Innovative Lives: Jessica O. Matthews (February 10)
**Hi SIGCIS subscribers - join us for an upcoming Zoom program featuring inventor-entrepreneur Jessica O. Matthews. Her company, Uncharted Power, has developed IoT-enabled street and sidewalk pavers, power lines, and water pipes, demonstrating what the Maintainers might call "innovation in infrastructure maintenance." Hope you can join us! Eric Hintz On Wednesday February 10, we invite you to join the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation<https://invention.si.edu/> online for Innovative Lives: Jessica O. Matthews, featuring Nigerian-American inventor and CEO Jessica O. Matthews. Innovative Lives: Jessica O. Matthews Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Time: 4:00-5:30 pm ET Registration Link: https://unchartedpower.eventbrite.com/ Jessica O. Matthews is the Founder & CEO of Uncharted Power<https://www.u-pwr.co/>, an award-winning, sustainable infrastructure company that transforms the ground beneath us into an industrial IoT platform for streamlining the integration, deployment, and management of critical infrastructure such as power lines, broadband, sidewalks, and water pipes. Jessica's career started at the age of 19 with her invention of the SOCCKET, an energy-generating soccer ball. At the age of 22, Jessica founded Uncharted Power as a power solutions company before expanding to integrated infrastructure solutions. In 2016, she raised the largest (at the time) Series A funding round ever secured by a Black female founder. During the live program, Matthews will share stories about her background, inspirations, and inventions leading to 12 patents. The program will be moderated by Monica M. Smith, Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation at the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. About Innovative Lives: Now in its 25th year, the Lemelson Center's Innovative Lives program series<https://invention.si.edu/tags/innovative-lives-program> gives participants the opportunity to engage in a public conversation with diverse inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs about their pioneering work and careers. Accessibility: The National Museum of American History welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities. CART captioning will be available for this program. Additional accommodations are available upon request; please email nmahprograms@si.edu<mailto:nmahprograms@si.edu>. P.S. Our online guests may also be interested in the Lemelson Center's recent webinar series, Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives<https://invention.si.edu/black-inventors-and-innovators-new-perspectives>. Click the link for details and videos of all five sessions! _________________ Eric S. Hintz, PhD (he/him), Historian, Lemelson Center Office +1 202-633-3734 | Mobile +1 610-717-7134 |Fax +1 202-633-4593 Email hintze@si.edu<mailto:hintze@si.edu> | americanhistory.si.edu<http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/> | invention.si.edu<http://www.invention.si.edu/> Author, American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/american-independent-inventors-era-corporate-rd> (MIT Press, 2021) Co-editor, Does America Need More Innovators?<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/does-america-need-more-innovators> (MIT Press, 2019)
Dear Colleagues, We are currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Texas, School of Information for a collaborative project with University of Washington’s School of Information. This project aims to understand the role that data management plans have had on the data archiving, sharing and access of federally funded science from a cultural, social, and historic perspective. We are seeking applicants with the following qualities: * Interest in long-term scientific data management practices, standards, and preservation * Experience with qualitative research, particularly data policy analysis, ethnographic interviewing, and archival work and digital collections either as a researcher or archivist * Curiosity about different epistemic cultures * Familiarity with science and technology studies, information science, and/or histories of science in the United States * Knowledge about scientific data management, digital preservation and data curation For more on the position and to apply, please visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/83729 Feel free to contact Amelia Acker (aacker@ischool.utexas.edu) or Megan Finn (megfinn@uw.edu) with any questions about the position. Questions about the opportunity or the job responsibilities will not reflect negatively on your application. Application should include a cover letter, CV, sample publication, and reference information. We will accept application until the position is filled. We will begin to review applications and interview candidates starting on April 1, 2021. Please share widely! Amelia and Megan Documenting Aftermath: Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/documenting-aftermath Megan Finn Assistant Professor, University of Washington, The Information School www.meganfinn.org<http://www.meganfinn.org>
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