Congratulations to all Internal Grant recipients, past and present!
FY 2011
Research Enhancement Grant Winners
Enhancement Research Grant:
Demson, Michael
“Agrarian Politics and Romantic Literature”
Fang, Hui
“Nanostructured LiFePO4 Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries”
Fox, Kate
“Desistance from Crime among Gang Members”
Hill, Joseph
“Detritral Zircon Study of the Central Appalachian Piedmont”
Konefal, Jason
“Improving Modes of Regulation in the Food System”
Liang, Gan
“Gold Nanoshells Coated Silica-SPIO for Photothermal Cancer Therapy”
Liu, Qingzhong
“Hybrid Intelligent Digital Forensics Systems on Multimedia Data”
Lynne, Aaron
“Microbial Metagenomic Analysis of Human Decomposition”
Miller, Audrey
“Personality and Perceived “Mental Defect” Relevance to Insanity”
Walker, Joel
“No Scale Flipped SU (5)”
Faculty Research Grant:
Borcherding, Kate
“Predictive System for Color in Interdisciplinary Mid-fire Ceramics”
Crane, Jeff
“All this over Grass? The contested Powder River …”
Gu, Qiammon
“The impact of outsourcing on host economy”
Kaukonen, Scott
“Väinämöinen’s Dream (a novel)”
Lewis, Patrick
“Excavation and Analysis of the Driefontein Microfauna”
Nelson, David
“Stress and Pain in College Students”
Neudorf, Diane
“Fledgling survival in urban and forested ecosystems”
Nobles, Matt
“Biosocial stalking indicators in a college student sample”
Swim, Edward
“Coupled Mixed Finite Element Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems”
Triano-Lopez, Manuel
“The lexical purification of Spanish Romani”
Ulbig, Stacey
“Media Coverage and the Electoral Impact of Vice Presidential Candidates”
FY 2010
Research Enhancement Grant Winners
Enhancement Research Grant:
Dr. Lee Bebout, English
"Whiteness on the Border: Negotiating the Frontiers of Race, Identity, and Belonging"
Dr. Sybil Bucheli, Biological Sciences
"Investigation of Calliphoridae across the 10 Ecoregions of Texas"
Dr. Lei Chen, Computer Science
"Secure Routing for Real-Time Media Streaming in MANET's"
Dr. Madhusudan, Biological Sciences
"Role of CtrA during Cell Cycle of Rhodobactor sphaeroides"
Dr. Hannah Gerber, Language, Literacy, and Special Populations
"Exploring Digital Literacy Labs in a Global Society"
Dr. John Lane, School of Music
"New Music for Percussion: Commission and Educational Outreach"
Dr. Jeff Littlejohn, History
"Democracy and Diversity in Walker County, Texas"
Dr. Rowland Miller, Psychology
"Assessment of Attention to Alternative Romantic Partners"
Dr. Li-Jen Shannon, Computer Science
"Instructional Technology Web 2.0 Software in Educational System"
Dr. David Thompson, Chemistry
"Raman Enhancing Nanoarrays for Amplifying Weak Signals"
Dr. Cihan Varol, Computer Science
"Detecting Illusive Records within the Law Enforcement Database"
Dr. Faruk Yildiz, Agricultural and Industrial Sciences
"Building an Interactive Mini-Lab Training Unit to Promote Alternative Energy"
Faculty Research Grant:
Dr. John Alford, Mathematics and Statistics
"Mechanistic Movement Models of Thermoregulating Ectotherms"
Dr. Hyuk Cho, Computer Science
"Distributed Co-clustering Algorithm"
Dr. Jin Young Choi, Sociology
"Social Etiology of Obesity among US Immigrants"
Dr. Heather Evans, Political Science
"College Experiences and Political Engagement"
Dr. Kate Fox, Criminal Justice
"Gang Membership and Crime Victimization"
Dr. Anne Gaillard, Biological Sciences
"Identification of a p53-like Protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
Dr. Hayoung Lim, Music Therapy
"The Effects of Therapeutic Instrumental Music Performance in Physical Rehabilitation"
Dr. Aaron Lynne, Biological Sciences
"Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella"
Dr. Troy Quast, Economics and International Business
"Do HMO Profits Influence their Quality of Care?"
Dr. Christopher Randle, Biological Sciences
"Population Genetics and Host Preference of Leafy Mistletoe"
FY 2009
Research Enhancement Grant Winners
Enhancement Grant for Research:
Dr. Alessandro Bonanno, Sociology
“Social Factors affecting Survivorship in Patients with Orbital Cancer”
Dr. Madhusudan Choudhary, Biological Sciences
“Gene duplication analysis of Rhodobacter sphaeroides’ genome”
Dr. John Degenhardt, Geography & Geology
“Geophysical Analysis of Hite Delta, Glen Canyon, UT
Dr. Hui Fang, Physics
“Experiment and modeling of Hc2 for the two-band superconductor MgB2”
Dr. Rebecca Garcia; Co-PI: Dr. Brian Loft, Mathematics & Statistics
“PURE Math: Pacific Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematics”
Dr. Troy Quast; Co-PI: Dr. Fidel Gonzales, Economics & International Business
“Recessions and Hispanic Mortality: The Case of Mexico”
Dr. Wanda Reyes; Co-PI: Dr. Ann Marie Major (Pennsylvania State Univ.), Mass Communications
“Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Scale for Young Adults”
Enhancement Grant for Professional Development:
Dr. Todd Armstrong, Criminal Justice
“Understanding the Resting Heart Rate/Antisocial Behavior Relationship”
Dr. Ty Cashion, History
“The Future of Texas Letters: A Cultural-Intellectual History”
Dr. Caroline Castillo Crimm, History
“The Quakers and the Quetza: Biculturation and Ecotourism in Monteverde, Costa Rica”
Dr. Monte Thies, Biological Sciences
“A survey of small mammals from Northwestern Botswana”
Faculty Research Grant:
Dr. Sibyl Bucheli, Biological Sciences
“Diversity of Depressariinae (Gelecjioidea; Elachistidae) in Texas”
Dr. Rebecca Bustamante; Co-PI: Dr. Sylvia Taube, Curriculum & Instruction
“Examining Secondary Principal Support for English Language Learners”
Dr. Lei Chen, Computer Science
“Securing Real-time Multimedia Data in MANETs”
Dr. P. Raelynn Deaton, Biological Sciences
“Sexual conflict in coercive livebearing mosquitofishes”
Dr. Mark W. Frank, Economics & International Business
“State-Level Income Inequality and Economic Growth”
Dr. Donovan Haines, Chemistry
“Direct Cellular Biosynthesis of Biodiesel”
Dr. Lirong Liu, Economics & International Business
“Spillover effects across environmental programs”
Dr. Audrey Miller, Psychology & Philosophy
“Ethnicity and Victim Blame”
Dr. Isabel Ruiz, Economics & International Business
“International Closed-end Country Funds and U.S. Market Sentiment”
Dr. Nancy Zey, History
“A Comparative Study of Schools in Antebellum Natchez”
