committee Meeting is planned at the Pittsburgh site to coincide with a visit from Deputy Secretary Daniel B. Poneman, who will be attending the Small Business Opportunity Session Conference also being held at NETL that day.
  
  

• NETL - Regional University Alliance Meeting (March 8, 2011)
  Click here for an archived version of the NETL-RUA Meeting webcast (held on March 8).
  • Cindy Powell NETL-RUA Overview
  • Juli Klara NETL-RUA Structure and Status
  • Terri Marts NETL-RUA Operations
  
  

NETL-RUA Roll-Out and 100 Year Anniversary Celebration in Pittsburgh (October 13, 2010)
Click here to view an archived webcast of the event.