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Monday, December 1, 2008
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Avionics Engineering Research Center

JAMES RANKIN, Upgrade Runway 5-23 and Runway 6-24 to CAT III Operations - Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, MITAC, INC., $208,512; Flight Inspection of the Thales Imageless Glideslope in Florida, Thales Atm Inc, $16,059; Flight Inspection in Dothan, Alabama, Thales Atm Inc, $16,084; Glide Slope Computer Modeling for Ronald Reagan National Airport: Modeling Analysis of Effort of Boat House, Ricondo And Associates Inc., $4,425; Flight Inspection San Diego, California, Thales Atm Inc, $23,378; WAAS/Baro VNAV Flight Inspection Methodology for Precision Approach Procedures, Federal Aviation Administration, $3,000.

DAVID MATOLAK and JAMES RANKIN, Development and Deployment of a Wireless Network Testbed for Airport Applications, Federal Aviation Administration, $199,900.

JIANCHAO ZHU and JAMES RANKIN, AFRL DAGSI Fellowship - Flight Control of Hypersonic Scramjet Vehicles Using a Differential Algebraic Approach, Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, $48,510.

CHRIS BARTONE and JAMES RANKIN, Combat Sent Passive Ranging System, Spectral Systems Inc., $110,000.

MICHAEL BRAASCH, JAMES RANKIN and FRANK VAN GRAAS, Precision AIME Program, Northrop Grumman, $162,842.

Biological Sciences

MOLLY MORRIS, The Role of Sexual Selection in the Loss of A Sexually Selected Male Trait, National Science Foundation, $101,219.

Chemistry & Biochemistry

HOWARD DEWALD and LAQUETTA CORTNER, The Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance, Ohio State University Research Foundation, $16,000.

College of Engineering & Technology

HELMUT ZWAHLEN, Improved Work Zone Design Guidelines and Enhanced Model of Traffic Delays in Work Zones - Phase II. Ohio Department of Transportation, $79,624;

KEVIN BERISSO, Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute, Hand Held Products, $1,800;

HAJRUDIN PASIC, Pilot Testing of Sieving Electrostatic Precipitator, Ohio Air Quality Development, $204,532.

Outreach & Regional Campuses, VP

DEBORAH CATRI and GORDON BROOKS, Evaluation of TANF-Supported After-School, Summer, and School Readiness Enrichment Programs, Ohio Department Of Education, $198,720.

African-American Studies

VIBERT CAMBRIDGE, Organizing Historical Records of African American and Underground Railroad History in Southeastern Ohio, U S Department Of Agriculture, $30,000.

Southern Campus (Ironton)

RENA ALLEN, Connections in Math, Science and Literature, Ohio Board Of Regents, $112,748;

JEFFREY HANDLEY, Gear Up Grant, Ohio Board Of Regents, $55,000;

RENA ALLEN, South Region Primary Discovery Academy, Miami University, $28,904; National Board Teacher Certification Support Site for Region 11, Ohio Department Of Education, $750; National Board Teacher Certification Support Site for Region 7, Ohio Department Of Education, $3,150.

Ohio Program of Intensive English

GERARD KRZIC, American Culture and Language Study Summer Program, Inagakuen Comprehensive Upper Secondary School, $82,510; NITTAIDAI American Culture and Language Study Program - Summer 2006, Nihon Taiiku University, $13,605;

SCOTT JARVIS, Ohio Program for English Language Teachers, Chubu University, $3,593.74.

Physics and Astronomy

ARTHUR SMITH, SERGIO ULLOA, NANCY SANDLER and SAW-WAI HLA, Building Nanospintronic and Nanomagnetic Systems - Growth, Manipulation and Characterization at the Atomic Scale, National Science Foundation, $173,890;

ALEXANDER GOVOROV, Hybrid Nanocrystal Superstructures: Photonic Properties, Plasmon Resonances and Device Applications, National Institute Of Standards And Technology, $51,247;

DAVID DRABOLD, Growth, Characterization & Modeling of Monolithic Silicon Microbolometer Materials, Penn State University, $45,130;

SERGIO ULLOA, CIAM - Workshop "Trends on Novel Materials, Oct 16-20, 2006, Cartagena de Indias, Columbia", National Science Foundation, $55,650.

Center for International Studies

W. STEPHEN HOWARD, Uploading Africa! How Technology and the Arts Can Inspire Our Fields – FLAS, U S Department Of Education, $262,500.

Psychology

HARRY KOTSES, Project on TRAC: Improving Asthma Control in Children, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, $23,368;

DANIEL CARMAN, Jefferson Laboratory Glue X/Hall D Post Doc, S E Universities Research Assoc., $43,783.08.

Voinovich Center

SARA BOYD, Health Education Consortium Project, Shawnee State University, $21,983; 

LESLI JOHNSON, Sisters of Charity Oral Health Program Evaluation, Sisters Of Charity Foundation Of Canton, $2,000;

LESLI JOHNSON and ANIRUDH RUHIL, SCALE (Statewide Collaborative Agreement with Law Enforcement) Evaluation, Ohio Department of Youth Services, $4,957;

DARREN COHEN, Geographic Information Systems Services, David Miller and Associates, $7,868;

SARA BOYD, Miami Valley Tobacco Use Survey, Miami Valley Health Improvement Council, $4,138;

ISABELLE CANCELLARE, Certified Public Management Program, Ohio Department of Administrative Services, $34,000.

College of Health and Human Services

LESLIE MOSS, ODE/USDA Snack Program - Athens City Local School District, Athens City School District, $1,867.32.

Chemical & Biomedical Engineering

KEVIN CRIST, Design and Feasibility Assessment of a Retrospective Epidemiologic Study of Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions in Pittsburgh, PA Region, University Of Pittsburgh, $11,600; Air Quality Modeling Activities for Northeast Ohio, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, $14,981;  Assessing the Methods of Alleviating Impacts from Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) on Human Health and the Environment in the Great Lakes Basin, Great Lakes Commission, $146,122.

COM Academic Affairs

PETER BELL, Educational Pain Lecture - Dayton CORE Site, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, $1,700.

KEITH WATSON, Rpac1, Various, $1,479,125; Associate COM Member Agreements, Various, $48,000; Affiliate COM1, Various, $246,000.

COM Community & Clinical Services

KATHLEEN TRACE and NANCY SCHELL, Americorps/ComCorps Support at Beacon School and Head Start, Athens County Job And Family Services, $11,293.50.

COM Biomedical Science

JOHN BLAZYK and BONITA BIEGALKR, Design of Novel Linear Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides, National Institute Of Health, $220,500;

IAIN MILLER, The Distribution of Glutamate Receptors in the Turtle Utricle: A Confocal and Electron Microscope Study, Deafness Research Foundation, $17,852;

JOHN KOPCHICK, Role of Growth Hormone in Prostate Cancer, University Of Illinois At Chicago, $14,500.

Recreation and Sport Sciences

JAMES KAHLER, Graduate Assistantship – TicketReturn, Ticketreturn, $8,000.

Hearing, Speech & Language Sciences

BROOKE HALLOWELL, Annual Review of Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities, University Of Connecticut, $13,675.

Physical Therapy

AVERELL OVERBY, Therapy Associates Services Contract - Eastern Local - Physical Therapy, Eastern Local School District, $345.

COM Social Medicine

GILLIAN ICE, Gender, Caregiving and Nutrition Among Luo Grandparents, National Science Foundation, $85,000;

JACQUILINE WOLF, Birth Pangs: A Social History of Obstetric Anesthesia, National Institute Of Health, $73,387;

NORMAN GEVITZ, Health Policy Fellowship Agreement with New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York College Of Osteopathic Medicine, $134,045.

Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CHANG LIU and TIAO CHANG, Improving Awareness of Environmental Challenges in Appalachian Ohio, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, $48,200;

BEN STUART, Evaluating Sorbent Potential for Arsenic Removal from Water, Mar Systems, $26,680;

JANUSZ STARZYK, Image Registration through Invariant Representations and Saccade Movements, Anteon Corporation, $16,000;

R. RIEFLER, Use of Fluidized Bed Slag Reactors for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment, Ohio State University Research Foundation, $18,349;

JUNDONG LIU, Advanced Image Segmentation and Registration Techniques, University of Kentucky, $26,000;

JOSEPH ESSMAN, TEAMS Test Development, The Junior Engineering Technical Society, $17,375.83.

College of Education

AYANNA JORDAN, Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), Children's Hunger Alliance, $500.

Communication Studies

RAYMIE MCKERROW, Ronald McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, U S Department Of Education, $220,000.

Environmental & Plant Biology

AHMED FAIK, Subtractive cDNA Libraries Strategy to Unravel Endosperm Cell Wall Elaboration in Wheat Developing Seeds, Ohio Plant Biotechnology Consortium, $10,000;

SARAH WYATT and MORGAN VIS-CHIASSON, MRI: Acquisition of Equipment for a Core Genomics Facility at Ohio University, National Science Foundation, $448,509.

University College

CYNTHIA KING, Project CAP - Trio Student Support Services, US Department Of Education, $300,031.

Mechanical Engineering

JAY GUNASEKERA, Hot Compression Testing of the TI6-4 Boron Alloys, Ladish Company, Inc., $29,450.



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