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Monday, December 1, 2008
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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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Grants & Awards

Avionics Engineering Center

JAMES RANKIN, FAA Contract DTFA01-01-C-00071, Federal Aviation Administration, $700,000; RANKIN and FRANK VAN GRAAS, Local Area Augmentation System Research and Development, Federal Aviation Administration, $600,000; RANKIN, Simulation for New Development at Rickenbacker Airport, R.W. Armstrong & Associates, $6,406; RANKIN, WAAS/Baro VNAV Flight Inspection Methodology for Precision Approach Procedures, Federal Aviation Administration, $86,467.

Astrophysical Institute - College of Arts and Sciences

MANGALA SHARMA and GEORGE EBERTS, It's Our Universe: Discovering Astronomy at a Community Library in Appalachian Ohio, Space Telescope Science Institute, $17,759.

Biological Sciences - College of Arts and Sciences

WILLEM ROOSENBURG and MATTHEW WHITE, Population Ecology of the Ouachita Map Turtle in the Scioto River, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $38,811.

ELLENGENE PETERSON, Sensory Processing in Mammalian Vestibular Organs, Baylor College of Medicine, $6,639.

DAEWOO LEE, Role of Dopamine in Alpha-Syn-Mediated Neurodegeneration, National Institute of Health, $30,000.

Chemistry and Biochemistry - College of Arts and Sciences

KENNETH BROWN, Derivatives of Aquacobalamin, Ariston Pharmaceuticals, Inc., $132,300.

TADEUSZ MALINSKI, The Vascular Biology of Lung Preservation, University of Michigan, $50,000.

Environmental and Plant Biology - College of Arts and Sciences

SARAH WYATT, Functional Characterization of a Cytochrome P450 Involved in Gravitropic Signal Transduction, National Science Foundation, $119,992.

Geography - College of Arts and Sciences

GEOFFREY BUCKLEY, Policies, Planning, and Investments in Open Space Preservation and Conservation in Urban Areas, U.S. Department of Agriculture, $11,000.

Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics - College of Arts and Sciences

KENNETH HICKS and DANIEL CARMAN, Study of Hadronic Structure Using Electromagnetic Probes, National Science Foundation, $215,000.

Mathematics - College of Arts and Sciences

XIAOPING ANN SHEN, An International Workshop on Computational Science and Its Education, National Science Foundation, $3,270.

Psychology - College of Arts and Sciences

TIMOTHY HECKMAN, BRUCE CARLSON and JULIE SUHR, A Coping Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults, National Institute of Health, $617,683.

Southeast Asian Studies - College of Arts and Sciences/Center for International Studies

EUGENE AMMARELL, A New Southeast Asian Studies Major, U.S. Department of Education, $78,214.

Quantitative Biology Institute

KIM CUDDINGTON, QEIB: Predicting the Effects of Diffusion-Limitation in a Predator-Prey System, National Science Foundation, $90,918.

Communication Studies - Scripps College of Communication

SAM LARSON and RAFAEL OBREGON, REsulTS Initiative White Paper on Capacity Building, Population Services International, $27,403; LARSON and JAMES DEARING, Predictive Potential and Pragmatic Utility of the NCOA - Green House Diffusion Tool, Michigan Public Health Institute, $67,614.

Institute for Telecommunications Studies - Scripps College of Communication

DON FLOURNOY, Research Analysis: 2006 Intelligent Community of the Year Awards, Intelligent Community Forum, $2,500.

Journalism - Scripps College of Communication

WILLIAM READER, THOMAS HODSON, JOSEPH BERNT and DEBORAH GUMP, Route 7 Report and www.route7report.com, University of Maryland Foundation, $12,000.

Center for Higher Education - College of Education

MELISSA FREEMAN, Gender, Geography, Transfer and Baccalaureate Completion AIR/NCES Dissertation Fellowship, Association for Institutional Research, $15,000.

Center for the Study and Development of Literacy and Language Center - College of Education

JEFF FANTINE and SHARON REYNOLDS, General Educational Development (GED) Contract for Services, Ohio Department of Education, $5,000; FANTINE and MAUREEN COON, Introduction to Information Literacy - Institute for Library & Information Literacy Education Grants-in-Aid, Kent State University, $3,500.

College of Education

THOMAS DAVIS and ALBERT LEEP, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Lecture Series, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, $60,700.

Educational Studies - College of Education

TERESA FRANKLIN, Star Schools Grant – MATRIX, Ohio Board of Regents, $15,000.

Teacher Education - College of Education

RALPH MARTIN, ORC Science Content Committee, Ohio State University Research Foundation, $22,199; MARTIN and JEFFREY CONNOR, Southeastern Ohio Center for Excellence in Math and Science, Ohio Board of Regents, $200,000; MARTIN, Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading Science Review Board – ODED, Ohio State University Research Foundation, $47,191.

ALBERT COTE and ARTHUR TRESE, BEEFS: Building Exemplary Elementary Foundations in Science, Ohio Department of Education, $$25,605.

Center for Automatic Identification Education & Research - Russ College of Engineering and Technology

JAMES FALES, Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute, Datalogic, $1,000; FALES, Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute, LXE, an EMS Technologies Company, $1,000.

Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology - Russ College of Engineering and Technology

SRDJAN NESIC, Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, Shell Global Solutions, Inc., $50,000; NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Shell Global Solutions, Inc., $35,000; NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Nalco Energy, $35,000; NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Baker Petrolite, $35,000; NESIC, Gorgon Upstream - High Pressure Tests, Chevron Energy Technology Company, $35,000; NESIC, Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, Total, $50,000; NESIC, Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, ConocoPhillips Company, $50,000; NESIC, Volatile Inhibitor - Talisman-Energy, Talisman Malaysia Limited, $15,000; NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Total, $35,000.

Mechanical Engineering - Russ College of Engineering and Technology

JAY GUNASEKERA, Low Cost Titanium Casting Process and Design for Net Shape Components for the EFV, UES, Inc., $132,000.

ORITE - Russ College of Engineering and Technology

ERIC STEINBERG, Training Classes on AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Ohio Department of Transportation, $83,535.

SHAD SARGAND and J. LUDWIG FIGUEROA, Monitoring and Modeling of Pavement Response and Performance, Ohio Department of Transportation, $442,027.69.

GUY RIEFLER, BEN STUART and PETER COSCHIGANO, Microbiological Assessment of the Linden AMD Bioremediation System, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $46,000.

Regional Energy Environmental Institute - Russ College of Engineering and Technology

DAVID BAYLESS, Sulfur Tolerance and Improved Performance in SOFCs for Aerospace Applications, Case Western Reserve University, $154,846.

Film - College of Fine Arts

JENNIFER GRANVILLE, Winesburg, Ohio, Ohio Humanities Council, $5,000.

College of Health and Human Services

LESLIE MOSS, Watercraft Safety and Canoeing Instruction, Athens Foundation, $2,400; MOSS, Kids on Campus Summer and After School Programs, Athens County Job and Family Services, $337,000; MOSS, Second Step Violence Prevention Program, Team Athens County, $746.86; MOSS, Kids on Campus Health and Wellness Project, Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund, $21,000; MOSS and GARY NEIMAN, 21st Century Community Learning Center Program - Federal Hocking Local School District, Federal Hocking Local School District, $258,180; MOSS and NEIMAN, 21st Century Community Learning Center Program - Athens City School District, Athens City School District, $300,180; MOSS and NEIMAN, Alexander Local Schools - 21st Century Community Learning Center, Alexander Local School District, $285,354.90.

Center for Sports Administration - College of Health and Human Services

JAMES KAHLER, Graduate Assistantship - Viacom Sports, Viacom Sports, $8,000; KAHLER, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Internships – 2006, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, $4,000.

Health Sciences - College of Health and Human Services

MICHELE MORRONE, BE/MUSES: A Multiscale Statistical Framework for Assessing the Biocomplexity of Materials Use - The Case for Transportation Fuels, Ohio State University Research Foundation, $37,877.

Hearing, Speech and Language Science - College of Health and Human Services

LI XU, Tone Development in Children with Cochlear Implants, National Institutes of Health, $71,773.

Physical Therapy - College of Health and Human Services

AVERELL OVERBY, Therapy Associates Services Contract - Eastern Local - Physical Therapy, Eastern Local School District, $180.

JAMES THOMAS, BRUCE CARLSON and CHRISTOPHER FRANCE, Altered Motor Coordination in Recurrent Low Back Pain, National Institute of Health, $373,764.

Recreation and Sport Sciences--College of Health and Human Services

MICHAEL KUSHNICK, Analyses of Blood Lipid Parameters, Florida State University, $3,200; KUSHNICK, The Glycemic Response to Slowly Disgestible Starches, Purdue University, $1,500.

Administration and Finance - College of Osteopathic Medicine

KATHY BROOKS, Primary Care Residencies, Ohio Board of Regents, $265,697.

Biomedical Science - College of Osteopathic Medicine

KAREN COSCHIGANO, Summer Research Opportunities for Minority Students - Aarti Sharma, The Endocrine Society, $4,000.

Community & Clinical Services - College of Osteopathic Medicine

KATHLEEN TRACE, Healthy Communities Project, Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund, $25,000.

Family Medicine - College of Osteopathic Medicine

ROBERT GOTFRIED, Impact of a Self-Adjusted Titration Guideline in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A 6-Month, Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Treat-to-Target of the Efficacy and Safety of Levemir Study, Kendle International, Inc., $0.; GOTFRIED, JAY SHUBROOK and FRANK SCHWARTZ, All to Target Trial Lantus: A 64-week, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel, Open-Label Clinical Study, Kendle International Inc., $0; GOTFRIED, SHUBROOK and SCHWARTZ, CV181-013 Clinical Drug Trial: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Phase 3 Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Saxagliptin (BMS-477118) In Combination with Thiazolidinedione Therapy In Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, $1,250.

CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON, Family Practice, Ohio Board of Regents, $583,090; SIMPSON, JANE HAMEL-LAMBERT, SUE MEEKS, DAVIDA PARSONS, JULIE OWENS and KAREN MONTGOMERY-REAGAN, Interprofessional Partners for Appalachian Children, Health Resources and Services Administration, $85,000.

Information and Planning - College of Osteopathic Medicine

BRIAN PHILLIPS, Southern Ohio Telepsychiatric Network - Tri County Mental Health, Tri County Mental Health and Counseling Services, $5,800.

Research - College of Osteopathic Medicine

JOHN BROSE, Proposal to Establish CORE Director of Research Development, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, $89,136.64.

Student Affairs - College of Osteopathic Medicine

PATRICIA BURNETT, MARIE BARONE and ANN BRIECK, FY07 - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students, Health Resources and Services Administration, $172,722.

Tropical Disease Institute - College of Osteopathic Medicine

MARIO GRIJALVA, Pilot Program for Chagas Disease Control in Loja Province, Ecuador, Children’s Heartlink, $9,000.

ORC Lancaster Tech Prep

JOHN FURLOW, Tech Prep - Expanded Enrollment Grant, Columbus State Community College, $12,951.04; FURLOW, Tech Prep State Funding, Columbus State Community College, $1,400.

RHE Ironton Campus

ROBERT CULP, Mapping and Baseline Monitoring of Invasive Species at Lake Vesuvius Recreation in Wayne National Forest. Lawrence County, Ohio, National Forest Foundation, $4,000; CULP, Blast from the Past: History Comes to Life, Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, $3,000.

RHE Zanesville Campus

DONNA CLEVINGER, Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Summer Institute, Ohio Department of Education, $30,432.

Voinovich Center

LESLI JOHNSON, Appalachian Ohio TANF Demonstration Project, Vinton County Department of Job and Family Service, $276,825; JOHNSON, Collaboration with the Rural Homeless Initiative of Southeastern and Central Ohio (RHISCO), National Alliance to End Homelessness, $21,730; JOHNSON, AppalYouth Service Learning Project Evaluation, Sojourner Care Network, $3,000.

ROBERT GORDON, City of Marysville Planning Retreat Facilitation, City of Marysville, $4,354; GORDON, Appalachian Ohio Web Portal Project - Phase 3 and 4, Ohio Department of Development, $35,000.

SARA BOYD, IDC Customer Survey, Information Destruction Services, $1,950; BOYD, Ohio E-Check Customer Satisfaction Survey, Envirotest Systems, Corp., $17,432.

SHARON HOPKINS, Procurement Technical Assistance Center – State, Ohio Department of Development, $7,500; HOPKINS, Procurement Technical Assistance Center – Federal, Ohio Department of Development, $38,000.

ROBIN STEWART, CenterPoint Partnership Activities - Central Appalachian Network (CAN), CenterPoint Institute, $4,000; STEWART, CenterPoint Partnership Activities - Appalachian Ohio Regional Entrepreneurship Network (AOREN), CenterPoint Institute, $4,000; STEWART, Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, $22,000; STEWART, Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, $19,500; STEWART, Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, $8,500.

KEVIN ASPEGREN and EVA ASPEGREN, New Markets Operational Assistance, Adena Ventures, $34,812.50; KEVIN ASPEGREN and EVA ASPEGREN, New Markets Operational Assistance, Adena Ventures, $41,812.50.

STEPHANIE HOWE and MARSHA LEWIS, Workforce Redesign Training, Workforce Development Office, $29,358.23.

ROY BOYD and CINDY POOLE, SBDC 2005 IMPLAN Study, Ohio Business Connection, $12,951.

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