Research
Excellence Fund
2008 Award Recipients
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Michelle Steinhilb
Department of Biology
Project Title: Flies and Tau: Using
Drosophila to Study Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
John Lopes,
Mary Senter, Jean Toner and Pamela Eddy
Departments of Health Professions; Sociology,
Anthropology and Social Work; and Educational Leadership
Project Title: Meta-Analysis
of Mid-Michigan Rural Needs Assessments: The CMU/Mid-Michigan Rural
Partnership Initiative
Don Tomalia
Departments of Chemistry and Physics
Project Title:
National Dendrimer and Nanotechnology Center (NDNC) at
Central Michigan University
Susan Jacob
Department of Psychology
Project Title:
Center for Research, Training and Consultation on GLBTQ
Youth Issues
Research
Excellence Fund
2007 Award Recipients
Kathy C. Benison, Joanne
Dannenhoffer
Department of Geology, Department of Biology
Project Title:
Newly-Discovered
Rocks from Michigan's "Missing Time": Implications for Coal Reserves
Steven Gorsich
Department of Biology
Project Title:
Stress Tolerance -- Using Bakers Yeast as a Producer
of Bio-Ethanol
Peter Kourtev,
Bradley Swanson
Department of Biology
Project Title: Evaluation
of the Impact of the Host Genetic Make-up on the Diversity of Gut
Microflora in Deer
Alexandra Mascolo-David
School of Music
Project Title:
Recording of the Four "Brazilian
Fantasies" for Piano and Orchestra by Francisco Mignone on the White
Pine Recording Label
Research
Excellence Fund
2006 Award Recipients
Scott Burgess
School of Music
Project Title:
Center for Creative Media
Tanya Domina,
Maureen MacGillivray, Terry Lerch, and Patrick Kinnicut
Departments of Human Environmental Studies, Engineering
and Technology, and Geology
Project Title:
Developing a Body Mapping Process to
Guide the Design of Second Skin Thermal Apparel
Joseph Finck
Department of Physics
Project Title:
Undergraduate Research, RIA and MoNA
Timothy Hall, Eric
Johnson
Department of History
Project Title:
Center for Transnational and Comparative
History
James P. Hill,
Gregory Falls, and Philip Thompson
Honors Program and Department of Economics
Project Title:
CMU Center for Tribal Gaming Studies
Dillip Mohanty,
David Matty
Departments of Chemistry and Geology
Project Title:
Design and Testing of Economical
Polymeric Absorbents for Mercury and Its Salts in Power Plant Generated
Gaseous Effluents
Justin Oh-Lee
Department of Psychology
Project Title:
Cyclin-dependent Kinase (Cdk5-)-mediated
Striatal Dysregulation and Pathogenesis of Parkinsonian Signs and Motor
Complications
Valeri Petkov
Department of Physics
Project Title:
Structure Studies of Nanocrystals
Research
Excellence Fund
2005 Award Recipients
Greg Colores
Department of Biology
Project Title: Do Contaminated Soils Enrich for Cystic Fibrosis Pathogens?
Tracy
Galarowicz
Department of Biology
Project Title: Growth and Survival of Walleye in Pond Cultures
Dale
LeCaptain and Choon Lee
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Benign Plasticizers for PVC in Medical Devices
Koblar
Jackson, Marco Fornari, Mihai Horoi, Valeri Petkov, and Sudha Srinivas
Department of Physics
Project Title: Center for Computational Materials Science
James
McDonald, Tim Brannan, Shane Cavanaugh, Lynn Dominguez, Ray Francis, Dan
Henry, Thomas Kromer, and William Leibfritz
Department of Teacher Education and Professional
Development
Project Title: The Central Michigan GEMS Center for Math and Science Professional
Development
Research
Excellence Fund
2004 Award Recipients
Thomas
Gehring and Joelle Gehring
Department of Biology
Project Title: Integrating Non-Lethal Control of Predators in Agricultural Systems
James
McDonald, Lynn Dominguez, Thomas Kromer, William Leibfritz, David Matty,
Thomas Rohrer, and Andrew Schultz
Departments
of Teacher Education and Professional Development, Recreation, Parks,
& Leisure Services Administration, Geology, and Industrial &
Engineering Technology
Project Title: The Central Michigan Center for Educational Research
Bradley
Swanson and Mark Lung
Department of Biology
Project Title: Applied Technologies in Conservation Genetics Laboratory - Creating a
Center for Wildlife Forensics
Research
Excellence Fund
2003 Award Recipients
Mahmood
Bahaee, Randall Hayes, Lawrence Lepisto, Kevin Love, and Debra McGilsky
Departments of Management, Accounting, and
Marketing & Hospitality Services Administration
Project Title: The Institute for Management Consulting
Bradley
Fahlman
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Design of Actively-Protective Materials for the Low-Temperature
Degradation of Chemical Warfare Agents and Pesticides
Jonathan
Kelty
Department of Biology
Project Title: Hypoxic Modulation of the Respiratory Network: Effects of
Serotonin and Substance P on Ion-Channel Function
Jennifer
Schisa
Department of Biology
Project Title: Using the Nematode to Understand Stem Cell Characteristics
Elizabeth
Meadows
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Expansion of the Trauma and Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Shanthakumar
Palaniswami, David Lopez, Patrick Okonkwo, and David Sprague
Departments of Management, Industrial and
Engineering Technology, and
Marketing & Hospitality
Services Administration
Project Title: Developing the Center for Supply Chain Management at CMU
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