Grants awarded during July 2007

Hearing, Speech & Language Science

BROOKE HALLOWELL, Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities, University of Connecticut, $5,424.

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, $6,500.

SARAH WYATT, Functional Characterization of a Cytochrome P450 Involved in Gravitropic Signal Transduction, National Science Foundation, $6,000.

Avionics Engineering Center

MICHAEL BRAASCH, WAAS/Baro VNAV Flight Inspection Methodology for Precision Approach Procedures, Federal Aviation Administration, $10,000; ILS Facility Relocation Support, Ft. Rucker, IL, Kaya Associates, Inc., $11,043; ILS Performance Simulations - Sacramento (MHR) Fire Department Complex, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., $9,951; Cleveland Hopkins Airport (CLE) Runway 06 PAPI Flight Measurements, Jess Howard Electric Company, $3,500; FAA Contract DTFA01-01-C-00071, Federal Aviation Administration, $200,000; FAA Contract DTFA01-01-C-00071, Federal Aviation Administration, $250,000; FAA Contract DTFA01-01-C-00071, Federal Aviation Administration, $1,957,682.

MAARTEN UIJT DE HAAG, Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Technologies, NASA Langley Research Center, $265,914.

JAMES RANKIN, Antenna Baseline and Attitude Measurement Systems (ABAMS) Feasibility Study for UAV, ITT Corporation, $89,000.

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CHANG LIU and DAVID CHELBERG, Track 1, GK-12: Science and Technology Enrichment for Appalachian Middle-schoolers (STEAM), National Science Foundation, $552,798.

JUNDONG LIU, Image Registration Techniques for Deformation-Based Morphometry, University of Kentucky, $13,808.

ROBERT JUDD, Composite Cost Model, General Electric, $6,085.

Educational Studies

TERESA FRANKLIN, Track 1, GK-12: Science and Technology Enrichment for Appalachian Middle-schoolers (STEAM), National Science Foundation, $552,798.

ADAH WARD RANDOL,Ethel Thompson Overby: Lighting a Candle: 1912-1977, Spencer Foundation, $40,000.

COM Academic Affairs

KEITH WATSON, O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Faculty Service Provider Agreement, O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, $76,176.

COM Dean’s Office

JOHN BROSE, Government Relations Liaison Agreement, Ohio Osteopathic Association, $37,151.

COM Family Medicine

CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON, MARTHA SIMPSON, STEVEN CLAY, JUDITH RHUE and HAROLD THOMPSON, Family Medicine Pre-Doctoral Training, U.S. Department of Health and Human Servies, $209,520.

JANE HAMEL-LAMBERT, Southeast Ohio Reading Project - Logan Hocking SD, Logan Hocking Schools, $2,000.

JAY SHUBROOK, Diabetes Fellowship for Primary Care Physicians - Novo Nordisk, NOVO NORDISK, INC., $4,500.

CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON, Family Practice, Ohio Board of Regents, $524,631.

COM Social Medicine

DOUGLAS MANN, and GILLIAN ICE Family Medicine Pre-Doctoral Training, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $209,520.

NORMAN GEVITZ, Health Policy Fellowship Agreement with New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, $141,310.

COM Community & Clinical Services

KATHLEEN TRACE and NANCY SCHELL, Americorps/ComCorps Support Lice Project, Athens County Job and Family Services, $1,832; ComCorps, Ohio Community Service Council, $9,668.

Biological Sciences

IAIN MILLER, The Distribution of Glutamate Receptors in the Turtle Utricle: A Confocal and Electron Microscope Study, Deafness Research Foundation, $16,892.

Sociology & Anthropology

DEBORAH THORNE, Consumer Bankruptcy Project IV, Harvard University, $13,035.

Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology

SRDJAN NESIC, Top of the Line JIP, BP America, Inc., $10,000; Napthenic Acid Corrosion, ExxonMobil Research Engineering Company, $56,938; Corrosion Center Oil and Gas Section, Shell Global Solutions, $35,000; Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, ENI S.P.A Exploration & Production Division, $50,000; Water Wetting Joint Industrial Project, ENI S.P.A Exploration & Production Division, $50,000.

History

MARVIN FLETCHER, THINK History, Perry Hocking Educational Service Center, $29,394.

COM Administration and Finance

KATHY BROOKS, Primary Care Residencies, Ohio Board of Regents, $315,586.

Voinovich School

KEVIN ASPEGREN, New Markets Operational Assistance, Adena Ventures, $80,362.

ROBERT GORDON, Appalachian Ohio Web Portal Project: Phases 3-5, Ohio Department of Development, $11,641.

LESLI JOHNSON, SCALE (Statewide Collaborative Agreement with Law Enforcement) Evaluation, Ohio Department of Youth Services, $19,828; Collaboration with the Rural Homeless Initiative of Southeastern and Central Ohio (RHISCO), National Alliance to End Homelessness, $21,730; Highland County Family and Children First Council Annual Planning, Highland County Family and Children First Council, $1,040; Resource Directory Update for the Hocking County Housing Coalition, Hocking Housing Management, Inc., $2,000.

SARA BOYD, 2007 Columbiana County Community Profile Update, Columbiana County Department of Job and Family Services, $6,000.

JENNIFER BOWMAN, Rush Creek AMDAT, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $4,765.

SUSAN ISAAC, Muskingum County Community Assessment, Pro Muskingum Families and Children First, $3,000.

ROBIN STEWART, Network Coordination for Rural People Rural Policy, People Incorporated, $5,750; ITAAO WIRED Grant Meeting Facilitation, IT Alliance of Appalachian Ohio, $8,768.

ROBIN STEWART, SARAH WATLING, AMANDA SPICKARD and KARL RUNSER, ITAAO WIRED Grant Planning Retreat, IT Alliance of Appalachian Ohio, $7,711.

Southeast Asian Studies

DREW MCDANIEL, Southeast Asian Studies Today: Fostering Understanding, Building Relationships, U.S. Department of Education, $218,502.

Physical Therapy

JAMES THOMAS, Altered Motor Coordination in Recurrent Low Back Pain, National Institute of Health, $368,511.

AVERELL OVERBY, FY08 Physical Therapy Contract - Athens County Board MR/DD, Athens County Board MR/DD, $0.00; FY08 Physical Therapy Contract - O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, $662,360.

Psychology

BRUCE CARLSON and CHRISTOPHER FRANCE, Altered Motor Coordination in Recurrent Low Back Pain, National Institute of Health, $368,511; Preventing Adverse Reactions in Novice Blood Donors, National Institute of Health, $30,635.

Ohio Program for Intensive English (OPIE)

GERARD KRZIC, Chubu Spring/Summer/Fall Study Program, Chubu University, $430,213; NITTAIDAI American Culture and Language Study Program, Nihon Taiku University, $56,700.

JAMES KAHLER,Graduate Assistantship, Sinclair Media Group, $8,000.

Civil Engineering

TERUHISA MASADA, Ohio Department of Transportation, Shear Strength of Clay and Silt Embankments, $157,265.

SHAD SARGAND and J. LUDWIG FIGUEROA, Performance Assessment of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Pavements, Ohio Department of Transportation, $96,409; Monitoring and Modeling of Pavement Response and Performance, Ohio Department of Transportation, $299,217.

WILLIAM EDWARDS and SHAD SARGAND, Forensic Investigation of AC and PCC Pavements with Extended Service Life, Ohio Department of Transportation, $32,814.

ERIC STEINBERG and SHAD SARGAND, Forces in Wingwalls from Thermal Expansions of Skewed Semi-Integral Bridges, Ohio Department of Transportation, $85,158.

SANG-SOO KIM and SHAD SARGAND, A Simple Test Procedure for Evaluating Low Temperature Crack Resistance of Asphalt Concrete, Ohio Department of Transportation, $5,860.

Scripps College of Communication

CAROLYN ERVIN, Improving Literacy Services in Appalachian Ohio, Verizon Foundation, $50,000.

ORC Ironton (Southern) Campus

CHARLES DIAMONG, Personal Services Master Contract, Lawrence County Department of Jobs and Family Services, $152,983; Employment Advisor Contract, Lawrence County Department of Jobs and Family Services, $86,975.

DAN EVANS, Southern Empowerment Zone, Huntington Ironton Empowerment Zone, $14,946; Southern Empowerment Zone, Huntington Ironton Empowerment Zone, $14,515.

COM Biomedical Science

JOHN KOPCHICK, Glyco GH, GH Antagonists and Members of GH Family: Production and Characterization, Diathegen, $22,296.

YANG LI, Vesicular Zinc of Recurrent Mossy Fiber in Epilepsy, National Institute of Health, $220,500.

English

SHERRIE GRADIN, Appalachian Writing Project Summer Institute - Ohio Wins, Ohio Board of Regents, $12,000.

Teacher Education

RALPH MARTIN, eSMILES 2 – Lima, Miami University, $3,900; eSMILES 2 - Winton Woods, Miami University, $3,900.

JEFF FANTINE, GED Testing Center - Ohio University Lancaster, Ohio Department Of Education, $17,962.

Edison Biotechnology Institute

DAVID WRIGHT, Edison Core Administration, Omeris, $40.00.

V.P. for Research

SHANE GILKEY, RC Pattern 1 Subsidy, Ohio Board of Regents, $13,762.