2006-2007 Faculty Research Grant Recipients

Last Name

First Name

Dept.

Proposal Title

Fac.
Stipend

Stud.
Supp.

Travel

Supplies

Equip

Total
Budget

Amount Awarded

Barnes

Eric

Physics

Describing Stellar Orbits in Nonaxisymmetric Galaxy Models

$5,622

$0

$0

$0

$0

$5,622

$5,622

Bennie

Barbara

Mathematics

Stategic Market Games with Bayesian Learning

$5,133

$1,500

$0

$0

$0

$6,633

$6,633

Candido

Mariana

History

Creolization made in Africa: the transatlantic slave trade and formation of an Atlantic Community in Benguela, 1750-1850

$6,614

$0

$4,830

$155

$0

$11,599

$11,599

Greiner

Thomas

Health Professions

Investigation of the Intrinsic Joint Motion Patterns of the Primae Foot and Ankle

$0

$350

$550

$4,698

$670

$6,268

$6,268

Hoffman

Michael

Microbiology

Identification of the Late Budding Domain on the Human Parinfluenza Virus Type 3 Matrix Protein

$3,406

$0

$0

$3,405

$0

$6,811

$6,811

Hupy

Christina

Geog/Earth Science

Ecological Recovery of the Khe Sanh Battlefield Following Disturbance by Explosive Munitions in the Second Indochina War

$6,614

$2,250

$4,092

$400

$0

$13,356

$13,356

James-de-Oliveira

Enaldo

Music

Cultural Diversity in Programming for the UWL Symphony Orchestra: A database on symphonic music of composers from Costa Rica

$6,614

$0

$3,536

$120

$2,000

$12,270

$12,270

McAndrews

Tim

Sociol/Archaeology

Early Villages and Tiwanaku Expansion in Cochabamba, Bolivia

$6,614

$0

$0

$2,916

$0

$9,530

$9,530

Mortell

Heather

Chemistry

Preparation of an Unusual Amino Acid for Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

$6,600

$3,200

$0

$0

$72

$9,872

$9,872

Ragan and
Kernozek

Robert
Thomas

Physics &
Health Professions

Computational Modeling to Examine Anterior Cruciate Ligament Stress in Landing

$6,058

$0

$0

$880

$80

$7,018

$7,018

Rolfhus

Kristofer

Chemistry

Total and Methylmercury Content of Wild Rice on the Bad River (Chippewa) Reservation, WI

$6,614

$1,300

$186

$1,517

$0

$9,617

$9,617

Schneider

Jamie

Chemistry

Changing Students' Cognitive Abilities and Perceptions Through Guided Inquiry Approaches in General Chemistry

$6,614

$2,048

$0

$1,048

$0

$9,710

$9,710

Shin

Seung-Ryul

Art

Symbolism in and Aesthetics of Minhwa

$6,614

$0

$0

$404

$0

$7,018

$7,018

Thomsen

Meredith

Biology

Promoting the regeneration of floodplain forest tree species in gaps invaded by reed canary grass

$6,614

$780

$500

$3,000

$1,500

$12,394

$12,394

DeBoer

Betty

Psychology

The Association Between Self Concept, Cognition and Physical Impairment in Children with Cerebral Palsy

$3,450

$1,000

$363

$850

$450

$6,113

$6,113

Weaver

Todd

Chemistry

Picking Sides:  Importance of Sidedness Within the β-helix Structure of truncated hemolysin A from Proteus mirabilis

$6,614

$3,200

$0

$1,136

$0

$10,950

$10,950

Total

$144,781