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COAA DC 2010 Chinese New Year Luncheon
Chinese-American Oceanic Atmospheric Association (COAA) Washington DC area chapel cordially invite you and your families to celebrate the 2010 Chinese New Year with a lunch festivities. Please mark your calendar and join us for what is always a great time full of good fun! The program includes a banquet, speeches by keynote speakers and current COAA President, recognitions of the past board, and exciting raffles. The keynote speaker Dr. H. N. Wu (吳漢南博士) will talk about "Renewable Energy and Business Opportunity in Taiwan (台灣再生能源的商機)".
Please help us spread the word as well, the more the merrier. New members are especially welcome! New members will only need to pay $10 to enjoy the banquet. Thus please do your best to recruit new members.
When: Saturday, February 20, 2010
Time: 11:00am -1:30 pm
Where: Tony Lin's Kitchen Restaurant,
12015G Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 468-5858.
Cost: Member $20/person (tax and tips included); New member $10/person; Children: free
Note: More than 40 COAA members and friends at the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area celebrated the 2010 Chinese New Year with a happy luncheon on Feb. 20, 2010 at the Tony Lin's restaurant in Rockville, Maryland. For more details and photos, please click A happy Chinese New Year Luncheon!.pdf
COAA SCC held a successful Chinese New Year party
Chinese-American Oceanic Atmospheric Association Southern California Chapter (COAA SCC) held a successful Chinese New Year party on Feb 20, 2010 in Alhambra, CA. This was the fifth annual Chinese New Year celebration organized by COAA SCC. Near 80 scholars and their families attended this joyful event.
The party began with a warm welcome remark by Prof. Jin-Yi Yu (UCI), Chair of COAA SCC. Prof. Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA) gave an inspiring speech of the Year of Tiger. Prof. Yuk Yung (Caltech) presented his Chinese poems and a beautiful Chinese calligraphy by his wife, Ms Yi Li. (poems posted at http://coaascc.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/a-poem-from-prof-yuk-yung/) Prof. Yongkang Xue (UCLA), the ex-Chair and founder of COAA SCC, talked about the history of COAA SCC and presented interesting historical photos from previous events. Prof. Yu also read a New Year greeting from Dr. Lee-Lueng Fu (JPL). Prof. Yu then acknowledged the 2009 Executive Committee (EC) and the retiring EC members for their great work and contribution. Ex-Chair Prof. Yongkang Xue, ex-Secretary Dr. Hui Su (JPL), and ex-Treasury Dr. Yu Gu (UCLA) received service award certificates from COAA SCC. Prof. Yu then introduced the 2010 EC and the newly-elected EC members, followed by a brief and warm speech by Vice Chair , Dr. Yi Chao (JPL).
Prof. Qinbin Li (UCLA and JPL) presented the first invited talk entitled “Life after the PhD”, which received great feedback from graduate students and young scientists. He talked about building career path through various approaches and answered questions that many students are having in their minds while pursuing PhD. Dr. Carol Hsu, an expert in realty, presented the second invited talk on “Real Estate Opportunities and Strategies”. Both COAA SCC members and families enjoyed her talk and the “secret strategies” she brought us.
Our institution representatives, Dr. Xianwei Wang (UCI), Junhong Liang and Yizhe Bu (UCLA), Dr. Hong Zhang (JPL-Ocean), Dr. Shuhui Wang (JPL-Atmosphere, ARB, USC), and Le Kuai (Caltech) introduced members in each institution. This has been a great tradition of COAA SCC Chinese New Year Party, through which new members make more friends and old friends and colleagues are brought closer. The party concluded after Minhui Lo (UCI) gave a visual tour of new COAA SCC website (http://coaascc.wordpress.com). The new website is user friendly and offers an active platform for members and friends to exchange information.
In between the presentations, prize drawings were conducted (coordinated by Dr. Shuhui Wang), which brought more excitement and laughter to this successful party and happy gathering.
Call Paper for Fifth International Ocean-Atmosphere Conference (COAA2010) in Taiwan
For more detail, please be free to contact us COAA2010@COAAweb.org or visit: Fifth International Ocean-Atmosphere Conference (COAA2010)
COAA Sichuan Earthquake Relief
Dear Friends,
Thanks for your generosity! Since COAA started the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Campaign, we have received tremendous responses. At this time of writing, we have received $14,979 from 179 donors. These donations come from 23 professional institutions of 15 States. We are moved by the pledge of Drs. Kuan-Man Xu, Bruce Wielicki, and Takmeng Wong of NASA Langley Center, who commit donating the monetary part of their NASA Henry Reid Award, which will be announced in July, for our effort. We are touched by the efforts of Drs. Tingjun Zhang, Xinzhao Chu, and De-Zheng Sun at NSIDC and CIRES/NOAA in Boulder for raising $3,120. The NOAA Science Center has also collected $4,270 so far.
We are confident the total amount will top $16,000 when this campaign is wrapped up. We believe this is a substantial amount, which will bring some comforts to the families of victims and our suffered colleagues in the Meteorological Bureau of Sichuan Province (MBSP). Our Paypal account will remain open to accept donation till the end of July.
To deliver the donation to our targeted earthquake relief effort, we¡¯ve decided to send the fund through the Chinese Meteorological Society (CMS) Sichuan Chapter. CMS is the Sister Organization of COAA. The benefactors include families of earthquake victims in MBSP and our colleagues in the Beichuan Meteorological Station, where the earthquake hit the hardest for helping their relief efforts. We are discussing the technical details with MBSP to finalize this channel. This decision is a result from the great efforts of Dr. Tingjun Zhang of NSIDC, who discussed with the Administrators of MBSP, and Prof. Da-lin Zhang of UMD, who contacted the Chinese Meteorological Administration (CMA).
We have also received the gratitude from Dr. Guoguang Zheng, the Administrator of CMA, who expressed the sincere appreciations to COAA and the oversea friends for their concerns and donations.
Again, we thanks for all of your contribution. All the donations without any overhead will be fully used for the earthquake relief of MBSP. A final report will be provided by MBSP to show how the donation is spent. Donors¡¯ name list and affiliation have been posted on the COAA S Californian Chapter (SCC) Website. http://groups.google.com/group/coaascc. Please check the name list to be sure your donation has been received. We are keeping the process transparent; anyone can send email to guyu_h@yahoo.com and yxue@geog.ucla.edu requesting audit information. The donation record will be reviewed by the COAA SCC Executive Committee and the copy of all checks and the Paypal record will be reported to the COAA Board of Directories.
Every donor will receive a receipt from the COAA SCC along with an acknowledge certificate from MBSP in July.
Should you have any suggestions, please feel free to let us know.
Yongkang Xue and S.-K. Yang
COAA's CFC Number is: 60027
Dear Friends,
I am writing to you seeking your Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) contribution to support the Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (COAA), your favored association of Chinese-American earth scientists. COAA's CFC number is: 60027.
I would like to express my utmost appreciation to those of you who chose to become a member of COAA and supported us with CFC contributions in the past. I would also like to encourage those of you who haven't yet joined us to become a life member of COAA. The lifetime membership fee is a mere one hundred dollars ($100). I personally believe that it is hard to find better value than this these days; you will see why as you read on.
COAA's missions are:
To network ocean and atmosphere professionals in establishing a forum based on common interests;
To facilitate professional contacts;
And to improve qualification and occupational opportunities.
As you know, it is getting increasingly difficult to engage in effective research without working with your colleagues. Moreover, young scientists starting up need someone to mentor. Conversely, established scientists need trustworthy and hardworking young bloods. COAA provides a platform to facilitate these interactions, and many have led to fruitful results.
Some of the professional activities sponsored by COAA in the past year include Spring Workshop at the University of Maryland, WOCO2007 Conference at Qingdao, China. We also enter a new sister relationship with Hong Kong Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing organization. In addition to professional activities, members often find special occasions, such as Lunar New Year to dine together enjoying fellowship. It is a wonderful forum to make new friends that may also prove beneficial professionally.
CFC Contributions to COAA has been carefully and wisely used to facilitate these meaningful activities. I hope I have successfully convinced you for your CFC contribution to pave the way for COAA's future. And once again invite you to be a life member of this wonderful organization. On behalf of COAA, thank you in advance.
Sincerely yours,
Quanan Zheng, Ph.D.
2007 COAA President
Publication Plan -- World Chinese Forum on Ocean and Climate (WOCO2007)
Please check the WOCO2007 webpage for more information
COAA 2007 Annual Meeting Announcement
Dear Members and Friends,
After the long sizzling summer, COAA Board are looking forward to seeing you. We invite you to attend the 2007 Annual meeting on October 6, 2007, Saturday. An exciting program has been planned, including the election/introduction of the 2007-2009 board members, reports on 2007 accomplishments, discussion on 2008 futures, and yet to announced treats. Of course, we also will celebrate the Moon Festival with authentic Chinese cuisine. We are sure that your participation will bring lots fellowships and fun. Please spread the words, and bring new friends.
Time: October 6, 2007, Saturday, 11:00am - 2:00pm,
Location: Tony Lin's Kitchen Restaurant (12015G Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 468-5858).
Fee: ~$20.00 per person
Point of Contact: Dr. Likun Wang, Please email at likun.wang@gmail.com with your name and number of participants, before October 1, 2007.
COAA e-News, September 2007
(1) A Letter from COAA President (2)COAA2007 Report (3) News from the COAA Board (4)Community News (5) Job Postings and Upcoming Meetings
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COAA Membership Status
A recent head count showed that COAA now has around 400 members total (new members registered in spring workshop of 2006 has not been included). There are 43 members from Asia, including China mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea; 4 members from Canada; and 6 members from Europe, including Germany, France, UK, Russia, Sweden and Belgium. Roughly 13% of members reside outside of US.
Just a reminder that if you have not send in your membership fees for this year, please send your checks in at your earliest convenience to COAA, PO Box 4948, Silver Spring, MD 20914-4948.
If your email changes recently, please update your email address by emailing membership@coaaweb.org. Your email address is your user identification to the COAA secure web site.
COAA Community News
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The Partnership for Public Service has selected Dr. Norden Huang as a finalist for its Service to America Medals. The awards pay tribute to America's dedicated federal workforce, highlighting those who have made significant contributions too
our country. Honorees are chosen based on their commitment and innovation as well as the impact of their work on addressing the needs of the nation. |
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Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao recently received the ¡°Excellent Alumni Award¡± from National Central University of Taiwan on June 3 2006. The citation is ¡°for his significant contribution in using cloud resolving model to improve our understanding of cloud
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Congratulations to Prof. Da-Lin Zhang of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland. He has recently been elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, an honor accorded to only 0.2% of the membership per year. It is given to an individual for recognition of outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences, or their applications, during a substantial period of years. A formal announcement will be made during the AMS' 2006 annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The AMS recognized Prof. Zhang's substantial achievements in the numerical modeling of mesoscale processes and severe storms. In 1991, he received the AMS' prestigious C.L. Meisinger Award "for pioneering work in the understanding and numerical modeling of mesoscale convective weather systems." |
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Dr. Ben Chao, a COAA member at NASA Goddard, was selected to be one of 20 " Einstein Professors" of 2005 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The Einstein Professorship is part of CAS' celebration of the World Year of Physics 2005 honoring Einstein, selected from nominations submitted from all scientific disciplines within CAS. Dr. Chao paid a visit to Beijing in September 2005 and delivered a lecture on "Space Geodesy: Past, Present, and Future" at CAS, and visited various CAS institutes. The Einstein lectures are aimed as " external spokesperson" promoting various disciplines to top officials of CAS.
In a separate occasion in early July 2005, Dr. Chao was bestowed the honor of an honorary professorship by the Graduate University of CAS in Beijing. The ceremony was held during the time when Dr. Chao participated in the
Summer School of the University delivering a 20-hour lecture series on "Space Observation of the Earth". |
Donations to COAA
The activities of COAA are dependent on donations from members and friends. COAA is a tax exempted organization and your donation is fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. All donors will receive a receipt with the amount specified for the purpose of filing for income tax. COAA¡¯s Combined Federal Campaign Agency Designation is No. 60027. Because of our late submission, COAA does not appear in this years list, but will be back in next year¡¯s CFC list. Your donations can also be mailed to P.O. Box 1614, Greenbelt, MD, 20770.
For detailed information, please contact the COAA board: board@coaaweb.org
Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to COAA. |
