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Athens Center for Film and Video

RUTH BRADLEY, Athens Center for Film and Video, received $5,131 for her Athens International Film & Video Festival from the Ohio Arts Council for the fiscal year 2005.

College of Arts and Sciences

STEVE BERGMEIER, chemistry & biochemistry, received $81,555 for his Fermentation Initiated Antibiotic Synthesis from Promiliad Biopharma for the fiscal year 2005.

MARKUS BOETTCHER, physics and astronomy, received $10,062 for his work with A Chandra to Observation of the Blazar 3C 279 in High State as Part of a Multifrequency Campaign from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for the fiscal year 2006.

KIM CUDDINGTON, biological sciences, received $104,357 for her QEIB: Predicting the Effects of Diffusion-Limitation in a Predator-Prey System from the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year 2005.

MARY DE GROOT, psychology, received $16,500 for her Interdisciplinary Rural Mental Health Training Program from the Ohio Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year 2005.

HOWARD DEWALD, chemistry & biochemistry, and LAQUETTA CORTNER, College of Engineering & Technology, received $15,600 for their work with the Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance from the Ohio State University Research Foundation for the fiscal year 2006.

CHARLOTTE ELSTER, MADAPPA PRAKASH, DANIEL PHILLIPS and LOUIS WRIGHT, physics and astronomy, received $313,000 for their Hadronic and Electromagnetic Reactions as Probes of Nuclear Dynamics from the U.S. Department of Energy for the fiscal year 2005.

SUSAN EVANS, chemistry & biochemistry, received $154,336 for her Understanding a Novel Modifier of P53 Tumorigenesis from the National Institute of Health for the fiscal year 2005.

STEVEN GRIMES and CARL BRUNE, physics and astronomy, received $375,000 for their work with Study of Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure and Reactions with Neutrons from the U.S. Department of Energy for the fiscal year 2006.

JENNIFER HINES, chemistry & biochemistry, received $228,375 for her Structure Function Studies of a RNA Antiterminator Bulge from the National Institute of Health for the fiscal year 2005.

SCOTT HOOPER, biological sciences, received $201,783 for his Phase Maintenance, Neuron Properties to Muscle Response from the National Institute of Health for the fiscal year 2005.

DAEWOO LEE, biological sciences, received $135,975 for his work with Role of Dopamine in Alpha-Syn-Mediated Neurodegeneration from the National Institute of Health for the fiscal year 2006.

GARY MEYER, Technology Transfer Office, JENNIFER HINES, MARCIA KIELISZEWSKI and STEVE BERGMEIER, chemistry & biochemistry, received $16,436.50 for their Southeast Ohio Science and Technology Commercialization Initiative (SOSCI) from the Battelle Memorial Institute for the fiscal year 2005.

MOLLY MORIS, biological sciences, received $8,019 for her The Role of Sexual Selection in the Loss of a Sexually Selected Male Trait from the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year 2005.

KENNETH NICKS and DANIEL CARMAN, physics and astronomy, received $30,000 for their Nucleon Structure through Electron and Photon Scattering from the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year 2005.

DAVID SCHNEIDER, geological sciences, received $11,902 for his work with Collaborative Research: Influence of a Proterozoic Southern Laurentia Long-lived Convergent Orogen in the Lake Superior Region, USA from the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year 2006.

JEFFREY UELAND, geography, received $31,555 for his Population Abundance, Demographics, and Predation Effects of Adult Goliath Grouper from Florida State University for the fiscal year 2005.

SERGIO ULLOA, physics and astronomy, received $36,250 for his International Workshop: Correlation Effects on Surfaces and Nanostructure Systems from the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year 2005.

College of Education

THOMAS DAVIS, College of Education, received $20,000 for his Eastern Local Schools Service Contract - Counseling Services from the Eastern Local School District for the fiscal year 2005.

TERESA FRANKLIN, Educational Studies, received $37,000 for her work with Star Schools Grant - MATRIX from the Ohio Board of Regents for the fiscal year 2006.

College of Health and Human Services

LESLIE MOSS, College of Health and Human Services, received $5,000 for her Kids on Campus WIA Youth Tutoring Program from the Athens County Department of Job and Family Services for the fiscal year 2005.

LESLIE MOSS, College of Health and Human Services, received $500 for her Lights on after School from the Ohio after School Network for the fiscal year 2005.

LESLIE MOSS, College of Health and Human Services, received $28509.90 for her work at the Summer Intermediate Academy from Ohio Department of Education for the focal year 2006.

College of Osteopathic Medicine

HUZOOR AKBAR, biomedical science, received $60,500 for his Role and the Mechanism of Action of Rac GTPases in Regulation of Platelet Function from the American Heart Association for the fiscal year 2005.

JOHN HOWELL, COM Biomedical Sciences, DAVID ELAND, ANTHONY CHILA, COM Family Medicine, and ROBERT II WILLIAMS, mechanical engineering, received $199,845 for their work with The Virtual Haptic Back for Osteopathic Training from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation for the fiscal year 2006.

SHARON INMAN and FELICIA NOWAK, COM Biomedical Sciences, received $110,250 for their work with Antioxidants on Development of Diabetic Nephropathy from the National Institute of Health for the fiscal year 2006.

DEBORAH MEYER, COM Social Medicine, and WAYNE CARLSEN, COM Geriatrics, received $60,000 for their CWRU Geriatric Education Centers from Case Western Reserve University for the fiscal year 2005.

BRIAN PHILLIPS, COM Information & Planning, received $4,926.48 for his Southern Ohio Telepsychiatric Network - Southern Consortium for Children from the Southern Consortium for Children for the fiscal year 2005.

CHERYL RILEY, COM Academic & Clinical Ed., received $2,142,428 for her work with Clinical Teaching Subsidy - Faculty from the Ohio Board of Regents for the fiscal year 2006.

FRANK SCHWARTZ, COM Specialty Medicine, and SHARON DENHAM, nursing, received $54,514.32 for their Diabetes Education for Appalachians from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention for the fiscal year 2005.

JAY SHUBROOK, COM Family Medicine, received $5,000 for his Diabetes Fellowship for Primary Care Physicians from Novo Nordisk Inc. for the fiscal year 2005.

CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON, COM Family Medicine, received $3,000 for his Primary Care Update on Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis from Merck and Company, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

KATHLEEN TRACE, COM Community & Clinical Services, received $8,300 for Women House Month form the Ohio Department of Health for the fiscal year 2005.

KATHLEEN TRACE and NANCY SCHELL, COM Community & Clinical Services, received $210,599 for their COM Corps from the Ohio Community Service Council for the fiscal year 2005.

KATHLEEN TRACE, COM Community & Clinical Services, received $80,124 for her Model State Supported AHEC Program from the Medical University of Ohio at Toledo for the fiscal year 2006.

KATHLEEN TRACE, COM Community & Clinical Services, received $65992.51 for her work with Child Care Health Consultants from the Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association for the fiscal year 2006.

Edison Biotechnology Institute

JOHN KOPCHICK, Edison Biotechnology Institute, received $366,558 for his Glyco GH, GH Antagonists and Members of GH Family: Production and Characterization from Diathegan for the fiscal year 2005.

JOHN KOPCHICK, Edison Biotechnology Institute, received $366,558 for his Diabetes Genomics & Proteomics from Diathegan for the fiscal year 2005.

JOHN KOPCHICK, Edison Biotechnology Institute, received $15,235 for his Role of Growth Hormone in Breast Cancer from the University Of Illinois at Chicago for the fiscal year 2005.

JOHN KOPCHICK, Edison Biotechnology Institute, received $54,272 for his work with Interaction of Caloric Restriction with Longevity Genes from the Southern Illinois University for the fiscal year 2006.

Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology

SRDJAN NESIC, Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology, received $35,000 for his Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section from Aramco for the fiscal year 2005.

SRDJAN NESIC, Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology, received $35,000 for his Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section from BP America for the fiscal year 2005.

SRDJAN NESIC and MARC SINGER, Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology, received $40,124 for their Top of the Line Corrosion Gorgon Field Simulation from Shell Global Solutions, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

Intercollegiate Athletics Office

AMY DEAN and JOHN BOWMAN, Intercollegiate Athletics Office, received $2,500 for their Drug Education Grant FY06 from the Mid American Conference for the fiscal year 2005.

ORITE

SHAD SARGAND and SHIN WU, ORITE, received $2,280 for their Use of Dynamic Cone Penetrometer in Subgrade and Base Acceptance from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the fiscal year 2005.

ERIC STEINBERG and SHAD SARGAND, ORITE, received $84,643 for their Forces in Wingwalls from Thermal Expansions of Skewed Semi-Integral Bridges from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the fiscal year 2005.

HELMUT ZWAHLEN, ORITE, received $236,701.18 for his Improved Work Zone Design Guidelines and Enhanced Model of Traffic Delays in Work Zones - Phase II from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the fiscal year 2005.

HELMUT ZWAHLEN, ORITE, received $9,870.33 for his Improved Work Zone Design Guidelines and Enhanced Model of Travel Delays in Work Zones from the Ohio Department of Transportation.

RHE Eastern Campus

PAULA MCMURRAY-SCHWARZ, RHE Eastern Campus, and LISA BAKER, RHE Eastern Dean's Office, received $136,000 for their OU Eastern Early Literacy Specialist from The Ohio Department of Education for the fiscal year 2005.

RHE Lancaster Campus

JOHN FURLOW, RHE Lancaster Tech Prep, received $106,596 for his work with Tech Prep Federal Base Funding from the Columbus State Community College for the fiscal year 2006.

JOHN FURLOW, RHE Lancaster Tech Prep, received $60835.89 for his work with Tech Prep State Funding from the Columbus State Community College, for the fiscal year 2006.

RHE Southern Campus

CAROL ALLEN, RHE Southern Campus, received $47,000 for her work with Together We Can: Make College a Reality form the Ohio Appalachian Center of Higher Education for the fiscal year 2006.

RENA ALLEN, RHE Southern Campus, received $7,500 for her Early College High School Initiative Planning Phase I from Knowledgeworks foundation for the fiscal year 2005.

RENA ALLEN, RHE Southern Campus, received $28,658 for her Improving Math Practices and Classroom Teaching for Grades K-3 (K-3 IMPACT) from educational council foundation for the fiscal year 2005.

RENA ALLEN, RHE Southern Campus, received $300,000 for her The Ohio Appalachian School Leadership Initiative (OASLI) from the Ohio Department of Education for the fiscal year 2005.

JEFFREY HANDLEY, RHE Southern Campus, received $25,000 for his GEAR UP/OCAN Best Practices Implementation Grant - High School Advisory Services Program (CSP) from Ohio College Access Network for the fiscal year 2005.

WILLIAM LARSON, RHE Southern Campus, received $700 for his Ohio University Leadership Program Supplement from Various Local Schools for the fiscal year 2005.

WILLIAM LARSON, RHE Southern Campus, received $63000 for his work with Ohio University Leadership Project Southern Campus from the Ohio Department of Education for the focal year 2006.

Russ College of Engineering and Technology

CHRIS BARTONE and JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $209,992 for their Combat Sent Passive Ranging System from Spectral Systems Inc. for the fiscal year 2005.

CHRIS BARTONE and JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $193,637 for their Ballistic Missile Range Safety Technology (BMRST) from the Florida Air National Guard for the fiscal year 2005.

TIAO CHANG, civil engineering, received $8,400 for his Proposal for Serving as the Executive Director of the Ohio River Consortium for Research and Education from the Ohio River Basin Consortium for research and Education for the fiscal year 2005.

TIAO CHANG, civil engineering, received $2,000 for his work with Proposal for Serving as the Executive Director of the Ohio River Consortium for Research and Education from the Ohio River Basin Consortium for research and Education for the fiscal year 2006.

JAMES FALES, industrial technology, received $1,048.50 for his Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute from Aim, Inc., Uniform Code Council, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

DOUGLAS GOETZ, chemical engineering, received $100,000 for his work with Novel Therapeutics for Pathological Inflammation - Engineering Novel Adhesion Based Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Disease from the American Heart Association for the fiscal year 2006.

DOUGLAS GOETZ, chemical engineering, and LEONARD KOHN, biomedical science, received $30,000 for their TLR Signal Inhibition: A Novel Therapeutic Paradigm form Interthyr Corporation for the fiscal year 2005.

JAY GUNASEKERA, mechanical engineering, received $9,500 for his Low Cost Titanium Casting Process and Design for Net Shape Components for the EFV from UES, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

JAY GUNASEKERA, mechanical engineering, received $34,949 for his Hot Compression Testing of the TI6-4 Boron Alloys from Ladish Company, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

JAY GUNASEKERA, mechanical engineering, received $8,000 for his Technologies for Producing Sheet and Foils from Affordable and Structurally Efficient Titanium from UES, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

JAY GUNASEKERA, mechanical engineering, received $6,088 for his Basic Research and Development of Ti-B Alloys from the Universal Technology Corporation for the fiscal year 2005.

SANG-SOO KIM and SHAD SARGAND, civil engineering, received $43,975 for their Simple Test Procedure for Evaluating Low Temperature Crack Resistance of Asphalt Concrete from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the fiscal year 2005.

BHAVIN MEHTA, mechanical engineering, received $118,812 for his Hydrostatic Pressure Retainment for Hydrogen Storage – DC from the Daimler Chrysler Corporation for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $26,155 for his Technical Consultation for Selex SI (aka-Alenia Marconi Systems) DME/TACAN from Selex Sistemi Integrati for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $4,360 for his Glide Slope Study for the Vandenberg Airport, Tampa, Fla., from Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc., for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $29,312 for his Simulation Performance Research for Gimhae International Airport from Yooshin Engineering for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $15,992 for his Development of Strategic and R & T Plans for a Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) form The National Institute of Aerospace for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $50,000 for his Pedestrian Navigation in Urban Environments from Robert Bosch Corporation for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $34,992 for his King Air Flight Testing from Honeywell International for the fiscal year 2005.

JAMES RANKIN, Avionics Engineering Center, received $72,000.05 for his Antenna Baseline and Attitude Measurement Systems (ABAMS) Feasibility Study for UAV from the ITT Industries for the fiscal year 2005.

SHAD SARGAND and WILLIAM EDWARDS, civil engineering, received $53,184 for their work with Evaluation of Pavement Performance on Del-23 from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the fiscal year 2006.

School of Communication Studies

CLAUDIA HALE, School of Communication Studies, received $79,589 for her Bangkok University Contract from Bangkok University for the fiscal year 2005.

School of Hearing, Speech & Language Science

DENNIS RIES, Hearing, Speech & Language Science, received $5,000 for his Stochastic Resonance in the Presence of Narrowband Noise from American Speech- Language- Hearing Association for the fiscal year 2005.

School of Physical Therapy

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $15,000 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Echoing Meadows Residential Center - Physical Therapy from Echoing Meadows for the fiscal year 2005.

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $108,000 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Washington County Board of MR/DD - Physical Therapy from the Washington County Board of MR/DD for the fiscal year 2005.

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $14,400 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Athens County Board of MR/DD - Physical Therapy from the Athens County Board of MR/DD for the fiscal year 2005.

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $7,140 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Hocking County Board of MRDD - Physical Therapy from the Hocking County Board of MR/DD for the fiscal year 2005.

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $2,820 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Logan Hocking Board of Education - Physical Therapy from the Logan Hocking Board of Education for the fiscal year 2005.

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $30,000 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Buckeye Hills Career Center - Physical Therapy from the Buckeye Hills Career Center for the fiscal year 2005.

AVERELL OVERBY, physical therapy, received $26,760 for her Therapy Associates Services Contract - Meigs County Board of MRDD - Physical Therapy from the Meigs County Board of MR/DD for the fiscal year 2005.

School of Telecommunications

CAROLYN LEWIS, Telecommunications Center, received $966,376 for her Corporation for Public Broadcasting Television Community Service Grant from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting for the fiscal year 2005.

CAROLYN LEWIS, Telecommunications Center, received $289,406 for her Corporation for Public Broadcasting Radio Community Service Grant from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting for the fiscal year 2005.

CAROLYN LEWIS, Telecommunications Center, received $19,274 for her Community Service Grant: Television Interconnection from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting for the fiscal year 2005.

KAREN RIGGS, School of Telecommunications, received $240,000 for her Athens Interactive Digital Technology Center for Excellence - GRID Lab from It Alliance of Appalachian Ohio for the fiscal year 2005.

Voinovich Center

KEVIN ASPEGREN, DOMINICK BROOK and EVA PINTER, Voinovich Center, received $52738 for their work at EDA University Center from Bowling Green University for the fiscal year 2006.

JENNIFER BOWMAN, Voinovich Center, received $138,178 for her Yellow Creek Watershed Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Plan (AMDAT) from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the fiscal year 2006.

SARA BOYD, Voinovich Center, received $1,000 for her Village of Bremen Customer Survey from the Village of Bremen for the fiscal year 2005.

STEPHANIE HOWE, Voinovich Center, received $270,822.05 for her ODJFS/OFS Technical Assistance FY06, FY07 from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services for the fiscal year 2005.

MARGAET HUTZEL, Voinovich Center, received $3000 for her Ross County Oral Health Access Evaluation from Ross Country Community Action Agency for the fiscal year 2005.

MARGARET HUTZEL, Voinovich Center, received $16,636 for her work with Tobacco Use Grant Evaluation from the Athens City-County Health Department for the fiscal year 2006.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $3,102 for her VITAL (Voices in Transition to Adult Living) Research Assistance from the Children's Home Society of West Virginia for the fiscal year 2005.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $3,450 for her Logan Alternative School Program Evaluation from the Logan Hocking Board of Education for the fiscal year 2005.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $14,500 for her Amish Tobacco Outreach Project Evaluation Assistance from Your Human Resource Center for the fiscal year 2005.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $5652 for her work with Preparation for Fit and Healthy Initiative from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation for the fiscal year 2006.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $30,000 for her work with Columbus Public School's "Healthy and Fit in School and Beyond" Evaluation from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation for the fiscal year 2006.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $2,600 for her work with School Physical Fitness and Wellness Focus Groups from the Ohio Department of Education for the fiscal year 2006.

LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $15,500 for her work with Rural Health Collaborative Tobacco Project from the Adams County Hospital for the fiscal year 2006.

MARSHA LEWIS, Voinovich Center, received $15,200 for her Guernsey, Monroe and Noble County Tobacco Project from the Cambridge Guernsey Health Department for the fiscal year 2005.

MARSHA LEWIS, Voinovich Center, received $7,801 for her work with 2006 School Administration Survey from the Ohio Department of Education for the fiscal year 2006.

BENNY MCCAMENT, Voinovich Center, received $23,200 for his Raccoon Creek Watershed Coordinator from the Raccoon Creek Watershed Coordinator for the fiscal year 2005.

LAURA MILAZZO, Voinovich Center, received $12,742 for her Healthy Living Taskforce from the Ohio Department of Development for the fiscal year 2005.

BARRY OCHES, Voinovich Center, received $3,800 for his Southern Local Reading First Ohio Program Evaluation from the Southern Local School District for the fiscal year 2005.

BARRY OCHES, Voinovich Center, received $3,800 for his Belpre Reading First Ohio Program Evaluation form Belpre City School for the fiscal year 2005.

BARRY OCHES, Voinovich Center, received $3,800 for his Western Local Reading First Ohio Program Evaluation from Western Local School District for the fiscal year 2005.

BARRY OCHES, Voinovich Center, received $3800 for his work with New Boston Reading First Ohio Program Evaluation from the New Boston School District for the fiscal year 2006.

BARRY OCHES, Voinovich Center, received $3,168 for his work with Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation Grantee Data Reports from the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation for the fiscal year 2006.

BARRY OCHES, Voinovich Center, received $15,000 for his work with Southeastern Ohio Rural Tobacco Consortium Evaluation from the Fairfield Department of Heath for the fiscal year 2006.

BARRY OCHES and LESLI JOHNSON, Voinovich Center, received $42,258.96 for their Qualitative Data Contractors from the Ohio Department of Health for the fiscal year 2005.

JARED VORKAVICH, Voinovich Center, received $1,082.50 for his work with Hocking County Comprehensive Land Use Plan Assistance from the Hocking County Commissioners for the fiscal year 2006.

MARK WEINBERG, Voinovich Center, received $336,082 for his G.V. Voinovich Center for Leadership from the Ohio Board of Regents for the fiscal year 2005.

MARK WEINBERG, Voinovich Center, received $1,176,068 for his Appalachian New Economic Program from the Ohio Board of Regents for the fiscal year 2005.

MARK WEINBERG, Voinovich Center, received $622,844 for his Rural University Projects from the Ohio Board of Regents for the fiscal year 2005.

 
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