Centers and Institutes

SRDJAN NESIC (Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology), "Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section," Columbia Gas Transmission, $35,000; Siderca SAIC, $35,000; and PTT Exploration and Production Public Company, $35,000.

SRDJAN NESIC and DAVID BAYLESS (Ohio Coal Research Center), "Ohio Coal Research Consortium 2008," Ohio Air Quality Development, $159,998.

FRANK VAN GRAAS (Avionics Engineering Center), "Three-Frequency Based High Precision GPS Receiver Development for Navigation Applications," Miami University, $40,000.

MICHAEL BRAASCH (Avionics Engineering Center), "Study to Predict Degradation to the Bradford, IL VOR Caused by a Proposed Eurus Energy Wind Power Generating Farm," Eurus Energy, $23,849; "Free Flight GPS/WAAS Software," Free Flight Systems, $29,784; "Flight Test for Thales Prototype TACAN," Thales ATM Inc., $27,000.

MICHAEL BRAASCH and FRANK VAN GRAAS (Avionics Engineering Center), "Precision AIME Program," Northrop Grumman, $47,333.

JAMES KAHLER (Center for Sports Administration), "Graduate Assistantship," Ticket Return, $8,000; "Graduate Assistantship," Viacom CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, $8,000.

KARLA SCHNEIDER (Center for International Studies), "Peace Corps Strategy Agreement," U.S. Peace Corps, $12,300.

LESLI JOHNSON (Small Business Development Center), "Appalachian Ohio TANF Demonstration Project," Vinton County Department of Job and Family Services, $92,715; "Ryan White Consortium Region 9C Program Evaluation," 9C Rural Consortium Board, $1,500; "Southeastern Ohio Legal Services Needs Assessment," Ohio State Legal Services Association, $12,375.

College of Arts and Sciences

HARRY KOTSES (psychology), "Project on TRAC: Improving Asthma Control in Children," University of North Carolina at Charlotte, $2,500.

MARY DE GROOT (psychology), "Interdisciplinary Rural Mental Health Training Program," Ohio Department of Health, $20,000.

ARTHUR SMITH, SAW-WAI HLA, NANCY SANDLER and SERGIO ULLOA (physics and astronomy), "PIRE The Spin Triangle - Athens, Ohio; Hamburg, Germany; and Buenos Aires, Argentina: Advancing Nanospintronics and Nanomagnetism," National Science Foundation, $500,000.

NANCY SANDLER and SERGIO ULLOA (physics and astronomy), "Materials World Network: Collaborative Research: Decoherence, Correlations and Spin Effects in Nanostructured Materials," National Science Foundation, $421,000.

SERGIO ULLOA (physics and astronomy), "Materials Research at SACNAS: A Proposal for 2007-2008 Sessions," National Science Foundation, $18,600.

MARCIA KIELISZEWSKI (chemistry and biochemistry), "Collaborative Research: Dissecting the Role of RSH Extensin in Assembly of the Plant Cell Wall," National Science Foundation, $94,953.

SHIYONG WU (chemistry and biochemistry), "UV-Induced & PERK-Mediated Signaling Pathways," National Institutes of Health, $206,388.

HOWARD DEWALD and LAQUETTA CORTNER (chemistry and biochemistry), "The Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance," Ohio State University Research Foundation, $8,000.

JENNIFER HINES and STEVE BERGMEIER (chemistry and biochemistry), "Targeting a Novel Regulatory RNA with Novel Antibiotics," National Institutes of Health, $10,775.

WILLIAM ROOSENBURG (biological sciences), "Diamondback Terrapin Monitoring for Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island, Talbot County Maryland," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $32,525.

SCOTT ROBISON (distance learning) and RICHARD GREENLEE (College of Arts and Sciences - social work), "Online Advanced Placement Course Program for Appalachian Ohio High Schools," Ohio Appalachian Center for Higher Education, $25,354.

College of Osteopathic Medicine 

FRANK SCHWARTZ and SHARON DENHAM (specialty medicine), "Diabetes Education for Appalachians," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $60,121.

SUSAN WILLIAMS (biomedical sciences), "Collaborative Research: Ecological and Functional Morphology of Feeding in Free-Ranging Mantled Howling Monkeys," National Science Foundation, $50,542.

KATHLEEN TRACE (Community Health Programs), "Women's Health Month," Ohio Department of Health, $8,000.

Russ College of Engineering and Technology

M. KHAIRUL ALAM (mechanical engineering), "Development of Low Cost Conducting Polymer for Electrostatic Precipitators," Applied Sciences Inc., $95,909.

DAVID BAYLESS (mechanical engineering), "Adapting Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Use with Solid Fuel Sources in the Production of Distributed Power," U.S. Department of Energy, $1,071,945.

KEVIN CRIST (chemical and biomolecular engineering), "Research and Sustainability Activities for Air Quality Initiatives," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $480,300.

DALE MASEL, DUSAN SORMAZ (industrial and manufacturing systems engineering) and ROBERT JUDD (electrical engineering and computer science), "COMPEAT$TM Cost Model Development and Maintenance," General Electric, $71,000.

BEN STUART (civil engineering), "Evaluating Sorbent Potential for Arsenic Removal from Water," MAR Systems, $5,007.

College of Health and Human Services

LESLIE MOSS (Kids on Campus), "Kids on Campus Summer and After School Programs," Athens County Job and Family Services, $335,000.

Vice President for Student Affairs

GRETCHEN STEPHENS (University Events), "Performing Arts Series 2007-2008," Ohio Arts Council, $2,619.

Vice President for Research

THEA AROCHO and SHANE GILKEY (Research and Sponsored Programs), "Ohio Coal Research Consortium 2008," Ohio Air Quality Development, $1,827,911.