OK NSF EPSCoR S3OK Annual State Conference

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 8:30am - Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 3:30pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINES
  • Poster/Abstract Registration: April 30th, 2025
  • General Attendance: April 30th, 2025
  • Hotel Cutoff: Coming Soon
ABOUT THE EVENT

S3OK researchers, collaborators, and stakeholders are invited to attend the 2025 OK NSF EPSCoR State Conference on May 14 - 15 at Camp Trivera (2508 NE 50th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73111). The annual meeting will highlight Year 5 progress, reinforce collaborations, and address future project goals. Special sessions will engage all members of the S3OK team. The meeting will be held as an in-person event; there will not be a virtual participation option. 
 
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AGENDA

Agenda (Downloadable)
 
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
  • Attendees check in and grab coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: OPENING REMARKS, Kevin Wagner and Hank Jenkins-Smith
  • Brief welcome and introductions
  • Overview of the day’s schedule
9:15 AM - 10:10 AM: PLENARY SESSION 1: SOCIAL DYNAMICS
  • Intro by Moderator: Hank Jenkins-Smith (OU)
  • Oklahomans’ Public Perceptions of Water Quality, Quantity, and Re-Use Challenges, Michael Long  (OSU)
  • The Economics of Wicked Problems in the Electricity Sector, Christopher Malloy (OU)
  • Scientific Perspectives on S3OK: Findings from the EPSAN Survey, Kuhika Gupta
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM: MORNING BREAK
  • Coffee, tea, and light snacks
  • Networking opportunity
10:25 AM - 11:20 AM: PLENARY SESSION 2: CHANGING SUBSEASONAL TO SEASONAL WEATHER PATTERNS
  • Intro by Moderator: Jason Furtado (OU)
  • Subseasonal Predictability of Cold Air Outbreaks in the Central U.S., Ollie Millin (OU)
  • Precipitation Whiplash Events Across the State of Oklahoma, Bryony Puxley (OU)
  • The Complex Food-Energy-Water Nexus in the Southern Great Plains: Case Studies on the Beef Cattle Industry and Hydraulic Fracturing, Yuting Zhou (OSU)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM: PLENARY SESSION 3: TERRESTRIAL WATER & CARBON DYNAMICS
  • Intro by Moderator: Xiangming Xiao (OU)
  • Enhancing Wildfire Risk Prediction: Leveraging Machine Learning and Fire Behavior Models for Danger Level Evaluation and Forecasting, Jia Yang (OSU)
  • Understanding Soil Microbial Dynamics Under Grazing Management: Context-Dependent Outcomes, Eloa Araujo (NRI)
  • Rooted in Change: How Eastern Redcedar Encroachment Reshapes Carbon and Water in Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystems, Chris Zou (OSU)
12:15 PM - 1:05 PM: LUNCH BREAK
  • Buffet-style lunch
  • Networking opportunity
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM: PLENARY SESSION 4: VARIABLE & MARGINAL QUALITY WATER SUPPLIES 
  • Intro by Moderator: Mark Krzmarzick (OSU)
  • Bridging Field Data and Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Treatment Wetlands, Mary Foltz (OSU)
  • Using Industrial Byproducts as a Finisher in Bioretention Cell Underdrains to Remove Neonicotinoid Insecticides from Stormwater, Jason Vogel (OU)
  • Ligand-Assisted Elemental Recovery in Produced Water, Clint Aichele (OSU)
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM: AFTERNOON BREAK
  • Coffee, tea, and light snacks
  • Networking opportunity
2:15 PM - 3:10 PM: PLENARY SESSION 5: SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
  • Intro by Moderator: K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan (OU)
  • Moving Towards Sustainable & Resilient Power Systems in the 21st Century, Paul Moses (OU)
  • Resilience Framework for Multihazard Risk Assessment: Wind and Urban Fire in Electrical Distributions Networks, Scott Harvey (OU)
  • Socially Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Resilience: Vulnerability Assessments, Interdependency Modeling & Network Interventions, Arif Sadri (OU)
3:10 PM - 3:45 PM: PLENARY SESSION 6: S3OK EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
  • Intro by Moderator: Honey Bryan (OK NSF EPSCoR)
  • Sparking Student STEM Interest Through Collaborative Family and Community Engagement, Eileen Castle (Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum)
  • Educational Programming Impacts, Heather Johnston (Science Museum of Oklahoma)
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM: YEAR 5 EXTERNAL EVALUATION REPORT, Michael Miller (Office Of Educational Innovation and Evaluation, Kansas State University)
 
4:05 PM - 4:15 PM: CLOSING REMARKS, Kevin Wagner (OK NSF EPSCOR)
 
4:15 PM – 6:00 PM: POSTER SESSION & NETWORKING RECEPTION
  • Attendees can walk around and interact with poster presenters in a designated area
  • An informal reception with drinks and appetizers. Great opportunity for networking
 
DAY 2: THURSDAY, MAY 15 (9:00 AM - 1:30 PM)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
  • Attendees check in and grab coffee.
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: OPENING REMARKS, Kevin Wagner (OK NSF EPSCOR)
  • Quick overview of publications, proposals, people reached, students graduated.
  • Overview of the day’s schedule
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM: PLENARY SESSION 1: FRAMEWORK INTRO & OVERVIEW, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Maggie Leόn-Corwin, Nina Carlson
  • Oklahoma’s Challenges & Need for a Framework
  • Process for developing the Framework
  • Key components of the Framework
  • Framework Solutions Overview 
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: MORNING BREAK
  • Coffee, tea, and light snacks
  • Networking opportunity
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM: SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR OKLAHOMA
  • Novel Hybrid Treatment and Reuse Options for Stormwater and Municipal Wastewater, Bob Nairn (OU)
  • Enhancing Water Availability for Agricultural & Oilfield Applications, Mark Krzmarzick (OSU)
  • Natural Hazards and Utility Resilience, K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan (OU)
 
11:45 PM - 12:45 PM: LUNCH BREAK WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ADDRESSING WICKED PROBLEMS IN POLARIZED TIMES, Dr. Tom Birkland (NCSU)
  • Buffet-style lunch
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM: FUTURE NSF EPSCOR EFFORTS (E-CORE & E-RISE PROPOSALS)
  • Review key focus areas of S&T Plan
  • E-CORE proposal planning efforts, Mike Long (OSU)
  • E-RISE proposal efforts 
  • Other NSF EPSCoR opportunities & efforts      
  •       - NSF EPSCoR - Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program (previously Track 2)
  •                        - Potential Produced Water Research with NM, Kevin Wagner (OSU)
  •      - NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows (Previously Track 4) 
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM: CLOSING REMARKS, Hank Jenkins-Smith And Kevin Wagner
  • Final comments and summarization of efforts to wrap up the project

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Event & General Registration Questions

Contact Honey Bryan, EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator, at [email protected] or 405.744.7645.

 
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