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SPRING 2020 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
| Abendschein, Bryan | School of Communication | The Influence of Zoomorphic Robots on Stress and Well-Being in Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Relationships |
| Councell-Vargas, Martha | School of Music | Flute of Three Fires: Native American Flute Traditions of Southwest Michigan and the Great Lakes Region |
| Gerlach, Hope | Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences | Concealment of Stuttering and the "Divided Self" |
| Gu, Chien-Juh | Sociology | Rohingya Refugees' Social Adaptation in Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Hartenberger, Britt | Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies | Microdebris Analysis of a Classical Household at Ancient Olynthos, Greece |
| Venter, Andre | Chemistry | Quantitation of bittering compounds in hops and beer |
| Wilson, Patrick | Frostic School of Art | Solo Exhibition - Black Tent Transit |
Fall 2019 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
| Triplett, Kyle | Frostic School of Art | Low-Fire Porcelain for 3D Printing Applications |
| Eng, Jacqueline | Biological Sciences | Skeletal and 3D geometric morphometric analysis of human vertebral trauma: characterizing traumata and identifying demographic patterns |
| Lemmer, Kristina | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Measuring electron density and temperature in nanosecond pulsed plasma gap discharges |
| Berkhofer, Robert | History | Uses of Evidence in Eadmer’s Historia novorum |
| Crotchett, Cat | Frostic School of Art | Abstract Pattern Relief Juxtapositions in Wax |
| Bischof, Gary | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | Mental Health and Wellness for College Students of Color |
| Yang, Li | Geography | Heritage Tourism in Historic Towns: Development Issues and Planning Opportunities |
| Davis, Jon | Mathematics | Understanding the Construction and Enactment of Technology-Based Mathematics Lessons Involving High Cognitive Demand Tasks |
| Choudhury, Alamgir | Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems | Parameter characterization for pump efficiency in a hydraulic system |
| Pattison, Kelley | Bronson School of Nursing | Assessing Caregiver Burden in Heart Failure Patients Who Are Caregivers of Family Members |
Spring 2019 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
| Applegate, Edward Brooks | Education Leadership, Research and Technology | Influence of Pedagogy on Student Learning in Physician Assistant Training: A Follow-up Study |
| Bocko, Amy | University Libraries | Dr. Merze Tate Howard University Archival Research Trip & Digital Reunification Project |
| Gill, Sharon | Biological Sciences | Merging historical and contemporary landscape photography and soundscape recordings to explore land transformation |
| Jackson, Yvonne | Physical Therapy | Pre-Post Assessment of Cerebral Palsy Intensive Physical Therapy Treatment |
| Lawoti, Mahendra | Political Science | Security Dilemma and Non-violent Ethnic Conflict |
| Machicek, Michelle | Anthropology | Characterizing Biological Impacts of Human Activity Patterns through 3D Scanning Technology: considering the effects of horseback riding on pelvic morphology |
| Nassaney, Michael | History | Fort St. Joseph Revealed: Final Preparations |
| Omilion-Hodges, Leah | School of Communication | Leadership, Communication, and Transdisciplinary Teams in Palliative Care |
| Perkins, Alisa | Comparative Religion | Muslims in Metro Detroit: Gender and Religious Boundaries in Urban America |
| Zhang, Ya | Education Leadership, Research and Technology | Predictive value of TOEFL scores on Â鶹´«Ã½s academic success |
Fall 2018 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
| Burns, Jim | Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management | Development and Validation of an Optimization Formulation for Resilient Supply Chains |
| Councell-Vargas, Martha | Music | Charanga: Improvisation in American Jazz and Cuban Dance Music |
| Hansford, Claudia | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | Turbulence Assessment in Internal Combustion Engines |
| Hennlich, Andrew | Art | Space Invaders: the Work of Art in an Age of Statelessness |
| Torres, Benjamin | Spanish | Publication of La novela detectivesca en Puerto Rico |
| Yang, Qiang | Chemical & Paper Engineering | High-Yield Production of Cellulose Nanofiber |
| Zhu, Laiyin | Geography | Analyzing power outages in hurricanes using remote sensing |
Spring 2018 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
| Angles, Jeffrey | World Languages and Literatures | Inagaki Taruho, Japanese Modernist |
| Beasley, Samuel | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | A Qualitative Examination of Men in Professional Psychology |
| Caulfield, Susan | School of Interdisciplinary Health Program | Improving Writing: What Can We Learn From the Student Perspective? |
| Chin, Christina | Frostic School of Art | Screenprinting onto Encaustics Art Workshop |
| Connors, Elyse | Blindness and Low Vision Studies | Use of Secondary Data and GIS to Examine Low Vision Resources in the State of Michigan |
| Devanga, Suma | Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences | Collaborative Referencing: A Speech-Language Intervention for Aphasia |
| Gogan, Brian | English | A Frame Analysis of Campus Civic Action Plans |
| Ikonomov, Pavel | Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems | 3D Hybrid Metal Printer Sample Product Testing |
| Ohanna, Natalio | Spanish | Witches and Shipwrecks: the Algiers Expedition (1541) and the Mystification of a Â鶹´«Ã½ Disaster |
| Running-Johnson, Cynthia | World Languages and Literatures | Contemporary French Theatre |
| Zarate-Sandez, German | Spanish | A longitudinal study of second language pronunciation development in two learning contexts |
September 2017 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
| J. Kevin Corder | Political Science | How the Nixon White House Engaged Women Voters |
| David Curwen | Dance | Falling Table |
| Ramakrishna Guda | Chemistry | Synthesis, Characterization and Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics of Water Soluble Methylammonium Lead-halide Perovskite Nanostructures |
| Dwandra Lampkin | Theatre | The Conviction of Lady Lorraine |
| Gwendolynn Rose | School of Music | Historical Performance: Baroque Bassoon and Dulcian |
| Tiffany Schriever | Biological Sciences/Institute of the Environment and Sustainability | Developing an Index of Biological Integrity for Interdunal Wetlands |
| Yuanliang Sun | Frostic School of Art | Culture, Environment, and Technology: A Multidisciplinary Design Exploration |
| Bruce Uchimura | School of Music | Merling Trio Creation of New Bach-based Jazz Work for Presentation at Bach Festival of Kalamazoo |
| Inna Voytsekhivska | Accountancy | Regulatory Enforcement and Off-Balance Sheet Entities: Evidence from the "Shadow Insurance" Market |
| Qingliu Wu | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Nanocellulose Reinforced Membrane for High Energy, High Safety and Low Cost Lithium-Ion Battery |
January 2017 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Luigi Berto | History | Religion and Politics in Early Medieval Naples (8th-9th Centuries) |
| Cat Crotchett | Frostic School of Art | Pattern and Dimension |
| Regina Garza Mitchell | Educational Leadership, Research and Technology | Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Presidential Job Postings in the Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Lori Gray | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs | Exploring the Impact and Lasting Outcomes of Mindfulness Training for College Student Populations |
| James Hillenbrand | Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences | Software Simulation of a New Model of Auditory Frequency Analysis |
| James Kiddle | Chemistry | Biomimetic Synthesis of 3-Substituted Pyridines |
| Kelley Pattison | Bronson School of Nursing | Assessing Caregiver Burden in Heart Failure Patients Who Are Caregivers of Family Members |
| Kapseong Ro | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Understanding Structural Property Effect of Aerial Refueling Hose |
| Viviane Ruellot | World Languages and Literatures | French Stereotypical Accent and Pronunciation Learning |
| Mary Simpson | Family and Consumer Sciences | The Effect Team Learning has on the Development of Creativity in a College Classroom |
| Mary-Louise Totton | Frostic School of Art | Pattern and Color: Influences and Innovations from the Textile Arts of Asia Pacific |
| Andre Venter | Chemistry | Addressing Inefficient Ionization during Mass Spectrometric Analyses of Complex Mixtures |
September 2016 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Macfarlane | Institute of the environment and Sustainability | The Power of Niagara Falls: Hydro-Electricity, Beauty and the Manipulation of a Border Waterscape |
| Carolyn Pavlik | Dance | Manson Revealed - A Site Dance Film |
| R.V. Krishnamurthy | Geosciences | Are Unusual Isotopic Effects Produced in Precipitation a Byproduct of Unusual Atmospheric Processes? |
| Amy Wagenfeld | Occupational Therapy | Evaluating the Redesign of the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women's Outdoor Spaces |
| Matthew Ross | Finance and Commercial Law | BBA Quantitative Skills: Doubling the Data |
| Christopher Biggs | School of Music | Letter to the Moon Recording Project for CD Release |
| Andrew Hennlich | Frostic School of Art | Visualizing the Camps: Architecture and Migration |
| Lofton Durham | Theatre | Demonstration Productions of Middle Dutch Drama |
| Nicholas Hanson | Human Performance and Health Education | Effect of Caffeine on 10km Running Performance in the Heat |
February 2016 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Wendy Beane | Biological Sciences | Comparative Analysis of Tissue Remodeling During Planarian Regeneration |
| Jeremy Blair | Dance | Sidra Bell Dance New York Winter Module Choreographic Workshop |
| Lori Brown | Flight Science | The Use of Augmented Reality in Technology Driven Training |
| Heather Dichter | Human Performance and Health Education | Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games: International Sport's Cold War Battle with NATO |
| Elena Gapova | Sociology | National Activist Communities in Post-Socialist Belarus in Cyberspace and Beyond |
| Cindy Linn | Biological Sciences | Activation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Leads to Proliferation of Adult Mammalian Retinal Neurons |
| Nichole Maury | Frostic School of Art | The Archive Project |
| Carson Reeling | Economics, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program | Valuing Natural Resources Allocated by Preference Point Lottery |
| Silvia Roederer | School of Music | International Connections 2: CD of New Works Written for the Verdehr |
| Daniela Schroeter | School of Public Affairs and Administration | Evaluation Competencies in Public Administration |
| Jesse M. Smith | Sociology | Self, Narrative, and Congregation: Worship Services at the LDS Church |
| Michelle Suarez | Occupational Therapy | Phenomenological Examination of the Experience of Mothering from the Perspective of New Mother's in an Opioid Recovery Program |
September 2015 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Miles | Sociology | Chronicling Illness Over the Life Course |
| Edward Harkness | Frostic School of Art | Bronze Cast Orbs |
| Karen Vocke | English | Narratives of Women Migrant Farm Workers in West Michigan |
| Laurel Ofstein | Management | Growing the Michigan Hopyard to Table Movement |
| Patrick Cundiff | Sociology | Erasing the Mark of a Criminal Record: The Impact of Education on Ex-Offender Employment |
| Stephanie Burns | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | Counselor Educators' Perceptions of Boundary Crossings with Students |
| Michael Famiano | Physics | Finding the Nuclear Equation-of-State Using Stellar Elemental Abundances |
| Kathryn Docherty | Biological Sciences | Long Term Response of Microbial Communities to Multiple Climate Change Factors |
| Sue Ellen Christian | School of Communication | A User's Guide to Everyday Media Literacy |
| Jocelyn Steinke | School of Communication | Cultural Representations of Gender and Science: Portrayals of STEM Professionals in Popular Films 2002-2014 |
| Amy Damashek | Clinical Psychology | Evaluation of a Computer-Based Depression Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women |
| Mariana Levin | Mathematics | Characterizing Instructional Approaches to Facilitating the Transition to Proof in Mathematics: A Pilot Study |
| Alamgir Choudhury | Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems | Effect of Operating Parameters on Energy Efficiency Of A Hydraulic System |
February 2015 SFSA
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Sally Hadden | History | Loyalist Lawyers of Revolutionary America |
| Robin Criter | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Evaluation of a Fall Risk Screening Protocol for Use in Audiology Hearing Clinics |
| Jon D. Davis | Mathematics | Factors Influencing Prospective Secondary Teachers' Use of Technology |
| Laurel Ofstein | Management | Growing the Michigan Hopyard to Table Movement |
| Chien-Juh Gu | Sociology | From Religious Minority to Racial Minority: Burmese Refugees in Battle Creek, MI |
| Stephen Malcolm | Biological Sciences | Comparison of Chemical Defenses in Three Species of Monarch Butterfly |
| Joyashish Thakurta | Geosciences | Field and Petrological Investigation of the Penokean Volcanic Belt in Northern Wisconsin |
| Matthew Hoge | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Behavior Specific Praise: Influencing Teacher Fidelity of Implementation with Non-Compliant Student Behavior |
| David Huffman | Chemistry | Probing the Requirement for Copper in the Malarial Parasite |
| Michael Nassaney | Anthropology | The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade: Final Preparations |
| Gellert Mezei | Chemistry | Green, High-Yield Method for the Protection of Heterocyclic Amino, Hydroxyl and Thiol Groups |
| Megan Slayter | Dance | Dancestry |
| Patricia Villalobos Echeverria | Frostic School of Art | Marea |
| Luigi Andrea Berto | History | Living in the West with the Mind in the East: Careers and Naming Practices of Venetians with Greek Names During the Early Middle Ages |
| Claudia Hansford | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Heat Transfer Investigations in Undersized Flow Pipes |
September 2014
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly Ackerson and Sally Vliem | Bronson School of Nursing | A grounded Theory Approach To Understanding Parents Decision Not To Vaccinate Their Children |
| Bruce Bejcek | Biological sciences | Herpes Simplex Sequences in Cancer of the Cervix Cell Culture Lines |
| Lisa Coons | School of Music | Percussion Sculpture and Composition for Coalescence Percussion Duo |
| Jim Hopfensperger | Frostic School of Art | Production of Handmade Furniture Designs |
| Kristina Lemmer | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | In Situ Erosion of Hall Thrusters |
| Alisa Perkins | Comparative Religion | Multi-racial and Interfaith Expressions of Islam in Metro Detroit |
| Maria Protacio | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Development and Validation of a Reading Motivation Scale for English Language Learners (ELLs) |
| Cynthia Pietras | Psychology | Disinhibitory Effects of Alcohol on Human Behavior |
| Michael Ryan | Economics | Japanese Earthquakes and United States Regional Economic Growth |
January 2014
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Peter Blickle | World Languages and Literatures | Research for Novel |
| Professor Karen Bondarchuk | Frostic School of Art | Kith and Kin Catalogue |
| Dr. Linda Borish | History | Charles Ornstein, the National Jewish Welfare Board, and American Jewish Sportswomen in the Boycott of the 1936 Summer Olympics |
| Dr. Janet Coryell | History | Standing By: The Women of Ripcord |
| Dr. Susan Hoffmann | Political Science | Housing Finance Reform in the U.S.: Acquisition of Proprietary Data |
| Dr. James Kiddle | Chemistry | Unexpected Reaction of N-heterocyclic Carbenes in Water |
| Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti | School of Communication | Peace During War - Documentary Short Film |
| Professor Nichole Maury | Frostic School of Art | Fine Art Publication for Printmaking |
| Dr. Lei Meng | Geography | Examining the Relationship Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation in CMIP5 Simulations |
| Dr. Elke Schoffers | Chemistry | Novel Receptor Agonists in Medicinal Chemistry |
| Dr. Jesse Smith | Sociology | The Church of Unbelief: Understanding the Interactional Basis of America's Non-Believer's |
| Dr. Susan Steuer | University Libraries | A Step Toward Grace: Widows and Religious Life in Late Medieval Your (1300-1536) |
| Dr. Brian Tripp | Biological Sciences | Investigation of C-Terminal Core Flagellin Residues on Export and Assembly of Flagella |
| Dr. Kristina Wirtz | Anthropology | Ethnographic Research in Cuba on Shifting Moral Narratives in a Time of Reform |
September 2013
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Abiola Akanmu | Civil and Construction Engineering | A Sustainable Approach to Building Design |
| Dr. Jeffrey Angles | World Languages and Literatures | Orikuchi shinobu and The Book of the Dead |
| Dr. Wendy Scott Beane | Biological Sciences | Establishing Planaria as a Model for Whole Eye Regeneration |
| Dr. Kathryn Docherty | Biological Sciences | Below ground Effects of Fire as a Restoration Tool in Michigan Tallgrass Prairies |
| Dr. Jacqueline Eng | Anthropology | Bioarchaeological Study of Gender-Related Activity Among Ancient Populations of China |
| Dr. Angel Gullon-Rivera | Family and Consumer Sciences | Evaluating the Effectiveness of Storytelling with Children with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges |
| Dr. James Hillenbrand | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Software for Experiment Design and Control |
| Dr. Denise Keele | Political Science and Environmental Studies | Environmental Litigation: Understanding Judicial Review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Dr. Jessica Kersting | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Describing Mismatches in Reading Comprehension Performance Predicted By the Simple View of Reading Model |
| Dr. Sherine O bare | Chemistry | Catalyst Development for the Photocatalytic Conversions of Biomass into Commodity Chemicals |
January 2013
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Julie Apker | Communication | Qualitative study of handoff communication between emergency physicians and hospitalist in academic and community hospitals |
| Dr. Luigi Andrea Berto | History | Between dangerous enemies and ineffective Christian lords: "The History of the Beneventan Lombards" and the crisis of ninth-century southern Lombardy |
| Dr. Alexander Cannon | Music | Time and transformation in Southern Vietnamese traditional music |
| Professor Cat Crotchett | Frostic School of Art | Encaustic Painting and Silkscreen |
| Dr. Lin Foulk | Music | Developing classical music improvisation |
| Dr. Sharon Garber | Dance | Ballet pedagogy techniques of the 21st century: Paris opera and royal ballet |
| Dr. Marion Gray | History | Identities, borders and ecologies: change over time in rural Brandenburg and metropolitan Berlin |
| Dr. Andrew Hennlich | Frostic School of Art | Scattered histories: diaspora, nation and memory in the work of William Kentridge |
| Dr. Mary Lagerway | School of Nursing | Professional women and popularization of eugenics in the United States |
| Dr. Mahendra Lawoti | Political Science | Inclusive institutional reforms: multiple actors and complex processes in Nepal |
| Dr. William Sauck | Geosciences | Geophysics to aid and archeological investigation' Gotland, Sweden |
| Dr. Joyashish Thakurta | Geosciences | Examination and sampling of exploratory drill cores from the upper peninsula area of Michigan |
| Dr. Kristina Wirtz | Anthropology | Learning to be bilingual in a dual language elementary school |
September 2012
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Carla Adkinson-Bradley | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | Perceived severity of parent discipline practices: a study of professional counselors |
| Dr. Steve Bertman | Chemistry | MPAN and atmospheric aerosols |
| Dr. Jennifer Foster | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | The world of sexually abused boys: a thematic analysis of trauma narratives |
| Professor Caroline Gore | Frostic School of Art | Technical and material explorations: stone & precious metal alloys |
| Professor Jim Hopfensperger | Frostic School of Art | The significance of making by hand |
| Dr. Mark Hurwitz | Political Science | Judicial diversity: courting political minorities in America's federal and state courts |
| Dr. Ramona Lewis | Educational Leadership, Research and Technology | Experiences of African American older adult learners |
| Dr. Gellert Mezei | Chemistry | Anion-encapsulating nanojars for selective anion extraction and environmental remediation |
| Dr. Michael Nassaney | Anthropology | The archaeology of the North American Fur trade |
| Professor Giner Owen | Frostic School of Art | Modernizing uses for collodion wet plate as a means of displacing the digital void |
| Dr. Eli Rubin | History | Arc of destruction: urban space, memory and war in Germany, 1937-1945 |
| Dr. Benjamin Torres | Spanish | "Iconografia: lo visual en la obra de Edgardo Rodrigues Julia" |
| Dr. Ruth Zielinski | Nursing | Living and working at Oasis Hospital: recollections of missionary nurses |
January 2012
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Robert Anemone | Anthropology | Field testing a predictive model for locating productive fossil localities |
| Dr. Andrzej Dudek | Mathematics | Hamiltonicity of random hypergraphs |
| Dr. Dan Farrell | Management | Learning from whistleblowing |
| Dr. Stacey Fitzsimmons | Management | Roles that multicultural employees play in organizations: individual and contextual antecedents |
| Professor Kirsten Harvey | Dance | Dancing faces: teaching the technique of emotion |
| Dr. Sarah Hill | Anthropology | Rent and recycling in Cuba: how not owning leads to not using things up |
| Dr. Yvette Hyter | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Assessment of pragmatic language |
| Dr. John Jellies | Biological Sciences | Peptide disruption of a peripheral neural oscillator |
| Dr. Mariam Konate | Gender and Women's Studies | Fatherlessness and African American female college Â鶹´«Ã½s: a phenomenological study of their dating experiences |
| Dr. Joyce Kubiski | Frostic School of Art | Pisanello and John Palaeologus VIII: Details of dress and the eastern other |
| Dr. Kelley O'Reilly | Marketing | How young consumers assess online word-of-mouth (WOM) credibility |
| Dr. Ann Veeck | Marketing | Food safety, trust and responsibility in urban China |
| Dr. Maarten Vonhof | Biological Sciences | Patters of population connectivity and gene flow in a neotropical bat |
September 2011
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kevin Corder | Political Science | Bank regulation after the financial crisis |
| Dr. Jessica Frieder | Psychology | Effects of Varied response methods in class activity and reviews on Â鶹´«Ã½ performance and preference |
| Dr. Chien-Juh Gu | Sociology | Middle-class immigrant housewives: An exploratory study of self-concepts in life transitions |
| Dr. Peter Gustafson | Mechanical Engineering | Prototype surgical screwdriver |
| Dr Yan Lu | Biological Sciences | Novel transcriptional regulation of biosynthesis of aspartate-derived amino acids |
| Dr. Edwin Martini | History | Napalm: More than a weapon |
| Dr. Lewis Pyenson | History | Natural history illustration in 19th century Argentina |
| Dr. Eve Salisbury | English | Disseminating Gower: Newberry MS33.5 and the Gower Project |
| Dr. Thomas Scannell | Management | Successful small business growth supported by supply chain management best practices |
| Dr. Susan Steuer | Special Collections and Rare Books | Traveling Libraries for prisoners in World War I work detachments |
| Professor Yuanliang Sun | Frostic School of Art | The Bridge |
| Dr. Gwen Tarbox | English | Gender and identification in Franco-Belgian YA graphic narratives |
| Dr. Marc Weeden | Special Education | The effects of TeachLive on the Acquisition of basic teaching skills in first year special education Â鶹´«Ã½s: a preliminary investigation |
January 2011
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Massood Atashbar | Electrical and Computer engineering | Experiments to demonstrate the Principles of Printed Accelerometer using sacrificial layer technology by employing inkjet and screen printing techniques |
| Dr. Jody Brylinsky | Health Performance and Health Education | Identifying Key Competencies in elite coaches |
| Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs | Biological Sciences | Western Blot Analysis of changes in brain protein expression with damage to sensory input |
| Dr. Martha Councell-Vargas | Music | LaFlauto Cubana: Defining the tradition and style of flute playing |
| Professor Cat Crotchett | Frostic School of Art | Encaustic-Batik paintings |
| Professor David Curwen | Dance | Ballet pedagogy exchange in the People's Republic of China |
| Dr. Jon Davis | Mathematics | Reasoning and proof within curricular resources |
| Dr. Diane Dirette | Occupational Therapy | The effectiveness of self-generated vs. taught compensatory strategies for memory and the role of learning styles |
| Dr. Liang Dong | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Radio frequency energy harvesting for Microelectronics |
| Dr. Claudia Fajardo-Hansford | Mechanical and Aeronautical engineering | Design of an optical engine with combustion capability |
| Professor Sharon Garber | Dance | Ballet Pedagogy exchange in the Peoples' Republic of China |
| Dr. Sandra Glista | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Supported and safe computer and internet use in individuals with Aphasia |
| Dr. Pavel Ikonomov | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Virtual reality simulation system for nanomanufacturing |
| Dr. Cynthia Klekar | English | Gender, benevolence, and legal discourse in Eighteenth-Century London's criminal courts |
| Professor Tom Knific | Music | Dissemination and distribution of The Muse: A CD of original music |
| Dr. Mahendra Lawoti | Political Science | Democracy in divided societies: exclusion/inclusion in South Asia |
| Dr. Irma Lopez | Spanish | Confluencias y demarcaciones: Generaciones literarias y expresiones esteticas en la novela mexicana, 1998-2008 |
| Professor Nichole Maury | Frostic School of Art | International artist residency and exhibitions |
| Dr. Timothy McGrew | Philosophy | Studies in the history and philosophy of religions |
| Dr. Matthew Mingus | School of Public Affairs and Administration | The Bridge to Somewhere: Why Now? |
| Professor Judy Moonert | Music | Coalescence Percussion Duo CD Recording Project |
| Dr. James Palmitessa | History | Making the New Europe: Historical writing in the Czech lands from the 15th to 17th centuries |
| Dr. Doris Ravotas | Interdisciplinary Health Services | Patients' experience of an informed consent process for hospital procedures |
| Dr. Elke Schoffers | Chemistry | Novel sensors based on 1, 10 Phenanthroline |
| Professor Megan Slayter | Dance | La Mer, a reconstruction of Loie Fuller's The Sea |
September 2010
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ari-Gur, Pnina | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | International Research of Titania |
| Dr. Auer, Blain | Comparative Religion | Symbols of Authority in Medieval Islam |
| Professor Berkow, Jay | Theatre | Orpheus in the Underworld |
| Dr. Ellis, Anthony | English | Another Side of Senescence |
| Dr. Golhar, Damodar | Management | Automotive Parts Manufacturing in India |
| Dr. Ohanna, Natalio | Spanish | Back From Beyond the Frontier |
| Dr. Ro, Kapseong | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Design, Test and Evaluation of Refueling Drogue |
| Dr. Haden, Sally | History | An English Lawyer in Colonial American |
January 2010
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Durham, Lofton | Theatre | Rewriting the History of Medieval Theatre: Destruction de troie and Fifteenth Century Performance Culture |
| Dr. Jones, Stephen | Music, School of | Western Brass Quintet Scores Research Project |
| Dr. Mezei, Gellert | Chemistry | Metal-organic rotaxane frameworks: Towards organized solid-state molecular machinery assemblies |
| Dr. Saito, Rika | Foreign Languages | To a New Woman from a New Man: Letters Overseas by the Japanese Feministic Couple in the 1920s |
| Dr. Veeck, Ann | Marketing | Pig Feasts in Rural China: Creating an Informal Economy through a Ritual Celebration |
September 2009
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Berto, Luigi | History | Writing History in Carolingian Italy (774-875) |
| Dr. Bischof, Gary | Counseling Education, Counseling Psychology | Transgender Persons & Partners: Couple and Sexual Relationships |
| Professor Bondarchuk, Karen | Frostic School of Art | Corvus Catalogue |
| Professor Brown, Lori | Aviation | The Efficacy of Flight Attendant/Pilot Communication and Training Requirements in China |
| Dr. Browning, Christine | Mathematics | Understanding children's thinking of angle and angle measure |
| Dr. Frias, Larissa | Family and Consumer Science | Acculturation and Family Experiences of Filipino Immigrants in the U.S. |
| Dr. Kohler, Steve | Biological Sciences | Distribution and Population Structure of a Keystone Parasite |
| Dr. Shrestha, Bade | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Journal Page Fee Charges |
| Dr. Straight, Bilinda | Anthropology | Preparing publications from current NSF and planning an NIH proposal with collaborators at University of Arizona and Grinnell College |
January 2009
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ackerson, Kelly | Nursing | Trauma History and Cervical Cancer Screening |
| Dr. Code, David | Music, School of | Creating a Laptop Orchestra |
| Dr. Ellis, Anthony | English | Shakespeare all italina: Dramatic Adaptation and Cultural Exchange |
| Dr. Eng, Jacqueline | Anthropology | Ancient Health in the Nomadic Pastoralists of Mongolia |
| Dr. Ghantasala, Mural | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticle based composite colloids (gels) |
| Dr. Ho, Birong | Library | Vocabulary Control for the Web 2.0 Catalog |
| Dr. Joslin, Katherine | English | Edith Wharton and the making of Fashion |
| Dr. Lagerwey, Mary | Nursing | Nursing Coverage of the 3rd Reich |
| Dr. Mirzeler, Mustafa | English | African Stories and Storytellers |
| Dr. Nassaney, Michael | Anthropology | Archaeology and Community Service Learning: Preparing a Professional Index |
| Dr. Torano, Vince | Frostic School of Art | Ideal Beauty in Classical Painting |
September 2008
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Biener, Zvi | Philosophy | Newtonian Mechanics and British Empiricism: Physics and Philosophy at the Edge of Enlightment |
| Dr. Bliznyuk, Valery | Paper Coating and Imaging | Collaborative Research in the Field of Nanoelectric Properties of Materials |
| Professor Curwen, David | Dance | My Name is David Lang |
| Professor Gore, Caroline | Frostic School of Art | Tangential Memories |
| Dr. Hallett, Lucius | Geography | It's too far to walk! I cannot get to my supermarket. The Geographies of Location in Lawrence, Kansas |
| Dr. Lawoti, Mahendra | Political Science | Democracy, Insurgency, Autocracy and Political Reforms: The Exclusion/Inclusion Dimension in Nepal |
| Dr. Rao, Shalia | Special Education and Literacy Studies | From Isolation to combination: A multilevel, multicomponent approach to developing literacy skills of Â鶹´«Ã½s with cognitive impairments |
| Dr. Ro, Kapseong | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Prototype Development and Flight Test of a Free-wing Tilt-body Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| Professor Slayter, Megan | Dance | The Lily |
| Dr. Susan Steuer | Library | Recreating a Cistercian Library: The Obrecht Collection at Â鶹´«Ã½ |