FRACAA
Awards
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)
The Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award encourage excellence among faculty engaged in scholarly research, scientific inquiry, inventive technology, and original artistic activity. This competitive program offers grants for project-related expenses. For additional information about this program, please contact Allison Weiner.
2013 - 2014
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Manuel Bautista | Physics | Photoionization of Quasar Outflows |
| Lori Brown | Flight Science | Light Exposure on Flight Crew |
| Amy Curtis | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences | Analysis of Diabetes |
| Andrzej Dudek | Math | Ramsey-Type Numbers |
| Brian Gogan | English | Integrating Models of Reciprocity |
| Leah Omilion-Hodges | Communication | Integrating Models of Reciprocity |
| Andrew Hennlich | Frostic School of Art | unFixing the Eye |
| Jennifer Hudson | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Low-Thrust Spacecraft Design |
| John Jellies | Biological Sciences | Peripheral Neural Network |
| Kristina Lemmer | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Boron Nitride Erosion |
| Larry Mallk | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Workplace Resilience Instrument |
| Judy Moonert | Music | Coalescence Percussion Duo |
| Christopher Pearl | Biological Sciences | Estrogen and Male Aging |
| Diana Prieto | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities |
| Mary Ann Stark | Nursing | Therapeutic Showering in Labor |
| Michelle Suarez | Occupational Therapy | Physiology of Food Selectivity |
| Joyashish Thakurta | Geosciences | Back Forty Sulfide |
| Gregory Veeck | Geography | China's Pasture Areas |
| Richard Zinser | Family and Consumer Science | Technical Education in Russia |
2012 - 2013
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Karen Bondarchuk | Frostic School of Art | Exploration of Animal Consciousness |
| Martha Councell-Vargas | Music | Somos Americanos |
| Kathryn Docherty | Biological Sciences | Making Green Chemicals Greener |
| Anthony Ellis | English | Another Side of Senescence |
| Charles Emerson | Geography | New Geospatial Approaches |
| Claudia Fajardo-Hansford | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Research on thermal Transport |
| John Geiser | Biological Sciences | Identification of Plague Cellular Targets |
| Sharon Gill | Biological Sciences | Exploring How Male Songbirds Respond |
| Ramakrishna Guda | Chemistry | Two-Photon Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| James Kiddle | Chemistry | Stereoselective Lewis Base-Activated |
| Valerian Kwigizile | Civil and Construction Engineering | Improving Road Safety |
| Karen Lancendorfer | Marketing | How Voters Use Motives |
| Yan Lu | Biological Sciences | A Role of a Thylakoid Zinc-Finger |
| Lei Meng | Geography | Role of Antecedent Soil Moisture |
| John Miller | Chemistry | Off-Grid, In-Water Benthic Algae Growth |
| Christine Moser | Economics | Improving Food Safety |
| Bilinda Straight | Anthropology | Samburu Grandparents and their Youth Caregivers |
| Blair Szymczyna | Chemistry | Assembly Mechanism of a Potential Target |
| Andre Venter | Chemistry | Improved Mass Spectrometric Analysis |
| Patricia Villalobos-Echeverria | Frostic School of Art | Cystema |
| Brian Young | Paper, Chemical Engineering and Imaging | Printed Nanotube-Based Immunosensor |
2011 - 2012
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Yirong Mo | Chemistry | Computational Study of Electron Transfer in Protiens |
| Grace Tiffany | English | Gunpowder Percy |
| James Palmitessa | Biological SciencesHistory | Making the New Europe: Czech Historical Writing from the 15th to 17th Centuries |
| Jacqueline Eng | Anthropology | Ancient Health among Nomadic Pastoralists of Mongolia |
| Luigi Berto | History | Language Power, and Society in Early Medieval Venice |
| Carla Koretsky | Geosciences | Impact of Road Salt on the Geochemistry of an Urban Kettle Lake |
| Bruce Bejcek | Biological Sciences | Herpes simplex microRNAs in Cervical cancer |
| Gellert Mezei | Chemistry | Molecularly woven materials from Metal-organic precursors |
| David Lemberg | Geography | Visualizing a Multimodal Trail Around Lake Michigan |
| Jon Holtzman | Anthropology | "Sweet" Memories? Confectionary And History in Japan |
| Debra Lindstrom-Hazel | Occupational Therapy | Exploring Bangladesh OT Expert Clinical Reasoning |
| Michelle Kominz | Mathematics | Preliminary Two Dimensional Sequence Stratigraphic Backstripping |
| Theresa Grant + Jane-Jane Lo | Mathematics | Prospective Teachers' Conceptions of Numbers and Operations |
| Elke Schoffers | Chemistry | Chemical Synthesis of Specific Inosamine Derivatives |
| Scott Cowan | Music | "Reflection," New Music and CD For the Scott Cowan Quintet |
| Sherine Obare | Chemistry | Design & Evaluation of Sensors for The Detection of Toxic Organophosphorus Compounds |
| Valery Bliznyuk (from 2010) | Materials Science + Engineering | Surface crystallization process in ultrathin polymer films |
2010 - 2011
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Dr. Anemone, Robert | Anthropology | Using GIS and remote Sensing in the Search for Fossil Mammals |
| Dr. Athappilly, Kuriakose | Business Information Systems | Developing and Testing a Prototype of a Community-Based Health Informatics System |
| Dr. Barkman, Todd | Biological Sciences | Ghosts of evolution past: Using an extinct ancestral enzyme to understand modern-day activities |
| Dr. Biener, Zvi | Philosophy | Mapping the History of Science: A Pilot Visualization Project |
| Dr. Bliznyuk, Valery | Materials Science & Engineering | Surface crystallization process in ultrathin polymer films |
| Dr. Browning, Christine | Mathematics | Developing Statistical Reasoning of Middle School Students |
| Ms. Garza-Kling, Gina | Developing Statistical Reasoning of Middle School Students | |
| Mr. Daniels, James | Theatre | So Far From God |
| Dr. Davis, Jon | Mathematics | Prospective Mathematics Teachers' Textbook Interactions |
| Dr. Downey, Allison | Teacher, Learning, & Educational Studies | Study of American Storytelling Today & Creation of New Form |
| Dr. Hrehorova, Erika | Paper Coating Imaging | Gravure Printing of Transparent Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics |
| Dr. Rebros, Marian | Gravure Printing of Transparent Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics | |
| Dr. Joslin, Katherine | English | Theodore Roosevelt, A Literary Biography |
| Dr. Kohler, Steve | Biological Sciences | Distribution and Population Genetics of a Keystone Parasite |
| Dr. Linn, Cindy | Biological Sciences | Acetylcholine release in an in vivo model of glaucoma |
| Dr. Machiorlatti, Jennifer | Communication, School of | Matriarchal Voices: Native and First Nations Women in Film & Video |
| Dr. Mirzeler, Mustafa | English | Voyage of Sir Vivian Fuchs to the Legendary South Island |
| Dr. Nisula, Dasha | Foreign Languages | Free Verse and American Roots in East European Literature |
| Dr. Orbe, Mark | Communication, School of | Obama: Public Perceptions of Communication Competence and Race |
| Dr. Paul, Rajib | Statistics | Paleoclimatic Reconstruction of Rainfall and Drought in Midwest |
| Dr. Pearl, Christopher | Biological Sciences | Estrogen Regulation of Protein Secretion in the Rodent Epididymis |
| Dr. Ratner, Carl | Music, School of | The Russian and American Song Recital: A Cultural Exchange |
| Dr. Rossbach, Silvia | Biological Sciences | Role of scyllo-inositol in plant-bacteria interactions |
| Dr. Spitsbergen, John | Biological Sciences | Neurotrophic factor expression in mouse skeletal muscle |
| Dr. Totton, Mary-Louise | Frostic School of Art | Linked to Last: Networked Architecture in Ninth-Century Java |
| Dr. Whitten, Elizabeth | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Using Emerging Technologies to Improve the Teaching of Pre-service Special Education Students |
| Dr. Wallace, Luchara | Using Emerging Technologies to Improve the Teaching of Pre-service Special Education Students |
2009 - 2010
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Dr. Abdel-Qader, Ikhlas | Electrical and Computer Engineering | An Algorithm for the Detection of Subsurface Defects in Transportation Infrastructure |
| Dr. Burns, Clement | Physics | Improving the Efficiency of Next Generation Solar Cells |
| Dr. Byrd-Jacobs, Christine | Biological Sciences | Ultra structural Detection of Glutamate Receptors in Zebrafish |
| Dr. Crotchett, Cat | Frostic School of Art | Cross-cultural explorations through Wax |
| Dr. Fajardo, Claudia | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | The Effect of Fuel Injection Timing on the Turbulence Properties in an Internal Combustion Engine |
| Dr. Gill, Sharon | Biological Sciences | Understanding the hormonal basis for conflict and cooperation |
| Dr. Guda, Ramakrishna | Chemistry | Functional Nanoscale Materials for Multiphoton Imaging & Sensor Protection |
| Dr. Jones, Jeffrey | Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies | The Development of Youth Purpose in a Social Action Program |
| Dr. Katbamna, Bharti | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Prenatal smoke exposure: Auditory maturation and gene expression |
| Dr. Lillen, Leszek | Computer Science | Using Oppnets for Emergency Applications |
| Dr. Meade, David | Manufacturing Engineering | Precision Electrode Spray of Nano-sixe Composite Powder Paint Particles |
| Dr. Mickus, Maureen | Occupational Therapy | Improving Social Participation for Ethnic Minority Elders: A University-Community Partnership |
| Dr. Moe, Angela | Sociology | Holistic Healing Through Middle Eastern Dance |
| Dr. Quraeshi, Zahir | Marketing | Managerial Decision-Making for Offshore Health Care Alternatives |
| Dr. Swoboda, Deanna | Music, School of | Shamanic Journey , CD recording |
| Dr. VanZoest, Laura | Mathematics | Pivotal Moments in Beginning Teacher's Practice |
| Dr. Vocke, Karen | English | Perspectives on Migrant Education in Michigan |
| Dr.Wang, Yuan-Kang | Sociology | Hierarchy and Asia's Regional Order: Past and Present |
| Dr. Wagle, Udaya | School of Public Affairs and Administration | Economic Security under the PROWRA: The Role of Food Stamps on Income, Employment, & Poverty among low income households with childrens. |
| Dr. Wardrop, Daneen | English | Cyclorama: A Collection of Civil War Poems |
| Dr. Wirtz, Kristina | Anthropology | Performing Afro-Cuba: Race & History in Religious Ritual and Folkloric Spectacle |
| Dr. Yang, Li | Geography | Development & Identity: Relationships in Yunnan, China |
2008 - 2009
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Dr. Angles, Jeffrey | Foreign Languages | Literary representations of love between men in interwar Japan |
| Dr. Ari-Gur, Pnina | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | New ferromagnetic smart materials for micromechanics and energy |
| Dr. Bondarchuk, Karen | Frostic School of Art | Corvus series |
| Dr. Beto, Luigi | History | Tracing names in medieval Venice: understanding the social values and mentalities of Venetians in middle ages |
| Dr. Brown, Lori | Aviation | Post 9/11 flight attendant/pilot security training requirements and communications |
| Dr. Cho, Christopher | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Enhanced Cooling of Super Motor and Power Electric Units by Liquid Jet and Spray |
| Dr. Christian, Sue Ellen | Communications | Exploring Perceptions, Identifying Bias: A Journalist's Guidebook |
| Dr. Chung, Sung | Physics | Novel many-body method for strongly correlated condensed matter systems |
| Dr. Ciccantell , Paul | Sociology | Coal and Sustainable Development in British Columbia |
| Dr. Dong, Liang | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Indoor cooperative localization and communication |
| Dr. Fynewever, Herb | Mallinson Institue of Science Education | The Effect of Embedded Assessment on Achievement and Motivation |
| Dr. Garber, Sharon | Dance | Ballet choreography with technology and commissioned music |
| Dr. Gray, Esther | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Orff's Schulwerk: Music Education via Discovery and Invention |
| Dr. Gu, Chien-Juh | Sociology | Gendered Transition and Gendered Struggles in the Process of Settlement: A Case Study of Taiwanese Immigrant Women |
| Dr. Heasley, Lynne | History | The Paradox of Abudance: A Great Lakes environmental History |
| Dr. Hermann-Wilmarth, Jill | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Dialogue in An Elementary Teacher Critical Literacy Study Group |
| Dr. Hoppe,Pamela | Biological Sciences | Regulation of cytoskeleton and Cell Attachment by UNC-82 Kinase |
| Dr. Horvitz, Brian | Educational Leadership and Technology | Advanced Professional Development to Foster Online Teaching Excellence at WMU |
| Dr. Jellies, John | Biological Sciences | Motor Neurons as Complex Multifunctional Output Cells |
| Dr. Kane, Donald | Biological Sciences | Identification and cloning of the zebrafish cell cycle genes |
| Dr. Kim , Ok-Kyeong | Mathematics | Using Prediction in Teacher Professional Development |
| Dr. Lambert, Priscilla | Political Science | Constitutionalizing Gender |
| Dr. McGurn, Art | Physics | Neutron Stars |
| Dr. Mezei, Gellert | Chemistry | Molecular Sewing: Towards Novel Molecularly Woven materials |
| Dr. Peterson, Mary | Speech Pathology and Audiology | The utility of Fast For Word in changing brainstem level processing of speech stimuli in children with ADD and/or APD |
| Dr. Poling, Alan | Psychology | Memory and Oligomers of Amyloid-B Protein |
| Dr. Reinhold, David | Chemistry | Induction of Nucleotide Excision Repair Proteins by Chromium |
| Dr. Rose, Gwen | Music | Treasures from the Great Lakes, CD recording by Rose/Austin duo |
| Dr. Saito, Rika | Foreign Languages | Constructing and Maintaining Gendered Policy of Language in Japan |
| Dr. Shrestha, Bade | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Alternative Gaseous Fuel for Gasoline engine Applications |
| Dr.Tarn, Michael | Business Information System | An Innovative Team-Based Learning of Information Security |
| Dr. Warren, Wilson | History | Japan's Emergence in World Meat Production, Consumption and Trade |
2007 - 2008
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Dr. Anemone, Robert | Anthropology | Does Climate Change Drive Mammalian Evolution? |
| Dr. Atashbar, Massood | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Quasi- 1 Dimensional Switchable Chemical Sensing Nanostructures |
| Dr. Athappilly, Kuriakose | Business Information Systems | Developing and Testing a Prototype of an Integrated Critical Care Information System (ICCIS) |
| Dr. Bejcek, Bruce | Biological Sciences | Role of CUTL1 in Brain Cancers |
| Dr. Berkhofer, Robert | History | Forgeries and Historical consciousness in Medieval Europe |
| Dr. Cheatham, Christopher | Health, Physical Education and Recreation | Nicotine and Thermoregulation during Acute Heat Exposure |
| Dr. Essani, Karim | Biological Sciences | Initial Characterization of Two Frog Virus 3 (FV3) Proteins |
| Dr. Foulk, Lin | School of Music | Western Brass Quintet Recording Project |
| Dr. Gupta, Tarun | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Pilot Study for Energy Assessment in Midwest Industry |
| Dr. Hill, Sarah | Anthropology | Garbage and Recycling in Toronto, Mexico City, and Havana |
| Dr. Kiddle, James | Chemistry | Development of New Cancer Treatment to Reduce Patient Toxicity |
| Dr. Koretsky, Carla | Geosciences | Invasion of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) |
| Dr. Hauptmann, Emily | Political Science | The Influence of Big Money on American Political Science in the Postwar Era |
| Dr. Martini, Edwin | History | Agent Orange: An International and Interdisciplinary History |
| Dr. Mo, Yirong | Chemistry | Mechanism of Ammonia Transport Across AmtB Membrane Protein |
| Dr. Minnick, Lisa; Bills, Patricia | English | Language Attitudes and Educational Outcomes |
| Dr. Moser, Christine | Economics | Market Information Use in Rural Madagascar |
| Dr. Severance, Frank | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Computing with Neuron Cell Cultures |
| Dr. Rabiej, Roman | Industrial Design | Nanomechanical Properties of Microstructural Elements of Wood |
| Dr. Petcovic, Heather | Geosciences | Field-Based Cognition among Expert Geoscientists: A Pilot Study |
| Dr. Oh, Jun-Seok | Civil and Construction Engineering | Communication-based Traffic Safety Enhancement Technologies |
| Dr. Sharp, Helen | Speech Pathology and Audiology | What Role Do Adolescents Want in the Oral Cleft Clinic? |
| Dr. Unrau, Yvonne | School of Social Work | A Study of Foster Parent Training for Traumatized Children |
| Dr. Vonhof, Maarten | Biological Sciences | Explaining Individual Variation in Host Resistance to Parasites |
| Dr. Rojhani, Arezoo | Family and Consumer Sciences | |
| Dr. Webber, Caroline | Strategies to Improve Access to Produce among WIC Participants | |
| Dr. Witherspoon, Sheila | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | Initiative to Steer Girls to Explore STEM (Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) |
| Dr. Yehia, Sherif | Civil and Construction Engineering | Cathodic Protection System for Steel Reinforcement- New Approach |
| Dr. Zhu, Qiji | Mathematics | Empirical Analysis of Option Pricing Intervals |