Akron Update - September 3, 2002

The Online Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Retirees of The University of Akron - September 3, 2002


Alexei Sokolov Alexei Sokolov, polymer science, received $86,480 from the National Institute of Standards & Technology for “High-frequency Optical Spectoscopy for Characterization of Polymeric Nanostructures.” He also received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents’ Research Challenge Match Grant for the project. Top Amy Mast and Deana Wolf Amy Mast and Deana Wolf, Wayne College, received $1,766 from the Ohio Board of Regents for a Target Industries Training Grant for Plastipak, Inc. Top Amy Mast Amy Mast, Wayne College, received funding from the Ohio Board of Regents in the amounts of $66,480 for a “FY 2002 Jobs Challenge Performance Plan” and $3,180 for an EnterpriseOhio Network/Target Industries Training Grant for Westfield Group. Top Daniel Ely and Amy Milsted Amy Milsted and Daniel Ely, biology, were awarded a grant-in-aid of $110,000 by the American Heart Association for “Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Hypertension in Females.” Top Chang Han Chang Han, polymer engineering, received $71,519 from the National Science Foundation for “Structure-Morphology-Rheology Relationships in Thermally Stable Thermortropic Polyurethanes Having Side-Chain Liquid Crystals (continued).” Top Cheryl Elman Cheryl Elman, sociology, received $4,662 from the Benjamin Rose Institute for a Margaret Blenkner Research Center Fellowship for a student. Top Daniel Ely and Amy Milsted Daniel Ely and Amy Milsted, biology, were awarded a grant-in-aid of $110,000 by the American Heart Association for “Testosterone Effects on Vascular Collagen.” Top Daniel Hickey Daniel Hickey, Workforce Development and Continuing Education, received $86,888 for “FY 2002 Jobs Challenge Performance Plan” and $1,780 for a “Targeted Industries Training Grant at S. D. Myers, Inc.,” both from the Ohio Board of Regents. Top Nancy Grant and David Hoover David Hoover, public service technology, and Nancy Grant, public administration and urban studies, received $40,000 from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency for the “Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy Research.” Top Deborah Stone Deborah Stone, Academic Achievement Programs, received five grants from the Ohio Department of Education’s Division of Child Nutrition Services and the Ohio Hunger Task Force for food services for the following programs: National Youth Sports Program, $8,869; Upward Bound Program, $7,190; Educational Talent Search, $1,123; Strive Toward Excellence Program, $2,410; and Food Services, Upward Bound Math and Sciences, $5,590. Top Donald Dane Quinn Donald Dane Quinn, mechanical engineering, was awarded $147,679 by the National Science Foundation for “Dynamic Resonances in Nonlinear Mechanical Systems.” He also received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents’ Research Challenge Match Grant for the project. Top				Marlene Huff, Mary Agnes Kendra and Elizabeth Kinion Elizabeth Kinion, Marlene Huff and Mary Agnes Kendra, nursing, received $12,030 for “Nurses’ Oral Health Initiative for the Underserved” from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Top Elizabeth Kinion Elizabeth Kinion, nursing, received $25,000 from Akron Community Health Resources, Inc., for “Expanded Access to Homeless Persons.” Top Sharon Kruse, Laura Purnell, Charlene Reed and Elizabeth Stroble Elizabeth Stroble, Sharon Kruse, Laura Purnell and Charlene Reed, education, were awarded $200,000 by the U.S. Department of Education for “Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Technology Enhancements for K-12 Urban School Project.” Top George Giakos George Giakos, electrical and computer engineering, received a $1,632 Research Challenge Match Grant from the Ohio Board of Regents for “Development of an Optical Real-time Polarimetric Imaging System for Aerospace Applications.” Top James Ryon James Ryon, music, is featured on the obo on “Songs of Innocence and Experience,” a new CD by the Burle Marx Trio. All of the works on the CD were selected from the Burle Marx Brazilian Music Collection housed at UA. Ryon and the Burle Marx Trio performed selections from the CD on Aug. 10 at the 31st conference of the International Double Reed Society in Banff, Canada. Top Jane Moriarty Jane Moriarty, law, lectured to 250 judges at the Pennsylvania Confer-ence of State Trial Judges on July 27 on the law of evidentiary privilege. Top Jun Hu and Stephanie Lopina Jun Hu and Stephanie Lopina, chemistry, were awarded $100,000 by the National Science Foundation for “NER: Bioengineering of Implantable Nanosize Optical Sensing Elements by Controlled Radical Polymerization.” Top Jun Hu Jun Hu, chemistry, was awarded a $147,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney for “New Method for Creating Polymer Encapsulated Nanosensors.” Top Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann, physics, received $47,000 from the National Science Foundation for “Investigat-ing Small-Scale Effects on Dynamic Properties of Polymers.” Top Lu-Kwang Ju Lu-Kwang Ju, chemical engineering, received $89,116 from the National Science Foundation to “Study Microaerobic Metabolism Using Luminescence Techniques.” Top RaJade Berry and Lucinda Deason-Howell Lucinda Deason-Howell and Rajade Berry, public administration and urban studies, wrote “Citizen’s Abuse and Misuse of the City of Akron’s Emer-gency and Nonemergency Phone Lines” for the September 2002 issue of The Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners. Top				Lynn Metzger Lynn Metzger, classical studies, anthropology and archaeology, received $3,000 from the Jamestown Boys & Girls Club for “Evaluation of Reach for the Stars Program (Tier II)” and $3,000 from the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County, N.Y., for “Evaluation of Tier III Program.” She also received $6,220 from Bath Township for “Phase I Cultural Resource Recon-naissance Survey on the Bath Nature Preserve and Park.” Top Michael Walsh Michael Walsh, law, was appointed in July to the Edwin Shaw Hospital Development Foundation Board of Trustees. Top Nancy Grant Nancy Grant, public administration and urban studies, received funding for student internships in the amounts of $2,860, Akron Police Department; $1,206, Jackson Township Board of Trustees; and $1,206, Oriana House. Top James Singletary and Oletha Thompson Oletha Thompson and James Singletary, Academic Achievement Programs, were awarded $457,984 by the U.S. Department of Education for the Upward Bound Program. Top Pamela Schulze Pamela Schulze, family and consumer sciences, received the Family Relations and Human Development Division Research Award for 2002 on June 24 from the Family Relations and Human Development Division of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. She also co-wrote “Believing is Achieving: The Implica-tions of Self-efficacy Research for Family Consumer Science Education” for the first issue of Research Applications in Family and Consumer Sciences, and “Cultural Structuring of Universal Developmental Tasks” for Parenting: Science and Practice, Volume 2, Number 2. Top Richard Klosterman Richard Klosterman, geography and planning, received a $5,742 Individual Research Challenge Match Grant from the Ohio Board of Regents for “Prototype System for Using Remote Sensing and GIS to Project Farmland Loss for the State of Ohio.” Top Robert Kent Robert Kent, geography and planning, received $852 from the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority and $3,578 from the Akron Police Depart-ment for two student internships. Top Cindy Kovalik and Sajit Zachariah Sajit Zachariah and Cindy Kovalik, education, were awarded $348,291 by the U.S. Dept. of Education for “Redesign for Compe-tent Use of Technology by Teachers — Preparing Tomorrows Teachers.” Top Nancy Jane Bose and Yvonne Gillette Yvonne Gillette and Nancy Jane Bose, speech-language pathology and audiology, received grants of $5,025 and $20,100 from the Edge Academy for two Speech-Language Pathology Community Internships. Top Yvonne Gillette Yvonne Gillette, speech-language pathology and audiology, received funding for two student assistantships i the amounts of $11,080 from the Sum-mit Education Initiative and $5,275 from Select Medical, Incorporated. Top