Centers and Institutes

JIANCHAO ZHU (Avionics Engineering Center), "Campus Challenge - Biometric Aerial Robotic Transformer," Air Force Research Laboratory, $65,000.

FRANK VAN GRAAS (Avionics Engineering Center), "LADAR EO GPS/INS Atomic-clock Navigation Demonstration (LEGAND) and Worldwide Accuracy Sensor Positioning System (WASPS)," General Dymanics Information Technology Inc., $30,000.

MICHAEL BRAASCH (Avionics Engineering Center), "Corpus Christi EFGS Optimization," NASCC Air Operations, $42,014; "Antenna Baseline and Attitude Measurement Systems (ABAMS) Feasibility Study for UAV," ITT Corporation, $92,000; Systems Engineering Support of the Application of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS)," Science Applications International Corporation, $69,400.

W. STEPHEN HOWARD (Center for International Studies, African Studies), "FLAS - Uploading Africa! How Technology and the Arts Can Inspire Our Fields," U.S. Department Of Education, $262,500.

SHERRIE GRADIN (Center for Writing Excellence), "Ohio University Appalachian Writing Project," National Writing Project Corporation, $43,000; "Appalachian Writing Project Summer Institute - Ohio Wins," Ohio Board of Regents, $34,000.

GLENN MATLACK (Ecology and Evolutionary Studies Center), "Long-term Effects of Industrial History on the Forest Flora of Southeastern Ohio," Ohio Biological Survey, $500; "Accumulation of Biological Diversity in Regenerating Forests of Southeastern Ohio," Ohio Biological Survey, $500.

GAYLE MITCHELL, SHAD SARGAND and GLEN JACKSON (Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment), "Exfiltration Trenches for Post Construction Storm Water Management for Linear Transportation Projects," Ohio Department of Transportation, $166,187.22

ERIC STEINBERG and SHAD SARGAND (Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment), "Structural Evaluation of LIC-310-0396 Box Beams with Advanced Strand Deterioration," $130,279.

EUGENE AMMARELL (sociology and anthropology) and ANTHONY MEDRANO (Southeast Asian Studies), "FY2008 Group Projects Abroad Program: Summer Programs in Advanced Language Study in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia," U.S. Department of Education, $81,965; "COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay) Partner/Members," Various, $2,400.

MARIO GRIJALVA (Tropical Disease Institute), "Research & Training Capability Strengthening of Catholic University of Ecuador," Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, $30,000; "Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi in Southern Ecuador," National Institute of Health, $201,839; "Pilot Program for Chagas Disease Control in Loja Province, Ecuador," Children's Heartllink, $20,000.

DAVID TEES (Quantitative Biology Institute), "CAREER: Leukocyte Adhesion and Mechanical Arrest in a Model Capillary," National Science Foundation, $69,770.

ARTHUR SMITH (Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute), "Joint International Conferences on Nanoscale Spectroscopy and Nanotechnology 5 and Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 2," Office of Naval Research, $5,000.

KEVIN CRIST (Center for Air Quality), "Northeast Ohio Region PM 2.5 Forecasting," Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, $11,296.

DALE MASEL, DUSAN SORMAZ and ROBERT JUDD (Center for Advanced Software Systems Integration), "COMPEAT$TM Cost Model Development and Maintenance," General Electric, $233,623.

 

College of Arts and Sciences

MOLLY MORRIS (biological sciences), "Maintenance of an Alternative Reproductive Strategy in the Swordtail Fish Xiphophorus Multilineatus," National Science Foundation, $149,243.

DAVID RUSSELL (biological sciences), ALEXANDER NEIMAN and ALEXANDER GOVOROV (physics and astronomy) and HUGH RICHARDSON (chemistry and biochemistry), "Control of Cell Systems Using Optically-Driven Nanoparticles as Actuators," National Institutes of Health, $180,075.

GAR ROTHWELL and GENE MAPES (environmental and plant biology) "Collaborative Research: Gymnosperms on the Tree of Life: Resolving the Phylogeny of Seed Plants," National Science Foundation, $7,500.

THOMAS SMUCKER and ELIZABETH WANGUI (geography), "Dynamic Interactions among People, Livestock and Savanna Ecosystems under Climate Change," Michigan State University, $80,611.

JENNIFER HINES and STEVE BERGMEIER (chemistry and biochemistry), "Targeting a Novel Regulartory RNA with Novel Antibiotics," National Institutes of Health, $464,016.

TADEUSZ MALINSKI (chemistry and biochemistry), "The Vascular Biology of Lung Preservation," University of Michigan, $50,000.

BRIAN MCCARTHY (environmental and plant biology), "American Chestnut Restoration on Surface Mined Sites in the Appalachians," The American Chestnut Foundation, $25,000.

MORGAN VIS-CHIASSON (environmental and plant biology), "The Role of Algal Diversity in Ecosystem Functions of Acid Mine Drainage Impaired and Remediated Streams," Ohio Biological Survey, $500.

STEVEN GRIMES and CARL BRUNE (physics and astronomy), "Study of Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure and Reactions," U.S. Department of Energy, $310,000.

PETER JUNG (physics and astronomy), "Collaborative: Modeling of Calcium Signaling Differentiation During Oocyte Maturation," National Science Foundation, $165,813.

PAUL KING (physics and astronomy), "Data Acquisition Development for Qweak," Jefferson Science Associates, LLC., $16,412.

DAVID DRABOLD (physics and astronomy), "Physics and Astronomy Nanoscale Structural Order in Amorphous Materials and its Relation to Diffusion and Electronic Defects," University Of Illinois Urbana, $87,061.

ALEXANDER NEIMAN (physics and astronomy), "Faculty for the Future," Schlumberger Foundation, $44,476.

KATHI HEFFNER, CHRISTOPHER FRANCE and JULIE SUHR (psychology), "Psychophysiological Correlates of Aging Stereotypes and Personal Aging Beliefs," National Institutes of Health, $62,589.

JULIE OWENS (psychology), "Clinically Significant Symptom Changes in Adolescents: Does it Relate to Functioning and Consumer Perspectives," Ohio Department of Mental Health, $49,983.

FREVE PACE (social work), "Ohio Search Student Experiences and Rotations in Community Health," Ohio Department of Mental Health, $12,600.

ROBIN STEWART (Voinovich School), "Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative," WK Kellogg Foundation, $50,000.

HOLLY RAFFLE (Voinovich School), "Project SUCCESS Evaluation," Athens Meigs Educational Service Center, $5,000.

ROBERT GORDON (Voinovich School), "Appalachian Ohio Web Portal Project: Phases 3-5," Ohio Department of Development, $13,364.

AMY JENNINGS (Voinovich School), "Ross County Family and Children First Council Needs Assessment," Ross County Department of Jobs and Family Service, $1,000.

SUSAN ISAAC (Voinovich School), "Economic Impact of Health Care 2008," Ohio Department of Health, $22,600.

JENNIFER BOWMAN (Voinovich School), "Little Raccoon Creek Gage Operation," Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $24,348.

ELISE MCMATH (Voinovich School), "Belpre Alternative Learning Center Evaluation," Belpre City Schools, $450.

MATT TRAINER (Voinovich School), "City of Athens GIS," City Of Athens, $20,000; "The Computer Workshop ArcGIS Introduction Class." The Computer Workshop Inc., $1,850.

LESLI JOHNSON, TERRY MURPHY and PATRICIA DEWEES (Voinovich School), "The Ohio Appalachian Educator Initiative," Ohio Department of Education, $405,000.

College of Education

DANIELLE DANI and DIANE GUT (teacher education) and ROBERT KLEIN (mathematics), "Mathematics and Science Coordination Teams (MaSCoT)," Ohio Board of Regents, $121,633.

 

College of Health and Human Services

LESLIE MOSS (Kids on Campus), "Summer Kids on Campus Circus Fit and Nurse's Station," Sisters Of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund, $14,000.

DAVID HOLBEN (human and consumer sciences), "Use of Gardening to Improve the Produce Intake and Activity Level of Children in Rural Appalachian Ohio," Ohio Dietetic Association, $500.

JAMES KAHLER (recreation and sport sciences), "Graduate Assistantship," The Players Club, $8,000.

BRUCE MARTIN, JENNIFER HINTON, MING LI and JOHN TANZER (recreation and sport sciences) and FANG MENG (human and consumer sciences), "Off-Highway Vehicle Economic Impact Study - ODNR," Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $2,000; "Off-Highway Vehicle Economic Impact Study," American Motorcyclist Association, $2,000.

College of Osteopathic Medicine

JOHN BROSE (dean's office), "Proposal to establish CORE Director of Research Development," Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, $25,519.

PATRICK O'CONNOR (biomedical sciences), "CT Scanning Madagascar Fossils for Exhibit and Symposium at the National Museum of Japan," Yomiuri Group, $6,275.

JANE HAMEL-LAMBERT (family medicine), LYNN HARTER (communication studies) and DAVIDA PARSONS (hearing, speech and language science), "Rural Health Network Development Program: Interprofessional Partners for Appalachian Children," Health Resources and Services Administration, $180,000.

KATHLEEN TRACE (community and clinical services), "Healthy Adult Project: Breast Cancer Screening Program," Komen Columbus, $60,000; "Managing Pain: Alternatives to Opiods," Eli Lilly and Company, $3,000; "Healthy Communities Project," Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund, $25,000.

BRIAN PHILLIPS (information and planning), "Connect the Docs," Community Mental Health and Recovery Board, $5,760.

MARK BERRYMAN and SOICHI TANDA (biological sciences)  "Role of Clic in Epithelial Morphogenesis," National Institutes of Health, $221,250.

PATRICIA BURNETT and MARIE BARONE, (COM student affairs), "COM Student Affairs Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (Discipline: Osteopathic Medicine)," Health Resources and Services Administration FY09, $61,251.

DANNY SMITH (information and planning), "Southern Ohio Telepsychiatric Network (SOTN)," Southern Consortium for Children, $32,400; "Southern Ohio Telepsychiatric Network - Tri County Mental Health," Tri County Mental Health and Counseling Services, $4,800.

 

Russ College of Engineering and Technology

TIAO CHANG (civil engineering), "Proposal for Serving as the Executive Director of the Ohio River Consortium for Research and Education," Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, $8,400.

DEBORAH MCAVOY (civil engineering), "Taking Action: Using Targeted Training to Get Traffic Safety Analysis Integrated into the Local Transportation Planning Process," Michigan Technological University, $4,990.

CHANG LIU (electrical engineering and computer science), "Second Life Project for Net2Net Solutions," Net2Net Solutions Inc., $10,000; "SimSE: Expanding a Proof-of-Concept Software Engineering Simulation Environment into a Comprehensive Classroom Approach for Educating Students in the Software Development Process," Regents of the University of California, $8,313.

 

Scripps College of Communication

RAFAEL OBREGON and VIBERT CAMBRIDGE (School of Media Arts and Studies), DAVID MOULD (Scripps College of Communication) and DREW MCDANIEL (Southeast Asian Studies), "Partnership for Health and Development Communication Leader with Associate Cooperative Agreement (PHDC)," Academy for Educational Development, $30,000.

 

Regional Campuses and Centers

JOHN FURLOW (Lancaster Tech Prep), "Dual Class Enrollment Program - Ohio University Lancaster," Educational Service Center of Franklin County, $20,000; "Tech Prep - Expanded Enrollment Grant," Columbus State Community College, $12,951.

WILLIAM LARSON (Southern campus), "Ohio University Leadership Project Southern Campus, Ohio Department of Education, $63,000; "Ohio University Leadership Program Supplement," Various Local Schools, $17,500.

JEFFREY HANDLEY (Southern campus), "Southern College Access Program Suddes," Ohio College Access Network, $22,000.

CHARLES SAVAGE (Zanesville campus), "Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Summer Institute," Ohio Department of Education, $31,848.