Akron Update - January 17, 2003

The Online Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Retirees of The University of Akron - January 17, 2003


Brian Pendleton Brian Pendleton, sociology, received a $20,587 U.S. Department of Justice Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant through the Community Partnership of Summit County for the “Drug-Free Communities Support Program” and $25,000 from the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for The University of Akron and Summit County Community Partnership Alcohol Abuse Reduction Initiative.” Top David Huskins David Huskins, Center for Policy Studies, prepared a report for Yokwe.Net from U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service data on the number of residents from the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau entering the United States. The report was published in the Marshall Islands Journal. Top Stephen Cheng and Frank Harris Frank Harris and Stephen Cheng, polymer science, received $32,000 from KOSA for “Permeability Reduction and Modulus Enhancements in Oriental PET: Structural, Morpho-logical and Processing Dependence (supplement).” Top William Brittain, Stephen Cheng, Liming Dai, Mark Foster, Frank Harris, Thein Kyu, Sergei Lyuksyutov, Wayne Mattice, George Newkome and Alexei Sokolov Frank Harris, William Brittain, Stephen Cheng, Mark Foster, Wayne Mattice, George Newkome and Alexei Sokolov, polymer science; Liming Dai and Thein Kyu, polymer engineering; and Sergei Lyuksyutov, physics, were awarded $300,000 by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the Collabor-ative Center in Polymer Photonics. Top Janet Minc Janet Minc, Wayne College-English, received $2,500 from the Ohio Humanities Council for the Third Annual Wayne College Shakespeare Festival. Top Jay Patankar Jay Patankar, management co-presented “Impact of Product Development on Warranty Policies” at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, held Nov. 23-26 in San Diego. Top Lance Brouthers Lance Brouthers, market-ing and international business, co-wrote “Product Stereotypes, Strategy and Performance Satisfaction: The Case of Chinese Exporters” for the Journal of International Business Studies, Volume 33, Number 4. Top Larry Ma Larry Ma, geography and planning, published “Urban Transformation in China, 1949-2000: A Review and Research Agenda” in Envi-ronment and Planning A, Volume 34. Top				Lynn Metzger Lynn Metzger, classical studies, anthropology, and archaeology, received $2,346 from the Rocky River School District for “Archaeology Experience for Sixth Grade Class, 2000.” Top Marlene Huff Marlene Huff, nursing, received $2,730 from Midwest Health Professions Service Learning Consor-tium for “Corporation for National Service.” Top Michael Cheung Michael Cheung, chemical engineering, was elected in November to serve as programming chair for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Area 1c Interfacial Phenomena for 2003-2006 at the organization’s annual meeting in Indianapolis in November. He served as program vice chair for 2000-2003. Also at that meeting, Cheung served as co-chair for the Sympo-sium on Nanostructured Fluids: Fundamentals and Applications. Top Michael Taschner Michael Taschner, chemistry, was awarded $104,994 by the National Science Foundation for “Gated Electron Transfer in Cooper (II)(I) Systems.” Top Pizhong Qiao Pizhong Qiao, civil engineering, received an unrestricted gift of $6,000 from Creative Pultrusions, Inc., for “Experimental Characterization of Fiber-reinforced Composite Wale Sections.” Top Richard Elliott Richard Elliott, chemical engineering, received $82,998 from the National Science Foundation for “GOALI: Combining Discontinuous Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Process Solution.” He also received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Match Grant for the project. Top Matthew Lee and Richard Stephens Richard Stephens, Institute for Health and Social Policy, and Matthew Lee, sociology, were awarded $137,141 for “Develop-ment of Comprehensive Drug and Alcohol Treatment Systems for Homeless Persons” by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Top Richard Stephens Richard Stephens, Institute for Health and Social Policy, was awarded $74,296 for “Software Support for the Compre-hensive Intake and Assessment Instrument — Cleveland” by the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County. Top				Robert Gandee and Mary MacCracken Robert Gandee and Mary MacCracken, education, were awarded $200,000 by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health through a subgrant to Kent State University for “Healthy Lifestyles: Inside and Outside for African American Girls.” Top Robert Kent Robert Kent, geography and planning, received $592 from the Northeast Ohio Four County Organi-zation for a student internship. Top Arkadii Leonov and Roderic Quirk Roderic Quirk, polymer science, and Arkadii Leonov, polymer engineering, received $50,000 from Proctor & Gamble for “Investigation of Durable Press Treatment of Cellulose Fibers.” Top Roderic Quirk Roderic Quirk, polymer science, received $17,990 in unrestricted research support from Dynasol Elastomers. Top Sajit Zachariah Sajit Zachariah, education, received readiness grants in the amounts of $25,000 and $3,000 from the Ohio Learning Network for “Mobile and Equitable Scientific Inquiry.” Top Shi-Qing Wang Shi-Qing Wang, polymer science, was awarded $157,441 by Metabolix, Inc., for “Melt Rheology and Crystallizatino of PHAs.” Top Stephanie Lopina Stephanie Lopina, chemical engineering, received $12,000 from the National Science Foundation for “CAREER: Poly/(ethylene oxide/) Star Molecules for Targeted Drug Delivery (REU supp #2).” Top