Ohio University

2011 recipients of 1804 Fund awards

Sep 14, 2011
From staff reports

In the faculty research and graduate studies category

Total: $134,093

1. Project: “Guyana National Archives Media Assessment Project”

   Recipients: Eddie Ashworth, School of Media Arts and Studies; Ricky Chilcott, School of Media Arts and Studies; and Vibert Cambridge, School of Media Arts and Studies.

   Amount: $11,761

2. Project: “Acquisition of Proteomics Data Analysis Software at Ohio University”

   Recipient: Vijayanand Nadella, Environmental and Plant Biology

   Amount: $16,767

3. Project: “Investigating Synthetic Pigment Production from Acid Mine Drainage”

   Recipient: Guy Riefler, Civil Engineering

   Amount: $25,276

4. Project: “Elastic Tendon Driven Robot”

   Recipients: Jim Zhu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Robert Williams, Mechanical Engineering.

   Amount: $34,700

5. Project: “Quantifying Intermolecular Attractions: Acquisition of an Isothermal Titration Calorimeter (ITC) for Research and Undergraduate Teaching”

   Recipients: Eric Masson, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Jennifer Hines, Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Frazier Nyasulu, Chemistry and Biochemistry.

   Amount: $35,489

6. Project: “Earth Materials Research Laboratory 2.0”

   Recipients: Keith Milam, Geological Sciences; Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, Geological Sciences; and Joyashish Thakurta, Geological Sciences.

   Amount funded through the faculty research and graduate studies pool: $10,100

   Amount funded through the undergraduate learning pool:

   $11,000

   Total funding: $21,100

In the undergraduate learning category

Total: $165,093

1. Project: “Sophomore Career Development Program”

   Recipient: Kristine Hoke, Career Services 

   Amount: $7,594

2. Project: “Development of Undergraduate College Specific Subject Area Entrepreneurship Courses: Fostering an Interdisciplinary Learning-Center Community for Faculty and Undergraduate Students”

   Recipient: Kevin Aspegren, Center for Entrepreneurship

   Amount: $8,500

3. Project: “Seán Curran Dance Teaching and Choreographic Residency”

   Recipient: Tresa Randall, School of Dance

   Amount: $8,500

4. Project: “OU Mobile SI: Bridging the Digital Divide to Meet the Millennial Student”

   Recipients: Amanda Remnant, Academic Advancement Center; Cody House, SI Graduate Assistant; and Paula Linscott, SI Graduate Assistant. 

   Amount: $8,947

5. Project: “College of Arts and Sciences Transfer and Relocated Student Retention Initiative”

   Recipient: Keely Hultz, Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Student Affairs

   Amount: $9,475

6. Project: “Building a 3-D Virtual Learning Community for Peer Assessment”

   Recipients: Fei Gao, Educational Studies; Teresa Franklin, Educational Studies; and Chang Liu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

   Amount: $10,077

7. Project: “Use of Technology in Teaching the Introduction to the Study of Religion CLWR 181”

   Recipients: Elizabeth Fuller Collins, Classics and World Religions; Loren Lybarger, Classics and World Religions; and Cory Crawford, Classics and World Religions.

   Amount: $10,500

8. Project: “Development of Multimedia Content for Econ 1000”

   Recipient: Rosemary Rossiter, Economics

   Amount: $11,000

9. Project: “Exercise Science/Biomechanics Laboratory Update”

   Recipient: Sharon Rana, Applied Health Sciences and Wellness

   Amount: $11,500

10. Project: “Creation of a Collaboratory: An Active and Engaging Learning Environment”

    Recipient: Michael Lafreniere, Environmental Engineering Technology/Mathematics

    Amount: $12,000

11. Project: “Vampire Cowboys Return to Athens!”

    Recipients: Shelley Delaney, School of Theater; and David Haugen, School of Theater.

    Amount: $12,000

12. Project: “Development of an Undergraduate Program in Diabetes”

    Recipients: Darlene E. Berryman, Applied Health Sciences and Wellness; Frank Schwartz, OU-HCOM, Specialty Medicine; Jeffrey Bevan, CHSP, Nursing; and Cheryl Howe, CHSA, Exercise Physiology; Jay Shubrook, OU-HCOM, Family Medicine, David Holben, Applied Health Sciences and Wellness

    Amount: $15,000

13. Project: “Nursing Summer Scholars Program (NSSP)”

    Recipient: Cecil Walters, Recruitment and Retention

    Amount: $18,000

14. Project: “Earth Materials Research Laboratory 2.0”

    Recipients: Keith Milam, Geological Sciences; Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, Geological Sciences; and Joyashish Thakurta, Geological Sciences.

    Amount funded through the faculty research and graduate studies pool: $10,100

    Amount funded through the undergraduate learning pool:

    $11,000

    Total funding: $21,100

In both categories:

Total: $21,100

1. Project: “Earth Materials Research Laboratory 2.0”

   Recipients: Keith Milam, Geological Sciences; Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, Geological Sciences; and Joyashish Thakurta, Geological Sciences.

   Amount funded through the faculty research and graduate studies pool: $10,100

   Amount funded through the undergraduate learning pool:

   $11,000

2. Total funding: $21,100