Centers and Institutes

CHARLOTTE ELSTER, MADAPPA PRAKASH (Nuclear and Particle Physics Institute), and DANIEL PHILLIPS (physics and astronomy), "Hadronic and Electromagnetic Reactions as Probes of Nuclear Dynamics," U.S. Department of Energy, $360,000.

SRDJAN NESIC (Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology), "Napthenic Acid Corrosion," ExxonMobil Research Engineering Company, $775,539; "Inhibition of Weldment Components," Emirates Industrial Laboratory, $50,000; "Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section," B.P. America Inc., $40,000.

PAUL KINGHORN, ALICIA STANFILL and CINDY POOLE (Voinovich School), "EDA University Center," Bowling Green State University, $52,738.

HELMUT ZWAHLEN (Ohio Research Institution), "Improved Work Zone Design Guidelines and Enhanced Model of Traffic Delays in Work Zones - Phase II," Ohio Department of Transportation, $13,705.

FRANK VAN GRAAS (Avionics Engineering Center), "Consortium of Ohio Universities on Navigation & Timekeeping (COUNT)," Ohio State University Research Foundation, $10,000.

MICHAEL BRAASCH (Avionics Engineering Center), "Improve Runway 8 Safety Area, Phase II (Design) - Glide Slope Topography Survey and Analysis," Delta Airport Consultants Inc., $33,019; "Simulation for New Development at Rickenbacker Airport," R. W. Armstrong and Associates, $5,619.

MARGARET HUTZEL (Voinovich School), "21st Century Bridges Evaluation," Community Action Association of Belmont, $8,000.

KEVIN ASPERGREN (Voinovich School), "New Markets Operational Assistance," Adena Ventures, $103,922.

JIANCHAO ZHU (Avionics Engineering Center), "Campus Challenge - Biometric Aerial Robotic Transformer," Air Force Research Laboratory, $5,000.

LESLI JOHNSON (Voinovich School), "Issues of Housing and Homelessness in Rural Southeast Ohio: A Five County Study - 317 Board," Athens Hocking Vinton 317 Board, $10,000; "Issues of Housing and Homelessness in Rural Southeast Ohio: A Five County Study," Blue Sky Alliance, $3,000.

SUSAN ISAAC (Voinovich School), "Columbiana County Comprehensive Health Services Needs Assessment," Columbiana County Community Action Agency, $20,968.

DAVID SIMON (Voinovich School), "Gallia County Parcel Map Web Site," Gallia County Commissioners, $5,000.

JENNIFER BOWMAN (Voinovich School), "Appendix 8 Data Packages," Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $15,000.

BARRY OCHES (Voinovich School), "Rio Connections Evaluation," University of Rio Grande, $24,500; "Rio Grande Community College Environmental Scan," Rio Grande Community College, $16,848.

MARSHA LEWIS (Voinovich School) and VALERIE CONLEY (counseling and higher education), "Access and Success - Appalachian Ohio: College Access, Retention, Postsecondary Pathways, and Completion," Ohio College Access Network, $100,000.

MARK WEINBERG (Voinovich School), "Rural University Projects," Ohio Board of Regents, $634,844; "GV Voinovich Center for Leadership," Ohio Board of Regents, $669,082; "Appalachian New Economic Program," Ohio Board of Regents, $1,176,068.

BENNY MCCAMENT (Voinovich School), "Pierce Run AMD Remediation," Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, $312,478.

College of Arts and Sciences

WILLIAM ROOSENBURG and MATTHEW WHITE (biological sciences), "Population Ecology of the Ouachita Map Turtle in the Scioto River," Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $25,600.

KAREN CARLSON, MINGUN LEE and SYLVIA HAWRANICK (social work), "Cultural Competence: Impact on Therapeutic Alliance, Family Persistence in Treatment, Satisfaction with Treatment, and Youth and Parent Hopefulness," Ohio Department of Mental Health, $36,963.

DAVID DRABOLD (physics and astronomy), "Nanoscale Structural Order in Amorphous Materials and its Relation to Diffusion and Electronic Defects," University of Illinois – Urbana, $85,241.

VLADIMIR USPENSKIY (mathematics), "Dynamical Systems and Topological Properties of Enveloping Semigroups," U.S. and Israel Bi-national Science Foundation, $8,568.

HEATHER ALVAREZ (psychology), "Consultant Evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant," Southern Local Schools, $21,077.

DOUG CLOWE (physics and astronomy), "Beyond the Bullet: Direct Detection of Dark Matter in Merging Galaxy Clusters," Space Telescope Science Institute, $53,441.

GEOFFREY BUCKLEY (geography), "Policies, Planning, and Investments in Open Space Preservation and Conservation in Urban Areas," U.S. Department of Agriculture, $10,000.

RICHARD GREENLEE (social work), "Appalachian Teaching Project," East Tennessee State University, $4,000.

RALPH MARTIN and JEFFERY CONNER (mathematics), "Southeastern Ohio Center for Excellence in Math and Science," Ohio Board of Regents, $216,000.

CLAUDIA HALE (communication studies), "Bangkok University Contract," Bangkok University, $217,845.

College of Education

DEBORAH CATRI and TERESA FRANKLIN (educational studies), "Project KNOTtT: Strengthening Systems Capacity Collaboratively with Kansas, Nevada, Ohio and Texas," Ohio State University Research Foundation, $173,359.

DANIELLE DANI and RALPH MARTIN (teacher education), "Program Models Project Coordination Team - Miller High School," Ohio Department of Education, $8,500.

JEFF FANTINE and MELISSA BEAVERS, (teacher education), "AppalCorps - Literacy Center," Ohio Community Service Council, $374,031.

RENA ALLEN (ORC Ironton-Southern Campus), "Improving Math Practices and Classroom Teaching (IMPACT)," Teaching and Learning Collaborative, $52,275.

College of Health and Human Services

LESLIE MOSS, "Alexander Local Schools - 21st Century Community Learning Center," Alexander Local School District, $198,704; "21st Century - Athens City Schools," Athens City School District, $196,969.

JAMES KAHLER (recreation and sport sciences), "Graduate Assistantship - Game Plan," Game Plan Technologies, Inc., $48,000.

JEFF DIGIOVANNI (hearing, speech and language sciences), "The Relevant Contribution of Low and High Frequency Decrements in Increment Detection Related to Spectral Enhancement," American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, $5,000.

College of Osteopathic Medicine 

KATHLEEN TRACE (community and clinical services), "Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Free Clinic," Ohio Association of Free Clinics, $4,655; "ComCorps," Ohio Community Service Council, $215,182.

DEBORAH MEYER (geriatrics) and KATHLEEN TRACE (community and clinical services), "Rural Elder Outreach and Student Sight Saver Program," Athens Foundation, $20,000.

Russ College of Engineering and Technology

KEVIN BERISSO (industrial technology), "12 of 5 Robustness Testing," Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, $27,601.

University Libraries

JAN MAXWELL, "Library Annex Operating," Ohio Board of Regents, $235,281.