Yuxiang Young Scholar Award Winners
The Chinese American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (COAA) and Beijing PIESAT Information Technology, Co., Ltd (Beijing Hongtu) launched the Yuxiang Young Scholar Award in February 2016 in order to recognize young scholars with outstanding achievement in oceanic and atmospheric sciences and related fields.
A total of twenty-four applications were received from qualified scientists in both China and the United States. A committee consisting of six experts in the relevant fields was formed to review the applications. After careful consideration and extensive discussions, I am pleased to announce that COAA has selected the following applicants to receive the 2016 Yuxiang Young Scholar Award:
Dr. Chunsong Lu (Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)
Dr. Kan Huang (Research Professor, Fudan University)
Dr. Bin Zhao (Postdoc, University of California, Los Angeles)
Dr. Xuan Zhang (Postdoc, Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry Center, Aerodyne Research Inc)
The awards will be presented at the COAA 7th International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change, in Beijing, China on July 27, 2016. Each awardee will receive a certificate and a check of $2500.
Please join us to congratulate all the winners and wish them continued success in their research endeavor.
Dr. Yu Gu, UCLA
2016 Yuxiang Young Scholar Award Committee Chair
Slides of 2015 Fall Workshop are available for downloading
Dear COAA-SCC Members and Friends,
Here are links to the talks presented in the COAA-SCC 2015 Fall Workshop. We would like to thank all the speakers for sharing.
Path to Professorship
Jin-Yi Yu (UCI)
Keys to Success in a Government Lab
Jonathan H. Jiang (JPL)
Challenges and Opportunities for Female Scientists
Hengchun Ye (CSLA)
Climb Corporate Ladder and Start-up My Own Company
Liping Yan (LADWP)
How to Prepare for Job Hunting (Data Scientist)
Mei Gao (UCLA)
Poem Reading: 采桑子 古柏颂 （赞祖国)
Yuk L. Yung (Caltech)
The COAA SCC Executive Committee
updated agenda and remote access option for COAA-SCC Fall Workshop
Dear COAA-SCC Members and Friends,
You are cordially invited to attend the annual COAA-SCC Fall Workshop on Saturday, September 26, 2015, from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm, at Room 7124 in the Math Science Building at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The theme of this year’s workshop is Career Planning and Development. It features five invited talks covering careers in academia, government laboratory, civil service, private industry and entrepreneurship. A panel discussion on career development will be held afterwards. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to hear experiences and lessons from successful professionals in our own field, learn the secrets to job hunting and career growth, and obtain personal advice for your own career choices. Lunch and dinner will be provided. An updated agenda is attached.
The enrollment and renewal of your annual COAA membership will be conducted together with the workshop registration, starting at 10:30 am. The COAA membership fee is $5.00 for students and $10.00 for non-students. The workshop registration fee is
COAA members and family: $10.00 per person
Non members and family: $20.00 per person
Children under 12: free
Please RSVP by September 20, 2015 to COAA-SCC Regional Directors if you are coming to the workshop and how many in your party are with you for lunch and dinner.
Regional Directors:
UCLA: Xuan Ji, jixuan2010@gmail.com
USC: Sijia Dong, sijiadon@usc.edu
Caltech: Qiong Zhang, pku.zhangq@gmail.com
UCI: Yang Chen, ychen17@uci.edu
UCSD: Guang Zhang, gzhang@mail.ucsd.edu
JPL: Baijun Tian, Baijun.Tian@jpl.nasa.gov
All Others: Hui Su, Hui.Su@jpl.nasa.gov
If you cannot come in person, you may “attend” the workshop online by using “GoToMeeting.” Please see the attached file for log-in instructions. If you have any questions, please email Hui.Su@jpl.nasa.gov or use the “chat” function on the “GoToMeeting” dashboard.
Look forward to seeing you on September 26.
The COAA SCC Executive Committee
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COAA-SCC Fall Workshop
September 26, 2015, 10:30 am – 6:30 pm
Room 7124, Math Sciences Building
University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Theme: Career Planning and Development
主题：职业规划和发展
10:30 – 11:00
Registration
11:00 – 12:30
Pizza Lunch
Self-Introduction
12:30 – 13:00
Opening Session
Chair: Hui Su (JPL)
12:30 – 12:35
Greetings from COAA-SCC President
Hui Su (JPL)
12:35 – 12:40
COAA Vision and Upcoming Events
Jin Huang (NOAA)
12:40 – 12:45
Remarks to Young Generations
Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA)
12:45 – 12:50
Congratulating Recent Award Winners
Hui Su (JPL)
12:50 – 13:00
Acknowledging Outgoing EC Members
Jonathan H. Jiang (JPL)
13:00 – 15:30
Invited Speeches
Chair: Guang Zhang (UCSD)
13:00 – 13:30
Path to Professorship
Jin-Yi Yu (UCI)
13:30 – 14:00
Succeed in a Government Lab
Jonathan H. Jiang (JPL)
14:00 – 14:30
Challenges and Opportunities for a Female Scientist
Hengchun Ye (CSLA)
14:30 – 15:00
Climb Corporate Ladder and Start-up my Own Company
Liping Yan (LADWP)
15:00 – 15:30
How Did I Land a Job in Facebook?
Mei Gao (UCLA)
15:30 – 15:35
Special “Entertainment”
Poem Reading: Passion, Dream and Reality
Yuk L. Yung (Caltech)
15:35 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Qing Yue (JPL)
Panelists: Kuo-Nan Liou, Yuk L. Yung, Jin-Yi Yu, Jonathan H. Jiang, Hengchun Ye, Liping Yan, Mei Gao
17:00 – 17:10
Group Photo
17:10 – 18:30
Catered Dinner
Announcement on the 2015 COAA-SCC Fall Workshop
Dear COAA-SCC Members and Friends,
You are cordially invited to attend the annual COAA-SCC Fall Workshop on Saturday, September 26, 2015, from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm, at Room 7124 in the Math Science Building at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The theme of this year’s workshop is Career Planning and Development. It features five invited talks covering careers in academia, government laboratory, civil service, private industry and entrepreneurship. A panel discussion will be held afterwards. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to hear experiences and lessons from successful professionals in our own field, learn the secrets to job hunting and career growth, and obtain personal advice for your own career choices. Lunch and dinner will be provided. A preliminary agenda is attached.
The enrollment and renewal of your annual COAA membership will be conducted together with the workshop registration, starting at 10:30 am. The COAA membership fee is $5.00 for students and $10.00 for non-students. The workshop registration fee is
- COAA members and family: $10.00 per person
- Non members and family: $20.00 per person
- Children under 12: free
Please RSVP by September 20, 2015 to COAA-SCC Regional Directors if you are coming to the workshop and how many in your party are with you for lunch and dinner.
Regional Directors:
UCLA: Xuan Ji, jixuan2010@gmail.com
USC: Sijia Dong, sijiadon@usc.edu
Caltech: Qiong Zhang, pku.zhangq@gmail.com
UCI: Yang Chen, ychen17@uci.edu
UCSD: Guang Zhang, gzhang@mail.ucsd.edu
JPL: Baijun Tian, Baijun.Tian@jpl.nasa.gov
All Others: Hui Su, Hui.Su@jpl.nasa.gov
The COAA SCC Executive Committee
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COAA-SCC Fall Workshop Agenda
September 26, 2015, 10:30 am – 6:30 pm
Room 7124, Math Sciences Building
University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Theme: Career Planning and Development
主题：职业规划和发展
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Registration | ||
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Pizza Lunch | Self-Introduction | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Opening Session | Chair: Hui Su (JPL) | |
| 12:30 – 12:35 | Greetings from New EC President | Hui Su (JPL) | |
| 12:35 – 12:40 | Remarks to Young Generations | Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA) | |
| 12:40 – 12:45 | Congratulations to Recent Award Winners | ||
| 12:45 – 12:50 | Reflection of Former President | Jonathan H. Jiang (JPL) | |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Acknowledging Outgoing EC Members | ||
| 13:00 – 15:30 | Invited Speeches | Chair: Guang Zhang (UCSD) | |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Path to Professorship | Jin-Yi Yu (UCI) | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Succeed in a Government Lab | Jonathan H. Jiang (JPL) | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Challenges and Opportunities for a Female Scientist | Hengchun Ye (CSLA) | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Climb Corporate Ladder and Start-up my Own Company | Liping Yan (LADWP) | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | How Did I Land a Job in Facebook? | Mei Gao (UCLA) | |
| 15:30 – 15:35 | Special “Entertainment” | Poem Reading: Passion, Dream and Reality | Yuk L. Yung (Caltech) |
| 15:35 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Panel Discussion | Moderator: Qing Yue (JPL) | |
| Panelists: Kuo-Nan Liou, Yuk L. Yung, Jin-Yi Yu, Jonathan H. Jiang, Hengchun Ye, Liping Yan, Mei Gao | |||
| 17:00 – 17:10 | Group Photo | ||
| 17:10 – 18:30 | Catered Dinner | ||
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You may also view or print out the pdf version of the announcement and the agenda by clicking the following link:
new COAA SCC Executive Committee
Dear COAA SCC members,
The new COAA SCC Executive Committee has officially taken office since August 1st, 2015. Below is a list of the new EC members:
President: Hui Su (JPL) – Overall Responsibility
Vice President: Guang Zhang (UCSD) – Public Relations & Regional Director UCSD
Secretary: Qing Yue (JPL) – Internal Communications
Treasurer: Cenlin He (UCLA) – Membership and Registration
Chief Editor: Xuan Ji (UCLA) – Newsletter and other COAA-SCC publications
Webmaster: Yang Chen (UCI) – COAA-SCC Website & Regional Director – UCI
Regional Directors <email>:
Baijun Tian – JPL <Baijun.Tian@jpl.nasa.gov>
Sijia Dong – USC <sijiadon@usc.edu>
Guang Zhang – UCSD <gzhang@mail.ucsd.edu>
Qiong Zhang – Caltech <pku.zhangq@gmail.com>
Xuan Ji – UCLA <jixuan2010@gmail.com>
We thank Drs. Jonathan Jiang, Yu Gu, Mei Gao, Shuhui Wang, and Xiao Liu for their dedicated and passionate service for the community in the past three years!
This year, our annual workshop will be held on September 26, Saturday at UCLA. Details will follow.
The COAA SCC Executive Committee
COAA-SCC 2014 Annual Workshop Announcement
Dear COAA Members and Friends,
You are cordially invited to attend a workshop organized by the Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, Southern California Chapter (COAA SCC) on Saturday, September 6, 2014, from 10am to 6pm, at Nierenberg Hall at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The theme of thisworkshop is: The Passion of Young Scientists. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
As the long-time goal of COAA SCC, this event will bring together the Chinese scholars and students in SCC to engage in discussions and to share our thoughts on life and work. In addition, this year’s summer workshop will feature graduate student and post-doctoral scholar presentations highlighting theirrecent research accomplishment and exchanging their research ideas with colleagues from various institutes of SCC. A preliminary agenda is attached, which will be updated later in August.
The oral sessions will be composed of five-minute short presentations including the research objective, method, and summary of current results or proposed research plans. Pizza will be served at Lunch Break. We also intend to have a picnicstyle dinner after the workshop near the beach and camp overnight. More information on the camping and dinner plan will be provided later.
If you wish to make a presentation, please send your title, abstract, and short bio of the presenter to the regional directors of COAA SCC (see emails listed below). Please also notify your regional directors before May 26 about the following: (1) whether you would like to join the picnic dinner and what kind of favored food you could bring; and (2) whether you would like to join us for overnight camping. Some extra Chinesefood will also be ordered for the picnic.
Regional Directors:
Yingdi Liu – JPL (Yingdi.Liu@jpl.nasa.gov)
Xiao Liu – USC and CalState (liuxiao37k@gmail.com)
Guang Zhang – UCSD (gzhang@ucsd.edu)
Qiong Zhang – Caltech (qzh@caltech.edu)
Mei Gao – UCLA (gaomei@atmos.ucla.edu)
Jonathan Jiang – all others (jonathan.h.jiang@jpl.nasa.gov)
The enrollment and renewal of your COAA annual membership fee will be collected at the reception, together with the registration fee of this workshop. The registration fee includes both lunch and dinner cost (details as shown below).
- COAAmembers and family: $10.00 per person
- Non members and family: $25.00 per person
- Kids under 12: Free
- Membership: $5.00 for student, $10.00 for non-student
The COAA SCC Executive Committee
No to SCA5!
SCA5, authored by Sen. Ed Hernandez, would allow public universities in California (such as UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, etc.) to use race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin as a consideration for accepting students. One of the arguments from the proponents of SCA5 was that Asian students disproportionately dominate admissions at the UC’s most prestigious campuses and are enrolled in numbers far greater than their proportion of California’s population (e.g. In 2013, Asian achieved 36% of admissions in UC system vs. 14.9% of the CA population). Sen. Hernandez’s office assumed the bill would be needed to produce “well-trained, diverse workforce.”
However, SCA5 is openly and specifically racist. If passed, it would put one of the most significant restrictions on the freedom of education and equal competition; If passed, it would be one of the most racist bills introduced in a State legislature since the 1965 Civil Rights Act; If passed, it could open the door for using race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin as a consideration for hiring employees; If passed, it would strongly affect our COAA community, our families, and our children’s future.After the Senate vote, the SCA5 measure has been forwarded to the State Assembly for vote. The “Concerned Californians” have initiated a petition “Vote NO to SCA5” to the California State Assembly through https://www.change.org/petitions/california-state-assembly-vote-no-to-sca-5. We urge all COAA-SCC members, and through you, your families, your friends and your communities; urge all California residents (including other Asian ethnicities such as Korean, Indian, Japanese, etc.) to vote NO to SCA5.
Let’s join together to make our voice stronger in defending our equal rights in the beautiful multi-cultural Golden State.
How to make our voice heard:
1, Write letters to senators and urge them to vote no to SCA5. You can find a template for such emailshttp://www.mitbbs.com/article_t2/SanFrancisco/34108335.html
2, Sign the online petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/california-state-assembly-vote-no-to-sca-5
3, Write to the State Assembly representatives of their districts. The link below could help to find the representative by input the home address http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
COAA-SCC Executive Committee
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