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Spring
2008 Award Recipients
Justin
Oh-Lee
Department of Psychology
Project Title:
Pharmacotherapy and Gene Silencing of
Striatal Signaling Molecules in Prevention of Animal Parkinsonism and
Motor Response Complications
Gregory Colores
Department of Biology
Project Title: Microbial Diversity of the Maxton Plains Alvar
Peter Kourtev
Department of Biology
Project Title: Do Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia purpurea)Control
the Microbial Community in their Pitchers?
Joseph Langenderfer
Department of Engineering and Technology
Project Title: Development of a Computational Model of
Rotator Cuff Tear
Scott McNaught
Department of Biology
Project Title: Association between Livestock Operations, E.
coli Abundance and Bacterial Pathogens within an Agricultural Watershed
in Isabella County, Michigan
Spring
2006 Award Recipients
David Ash and Steven Juris
Departments of Chemistry and Biology
Project Title: Identification of the Membrane Insertion Domain
of the Vibrio Cholerae Protein Repeats -in-Toxin
Kathleen Benison
Department of Geology
Project Title: The Origin and Maintenance of Extremely Acid Saline
Environments
Tracy Galarowicz
Department of Biology
Project Title: The Role of Smallmouth Bass in the Northern
Lake Michigan Food Web
Lana Ivanitskaya
Department of Health Sciences
Project Title: Russian Health-Related NGO's: Effectiveness and
Contribution to the Construction of the Civil Society
George Kaminksi
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Accurate Computer Simulations of Water Around
Molecules using Biologically Relevant Modeling
Choon Lee
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Synthesis of Hybrids ad Dendritic Nano-Drugs
with Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities for Asthma Treatment
Isabel O'Hagin
Department of Music
Project Title: Engaging Young Learners through the Arts: An
Integrated Arts Approach to Urban Elementary Schools
Katrina Piatek-Jimenez
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: Influences on Career Choice: a Study of Women
Mathematics Students
Ajit Sharma
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Preparation and Stability of Nucleic Acid-Dendrimer-Fluorescein
Conjugates with Modified Surface
Michael Shields
Department of Economics
Project Title: College Education and the Economic Development
of the United States: The Role for Public Funding
Michele Steinhilb
Department of Biology
Project Title: Investigating the Role of Tau Proteolysis in
Neurodegenerative Disease
Ahmet Ugur
Department of Computer Science
Project Title: Biocomputing, Adaptability, and Learning
Algorithms for Generalization
Xiaolan Wu
Department of Geography
Project Title: Land Acquisition Decision Making: Theoretical
Developments and Landscape Fragmentation
Daikasu Yamamoto
Department of Geography
Project Title: Exploring the "Salt-and-Pepper" Patterns in
Regional Income Disparities in the United States and Japan
Fall 2005 Award
Recipients
Sidney Graham
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: Small Gaps between Primes or Almost Primes
Koblar Jackson and Mihai Horoi
Department of Physics
Project Title: A Grid Computing Approach to Investigating the
Properties of Atomic Clusters and Cluster/Molecule Complexes
Eric Johnson
Department of History
Project Title: Murder, Genocide, and Civilization in World
Perspective
Anna Monfils and Anja Mueller
Departments of Biology and Chemistry
Project Title: Evolution and Chemical Structure of the
Euglenoid Storage Carbohydrate, Paramylon
Jason Taylor
Department of Economics
Project Title: An Anatomy of a Cartel: What Makes Some Cartels
Succeed and Others Fail?
Spring 2005 Award
Recipients
Esther Beneish
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: Centers of Generic Algebra
Peggy Burke
Department of Teacher Education & Professional Development
Project Title: Influence of Middle Grades Preparation and
Certification on Teacher Practices and Student Outcomes
John Daniels and Patrick
Kinnicutt
Departments of Mathematics and Geology
Project Title: Optimization of Non-Euclidean Distance Norms
using Domain-Specific Knowledge for Geospatial Modeling
Timothy Hartshorne
Department of Psychology
Project Title: The Natural History of CHARGE Syndrome in
Adolescence
George Kaminski
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Creating Potent Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitors
Aiming at Anti-Cancer Breakthrough
David Kelley
Department of Industrial Engineering & Technology
Project Title: Building the Foundation for a Collaborative
Design: Engineering Graphics Curriculum
Dale LeCaptain
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Development of Capillary Electrophesis Laser
Induced Breakdown of Spectroscopy for Environmental Analysis
James Morrison
Department of Industrial Engineering & Technology
Project Title: Performance Evaluation and Control of Semiconductor
Manufacturing Fabricators
Anja Mueller
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Imprinted Polymers for Wastewater Treatment
Michael Papa
Department of Speech Communication & Dramatic Arts
Project Title: Stimulating New Thinking about Peace Making
through Examining the Strategies of President Carter and the Carter
Center
Fall 2004 Award
Recipients
Elizabeth Wheeler Alm
Department of Biology
Project Title: High-Throughput Gene Sequencing and Database
Technology to Integrate Clinical and Environmental Monitoring of
Disease-Causing Microbes
Lisa DeMeyer
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: Geodesics in Nilmanifolds
Anton Jensen
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Green Oxidation Catalysts
Jonathan Kelty
Department of Biology
Project Title: Role of Gap Junctions in Respiratory Rhythm
Generation in the Neonatal Mouse Pre- Botzinger
Choon Lee
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Solid Phase Synthesis of Steroid-Dendron-Based
Therapeutic Agents for Treatment of Hormone Dependent Breast Cancer and
Osteoporosis
Sven Morgan
Department of Geology
Project Title: A Natural Laboratory for Studying the Effects
of Fluids
Leigh Orf
Department of Geography
Project Title: Simulation and Visualization of Tornadogenesis
within a Supercell Thunderstorm
Spring 2004 Award
Recipients
Esther Beneish
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: The Center of the Generic Division Ring
Matthew Burns
Department of Counseling & Special Education
Project Title: Effectiveness of Using Computer Technology to
Efficiently Increase Opportunities to Respond Among Elementary-Aged
Students
Minghui Chai
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: NMR Characterization of Dendrimer Templated
Nanostructures
Tracy Galarowicz
Department of Biology
Project Title: Predation of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser
fulvescens) by a Non-Native Species
Philip Hertzler
Department of Biology
Project Title: Cloning and Expression of Vasa in Shrimp
Embryos and Larvae
George Kaminski
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Accurate Prediction of Protein Side-Chain
Conformations
Mark Reilly
Department of Psychology
Project Title: The Ontogeny of Alcohol Reinforcement
Michael Sandstrom
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Neurotrophic Factor Support of Age-Dependent
Plasticity in Movement Deficit Expression in a Rat Model of Parkinson's
Disease
Michael Shields and Bharati
Basu
Department of Economics
Project Title: Education Immigration and Outsourcing
Mona Liza Sirbescu
Department of Geology
Project Title: Role of Volatiles in the Petrogenesis of
Rare-Element Pegmatites
Fall 2003 Award Recipients
Estelle Lebeau
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: PLTL Incorporation into General Chemistry
Mark Lung
Department of Biology
Project Title: The Influence of Sex and Predation Risk on
Habitat Use and Behaviors of Elk in Yellowstone National Park.
Ahmet Ugur
Departmet of Computer Science
Project Title: Cellular Automata, Evolutionary Learning and
Adaptation
Peter Vermeire
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: Calculating the Dimension of the Space of
Global Sections of Powers of Ideal Sheaves
2002
Award Recipients
Brian Becker
Department of Geography
Project Title: The Role of In-situ Spectroradiometric
Data in Mapping Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Plant Communities Using
Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery
Gregory Colores
Department of Biology
Project Title: Contaminant-Degrading Microorganisms from
Yellowstone National Park
Mark Cox
School of Music
Project Title: Genesis of Nationalistic Low Brass Sound
Through Applied Studio Music Lessons
Bradley Fahlman
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Synthesis of Single-Source Precursors for the
Chemical Vapor Deposition of GaN Thin Films
Felix Famoye & Carl Lee
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: The Class of Generalized Beta Distributors
Joana Finegan
Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology
Project Title: Modeling and Characterization of Damping in
Carbon Nanofiber/Polypropylene Composites
Mihai Horoi
Department of Physics
Project Title: Extending the Capabilities of Central Michigan
Shell Model Code (CmichSM)
George Kaminski
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Novel Fast and Accurate Method of Computing
Many-Body Interactions in Proteins and Other Biomolecular Systems
Stuart Quirk
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Visual Exploration and Emotional Responses in
Psychosis-prone Individuals
Leela Rakesh & Stanley
Hirschi
Department of Mathematics & Physics
Project Title: Polymer Fluid Suspension Rheology:
Experiment and Computer Simulation
Jennifer Schisa
Department of Biology
Project Title: Comparative Analysis of pos-1 RNA Localization
Cynthia Simmons & Sally
Westmoreland
Department of Geography
Project Title: The Social Drivers of Fire in Amazonia: A
Study Combining Analysis of Satellite Imagery and Household Surveys
Bradley Swanson
Department of Biology
Project Title: The Influence of Reintroduction, Dispersal and
Population Size on Genetic Variation
2001 Round
Two Award Recipients
Kathleen
Benison
Department of Geology
Project Title: The Geology, Geochemistry, and Biology of Modern Extremely Acid
Environments
Joanne
Dannenhoffer
Department of Biology
Project Title: Development of the Sugar Transport Cells in Plants
Donna
Ericksen and Dennis St. John
Department of Mathematics
Project Title: Building Central Michigan University's Mathematics Program for
Elementary Mathematics Majors and Minors and Inservice Teachers
Marco
Fornari
Department of Physics
Project Title: Structural and Electronic Properties of Disordered Perovskite Alloys: A
Tight-Binding Investigation
Thomas
Gehring
Department of Biology
Project Title: Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Wild Felids in Landscapes of the
Northern Great Lakes Region
Roschelle
Heuberger
Department of Human
Environmental Studies
Project Title: Assessment of Health and Nutritional Status in Older Adults
Jeff
Inungu, Eileen MaloneBeach and Reid Skeel
Department of Health
Sciences, Human Environmental Studies and Psychology
Project Title: Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Positive
Older Adults
Koblar
Jackson
Department of Physics
Project Title: Theoretical Investigations of Structural Order in Glasses
David
Kinney
Department of Sociology,
Anthropology & Social Work
Project Title: The Multiple Layers of Mentoring Project: A Pilot Study
Amy
Lobben
Department of Geography
Project Title: Using Functional MRI to Detect Neurological Influences on Map-Reading
and Navigation
Donald
Marks
Department of Computer
Science
Project Title: Development of Forensic Cryptographic Capabilities for Law Enforcement
Dillip
Mohanty
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Preparation of a Novel Initiator and of Controlled Chain-Growth Polymer
Reactions
John
Monahan, Kirsten Fleming and Sandra Morgan
Department of Psychology and Mathematics
Project Title: Gender Differences in Spatial Ability and Its Relation to Mathematics
Achievement
Larissa
Niec
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Parental Representations, Parenting Behavior, and Children's Behavioral
Functioning
Justin
Oh-Lee
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Effects of Bone Marrow Stem Cell on Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia in a Rat
Model of Parkinson's Disease
Sudha
Srinivas
Department
of Physics
Project Title: Structural, Thermal and Electronic Properties of Lithium Hydride
Clusters
2001 Round
One Award Recipients
Richard
Backs
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Psychophysiological Response During Auditory Attention to Affective
Stimuli Following Unilateral Frontal Lobe Lesions
Elaine
Betts & Jeffery Betts
Department of Health Promotion & Rehabilitation
Project Title: Effects of Strength Training on Indicators of Glucose Intolerance,
Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Caucasian
and Native American Adults
Aydin
Cecen
Department of Economics
Project Title: Privatization, International Trade and Exchange Rate Dynamics in
Uzbekistan
Gary
Dunbar
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Use of Marrow Stromal Stem Cells for Treating Neuroanatomical and
Behavioral Deficits in a Rodent Model of Huntington's Disease
David
Gillingham and Nico Schuler
Department of Music
Project Title: International Center for New Music (ICNM)
Philip
Hertzler
Department of Biology
Project Title: Cloning and Characterization of Mesoderm-Specific Genes from Marine
Shrimp
James
Hill
Department of Political Science
Project Title: Making Courts More Efficient: Judge Heal Thyself
Bob
Howell
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Dual-Functional and Green Flame Retardants for Polymeric Materials
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Anton
Jensen
Department of Chemistry
Project Title:
Chiral Catalysis with Oxygen and Light
Sharon
Johnson and Carl Johnson
Department of Psychology
Project Title:
Development of an Adapted Version of the Cognitive Abilities
Scale-Second Edition for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Who are
Visually Impaired or Blind
Estelle
Lebeau
Department of Chemistry
Project Title:
Active Site Modeling of Iron Containing Metalloenzymes in Silica Sol-Gel
Matrices
Bin
Li
Department of Geography
Project Title:
Usage Rights Management of Geospatial Databases
Azita
Manouchehri
Department of Mathematics
Project Title:
The Practice and Research of Mathematics Reform: Listening to
Teachers' Voices
Sonya
Sheffert
Department of Psychology
Project Title:
Learning in Video-Mediated Environments
Barkley
Sive
Department of Chemistry
Project Title:
Development of an Automated, Miniaturized Analytical System for in situ
Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Gases at the Hawaii Volcanoes National
Park
Paul
Visich and William Saltarelli
Department of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation
Project Title:
Changes in Physical Activity and Dietary Habits in 5th Graders Following
a School Based Intervention Program
Daniel
Wang and Carl Lee
Department of Mathematics
Project Title:
Statistical Inferences for Shape Comparisons with Applications to
Medical Diagnosis
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