Awards
Research Development Award
2012 - 2013
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Kathryn Docherty | Biological Sciences | Investigating the soil microbial responses to fire and interacting global change factors in a California annual grassland |
| Megan Grunert | Chemistry | Pedagogical techniques training for graduate teaching assistants in a problem-based inquiry college chemistry laboratory |
| Chien-Juh Gu | Sociology | Culture, beliefs and mental health; the role of religion in Asian American women's emotional lives |
| Valerian Kwigizile | Civil and Construction Engineering | Evaluation of performance of older drivers at roundabouts to quantify potential safety and operational problems caused by age |
| Yan Lu | Biological Sciences | Identifying novel connections between photosynthesis and amino acid metabolism |
| Leah Omilion-Hodges | Communication | Understanding the military's use of communication to service member's family |
| Christopher Pearl | Biological Sciences | How changes in the estrogen environment contribute to declining sperm production and maturation |
| Blair | Szymczyna | Assembly mechanism of a potential target of anti-rotaviral therapeutics; development of a technique to investigate protein recognition of RNA targets |
2011 - 2012
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Upul Attanayake | Civil and Construction Engineering | Noncontact technologies for condition assessment of highway bridges. |
| Martha Councell-Vargas | School of Music | Investigation of the history/role of the flute in Cuban dance music |
| Jaqueline Eng | Anthropology | Anthropological study of ancient Mongolian human health. |
| Doris Ravotas | Blindness and Low Vision Studies | Effectiveness of the patient informed consent process for hospital procedures. |
| Sharon Seabrook Russell | Extended University Programs | Study of cross-disciplinary education, training in food science of low income youth in Calhoun County and Battle Creek. |
| Pingbo Tang | Civil and Construction Engineering | Automated sensor planning and data quality validation for efficient and effective geometric assessments of building facilities using 3D laser scanners. |
2010 - 2011
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Kelly Ackerson | Bronson School of Nursing | To understand the perceived benefits and barriers to cervical canceramong women who do and do not obtain routine Pap smears. |
| Lori Brown | Aviation | Assessing Pilot fatigue Countermeasure training and Potential Benefits: A Comprehensive Study, in Support of Aviation Pilot fatigue Risk Management. |
| Beth Seiler | Aviation | Using safety reporting system at all the collaborating programs to begin the collection of safetydata across a mixed population of collegiate aviation flight programs. |
| Asghar Kayani | Physics | An experimental research program to investigate the diffusion kinetics of hydrogen in magnesium based hydrides. |
| Paul Rajib | Statistics | Studying Efficacy of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors on Vascular Endothelial Health Using Spatial Mixed Effects Models. |
| Susan Piazza | SPLS | Adrian High School has a goal of raising its students' reading achievement. A need assessment will be conducted to determine the school's present standing in three areas. Infrastructure to support sustained curriculum improvement in reading, current classroom practices in reading, and student outcomes in reading. |
| Glinda Rawls | UCTC | Career Thoughts and Career Decisions Making Self-Efficacy in Two Groups of College Students: A comparison between young adults who age out of the foster care system and their non-foster care peers. |
| Vladimir Risukhin | Aviation | Exploration of ways to single pilot performance improvement. |
| Karen Vocke | English | How a typical public school district in Michigan and texas proactively support LEP-m students in order to maximize their educational outcomes, such as achievement across all core subjects areas, graduation rate , increase attendance and decreased discipline referrals. |
| Luchara Wallace | SPLS | Family Camps: Providing Informational and Emotional Supports to Families of Children with Disabilities. |
| Geoffrey Whitehurst | Aviation | Identify differences in pilot performance for pilot's only exposed to aircraft equipped with digital technology when they are required to fly aircraft equipped with older analogue instrumentation. |
| Brian Young | PCI | Development of Low Cost, Simple Quantitative Paper-Printed Immunodiagnostic test Strips for Applications in the Laboratory or Remote and Harsh Environments. |
| Daniela Schroter | Evaluation | Developing Faculty Expertise in Using Standards for Educational Evaluation. |
| Ruth Zielinski | Bronson School of Nursing | Pelvic floor disorders (PFD's) which may result in prolapse of the pelvic structures. |
2009 - 2010
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Ramakrishna Guda | Chemistry | Semiconductor nanocomposites: Towards Optical Limiting and Imaging |
| Peter Gustafson | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis |
| Lucius Hallert | Georgraphy | Demographics to detrmine consumers food shopping preferences |
| Brian Horvitz | Educational Leadership, Research and Technology | The use of GIS/GPS for data collection |
| Gellert Mezei | Chemistry | Advantage of using molecularly woven polymers |
| Christine Moser | Economics | Media and elections in Madagascar |
| Xiaoyun Shao | Civil and Construction Engineering | Unified Seismic Hybrid Semilations |
| Andre Venter | Chemistry | Study of membrane proteins in cells |
2008 - 2009
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Melisa Beeson | School of Public Affairs Nonprofit & Administration | Management |
| Liang Dong | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Wireless Communication |
| Claudia Fajardo | Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering | Laser Diagnostic Techniques |
| Sharie Falan | WMU Bronson School of Nursing | Nursing Health Care |
| Mary Lagerwey | WMU Bronson School of Nursing | Nursing Involvement in the Third Reich |
| David Meade | Industrial & Manuf. Engineering | Nanoparticle Based Dry Coating |
| Udaya Wagle | School of Public Affairs & Administration | Income Inequality in OECD |
| Li Yang | Geography | Tourism Management |
2006-2007
Name |
Department |
Area of Interest |
| Wendy Ransom-Hodgkins | Arts and Sciences | Cancer growth factors |
| Debasri Mukherjee | Arts and Sciences | Nursing labor market |
| Herb Fynewever | Arts and Sciences | Chemistry education |
| Sybil Rhodes | Arts and Sciences | Biotech Agriculture in LA |
| Ala Al-Fuqaha | Engineering and Applied Sciences | Large Scale Networks |
| Pavel Ikonovov | Engineering and Applied Sciences | Nanorobots |
| Ahmad Jrade | Engineering and Applied Sciences | Green Buildings |
| Kapseong Ro | Engineering and Applied Sciences | Aeronautical Refueling |
| Amy Curtis | Health and Human Services | Electronic Data & Health Care |
| Barbara Barton | Health and Human Services | Domestic Violence |
| Greg Flamme | Health and Human Services | Hearing Impairment |
| Tetyana Koshmanova | Education | Global Education for Peace |
| Kelly McDonnell | Education | Group Counseling |