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Volume 34, Number 2, February 2007

October 2006 research board awards announced

The University of Missouri Research Board, a University-wide panel composed of 20 faculty members, has awarded nearly - $1 million to support 50 research projects across the University’s four campuses.

The board has established a network of UM experts in each discipline. The board addresses specific criteria in evaluating a request. The board then considers the recommendations of the peer reviewers. Ann Miller, the Cynthia Tang Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at UM-Rolla, chairs the research board.

In October, researchers from UM filed 139 requests for grants, totaling nearly - $5 million. Approximately 36 percent of the requests were approved and approximately 20 percent of the total dollar amount requested was awarded.

The board granted six engineering requests for a total of - $168,945; nine in humanities and fine arts for a total of - $91,085; 14 in life sciences for a total of - $405,036; seven in physical sciences and mathematics for a total of - $142,334; and 14 in social and behavioral sciences for a total of - $191,556.

UM-Columbia

• Mahmoud Almasri, Electrical Engineering, $30,789
• Robert Baum, Religious Studies, $21,630
• Anand Chandrasekhar, Biological Sciences, $28,000
• Arun Chatterjee, Plant Microbiology, $21,800
• Joan Coates, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, $37,200
• Rebecca Dingo, English, $12,000
• David Farber, Accountancy, $6,500
• Elizabeth Giuliano, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, $22,736
• Cheryl Heesch, Dalton Research Center, $29,800
• Michael Hill, Dalton Research Center, $26,000
• Kristin Kopp, German and Russian Studies, $3,000
• April Langley, English, $2,000
• Hao Li, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, $24,700
• Ken MacLeod, Geological Sciences, $26,100
• Sandra Mortal, Finance, $6,500
• Charlotte Phillips, Biochemistry, $27,900
• Walter Puckett, Finance, $10,000
• Bimal Ray, Veterinary Pathobiology, $37,200
• Stephanie Reid-Arndt, Health Psychology, $16,491
• Lixing Reneker, Ophthalmology, $24,400
• Maikel Rheinstadter, Physics and Astronomy, $20,100
• Elizabeth Rogers, Biochemistry, $24,000
• Marjorie Sable, Social Work, $25,000
• Sashi Satpathy, Physics and Astronomy, $20,100
• Kristin Schwain, Art History and Archeology, $9,225
• A. Mark Smith, History, $6,230
• John Thyfault, Nutritional Sciences, $27,400
• Gregory Triplett, Electrical Engineering, $30,911
• Christopher Tuggle, Management, $6,500
• Julia Zarankin, German and Russian Studies, $12,000
• May Zhang, Accountancy, $6,500
• Xiaoqin Zou, Dalton Research Center, $32,600

UM-Kansas City

• Reza Derakhshani, Engineering, $26,797
• John Herron, History, $10,000
• Christopher Lovelace, Psychology, $23,995
• Thomas Menees, Cell Biology and Biophysics, $35,400
• Diane Mutti Burke, History, $10,000
• Lynda Payne, History, $10,000
• Joshua Rabinowitz, Psychology, $13,000

UM-Rolla

• Minsu Choi, Electrical Engineering, $26,800
• Keith Corzine, Electrical Engineering, $28,948
• Patrick Huber, History, $5,000
• Kelly Liu, Geological Science and Engineering, $21,700
• Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Chemistry, $21,100
• Jeffrey Winiarz, Chemistry, $20,100

UM-St. Louis

• Barbara Bucur, Psychology, $20,570
• Adrian Clingher, Mathematics and Computer Science, $13,134
• Frank Grady, English, $20,000
• Colin MacDiarmid, Biology, $30,600
• Michael Ohnersorgen, Anthropology, $26,500

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