Project Office News: May 2005

NY Times Features Sensor Networks

NEON, RiverNet, and EarthScope are among the projects highlighted in "A Web of Sensors, Taking Earth's Pulse," a story featured in the New York Times science section, May 10, 2005. Science reporter William J. Broad reviews developments on the frontier of ecological research: "The rapid miniaturization of technologies behind cameras, cellphones and wireless communications is allowing scientists to build innovative networks of small sensors that they say will produce a new era of ecological insight and, in time, help save the planet." NEON's Co-Director Bruce Hayden, quoted in the Times article, speaks to the future: "We have to be prepared for the kinds of changes that will happen in the next century. We have to know the dynamics of the living world."

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Posted by djohnson on Wednesday May 11, at 10AM

NEON Forest Ecologist Receives Heinz Award

Jerry Franklin, a professor of ecosystem analysis at the University of Washington, is one of six notable Americans to receive a $250,000 award from The Heinz Family Foundation of Pittsburgh. Dr. Franklin is a respected expert on sustainable forest management and director of the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility in Carson, Washington. He also does triple duty for NEON, serving as Co-chair of the Consortium Development Committee, and as a member of the Senior Management Team and the National Network Design Committee.

Posted by djohnson on Sunday May 1, at 3PM