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The GSTC Insider
News, announcements and ideas from the GSTC Archive

July 16, 2007 issue

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  1. 2007 GSTC Spring Meeting
  2. 2007 Projects Selected
  3. Project Mentoring Teams Identified
  4. New NETL Project Manager named
  5. New Request for Proposals
  6. Fall Proposal and Technology Transfer Meeting, Portland, OR

 

2007 GSTC Spring Meeting

The 2007 GSTC Spring Meeting to hear all funding requests was held on May 16-17, 2007 at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara, Amherst, NY. Nine proposals were submitted requesting $1,924,000 from the GSTC. A strategic planning session was part of the general meeting session. The Executive Council met immediately following the general meeting to select projects to go forward. Four projects were selected to go forward for a total of over $466,500 in funding from the GSTC and the Pipeline Research Council International.

 

 

2007 Projects Selected

Four projects have been selected at the 2007 GSTC Spring Meeting. The projects are for the period beginning August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2008. The projects are:

 

Project Mentoring Teams Identified

At the 2007 GSTC Spring Meeting, the Executive Council recommended continuing the conference call mentoring team procedure that was established last year. To make sure projects are on-task and on-track, mentoring teams closely monitor individual projects, hence being more able to guide the research, and make timely corrections and suggestions. Conference calls for all projects will be scheduled and conducted on a monthly basis during the first quarter of the project and should the team be satisfied with the progress, quarterly thereafter. If you are interested in finding out how to be a mentor, contact the <gstc@psu.edu>

 

New NETL Project Manager Named

Mr. Richard Baker, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has assumed the duties as Project Manager for the GSTC. Mr. Baker is a Project Manager and Methane Hydrate program Team Lead in the Natural Gas and Oil Technology Management Division of the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil (SCNGO) at the NETL, a national laboratory owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy. In this position, he primarily serves as technical representative between NETL and contractors performing DOE funded research and development specifically in the areas of methane hydrates and natural gas infrastructure. In addition duties include support of programmatic and SCNGO initiatives and performance of activities in support of the process of research development, evaluation, selection and funding. Mr. Baker has more than 10 years’ experience in technical design and project management in both the public and private sectors including work as both a composite and mechanical design engineer, a mechanical design project manager and a crew training engineer for the US Navy Nuclear program. He began work at NETL in June 2003. Mr. Baker received an M.S. in mechanical engineering in 1996 and a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1994 from West Virginia University and completed the US Navy Nuclear Training Program in 1998. He replaces Timothy Grant at the Project Manager for the GSTC.

 

2007 Second Request for Proposals

A second request for proposals from the GSTC will be issued later this summer. The request will be posted to the GSTC website, as well as distributed to current members. All proposals received in response to the request will be heard at the 2007 GSTC Fall Meeting in Portland, Oregon on November 6-7, 2007. The RFP will be available at http://www.energy.psu.edu/gstc/fundedopp.html

 

 

2007 GSTC Fall MeetingVintage Plaza Hotel

The 2007 GSTC Fall Meeting will be held at the Vintage Plaza Hotel, Portland, Oregon on November 6-7, 2007. Technical reports from selected 2005 and 2006 projects will be heard as well as all proposals received in response to the request for proposals. An evening reception is planned for November 5th. This meeting is still in the planning stages and more details will follow.

 


To learn more about the GSTC, please contact:
Mr. Joel Morrison (814) 865-4802 or Ms. Sharon Elder (814) 865-9802 or e-mail us at gstc@ems.psu.edu.