Grants awarded during August 2007

Physics and Astronomy

JOSEPH SHIELDS, TJNAF Support for Bridged Faculty: Personal Services Subcontract for Julie Roche, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, $11,293.

HORACIO CASTILLO, Fluctuations in the Dynamics of Glasses, U.S. Department of Energy, $83,837.

ALBERT COTE (Teacher Education) and ARTHUR TRESE (Environmental and Plant Biology), BEEFS: Building Exemplary Elementary Foundations in Science, Ohio Department of Education, $265,623.

J.W. McClure School of ITS

ANDREW SNOW and JOHN HOAG, Telecommunications Critical Infrastructure Protection, National Association of Regulatory and Utility Committee, $25,000.

Institute for Corrosion Multiphase Technology

SRDJAN NESIC, Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Petrobras, $40,000; Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, Petrobras, $50,000; Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, Petrobras, $50,000.

Voinovich School

MARGARET HUTZEL, Dental Resource Center Evaluation, Dental Center of Northwest Ohio, $8,000.

ROBIN LINDQUIST-GRANTZ, Washington County Tobacco Cessation Evaluation, Selby General Hospital, $7,000.

REKHA STRADER, Locally Developed Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan - Adams County, Adams County Commissioners, $25,000.

BEN MCCAMENT, Indefinite Delivery Agreement for Biological Research Services, Midwest Biodiversity Institute, $95,846; Raccoon Creek Watershed Coordinator - Phase 2, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $17,500; Raccoon Creek Watershed Coordinator - Phase 2, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $52,500.

COM Family Medicine

JAY SHUBROOK, Diabetes Fellowship for Primary Care Physicians, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., $4,015.

Psychology

BERNADETTE HECKMAN, Race, Psychiatric Disorders and Headache, National Institute of Health, $105,929.

Environmental & Plant Biology

GAR ROTHWELL and GENE MAPES, Collaborative Research: Gymnosperms on the Tree of Life: Resolving the Phylogeny of Seed Plants, National Science Foundation, $74,912.

AHMED FAIK, Arabino (Glucurono) Xylan Biosynthetic Genes Involved in Endosperm Cell Wall Elaboration in Wheat, National Science Foundation, $339,583.

College of Health and Human Services

THOMAS MURRAY, Heartworks - A Partnership between Ohio University WellWorks and O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, $158,273.

TIMOTHY HECKMAN, BRUCE CARLSON, TIMOTHY M. ANDERSON, JULIE SUHR (Psychology) and ROBERT BARCIKOWSKI, (Educational Studies) andBENJAMIN OGLES (Collge of Arts and Sciences), Telephone Delivered Coping Improvement Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults, National Institute of Health, $372,516.

COM Community & Clinical Services

KATHLEEN TRACE, Children and Family Health Services (CFHS) Program, Ohio Department of Health, $72,993.

JOHN HOWELL and BRIAN CLARK, (COM Biomedical Science), STEVEN WALKOWSKI and DAVID ELAND, (COM Family Medicine), and JEFFERY BENSELER, (COM Specialty Medicine) A Pilot Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) of Acute Low Back Pain, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, $39,000.

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

ROBERT JUDD, Estimating Nonaxisymmetric Composite Parts in GE Engines, General Electric, $15,992.

Department of Classics

LYNNE LANCASTER, Innovation in Vault Architecture in the Provinces of the Roman Empire: A Lens for Looking at Technology and Society, National Science Foundation, $80,922.

Political Science

TAKAAKI SUZUKI, Forum for Education and Democracy Fellow - Anita Frederick, The Forum for Education and Democracy, $9,300.

Teacher Education

JEFF FANTINE and SHARON REYNOLDS, Central/Southeast Ohio ABLE Resource Center, Ohio Department of Education, $356,589.

Avionics Engineering Center

ANDRES MARQUEZ (College of Engineering and Technology), DAVID BAYLESS (Mechanical Engineering), and GERARDINE BOTTE (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering), Combined Theoretical and Experimental Investigation and Design of H2S Tolerant Anode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, U.S. Department of Engery, $46,158.

MICHAEL BRAASCH, See and Avoid Flight Demonstration Support, Defense Research Associates, Inc., $6,000.

CHANG LIU, (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and DIANA SCHWERHA (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Second Life as a Pedagogical Tool for Improving Statistics Homework Sessions, Shawnee State University, $10,000.

Philosophy

PHILIP EHRLICH, The Rise and Development of Non-Archimedean Mathematics, National Science Foundation, $73,184.

Registrar's Office

DEBRA BENTON,Articulation and Transfer Clearinghouse (ATC) Funding, Ohio Board of Regents, $41,890.

Civil Engineering

SHAD SARGAND, Validation of Modified JSLAB2004, Engineering and Software Consultants, Inc., $55,808.

ORC Ironton (Southern) Campus

JEFFERY HANDLEY and KATHRYN MALONE, GEAR UP/OCAN Best Practices Implementation Grant - It Might As Well Be You/Early Awareness Program Service, Ohio College Access Network, $20,000.

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, $8,144.

University Events

GRETCHEN STEPHENS, Performing Arts Series 2006-07, Ohio Arts Council, $2,700.

OPIE

GERARD KRZIC, American Culture and Language Study Summer Program, Inagukuen Comprehensive Upper Secondary School, $55,777.

COM Biomedical Science

JOHN KOPCHICK, Creation and Characterization of GH Binding Protein Gene Disrupted Mice, National Institute of Health, $220,500.