Faculty Research and Creative Activities Awardee Archives
2021-22 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Project Title |
| Ari-Gur, Pnina; Elise DeDoncker | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Artificial Intelligence for Smarter Additive Manufacturing |
| Asumadu, Johnson | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Magnetic Nanoparticle-based Gyroscopic Sensor |
| Atilhan, Mert | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Novel Solvents for Biomass Treatment in Pulp and Paper Industries |
| Beasley, William | Economics | Michigan Coastal Management: Erosion Damage and Spillovers |
| Bhattacharjee, Shameek | Computer Science | Towards a Unified Framework for Preserving Security and Privacy of Smart Home IoT |
| Chapleau, Ann | Occupational Therapy | Goal Scaling Solutions CARE for Students (GSS CARES) |
| Crotchett, Cat | Frostic School of Art | Tethered 鈥 intangible relationships realized through abstracted pattern |
| Devanga, Suma | Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences | Feasibility of Group Collaborative Referencing Intervention for Aphasia |
| Durbin, Steve | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Investigation of Disorder in Niobium Based Superconductors |
| Gupta, Ajay | Computer Science | NAS De鈥疦ovo Peptide Sequencing |
| Heasley, Lynne | Institute of the Environment and Sustainability | Environmental Histories in the Alvar Landscapes of Drummond and Manitoulin Islands: Toward new insights on relationships between biodiversity protection and environmental justice in the Great Lakes |
| Holtzman, Jon | Anthropology/IIAS | Contradictions of Peace: A Comparative Study of War and Memory in Three Contexts |
| Christian, Sue Ellen | Communications | The Media and News Literacy Museum Project |
| Kim, Jinseok | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Determining the Material Properties of Metallic Components Using an Instrumented Micro-Indentation Test and Machine Learning Technique |
| Lu, Yan | Biological Sciences | Functions of NFU-type Iron-Sulfur Carriers in the Mitochondrion |
| Owen, Ginger | Frostic School of Art | Heritage Habitats: fusing Eastern and Western methods of storytelling |
| Pietras, Cynthia | Psychology | Effects of Nature Imagery on Human Decision Making and Pro-environmental Choices |
| Smith, Brooke | Psychology | The Interaction of Fear and Avoidance as an Avenue to Improving Treatment of Anxiety |
| The, Yu-Lien | School of Music | Diversifying the Repertoire of Teaching Pieces for Young Pianists |
| Weller, Bridget | Social Work | A Behavioral Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among Multiracial Emerging Adults |
2020-21 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Project Title |
| Burns, Clement | Physics | Creating and Characterizing Novel Exotic Superconductors |
| Docherty, Kathryn | Biological Sciences | Influences of Urbanization on Airborne Microbial |
| Doudna, Kimberly | Family and Consumer Sciences | The impact of self-care on longitudinal relations between adverse childhood experiences, current adverse experiences, depressive symptoms, and household food insecurity among university undergraduates |
| Downey, Allison | Teaching, Learning, and Educational Studies | Research in Dominant Models of Applied Storytelling in Multiple Platforms |
| Duncan, Jeremy | Biological Sciences | Determining the Role of Gata3 in Inner Ear Neurons |
| Essani, Karim | Biological Sciences | Experimental immuno-oncolytic virotherapy of melanoma in immuno-competent mice |
| Gomez, Pablo | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Optimal design of high-voltage and high-frequency transformers for renewable energy integration |
| Koestler, Ben | Biological Sciences | Characterizing the role of Shigella c-di-GMP signaling in human infection |
| Kurth, Charles | Philosophy | Taming the Passions: Emotion Cultivation and the Development of Human Agency |
| Metro-Roland, Dini | Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies | The Impacts of Philosophical Discourse and Humanities-Based Subject Matter on College-Age Incarcerated Individuals |
Mickus, Maureen Co-PI: Dawn Smith | Occupational Therapy | Forest-based Virtual Reality for Reducing Hypertension among African American Elders |
| Perkins, Alisa | Comparative Religion | Charity, and Volunteerism in Metro Detroit |
| Rathbun, Andrew | School of Music | Western Jazz Collective - Debut Recording |
Salam, Abdus Co-PI: Alexandra Pekarovicova | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Soy water based flexo inks for food packaging |
| Sims, Lori | Music | Video of Debussy Preludes |
| Stull, Frederick | Chemistry | Unlocking the therapeutic potential of a nicotine-degrading enzyme |
2019-20 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
| Asher, Zachary | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Technical and Sustainability Analysis of In-Motion Wireless Power Transfer |
| Barkman, Todd | Biological Sciences | Characterization of fatty acid methyl transferase enzymes from plants: testing hypotheses about the biosynthesis of volatiles important for flowers and fruits |
| Bondarchuk, Karen | Art | Artistic Forms and Evolution: Seeking the Intangible |
| Burns, James | Industrial Engineering | Moving Toward an Industry 4.0 Tomorrow: Understanding What Matters Today |
| Gray, Lori | School of Interdisciplinary Heath Programs | 鈥淐onnections鈥 Study of College Students with Foster Care Histories |
| Hennlich, Andrew | Frostic School of Art | Space Invaders: The Work of Art in an Age of Statelessness |
| Hudson, Jennifer | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Small Satellite Maneuver Control: Rendezvous and Proximity Operations for a Low-Thrust, Diagnostic Nanosatellite |
| Huffman, David | Chemistry | Steps Toward Nutritional Enrichment of Cereal Grains Using a Model Plant |
| Kane, Donald | Biological Sciences | G2 control of the cell cycle in the vertebrate embryo |
| Lawson, Daryl Lee, Kevin Kang, Hyun Bin | Physical Therapy, Statistics, Statistics | People who have Diabetes and non-healing wounds |
| Ross, Matthew | Finance and Commercial Law | Cash 'n' Careers: What is college worth? |
| Sawalha, Lina | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Estimating Power and Performance of Heterogeneous CPU-FPGA Systems |
| Schriever;Bloom, Tiffany | Biological Sciences | The hydrology of Great Lakes interdunal wetlands and the effects on their macroinvertebrate assemblages |
| Singleterry, Lisa Gogan, Brian Caulfield, Susan | Bronson School of Nursing | Writing Assignment Prompt Design: A Quantitative Examination of Prompts Across the Curriculum |
| Teske, Kelly | Chemistry | The Development of Pre-miRNA Targeted Small Molecules for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer |
2018-19 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
| Bennett, Patrick | Mathematics | Research on random graphs and processes in Ramsey theory |
| Coons, Lisa | School of Music | The Space Between |
| Criter, Robin | Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences | The Effect of Hearing Loss and its Treatment on Fall Risk Indicators |
| Crotchett, Cat | Frostic School of Art | Textile Patterns and Techniques Transformed by Painting Processes |
| Damashek, Amy | Psychology | Examining the Cultural Acceptability of a Child Injury Prevention Program |
| Grantner, Janos | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Development System for Intelligent Surgical Box-Trainer Research |
| Gu, Chien-Juh | Sociology | Immigration, Race, and Religion in a Midwest City: Burmese Christian Refugees' Social Adaptation in Battle Creek, Michigan |
| Guda, Ramakrishna | Chemistry | Rational Design of Highly Luminescent Gold Clusters for Optical Imaging |
| Hanson, Nicholas | Human Performance & Health Education | Can decision-making skills be improved with a combination of exercise and cognitive training? |
| Hill, Sarah | Institute of the Environment and Sustainability | Climate Change Preparedness: The Waste Management Challenge |
| Hoppe, Pamela | Biological Sciences | Defining the role of the protein kinase UNC-82 in organizing muscle contractile filaments |
| Ikonomov, Pavel | Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems | 3D Hybrid Metal Printer Sample Product Testing |
| Linn, Cindy | Biological Sciences | Retinal pigment epithelium induces neurogenesis in an adult mammal |
| Macfarlane, Daniel | Institution of the Environment and Sustainability | Faking Niagara Falls |
| Moser, Christine | Economics | Rural Crime in Jamaica |
| Schroeter, Daniela | School of Public Affairs and Administration | Evaluation Competencies Among Certified Nonprofit Professionals |
| Tripp, Brian | Biological Sciences | Characterization of Salmonella typhimurium Flagellin Disulfide Bond Variants |
| Wilson, Patrick D | Frostic School of Art | Black Tent Transit: Sculpture as Material Storytelling |
| Wu, Qingliu | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Nanocellulose Membrane with Tunable Porosity for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries |
2017-18 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
| Bade Shrestha, S. O. | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | A portable biogas separation and storage system |
| Biggs, Christopher | School of Music | Creative Projects, Recording, and Album Release |
| Burns, Clement | Physics | Studies of Lead Based Semiconductors for Energy Research |
| Councell-Vargas, Martha | School of Music | Winged Messenger: Uniting the Americas in Artistic Flight |
| Davis, William | Frostic School of Art | No Dark in Sight: Light and the Night it Transforms |
| Docherty, Kathryn | Biological Sciences | Strategies for Belowground Soil Restoration |
| Durbin, Steven | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Earth-Abundant Element Semiconductor Compounds for Short Wavelength Optoelectronic Applications |
| Fajardo-Hansford, Claudia | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Development of Heat Transfer Correlations for Improved System Design |
| Famiano, Michael | Physics | Origins of Amino Acid Chirality in Stellar Environments |
| Ghantasala, Muralidhar | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Simulation of nano particle drug delivery and validation using in-vitro lab on chip device |
| Gomez, Pablo | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Optimized Design of Distribution Transformers |
| Jeng, Cassie | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs | Reproductive Healthcare Seeking at the Margins (RHS) |
| Lemmer, Kristina | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Investigating the applicability of C12A7 Electride Material for use in Electric Propulsion Hollow Cathodes |
| Mezei, Gellert | Chemistry | Addressing challenging areas of chemical synthesis and anion encapsulation using nanojars |
| Owen, Ginger | Frostic School of Art | Heritage Habitats: A Photographic Installation Project |
| Ravotas, Doris | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs | Does the Crystal Clear Mark Quality Recognition Program Advance Health Literate Practices in Physicians鈥 Offices and Pharmacies and Improve Patient鈥檚 Access, Understanding, and Use of Health Information? |
| Rossbach, Silvia | Biological Sciences | Bacteria to the Rescue: A "Compass" for Cleaning Up Oil Spills? |
| Straight, Bilinda | Anthropology | Children of Disaster: Drought, Lived Experience, and Health |
| Suarez, Michelle | Occupational Therapy | Measuring the Effectiveness of the 鈥淶ones of Regulation鈥 Curriculum for Increasing Engagement in Activities of Daily Living |
| Veeck, Gregory | Geography | Investigating Agricultural Permanence in Large Asian Cities: A Case Study of Nanjing, China |
| White, Robert | School of Music | The Better Angels of Our Nature - Western Brass Quintet Recording Project |
2016-17 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Carla Adkison-Johnson | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | Parenting Counseling Group: The African American Child Discipline Project |
| Pnina Ari-Gur | Mechanical and Aerospace engineering | Energy Harvesting Power for the Smart White Cane |
| Devin Bloom | Biological Sciences and Environmental and Sustainability Studies | Do Habitat Shifts Drive Rapid Evolution in Fishes? |
| Karen Bondarchuk | Frostic School of Art | Nightingales and Bombers: Reframing the Sacred and Profane |
| Patricia Villalobos Echeverria | Frostic school of Art | Transport, Displacement and Memory |
| Todd Ellis | Mallinson Institute for Science Education and Geography | Using GLOBE to Forge STEM Education Partnerships |
| Sharon Gill | Biological Sciences | Exploring and Conserving Soundscapes at Local Nature Preserves |
| Denise Keele | Political Science and Environmental & Sustainability Studies | Climate Change Litigation, Policy and Governance |
| Mahendra Lawoti | Political Science | Diversity, Developing Countries and Democracy |
| Mariana Levin | Mathematics | The Transition to Proof: A National Portrait of Instructional Approaches |
| Yan Lu | Biological Sciences | Functions of a Zinc-Finger Protein in High Light Tolerance |
| Rick Meyer | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Powered Wheelchair Human Operator Modeling and Tremor Filtering |
| Yirong Mo | Chemistry | Intermolecular Energy Analysis |
| Andro Mondala | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Fungal Bioextraction of Phosphorus from Runoff Particulates |
| Lisa Paulius | Physics | Compound Defects in High Temperature Superconductors |
| Lina Sawalha | Electrical and Computer Engineering | High-Performance Energy-Efficient Heterogeneous Processor Architectures |
| James Springstead | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Correlation of Lipoprotein Size with Critical Physiological and Transport Properties |
| Robert Vann | Spanish | Language Uses, Language Ideologies, and the Unfolding of Self-Determination in Barcelona: A Longitudinal Study (1995-2017) |
| Luchara Wallace | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Developing Suspension Alternatives for At-Risk Middle School Students |
| Jian Yao | Biological Sciences | The Role of PUB25/26 In Regulating the Crosstalk Between Jasmonate and Innate Immunity Signaling Pathways |
2015-16 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Ikhlas Abdel-Qader | Electrical and Computer Engineering | A Hybrid Wayfinding Framework Using Vision and Indoors Positioning System for the Visually Impaired |
| Berto Luigi Andrea | History | Between Empires and Dangerous Neighbors: Construction and remembering the Identity of the City-State of Naples (750-900) |
| Paul Ciccantell | Sociology | Coal and Tourism in British Columbia and West Virginia |
| Nicholas Hanson | Human Performance and Health Education | Time Flies When You're Having Fun: The Effect of Exercise on the Subjective Experience of Time |
| Donald Kane | Biological Sciences | An Analysis of Cell Cycle Control in the Vertebrate Embryo |
| Daniel Kujawski | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | An Interactive Web-Based Fatigue Analysis Tool |
| Adriane Little | Frostic School of Art | Virginia Woolf Was Here |
| Tianshu Liu | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Wind Oscillator for Power Generation |
| Andrew Rathbun | School of Music | Jazz Orchestra Recording of "The Atwood Project" |
| Denise Ross | Psychology | Establishing Verbal Capabilities to Increase Reading Comprehension |
| Susan Steuer and Sheila Bair | University Libraries | Interactive Cistercian Gazetteer and Resource Interface Project |
| Andre Venter | Chemistry | Improving Protein Analysis by DESI-MS |
| Maarten Vonhof | Biological Sciences | The Effect of Urbanization on Avian Microbiomes |
| Patrick Wilson | Frostic School of Art | Nomadic Foundation: Sculpture and Imagery from China's Urban Frontier |
| Kristina Wirtz | Frostic School of Art | Learning to Be Bilingual in a Dual Language Elementary School |
2014-15 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Baker | Psychology | Impact of Stress on Abuse Liability of Illicit Drug Mixtures |
| Wendy Scott Beane | Biological Sciences | Identifying Calcium Pathways that control Regeneration of Shape |
| Clement Burns | Physics | Studies of Iridates with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects |
| Cat Crotchett | Frostic School of Art | Giving Pattern Dimension: A Study in Encaustic Painting |
| Laila Cure Vellogin | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Systems Simulation Analysis of a Hospital Rapid Response System |
| Dolly Daftary | School of Social work | The Impact of Market-Driven Development on Dryland Communities in India |
| Karim Essani | Biological Sciences | Oncolytic Tanapoxvirus and Ovarian Cancer |
| Edward Harkness | Frostic School of Art | 15 New Sculptures Inspired by 50,000 Year-Old Aboriginal Art |
| Cindy Linn | Biological Sciences | Oncolytic Potential of Tanapoxvirus for Retinoblastoma |
| Sherine Obare | Chemistry | Catalyst Design and Evaluation for the Production of High Value Chemicals From Biorenewable Resources |
| Natalio Ohanna | Spanish | The Captives of Algiers, Lope de Vaga and the Moriscos |
| Alexandra Pekarovicova | Chemical and Paper Engineering | Biomass Based Food Packaging Films |
| David Rudge | Biological Sciences | Using History to Improve the Learning of Science |
| Xiaoyun Shao | Civil and Construction Engineering | Smart Real Time Hybrid Simulation to Advance Earthquake Engineering Experimental Methods |
| Paul Solomon | Frostic School of Art | Boundaries of Eden |
| Ann Veeck | Marketing | Food Choice Influences of Urban Chinese Teenagers |
| Daneen Wardrop | English | Persona Poems: Feral |
| Zee-Sun Yun | Family and Consumer Sciences | Motivating Sustainable Consumption and Disposal of Clothing |
2013-14 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel Bautista | Physics | Photoionization of Quasar Outflows |
| Lori Brown | Flight Science | Light Exposure on Flight Crew |
| Amy Curtis | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences | Analysis of Diabetes |
| Andrzej Dudek | Math | Ramsey-Type Numbers |
| Brian Gogan | English | Integrating Models of Reciprocity |
| Leah Omilion-Hodges | Communication | Integrating Models of Reciprocity |
| Andrew Hennlich | Frostic School of Art | unFixing the Eye |
| Jennifer Hudson | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Low-Thrust Spacecraft Design |
| John Jellies | Biological Sciences | Peripheral Neural Network |
| Kristina Lemmer | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Boron Nitride Erosion |
| Larry Mallak | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Workplace Resilience Instrument |
| Judy Moonert | Music | Coalescence Percussion Duo |
| Christopher Pearl | Biological Sciences | Estrogen and Male Aging |
| Diana Prieto | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities |
| Mary Ann Stark | Nursing | Therapeutic Showering in Labor |
| Michelle Suarez | Occupational Therapy | Physiology of Food Selectivity |
| Joyashish Thakurta | Geosciences | Back Forty Sulfide |
| Gregory Veeck | Geography | China's Pasture Areas |
| Richard Zinser | Family and Consumer Science | Technical Education in Russia |
2012-13 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
| Karen Bondarchuk | Frostic School of Art | Exploration of Animal Consciousness |
| Martha Councell-Vargas | Music | Somos Americanos |
| Kathryn Docherty | Biological Sciences | Making Green Chemicals Greener |
| Anthony Ellis | English | Another Side of Senescence |
| Charles Emerson | Geography | New Geospatial Approaches |
| Claudia Fajardo-Hansford | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Research on thermal Transport |
| John Geiser | Biological Sciences | Identification of Plague Cellular Targets |
| Sharon Gill | Biological Sciences | Exploring How Male Songbirds Respond |
| Ramakrishna Guda | Chemistry | Two-Photon Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| James Kiddle | Chemistry | Stereoselective Lewis Base-Activated |
| Valerian Kwigizile | Civil and Construction Engineering | Improving Road Safety |
| Karen Lancendorfer | Marketing | How Voters Use Motives |
| Yan Lu | Biological Sciences | A Role of a Thylakoid Zinc-Finger |
| Lei Meng | Geography | Role of Antecedent Soil Moisture |
| John Miller | Chemistry | Off-Grid, In-Water Benthic Algae Growth |
| Christine Moser | Economics | Improving Food Safety |
| Bilinda Straight | Anthropology | Samburu Grandparents and their Youth Caregivers |
| Blair Szymczyna | Chemistry | Assembly Mechanism of a Potential Target |
| Andre Venter | Chemistry | Improved Mass Spectrometric Analysis |
| Patricia Villalobos-Echeverria | Frostic School of Art | Sistema |
| Brian Young | Paper, Chemical Engineering and Imaging | Printed Nanotube-Based Immunosensor |
2011-12 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
| Yirong Mo | Chemistry | Computational Study of Electron Transfer in Proteins |
| Grace Tiffany | English | Gunpowder Percy |
| James Palmitessa | Biological Sciences, History | Making the New Europe: Czech Historical Writing from the 15th to 17th Centuries |
| Jacqueline Eng | Anthropology | Ancient Health among Nomadic Pastoralists of Mongolia |
| Luigi Berto | History | Language Power, and Society in Early Medieval Venice |
| Carla Koretsky | Geosciences | Impact of Road Salt on the Geochemistry of an Urban Kettle Lake |
| Bruce Bejcek | Biological Sciences | Herpes simplex microRNAs in Cervical cancer |
| Gellert Mezei | Chemistry | Molecularly woven materials from Metal-organic precursors |
| David Lemberg | Geography | Visualizing a Multimodal Trail Around Lake Michigan |
| Jon Holtzman | Anthropology | "Sweet" Memories? Confectionary And History in Japan |
| Debra Lindstrom-Hazel | Occupational Therapy | Exploring Bangladesh OT Expert Clinical Reasoning |
| Michelle Kominz | Mathematics | Preliminary Two Dimensional Sequence Stratigraphic Backstripping |
| Theresa Grant and Jane-Jane Lo | Mathematics | Prospective Teachers' Conceptions of Numbers and Operations |
| Elke Schoffers | Chemistry | Chemical Synthesis of Specific Inosamine Derivatives |
| Scott Cowan | Music | "Reflection," New Music and CD For the Scott Cowan Quintet |
| Sherine Obare | Chemistry | Design & Evaluation of Sensors for The Detection of Toxic Organophosphorus Compounds |
| Valery Bliznyuk (from 2010) | Materials Science + Engineering | Surface crystallization process in ultrathin polymer films |
2010-11 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Anemone, Robert | Anthropology | Using GIS and remote Sensing in the Search for Fossil Mammals |
| Dr. Athappilly, Kuriakose | Business Information Systems | Developing and Testing a Prototype of a Community-Based Health Informatics System |
| Dr. Barkman, Todd | Biological Sciences | Ghosts of evolution past: Using an extinct ancestral enzyme to understand modern-day activities |
| Dr. Biener, Zvi | Philosophy | Mapping the History of Science: A Pilot Visualization Project |
| Dr. Bliznyuk, Valery | Materials Science & Engineering | Surface crystallization process in ultrathin polymer films |
| Dr. Browning, Christine | Mathematics | Developing Statistical Reasoning of Middle School Students |
| Ms. Garza-Kling, Gina | Developing Statistical Reasoning of Middle School Students | |
| Mr. Daniels, James | Theatre | So Far From God |
| Dr. Davis, Jon | Mathematics | Prospective Mathematics Teachers' Textbook Interactions |
| Dr. Downey, Allison | Teacher, Learning, & Educational Studies | Study of American Storytelling Today & Creation of New Form |
| Dr. Hrehorova, Erika | Paper Coating Imaging | Gravure Printing of Transparent Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics |
| Dr. Rebros, Marian | Gravure Printing of Transparent Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics | |
| Dr. Joslin, Katherine | English | Theodore Roosevelt, A Literary Biography |
| Dr. Kohler, Steve | Biological Sciences | Distribution and Population Genetics of a Keystone Parasite |
| Dr. Linn, Cindy | Biological Sciences | Acetylcholine release in an in vivo model of glaucoma |
| Dr. Machiorlatti, Jennifer | Communication, School of | Matriarchal Voices: Native and First Nations Women in Film & Video |
| Dr. Mirzeler, Mustafa | English | Voyage of Sir Vivian Fuchs to the Legendary South Island |
| Dr. Nisula, Dasha | Foreign Languages | Free Verse and American Roots in East European Literature |
| Dr. Orbe, Mark | Communication, School of | Obama: Public Perceptions of Communication Competence and Race |
| Dr. Paul, Rajib | Statistics | Paleoclimatic Reconstruction of Rainfall and Drought in Midwest |
| Dr. Pearl, Christopher | Biological Sciences | Estrogen Regulation of Protein Secretion in the Rodent Epididymis |
| Dr. Ratner, Carl | Music, School of | The Russian and American Song Recital: A Cultural Exchange |
| Dr. Rossbach, Silvia | Biological Sciences | Role of scyllo-inositol in plant-bacteria interactions |
| Dr. Spitsbergen, John | Biological Sciences | Neurotrophic factor expression in mouse skeletal muscle |
| Dr. Totton, Mary-Louise | Frostic School of Art | Linked to Last: Networked Architecture in Ninth-Century Java |
| Dr. Whitten, Elizabeth | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Using Emerging Technologies to Improve the Teaching of Pre-service Special Education Students |
| Dr. Wallace, Luchara | Using Emerging Technologies to Improve the Teaching of Pre-service Special Education Students |
2009-10 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Abdel-Qader, Ikhlas | Electrical and Computer Engineering | An Algorithm for the Detection of Subsurface Defects in Transportation Infrastructure |
| Dr. Burns, Clement | Physics | Improving the Efficiency of Next Generation Solar Cells |
| Dr. Byrd-Jacobs, Christine | Biological Sciences | Ultra-structural Detection of Glutamate Receptors in Zebrafish |
| Dr. Crotchett, Cat | Frostic School of Art | Cross-cultural explorations through Wax |
| Dr. Fajardo, Claudia | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | The Effect of Fuel Injection Timing on the Turbulence Properties in an Internal Combustion Engine |
| Dr. Gill, Sharon | Biological Sciences | Understanding the hormonal basis for conflict and cooperation |
| Dr. Guda, Ramakrishna | Chemistry | Functional Nanoscale Materials for Multiphoton Imaging & Sensor Protection |
| Dr. Jones, Jeffrey | Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies | The Development of Youth Purpose in a Social Action Program |
| Dr. Katbamna, Bharti | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Prenatal smoke exposure: Auditory maturation and gene expression |
| Dr. Lillen, Leszek | Computer Science | Using Oppnets for Emergency Applications |
| Dr. Meade, David | Manufacturing Engineering | Precision Electrode Spray of Nano-sixe Composite Powder Paint Particles |
| Dr. Mickus, Maureen | Occupational Therapy | Improving Social Participation for Ethnic Minority Elders: A University-Community Partnership |
| Dr. Moe, Angela | Sociology | Holistic Healing Through Middle Eastern Dance |
| Dr. Quraeshi, Zahir | Marketing | Managerial Decision-Making for Offshore Health Care Alternatives |
| Dr. Swoboda, Deanna | Music, School of | Shamanic Journey , CD recording |
| Dr. VanZoest, Laura | Mathematics | Pivotal Moments in Beginning Teacher's Practice |
| Dr. Vocke, Karen | English | Perspectives on Migrant Education in Michigan |
| Dr. Wang, Yuan-Kang | Sociology | Hierarchy and Asia's Regional Order: Past and Present |
| Dr. Wagle, Udaya | School of Public Affairs and Administration | Economic Security under the PROWRA: The Role of Food Stamps on Income, Employment and Poverty Among Low-Income Households with Children |
| Dr. Wardrop, Daneen | English | Cyclorama: A Collection of Civil War Poems |
| Dr. Wirtz, Kristina | Anthropology | Performing Afro-Cuba: Race & History in Religious Ritual and Folkloric Spectacle |
| Dr. Yang, Li | Geography | Development & Identity: Relationships in Yunnan, China |
2008-09 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Angles, Jeffrey | Foreign Languages | Literary representations of love between men in interwar Japan |
| Dr. Ari-Gur, Pnina | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | New ferromagnetic smart materials for micromechanics and energy |
| Dr. Bondarchuk, Karen | Frostic School of Art | Corvus series |
| Dr. Beto, Luigi | History | Tracing names in medieval Venice: understanding the social values and mentalities of Venetians in middle ages |
| Dr. Brown, Lori | Aviation | Post 9/11 flight attendant/pilot security training requirements and communications |
| Dr. Cho, Christopher | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Enhanced Cooling of Super Motor and Power Electric Units by Liquid Jet and Spray |
| Dr. Christian, Sue Ellen | Communications | Exploring Perceptions, Identifying Bias: A Journalist's Guidebook |
| Dr. Chung, Sung | Physics | Novel many-body method for strongly correlated condensed matter systems |
| Dr. Ciccantell , Paul | Sociology | Coal and Sustainable Development in British Columbia |
| Dr. Dong, Liang | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Indoor cooperative localization and communication |
| Dr. Fynewever, Herb | Mallinson Institute of Science Education | The Effect of Embedded Assessment on Achievement and Motivation |
| Dr. Garber, Sharon | Dance | Ballet choreography with technology and commissioned music |
| Dr. Gray, Esther | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Orff's Schulwerk: Music Education via Discovery and Invention |
| Dr. Gu, Chien-Juh | Sociology | Gendered Transition and Gendered Struggles in the Process of Settlement: A Case Study of Taiwanese Immigrant Women |
| Dr. Heasley, Lynne | History | The Paradox of Abundance: A Great Lakes Environmental History |
| Dr. Hermann-Wilmarth, Jill | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Dialogue in An Elementary Teacher Critical Literacy Study Group |
| Dr. Hoppe,Pamela | Biological Sciences | Regulation of cytoskeleton and Cell Attachment by UNC-82 Kinase |
| Dr. Horvitz, Brian | Educational Leadership and Technology | Advanced Professional Development to Foster Online Teaching Excellence at 澳门六合彩官网直播 |
| Dr. Jellies, John | Biological Sciences | Motor Neurons as Complex Multifunctional Output Cells |
| Dr. Kane, Donald | Biological Sciences | Identification and cloning of the zebrafish cell cycle genes |
| Dr. Kim , Ok-Kyeong | Mathematics | Using Prediction in Teacher Professional Development |
| Dr. Lambert, Priscilla | Political Science | Constitutionalizing Gender |
| Dr. McGurn, Art | Physics | Neutron Stars |
| Dr. Mezei, Gellert | Chemistry | Molecular Sewing: Towards Novel Molecularly Woven materials |
| Dr. Peterson, Mary | Speech Pathology and Audiology | The utility of Fast For Word in changing brainstem level processing of speech stimuli in children with ADD and/or APD |
| Dr. Poling, Alan | Psychology | Memory and Oligomers of Amyloid-B Protein |
| Dr. Reinhold, David | Chemistry | Induction of Nucleotide Excision Repair Proteins by Chromium |
| Dr. Rose, Gwen | Music | Treasures from the Great Lakes, CD recording by Rose/Austin duo |
| Dr. Saito, Rika | Foreign Languages | Constructing and Maintaining Gendered Policy of Language in Japan |
| Dr. Shrestha, Bade | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering | Alternative Gaseous Fuel for Gasoline engine Applications |
| Dr. Tarn, Michael | Business Information System | An Innovative Team-Based Learning of Information Security |
| Dr. Warren, Wilson | History | Japan's Emergence in World Meat Production, Consumption and Trade |
2007-08 FRACAA
| Name | Department | Area of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Anemone, Robert | Anthropology | Does Climate Change Drive Mammalian Evolution? |
| Dr. Atashbar, Massood | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Quasi- 1 Dimensional Switchable Chemical Sensing Nanostructures |
| Dr. Athappilly, Kuriakose | Business Information Systems | Developing and Testing a Prototype of an Integrated Critical Care Information System (ICCIS) |
| Dr. Bejcek, Bruce | Biological Sciences | Role of CUTL1 in Brain Cancers |
| Dr. Berkhofer, Robert | History | Forgeries and Historical consciousness in Medieval Europe |
| Dr. Cheatham, Christopher | Health, Physical Education and Recreation | Nicotine and Thermoregulation during Acute Heat Exposure |
| Dr. Essani, Karim | Biological Sciences | Initial Characterization of Two Frog Virus 3 (FV3) Proteins |
| Dr. Foulk, Lin | School of Music | Western Brass Quintet Recording Project |
| Dr. Gupta, Tarun | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Pilot Study for Energy Assessment in Midwest Industry |
| Dr. Hill, Sarah | Anthropology | Garbage and Recycling in Toronto, Mexico City, and Havana |
| Dr. Kiddle, James | Chemistry | Development of New Cancer Treatment to Reduce Patient Toxicity |
| Dr. Koretsky, Carla | Geosciences | Invasion of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) |
| Dr. Hauptmann, Emily | Political Science | The Influence of Big Money on American Political Science in the Postwar Era |
| Dr. Martini, Edwin | History | Agent Orange: An International and Interdisciplinary History |
| Dr. Mo, Yirong | Chemistry | Mechanism of Ammonia Transport Across AmtB Membrane Protein |
| Dr. Minnick, Lisa; Bills, Patricia | English | Language Attitudes and Educational Outcomes |
| Dr. Moser, Christine | Economics | Market Information Use in Rural Madagascar |
| Dr. Severance, Frank | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Computing with Neuron Cell Cultures |
| Dr. Rabiej, Roman | Industrial Design | Nanomechanical Properties of Microstructural Elements of Wood |
| Dr. Petcovic, Heather | Geosciences | Field-Based Cognition among Expert Geoscientists: A Pilot Study |
| Dr. Oh, Jun-Seok | Civil and Construction Engineering | Communication-based Traffic Safety Enhancement Technologies |
| Dr. Sharp, Helen | Speech Pathology and Audiology | What Role Do Adolescents Want in the Oral Cleft Clinic? |
| Dr. Unrau, Yvonne | School of Social Work | A Study of Foster Parent Training for Traumatized Children |
| Dr. Vonhof, Maarten | Biological Sciences | Explaining Individual Variation in Host Resistance to Parasites |
| Dr. Rojhani, Arezoo | Family and Consumer Sciences | |
| Dr. Webber, Caroline | Strategies to Improve Access to Produce among WIC Participants | |
| Dr. Witherspoon, Sheila | Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology | Initiative to Steer Girls to Explore STEM (Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) |
| Dr. Yehia, Sherif | Civil and Construction Engineering | Cathodic Protection System for Steel Reinforcement- New Approach |
| Dr. Zhu, Qiji | Mathematics | Empirical Analysis of Option Pricing Intervals |