Grants Grants awarded to Ohio University faculty and staff during October 2008.
Centers and Institutes MICHAEL BRAASCH (Avionics Engineering Center), "Training Course - Aviation and Navigation," Lockheed Martin, $28,800; "Antenna Baseline and Attitude Measurement Systems (ABAMS) Feasibility Study for UAV," ITT Corporation, $20,500; "Steep Angle Approaches for Embraer Aircraft Runway 09L at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport," Embraer, $44,500; "Free Flight GPS/WAAS Software," Free Flight Systems, $10,000; "FAA Contract DTFA01-01-C-00071," Federal Aviation Administration, $103,000. JIANCHAO ZHU (Avionics Engineering Center), "Campus Challenge - Biometric Aerial Robotic Transformer," Air Force Research Laboratory, $59,966. SRDJAN NESIC (Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology), "Roberto Rocca Education Program," Roberto Rocca, $10,000. SRDJAN NESIC (Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology) and YOON-SEOK CHOI (chemical and biomolecular engineering), "Amine/CO2 Corrosion Prediction," Alstom Power, Inc., $180,000. SARA BOYD (Voinovich School), "Appalachian County Affordable Housing Study," Ohio Housing Finance Agency, $10,400. DARREN COHEN (Voinovich School), "Ohio Housing Finance GIS," Ohio Housing Finance Agency, $12,750. DARREN COHEN, MATT TRAINER and DAVID SIMON (Voinovich School), "Athens County GIS Mapping Phase 5," Athens County Engineers Office, $20,000. JUDY COIL (Voinovich School), "Coshocton Even Start Evaluation," Coshocton City Schools, $7,000. ROBERT GORDON, ZACHARY HOLL and ROBIN STEWART (Voinovich School), "Ohio Skills Bank Region 11 Coordinator," Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, $29,174. MARGARET HUTZEL and AIMEE COLLINS (Voinovich School), "Rio Connections Evaluation," University of Rio Grande, $10,800. LESLI JOHNSON (Voinovich School), "Southeastern Ohio Legal Services Needs Assessment," Ohio State Legal Services Association, $3,000. PAUL KINGHORN, CINDY POOLE and BETHANY GEORGE (Voinovich School), "EDA University Center," Ilgard, $80,000. AMANDA SPICKARD, ROBIN STEWART and REKHA STRADER (Voinovich School), "Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (GOFBCI) Feasibility," Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, $12,000. REKHA STRADER and AMANDA SPICKARD (Voinovich School), "Statewide Assessment of the Ohio Benefit Bank Program," Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks $38,262. College of Arts and Sciences PETER HARRINGTON (chemistry and biochemistry), "Pattern Recogniation for Foods and Supplements," US Department of Agriculture, $23,600. TADEUSZ MALINSKI (chemistry and biochemistry), "The Vascular Biology of Lung Preservation," University of Michigan, $50,000; "Pharmacologic Modulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Metabolism," Elucida Research, $35,000. AHMED FAIK (environmental and plant biology), "Identification of Novel Endo-xylanases for Industrial Applications and Analytical Tools for the Analysis of Plant Cell Wall Xylans," Ohio Plant Biotechnology Consortium, $8,000. GLENN MATLACK (environmental and plant biology), "Contribution of Fruit-Ingesting Animals to the Biodiversity of Ohio Forests," Ohio Biological Survey, $500. KEITH MILAM (geological sciences), "Collaborative Research: Laterally Extensive Breccias in the Mesoproterozoic Atar Group, Mauritania: Tsunami Deposition Resulting from a Marine Extraterrestrial Impact," National Science Foundation, $63,175. STEVEN GRIMES, CARL BRUNE, ANDREAS SCHILLER and THOMAS MASSEY (physics and astronomy), "Study of Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure and Reactions with Neutrons," US Department of Energy, $20,000. JOSEPH SHIELDS (physics and astronomy), "Support for Bridged Faculty: Personal Services Subcontract for Julie Roche," Jefferson Science Associates LLC TJNAF, $3,000; "Support for Bridged Faculty: Personal Services Subcontract for Julie Roche," Jefferson Science Associates TJNAF, $8,899. SERGIO ULLOA (physics and astronomy), "Support of US Participants to Attend the Workshop 'At the Frontiers of Condensed Matter IV: Current Trends and Novel Materials' December 9-12, 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina" National Science Foundation, $9,500. SAW-WAI HLA (physics and astronomy), "Single Atom and Molecule Manipulation and its Application to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology," US Department of Energy $125,000. JULIE OWENS (psychology), "Ohio Mental Health Network for School Success (OMHNSS)," Miami University, $5,000. FREVE PACE (social work), "The Recovery Initiative Social Work Practicum," Ohio Department of Mental Health, $36,000. URSULA CASTELLANO (sociology and anthropology), "Sentenced to Treatment: The Role of Case Managers in Mental Health Courts," Ohio Department of Mental Health, $17,426. College of Education CHRISTINE BHAT (counseling and higher education) and THOMAS DAVIS (College of Education), "Services for Opioid Addiction Program at University Medical Associates," Athens Hocking Vinton 317 Board, $24,000. RALPH MARTIN, ALBERT COTE, DANIELLE DANI (teacher education), JEFFERY CONNOR (mathematics), ARTHUR TRESE (environmental and plant biology) and MARK LUCAS (physics and astronomy), "Noyce Scholarship Program: Phase I," National Science Foundation SEOCEMS, $749,998. College of Health and Human Services LESLIE MOSS (College of Health and Human Services), "Summer Intermediate Academy," Ohio Department of Education, $25,078. BROOKE HALLOWELL (hearing, speech and language science), "Ohio Master's Network Initiative in Education (OMNIE) Internship Program," Ohio Master's Network Initiative in Education, $192,700. DAVID HOLBEN (human and consumer sciences), "Assessing the Link Between Food Assistance Program Utilization and Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Risk for Chronic Disease in US Children," Ohio State University Research Foundation, $11,939. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN (recreation and sport sciences), "Wayne National Forest Visitor Use Survey," US Department of Agriculture, $11,997. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, MING LI, JOHN TANZER (recreation and sport sciences), and FANG MENG (human and consumer sciences), "Off-Highway Vehicle Economic Impact Study: HVMC," Hocking Valley Motorcycle Club, Inc., $1,000. College of Osteopathic Medicine
CHERYL RILEY (academic affairs), "CORE Clinical Teaching Subsidy," Ohio Board of Regents, $310,771.00; "CORE Clinical Teaching Subsidy – Administration," Ohio Board of Regents, $2,197,605. KATHY BROOKS (administration and finance), "Clinical Teaching Subsidy – Faculty," Ohio Board of Regents $1,576,164. KATHLEEN TRACE (community health programs), "Healthy Child Care Ohio," Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association, $81,835. TRACY MARX and CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON (family medicine), "Palliative Care Education Project," Medical College of Wisconsin, $30,000. FRANK SCHWARTZ (specialty medicine), JOHN BROSE (dean's office), KEITH WATSON (academic affairs) and JOHN HOWELL (biomedical sciences), "Diabetes Fellowship and Research; Neuromusculoskeletal Research; and CORE Research Office Infrastructure," Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, $207,519. Russ College of Engineering and Technology
KEVIN CRIST (chemical and biomolecular engineering), "Miami Valley Real Time On-line Air Quality Analysis" Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, $12,500; "Cincinnati Real Time On-Line Air Quality Analysis," Hamilton County Environmental Services, $12,500. TINGYUE GU (chemical and biomolecular engineering), "Simulation Software for Ion-Exchange Chromatography," Genentech, $3,000. GAYLE MITCHELL, R. RIEFLER (civil engineering) and GLEN JACKSON (chemistry and biochemistry), "Vegetated Biofilter for Post Construction Storm Water Management for Linear Transportation Projects," Ohio Department of Transportation, $44,252. ERIC STEINBERG and SHAD SARGAND (civil engineering), "Structural Evaluation of LIC-310-0396 Box Beams with Advanced Strand Deterioration," Ohio Department of Transportation, $32,569. CHANG LIU (electrical engineering and computer science) and WILLIAM SAMS (vice president outreach and regional campuses), "Second Life Museum Project for the Smithsonian Museums," Smithsonian Institute, $117,760. JUNDONG LIU (electrical engineering and computer science), "Deformation-based Morphometry Analysis for Aging Studies," University of Kentucky, $27,615. LONNIE WELCH (electrical engineering and computer science) and SARAH WYATT (environmental and plant biology), "Ohio Consortium for Bioinformatics - Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program," Ohio Board of Regents, $141,000. CONSTANTINOS VASSILIADIS and JANELLE BANEY (electrical engineering and computer science), "JETS TEAMS Program," The Junior Engineering Technical Society, $50,000. FRANK KRAFT (mechanical engineering), "Copper Micro-Channel Tube for Automotive Climate-Control and HVAC Systems," International Copper Association, LTD., $75,000. Scripps College of Communication
MARK BREWER (Scripps College of Communication), "eTech Ohio Educational and Assistive Technology PTV Grant," eTech Ohio, $30,959. CAROLYN LEWIS (Scripps College of Communication), "E-Tech Ohio Operating Subsidy," eTech Ohio, $537,467. Regional Campuses and Centers
BARBARA TRUBE (education, Chillicothe), "Chillicothe Early Childhood Literacy Specialist," Ohio Department of Education, $69,000. RENA ALLEN (Southern Campus), "Region 15 Grade 4-6 Math Teaching and Learning Collaborative," Ohio Department of Education, $108,418; "Improving Math Practices and Classroom Teaching (IMPACT)," Teaching and Learning Collaborative, $16,050; "IMPACT 2 Professional Development," Teaching and Learning Collaborative, $16,050. STEPHAN CALL (Southern Campus), "Customer Service Survey Wayne National Forest," US Department of Agriculture, $11,119. JOHN FURLOW (Lancaster), "Tech Prep State Funding," Columbus State Community College, $75,519; "Tech Prep Federal Base Funding," Columbus State Community College, $149,779. HANNAH NISSEN (Zanesville), "Jumpstart Intervention is Valuable Early Jive," Jumpstart National, $44,239. University Libraries
JAN MAXWELL and TERESA NELSON (library), "Library Annex Operating," Ohio Board of Regents, $167,200.
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