Akron Update - September 24, 2002

The Online Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Retirees of The University of Akron - September 24, 2002


Amy Mast and Deana Wolf Amy Mast and Deana Wolf, Wayne College Dean’s Office, received two Targeted Industries Grants from the Ohio Board of Regents for local industries. The first was a grant for $1,040 with Owens-Illinois Prescription Products, No. 1183 and the second was a grant for $1,488 with Keim Lumber. Top Tamara Lowe and Amy Mast Amy Mast and Tamara Lowe, Wayne College Dean’s Office, were awarded two Appalachian Technology and Workforce Development Initiative, TANF Block Grants in the amounts of $158,500 and $200,500 by the Holmes County Department of Job and Family Services. Top B.S. Vijayaraman B.S. Vijayaraman, management, co-authored “A Framework for Deter-mining Success Factors of an E-commerce Initiative” for the Journal of Internet Commerce, Volume 1, Number 2. Top Barbara Osyk Barbara Osyk, management, has been appointed education chair of the Northeast Ohio Warehouse Education Resource Council Board for 2002-03. Top Byron Pipes Byron Pipes, polymer engineering, received $45,000 from Old Dominion University as a subgrant of NASA for “Ultra Nanostructured Composite Fibers II.” He also received a $11,250 Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Match Grant for the project. Top Christopher Miller Christopher Miller, civil engineering, received $20,780 from the city of Barberton for “Develop-ment of Chlorine Decay Model and Deposit Inhibitor Study for the City of Barberton Water Distribution System.” Top Chrys Wesdemiotis Chrys Wesdemiotis, chemistry, was awarded $611,800 by the Ohio Board of Regents Hayes Investment Fund Program for “Mass Spectrometry Consortium for Materials and Medical Research.” Top Daniel Sheffer Daniel Sheffer, biomedical engineering, received $13,368 from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine for graduate student support. Top Darrell Reneker Darrell Reneker, polymer science, received $50,000 from NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for “Polyimide and Epoxy-based Nanocom-posites with Nanofibers and Exfoliated Clay.” He also received $40,000 from Physical Sciences, Inc., as a subcontract of NASA and a $17,500 Research Challenge Grant from the Ohio Board of Regents for “Electrospinning of Polyimide in a Vacuum.” Top David Perry David Perry, chemistry, received $24,000 from NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for a graduate student research program titled “NGT3-52364: Role of Methanol Fuel Distribution on Flame Spread in Microgravity.” Top David Stephen David Stephen, residence life and housing, began his term in July as president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers International. The Columbus-based association supports 915 institutional members and 6,000 student housing practitioners worldwide. Top Debra Johanyak Debra Johanyak, English, Wayne College, received $1,500 from the Greater Wayne County Foundation, Inc., for the Fourth Annual Shakespeare Festival at The University of Akron, Wayne College. Top Dennis Doverspike Dennis Doverspike, psychology, was quoted in an article titled “Too Young to Drive?” in the July 2002 issue of Ladies Home Journal. He was elected to the Board of the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council for a three-year term, beginning in 2003. Doverspike also presented three papers at the 2002 Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology Conference in April in Toronto, Canada, and received $994 from OMNOVA Solutions Inc., for “IT Leadership Team Job Profiles.” Top Gary Hamed Gary Hamed, polymer science, received $10,000 in unrestricted grant-in-aid from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Top Gene Milford Gene Milford, music, is the recipient of an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Standard Plus Award for the second consecutive year. Milford was honored for the educational music he writes for school bands. He also is serving as chair for the 2003 Ohio Music Education Association All-State Band. Top George Chase George Chase, chemical engineering, received $6,682 from Michigan State University as a REU Supplement for “Multiphase Transport Phenomena Curriculum Development.” He also received $1,790 from Hankison International for “Measurement of Particle Size Distribution in Process Air Stream.” Top				Isadore Newman Isadore Newman, education, received grants of $33,718 and $16,493 from Summa Health System Foundation for the Summa Health Systems Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Institute. Top Jay Patankar Jay Patankar, management, was a co-author of “Warranty Reserves for Nonstationary Sales Process,” which was published in Naval Research Logistics, Volume 49. Top Joan Carletta and Robert Veillette Joan Carletta and Robert Veillette, electrical and computer engineering, received $5,025 from the National Science Founda-tion for “REU Supplement to ITR/AP: Reconfigurable Computing for Real-time Control Systems.” Top John Szabo John Szabo, geology, received $5,058 from the Nature Conservancy for “Analysis of White Pine Bog Nature Conservatory in Geauga County, Ohio.” Top John Vesalo John Vesalo, Academic Achievement Programs, received $3,000 from Partnerships for America’s Future Inc., for “Upward Bound Math & Science Marine Quest 1492 (continued).” Top Jun Hu Jun Hu, chemistry, and Stephanie Lopina, chemical engineering, received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents Individual Research Challenge Match Grant for “NER: Bioengineering of Implantable Nanosize Optical Sensing Elements by Controlled Radical Polmerization.” Top Keith Lavery and William Lohrum Keith Lavery, University Police, and William Lohrum, chief emeritus of University Police, received $75,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice for COPS (Community-oriented Policing Services) Program. Top Kelly Herold Kelly Herold, Community and Technical College Dean’s Office, was awarded $160,487 for “Multi-year College Tech Prep Plan, Update” and $81,600 for “Tech Prep Expanded Enrollment Grant (State) Engineering” by the Ohio Department of Education in cooperation with the Ohio Board of Regents. Top Lathardus Goggins and Cecile Walker Lathardus Goggins, Graduate School, and Cecile Walker, Academic Achievement Programs, were awarded $226,105 by the U.S. Department of Education for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaur-eate Achievement Program. Top Lathardus Goggins Lathardus Goggins, Graduate School, was awarded $173,502 by the U.S. Department of Education for “Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), Chemistry, Year 3.” Top Loren Siebert Loren Siebert, geography and planning, received $31,180 from the Ohio Aerospace Institute as a subgrant of NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for “Mapping Land Cover and Urbanization Using Satellite Images and Historical Topographic and Land Use Maps.” He also received a $30,473 Ohio Board of Regents Tech-nology Initiatives Grant through Kent State University for “OhioView Virtual University Program in Remote Sensing and GIS Technology: Phase 1.” Top Kathryn Feltey and Lynn Metzger Lynn Metzger, classical studies, anthropology, and archaeology, and Kathryn Feltey, sociology, received $15,600 from Welco Co., for “Student Risk Behavior” for the Chau-tauqua County Department of Public Health. Top Lynn Metzger Lynn Metzger, classical studies, anthropology, and archaeology, received $24,610 from Metro Parks Serving Summit County for “Public Archaeological and Community Resource Assessment for Twinsburg Park and Nature Preserve, Phase II.” Top Michael d'Amico Michael d’Amico, marketing, has been appointed president of Pi Sigma Epsilon, the national professional fraternity in marketing, sales manage-ment and selling, for the 2002-03 academic year. Top Peter Rinaldi Peter Rinaldi, chemistry, received $96,500 from The Ohio State University Research Fund as a subgrant of the Ohio Board of Regents Hayes Investment Fund Program for the “Ohio NMR Consortium.” He also received $10,000 from Equistar Chemicals Inc., for an experimental technical agreement. Top Philip Allen Philip Allen, psychology, received a $20,000 0hio Board of Regents Individual Research Challenge Match Grant for “Lexical Access and Dual-Task Performance: Determining the Locus of the Bottleneck.” Top				Bi-Min Zhang Newby and Ping Wang Ping Wang and Bi-Min Zhang Newby, chemical engineering, were awarded $100,000 by the National Science Foundation for “Novel Self-assembling Intgerfacial Biocatalysis in Organic-aqueous Biphasic Systems for Environ-mentally Benign Chemical Processing/(TSE01-C: GOALI).” They also received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents Indi-vidual Research Challenge Match Grant for the project. Top Raymond Cox Raymond Cox, public administration and urban studies, received $20,250 from Cleveland State University as a subgrant of the Northeast Ohio UUP Neighborhood Initiative Network for “Northeast Ohio Urban University Program.” Top Rex Ramsier Rex Ramsier, physics, received $50,000 from the American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund for “Hyperthermal Growth of Oxide and Nitride Films on Zirconium Surfaces.” Top Richard Elliott Richard Elliott, chemical engineering, received $2,498 from the National Science Foundation for “GOALI: Combining Discontinuous Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Process Simulation (travel supplement).” Top Robert Kent Robert Kent, geography and planning, received funding for student internships from the following organizations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, $2,497 and $571; Northeast Ohio Four County Organization, $1,704; Medina County Soil and Water Conser-vation District, $1,104; Stark County Soil and Water Conservation, $1,444; and Medina County Emergency Management, $1,704. He also received three student internships funded at $1,234 each from the Center for Farmland Preservation. Top Roger Durbin Roger Durbin, University Libraries, was awarded $160,000 by Advanced Elastomer Systems for the “Advanced Elastomer Systems’ Library Project.” Top S. Graham Kelly S. Graham Kelly, engineering, received $39,064 from The Ohio State University as a subgrant of the Ohio Board of Regents for “Collabor-ative Engineering Graduate Education Over Interactive Video Network.” Top Sonia Alemagno and Elizabeth Shaffer-King Sonia Alemagno and Elizabeth Shaffer-King, Institute for Health and Social Policy, received $61,169 from the U.S. Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice National Opinion Research Center for “Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program: Cuyahoga County, 2nd Quarter 2002.” Top Stephanie Lopina Stephanie Lopina, chemical engineering, received $9,000 from the Summa Health System Foundation for “Safety and Biocom-patibility Testing of Two Novel Controlled-release Drug Delivery Systems with Cardiovascular Applications.” Top Steven Chuang Steven Chuang, chemical engineering, received an $8,115 Ohio Board of Regents Individual Re-search Challenge Grant for “Novel Amine Enriched Sorbents for Co2 Capture.” Top Thein Kyu Thein Kyu, polymer engineering, received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Grant for “Spatio-temporal Emergency of Morpho-logical Patterns in Liquid Crystalline Polymer and Rigid Rod Polymer Systems During Solidification.” Top Thomas Gaylord and John Hirschbuhl Thomas Gaylord, Division of Information and Instructional Technologies, Libraries and Institutional Planning, and John Hirschbuhl, Learning Technologies and Scholar/Learning Services, were awarded $500,000 by the Department of Energy for a computer-based education program, “Exercise in Hard Choices.” Top Wiley Youngs Wiley Youngs, chemistry, received a grant-in-aid of $55,000 from the Amer-ican Heart Association for “Metal Complexes of Carbeneporphyrinolds as Hypoxic Tissue Imaging Agents Following Myocardial Infarction or Stroke.” Top Daniel Ely, Claire Tessier and Wiley Youngs Wiley Youngs, chemistry; Daniel Ely, biology; and Claire Tessier, chemistry; were awarded a $147,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award by the National Cancer Institute for “Ag(111) Carbene-porphyrinoids as Radiopharmaceuticals.” They also received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents Individual Research Challenge Match Grant for the project. Top William Brittain William Brittain, polymer science, received a $5,000 Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Match Grant for “Improved Carbon Nanofiber/Polymer Composites by Low Shear Compounding.” He also received $20,000 from Applied Sciences Inc., as a subcontract of the U.S. Air Force for “Electrospinning of Polyimide in a Vacuum.” Top