Welcome to the Friends of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute program – A synergistic convergence of academia, industry, and student talent for mutual benefit.
Upon acceptance into the program, please make your SCI contributions at –
http://www.sci.utah.edu/the-institute/donate.html
Once your application is approved and your contribution is documented, you will receive an acknowledgement "Thank You" letter. You will also be contacted to schedule a strategy meeting designed to assess areas of collaboration and focus.
We look forward to partnering with you and thank you for your interest and support!
About the SCI Institute:
30 years on the cutting edgeProgram Features:
Collaboration
- Facilitated access to SCI faculty, research groups, and students
- Access to research publications
- Facilitated internships and externships
- Facilitated capstone projects as part of a campus-wide program
- Titled scholarship opportunities
Connection
- Targeted talent acquisition
- Facilitated access to student organizations and outreach programs
- Personal introductions at numerous events
- Campus visits and meetings with faculty and students
- Networking with other industry affiliates
Visibility
- Web and print distribution of company, and company liaison profiles
- Recognition in SCI Institute publications and at SCI Institute events
- Presentation opportunities
- Faculty forum lunches, e.g., Women in Engineering
- Friends of SCI Institute board in high-traffic student area stocked with company profiles
Events
- Wide range of multidisciplinary events, e.g. Distinguished SCI Institute Lectures and the annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference
- Customized events on-campus such as tech talks, info tables, and office hours
- Meetings and get-togethers with faculty and SCI Institute Director, Manish Parashar
- Event sponsorship opportunities, e.g., bi-annual SCIx
Communications
- Complimentary subscriptions to SCI Institute publications
- Opt-in option to receive SCI Institute announcements and news
- Opt-in option to receive campus-wide newsletters, e.g., from the Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholars program, and other campus wide-resources
- Advance notice of Career Fair deadlines
Convenience
- One-stop shop for SCI Institute recruiting and research collaborations
- Gateway facilitation to other disciplines and interests on campus
Financial Benefits
- Tax-deductible
- Efficient use of company resources on the University of Utah campus
- Cost effective way to keep pace with the cutting-edge of research in scientific computing, imaging, and visualization
How To Participate:
- Friends of SCI Institute annual contributions at $25,000 are tax deductible.
- To request approval to become a Friends of SCI Institute partner, simply identify a possible SCI Institute faculty contact and send an e-mail to:
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Upon acceptance into the program, please make your SCI contributions at –
http://www.sci.utah.edu/the-institute/donate.html
Once your application is approved and your contribution is documented, you will receive an acknowledgement "Thank You" letter. You will also be contacted to schedule a strategy meeting designed to assess areas of collaboration and focus.
We look forward to partnering with you and thank you for your interest and support!
The SCI Institute faculty, staff, and students were shocked and saddened to learn that our great friend and mentor Bill Lorensen passed away on December 12 from complications of colon cancer. Typically for Bill, he was optimistic and good humored to the end.
Bill was a visionary researcher who enthusiastically shared his technical gifts with everyone. He loved thinking and working on interesting problems in visualization and software and found true joy in collaborating with researchers at every level and in every area. Bill’s humor was infectious and he told a great story, especially over an after-work beer, another of Bill’s passions.
Bill was also an outstanding mentor, providing supportive advice and helpful ideas to students and faculty alike, including to many at SCI. Bill was a long time member and then Chair of the External Advisory Board of our NIH Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (http://www.sci.utah.edu/cibc-about/eab.html). With his insights, motivation, and experience, he helped guide us through multiple successful Center renewals.
Bill was a visionary researcher who enthusiastically shared his technical gifts with everyone. He loved thinking and working on interesting problems in visualization and software and found true joy in collaborating with researchers at every level and in every area. Bill’s humor was infectious and he told a great story, especially over an after-work beer, another of Bill’s passions.
Bill was also an outstanding mentor, providing supportive advice and helpful ideas to students and faculty alike, including to many at SCI. Bill was a long time member and then Chair of the External Advisory Board of our NIH Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (http://www.sci.utah.edu/cibc-about/eab.html). With his insights, motivation, and experience, he helped guide us through multiple successful Center renewals.
Most of all, Bill was our great friend. Over the past three decades of interacting with SCI Institute faculty, staff, and students, Bill truly became part of the SCI Institute team. We will miss him.
In honor of Bill’s scientific contributions, a memorial research fund has been created.
There is an American proverb that says: "It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps." Everyday the SCI Institute is engaged in far reaching scientific computing and imaging research in which we attempt to leap the twenty-foot chasm. This leap is not possible without the help we receive from our donors. Federal research funds have become more restricted and more risk adverse, so that only the ten-foot jump is possible. The SCI Institute needs support from its donors to help us in leaping the chasm required to bring far reaching advances to all the fields touched by scientific computing and imaging.
You can make a gift to the SCI Institute in several ways
Online:Give by credit or debit card online right now, in three easy steps. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
Mail In:Print a form to mail in with your gift or pledge.
EFT:Print a form to mail in for monthly electronic funds transfer.
Payroll:Sign up for payroll deduction (University of Utah employees only).All options are readily available here.
Contact Us: To discuss other giving opportunities, please contact Deborah Zemek, at (801) 587-7875 or email
Your Gift to the SCI Institute
- Helps support the graduate student research experience
- Helps recruit the best faculty and graduate students
- Helps the SCI Institute pursue far reaching research endeavors