Akron Update - October 23, 2002

The Online Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Retirees of The University of Akron - October 23, 2002


Mark Foster and Alexei Sokolov Alexei Sokolov and Mark Foster, polymer science, were awarded $308,777 by the National Science Foundation for “Develop-ment of Scanning Nano-raman Spectroscopy with Apertureless Near-field Optics.” Top Atef Saleeb Atef Saleeb, civil engineering, received $73,000 from NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for “Extending the Base Capabilities of COMPARE, Including Damage Modeling.” Top B.S. Vijayaraman B.S. Vijayaraman, management, co-authored “A Framework for Determining Success Factors of an E-commerce Initiative” for the Journal of Internet Commerce, Volume 1, Number 2. Top Brant Lee Brant Lee, law, presented “Reparations for Slavery” on a community access television station on July 18. Top Carol Werhan Carol Werhan, family and consumer sciences, received $15,000 from the Ohio Department of Education for “Capacity Building Support for Career-technical Teacher Education.” Top Claire Oberst Claire Oberst, education, was awarded $350,128 by The Herman Muehlstein Foundation, Inc., for the “Muehlstein Academy in Mathematics and Science.” Top Daniel Hickey Daniel Hickey, Workforce Development and Continuing Education, received a $750 Targeted Industries Grant with Malco Products #1147 from the Ohio Board of Regents. Top David Modarelli David Modarelli, chemistry, was awarded $106,742 from the Ohio Board of Regents Action Fund for “Acquisition of Femtosecond/Picosecond Laser for Ultrafast Spectroscopic Probes of the Structure and Excited State Dynamics of Molecular Systems.” Top Edward Lim, David Modarelli, David Perry and Christopher Ziegler David Modarelli, Edward Lim, David Perry and Christopher Ziegler, chemistry, were awarded $569,503 by the National Science Foundation for “Acquisition of Femto/Picosecond Laser Instrumentation for Time-Resolved Studies Into Model Systems of the Photosynthetic Reaction Center.” They also received an Ohio Board of Regents Individual Research Challenge Grant of $20,000 for the project. Top Donna Hrko Donna Hrko, engineering, received $6,794 from the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center for “G.R.E.A.T Summer Camp for Girls.” Top Elizabeth Reilly Elizabeth Reilly, law, received $3,000 from the Ohio Humanities Council to support the Symposium on John Bingham and the Meaning of the 14th Amendment. Top Eric Mundy Eric Mundy, Center for Policy Studies, co-authored an article titled “Methods and Practical Approaches for Evaluating Social Service Collaboratives: The Evaluative Coterie,” which was printed in the Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 24, Numbers 6 and 7. Top Stephen Cheng and Frank Harris Frank Harris and Stephen Cheng, polymer science, were awarded $500,000 by Nitto Denko Corporation of Osaka, Japan for the two-year project, “Cost Competitive Polyimide Which Realizes License Function,” and $33,840 from Kent State University as a subgrant of the Ohio Department of Develop-ment (Year 12 ALCOM funding). Top Stephen Cheng, Lloyd Goettler and Frank Harris Frank Harris and Stephen Cheng, polymer science; and Lloyd Goettler, polymer engineering; were awarded $300,000 by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research for “Collaborative Center in Polymer Photonics.” Harris also received an Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Grant of $148,770 for the project. Top Helen Cleminshaw and Richard Shepler Helen Cleminshaw and Richard Shepler, family and consumer sciences, were awarded $102,203 by the Ohio Department of Mental Health for an “ODMH Residency/Traineeship Program.” Top				Holly Harris Bane Holly Harris Bane, Office of the Senior Vice Presi-dent and Provost, received $94,000 from the Ohio Department of Develop-ment for “Metals Tech-nology Facility Project.” Top Howard Slaughter Howard Slaughter, professor emeritus, theatre arts, gave the keynote address, titled “George Fitzmaurice, the Forgotten Playwright,” at the inauguration of the Fitzmaurice Society in Listowel, North Kerry, Ireland on Sept. 5. He also was elected honorary president of the society. Top Jay Dratler Jay Dratler, law, wrote an opinion piece on techno-logical coercion for the Los Angeles Times. Top Joseph Walter Joseph Walter, civil engineering, and Alan Gent, Harold A. Morton Professor Emeritus of Polymer Engineering and Physics, received $89,575 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a monograph titled “The Pneumatic Tire.” Top Lathardus Goggins Lathardus Goggins, Graduate School, received $9,020 from OMNOVA Solutions Inc., for an industrial student assistantship program. Top Loren Siebert Loren Siebert, geography and planning, co-wrote “Using GPS-linked Oblique Air Video for Satellite Image Interpre-tation,” which was published in Geocarto International: A Multi-disciplinary Journal of Remote Sensing and GPS Volume 17, Number 1. Top Lucinda Deason-Howell Lucinda Deason-Howell, public administration and urban studies, was selected to have her biographical profile included in the 57th edition of Who’s Who in America. Top Mary Ellen Atwood and Brian Pendleton Mary Ellen Atwood, education; and Brian Pendleton, sociology; were awarded $124,353 by the U.S. Department of Education through the Ohio Department of Education for “SELF — Even Start Literacy Program — Year 5.” Top Molly O'Brien Molly O’Brien, law, was reappointed to the Clinical and Skills Education Committee of the Ameri-can Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. She also was reappointed chair of the Annual Program Subcommittee of the ABA’s Clinical and Skills Committee. She served as moderator for a panel presentation titled “How Can Law Schools Better Prepare Students for Practice Today?” at the ABA’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Top Nancy Grant Nancy Grant, public administration and urban studies, received $9,548 from Akron Public Schools for a student assistantship. Top Oletha Thompson and John Vesalo Oletha Thompson and John Vesalo, Academic Achievement Programs, were awarded $282,728 by the U.S. Department of Education for “Upward Bound Math and Science Competition, Year 4.” Top Nanci Self and Oletha Thompson Oletha Thompson and Nanci Self, Academic Achievement Programs, were awarded $271,722 for “Gear Up Akron, Year 4 — Gaining Early Aware-ness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program” and $422,832 for “Educa-tional Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers Program, Year 1” by the U.S. Department of Education. Top Paul Toth Paul Toth, modern languages, is the recipient of the 2002 Paul Pimsleur Award for Outstanding Research in Foreign Language Education, which is awarded by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language/Modern Language Journal. Toth is being honored for his journal article, “The Interaction of Instruction and Learner-internal Factors in the Acquisition of Second Language Morphosyntax,” which was published in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. Toth will receive his award at the national ACTFL meeting, which is being held Nov 21-24 in Salt Lake City. Top Ramona Ortega-Liston Ramona Oretga-Liston, public administration and urban studies, wrote an article titled “Mexican-American Professionals in Public Administration: Are Poor English-Proficiency Skills Holding Them Back?” It was published in the Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, Volume 7, Number One. Top Raymond Cox Raymond Cox, public administration and urban studies, wrote a chapter titled “Performance Measurement: Cultural and Socio-psychological Factors” for Outcomes-based Governance: Assessing the Results, published by Heinemann Publishers. Top				Robert Kent Robert Kent, geography and planning, received funding for student internships from the Medina County Planning Commission, $1,704; city of Cuyahoga Falls, $1,704; and Summit County Auditor's Office, $2,556. He also received funding for four student internships in the following amounts from the Akron Police Department, $3,067, $3,833, $4,510 and $4,510. Top Rosemary Cannon Rosemary Cannon, law, is chair of the finance committee for the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Board of Trustees. Top Sonia Alemagno Sonia Alemagno, Institute for Health and Social Policy, received $54,472 from the National Opinion Research Center for “Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program: Cuyahoga County, Third Quarter 2002.” Top Stephanie Woods Stephanie Woods, nursing, was awarded $105,961 by the National Institute of Nursing Research for “Nursing Inquiry: Stress and Immune Response with Battering.” Top Robert Joel Duff and Stephen Weeks Stephen Weeks and Robert Joel Duff, biology, were awarded $119,232 by the National Science Foun-dation for “Reproductive Tactics in an Androdi-oecious Crustacean: Laboratory and Field Tests of a Model for the Maintenance of a Mixed Mating System Animal Behavior.” They also received an Ohio Board of Regents Individual Research Challenge Grant of $20,000 for the project. Top Stephen Weeks Stephen Weeks, biology, received $5,462 from the National Science Founda-tion for “Reproductive Tactics in an Androdi-oecious Crustacean,” a collaborative research project with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Top T.J. Boisseau and Karen Flynn T.J. Boisseau, history, and Karen Flynn, classical studies, anthropology and archaeology, wrote “Teaching the Day After: An Assessment of American University Pedagogy in the Wake of Sept. 11, 2001” for Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 3, September 2002. Their essay is based on an e-mail survey of UA faculty members asking them to describe their approaches in the classroom in the days after the attack. Top Thein Kyu Thein Kyu, polymer engineering, received $15,000 as an unrestricted research gift (conductive polymers and nano-composites) from Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. Top Tracy Thomas Tracy Thomas, law, wrote “Understanding Prophy-lactic Remedies Through the Looking Glass of Bush v. Gore” for the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, and “Justice Scalia Reinvents Restitution,” which will be published as part of the International Remedies Scholar Forum in the winter issue of the Loyola Los Angeles Law Review. Top Ward Thomas Ward Thomas, public administration and urban studies, was a co-author of the article, “Latino and African American Non-custodial Fathers: Per-ceptions of Fatherhood and Child Support,” which was published in the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, Volume 10, Number 3. Top William Arbuckle William Arbuckle, civil engineering, received $1,107 from The Ohio State University Research Foundation for “Filter/Adsorber Development.” Top Wilson Huhn Wilson Huhn, law, wrote “Three Legal Frameworks for Regulating Genetic Technology” for the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, and “The Stages of Legal Reasoning: Formalism, Analogy and Realism” for Villanova Law Review. Top Roberta DePompei and Yvonne Gillette Yvonne Gillette and Roberta De Pompei, speech-language pathology and audiology, received grants in the amounts of $15,187 and $11,576 from Hope Homes to fund five community student internships in speech-language pathology. Top Yvonne Gillette Yvonne Gillette, speech-language pathology and audiology, received grants in the amounts of $4,631 and $6,030 from United Disability Services for two community student internships in speech-language pathology Top