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Internal Grant Program Award Recipients FY 2009

 

Dr. Lei Chen from Computer Science was a 2009 recipient of an SHSU Faculty Research Grant. Asked how the grant helped, Dr. Chen responded “I had two journal articles published as a direct result of having the time to focus solely on my research.”

 

 

Enhancement Research Grant:

Bonanno, Alessandro
"Social Factors affecting Survivorship in Patients with Orbital Cancer"

Choudhary, Madhusudan
"Gene duplication analysis of Rhodobacter sphaeroides’ genome"

Degenhardt, John
"Geophysical Analysis of Hite Delta, Glen Canyon, UT"

Fang, Hui
"Experiment and modeling of Hc2 for the two-band superconductor MgB2"

Garcia, Rebecca; Co-PI: Loft, Brian
"PURE Math: Pacific Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematics"

Quast, Troy; Co-PI: Gonzales, Fidel
"Recessions and Hispanic Mortality: The Case of Mexico"

Reyes, Wanda; Co-PI: Major, Anne Marie (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
"Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Scale for Young Adults"

 

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Enhancement Grant for Professional Development:

Armstrong, Todd
"Understanding the Resting Heart Rate/Antisocial Behavior Relationship"

Cashion, Ty
"The Future of Texas Letters: A Cultural-Intellectual History"

Crimm, Caroline Castillo
"The Quakers and the Quetza: Biculturation and Ecotourism in Monteverde, Costa Rica"

Thies, Monte
"A survey of small mammals from Northwestern Botswana"

 

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Faculty Research Grant:

Bucheli, Sibyl
"Diversity of Depressariinae (Gelecjioidea; Elachistidae) in Texas"

Bustamante, Rebecca; Co-PI: Taube, Sylvia
"Examining Secondary Principal Support for English Language Learners"

Chen, Lei
"Securing Real-time Multimedia Data in MANETs"

Deaton, P. Raelynn
"Sexual conflict in coercive livebearing mosquitofishes"

Frank, Mark W.
"State-Level Income Inequality and Economic Growth"

Haines, Donovan
"Direct Cellular Biosynthesis of Biodiesel"

Liu, Lirong
"Spillover effects across environmental programs"

Miller, Audrey
"Ethnicity and Victim Blame"

Ruiz, Isabel
"International Closed-end Country Funds and U.S. Market Sentiment"

Zey, Nancy
"A Comparative Study of Schools in Antebellum Natchez"