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Volume 35, Number 1, February 2008

Research Board announces latest University awards

The University of Missouri Research Board, a University-wide panel composed of 20 faculty members, has awarded more than $1 million to support 42 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 and then considers the recommendations of the peer reviewers. Ann Miller, the Cynthia Tang Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at Missouri S&T, chairs the research board.

In October, researchers from UM filed 125 requests for grants, totaling more than $4 million. Approximately 34 percent of the requests were approved and approximately 25 percent of the total dollar amount requested was awarded.

The board granted seven engineering requests for a total of $182,683; 11 in humanities and fine arts for a total of $211,077; 10 in life sciences for a total of $395,703; six in physical sciences and mathematics for a total of $257,083; and eight in social and behavioral sciences for a total of $138,987.

MU

• Moises Arce, Political Science,$18,500
• Marybeth Brown, Physical Therapy, $28,600
• Donald Burke, Molecular Microbiology Immun., $27,400
• Shawn Christ, Psychological Sciences, $20,000
• Juanamaria Cordones-Cook, Romance Language & Literature, $16,282
• Jack Draper, Romance Language & Literature, $3,332
• Dan Edidin, Mathematics, $13,215
• Lori Eggert, Biological Sciences, $41,414
• Rangira Gallimore, Romance Languages, $10,000
• Michael Garcia, Biological Sciences, $32,900
• Christopher Hardin, Medical Pharmacy & Physiology, $26,800
• Pamela Hinton, Nutritional Sciences, $33,600
• Timothy Holtsford, Biological Sciences, $36,700
• Zhiqiang Hu, Civil Environmental Engineering, $25,011
• Toni Kazic, Computer Science, $24,800
• Scott Kovaleski, Electrical & Computer Engineering, $31,300
• Lampo Leong, Art, $7,918
• Yingkui Li, Geography, $20,733
• Rajiv Mohan, Ophthalmology, $27,300
• Wouter Montfrooij, Physics & Astronomy, $32,360
• Stephen Quackenbush, Political Science, $13,000
• Christine Spinka, Statistics, $13,000
• Margit Tavits, Political Science, $16,500
• Mahesh Thakkar, Neurology, $30,100
• Kathy Timms, Obstetrics/Gynecology, $30,700
• Vitor Trindade, Economics, $19,000
• Troy Zars, Biological Sciences, $32,700

UMKC

• Tina Hines, Nursing, $26,200
• Gregory King, Civil & Mechanical Engineering, $26,800
• Pei-Wei Lin, Civil & Mechanical Engineering, $20,604
• Clancy Martin, Philosophy, $3,000

Missouri S&T

• Baojun Bai, Geological Science & Engineering, $29,600
• Xiaoping Du, Mechanical Engineering, $24,472
• Hai Xiao, Electrical & Computer Engineering, $31,800

UMSL

• Eike Bauer, Chemistry & Biochemistry, $25,062
• Berit Brogaard, Philosophy, $10,000
• Steven Bruce, Psychology, $24,000
• Laurie Greco, Psychology, $40,000
• Jingyue Liu, Physics & Astronomy, $18,000
• Wendy Olivas, Biology, $30,100
• Patricia Parker, Biology, $34,800
• Eamonn Wall, English, $10,000

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