RGI Awards Announced for 2010-2011
Twenty-seven proposals have been chosen for funding in the 2010-2011 Research Growth Initiative®, an internal seed-funding competition aimed at enhancing the university's research and scholarly work and supporting the state's economic development through innovation.
The winners were chosen from the original pool of 139 by independent review panels consisting of experts and scholars from prominent U.S. research institutions.
This year's projects come from a variety areas—from biological sciences, engineering, and physics, to architecture, history, and visual art—and reflect the growing emphasis on multi- and interdisciplinary research. Six projects feature investigators from multiple departments, compared to three in 2009-2010.
Unless noted, co-PIs are from the same departments as the PIs. The awardees are:
- Preparation of Lead Anticancer Compounds for Preclinical Evaluations
- YiQiang Cheng, Biological Sciences
- Efficacy of Self-Regulation Empowerment Program: A classroom-based intervention
- Timothy Cleary, Educational Psychology
- Teaching and Learning Critical Visual Literacies with Urban Youth
- Kimberly Cosier, Visual Art
- Co-PI: Laura Trafi-Prats
- In the Name of the Mother: Radical Naming, Marriage, and the Matronym
- Carolyn Eichner, History
- The Youngest Galaxies in the Young Universe
- Dawn Erb, Physics
- Testing the End-Permian Mass Extinction Recovery Paradigm
- Margaret Fraiser, Geosciences
- Evaluating glacier quarrying: Mapping recently deglaciated bedrock surfaces to determine the importance of pre-existing fractures in bedrock
- Thomas Hooyer, Geosciences
- Novel Synthesis of Tryptophan-based Microtubule Inhibitors
- M. Mahmun Hossain, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Injury Management System for Strategic Reduction of Workplace Injuries
- Jay Kapellusch, Occupational Therapy
- Co-PIs: Naira Campbell-Kyureghan, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering; Arun Garg, I&ME; Matthew Petering, I&ME
- Examining the Nature of Sustained Attentional Regulation among Individuals with Social Phobia
- Han Joo Lee, Psychology
- Co-PI: Christine Larson
- Wavelength Dependence of Birefringence in Optical Fibers: The Nonlinear Implications
- Arash Mafi, Electrical Engineering
- Co-PIs: Chiu Tai Law, Hao Zhang
- Identification of new alternative indicators of sewage contamination
- Sandra McLellan, WATER Institute
- Co-PI: Anastasios Tsonis, Mathematical Sciences
- Genetic structure of an invasive plant in its native and introduced ranges
- Gretchen Meyer, Field Station
- Co-PIs: Sara Hoot, Biological Sciences; Mai Phillips, Biological Sciences
- Enveloping Algebras and Invariant Differential Operators.
- Ian Musson, Mathematical Sciences
- Self-organization at the sliding interface: towards biomimetic self-lubrication and self-replenishing
- Michael Nosonovsky, Mechanical Engineering
- Co-PIs: Emmanuel Wornyoh, Mechanical Engineering; Pradeep Rohatgi, Materials Engineering
- Optoelectronic Programming of the Brain
- Ramin Pashaie, Electrical Engineering
- Co-PI: Mahsa Ranji
- Simulating the Making of Dual-Scale Metal-Matrix Composites using the Presure Infiltration Process
- Krishna Pillai, Mechanical Engineering
- Co-PI: Pradeep Rohatgi, Materials Engineering
- Drug-targeted signal transduction: instrumentation and methodology for non-invasive probing of GPCR signaling
- Valerica Raicu, Physics
- Co-PI: Sergei Kuchin, Biological Sciences
- Simulating Warm Season Precipitation Climate at Regional Scale
- Paul Roebber, Mathematical Sciences
- Co-PI: Kyle Swanson
- Encyclopedia of Milwaukee
- Amanda Seligman, History
- Co-PI: Margo Anderson
- Ergonomic Interventions for Altered Grip Force Direction in Stroke Survivors
- Na Jin Seo, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Using Exercise to Enhance Brain Function and Memory in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer s Disease
- J. Carson Smith, Human Movement Sciences
- Co-PIs: Anthony Greene, Psychology; Jeri-Anne Lyons, Health Sciences
- Phytochrome-Based Fluorophores (PBFs)
- Andrew Ulijasz, Biological Sciences
- Carbon Neutral Building Design: from Case Studies to Conclusions
- James Wasley, Architecture
- Co-PIs: Greg Thomson, Dennis Utzinger
- In Situ Self-Repairing, Self-Replenishing Solid-/Powder-Lubricated Rolling Element Bearings: Modeling and Experiments
- Emmanuel Wornyoh, Mechanical Engineering
- High-throughput vibrational cytometer
- Vladislav Yakovlev, Physics
- Understanding Embryogenesis Regulated by MicroRNA and AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR in Arabidopsis
- Dazhong Zhao, Biological Sciences