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Sunday, November 8, 2009
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EvidenceEvidence of My Existence
Follow photo-
journalist Jim Lo Scalzo through a maze of airports and crowds and countries as he chases the career he has always wanted, struggles with his family problems, and reveals the pleasures of a life singularly focused.
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CHANG LIU, Appalachian Ohio Second Life Learning Community - Introducing Immersive Learning Environments to Appalachian Ohio K-12 Schools, Shawnee State University, $5,000.00

CHANG LIU, Reaching Out-of-State Audience via the Second Life 3-D Online Virtual World, E Tech Ohio, $960.00

Voinovich Center

BARRY OCHES, Tobacco Focus Groups, Shapeshifters, Inc., $5,000.

LESLI JOHNSON and MARGARET HUTZEL, Healthy and Fit in Southeastern Ohio Evaluation and Technical Assistance, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, $53,740.21

LESLI JOHNSON, Technical Assistance to Athens County Housing Coalition - Homeless Count 2007, Athens County Metropolitan Housing Authority, $1,844.

KEVIN ASPEGREN, New Markets Operational Assistance, Adena Ventures, $44,750.

DARREN COHEN, David Simon & Matt Trainer, Athens County GIS Mapping, Phase 5, Athens County Engineers Office, $30,000; City of Athens GIS, City Of Athens, $20,000.

JENNIFER BOWMAN, Appendix 8 Data Packages, Ohio Department Of Natural Resources, $10,000.

JENNIFER BOWMAN and EDWARD RANKIN, Indefinite Delivery Agreement for Biological Research Services, Midwest Biodiversity Institute, $57,351.

HOLLY RAFFLE and SARA BOYD, Project SUCCESS Evaluation, Athens Meigs Educational Service Center, $2,030.

TAEIL KIM, Raccoon Creek Watershed Web Site Update, Vinton County Soil and Water District, $3,000.

BENNY MCCAMENT, Raccoon Creek Watershed Coordinator - Phase 2, Ohio Department Of Natural Resources, $17,500.

LESLI JOHNSON and AMY JENNINGS, Needs Assessment Update for Partnership for Success, Paint Valley Adamhs Board, $3,375.

BARRY OCHES, Adena Local Community Learning Center Evaluation, Adena Local School District, $3,000.

Ohio Program of Intensive English

GERARD KRZIC, Feng Chia University Study Program, Feng Chia University, $41,741.

ORC Zanesville Campus

PRAMOD KANWAR, OUZ International Conference Ring Research (R2), National Security Agency, $8,856.

English

ROBERT DEMOTT, Quarter After Eight, Ohio Arts Council, $2,059.

MARK HALLIDAY and JILL ROSSER, English & Thomas Carpenter, Department of Classics, Poets on Poetry: A Summer Institute for Teachers, Ohio Humanities Council, $9,948.

SHERRIE GRADIN, Ohio University Appalachian Writing Project, National Writing Project Corporation, $30,000.

Modern Languages

MARY JANE KELLEY, History of Art in Spain, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, $6,000.

VP Outreach & Regional Campuses

STEPHEN FLAHERTY, Expanding the Pool of Qualified Teachers for Ohio's Schools (EPQTOS), Ohio Department Of Education, $20,097.

Teacher Education

STEPHEN SAFRAN, Enhancing Professional Preparation in Ohio's Integrated Systems Model at Ohio University, School Study Council Of Ohio, $30,000.

JEFF FANTINE and MELISSA BEAVERS, Justice Talking – AppalCorps, Ohio Community Service Council, $3,300.

Educational Studies

TERESA FRANKLIN, Star Schools Grant – MATRIX, Ohio Board Of Regents, $77,300.

Environmental & Plant Biology

SARAH WYATT and GAR ROTHWELL, Environmental & Plant Biology, Janet Duerr, Biological Sciences & David Moore, Educational Studies, GFP as a Tool for Multi-Representational Visual Translation, National Science Foundation, $140,001.

Avionics Engineering Center

JAMES RANKIN, Steep Angle Approaches for the Cessna Mustang, Cessna Aircraft CompanY, $5,222; WAAS/Baro VNAV Flight Inspection Methodology for Precision Approach Procedures, Federal Aviation Administration, $2,000; Antenna Baseline and Attitude Measurement Systems (ABAMS) Feasibility Study for UAV, Itt Corporation, $38,796;Newport News (PHF) Runway 25 Localizer, Talbert And Bright Inc, $9,990; St. Augustine, Florida - Flight Inspection, Thales Atm Inc, $17,719;Boeing Technical Assistance Contract, The Boeing Company, $300,000; FAA Contract DTFA01-01-C-00071, Federal Aviation Administration, $17,621.

MICHAEL BRAASCH and JAMES RANKIN, Multi-Sensor Integration for Autonomous Vehicle Relative Navigation, Rockwell Collins, Inc, $80,000.

JAMES RANKIN and DAVID QUINET, ILS/VOR Simulation Tool Training, Kaya Associates, INC., $75.

FRANK VAN GRAAS and JAMES RANKIN, LADAR EO GPS/INS Atomic Navigation Demonstration (LEGAND), Wyle Laboratories, $12,000.

FRANK VAN GRAAS and JAMES RANKIN, Worldwide Accurate Sensor Positioning System (WASPS), Wyle Laboratories, $12,000.

Chemistry & Biochemistry

JENNIFER HINES and STEVE BERGMEIER, Targeting a Novel Regulatory RNA with Novel Antibiotics, National Institutes of Health, $474,333.

Edison Biotechnology Institute

JOHN KOPCHICK, Role of Growth Hormone in Breast Cancer, University Of Illinois At Chicago, $15,235; Glyco GH, GH Antagonists and Members of GH Family: Production and Characterization, Diathegen, $66,676.

Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology

SRDJAN NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Company, $35,000.00

SRDJAN NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, ConocoPhillips, $35,000.00

SRDJAN NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, $35,000.00

SRDJAN NESIC, Assessment of Material Resistance to General and Localized Corrosion, WOODSIDE ENERGY, LTD., $43,000.00

ORC Ironton (South.) Campus

WILLIAM LARSON, Ohio University Leadership Project Southern Campus, Ohio Department Of Education, $63,000.00

RENA ALLEN, The Grade 7-8 Math Teaching and Learning Collaborative, Ohio Board Of Regents, $138,360.00

RENA ALLEN, National Board Teacher Certification Support Site for Region 7, Ohio Department Of Education, $9,150.00

RENA ALLEN, National Board Teacher Certification Support Site for Region 11, Ohio Department Of Education, $3,900.00

Hearing, Speech & Language Sciences

LI XU, Lexical Tone Perceptions with HiRes 120 Speech-Processing Strategy in Mandarin-Speaking Children, Advanced Bionics Corporation, $6,306.00

Physics and Astronomy

DAVID DRABOLD, Growth, Characterization & Modeling of Monolithic Silicon Microbolometer Materials, Penn State University, $109,612.00

ELLENGENE PETERSON and MICHAEL ROWE, Biological Sciences & Alexander Neiman, Physics and Astronomy, Biomechanics of Vertebrate Hair Cells, National Institute Of Health, $5,880.00

CARL BRUNE and STEVEN GRIMES, Study of Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure and Reactions with Neutrons, U S Department Of Energy, $325,000.00

PETER JUNG, Neural-Glial Communications Networks: A Computational Approach, National Science Foundation, $130,000.00

STEVEN GRIMES, Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowship - Hadi Hadizadeh, Institute For International Education, $12,500.00

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

KEVIN CRIST, Northeast Ohio Region PM 2.5 Forecasting, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, $44,985.00

DOUGLAS GOETZ, Novel Therapeutics for Pathological Inflammation - Engineering Novel Adhesion Based Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Disease, American Heart Assoc, $100,000.00

Social Work

ANNE SPARKS, Enriching Lives through Lasting Marriages - Strengthen Marriages in Muskingum County, Ellm Financial & Administration Committee, $4,465.50

ORC Lancaster Tech Prep

JOHN FURLOW, Tech Prep - Expanded Enrollment Grant, Columbus State Community College, $12,951.09

Library

JULIA ZIMMERMAN, Library Annex Operating, Ohio Board of Regents, $155,150.05

Biological Sciences

DAVID RUSSELL, Biological Sciences, ALEXANDER GOVOROV, ALEXANDER NEIMAN, Physics and Astronomy & HUGH RICHARDSON, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Control of Cell Systems Using Optically-Driven Nanoparticles as Actuators, National Institute Of Health, $215,354.00

ROBERT RAKOWSKI, Voltage Clamp Studies of Sodium Pump Current and Flux, National Institute Of Health, $209,557.00

MOLLY MORRIS and SOICHI TANDA, Selection for Xmrk Gene in Xiphophorus Melanoma Model, National Institute Of Health, $38,380.00

ANNE LOUCKS, Biological Sciences, ROGER GILDERS & JEFFREY SEEGMILLER, Recreation and Sport Sciences, Early Effects of Plyometric and Aerobic Exercise on Bone in Untrained Men and Women, U S Army Medical Research Acquisition, $249,138.00

COM Biomedical Science

JANET BURNS and DAVID ELAND, COM Family Medicine, JOHN HOWELL, COM Biomedical Science and ROBERT II WILLIAMS, Mechanical Engineering, The Virtual Haptic Back for Osteopathic Training, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, $207,603.00

SHARON INMAN and FELICIA NOWAK, Antioxidants on Development of Diabetic Nephropathy, National Institute Of Health, $88,200.00

Recreation and Sport Sciences

JEFFREY SEEGMILLER, Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools, Various High Schools, $82.04

JEFFREY SEEGMILLER, Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools, Various High Schools, $1,032.91

JEFFREY SEEGMILLER, Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools, Various High Schools, $1,181.06

Mechanical Engineering

HAJRUDIN PASIC, Pilot Testing of Sieving Electrostatic Precipitator, Ohio Air Quality Development, $418,391.00

COM Dean's Office

JOHN BROSE, Student Clinicians' Ceremony 2005-2006-2007, Arnold P Gold Foundation, $1,500.00

COM Community & Clinical Services

KATHLEEN TRACE, OUCOM Free Clinic, Ohio Association Of Free Clinics, $5,400.00

KATHLEEN TRACE, TB Contract, Athens County Tuberculosis Clinic Board, $41,568.00

ORC Zanesville Campus

DONNA CLEVINGER, Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Summer Institute, Ohio Department Of Education, $31,960.80

Mechanical Engineering

M. KHAIRUL ALAM, Development of Low Cost Conducting Polymer for Electrostatic Precipitators, Applied Sciences Inc, $129,091.00

Industrial Technology

KEVIN BERISSO, Automatic Identifcation and Data Capture Technical Institute, AIM, Inc., $17,000.00

Journalism

THOMAS HODSON, WILLIAM READER, PATRICIA WESTFALL and DOUGLAS NOHL, Journalism, Public Education Materials and Personnel Training for the Brown County Court System, Ohio State Bar Foundation, $25,000.00

Civil Engineering

TIAO CHANG, Proposal for Serving as the Executive Director of the Ohio River Consortium for Research and Education, Ohio River Basin Consortium For Research And Educa, $8,400.00

 
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