OARS Annual Report FY 2006

Annual Report July 2006Office for the Advancement of

Research and Scholarship

“Providing Enriching Opportunities for Students, Faculty, Staff, Ohio and the Nation”

miami university

FY06 Research Highlights...

Miami establishes a new external funding record of $22,947,858.Faculty involvement in external submissions increases by more than 10%.Miami joins the Nation’s Upper Echelon for University based High Performance Computing.External proposal submissions increase by more than 20%.Regional Campuses continue rapid growth in external funding.

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Miami pioneers national research consortium in cyber conflict.Miami University and collaborators successfully compete for Third Frontier funds to oversee the “Southern Ohio Creates Companies” Pre-Seed Fund. Miami University attracts new Ohio Eminent Scholars in Zoology and Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Message from Gilbert E. Pacey, Associate Dean for Research

FY 06 Research Highlights

Table of Contents

Research Stories The Neonatal Transportation System Miami University Hamilton Commitment to Community Service Center for Chemistry Education - Middletown Campus OARS Announces New External Funding Record

TABLE I - Academic Grants and Contracts, by Funding Source

TABLE II- Academic Grants and Contracts, by Organizational Unit TABLE III- Miami University Faculty, Staff, and Students Submitting Proposals

Undergraduate Research at Miami University

TABLE IV- Undergraduate Research Programs Awards, 2005-2006

TABLE V- Undergraduate Summer Scholars Program Awards, 2006

Research Stories Center for School Based Mental Health Programs Center for Governance, Risk Managment, and Reporting Mission and Core Values Cyber Conflict Miami Moves into the Nation’s Upper University Echelon of High Performance Computing Enriching Educational Experience: Undergraduate Research Scripps Foundation and Gerontology Center

Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship Staff

Front Cover Photographs: The Circle of LifeInfant, kids in Chemistry, School-Aged Kids, Undergraduate Research, Dance Performance School of Fine Arts, Risk Management Lecture, Scripps Foundation and Gerontology Center

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Critically ill newbornsexhibit increased sensitivity

to external stimulation including mechanical shock. Oxygenation rate and heart rate often decrease during transport.

Specialized gurneys transport newborns on the

ambulance ride and through the hospital to the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Transport technicians generally lift the gurneys (which also carry about 500 lbs. of lifesaving equipment) over bumps and thresholds to mediate the effect on the patient. Even with these extra precautions, the concern is that the current systems still exhibit considerable problematic vibrations. Faculty and students in the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering are directly addressing this problem. Faculty members, Michael Bailey-Van Kuren and Amit Shukla, in conjunction with senior engineering students have researched, designed and developed a prototype vibration isolation system that can be retrofitted into existing neonatal transport systems. This research was supported through several sources including: a Miami University Research Challenge Program award, an Undergraduate Research Program grant, an award from Firestone Industrial, and

T h e American Society for Quality Biomedical Division funds. Project objectives were accomplished by researching vibration dampening materials and systems, selecting the best options, and designing a shock-absorbing system for gurneys that transport newborns to pediatric intensive care units. The existing system consists of a standard adult gurney modified to hold an isolette (bottom left picture) and $500,000 in medical equipment. The prototype system utilizes redundant air springs as a passive isolation system. Research models were used to determine the desired dynamic characteristics of the system and to specify the dynamic characteristics of the new isolation system. This same technology is applicable in other ambulance systems, such as helicopters. Initial system studies performed during transport of the cart on and off of an ambulance at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) showed a decrease in the energy transmitted to the isolette by 2/3. Research models have explored additional changes to the system including the use of active magneto-rheological fluid based dampers. Further tests and system development are being conducted in conjunction with CCHMC. A patent application was submitted and licensing partners are being sought to bring this technology to market.

Improving the Survivability of Critically Ill Infants During Transport: The Neonatal Transportation System

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Miami University’s

regional campuses are mastering the art of obtaining

external funding targeted at K-12 history curriculum innovation. As Michael Carrafiello

said, “I had already for two years served as the director of The Michael J. Colligan History Project at Miami University Hamilton (MUH). The Project sponsors lectures, films, seminars, and symposia designed to bring history to the University and the community. To me, the “Teaching American History” (TAH) program seemed to be the logical extension of Colligan’s mission.” In 2002, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new program: TAH, that required higher education institutions to partner with local school districts to deliver history content to teachers and students. Carrafiello and his MUH colleagues in history and education proposed a TAH program with the Hamilton City Schools. The rest, as they say, is history. Carrafiello and his colleagues are now in the third year of administering what has been a highly successful program. Encouraged by the success of the 2003 proposal, the collaborators partnered with Fairfield and Northwest Local Schools to submit another TAH proposal in 2005. Again to our delight, the 2005 proposal was approved.

Carrafiello said, “For me personally, it’s been an interesting journey. I had written a monograph and scholarly articles but had not been trained in graduate school to prepare grant proposals. As a result, it took me a while to learn how to write proposals and I have since come to enjoy the process of proposal preparation itself. I’m also gratified that our TAH ventures have in some sense been a boon to the University, our campus, and the community we

serve. Best of all, I’ve come to realize that by helping to strengthen the teaching

of history in the schools I have reinforced my love of history and

rediscovered the fundamental reason that I became an historian in the first place.” In 2005 the group felt confident enough to craft a third TAH proposal e n t i t l e d , “A m e r i c a ’s Journey: The Beacon of Liberty, 1492-1965.” This TAH grant partners the Hamilton Regional Campus with Hamilton, Mason and Middletown city schools.

It will enrich the teaching of American history for

teachers and hundreds of area students This grant provides

funding for a three-year project to improve teachers’ knowledge,

understanding and appreciation of traditional American history through professional

development initiatives, with a focus on immigration. This grant will provide three years of seminars

Grants Further Miami University Hamilton Commitment to Community Service

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The Center for Chemistry Education (CCE), housed

on Miami University’s Middletown Campus, develops and conducts programs with on-going support from the Ohio Department

of Education, Ohio Board of Regents, U.S.

Department of Education, National Science Foundation,

National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association and private industry. All CCE programs consistently reflect current pedagogical approaches in science education, cutting-edge academic, industrial research topics and classroom applications for teachers and students. Through these programs, students develop their abilities to work together to solve scientific challenges, think critically and use their powers of observation. CCE offers a variety of summer and academic-year workshop-style courses and academies for K–12 and college educators at Miami University and field sites across the country. These shorter-format academies allow CCE graduates and other teachers to learn from leading nationally-recognized science educators. Over the years, CCE programs reached more than 19,500 teachers who teach more than 1.5 million students each year. Last year, CCE added approximately 2,500 educators at all levels through credit and noncredit courses. Teachers learned methods on empowering their students to succeed in science proficiency, promoting students’ science process skills, using toys as learning tools to visualize, applying and teaching physical science principles, and many other

areas of science as well as pedagogical strategies for successful science teaching. In 2006, materials for the NIH SEPA-funded HealthRICH project were completed. CCE developed these as Early Head Start (EHS) units for informal education settings, specifically 4-H, Girl Scouts, museum groups and extracurricular school events (such as clubs and family science nights). Units include a variety of readings, hands-on activities and optional activities to allow leaders to adjust the session length. These materials include: Healthy at Home: Combating Indoor Air Pollution; From Bottle or Tap: Choosing the Water You’ll Drink; When Dirty Hands Are Dangerous: Exploring Hand Washing and Disease from Home to Hospital; Safe Not Sorry: Using Chemicals Around the House and Barn; Studio 2B: The Skin You’re In; Wet Your Whistle!; and Lather Up! CCE provides significant service to the profession and community through science camps, family science events and an alliance with Head Start. In 2006, CCE hosted the In Your Face Science! camp for grades 3-7 on the MUM campus. CCE science camps attract around 60 children from the Middletown area. More than 30 family science events were held in collaboration with partnering

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and five-day institutes each summer for 50 history teachers. These teachers will explore history content and teaching methods. The project also will create resources to be shared with other school districts. This year the Hamilton Campus group also tried their ideas on the Congressional Civics Academies Program and once again was successful. Entitled “Journey to Freedom,” this $711,000 grant, is one of only two funded awards in the nation, and provides history education and scholarships to high-need school children at the Greater Miami Valley YMCA’s Camp Campbell Gard for the next three years. American history to be covered at the camp will include the rise of the abolitionist movement and the origins of the Underground Railroad; causes of the Civil War; the Emancipation Proclamation, and the role of African Americans in the Civil War and the challenges they faced immediately after the war. Campers will travel to former plantations in Kentucky, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, and the Abraham Lincoln museum in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Daniel Hall, MUH Campus Dean, applauds the recent grants awarded to MUH. “These grants will have a tremendous local impact. Supporting our communities and school systems is a key component of our campus mission,” Dr. Hall said. “Most of all, more students will benefit from enriched American history instruction.”

schools, reaching over 4,000 children and their families. The CCE website (www.terrificscience.org) offers free resources related to special events such as National Chemistry Week’s, The Joy of Toys, and National Parental Involvement Day. Events are advertised by including free activities and special promotions to encourage science education. The center maintains a web Lesson and Lab Exchange for Ohio teachers to assist them in their professional growth. These free lessons and labs were developed by participants and instructors in CCE courses, including Partnership for the Advancement of Chemical Technology, Risks & Choices and OBOR-funded workshops; to date, over 250 lessons were offered. CCE distributes Terrific Science E-News, an electronic newsletter which alerts subscribers to new postings on their website, including updates on teacher training opportunities and educational materials. This

web outreach provides hands-on activity ideas, teacher resources, ideas for

integrating hands-on science in the curriculum and updates

for Terrific Science program graduates. To date, the subscriber list includes over 11,000 individuals.

Hamilton and Middletown Campuses: Research TAH and CCE

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Sources of Funding

FederalState of Ohio

Other Gov Agencies

Industry

Foundations

License

OARS is pleased to announce a new external funding record of $22,947,858. In addition

another $9.8 million was secured for student financial aid. Perhaps the most significant achievements are that Miami University faculty and staff submitted about 20% more proposals, 10% more faculty submitted proposals in FY 06, and the amount requested increased from about $80 million to over $150 million.

These two pie charts show the sources of funding and the activities that were funded. Instructional grant support continues to be a significant percentage of Miami University’s external funding.

Funding Activity

Research

Instruction

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License Fees

OARS Announces a New External Funding Record

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Miami University, the University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, Biostart, Fort Washington Capital Partners and Blue Chip Venture are collaborating in an Ohio Third Frontier Funded Pre-Seed Investment Fund, “Southern Ohio Creates Companies”. Together we will provide pre-seed funds to technology based business start-ups some of which may be focused on University intellectual property. Miami University faculty and staff continued to increase their activity in the development of intellectual property. In FY 06 five properties were recommended for patents and one of those has been licensed. Miami has five other properties that are in various stages of commercialization. Miami realized an increase in license revenue of about 21% in FY 06.

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The now familiar external funding goal chart shows that Miami University is slightly ahead of the doubling goal. We anticipate that our faculty and staff will continue to meet these expectations by submitting more proposals and hiring the best new faculty available.

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Intellectual Property and Economic Development

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TABLE I

ACADEMIC GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, BY FUNDING SOURCE

July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

A. Federal Government 135 $14,170,371

Argonne and Brookhaven National Laboratories 1 $37,920

Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1 $178,767

Council for International Exchange of Scholars 2 $32,300

Institute of Museum and Library Services 1 $3,500

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5 $280,998

National Endowment for the Arts 2 $10,750

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 2 $27,499

National Science Foundation 34 $3,842,279

U.S. Department of Commerce 2 $60,138

U.S. Department of Defense 5 $293,551

U.S. Department of Education 21 $4,291,234

U.S. Department of Education- Ohio Board of Regents 5 $1,030,555

U.S. Department of Energy 4 $415,732

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 28 $2,666,325

U.S. Department of Justice 2 $25,000

U.S. Department of the Interior 1 $6,095

U.S. Department of Transportation 2 $512,379

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 17 $455,349

B. State of Ohio 55 $4,107651

Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute 2 $57,737

eTech Ohio 1 35,248

Ohio Arts Council 1 $15,213

Ohio Board of Regents 17 $1,685,484

Ohio Department of Aging 4 $196,195

Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction 1 $38,000

Ohio Department of Development 1 1,100,000

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Ohio Department of Education 11 $368,020

Ohio Department of Health 4 $249,869

Ohio Department of Mental Retardation 1 $3,500& Developmental Disabilities

Ohio Department of Natural Resources 2 $111,177

Ohio Environmental Education Fund 1 $33,172

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 1 $4,994

Ohio Humanities Council 1 $1,500

Ohio Learning Network 1 $45,000

Ohio Plant Biotechnology Consortium 5 $122,542

Ohio Public Works Commission 1 $40,000

C. Other Government Agencies 18 $329,640

D. Industry and Business 85 $1,459,124

E. Foundations and Associations 63 $2,881,072

GRAND TOTAL 356 $22,947,858

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TABLE II

July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

PrincipalInvestigator(s) Funding Source Proposal Title Amount of Award by Organizational Unit

ACADEMIC GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT AND

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

College of Arts and Science $9,116,585

Anthropology $28,087

Hay-Rollins, M. Cameron• National Multiple SclerosisSociety

MS, Internet Information about Health, andClinical Interactions

$28,087

Botany $595,246

Kiss, John Z.

Edelmann, Richard E.

• National Aeronautics andSpace Administration

Analysis of a Novel Sensory Mechanism inRoot Phototropism

$236,378

Kiss, John Z.

Palmieri, Maria

• National Aeronautics andSpace Administration

The Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton inGravitropic Signal Transduction inArabidopsis thaliana

$24,000

Lokuge, Meepa A.

Wilson, Kenneth G.

• Sigma Xi Dehydrin Protein Expression and ColdTolerance in Needle Palm (Rhapidophyllumhystrix - Family, Arecaceae)

$300

Nwugo, Chika C.• Sigma Xi A Proteomic Study of the Molecular Roles ofSilicon Nutrition in Cadmium Tolerance ofRice (Oryza sativa L.)

$400

Watson, Linda E.

Pelser, Petrus B.

• National ScienceFoundation

Late Tertiary Climatic Changes and theEvolutionary Success of the TribeSenecioneae (Asteraceae), A PhylogeneticApproach

$301,886

Watson, Linda E.• Ohio Plant BiotechnologyConsortium

Novel Pharmaceuticals and Crop ProtectionChemicals from Plants

$16,141

Watson, Linda E.• Ohio Plant BiotechnologyConsortium

Novel Pharmaceuticals and Crop ProtectionChemicals from Plants

$16,141

Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs $369,058

Russo, Philip A.• Ohio Board of Regents Research in the Center for Public Managementand Regional Affairs

$245,320

Russo, Philip A.• Ohio Public WorksCommission

Capital Finance and Planning for Ohio’sPublic Infrastructure Bond Financing

$40,000

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Russo, Philip A.• Scioto County AreaFoundation

Personnel Project for Non-Profits $3,000

Russo, Philip A.

Choudhury, Enamul H.

• Seasongood GoodGovernment Foundation

Administrative Support Analysis for AmericanSociety for Public Administration

$3,000

Russo, Philip A.• U.S. Department ofCommerce

Economic Renewal, Investment, andDevelopment for Local Governments

$52,738

Russo, Philip A.• U.S. Department of Justice Federal Weed and Seed Program Evaluation2006

$12,500

Russo, Philip A.• U.S. Department of Justice Program Evaluation: Department of JusticeWeed and Seed Program, City of Hamilton

$12,500

Chemistry and Biochemistry $1,672,886

Bretz, Stacey L.• National ScienceFoundation

CHEMX: Assessing Cognitive Expectationsfor Learning Chemistry

$62,752

Bretz, Stacey L.• National ScienceFoundation

Mapping the Dimensions of theUndergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: FacultyPerspectives on Curriculum,Pedagogy, and Assessment

$87,072

Crowder, Michael W.• National ScienceFoundation

Probing Zn(II) Transport in E. coli $210,000

Crowder, Michael W.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Characterization of Metallo-b-Lactamases $147,213

Danielson, Neil D.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Determination of Arsenicals Using CapillaryElectrophoresis - Inductively Coupled Plasma- Mass Spectrometry

$209,807

Gung, Benjamin W.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Study of the Strength of C-H-Y (Y=O,N) andXH-p (X = N,O,S) Interactions

$209,430

Hagerman, Ann E.• Eli Lilly and Company Gas Chromatographs from Eli Lilly $15,000

Hagerman, Ann E.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Polyphenol-protein Antioxidants in the GIEnvironment

$213,000

Hawes, John W.• Ohio Plant BiotechnologyConsortium

Non-Biotin-Dependent PropionateMetabolism in Plants

$10,000

Makaroff, Christopher A.• Ohio Plant BiotechnologyConsortium

Enhancing Plant Growth with ArabidopsisAtETHE1

$70,261

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Novak, Michael• American ChemicalSociety

In Search of Arlyoxenium Ions $80,000

Pacey, Gilbert E.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Application of the THz Spectroscopy toBiological Systems

$213,000

Sommer, André J.• Eastman Kodak Company Enhanced Resolution MicrospectroscopicTechniques

$9,500

Sommer, André J.• Smiths Detection Interoperability of Raman Spectral DatabasesAcross Different Spectrometer Platforms

$20,000

Sommer, André J.• Various Business Sources Research in the Molecular MicrospectroscopyLab (MML)

$89,869

Taylor, Richard T.• National ScienceFoundation

Ohio Consortium for Undergraduate Research- Research Experiences to Enhance Learning(REEL)

$25,982

See grant(s) involving departmental faculty in University Multiple Unit Projects,Listed at End of Table II $98,600

English $88,172

Casey, Moira E.• American Association ofUniversity WomenEducational Foundation

Manuscript Revisions: The Lesbian in theHouse

$6,000

Fuller, Mary J.

Rimer, Beth A.

• Cincinnati Public Schools Cincinnati Public Schools Teaching ofWriting Workshop

$37,172

Fuller, Mary J.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Ohio Writing Project $45,000

Geography $14,746

Renwick, William H.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

A Hydrogeomorphic Lake ClassificationSystem for Refining Lake Assessment atMultiple Spatial Scales

$14,746

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Geology $457,287

Brudzinski, Michael R.• National ScienceFoundation

Collaborative Research: A Study of TransientAseismic Slip and Non-Volcanic Tremor inSouthern Mexico with Large Aperture Seismicand GPS Arrays

$51,925

Brudzinski, Michael R.• National ScienceFoundation

SGER: International Collaboration for Studyof Deep Subduction Using Seismic Arrays inNew Caledonia and Vanuatu

$35,302

Currie, Brian S.• Utah Geological Survey Reservoir Characterization of the CretaceousCedar Mountain and Dakota Formations,Southern Unita Basin

$10,082

Hart, William K.• National ScienceFoundation

Collaborative Research: Understanding theCauses of Continental IntraplateTectonomagmatism: A Case Study in thePacific Northwest

$66,510

Rakovan, John• Argonne and BrookhavenNational Laboratories

Synchrotron Experimental Time (at theNational Synchronton Light Source andAdvanced Photon Source) for MineralogicalStudies in 2005

$37,920

Rech, Jason A.• National GeographicSociety

Past, Present, and Future Water Resources inJordan

$16,500

Widom, Elisabeth• National ScienceFoundation

Acquisition of a Microwave Digestion Systemfor Geochemical and GeochronologicalApplications

$31,500

Widom, Elisabeth• National ScienceFoundation

Origin of Mantle Heterogeneity in the Azores $207,548


German, Russian, and East Asian Languages $125,677

Dawisha, Karen L.

DiDonato, Robert

Ziolkowski, Margaret

• U.S. Department ofEducation

Geopolitical and Cultural Transitions: Russianand Eurasian Studies at Miami University

$66,000

Dawisha, Karen L.

DiDonato, Robert

Ziolkowski, Margaret


Geopolitical and Cultural Transitions: Russianand Eurasian Studies at Miami University

$59,677

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History $1,000

Cobb, Daniel M.• University of Arizona Community, Poverty, Power: The Politic ofTribal Self-Determination, 1960-1968

$1,000

See grant(s) involving departmental faculty in Regional Campus Projects, Listed byRegional Campus $772,278

Latin American Studies $57,300

Paulson, Susan A.• American Association ofUniversity Women

Conditions of Women’s Empowerment inComparative Latin American Contexts

$35,000

Paulson, Susan A.• Council for theInternational Exchange ofScholars- Fulbright ScholarProgram

Council for International Exchange ofScholars

$22,300


Mathematics and Statistics $686,754

Davenport, Dennis E.

Dowling, Patrick N.

Waikar, Vasant B.


Summer Undergraduate MathematicalSciences Research Institute

$61,450

Davenport, Dennis E.• National ScienceFoundation

The Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance $12,000

Davenport, Dennis E.• National ScienceFoundation

The Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance $24,603

Davenport, Dennis E.

Dowling, Patrick N.

Waikar, Vasant B.

• U.S. Department ofDefense

Summer Undergraduate MathematicalSciences Research Institute

$158,397

Keeler, Dennis S.• U.S. Department ofDefense

Noncommutative Projective Geometry $16,044

Keiser, Jane M.• Lesson Labs Breakthrough Mathematics $225,000

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Noble, Robert B.• National Institute forOccupational Safety andHealth (NIOSH)

Model Averaging for Epidemiological RiskAssessment

$24,999

Randrianantoanina, Beata

Randrianantoanina, Narcisse


The Conference on Banach Spaces and TheirApplications in Analysis

$32,700

Randrianantoanina, Narcisse• National ScienceFoundation

Banach Space Structures of Non-CommutativeL^p-spaces and Non-commutative MartingaleInequalities

$104,336

Smith, Robert S.• Scioto County AreaFoundation

2006 Junior Scholars Program $27,225

Miami University Center for Nanotechnology/ Chemistry and Biochemistry $175,000

Zhou, Hongcai• National ScienceFoundation

CAREER: From Biomimetic Platforms toNanostructured Artificial Enzymes

$175,000

Microbiology $355,980

Bridge, Eileen K.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Host Cell Regulation of Adenovirus GeneExpression

$213,000

Cheng, Xiao-Wen• Ohio Plant BiotechnologyConsortium

Host-Range Studies of Baculvorises toExpand Biopesticide Usage for PlantProtection

$9,999

Fields, Matthew W.• U.S. Department of Energy Genome Sequencing of MultipleAnaeromyxobacter Species: ComparativeGenomics for Insight into the Ecophysiology,Genetics and Evolution of Metal-Reducingand Halorespiring Bacteria

$87,981

Fields, Matthew W.• U.S. Department of Energy Genome Sequencing of MultipleAnaeromyxobacter Species: ComparativeGenomics for Insight into the Ecophysiology,Genetics and Evolution of Metal-Reducingand Halorespiring Bacteria

$45,000


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Physics $241,436

Clemens, James P.• Research CorporationTechnologies

Many-atom Entanglement Produced viaCollective Spontaneous Emission

$38,236

Pechan, Michael J.• U.S. Department of Energy Magnetic Nanoscale Physics $60,800

Rice, Perry R.• National ScienceFoundation

Generation, Measurement, and Preservation ofEntanglement Using Cavity QuantumElectrodynamics (QED)

$135,000

Yarrison-Rice, Jan M.

Jaeger, Herbert

• U.S. Department ofCommerce

2006 Summer Undergraduate ResearchFellowship Partnership in AMO Physics

$7,400


Political Science $32,500

Dawisha, Adeed• The American AcademicResearch Institute in Iraq(TAARII)

Democracy in Iraq: Lost...Recovered $10,000

Sharafutdinova, Gulnaz• University of Notre Dame Fellowship at Kellogg Institute forInternational Studies (Notre Dame)

$22,500

Psychology $525,854

Beilock, Sian L.

McConnell, Allen R.


The Casual Mechanisms of Stereotype Threat $198,857

Flaspohler, Paul D.

Paternite, Carl E.

• Ohio Department ofEducation

Miami University/Ohio School Reform - 21stCentury Initiative

$18,266

Flaspohler, Paul D.• St. Bernard-Elmwood PlaceCity Schools

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - SBEP $29,196

Green, Jennifer H.• Catholic Social Services Catholic Social Services Clinical Traineeships $4,320

Green, Jennifer H.• St. Joseph Orphanage St. Joseph Orphanage Clinical Traineeships $7,200

McConnell, Allen R.• National ScienceFoundation

The Casual Mechanisms of Stereotype Threat $90,311

Paternite, Carl E.

Green, Jennifer H.

• Queen of Peace School Traineeship Agreement with Queen of PeaceSchool

$12,000

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Paternite, Carl E.

Green, Jennifer H.

• Talawanda City Schools Traineeship Agreement with TalawandaSchool District

$24,000

Paternite, Carl E.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Ohio National Association of State Directorsof Special Education Shared Seed Grant

$10,000

Paternite, Carl E.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Ohio Mental Health Network for SchoolSuccess

$100,000

Shore, Cecilia M.

Dietz-Uhler, Beth

Schilling, Karen M.

• American PsychologicalAssociation

Preparing Future Faculty in Psychology $1,500

Stiles, William B.• University of Leeds Process and Outcome of Psychotherapy $30,204


Psychology/ Center for Neuroscience $270,000

Berry, Stephen D.• National ScienceFoundation

Modulation of Hippocampal Systems DuringClassical Conditioning

$140,000

Berry, Stephen D.• National ScienceFoundation

Modulation of Hippocampal Systems DuringClassical Conditioning

$130,000

Psychology/ Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs $1,029,682

Flaspohler, Paul D.• Butler County Family andChildren’s First Council

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program:Fairfield Middle Schools

$8,829

Flaspohler, Paul D.• Fairfield City SchoolDistrict

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program:Fairfield Middle Schools (District)

$25,543

Flaspohler, Paul D.

Paternite, Carl E.

• Health Foundation ofGreater Cincinnati

Evidence-based Practices for School-WidePrevention Programs

$555,660

Flaspohler, Paul D.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Ohio Collaborative Community SchoolImprovement Model: 21st CenturyCommunity Learning Centers Elmwood PlaceElementary School

$57,444

Flaspohler, Paul D.

Paternite, Carl E.


Ohio Collaborative Community SchoolImprovement Model: Integrating School andMental Health Services

$21,006

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Flaspohler, Paul D.

Paternite, Carl E.

• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Effective Practice Integration Council $148,000

Green, Jennifer H.

Paternite, Carl E.

• Lockland School District Traineeship Agreement with Lockland SchoolDistrict

$13,200

Paternite, Carl E.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Mental Health for School Success $200,000

Sociology and Gerontology $143,002

Subedi, Janardan• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Genetic and Environmental Influences onChildhood

$41,848

Subedi, Janardan• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Mapping Genes for NeurocognitiveEndophenotypes

$101,154

Spanish and Portuguese

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Speech Pathology and Audiology $54,400

Glaser, Mary Ann• Ohio Department ofEducation

Ohio Masters Network - Initiatives inEducation (OMNiE) Web-Based LiteracyCourse

$4,000

Glaser, Mary Ann• SpeechPathology.com National Center for Speech-LanguagePathology and SpeechPathology.com Interface

$19,800

Glaser, Mary Ann• SpeechPathology.com Support for Development of SpeechPathology.com Website

$5,000

Weinrich, Barbara D.

Baker, Susan

• Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center

Examination of Pediatric Voice Assessmentand Treatment Protocols

$25,600


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Zoology $2,192,518

Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Regulation of Neural Stem Cells in RetinaRegeneration

$170,400

Fernandes, Joyce J.• National ScienceFoundation

A Role for Neuron-founder Cell Interactions:Patterning the Drosophila Adult Musculature

$375,000

James, Paul F.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Role of the Na, K-ATPase Alpha4 Isoform inSperm Motility

$213,000

Kaufman, Donald G.• Cinergy Corporation Hefner Museum Grant $50,000

Kaufman, Donald G.• Greater CincinnatiFoundation

The GREEN Teachers Institute: WaterResources for Clermont County

$20,000

Kaufman, Donald G.• Martha Holden JenningsFoundation

The GREEN Teachers Institute: Picture-Perfect Science

$16,380

Kaufman, Donald G.• Ohio EnvironmentalEducation Fund

The GREEN Teachers Institute: MuseumResources for Teachers

$33,172

Lee, Richard E.• Columbiana CountyEducational Service Center

Coalition of Appalachian Learners $50,000

Lee, Richard E.• National ScienceFoundation

Mechanisms of Rapid and Winter Cold-hardening in Insects

$147,141

Oris, James T.• Parametrix Assessment of Effects of UV and PAH onPacific Herring

$13,804

Oris, James T.

Drevnick, Paul E.

• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury onFish of Isle Royale National Park

$37,000

Pennock, David G.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Function and Regulation of Inner ArmDyneins

$204,600

Rangarajan, Janaki• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Identification of Transcription Factors ThatCould Act as Epidermal Regulatory Facts inXenopus Embryo

$60,000

Robinson, Michael L.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

A Genetic Model of Urogential Developmentand Obstruction

$65,008

Torres, Lisette E.• Ford Foundation Nutrient Cycling by Animals in FreshwaterEcosystems

$22,000

Vanni, Michael J.• Ohio Department ofNatural Resources

Effects of Gizzard Shad and Predator Densityon Lower Trophic Levels in Acton Lake, Ohio

$89,075

Vanni, Michael J.

Gonzalez, Maria J.

• Ohio Department ofNatural Resources

Towards a Reservoir Classification Scheme:Quantifying Lower Trophic Level Abundancein ODW Reference Lakes

$22,102

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Williamson, Craig E.• National ScienceFoundation

IRCEB Interactive Effects of UV Radiationand Temperature on Pelagic Foodwebs

$536,513

Williamson, Craig E.• National ScienceFoundation

IRCEB Interactive Effects of UV Radiationand Temperature on Pelagic Foodwebs

$67,323



Richard T. Farmer School of Business $90,810

Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems $10,000

Jobe, J. Marcus• Council for theInternational Exchange ofScholars- Fulbright ScholarProgram

Improving Business Decision Making at L’vivInstitute of Management in L’viv, Urkraine

$10,000

Economics $53,810

Even, William E.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Employment in the Long Term Care Industry:The Importance of Recruitment and Retention

$53,810

Management $27,000

Newman, William H.• Chrysler Foundation Supply Chain and Operations Management $15,000

Newman, William H.• Hewlett Packard Supply Chain and Operations Management $12,000

School of Education and Allied Professions $1,756,453

Center for Human Development, Learning & Technology/ Educational Psychology $295,766

Abbitt, Jason T.• National Aeronautics andSpace Administration

NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics(NOVA)

$11,000

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Abbitt, Jason T.• National Aeronautics andSpace Administration

NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics(NOVA)

$5,000

Southern, W. Thomas

Wasburn-Moses, Leah H.

• Ohio Department ofEducation

Alternative Route to Certification in SpecialEducation

$199,998

Therrien, William J.

McMahon-Klosterman,

Mokhtari, Kouider


Highly Qualified Teachers ProfessionalsDevelopment Seminars

$30,000

Wasburn-Moses, Leah

Therrien, William J.


Impact of No Child Left Behind’s HighlyQualified Requirements on Special Educationin Ohio

$49,768


Education and Allied Professions, School of $10,000

Witte, Raymond• Ohio Department ofEducation

Teacher Candidate Assessment System $10,000


Educational Psychology $217,989

Southern, W. Thomas• U.S. Department ofEducation

Project AHEAD $217,989


Evaluation and Assessment Center for Mathematics & Science in Ohio $241,096

Boone, William J.• National ScienceFoundation

Evaluation of the Center for Authentic SciencePractice in Education (CASPiE)

$41,096

Kahle, Jane Butler• U.S. Department ofEducation

Ohio Systemic Initiative - Discovery $200,000

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Evaluation and Assessment Center for Mathematics & Science in Ohio/ Teacher Education/ The DiscoveryCenter

$565,631

Kahle, Jane Butler• National ScienceFoundation

Real Experiences to Enhance Learning $113,950


The Mathematics Science Partnership in NewYork City (MSPinNYC)

$119,910


University of Pennsylvania Science TeacherInstitute

$57,521

Kahle, Jane Butler• Ohio Board of Regents Evaluation and Assessment Center forMathematics and Science Education in Ohio

$234,250

Kahle, Jane Butler• Ohio Board of Regents Evaluation of Web-Based ProfessionalDevelopment for eSMILES

$15,000

Kahle, Jane Butler• Ohio Board of Regents Northeast University Center of Excellence inMathematics and Science Teacher Education

$25,000

Family Studies and Social Work/ Center for Human Development, Learning & Technology $60,094

Bush, Kevin R.

Peterson, Gary W.


Evaluation of Butler County Success Program $60,094

Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies $45,257

Zullig, Keith J.• Ohio Department ofEducation

Integration of Schools and Mental HealthSystems in Ohio - 21st Century Initiative

$6,256

Zullig, Keith J.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Ohio Collaborative Community SchoolImprovement Model: 21st CenturyCommunity Learning Centers Wellston

$39,001

Teacher Education $69,620

Cooper, Larry P.• National Aeronautics andSpace Administration

Educational Liaison Staff Position $4,620

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Mokhtari, Kouider• U.S. Department ofEducation

Reading First Professional Development $65,000


Teacher Education/ The Discovery Center $251,000

McCollum, Terry L.• Ohio Department ofEducation

7-10 OMAP iDiscovery Services $10,000


K-3 IMPACT II Advisory Group $600


K-3 IMPACT II Fellows and Colleagues $4,500


Ohio Science Certification Institute (OSCI) 7-10 iDiscovery

$35,900

McCollum, Terry L.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Gear Up $200,000


School of Engineering and Applied Science $764,760

Computer Science and Systems Analysis $18,628

Bachmann, Eric R.• U.S. Department ofDefense

Inertial Motion Tracking for Inserting Humansinto a Networked Synthetic Environment

$18,628


Electrical and Computer Engineering $232,784

Morton, Yu T.

Zhou, Qihou

• Dayton Area GraduateStudies Institute (DAGSI)

An Integrated Spatial Digital Beam Formingand Adaptive Periodiogram Technique forJamming Cancellation

$14,897

Morton, Yu T.• Dayton Area GraduateStudies Institute (DAGSI)

Intelligent Sensing and Control forAutonomous Vehicles

$42,840

Morton, Yu T.• Institute of Navigation Institute of Navigation Graduate Scholarship $2,000

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Morton, Yu T.• U.S. Department ofDefense

Integrated Reconfigurable Aperture, DigitalBeam Forming, and Software GPS Receiverfor UAV Navigation

$89,282

Zhou, Qihou• National ScienceFoundation

Collaborative Research: Coupling, Energetics,and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions(CEDAR) Daytime Potassium Doppler Lidarat Arecibo

$18,358

Zhou, Qihou

Morton, Yu T.


Dual-Beam Incoherent Scatter Radar Study ofthe Mesosphere at Arecibo

$65,407

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering $91,314

Bailey-Van Kuren, Michael• American Society forQuality

Development of a No Spill Cup for Childrenwith Reduced Oral Muscle Tone

$5,000


Development of a Rehabilitative Brace $5,000


Pediatric Physical Therapy DeviceDevelopment

$889

Dollar, Anna• The William and FloraHewlett Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett FoundationExpansion Proposal: Carnegie Mellon OpenLearning Initiative (OLI)

$55,475

Khan, Fazeel J.• American Society forEngineering Education

Development of Nano-Reinforced Compositesand Techniques for the Characterization ofThermal Properties

$13,750

Shukla, Amit• U.S. Department ofDefense

Nonlinear Dynamics of Structures UnderCombined Extreme Environment

$11,200

Paper and Chemical Engineering $62,034

Almquist, Catherine B.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Construction and Testing of Surface CoronaDischarge-Catalytic Reactor for OxidativeTreatment of Waste Gas Emissions from thePulp and Paper Industry

$50,000

Department• Various Business Sources Research in the Paper Science Laboratories $12,034

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School of Engineering and Applied Science $360,000

Abrams, Lisa M.• Charlotte R. SchmidlappTrust

Women Scholars in Engineering $360,000

School of Fine Arts $36,410

Architecture and Interior Design $722

Brown-Manrique, Gerardo• Lindenwald CivicAssociation

Lindenwald Urban Design Plan $722

Art

• Blank Text


Music $1,000

Opatz-Muni, Mari• Patricia Brady-DanzigAssociates, Inc

Miami University Opera Program $1,000

Performing Arts Series $33,188

Swofford, Patti H.• Arts Midwest Midori $3,225

Swofford, Patti H.• National Endowment forthe Arts

Performing Arts Series 2006 $8,250

Swofford, Patti H.• National Endowment forthe Arts

Performing Arts Series 2006 $2,500

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Swofford, Patti H.• New England Foundationfor the Arts

Ballet NY $4,000

Swofford, Patti H.• Ohio Arts Council 04-05 Miami Performing Arts $15,213

Theatre $1,500

Armstrong, Ann E.• Ohio Humanities Council Walk with Me: An Interactive Walking Tourof Freedom Summer Training in Oxford

$1,500


Graduate School and Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship $5,015,364

Graduate School and Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship $3,017,473

Berry, Jhan D.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

The Miami University Responsible Conductof Research (RCR) Faculty DevelopmentInitiative

$2,000

Evans, Cheryl B.• Ohio Board of Regents Miami University STARS (StudentAchievement in Research and Scholarship)Mentoring Program

$248,493


$30,700


$32,100

Hughes, John M.• Oxford Physical Therapy Graduate Assistant in Physical Therapy $11,579

Pacey, Gilbert E.

Hughes, John M.

• Ohio Board of Regents Innovation Incentive Funds $56,820

Pacey, Gilbert E.

Hughes, John M.

• Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Program $293,725

Pacey, Gilbert E.• U.S. Department ofEducation

7-10 Ohio Science Certification Institute(OSCI) Program

$1,708,556

Pacey, Gilbert E.• Various Business Sources License Fees for FY 2006 $633,500

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Graduate School and Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship/ Finance & Business Services $1,100,000

Pacey, Gilbert E.

Norman, Richard M.

• Ohio Department ofDevelopment

Third Frontier Pre-Seed Fund $1,100,000

Institute of Environmental Sciences $149,891

Boardman, Mark R.• U.S. Department of theInterior

Continued Operation of the NADP/NTNPrecipitation Chemistry Station in Oxford, OH

$6,095

Boardman, Mark R.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Technical Assistance at the U.S. EPA Test &Evaluation Facility - Base Operations,subcontract from Shaw Group

$109,109

Hand, Vincent C.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Research at the U.S. EPA Test & EvaluationFacility - Base Operations, subcontract fromShaw Group

$25,584

Johnston, Scott A.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Operation of the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency National Dry DepositionNetwork Station at Miami University

$5,580

McCollum, Donna S.• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Research at the US EPA T & E Facility -Verifying Invertebrate Indentifications -Stream & Artificial Stream Samples

$3,523

Scripps Foundation and Gerontology Center $748,000

Applebaum, Robert A.• American Association ofRetired Persons (AARP)

Small Grant $5,000

Applebaum, Robert A.

Kunkel, Suzanne R.

• National Institute forOccupational Safety andHealth (NIOSH)

Homecare Workers Study Pilot Project $2,500


Mehdizadeh, Khadijeh A.

• Ohio Department of Aging Tracking Long-Term Care Utilization in Ohio:July 2005 - June 2007

$75,781

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Applebaum, Robert A.• Ohio Department of MentalRetardation &Developmental Disabilities

Quality Management 101: Effective Planning,Program Development, and Policy-Making

$3,500


Kunkel, Suzanne R.


Quality Management in Cash and Counseling:Year Two

$99,977

Ciferri, William B.• Ohio Department of Aging Evaluation of Ohio’s Preadmission ScreeningSystem Providing Options and ResourcesToday (PASSPORT)

$66,131

Ciferri, William B.• Ohio Masonic Homes The Ohio Masonic Homes Project $22,563

Kart, Cary S.• Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes in Ohio: Trends and Implications $10,000

Kart, Cary S.• Fraternal Order of Eagles Lay Explanation and Self-Management ofDiabetes II: Perceptions, Behavior and HbA1c

$10,000

Kinney, Jennifer M.• Fraternal Order of Eagles “Get Out of the House:” Evaluation of aProgram for Individuals with Early-OnsetDementia

$10,000

Kinney, Jennifer M.• Fraternal Order of Eagles When the Diagnosis is Dementia II: FamilyMembers’ and Others’ Beliefs About theDisease

$10,000

Kinney, Jennifer M.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Improving Quality of Geriatric Care for theChronically Ill

$3,808

Kunkel, Suzanne R.• American Association ofRetired Persons (AARP)

AARP Internship $5,000

Kunkel, Suzanne R.• Ohio Board of Regents Long Term Care Research $211,047

Kunkel, Suzanne R.• U.S. Department ofEducation

INTERGERO: Implementation of anInternational Interdisciplinary Program inGerontology

$78,564

Straker, Jane K.• Ohio Department of Aging 2006 ODA Nursing Home Family SatisfactionSurvey

$15,198

Straker, Jane K.• Ohio Department of Aging Development and Testing of the OhioResident Care Resident Satisfaction Survey

$39,085

Straker, Jane K.• Vital Research Small Contract Grant $4,846

Wellin, Christopher R.

Kart, Cary S.

• Cleveland Foundation Enhancing the Performance of Local LTCOmbudsman Programs in Ohio

$75,000

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School of Interdisciplinary Studies $165,800

Interdisciplinary Studies $165,800

Wolfe, Christopher R.• U.S. Department ofEducation

Web-Based Tutoring of ArgumentComprehension and Production Skills

$165,800


Other Offices $1,237,248

Center for American and World Cultures

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Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching $45,000

Cox, Milton D.• Ohio Learning Network Establish and Manage an Ohio LearningNetwork Learning Community InitiativeRegional Center at Miami

$45,000

Intercollegiate Athletics $154,748

Graham, David L.• National CollegiateAthletic Association

Drug Education and Life Skills Grant $2,500

Otto, Chris L.• National CollegiateAthletic Association

Special Assistance Fund $29,842

Otto, Chris L.• National CollegiateAthletic Association

Student Athlete Opportunity Fund $122,406

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Miami University Partnership Office $5,000

Poetter, Thomas S.• Institute for EducationalInquiry

Agenda for Education in a Democracy:Journalism, Education and the Public Good

$5,000

Office of Health Education $171,000

Murray, Karen A.

Urra, Daniel E.

Zullig, Keith J.


Drug Free Communities Support Program $100,000

Murray, Karen A.

Urra, Daniel E.


MU High Risk Drinking Prevention Initiative $25,000

Murray, Karen A.

Urra, Daniel E.


Oxford Drug Free Community Coalition $45,000

Urra, Daniel E.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking $1,000

Physical Facilities/ Recycling Office $2,074

Wigren, Laura• Butler County Butler County Solid Waste District 2006Educational Grant

$2,074

SOITA $543,532

Gibson, David• Southwestern OhioInstructional TechnologyAssociation

Serving the Educational Needs of theSouthwestern Ohio Area through EducationalTechnology Services for the Advancement ofInstructional and Other Educational Programs

$543,532

Student Affairs $12,000

Roberts, Dennis C.• Kettering Foundation Extending and Deepening Deliberationthrough the Fraternal Futures Initiative

$12,000

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Student Financial Aid $27,500

Brown, Kathleen M.• Scioto County AreaFoundation

Student Assistance Scholarships $27,500

University Libraries

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University Police Department $62,379

Spilman, Benjamin R.• U.S. Department ofTransportation

Butler County DUI Task Force $62,379

WMUB $214,015

Callison, Cleve T.• Corporation for PublicBroadcasting

2006 Radio Community Service Grant $178,767

Callison, Cleve T.• eTech Ohio Operating Grant $35,248

Regional Campus - Hamilton $1,107,184

Art- Hamilton $3,409

Wilson, Roscoe L.• Butler County Solid WasteDistrict

Butler County Solid Waste District EducationGrant

$2,484

Wilson, Roscoe L.• Puffin Foundation, LTD Petrified Forest $925

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Botany- Hamilton $4,994

Munson, Richard H.

Gladish, Daniel K.

• Ohio EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Discovery Carts for Miami Hamilton’s NewConservatory

$4,994

Continuing Education- Hamilton $313,703

Weber, Kathleen M.• Various Business Sources Continuing Education Classes $313,703

History- Hamilton $772,278

Carrafiello, Michael L.• U.S. Department ofEducation

America’s Journey: The Quest for Freedom,1492-1824

$772,278

Zoology- Hamilton $12,800

Berg, David J.• New Mexico Departmentof Game and Fish

Development of an Immunological Approachto Determining Host Fishes of the TexasHornshell (Popenaias popeii)

$12,800


Regional Campus - Middletown $1,827,007

Applied Research Center $926,649

Seufert, Robert L.• Abstinence Education, Inc. Pure & Simple Lifestyle Project Evaluation $5,000

Seufert, Robert L.• Anthem InsuranceCompanies, Inc.

Diabetes Calendar Project - Return onInvestment

$3,500

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Seufert, Robert L.

Elswick, Tina L.

• Butler Technology andCareer DevelopmentSchools

Butler Technology and Career DevelopmentSchools Core Standard Interview Surveys

$10,000

Seufert, Robert L.• Butler Technology andCareer DevelopmentSchools

Pathways to Your Future Interview Evaluation $6,000

Seufert, Robert L.

Campbell, Darlene G.

• Madison CountyCommissioners

Madison County Needs Assessment $17,000

Seufert, Robert L.• Montgomery CountyCommissioners

Fast Forward Evaluation (Out-of-SchoolYouth Investment Pilot Project)

$60,000

Seufert, Robert L.• National ScienceFoundation

Faculty Development in Automotive HybridVehicle Technology

$18,780

Seufert, Robert L.• Ohio Department ofAlcohol and DrugAddiction Services

Parents Who Host, Lose the Most: Don’t Be aParty to Teenage Drinking

$38,000

Seufert, Robert L.• Ohio Department ofEducation

Madison County Family Matters LiteracyProgram

$3,500

Seufert, Robert L.• Ohio Department of Health Abstinence Education Program Evaluation $49,000

Seufert, Robert L.• Ohio Department of Health College-Age Youth Project Evaluation $97,800

Seufert, Robert L.• Ohio Department of Health Parent Survey Evaluation $99,000

Seufert, Robert L.


• Ohio Department of Health Pure Choice Abstinence Education ProgramEvaluation

$4,069

Seufert, Robert L.

Elswick, Tina L.

• Ohio Tobacco UsePrevention and ControlFoundation(TUPCF)

Butler County Tobacco Cessation andPrevention Project

$13,000

Seufert, Robert L.



Abstinence Committed Education (ACE)Program of Southeast Ohio

$20,000

Seufert, Robert L.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

ATM Education Abstinence 'Til MarriageCBAE Evaluation

$15,000

Seufert, Robert L.• U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services

ATM Education Abstinence Til MarriageSPRANS Evaluation

$5,000

Seufert, Robert L.

Elswick, Tina L.

• U.S. Department of HealthAnd Human Services

REACH Raising the Bar for Youth! Self-Control is Life Control

$12,000

Seufert, Robert L.• U.S. Department ofTransportation

Traffic Highway Safety Evaluation and ActionPlanning

$450,000

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Botany- Middletown

• Blank Text


Center for Chemistry Education $533,846

Hershberger, Susan S.• Middletown CommunityFoundation

In Your Face Science -- A Hands-On CampExploring Everyday Science Choices

$510

Sarquis, Arlyne M.

Hogue, Lynn M.

• National Institute forInternational EducationDevelopment

Korean Chemistry Teacher ProfessionalDevelopment Program

$93,366

Sarquis, Arlyne M.• National Petrochemical andRefiners Association

Science Teacher Education Project 2006-2009 $190,000

Sarquis, Arlyne M.• U.S. Department ofEducation- Ohio Board ofRegents

Advancing Ohio’s Physical ScienceProficiency IV

$249,970


Continuing Education- Middletown $281,512

Attaway, Sharon L.• Various Business Sources Continuing Education Classes $281,512

Office of the Executive Director- Middletown $75,000

Cowan, Marjorie M.• Ohio Department ofEducation

Ohio Tech Prep, subcontract $75,000

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Theatre- Middletown $10,000

Knight, Elizabeth• The Bever Family Reflections $10,000


University Multiple Units $1,830,237

Botany- Middletown/ Botany- Oxford/ Center for Chemistry Education $150,000

Keiffer, Carolyn H.

Schussler, Elisabeth

Hogue, Lynn M.

• U.S. Department ofEducation- Ohio Board ofRegents

From Misconceptions to Illumination: UsingPlants to Support Biological Education

$150,000

Center for American and World Cultures/ Latin American Studies Program/ Spanish and Portuguese $69,322

Berman, Mary Jane

Paulson, Susan A.

Ganelin, Charles V.


Building Bridges to Global Citizenshipthrough Latin American Studies at MiamiUniversity

$69,322

Center for Chemistry Education/ Chemistry and Biochemistry- Middletown/ Zoology/ InterdisciplinaryStudies

$163,047

Sarquis, Arlyne M.

Lee, Richard E.

Myers, Christopher A.


Ohio Science Certification Institute (OSCI) 7-10 – Meeting the Challenge

$163,047

Chemistry and Biochemistry/ Botany/ Microbiology/ Zoology $95,600

Makaroff, Christopher A.

Watson, Linda E.

Carlin, Joseph M.

Meikle, Douglas

• Arnold and MabelBeckman Foundation

Beckman Research Scholarships $95,600

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Chemistry and Biochemistry/ Teacher Education $3,000

Bretz, Stacey L.

Uludag, Nazan

• Martha Holden JenningsFoundation

The Science and Literature Connection Project $3,000

Computer Science and Systems Analysis/ Nursing- Middletown $123,983

Troy, Douglas A.

Vanderbeek, Jean C.

Carson, Anne R.


Crisis Nursing Resource (NCR) InformationSystems

$123,983

Educational Psychology/ Interdisciplinary Studies/ Center for Human Development, Learning, andTechnology

$69,003

Bergen, Doris

Wolfe, Christopher

Wang, Aimin

Shriberg, David

• Blind Squirrel Inc. Evaluation of Freedom Heroes Curriculum $69,003

Educational Psychology/ Speech Pathology and Audiology/ Center for Human Development, Learning, andTechnology

$12,003

Bergen, Doris

Hutchinson, Kathleen

• Fisher-Price Study of Fisher-Price’s Laugh and Learn $12,003

Interdisciplinary Studies- Project Dragonfly/ Geology $57,000


Cummins, R. Hays

• Cincinnati Zoo andBotanical Gardens

Earth Expedition Program $57,000

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Miami University Hamilton Campus Kids/ Miami University Middletown Child Care Center/ / MiamiUniversity Oxford Childcare Center, Mini University, Inc.

$75,878

Leader, Jacqueline M.

Jones, Ann M.

Kochensparger, Kellie A.

Haislar, Adolph


Miami University CCAMPIS Grant $75,878

Microbiology/ Geology $221,951

Fields, Matthew W.

Dong, Hailiang

• U.S. Department of Energy Identification of Molecular and CellularResponses of Desulfovibrio vulgaris BiofilmsUnder Culture Conditions Relevant to FieldConditions for Bioreduction of Heavy Metals

$221,951

Psychology/ Educational Psychology $16,915

Berry, Jhan D.

Harris, Yvette R,

• Butler County CommunityHealth Consortium

Evaluation Plan for Assuring PediatricServices for Low Income Families

$16,915

Sociology and Gerontology- Oxford/ Sociology and Gerontology- Middletown $45,000

Jendrek, Margaret Platt

Lynch, Jean M.

• American StudentAssistance

Student Debt and Alumni Giving $45,000

The Discovery Center/ Physics $159,951

McCollum, Terry L.

Blue, Jennifer M.


Southwest Ohio Science Institutes, Grades 3-6 $159,951

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The Discovery Center/ Teacher Education/ Interdisciplinary Studies- Project Dragonfly/ School of Educationand Allied Professions- Project Discovery

$248,777

McCollum, Terry L.


Cummins, R. Hays


iDiscovery: Sustaining ProfessionalDevelopment Through Web-Based LearningCommunities

$248,777

University Libraries/ School of Education and Allied Professions $3,500

Yates, Frances

Dales, Brenda L.

• Institute of Museum andLibrary Services

Institute for Library and Information LiteracyEducation Grants-in-Aid

$3,500

Zoology- Hamilton/ Zoology- Oxford/ Botany- Oxford $96,546

Berg, David J.

Gorchov, David L.

Oris, James T.

Rypstra, Ann L.

Vanni, Michael J.


Research Experiences for Undergraduates:Ecology in Human-dominated Landscapes

$89,246

Berg, David J.

Gorchov, David L.

Oris, James T.

Rypstra, Ann L.

Vanni, Michael J.


Research Experiences for Undergraduates:Ecology in Human-dominated Landscapes

$7,300

Zoology/ Geology $218,761

Lee, Richard E.

McWilliams, Robert G.


Across the Curriculum Environmental Scienceto Attain Ohio Elementary School AcademicContent Standards and Achievement TestOutcomes

$218,761

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TABLE III

MIAMI UNIVERSITY FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS

SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006

From July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006, a total of 264 University faculty, staff, and students prepared andsubmitted 570 proposals to outside organizations for funding of academic projects. Their affiliations and last namesappear in the table below. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of proposals, if more than one, for which anindividual was listed as (one of) the Principal Investigator(s).

Arts and Science, College of

Anthropology Hay-Rollins

Botany Barnum (5), Edelmann (2), Francko (2), Gorchov (6), Hartmann (2),Huerta (2), Kiss (4), Li (5), Liang (4), Lokuge, Molas, Money (3),Moore (6), Nwugo, Pelser, Rondon, Schussler (2), Stevens, Sullivan (2),Watson (5), Wilson

Center for Neuroscience Berry, Callahan, Killian (2)

Center for Public Management and Russo (6)Regional Affairs/Political Science

Center for School-based Mental Flaspohler (8), Green, Paternite (7)Health Programs

Chemistry and Biochemistry Bretz (2), Crowder (3), Danielson (4), Gung, Hagerman (2), Hawes (4),

Isaacson, Kennedy (3), Lorigan (9), Makaroff (7), Pacey (2), Sarquis, J.,Sommer (33), Spendel, Zhou (4), Zou (3)

Communication Frymier

Comparative Religion Kenworthy (5)

English Casey, Fuller (2), Mandell (2), Peterson, Rimer

Geography Abbitt, Ehrkamp, Henry (2), Klak, Maingi, Renwick (2)

Geology Brudzinski (5), Currie (3), Dilek, Dong (7), Levy (2), McWilliams,Rakovan (2), Rech (4), Widom (4)

German, Russian and East Asian RoseLanguages

History Baernstein

Latin American Studies Paulson (2)

Mathematics and Statistics Bailer, Brezhneva, Davenport (4), Davis, Dowling (3), Farmer, Jiang,Keeler, Keiser, Noble, Randrianantoanina, B. (3), Randrianantoanina, N,Smith, Waikar (3)

Miami University Center for Cox (2), Pacey (5), Spendel (4), ZouNanotechnology

Microbiology Actis (9), Balish (2), Carlin (3), Cheng (3), Fields (13), Wan (7)

Philosophy Kelly, Miller

Physics Bayram, Blue, Clemens, Jaeger (2), Rice, Yarrison-Rice (3)

Political Science Croucher, Dawisha, Sharafutdinova

Psychology Abele, Berry, Brown, Green (7), Harris, Kerig (4), Mauldin, McConnell,Paternite (4), Smart, Stasser (2), Stiles, Thomas

Sociology and Gerontology Jendrek, Lippmann, Subedi (2)

Spanish and Portuguese del-Teso-Craviotto, Sanchez-Jimenez

Speech Pathology and Audiology Baker (2), Constantinidou, Glaser (3), Hutchinson, Weinrich (2)

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TABLE III, Continued

Zoology Boone (2), Callahan (2), Crist (2), Del Rio-Tsonis (3), Dockendorff (2),Fernandes (3), Harding (4), Haynes (2), Hoffman, Isaacson, Kaufman (4),Lee (4), Levine, Meikle (2), Oris (2), Pennock, Robinson (3), Solomon (2),Steinly, Torres, Vanni, Wilder, Williamson (3)

Business and Finance ServicesNorman

Business Administration, School of

Accountancy Heitger

Decision Sciences and Management JobeInformation Systems

Economics Even

Management Newman (2)

School of Business Ballou

Education and Allied Professions, School of

Center for Health Enhancement Alessio, Chase, Dalrymple, Fletcher, Neeley, Potteiger, Sibley,Thomasson, Ward

Center for Human Development and Abbitt (3), Bergen (3), Bush, Dickey, Harris, McMahon-Klosterman,Learning and Technology Mokhtari, Peterson, Southern, Therrien (2), Wasburn-Moses (3)

Educational Leadership Baxter-Magolda

Educational Psychology Abbitt, Berry (2), Maingi, Shriberg, Southern, Therrien (2), Wang

Evaluation & Assessment Center for Boone (5), Kahle (8)

Mathematics and Science in Ohio

Family Studies and Social Work Radina

Physical Education, Health and Berg, Spillman, Zullig (3)

Sport Studies

Teacher Education Cooper, Dales, Mokhtari (3), Uludag (2)

The Discovery Center McCollum (7)

School of Education and Allied Professions Terrell (2), Witte

Engineering and Applied Science, School of

Computer Science and Systems Analysis Brinkman, Burge (3), Cross, Frikken, Gannod, Kiper (2),Rao, Troy (2), Zmuda

Electrical and Computer Engineering Garmaytyuk, Morton (3), Zhou (4)

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Bailey-Van Kuren (4), Hamilton (2), Khan (3), Koo, Shukla (5)

Paper and Chemical Engineering Almquist (3), Coffin (3), Department (9), Edelmann, Kerr (8),Lalvani (3), Peterson (2)

Fine Arts, School of

Architecture and Interior Design Cevik (2), Fellows (2)

Art Karkov

Music Garcia

Performing Arts Series Swofford (7)

Theatre Armstrong (2)

Graduate School and Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (GSOARS)

GSOARS Berry, Evans (3), Hughes (3), Pacey (8)

Institute of Environmental Sciences Boardman (5), Cummins, McCollum

Scripps Foundation and Gerontology Applebaum (7), Ciferri (3), Kart (3), Kinney (4), Kunkel (7),Center Mehdizadeh (2), Straker (3)

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Interdisciplinary Studies, School of

School of Interdisciplinary Studies Green, Wolfe

Project Dragonfly Cummins, Myers (2)

Other Offices

Art Museum Wicks (2)

Center for the Enhancement of CoxLearning and Teaching

Havighurst Center for Russian Dawisha, Norrisand Post-Soviet Studies

Intercollegiate Athletics Otto (2)

Miami University Childcare Haislar, Jones, Kochensparger, Leader

Miami University Partnership Office Poetter

Office of Admissions Adams

Office of Health Education McNeill, Murray (3), Urra (3)

Physical Facilities Archibald, Wigren (2)

SOITA Gibson

Student Financial Aid White

University Libraries Gan, Resnis, Yates

University Police Department McCandless

WMUB Callison (2)

Regional Campus- Hamilton

Art- Hamilton Wilson (2)

Botany- Hamilton Gladish (2), Kwit, Munson

Computer and Information Technology- Courte, Davis, SpeckertHamilton

Continuing Education- Hamilton Weber (12)

Geology- Hamilton Webber

History- Hamilton Carrafiello (4), Johnson (3)

Microbiology- Hamilton Abshire (3)

Physics- Hamilton Taylor

Zoology- Hamilton Berg (3), Keane, Rypstra (2)

Regional Campus- MiddletownApplied Research Center Campbell (4), Elswick (3), Seufert (21)

Botany- Middletown Keiffer

Center for Chemistry Education Hershberger, Hogue, Sarquis A. (7)

Chemistry and Biochemistry- Middletown Kittredge (2)

Computer and Information Technology- Bishop-ClarkMiddletown

Continuing Education- Middletown Attaway (27)

Sociology and Gerontology- Middletown Lynch

Theatre- Middletown Knight

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TABLE IV

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS

Spring 2006

Department Faculty Mentor Student Researcher Project Title

Art Clive F. Getty Christopher R. Good Isamu Noguchi and Haruki Murakami:

Investigating Japanese Americans'

Responses to American Culture From

1960-1988

Art Ellen J. Price Stacey M. Schrand Investigation of Korean Art through a

Series of Creative Prints

Botany Susan R. Barnum Anne M.

vonKoschembahr

Analyzing the nifk Gene in Unicellular

Cyanobacteria to Help Determine the

Evolutionary History of Nitrogen Fixation

Chemistry and Biochemistry Ann E. Hagerman Kelly J. Vonder Haar Biochemical Response to Acute Oxidative

Stress

Chemistry and Biochemistry Christopher A. Makaroff Rebecca J. Burgess

Christopher D. Ruark

Characterization of Chromatin Remodeling

Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

Chemistry and Biochemistry Gary A. Lorigan Ethan S. Karp Studying the Integral Heart Membrane

Protein Phospholamban with

Nanotechnology and Nuclear Magnetic

Resonance

Chemistry and Biochemistry Gary A. Lorigan Justin P. Newstadt Characterization of Unique Lipid Bilayers

Supported in Nanotube Arrays through 2H

and 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Spectroscopy

Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael W. Crowder Christine E. Hajdin Probing the Role of Zn(II) in the Folding

of Metallo-b-Lactamase ImiS from

Aeromonas sobria

Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael W. Crowder Stacy A. Sugarbaker Characterization of Potential Zinc

Metallochaperone Proteins in E.coli

Electrical and Computer

Engineering

T. Anthony Choi Bradley J. White

Patrick T. Roche

Anderson S. Peck

Brian M. Traffis

Jeffrey L. Triplett

Jeremy M. Smeltz

Michael E. Berning

Kyle J. Kauffman

Semi-Autonomous Hybrid Flying Robot

Sentry (SH FlyR)

Geology Jonathan Levy Lauren N. Allen Creating a Large-Scale Laboratory Aquifer

for the Testing of New Methods to

Measure the Hydraulic Conductivity of

Riverbeds

German, Russian, and East

Asian Languages

Margaret Ziolkowski Monique A. Arar St. Petersburg Conservatory: Its History

and Music in Context

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Interdisciplinary Studies Mark L. McPhail Jonathan B. Pliske The Photographic Retro: The Role of

Alternative Photographic Processes in

Creating a Neo-Pictorialist Aesthetic

Interdisciplinary Studies Sally Harrison-Pepper Majida Al-Husaam Discovering a Black Feminist Theatrical

Dialogic: The Selves Within Myself

Microbiology John R. Stevenson Jill M. Fritz The Quantification of Apoptosis in

Protein-Malnourished, Weanling Mic

e

Microbiology Joseph M. Carlin Kathleen E. Mishler Increased mRNA Stability in

Dexamethasone Enhanced

Indoleamine2,3-Dioxygenase Activity

Microbiology Joseph M. Carlin Rebecca L. Bryson Purification of Indolamine Dioxygenase by

Introducing a Polyhistadine Tag in IDO

Microbiology Joseph M. Carlin Russell N. Stitzlein Cytokine Induction of Indoleamine 2,3-

dioxygenase (IDO)

Microbiology Kelly Z. Abshire Nicholas F. Kotsonis Proteomic Analysis of Stationary Phase

Escherichia coli with Treatment of Silver

Nitrate

Microbiology Luis A. Actis Christopher J. Shoemaker Global Analysis of Genetic Factors in

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Affected by Hydroxyapatite and Anaerobic

Growth Conditions

Microbiology Marcia R. Lee Eva Lu Using Flow Cytometry to Detect

Antifungal Activity of Aloe cameronii

Extracts Against Burn Wound Pathogens

Microbiology Marcia R. Lee Krystal K. Lockett

Jennifer R. Nauman

Detection of Synergistic Antifungal Drug

Combinations Against Pathogenic

Fusarium Species

Microbiology Marcia R. Lee Lauren E. Land Does the Presence of a Capsule Diminish

Binding of Secretory IgA to Cryptococcus

neoformans?

Microbiology Marcia R. Lee Nadine R. Chonko

Monica J. Ranly

Influence of Hyphal Wall Protein 1

(HWP1) upon Ability of Candida

albincans to Thigmotrope

Microbiology Xiao-Wen Cheng Craig P. Seaborn Test of the Function of SV40

Polyadenylation Signal in the Baculovirus

Expression System

Physical Education, Health,

and Sport Studies

Rose Marie Ward Nichole M. Scaglione Perceived Parenting Styles and Their

Effects on Transitioning into College

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TABLE IV CONTINUED


Physics James P. Clemens Jeffrey M. Hyde

Andrew R. Jacobs

Taylor C. Phillips

Entanglement: Using the Quantum World

to Improve Atomic Clocks

Political Science John P. Forren David S. Mitchell Defending the Rights of the Child:

Lawyers, Legal Strategies, and the

Political Dynamics of Reform

Psychology L. James Smart Colleen B. Lennon

Randy J. Cole

Effect of Task Constraints on Long Term

Coordination

Psychology Sian L. Beilock Melissa R. Borkon Stereotype Threat and Women in Test

Taking

Psychology Yvette R. Harris Colleen B. Lennon Effect of Parental Involvement and

Classroom Quality on School Readiness

Psychology Zachary P. Birchmeier Cornelius A. Thiels Analyzing People's Opinions on Adult

Stem Cell Research

Sociology and Gerontology Christopher R. Wellin Sarah C. Wieman Uncovering the Complexities, Breaking

the Stereotypes, and Showing the

Important Role Senior Citizens Have in

Our Society Through Photo

Documentation

Spanish and Portuguese A. Michelle Bromberg Alexander C. Hall ¿Que Pasa Con la Policía? or Latino

Guidelines for Dealing with Police in

Hamilton

Speech Pathology and

Audiology

Fofi Constantinidou Katherine E. Bennington

Sara G. Chaney

Feature Description and Categorization of

Common Objects in Children: The Effects

of a Multi-Trial Paradigm


Audiology

Fofi Constantinidou Lena M. Stack

Holly E. Tegeder

A Comparison in the Difficulty Level of

Four Probes within the Categorization

Program


Audiology

Fofi Constantinidou Linda C. Checchio Categorization Project Pre/Post Test 2

Active

Zoology Ann L. Rypstra Jonathan D. Cheek The Effects of Prey Availability on the

Wolf Spider

Zoology Ann L. Rypstra Douglas K. Voris Morphology and Life History Affect

Precopulatory Behavior in a Wolf Spider

Zoology Ann L. Rypstra Jason J. Madachy The Effects of Habitat Complexity,

Autonomy, and Predator Cues on Foraging

Success in Pardosa milvina

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Zoology Ann L. Rypstra Jeremy A. Moore The Influence of Courtship Experience on

Mating Success and Mate Choice in the

Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides

Zoology David F. Wilson Grant W. Reed Combined Effects of Nitric Oxide Donor

Sodium Nitroprusside and Guanylyl

Cyclase Inhibitor NS-2028 on Transmitter

Release at the Neuromuscular Junction

Zoology David F. Wilson Nicole Z. Petrochuk The Effects of N-Omega-Nitro-L-Arginine

Methyl Ester (L-NAME), an NO Synthase

antagonist, on Neurotransmitter Release at

the Rat Neuromuscular Junction

Zoology Jack C. Vaughn Natasha J. Zumberger The Role of an rnp-4f mRNA Isoform in

the Developing Drosophila CNS

Zoology Jack C. Vaughn Stephen B. Strock

Kristen N. White

Development of a General Model for the

Role of Intron O Splicing in Control of

Drosophila RNP-4F Synthesis

Zoology Joyce J. Fernandes Andrea R. Vigil The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in

Drosophila Muscle Development

Zoology Kathleen A. Killian Adam C. Welch Are Hair Plates Responsible for Cercal

Sensory Feedback in the Cricket, Acheta

domesticus?

Zoology Kathleen A. Killian Joshua D. Hittle

Mohit K. Gupta

Nora E. Fritz

Identifying Newly Divided Cells in the

Cricket Brain: Are They Neurons or Glia?

Zoology Kathleen A. Killian Kristen K. Zehringer

Malissa L. Frost

Functional Mapping of Intersegmental

Interneurons in the Cricket Central

Nervous System

Zoology Kathleen A. Killian Scott P. Naples

Jacob M. Gunzenhaeuser

Nicholas E. Maull

Using c-Fos to Trace Neuronal Pathways

Activated Following Electrical Stimulation

of the Antenna of the Cricket

Zoology Maria J. Gonzalez Matthew J. Kovach Dose Curve Responses of Daphnia with

Different Reproductive Strategies

Zoology Phyllis A. Callahan Elizabeth A. Peterson

Lindsey K. Rasmussen

Role of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin in

Maternal Behavior and Offspring Survival

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Women’s Studies Program Cheryl L. Johnson Mary E. Lewis African American Women In the

Academy and Beyond

Zoology Phyllis Callahan Kiran A. Faryar Ophanin FQ/Nociceptin Mediates the

Neuroendocrine Response to Stress

Zoology Katia Del Rio-Tsonis Caroline A. Strait Investigating the Function of OTX in

the Chick Retina Regeneration

Zoology Maria J. Gonzalez Caitlin M. Zematis Abundance and Reproduction

Patterns of the Exotic Daphnia

lumtholzi in Acton Lake

Zoology Paul A. Harding Maureen A. Darwal Purification and Characterization of a

Disintegrase and Metalloprotease

(ADAM) 12S Using Mammalian

Cells

Zoology Lori G. Isaacson Andrew D. Foster Effects of Nerve ‘Crush’ Injury on

Nerve Growth Factor Protein

Expression in Adult Sympathetic

Neurons

Zoology Lori G. Isaacson Ryan G. Walker Effects of Sympathetic Denervation

on Peripheral Target Tissues

Zoology Douglas Meikle Andrew H. Duncan The Degree of Relatedness Between

Male Peromyscus leucopus

Inhibiting the Same Nest-Box

Zoology Nancy G. Solomon Ryan J. Spradling Nest Cohabitation an Home Range

Overlap of ‘Resident’ Prairie Voles

Zoology Michael J. Vanni Elizabeth K. Cable The Role of Inorganic Carbon Within

a Reservoir Carbon Budget

Zoology Jack C. Vaughn Robyn A. Bockrath The Role of an rnp-4f mRNA

Isoform in the Developing

Drosophila Central Nervous System

Zoology Jack C. Vaughn Jaclynn H. Burns Intron O Structure and Function

During Evolution of the Drosophila

rnp-4f Gene

Zoology Craig E. Williamson Thomas D. Seibert Lethality of Ultraviolet (UV)

Radiation in Aquatic Invertebrates:

Does Acclimation Increase Survival

Rates in a UV Sensitive Species?

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TABLE V

UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER SCHOLAR AWARDS

Summer 2006


Accountancy James D. Cashell David N. Sztyk The Impact of Financial

Misrepresentation on Business

Institutions in Argentina

American Studies Program Sheila L. Croucher Leo D. Martinez Chicano Identity: Mexican-

Americans of Northwest Ohio

Anthropology Linda F. Marchant Erica N. Kempf Lifestyles of the Aquatic Ape

Anthropology Ronald H. Spielbauer Rebecca A. Daum Lithic Typology: An Analysis of

Three Eastern U.S. Projectile Point

Collections

Anthropology Ronald H. Spielbauer Laura M. Hovenac Worlds Apart: A Comparative Study

of Remote Sensing in American and

Classical Archaeology

Architecture and Interior

Design

Diane Fellows Christine M. McGrath Art Center for Youth, Design and

Research

Architecture and Interior

Design

Scott A. Johnston Laura A. Krugh Experimental Testing of a New

Hybrid Solar Window Design

Art Ira Greenberg David B. Wicks Traveling Light: Using New Media

in the Creation of Interactive,

Collaborative Artwork

Art dele jegede Rebecca C. Fenton The Hegemonic Mantra: Challenging

Western Neglect of Indian Art and

Culture

Art Ellen J. Price Amanda M. Checco Interweaving Cultures through

Community-Based Art in Liuzhou,

China

Art Dennis E. Tobin Janet L. Henry How the Culture and the Art of

Ghana Informs the Ceramic

Discipline

Art Ann B. Wicks Elizabeth A. Cook A Study of the Relationship between

Modern Craft Motifs and Ancient

Temple Decoration: Their

Contrasting Applications in Bother

Northern and Southern Traditions

Black World Studies Program Shauntae Brown-White Takietha L. Johnson Exploration of Ideas, Notions, and

Responses to Racialized

Memorabilia Within Butler County

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Botany David L. Gorchov Hayley A. Kilroy Abiotic Factors of Seedling

Establishment of Chamaedorea

radicalis in the El Cielo Biosphere

Reserve, Mexico

Botany John Z. Kiss Crystal E. Montgomery The Role of Phytochrome C in

Growth, Gravitropism, and

Phototropism

Botany John Z. Kiss Ashley K. Spence Subcellular Localization of the

Photoreceptor Phototropin 1

Botany Qingshun Li John P. Hefferman Gene Expression Profiling of a

Transgenic Arabidopsis Plant

Botany Richard C. Moore Corrine A. Frankenfield Evolution of Papaya Sex

Chromosomes

Chemistry & Biochemistry Stacey Lowery Bretz Jacob M. Mathew Database Design and Chemistry

Education Research: Probing Student

Cognitive Expectations for Learning

Chemistry

Chemistry & Biochemistry Benjamin W. Gung Matthew M. Cullinan Total Synthesis of Xyloketals

Chemistry & Biochemistry Michael Novak Matthew J. Porturalski Characterization of 4-

alkoxyphenyloxenium Ions

Chemistry & Biochemistry Gilbert E. Pacey Gregory A. Bieler Microwave Synthesis Nanoparticles

with Controlled Size and Shape

Chemistry & Biochemistry Richard T. Taylor Cheryl L. Minges Applications of Polymer-Bound

Organophosphorus Reagents

Chemistry & Biochemistry Hongcai Zhou Michael W. Ambrogio Small Molecule Activation on

“Paddlewheel” Reaction Platforms

Chemistry & Biochemistry Shouzhong Zou Stephanie H. Nguyen Surface-Enhanced Raman

Spectroscopic Studies of Methanol

and Carbon Monoxide Electro

Oxidation on Metal and Metal Alloy

Classics Zara M. Torlone Kyle A. Mohr Perception of the Eastern

“Barbarian” in Ancient Greece and

Rome

Communication Steve P. Mancuso Michael D. Maffie A Survey of and Responses to Post-

Modern Legal Theories

Communication Ronald B. Scott Sophia M. Davis Miss America and the Shaping of

Black Female Identity

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TABLE V CONTINUED


Comparative Religion Julye Bidmead Kristin L. McKersie Connecting the Dots: What an

Archaeological Dig in Israel Can

Teach Us About the Relationships

Between Ancient Religions

Comparative Religion Frederick S. Colby Michael D. Nau Islam in Central Asia: Continuity,

Change, and Conflict

Computer Science & Systems

Analysis

Lukasz Opyrchal Jeffrey R. Cooper Face Recognition by Elastic Bunch

Graph Matching

Economics John S. Lyons Meredith K. Hohe The Impact of Social Legislation

upon Material Living Standards in

Nineteenth-Century Britain

Educational Leadership Lisa D. Weems Kristen L. Phelps The Representation of Women in

Western Aesthetics: A Case Study in

London

Educational Psychology Aimin Wang Xiao Qin Impact of Education Level and

Gender on People’s Perceptions of

Social Values

Educational Psychology Leah H. Wasburn-Moses Stefanie R. Crowe Students’ Perspectives and

Motivation Surrounding the Ohio

Graduation Test (OGT)

Electrical and Computer

Engineering

Yu T. Morton Mathew A. Cosgrove Identification, Acquisition, and

Analysis of Navigation Sensors on

SONY AIBO Robots

English Eric K. Goodman Hillary M. Simpson The Spiritual Experience in 20th

Century American Writing

English Nalin A. Jayasena Caroline S. Barrett Gendered Space Within a South

Asian Context

English Robert Martin John O. Tuzcu Turkish Expatriate Cinema: The

Clash of Civilizations from Life to

Screen

English J. Kerry Powell Patrick F. LaFleur Acting Like a Man: Performances of

Masculinity in Men’s Magazines at

the Turn of the 21st Century

Family Studies and Social

Work

William Sean Newsome Erin V. Stout Community/Volunteer Service Guide

French & Italian Sven-Erik Rose Paul C. Morrow Commandeering the Cavalry: A

Study of the Reception of Isaac

Babel in American Intellectual and

Literary Circles

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TABLE V CONTINUED


Geography Thomas Klak Rachel A. Mount Sustainable Solutions: A College

Student’s Guide to Living

Sustainably

Geology Michael R. Brudzinski Stephen G. Holtkamp Analyzing Characteristics of Newly

Discovered Slow Slip in Subduction

Zones

Geology Jonathan Levy Brittany L. Brewer Comparing and Developing Methods

for Measuring Hydraulic

Conductivity in a Large-Scale

Physical Aquifer Model

German, Russian, and East

Asian Languages

John M. Jeep Andrea J. Bennett Women Living Trough

Transformation: The Fall of the GDR

and the Emergence of a New Society

Interdisciplinary Studies R. Hays Cummins Willis M. Okech Oyugi Pre-Colonial and Post-Independence

Cultural vs. Environmental

Perspectives in Kenya

Interdisciplinary Studies Mark L. McPhail Jonathan B. Pliske The Photographic Retro: The Role of

Alternative Process in Defining a

Contemporary Photographic

Aesthetic

International Studies Program Mark A. Peterson Christopher W. Zeek The Value of the English Language

in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study

of Rural Tanzania

Mathematics & Statistics Olga A. Brezhneva Heather M. White Mathematical Models and Methods

for Mechanical Systems with

Discontinuities

Mathematics & Statistics Ivonne J. Ortiz Rachel P. Chase Algebraic Topology: Investigating

the Groups of Loops

Mathematics & Statistics Daniel Pritikin Douglas R. Smith Divisibility Problems

Mechanical & Manufacturing

Engineering

Jeong-Hoi Koo Erin M. Ritchie Performance Analysis of an Adaptive

Tuned Vibration Absorber the

Utilizes a Magnetorheological

Elastomer

Mechanical & Manufacturing

Engineering

Amit Shukla Neal S. Birchfield Nonlinear Dynamics of Mechanical

Systems with Discontinuities

Microbiology Kelly Z. Abshire Nicholas F. Kotsonis The Proteomic Analysis of Stationary

Phase Escherichia coli Treatment

with Silver Nitrate

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TABLE V CONTINUED


Microbiology Mitchell F. Balish Charles M. Fullem Analysis of Cell Division in

Mycoplasma pirum

Microbiology Eileen Bridge Elizabeth R. Leamy Host Cell Defenses that Interface

with Adenovirus Gene Expression

Microbiology Joseph M. Carlin Melita Pavlinic What Causes IFN Gamma Receptors

to be Defective in Chlamydia-

infected Cells?

Microbiology Joseph M. Carlin Joshua T. Trester Determining the Nature of Protein

Degradation in Chlamydia-infected

Human Cell Cultures

Microbiology Xiao-Wen Cheng Michael D. Ganzhorn Determination of the Specific Amino

Acids Involved in the Formation of

the Polyhedra within Infected Insect

Host Cells

Microbiology Gary R. Janssen Andrea M. Middleton Isolation and Characterization of

Leadered/Leaderless Hybrid mRNAs

in Streptomyces

Music Siok Lian Tan Janet E. Pettit Optimization the Potential of the

Young Pianist

Philosophy Rama Rao Pappa Kavita S. Patel Avurveda: A Study of Eastern

Philosophy of Medicine

Philosophy Peter M. Schuller Shannon M. Chew The Philosophical Foundations of

America

Physical Education, Health &

Sport Studies

Helaine Alessio Jennifer A. Swafford Respiratory Training Effects on

Speech Quality During Physical

Work


Sport Studies

Rose Marie Ward James J. Doolittle Stress, Health, and Coping with

Honors


Sport Studies

Robert S. Weinberg Brandon A. Murphy Recovering and Coming Back from

Injury: Coach, Athlete, and Athletic

Trainer Perspectives

Physics Stephen G. Alexander Elyse N. Lyle Numerical Simulations of Stellar

Clusters

Physics Jennifer M. Blue Keith A. Rusnak Project to Upgrade Physics 183 Labs

(PUPOL)

Physics Jeffrey A. Clayhold David W. Rench Developing Instrumentation for

Measuring the Seeback Effect

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TABLE V CONTINUED


Physics James P. Clemens Andrew R. Jacobs Entanglement: Using the Quantum

World to Improve Atomic Clocks

Physics Paul K. Urayama Michael J. Maffett Calculation of the Electrostatic

Potential of Myglobin Under

Hydrostatic Pressures

Physics Paul K. Urayama Michael J. Salerno The Intracellular Measurement of pH

Under High Pressure Using the

Fluorophore cSNAFL

Political Science Walter Arnold Andy H. Chen Taiwan’s Electronics Industry:

Opportunities and Implications of

Increasing Mainland Investment

Political Science Sheila L. Croucher Michael R. Stanaitis Tribalism and the Dar Fur: A

Cosmopolitan Survey

Political Science Augustus Jones Pietro J. Signoracci Is the Presidential Election

Constitutional? The History and

Evolution of the Electoral College

Psychology Amanda Diekman Natalie M. Baumann Shifting Standards of Sorority

Stereotypes

Psychology Patricia C. Ellerson Megan A. Fields Effects of Perceived Social Power n

Peer Relationships in Middle

Childhood

Psychology Terri L. Messman-Moore Sarah L. Griffeth Borderline Personality

Symptomatology in Victims of Child

Abuse: A Focus on Affect

Regulation and Attachment Style

Psychology Robin D. Thomas Braden A. Purcell Comparing Metrics of Similarity

from the Analysis of Sorting Data:

Statistical and Methodological

Considerations

Sociology & Gerontology Mark Christian Sheila G. Mwiandi Exploration into the Reinvention of

Somali Identity and Social Structure

Spanish & Portuguese A. Michelle Jarrett

Bromberg

Alexander C. O. Hall There Will Be Many “Ches.” Ernesto

Guevara de la Serna’s Cultural and

Political Legacy in the Americas

Speech Pathology &

Audiology

Alice Kahn Kaitlyn E. Galish Looking for a Link Between Autism

and Neurological Disorders

Teacher Education Brenda L. Dales Molly L. McLoughlin The Contemporary Art of Trina

Schart Hyman in Traditional Folklore

Theatre Roger Bechtel Timothy L. Simeone Laughter: The Fruit of Life

53

TABLE V CONTINUED


Women’s Studies Program Cheryl L. Johnson Mary E. Lewis African American Women In the

Academy and Beyond

Zoology Phyllis Callahan Kiran A. Faryar Ophanin FQ/Nociceptin Mediates the

Neuroendocrine Response to Stress

Zoology Katia Del Rio-Tsonis Caroline A. Strait Investigating the Function of OTX in

the Chick Retina Regeneration

Zoology Maria J. Gonzalez Caitlin M. Zematis Abundance and Reproduction

Patterns of the Exotic Daphnia

lumtholzi in Acton Lake

Zoology Paul A. Harding Maureen A. Darwal Purification and Characterization of a

Disintegrase and Metalloprotease

(ADAM) 12S Using Mammalian

Cells

Zoology Lori G. Isaacson Andrew D. Foster Effects of Nerve ‘Crush’ Injury on

Nerve Growth Factor Protein

Expression in Adult Sympathetic

Neurons

Zoology Lori G. Isaacson Ryan G. Walker Effects of Sympathetic Denervation

on Peripheral Target Tissues

Zoology Douglas Meikle Andrew H. Duncan The Degree of Relatedness Between

Male Peromyscus leucopus

Inhibiting the Same Nest-Box

Zoology Nancy G. Solomon Ryan J. Spradling Nest Cohabitation an Home Range

Overlap of ‘Resident’ Prairie Voles

Zoology Michael J. Vanni Elizabeth K. Cable The Role of Inorganic Carbon Within

a Reservoir Carbon Budget

Zoology Jack C. Vaughn Robyn A. Bockrath The Role of an rnp-4f mRNA

Isoform in the Developing

Drosophila Central Nervous System

Zoology Jack C. Vaughn Jaclynn H. Burns Intron O Structure and Function

During Evolution of the Drosophila

rnp-4f Gene

Zoology Craig E. Williamson Thomas D. Seibert Lethality of Ultraviolet (UV)

Radiation in Aquatic Invertebrates:

Does Acclimation Increase Survival

Rates in a UV Sensitive Species?

54

In existence since 1998, the Center

for School-Based Mental Health Programs (CSBMHP) at Miami University

operates in affiliation with the Psychology Clinic in the Department of Psychology. University faculty, graduate students and community partners are involved in research, consultation and clinical service initiatives. Currently six members of the clinical psychology faculty (Paternite, Rubin, Schilling, Flaspohler, Green and Kerig) are affiliated directly with the Center, with Carl E. Paternite serving as the current and founding director. In addition, five clinical psychology graduate students currently work as research assistants, and six graduate students are involved in clinical/consultation traineeships in southwest Ohio schools. Center activities are funded by a variety of local, state and federal grant and contract funds, as well as by University cost-sharing. An important Center goal is building collaborative relationships with schools and community agencies to address the mental health and school success of children and adolescents through multifaceted programs. The Center’s two-pronged intent is to promote the development and implementation of effective programs to enhance healthy psychological development of school-age students and to reduce mental health barriers to learning. As a University-based Center, CSBMHP is committed to ongoing

applied research, pre-service education of future clinicians and researchers, in-service training of educators and mental health professionals, and direct clinical and consultative service. The Center engages in a variety of local, state-level and national efforts. Current Center initiatives include:

School-based Clinical and Consultation Services in Southwest Ohio Southwest Ohio Regional Action Network of the

Ohio Mental Health Network Ohio Mental Health Network for School

Success Ohio’s Shared Agenda Initiative: Mental Health, Schools and Families: Working Together for All Children and Youth Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement Mental Health—Education Integration Consortium (MHEDIC)

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In 2006, Miami University established the Center

for Governance, Risk Management and Reporting (GRMR) in the Richard T. Farmer School of Business. The GRMR Center

strives to become the academic thought

leader for discovering and disseminating knowledge that

integrates corporate governance, enterprise risk management and business reporting. The GRMR Center promotes integrating three core values: integrity in governance, stewardship in risk management and transparency in business reporting. The Center will earn respect through effective communication, learning and collaboration among business leaders (including regulators), academicians and students. The Center’s endowment includes support from the Michael G. Oxley Fund in honor of the Miami Alumnus’ distinguished 24-year congressional career. Oxley, while serving as Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, he sponsored the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other initiatives consistent with the Center’s mission and values. The association with Congressman Oxley will help the GRMR Center bring together academia, business and regulatory leaders to better shape the evolution of risk managment; thereby, helping the Center achieve its mission.

Grmr center misson objectives

Develop a brand name for the Richard T. Farmer School of Business (RTFSB) at Miami University as the premier academic thought leader for integrating governance, risk management, and reportingDiscover and Disseminate knowledge, experience and research results integrating governance, risk management, and reportingBring together researchers, practicing professionals, and regulators to address core issues associated

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Educate a diverse set of students and executives in the areas of governance, risk management and reporting and expose them to the latest research, professional developments and career opportunities in business, public service, or other pertinent fieldsEncourage those individuals serving in corporate governance, risk management and reporting capacities further to promote a culture of integrity, stewardship and transparency through effective and linked risk management practices and business reporting mechanisms

Grmr center strateGic initiatives

Endow Chairs of governance, risk management, and reportingFund research grants involving RTFSB and other Miami faculty based on market demandFund competitive research grants involving external universitiesIdentify student internships and assistantships for research or experiential opportunitiesHost speakers for GRMR Center lecturer seriesDevelop curricula to integrate governance, risk management, and reporting for graduate and undergraduate educationOrganize and host annual executive conference on governance, risk management and reportingConduct manager workshop on governance, risk management and reportingDeliver executive education coursesIssue an annual report on GRMR Center activities

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In the past

year, Miami University has taken several steps toward

the establishment of an “Ohio Cyber Conflict Research Consortium (OCCRC)”.

We have two long-term goals for this consortium. First, we intend to collaborate with select academic institutions around the country to grow a national research capability in the field of cyber conflict. Second, we intend to grow a cyber conflict research and development industry in Ohio, with specific focus on how future cyber conflict will impact enterprise risk management. Our vision for the OCCRC is to establish it as a leading national research consortium in Cyber Conflict with close operational ties to a new Ohio-based for profit enterprise that will become the preferred, trusted provider of enterprise risk management IT products and services for highly integrated, highly regulated industries such as Banking and Finance. In late 2005 a risk manager in a large New York-based brokerage authored a short white paper in which he called for a technology that helps financial institutions better understand risks associated with disruption of and changes to end-to-end transaction processing. The paper concluded that most financial enterprises understand the routine sources of risk to their business and take adequate steps to mitigate them, such as planning for disruptions that impact their own business directly or indirectly through another party in their immediate value chain. However, financial transactions rapidly are becoming more integrated, interconnected, and efficient, and the SEC is mandating shorter deadlines for completing (settling) transactions. As a result, risk managers increasingly are concerned with business disruptions that result from remote events—those that originate outside the enterprise’ typical span of operational control, awareness, or influence. These disruptions include events like 9/11, the 2000 Black-out in the Northeast, and the terrorist threat against New Jersey based financial institutions in late 2002 which

resulted in DHS declaring an alert condition “Orange” for the finance sector. The envisioned product is a configurable computer-based toolkit (suite of applications) designed to meet many, if not all, of the following requirements:

• Be of value to any financial institution, regardless of size, business model, or role in the industry, so that it will be widely adopted.

• Be easily configurable by enterprise users to simulate the proprietary business model, processes, and information sharing technologies employed by a particular firm or group of firms.

• Simulate the effects of a wide variety of disruption scenarios, as defined by the user community.

• Provide insight into the business model impact of disruptions and response plans.

• Be completely confidential. Individual enterprises will retain complete control over all aspects of the product’s configuration and data. It will be possible to use the product outside the purview of regulators, competitors, or even additional business units within a firm.

• Enable firms to stress and exercise their response plans in concert with one another, no matter how direct or indirect their formal business relationship.

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Not too many years

ago having a computer meant a

large room filled with lots of wires and mainframe computer units. These computers performed simple tasks but their costs and speed were well beyond many budgets or needs. Then the dream of desktop computing was realized and quickly fulfilled by affordable laptops. Now nearly every household has at least one personal computer. However, history is repeating itself, at least in terms of a room filled with wires and computers. In today’s competitive market more U.S. businesses are engaging the power of large, pricey and still largely mysterious supercomputers (high performance computing, HPC). Software makers try to simplify codes while Congress and federal funding agencies consider special incentives and programs like the National Science Foundation’s Cyberinfrastructure initiative. At issue is not only the enlightenment of business leaders about the advantages of high performance computing, but the cultivation of the software programming talent needed for the complex supercomputer software applications. Miami University believes it has a role in developing the programming talent and in teaching all disciplines how high performance computing can improve their understanding of complex problems. High Performance Computing (HPC) is a powerful and efficient tool used to enhance research. The availability and utilization of HPC resources drastically reduces the time that it takes to complete computer-intensive tasks, desired scientific outcomes can be

achieved faster, larger problems closer to real life systems can be

investigated

a n d a c c u r a c y in simulations can be increased. In addition, utilizing HPC can provide return on investments and ultimately reduce pressure on Information Technology budgets. Miami’s Information Technology Services (ITS) recently deployed a High Performance Computing Cluster, an invaluable research tool that will greatly improve the local computational resources at the University. Miami’s research cluster consists of 128 dual nodes (EM64T), with 4 Gigabytes of memory per node (512 Gigabytes total distributed memory), 5 terabytes storage system. The 128 dual computer nodes are connected using Infiniband/Topspin interconnect, a fast internal network providing high bandwidth and low latency. This system has a peak performance of 1.29 TFLOP’s which ranks Miami University in the top 40 U.S. universities that provide HPC cluster resources. The acquisition of this resource available from ITS will ensure that:

Miami researchers will have the computing power to do the research they want to do, instead of being confined by limited resources. Miami will be able to attract faculty members and recruit graduate students in areas in which we may not have been able to previously.Curriculum can be modernized as graduate and undergraduate students have easy access to this type of support and facility.New research areas will be open to graduate students.Undergraduate research will be enhanced.The new facility and increased support will facilitate interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research.Faculty will be able to run larger problems leading to a different level of research.Miami researchers will be able to generate more grant funding.New partnerships or collaborations with industry are envisioned.

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Miami

offers a variety of programs for undergraduates

to become more deeply involved in the research life of the University. These

programs provide opportunities for students to work with faculty on cutting edge research projects in which Miami is nationally-recognized. These inquiry-focused partnerships also require reflection where both researchers ask questions like, ‘why am I doing this?’ ‘what does this mean?’ or ‘what does this procedure allow us to do?’

Questions like these and the meaning the students discern from the answers help them craft reasons to remain motivated and portray learning as the reward for facing and overcoming challenges. Such challenges that have occured in the past are: defining undergraduate research in a subject area, motivating and focusing students, balancing praise and constructive criticism, laying the foundations for

individual students to begin research in a subject

area, modeling how to define project scope, how to manage

the frustrations and celebrate the achievements of a research project. Every year close to 300 of the Miami faculty and staff guide individual students through the research process. By dedicating their time, the mentors add immeasurable value to the Miami student experience. By talking with faculty mentors, students become more comfortable with scholarly dialogue. When asked what students gain from their research experiences, several Miami Undergraduate Summer Scholar researchers talked about the learning that occurs when they work through their frustrations or deal with problem solving. In 2005, Katherine Bibish worked with Professor Steven Norris on an undergraduate summer scholar project entitled, The Invincible Phantom: Stalin’s Scuttle through Putin-era Russia. Bibish explained, “I was able to gain a rapport with a professor I respect and admire; I conducted research in a subject I enjoy.” Encouragement from mentors often sparks student interest in career areas. Courtney Doughty who worked with Zoology professor, Thomas Dockendorff in 2005 said, “The program provides a student with the opportunity to spend the summer working on something that can make an impact on their future career goals.”

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In 2003, researchers

from the National Survey of

Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute for Effective Educational Practice recognized Miami as one of the top 20 involving schools in the nation. Project DEEP staff were particularly impressed with the number of “enriching educational experiences” available to Miami University students. The investigators used the five NSSE benchmarks as an organizing framework for their review of our effective practices. These benchmarks were: (1) Level of Academic Challenge (2) Active and Collaborative Learning (3) Student-Faculty Interaction (4) Supportive Campus Environment and (5) Enriching Educational Experiences. Miami faculty dedication to student engagement combined with broad-based support for co-curricular learning, earned our national recognition and continues to motivate our faculty and students to strive for the cutting edge of student engagement.Our faculty’s dedication for involving students in research is evident by the year-long faculty learning communities established by Miami’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT). In fall 2006 CELT will sponsor: Faculty Learning Community Engaging Learner-centered Teaching and Faculty Learning Community for Improving Student Research Fluency. For over 25 years, the Miami’s University Senate committee on Undergraduate Research has fostered student research projects. Each year for the past decade Miami University has sponsored 100

Undergraduate Summer Scholars to engage in a 10-week intensive research project, offered seniors in the College of Arts and Science the opportunity to conduct a year-long research project as a Dean’s Scholar or conduct summer research as a Hughes intern, and supported a variety of options for students participating in Miami’s honors & scholars program. The fact that our faculty understands the need for student engagement shows in the increasing number

of faculty actively working with students on research problems. Miami is proud of our national reputation as an involving college and our tradition of excellence. Miami’s faculty in all divisions provide a solid understanding of how students can benefit from undergraduate research. As Malcolm Gladwell said, “We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”

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It has

been a busy year for one of the nation’s

premier gerontology programs. The Scripps Gerontology Center received

over $750,000 in grants to study the challenges facing our aging population. Through the Ohio Long term Care project, Scripps found that people’s nursing home stays are shorter than ever: two-thirds of people who enter Ohio nursing homes are out in six months. Still, with nursing home expenditures representing 35-40 percent of all Medicaid expenditures in the United States as well as Ohio, Scripps researchers have studied the length of stay and the spend-down practice of nursing home residents. Scripps researchers found dramatic changes in length of stay compared to just seven years ago. Of residents who entered nursing homes in 1994, 57 percent were residents three months later and one year later 32 percent were still there. In 2001, comparable figures were 43 percent and 16 percent. The drop was even more drastic when looking at residents who had been in a nursing home for two years. In 1994-96, 24 percent stayed two years, but only 9 percent stayed that long from 2001-2003. “Shorter stays in nursing homes are a result of increases in home care services as well as private assisted living options for seniors, combined with an increase in rehabilitation admissions covered by Medicare as a result of federal changes in hospital reimbursement patterns,” according to Shahla Mehdizadeh, director of research for the Ohio Long-Term Care Project.

Spend-down to Medicaid however, happens less

often than expected, the researchers

found. After

six months in a nursing home, only

12 percent of private pay residents had shifted to Medicaid. After one year, 32 percent of private pay residents shifted to Medicaid, leaving two-thirds still paying without government assistance. However, of the private payers who remain in nursing homes as long as two years, over half switched to Medicaid for payment. At three years’ residency, only eight percent of people who entered nursing homes paying privately were still there, and even though 64 percent of them switched to Medicaid at three years, that’s a small number – just five percent of those initial private pay residents. “It does not seem to be a major contributor to rising nursing home costs under Medicaid,” said Ian Nelson, research associate on the study. Still, government, primarily through the Medicaid program, has become the major payer for nursing home care in Ohio. Twenty-eight percent of those entering nursing homes are initially supported by Medicaid; however, the study shows that 61 percent of all nursing home residents who stay one year are Medicaid-funded. Also, while fewer people stay in nursing homes, those that do are more disabled, so costs have not declined proportionally. Other significant Scripps events were Suzanne R. Kunkel being named 2006 Ohio Gerontology Educator of the Year and John M. Hughes, dean of Miami University’s Graduate School and associate provost for research, receiving the 2006 Administrative Leadership Award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE).

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John M. Hughes, Ph.D.Associate Provost for Research

and Dean of the Graduate School

Gilbert E. Pacey, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research [email protected]

John A. Czaja, Ph.D. Associate Director for Research and Scholarship and Coordinator, USS [email protected]

Helen G. Kiss, Ph.D. Assistant Director and Information Coordinator for Research and [email protected]

Anne P. Schauer, M.A.Assistant Director for Research and [email protected]

Jhan Doughty Berry, Ph.D.Research Compliance [email protected]

Martha E. Weber, B.A.Assistant to the Associate Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate [email protected]

Terri Brosius, A.A.B.Master Administrative [email protected]

Jessica A. Daugherty, B.A.Senior Program [email protected]

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Miami University Building for the Future

NEW: Psychology BuildingOpening: Fall Semester 2006

NEW: School of Applied Sciences and EngineeringOpening: Fall Semester 2006

NEW: Richard T. Farmer School of BusinessStarting Construction: Summer 2006

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