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Recent External Funding Awards

Beginning July 1, 2011 to Present

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• March 2013
• February 2013
• January 2013
• December 2012
• November 2012
• October 2012
• September 2012
• August 2012
• July 2012
• June 2012
• May 2012
• March 2012
• February 2012
• January 2012
• December 2011
• November 2011
• October 2011
• September 2011
• August 2011
• July 2011

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Awards from March 2013

MEEMIC Foundation| $2,337.00 |March 2013|New | To engage community youth in designing, building and flying kites to enhance their understanding of math and science concepts. PI: Mrs. Lori Brown, College of Aviation

Haworth, Inc | $90,000.00 |March 2013| Supplemental | To investigate the relationship between local forces and pressure in industrial seating in order to improve product performance. PI: Dr. Tycho Fredricks, Co-PI: Dr. Steven Butt, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Various Industries| $75,000.00 | March 2013| Supplemental |To provide research services to Green Manufacturing Industrial Consortium (GMIC) members in areas related to green manufacturing, including designs, materials, processes, energy, environment, facilities and end of use. PI: Dr. David Meade, Co-PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Colorado State University| $35,081.00 | March 2013|New | To reduce seismic risk for soft-story woodframe buildings by validating seismic retrofit concepts and increasing fundamental understanding of building collapse through experimental tests. PI: Dr. Xiaoyun Shao, Civil and Construction Engineering

Various Industries| $34,125.00 | March 2013| Supplemental |To provide breakthrough applied computer simulation knowledge in vehicle analysis and design to the vehicle industry. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala, CAVIDS Center

Various Industries| $25,000.00 | March 2013| Supplemental | To provide research services to Green Manufacturing Industrial Consortium (GMIC) members in areas related to green manufacturing, including designs, materials, processes, energy, environment, facilities and end of use. PI: Dr. David Meade, Co-PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Fabri-Kal| $7,440.00 | March 2013| New | To advance the current understanding of the thermoforming tool design process for improved cooling through the work of PhD student Tim Kruger. PI: Dr. David Meade, Manufacturing Engineering

Colorado State University| $4,500.00 | March 2013| New | To support an undergraduate REU student participating in the study of building collapse through experimental tests. PI: Dr.Xiaoyun Shao, Civil and Construction Engineering

Kalamazoo County Mental Health Services| $671,185.00 | March 2013| Supplemental | To provide daily living, communication, behavior control, and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI:Dr. Carol Sundberg, Center for Disability Services

County of Riverside Community Health Agency| $367,000.00 | March 2013| Supplemental | To support a research experience for undergraduate (REU) student. PI: Dr. Yan Lu, Biological Sciences

County of Riverside Community Health Agency| $367,000.00 | March 2013| Continuation |To support continued implementation, expansion, support and maintenance of the wichealth.org healthy child eating education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

State of Michigan Workforce Development Agency| $149,263.00 | March 2013| Renewal | To provide educational preparedness and college awareness to over 10,000 low income, underrepresented students in 38 Michigan school districts. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Kalamazoo College| $68,306.00 | March 2013| New |To digitally preserve one hundred twenty five volumes of Kakalazoo College's student newspaper using state of the art book imaging technology. PI: Dr. David Dickason, W.E. Upjohn Center for Geography Change.

Awards from February 2013

Stryker Instruments| $66,032.00 |February 2013|New | To provide training to Stryker Instruments personnel on essential skills and techniques for executing projects in R&D/Marketing settings. PI: Dr. Larry Mallak, Co-PI: Dr. David Lyth, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship | $16,863.00 |February 2013| Supplemental | To prepare highly skilled mathematics and science educators who can promote STEM education and STEM career pathways for Michigan students. PI: Dr. Timothy Greene, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Co-PIs: Dr. Marcia Fetters, Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies, Dr. Tabitha Mingus, Mathematics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention| $9,375.00 | February 2013| New |To provide a day long course on developing evaluation questions to Centers for Disease Control staff via their internal training program. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Co-PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation Center

National Science Foundation| $589,384.00 | February 2013|New | To identify and understand connections between photosynthesis and amino acid metabolism. PI: Dr. Yan Lu, Biological Sciences

National Aeronautics and Space Administration| $100,000..00 | February 2013| Supplemental |To improve the current understanding of the ionization balance and line emission of cosmic plasmas. PI: Dr. Thomas Gorczyca, Physics

Parker Hannifin Corporation| $31,268.00 | February 2013| New | To investigate and understand how aircraft hydraulic noise is propagated from AC electric motor pumps through the aircraft structure into the cabin, as part of the Parker Hannifin Quiet Aircraft Initiative (QAI) PI: Mr. Terrance Michmerhuizen, College of Aviation

University of Michigan| $14,945.00 | February 2012 | Continuation | To add two Kalamazoo hospitals for recruitment of participants for a study whose purpose is to get a better understanding of the link between birthing and pelvic floor disorders later in life. PI: Dr. Ruth Zielinski, School of Nursing

Prevention Works| $13,500.00 | February 2013| Continuation | To provide evaluation and consultation to Prevention Works substance abuse prevention programming. PI: Dr.Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

WGBH Educational Foundation| $10,298.00 | February 2013| Supplemental | To serve as process evaluators to test the effectiveness of WGBH's outreach program for middle school students Design Squad. PI:Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI

National Science Foundation| $6,250.00 | February 2013| Supplemental | To support a research experience for undergraduate (REU) student. PI: Dr. Yan Lu, Biological Sciences

State of Utah| $104,780.00 | February 2013| Continuation |To provide Utah WIC agencies with access, implemation and support associated with the wichealth.org online brease feeding peer counseling program. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Wayne County Regional Educational Services Agency| $100,000.00 | February 2013| Continuationl | To increase the content and pedagogy knowledge of 7 - 12 math and science teacher awareness of student misconceptions of content. PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI

West Michigan Rehabilition, PC| $70,800.00 | February 2013| Continuation |To provide stipend support for the graduate student atheletic training program. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services| $59,052.00 | February 2013|Renewall | To provide training opportunities to graduate students through supervised provision of behavioral consultation services to Kalamazoo County Mental Health staff and consumers. PI: Dr. Stephanie Peterson, Psychology

Kalamazoo College| $35,400.00 | February 2013| Continuation |To provide stipend support for the graduate student athletic training program. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

West Michigan Rehabilitation, PC| $1,200.00 | January 2013| Continuationl | To administer the graduate athletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Kalamazoo College| $600.00 | February 2013| Renewal |To administer the graduate athletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Memorial Library| February 2013| Continuationl | To create the Holocaust Educator Network of Michigan. PI: Dr. Johathan Bush, English

State of Michigan| $750,000.00 | February 2013| New |To support efforts related to the Seita Scholars program. PI: Dr. Yvonne Unrau, School of Social Work

Michigan Department of Education| $2,421.00 | February 2013| Continuationl | To provide meals and snacks to children receiving nonresidential daycare at WMU Childres's Place Learning Center. PI: Ms. Kathryn Marie Gilbert, The Children's Place

Western Michigan University Research Foundation| $20,000.00 | February 2013| New |To demonstrate the ability of 3D rapid phototyping system utilizing focused light energy to produce molds of complex shapes and various dimensions. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Co-PIs: Dr. Paul Fleming III, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging, Dr. Pavel Ikonomov, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Awards from January 2013

Michigan Department of Transportation| $24,999.00 |January 2013|New | To plan, organize and execute a seminar for MDOT engineers concerning NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) testing and techniques. PI: Dr. Haluk Aktak, Civil and Construction Engineering

University of Oregon | $150,654.00 |January 2013| New | To investigate image descriptions that sutdents with visual impairments or blindness use in place of printed charts, graphs, images or diagrams commonly embedded in math texts. PI: Dr. Robert Shawn Wall Emerson, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

EarthForce| $28,041.00 | January 2013| New |To deepen student understanding of science by providing opportunities to work directly on environmental problems in their communities and developing skills and personal commitment inherent in environmental literacy. PI: Dr. Mary Ann Sydlik, Co-PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, SAMPI

Argonne National Laboratory| $11,511.00 | January 2013|Continuation | To support Xuan Gao's student research at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. PI: Dr. Clement Burns, Physics

Metal Mechanics, Inc.| $1,144..00 | January 2013| Supplemental |To assess approximately 20 automotive lift drawings for their compliance with Automotive Lift Institute Standards by examing stresses and safety factors of applied loads. PI: Dr. Peter Gustafson, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Wayne State University| $175,000.00 | January 2013| New | To increase recruitment of underrepresented minority and low income students into health professions and ultimately improve access to primary care by residents of SW Michigan. PI: Dr. Richard Long, Co-PI: Dr. Earlie Washington, College of Health and Human Services

AXIOM Sales Force Development| $29,900.00 | December 2012 | Supplemental | To conduct the CommScope training impact evaluation. PI: Dr. Daniela Shroeter, Evaluation Center

Wayne State University| $80,000.00 | January 2013| New | To increase recruitment of underrepresented minority and low income students into health progessions and ultimately improve access to primary care by residents of SW Michigan. PI: Dr. Richard Long, Co-PI: Dr. Earlie Washington, College of Health and Human Services

State of Michigan Workforce Development Agency| $53,700.00 | January 2013| Renewal | To increase the number of academically and/or economically disadvantaged students who enroll in and complete teacher education programs at the baccalaureate level. PI: Ms. Jodie Palmer, Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

State of Michigan Workforce Development Agency| $150,000.00 | January 2013| Continuation | To increase the graduation rates of academically and/or economically disadvantaged students currently enrolled at WMU. PI: Ms. Diana Hernandez, Ms. Vunsin Hiew Doublestein, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Western Michigan University Research Foundation| $19,576.00 | January 2013| New |To address the need for selective anion extraction agents, for the efficient removal of anions interfering with certain technological processes. PI: Dr. Gellert Mezei, Chemistry

Western Michigan University Reserarch Foundation| $10,000.00 | January 2013| Newl | To develop a new non-conventional device called wing oscillator to extract wind energy for electrical power generation. PI: Dr. Tianshu Liu, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Awards from December 2012

Iowa State University| $30,192.00 |December 2012 |Continuation | To study the impact of the HHMI project at Iowa State University. PI: Dr. Charles Henderson, Mallinson Institute for Science Education

American Chemical Society | $100,000.00 | December 2012| New | To prepare a new generation of porous metal organic frameworks (MOF's) for the improved storage of alternative fuels (H2 andCH4) and sequestration of CO2, and catalysis, based on large oligomeric phthalocyanine molecular panels. PI: Dr. Gellert Mezei, Chemistry

Arizona Geological Survey Headquarters| $99,315.00 | December 2012 | Continuation |To compile Michigan specific geothermal data in an integrated, distributed and searchable national data system that should drive renewed efforts to identify, assess, and exploit geothermal energy resources across the U.S. PI: Dr. William B Harrison III, Geosciences

Office of Naval Research| $60,000.00 | December 2012 |Supplemental | To extend the fatigue crack drive force model developed for ambient environments to crack nucleation and propagation in corrosion fatigue and stress corrosion cracking situations. PI: Dr. Daniel Kujawski, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

University of Notre Dame| $50,000.00 | December 2012 | New |To construct a Dual Ion Beam Accelarator for Nuclear Astrophysics to measure low energy stable beam reactions near stellar temperature conditions in a background free underground environment. PI: Dr. Michael Famiano, Physics

Various Industries| $50,000.00 | December 2012 | Supplemental | To provide breadthrough applied computer simlation knowledge in vehicle analysis and design to the vehicle industry. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala, CAVIDS Center

Various Industries| $34,125.00 | December 2012 | Supplemental | To provide breakthrough applied computer simulation knowledge in vehicle analysis and design to the vehicle industry. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala, CAVIDS Center

AXIOM Sales Force Development| $29,900.00 | December 2012 | Supplemental | To conduct the CommScope training impact evaluation. PI: Dr. Daniela Shroeter, Evaluation Center

Micro Laser Assisted Technology, LLC| $25,546.00 | December 2012 | New | To test and evaluate the feasibility of coupling a laser to a diamond cutting tool in a hybrid package arrangement used in the micro laser assisted machining of semiconductors and ceramics. PI: Dr. Anthony Vizzini, Co-PI: Dr. John Patten, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Bronson Healthcare Group| $25,000.00 | December 2012 | New | To strengthen nursing practice in the Southwest Michigan Region through knowledge sharing mechanisms to promote lifelong learning and exchange/dissemination of best practices. PI: Dr. Linda Zoeller, Co-PI: Dr. Karen Bergman, School of Nursing

International Labor Organization| $20,000.00 | December 2012 | New | To provide an independent external metaevaluation to identify perceived inconsistencies in evaluations. PI: Dr. Daniela Shroeter, Co-PI: Ms. Kelly Robertson, Evaluation Center

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory| $19,800.00 | December 2012 | New |To provide expertise in ongoing merged ion beam work with negative ions including maintaining and operating equipment for merged ion-photon beam experiments. PI: Dr. Nora Berrah, Physics

Texas State University-San Marcos| $15,781.00 | December 2012 | Newl | To develop, implement and assess 2 modular courses dealing with environmental, health and safety issues related to nanotechnology for undergraduates in engineering. PI: Dr. Fritz Allhoff, Philosophy

Metal Mechanics, Inc. |$2,287.00 | December 2012 | New | To assess approximately 20 automotive lift drawings for their compliance with Automotive Lift Institute Standards by examining stresses and safety factors of applied loads. PI: Dr. Peter Gustafson, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

American Psychological Association| $1,000.00 | December 2012 | New| To profile best practices of rural business owners who are Social Media Champions in their communities. PI: Dr. Barbara Frazier, Family and Consumer Sciences

American Psychological Association| $1,000.00 | December 2012 | New |To provide assessment tools in completion of "African American men's Health: Regulating race-related stress through cognitive flexibility" research dissertation project. PI: Dr.Lonnie Duncan, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Tetra Discovery, LLC| $366.00 | December 2012 | New | To order pentobarbital for use by Tetra Discovery, LLC in animal experiments. PI: Dr. Lisa Baker, Psychology

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services | $992,986.00 | December 2012 | Supplemental | To provide daily living, communication, behavior control, and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI: Dr. Carol Sundbert, Center for Disability Services

Corporation for Public Broadcasting| 153,828.00 | December 2012 | Renewal | To sustain public radio services in local communities, WMUK will use the majority of the funds to pay for national program acquisition. PI: Mr. Gordon Bolar, WMUK Radio

State of Nevada WIC| $37,620.00 |December 2012 |New | To support Nevada WIC staff provide Nevada WIC clients with access to wichealth.org as a resource for meeting WIC secondary contact. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Kalamazoo Public Library | $11,460.00 | December 2012 | New | To assist Kalamazoo Public Library in a mail survey to obtain data on residents' attitudes towards, awareness about and usage of the Kalamazoo Public Library. PI: Dr. Whitney Gunter, Sociology

North Dakota Department of Health| 4,340.00 | December 2012 | New | To support North Dakota WIC staff and provide North Dakota Wic Clients with access to sichealth.org as a resource for meeting WIC secondary contact. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Humanities Council| $3,000.00 | December 2012 |New | To bring the Grand Rapids Ballet to Miller Auditorium to perform The Nutcracker on December 8 and 9, 2012. PI: Ms. Tracey Lawie, Miller Auditorium

Awards from November 2012

Residential Opportunities Incorporated| $49,436.00 |November 2012 |Renewal | To provide behavioral services at the Great Lakes Center for Autism Treatment and provide training and experience opportunities for WMU students via an education practicum. PI: Dr. Stephanie Peterson, Co-PI: Dr. Jessica Frieder, Psychology

Western Michigan University School of Medicine | $40,801.01 | November 2012| New | To teach research design and presentation techniques to WMed residents and assist in the development of resident research projects. PI: Dr. Peter Gustafson, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention| $9,375.00 | November 2012 | New | To provide a two day training course that will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate with diverse stakeholders about issues related to data interpretation. PI: Dr. Daniela Shroeter, Co-PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Evaluation Center

NFPA Education and Technology Foundation| $100,000.00 | November 2012 |New | To establish a multi-disciplinary Fluid Power System Design Laboratory PI: Dr. Alamgir Choudhury, Co-PI: Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Mighigan Department of Agriculture| $75,000.00 | November 2012 | New |To guide hops cultivar development in Michigan by using a combination of state of the art chemical analysis instrumentation in parallel with multi-locus genotyping. PI: Dr. Andre Venter, Chemistry, Co-PI: Dr. Todd Barkman, Biological Sciences

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality| $54,400.00 | November 2012 | New | To collaborate with watershed partners in re-evaluating water quality throughout the Arcadia Creek watershed after ten years of implementing stormwater best management practices (BMP) PI: Mr. Peter Strazdas, Landscape Services

Michigan Department of State Police| $53,094.00 | November 2012 | New | To continue developing standards in FY 2013 for evaluating Michigan agencies which receive highway safety funds to implement behavioral based traffic safety programming. PI: Dr. Valerian Kwigizlle, Co-PI: Dr. Jun-Seok Oh, Civil and Construction Engineering

Sintokogio, LTD| $50,000.00 | November 2012 | New | To evaluate greensand systems using a portable aeration technology in foundry trials in order to improve molding capacity, quality and energy efficiency. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Michigan Department of Agriculture| $45,658.00 | November 2012 | New | To identify best marketing practices and provide recommendations to enhance the competitiveness of speciality crop producers in Michigan. PI: Dr. Lucius Hallet IV, Co-PI's: Dr. Gregory Veeck, Geography, Dr. Ann Veeck, Marketing

Northeastern University| $41,546.00 | November 2012 | Continuation | To investigate, characterize, model and derive practicle procedures for the consequences of column shear-axial failure on the collapse of vulnerable RC frame buildings. PI: Dr. Xiaoyun Shao, Civil and Construction Engineering

RAND Corporation| $30,000.00 | November 2012 | Continuation | To provide national evaluation of the Department of Justice Safe Start promising Approaches grant by providing funds to sites to collect and submit data from control sites to use in evaluation of data in the Safe Start program. PI: Dr. James Henry, School of Social Work

University of Chicago| $27,600.00 | November 2012 | Supplemental |To improve the capacity of research to design and analyze data from group randomized trials. PI: Dr. Jessaca Spybrook, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

New York City College of Technology| $13,100.00 | November 2012 | Newl | To provide an evaluation that will generate timely feedback to enable reflection on the effectiveness of the project's implementation strategies so that improvements can be made as necessary. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Evaluation Center

Michigan Department of Education| $10,988.00 | November 2012 | Continuation | To provide technical assistance to the Michigan Department of Education, to conduct a cross-site evaluation of Title II A (3) program. PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI

Iowa State University | $6,268.00 | November 2012 | New| To profile best practices of rural business owners who are Social Media Champions in their communities. PI: Dr. Barbara Frazier, Family and Consumer Sciences

Western Michigan University School of Medicine | $4,250.00 | November 2012 | New |To investigate the design of surgical screws and compare the effectiveness of two screw types in stabilizing fractured synthetic bone. PI: Dr. Peter Gustafson, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Michigan State University| $3,500.00 | November 2012 | Supplemental | To plan and implement all evaluation activities for this project, including development of instruments and procedures, data collection, data analysis and reporting. PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI

The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, Inc. | $3,000.00 | November 2012 | Supplemental | To serve as a data collection site for Development Trauma Disorder Field Trial. PI: Ms. Connie Black-Pond, School of Social Work

Michigan Department of Community Health| 16,500.00 | November 2012 | Renewal | To maintain a comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Clinic which includes diagonostic services, training and advocacy, and accepts at-risk cases from the community. PI: Ms. Connie Black-Pond, School of Social Work.

Kalamazoo Center for Youth and Community| $10,000.00 |November 2012 |New | To provide an after school occupation enrichment program to adolescents in Kalamazoo's Eastside and Eastwood neighborhoods to determine challenges of everyday living and create strategies that will enable engagement and participation. PI: Dr. Ann Chapleau, Occupational Therapy

American Academy of Religion | $3,000.00 | November 2012 | New | To bring together Religious Studies scholars primarily from the Midwest to advance scholarship on religion, health and the body in North America. PI: Dr.Brian Wilson, Comparative Religion

Michigan Department of Community Health| 2,000.00 | November 2012 | Renewal | To provide diabetes related technical assistance and 2 geographic information systems (GIS) maps of Michigan diabetes related data. PI: Dr. Amy B Curtis, Interdisiplinary Health Sciences

U.S. Department of Education| $284,754.00 | November 2012 |Continuation | To provide academic and other support services to low income, first generation of disabled college students to increase retention and graduation rates. PI: Dr. Charlotte L Giscombe, Academic Skills Center

State of Michigan Workforce Development Agency| $87,451.00 | November 2012 | Continuation |To support the development and implementation of multiple retention strategies in consideration of indentified institution specific academic and non academic barriers impacting equality of opportunity and achievement. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth| $98,328.00 | November 2012 | Renewal | To provide doctoral fellowships to doctoral students. PI: Mr. Tony O'Dennis, The Graduate College

Awards from October 2012

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services| $399,975.00 | October 2012 | Renewal | To provide a continuum of services from trauma screening assessment to evidence support family treatment. PI: Dr. James Henry, School of Social Work, Co-PI: Ms. Connie Black-Pond, Ms. Margaret Richardson, Unified Clinics

Michigan Department of Transportation| $249,997.00 | October 2012 | New |To develop a comprehensive structural bridge health monitoring program through risk-informed, inspection-based bridge maintenance based upon remote monitoring of fatigue sensitive areas. PI: Dr. Upul Attanayake, Co-PI: Dr. Haluk Aktan, Civil and Construction Engineering

Michigan Department of Education| $93,457.00 | October 2012 | Continuation | To provide technical assistance to the Michigan Department of Education, to conduct a cross site evaluation of Title II A(3) program.PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, Mallison Institute for Science Education

University of North Carolina at Charlotte| $73,551.00 | October 2012 | New |To examine a variety of factors surrounding teachers' implementations of curricular resources in middle school mathematics classrooms and tie those factors to student understanding. PI: Dr. Joh Davis, Mathematics

The American Foundry Society, Inc.| $28,000.00 | October 2012 | Supplemental | To use an alternative testing technique for active clay in green snad in order to develop better controls for green sand casting technology. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Co-PI: Dr. Jan Pekarovic, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging

Delaware State University| $38,188.00 | October 2012 | New |To provide evaluation services to Delaware State University's National Science Foundation IGERT grant PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Co-PI: Ms. Crystin Martens, Evaluation Center

University of North Carolina at Charlotte| $73,551.00 | October 2012 | New | To evaluate a project being carried out by Central Michigan University and assess the project's impact on participating teachers and faculty. PI: Dr. Mary Ann Sydlik, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Ruhf, SAMPI

University of Louisville| $70,301.00 | October 2012 |Supplemental |To implement a targeted study to evaluate the National Research Center or Career and Technical Education's effectiveness and assess their work against GRPA measures. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation Center, Co-PI: Dr. Richard Zinser, Family and Consumer Sciences

Delaware State University| $38,188.00 | October 2012 | New | To provide evaluation services to Delaware State University's National Science Foundation IGERT grant. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Co-PI: Ms. Krystin Martens, Evaluation Center

The American Foundry Society, Inc.| $28,000.00 | October 2012 | New |To use an alternative testing technique for active clay in green sand in order to develop better controls for green sand casting technology. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Co-PI: Dr. Jan Pekarovic, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging

Various Industries| $25,000.00 | October 2012 |Supplemental |To provide research services to Green Manufacturing Industrial Consortium (GMIC) members in areas related to green manufacturing, including designs, materials, processes, energy, environment, facilities and end of use. PI: Dr. David Meade, Co-PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Argonne National Laboratory| 20,000.00 | October 2012 | New | To understand the limitations in the current carring capacity of high temperature superconductors as the key barrier to the vaible wide-spread applications of these materials. PI: Dr.Asghar Kayani, Physics

The American foundry Society, Inc.| 20,000.00 | October 2012 | New |To reduce or eliminate veining in molded materials using three new thermo-mechanical models as veining predictors. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Central Michigan University| $18,615.00 | October 2012 | New | To evaluate a project being carried out by Central Michigan University and assess the project's impact on participating teachers and faculty. PI: Dr. Mary Ann Sydlik, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Ruhf, SAMPI

Child Care Resources| $7,000.00 | October 2012 | New |To conduct an evaluation study of the Child Development Associates Training Program on program quality. PI: Dr. Regena Fails Nelson, Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Nissan Technical Center North America | $3,016.00 | October 2012 | Supplemental | To examine patterns of sound level fluctuations at intersections, timing and performance of street crossing decisions by blind pedestrians and examine how different vehicle types and vehicle sound levels affect blind pedestrians. PI: Dr. Dae Shik Kim, Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Co-PI's: Dr. Koorosh Naghshineh, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Dr. Robert Shawn Wall Emerson, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services| $639,364.00 | October 2012 | New | To identify, treat and improve the social and emotional well being and developmental functioning of foster care children in Genesee County. PI: Dr. James Henry, School of Social Work, Co-PI's: Ms. Connie Black-Pond, Ms. Margaret Richardson, Unified Clinics

Michigan Department of Community Health | $196,065.00 | October 2012 | Renewal | To provide Michigan WIC clients access to wichealth.org as a resource for meeting WIC secondary contact and to provide support to WIC staff. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Campus Compact | $15,000.00 | October 2012 | Continuation |To provide families with information to ensure an understanding of the process and preparation for a post-secondary education. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Michigan Department of Education| $2,081.00 | October 2012 | Continuation | To provide meals and snacks to children receiving nonresidential daycare at WMU Children's Place Learning Center. PI: Mrs. Janice Quakenbush, The Children's Place

State of Michigan Workforce Development Agency| $1,500.00 | October 2012 | Renewal | To support travel expenses of the WMU Americorps VISTA representative. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

U.S. Department of Education| $709.00 | October 2012 | Supplemental | To offer a College Assistance Migrant Program to 40 participants annually; providing outreach and recruitment services, comprehensive academic and student support services and follow-up services for students to continue in postsecondary education. PI: Ms. Diana Hernandez, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Awards from September 2012

Confucius Institute Headquarters| $148,030.00 |September 2012 |Continuation | To support the general operation of the Confucius Institute from the initial operation funds signed in 2009. PI: Dr. Donald G. McCloud Sr., Haenicke Institute for International Studies

Summit Pointe | $117,019.21 | September 2012 | New | To provide evidence-based behavioral assessment and treatment for 1 through 18 year old individuals with autism and developmental disabilities in Calhoun County. PI: Dr. Jessica Frieder, Psychology

Summit Pointe| $48,783.64 | September 2012 | New | To provide behavioral assessment and treatment services to consumers of Summit Pointe, while providing training and experience opportunities for WMU students via an academic practicum. PI: Dr. Jessica Frieder, Psychology

University of North Carolina at Charlotte| $518,276.00 | September 2012 |Continuation | To provide general to intensive technical assistance, to state and local educational agencies to foster implementation and scale up of evidence-based transition education and services. PI: Dr. Paula Kohler, Vice President for Research

National Science Foundation| $257,544.00 | September 2012 | New |To develop a theory of productive use of student mathematical thinking. PI: Dr. Laura VanZoest, Mathematics

U.S. Department of Justice | $250,000.00 | September 2012 | Continuation | To effectively reduce violence impact in Kalamazoo by identifying and intervening with children and families in high risk neighborhoods with a host of community partners. PI: Dr. James Henry, School of Social Work, Co-PIs: Dr. Ben Atchison, Occupational Therapy, Ms. Connie Black-Pond, Unified Clinics, Dr. Yvette Hyter, Speech Pathology and Audiology

National Science Foundation| $249,993.00 | September 2012 | New | To identify and validate innovative evaluation practices and effective evaluation principles in STEM education with goals of improving the quality and quantity of science instruction time in elementary school classrooms. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation, Co-PIs: Dr. Chris Coryn, Evaluation, Dr. Lori Wingate, Evaluation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service| $180,648.00 | September 2012 | New | To test a non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable biopolymer (chitosan) in vivo to test its efficacy against Geomyces destructans, the causative agent of White Nose Syndrom in bats. PI: Dr. Maarten Vonhof, Biological Sciences

National Science Foundation| $180,459.00 | September 2012 | New | To develop and field test new predictive models to locate fossil localities using methods from the geospatial sciences. PI: Dr. Robert Anemone, Anthropology, Co-PI: Dr. Charles Emerson, Geography

Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative | $125,456.00 | September 2012 | New | To perform a three-pronged evaluation to gather information that will inform the Early Learning Neighborhood model. PI: Dr. Earlie Washington, College of Health and Human Services, Co-PI: Dr. Linwood Cousins, School of Social Work

Delloite Consulting, LLP| $83,227.00 | September 2012 | New | To prepare a publishable manuscript based on a previously conducted metaevaluation and develop evaluation checklists related to the metaevaluation work. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Evaluation

Saginaw Valley State University Regional Math & Science Center| $50,000.00 | September 2012 | New |To evaluate a project that trains K-8th grade teachers with the Intel Program and to deepen their understanding of mathematics PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Ruhf, SAMPI

Michigan Mathematics & Science Centers UCI Division | $30,563.00 | September 2012 | Renewal | To provide technical assistance and consultation to a network of 33 math and science centers in Michigan. PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI

Prevention Works| $23,000.00 | September 2012 | Continuation | To provide evaluation and consultation to Prevention Works substance abuse prevention programming. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Go Metal, LLC | $20,037.00 | September 2012 | New | To develop an extraction technology of platinum group metals from automotive catalytic converters.PI: Dr. Gellert Mezei, Chemistry

U.S. Geological Survey | $20,000.00 | September 2012 | New |To create digital data and data sets from cores, cuttings and well records received by the Michigan Geological Survey and use that data in research and education. PI: Dr. William Harrison III, Geosciences

Michigan Department of Transportation| $19,999.86 | September 2012 | New | To advance the durability of highway structures in Michigan through research and other resources of the WMU Center of Excellence in Structural Durability. PI: Dr. Haluk Aktan, Civil and Construction Engineering

University of Notre Dame | $12,760.00 | September 2012 | Supplemental | To develop and provide a design for an underground accelerator laboratory, Dakota Ion Accelerators for Nuclear Astrophysics (DIANA) at the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab in South Dakota. PI: Dr. Michael Famiano, Physics

The John E. Fetzer Institute, Inc.| $6,600.00 | September 2012 | New | To provide assessment and evaluation of the initiative: Project Number 3086.00 which is a culturally based health training for Latino and African-American communities being undertaken by the Enlace of Chicago. PI: Dr. Doris Ravotas, School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs

Bronson Research | $4,991.00 | September 2012 | New |To investigate and develop a model for optimal location of hand sanitizer dispensers at Bronson Healthcare Group, using human factors and usability engineering tools. PI: Dr. Laila Nadime Cure Vellojin, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Grand Valley State University | $4,291.00 | September 2012 | New |To facilitate the conservation of hoary bats in Hawaii. PI: Maarten Vonhof, Biological Sciences

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services | $279,632.00 | September 2012 | Supplemental |To provide daily living, communication behavior control, and social skills PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services| $279,632.00 | September 2012 | Supplemental | To provide daily living, communication, behaviro control, and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI: Dr. Carol Sundberg, Center for Disability Services

University of Michigan| $140,000.00 | September 2012 | New |To accelerate technology transfer from Michigan's institutions of Higher Education to the private sector for commercialization of competitive edge technologies and bioeconomy technologies. PI: Dr. Michael Sharer, Vice President for Research

Michigan Department of Transportation| $135,736.64 | September 2012 |Supplemental | To perform research in rapid bridge construction, demolition and joint durability.PI: Dr. Haluk Aktan, Co-PI: Dr. Upul Attanayake, Civil and Construction Engineering

U.S. Department of Education| $123,314.00 | September 2012 | Continuation |To provide a comprehensive parent support program and extend the reduced child care tuition rates to Pell eligible parents of preschoolers.PI: Dr. Ms. Kathryn Gilbert, The Children's Place, Co-PI: Dr. Regena Fails Nelson, Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Confucius Institute Headquarters| $40,000.00 | September 2012 | New |To offer the opportunity to gain exposure to the Chinese language and celebrate the cultural elements of China. PI: Dr. Donald McCloud, Sr., Haenicke Institute for International Studies

Washington State Department of Health| $28,875.00 | September 2012 | Continuation |To provide Washington WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrition education system. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Education| $14,573.00 | September 2012 | Continuation |To develop professional development resources and sessions for the most pertinenet issues surrounding CTE teacher education in Michigan. PI: Dr. Robert Manley, Co-PI: Dr. Richard Zinser, Family and Consumer Sciences

State of Vermont Department of Health| $13,000.00 | September 2012 | New |To provide Vermont WIC slients access to wichealth.org as a resource for meeting WIC secondary contact. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and health Education

Kansas Department of Administration| $9,500.00 | September 2012 | Continuation |To provide Kansas WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrition education system. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research| $6,000.00 | September 2012 | Renewal |To support the Werner Sichel Lecture Seminar Series "The Political Economy of Good Governance" PI: Dr. Donald Meyer, Economics

U.S. Department of Education| $213,180.00 | September 2012 | Continuation |To increase the retention, graduation, and academic success of the 140 program participants through an array of intensive, holistic, student-centered services. PI: Ms. Laura Ciccantell, Academic Advising, Co-PI: Dr. Katharine Cummings, College of Education and Human Development

Awards from August 2012

U.S. Department of Education| $295,372.00 | August 2012 |Renewal | To train 44 adapted physical education teachers over four years using the hybrid online master's program. PI: Dr. Jiabei Zhang, Human Performance and Health Education

U.S. Department of Education | $147,336.00 | August 2012 | Continuation | To support training of a 6 semester generalist degree and a 7 semester dual degree in rehabilitation counseling specialing in Blindness and Low Vision, graduating 30 counselors in the 5 year project. PI: Dr. Jennipher Wiebold, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Co-PIs: Dr. James Leja, Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Dr. Patrick Munley, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

U.S. Department of Education| $98,195.00 | August 2012 | Continuation | To increase the number of highly qualified Vision Rehabilitation Therapists trained to provide rehabilitation services to individuals with vision impairments by graduating 60 students in the 5 year grant cycle. PI: Dr. Helen Lee, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

U.S. Department of Education| $649,157.00 | August 2012 |Continuation | To provide comprehensive instruction and mentoring to aspiring and practicing principals in high need school districts monitoring program effectiveness. PI: Dr. Jianping Shen, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

National Science Foundation| $536,036.00 | August 2012 | New |To promote the goals of the NSF ATE program by partnering with projects and centers to strengthen the program's evaluation knowledge base, expand the use of exemplary evaluation practices, and support the continuous improvement. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Co-PI: Dr. Arlen Gullickson, Evaluation

National Science Foundation | $414,092.00 | August 2012 | Continuation | To enhance student success in Engineering and Applied Sciences through effective academic and student affairs collaboration in providing activities and other resources to students. PI: Dr. Edmund Tsang, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Co-PIs: Dr. Paul Engelmann, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Dr. Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation| $299,536.00 | August 2012 | New | To document the current use of evidence based instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses at WMU. PI: Dr. Charles Henderson, Physics, Co-PIs: Dr. Andrea Beach, Office of University Assessment, Dr. Timothy Greene, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

National Science Foundation| $190,852.00 | August 2012 | New | To improve knowledge of the diffusion of research-based instructional strategies. PI: Dr. Charles Henderson, Physics

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research| $168,730.00 | August 2012 | New | To map algal blooms in Kuwait Bay and develop methodologies to distinguish toxic from non-toxic blooms. PI: Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Geosciences

Heart of West Michigan United Way | $149,818.00 | August 2012 | New | To determine the effectiveness of the Anchor Organization Network in terms of leadership capacity, cost, and impacts on structural racism. PI: Stephanie Evergreen, Evaluation

U.S. Department of Energy| $100,000.00 | August 2012 | Renewal | To study highly correlated materials using inelastic x-ray scattering techniques at x-ray synchrotrons. PI: Dr. Clement Burns, Physics

U.S. Geological Survey| $77,637.00 | August 2012 | New |To complete surficial geologic mapping of 3 quadrangles in Calhoun County. PI: Dr. Alan Kehew, Geosciences

Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc. | $76,076.00 | August 2012 | Supplemental | To develop a videogrammatic model deformation (VMD) measurement system for aeroelastic testing. PI: Dr. Tianshu Liu, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Exactheat, LLC| $59,635.00 | August 2012 | New | To develop a new type of heating device for horticultural applications which will operate in cold weather environments. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Dunlap and Associates, Inc. | $59,359.89 | August 2012 | New | To assess the effects of increasing accelerator pedal resistance when the driver is speeding, on the incidence of speeding behavior in young drivers, using two data collection methods. PI: Dr. Ron Van Houten, Psychology

U.S. Geological Survey | $58,829.00 | August 2012 | New |To extend surficial geologic mapping of southwest Michigan quadrangles into Barry County. PI: Dr. Alan Kehew, Geosciences

Simons Foundation| $35,000.00 | August 2012 | New | To support and strengthen several active long-standing research partnerships. PI: Dr. Andrzej Dudek, Mathematics

Bronson Orthopedic and Sports Medicine | $200,400.00 | August 2012 | Amendment | To support the WMU graduate student atheletic trainers working at various high schools.PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Campus Compact| $15,000.00 | August 2012 | New | To engage WMU students in service learning opportunities that address issues of college access for all youth and families in Southwest Michigan. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Iowa Department of Public Health | $13,000.00 | August 2012 | Continuation |To provide Iowa WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrition education system. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

General Electric Company GE Aviation| $12,000.00 | August 2012 | Supplemental | To provide training to GE Aviation personnel through Avionics, Private Pilot Ground and Instrument Rating Ground Schools. PI: Dr. Raymond Thompson, Co-PIs: Martin Grant, Michael Ludwiczak, College of Aviation

Bronson Orthopedic and Sports Medicine | $3,600.00 | August 2012 | Amendment |To administer the graduate atheletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Inter Tribal Council of Nevada WIC| $3,500.00 | August 2012 | Continuation | To provide ITCN WIC clients with access to wichealth.org as a resource for meeting WIC secondary contact.PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Community Health| $1,500.00 | August 2012 | Supplemental |To maintain a comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Clinic which includes diagnostic services, training and advocacy and accepts at risk cases from the community. PI: Dr. James Henry, Co-PI: Connie Black-Pond, School of Social Work

University of Michigan| $2,500.00 | August 2012 |Supplemental | To explore ways to expand and strengthen the Michigan AGEP Alliance, most notable by bringing Michigan Tech into the alliance. PI: Dr. Susan Stapleton, The Graduate College

National Science Foundation| $42,000.00 | August 2012 | New |To provide a fellowship award to a graduate student in Chemistry. This award provides a stipend and educational allowance to cover tuition, fees and other expenses. PI: Dr. Susan Stapleton, The Graduate College

Awards from July 2012

U.S. Department of Education| $277,833.00 | July 2012 |Continuation | To prepare individuals as Teachers of Children with Visual Impairments, Orientation and Mobility Specialists. PI: Dr. Robert Wall Emerson, Co-PI: Donna Lee, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

Japan Foundation New York | $59,319.00 | July 2012 | Continuation | To add positions to the Foreign Languages department, in order to offer an undergraduate major in Japanese studies. PI: Jeffrey Angles, World Languages and Literatures, Co-PI: Dr. Stephen Covell, Comparative Religion

National Science Foundation| $1,120,552.00 | July 2012 | Continuation | To design, develop, field-test, refine, and bring to publication an alternative fourth-year mathematics course. PI: Dr. Christian Hirsch, Mathematics

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services| $415,660.00 | July 2012 |New | To analyze the neuroprotective and/or preventative effect of an alpha7 ACh agonist, PNU-282987, in an in vitro model of excitotoxicity and in an in vivo model that mimics glaucoma-like conditions. PI: Dr. Cindy Linn, Biological Sciences

Various Industries| $187,334.00 | June 2012 | Continuation |To conduct research and provide testing services in specialized areas of paper scienc e engineering in association with industry. PI: Mr. Joel Kendrick, Ausiliary Enterprises

Michigan Department of Transportation | $201,851.00 | July 2012 | New | To develop performance measures for non-motorized dynamics. PI: Dr. Jun-Seok Oh, Co-PIs: Dr. Valerian Kwigizile, Civil and Construction Engineering, Dr. Joseph McKean, Statistics

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Center for Research and Evaluation| $182,112.00 | July 2012 | Renewal | To improve the design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of science education interventions by improving the accuracy of the parameter extimates used in their power analyses and corresponding estimates of minimum sample size. PI: Jessaca Spybrook, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

National Aeronautics and Space Administration| $173,221.00 | July 2012 | Supplemental | To research the coolest iron-peak species in astrophysics. PI: Dr. Manuel Bautista, Physics

National Science Foundation| $145,000.00 | July 2012 | Supplemental | To systhesize new catalysts to enable solar energy conversion and gydrogen production. PI: Dr. Sherine Obare, Chemistry

Dmitry Zimin's Dynasty Foundation for Not-For-Profit Programs | $101,901.00 | July 2012 | New | To provide a comprehensive, independent, external evaluation of performance in comparison to the highest international standards with the intent to explore new opportunities for improving performance. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation, Co-PIs: Dr. Brooks Applegate, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, Dr. Chris Coryn, Evaluation

Denso North America Foundation| $50,000.00 | July 2012 | New | To optimize performance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in a Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Cornell University | $23,224.00 | July 2012 | New |To build optimizied parameter estimation algorithms for improvement of methane and nitrogen fluxes in a climate model. PI: Dr. Lei Meng, Geography

RAND Corporation| $20,000.00 | July 2012 | Supplemental | To provide national evaluation of the Department of Justice Safe Start Promising approaches grant by providing funds to sites to collect and submit data from control sites to use in evaluation of data in the main Safe Start program. PI: Dr. James Henry, School of Social Work

Michigan State University| $15,000.00 | July 2012 | New | To collect, process and analyze data from multiple sources for distributed modeling of water and pollutnat transport in the Great Lakes watersheds. PI: Dr. Chansheng He, Geography

World Vision International| $8,000.00 | July 2012 | New | To enable reporting at national, regional and global levels that is affordable and fit for purpose. PI: Dr. Chris Coryn, Co-PI: Kelly robertson, Evaluation

University of Notre Dame | $3,000.00 | July 2012 | New |To support an undergraduate student who will take party in a research project investigating the biodegradability of two ionic liquids using microbial communities collected from the South Bend and Kalamazoo waste water treatment facilities. PI: Dr. Kathryn Docherty, Biological Sciences

West Michigan Rehabilitation, PC| $66,800.00 | July 2012 | Renewal | To employ graduate atheletic training students at various sites. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Bronson Orthopedic and Sports Medicine | $33,400.00 | July 2012 | Supplemental | To support the WMU graduate student atheletic trainers working at various high schools.PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

State of Oklahoma WIC Services| $16,000.00 | July 2012 | Renewal | To provide Oklahoma WIC clients access to services and support associated with wichealth.org nutrition education system. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and health Education

Michigan Humanities Council | $10,000.00 | July 2012 | Continuation |To host the 2012 Fort St. Joseph Archaeology open house August 11-12, 2012. PI: Dr. Michael Nassaney, Anthropology

Alaska Department of Health & Social Services| $5,000.00 | July 2012 | Continuation | To support the expansion of the www.wichealth.org Healthy Child Education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and health Education

West Michigan Rehabilitation, PC | $1,200.00 | July 2012 | Continuation |To administer the graduate atheletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Bronson Orthopedic and Sports Medicine| $600.00 | July 2012 | Supplemental | To administer the graduate atheletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

U.S. Department of Education | $407,706.00 | July 2012 | New |To offer a College Assistance Migrant Program to 40 participants annually; providing outreach and recruitment services, comprehensive academic and student support services and follow-up services for students to continue in postsecondary education. PI: Diana Hernandez, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Michigan Department of Education| $3,238.00 | July 2012 | Continuation | To provide meals and snacks to children receiving nonresidential daycare at WMU Children's Place learning Center. PI: Janice Quakenbush, The Children's Place

Awards from June 2012

University of North Carolina| $467,857.00 | June 2012 |Renewal | To provide general to intensive technical assistance to state and local educational agencies to foster implementation and scale up of evidence-based transition education and services. PI: Dr. Paula Kohler, Vice President for Research

Various Industries | $325,746.09 | June 2012 | Continuation | To conduct research and provide testing services in specialized areas of paper coating in association with industry. PI: Mr. Joel Kendrick, Auxiliary Enterprises

Swiss National Science Foundation| $229,000.00 | June 2012 | New | TTo conduct an evaluation of overall quality assurance and transparency in evaluation across the Swiss national Science Foundation's funding instruments. PI: Dr. Chris Coryn, Evaluation, Co-PIs: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation, Dr Brooks Applegate, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

National Science Foundation| $195,003.00 | June 2012 |New | To create a set of unique virtual reality lab experiments to be used in an undergraduate materials science course and in other scenarios. PI: Pnina Ari-Gur, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Co-PIs: Dr. Pavel Ikonomov, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Dr. Daniel Litynski, Vice President for Research

Various Industries| $187,334.00 | June 2012 | Continuation |To conduct research and provide testing services in specialized areas of paper scienc e engineering in association with industry. PI: Mr. Joel Kendrick, Ausiliary Enterprises

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | $186,250.00 | June 2012 | Continuation | To comprehensively and critically examine and to better understand the relations among evidenace-based paograms and practices and how best to utilize them for decision-making and resource allocation. PI: Dr. Stephen Magura, Co-PIs: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Dr. Chris Coryn, Evaluation Center

Various Industries| $142,716.33 | June 2012 | Continuation | To conduct research and provide testing services in specialized areas of printing, papermaking, and inks in association with industry. PI: Mr. Joel Kendrick, Ausiliary Enterprises

Various Sponsors | $120,000.00 | June 2012 | Supplemental | To provide prototype printed flexible exectronic devices and knowledge of materials and methods to industrial consortium members. PI: Dr.Margaret Joyce, Co-PIs: Dr. Massood Zandi Atashbar, Dr. Bradley Bazuin, CAPE Center

W.K. Kellogg Foundation| $110,000.00 | June 2012 | New | To conduct meta-analyses and empirical studies in relation to effective teaching and family engagement. PI: Dr. Jianping Shen, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, Co-PI: Dr. Van Edwin Cooley, College of Education and Human Development

National Aeronautics and Space Administration| $107,744.00 | June 2012 | New | To develop and apply an interdisciplinary system for analysis of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) and remote sensing data with hydrologic modeling. PI: Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Geosciences

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality| $59,000.00 | June 2012 | New | To implement, monitor and evaluate a National Recreation Water Trail on Lake Michigan PI: Dr. David Lemberg, Geography, Co-PI: Dr. James lewis, Human Performance and Health Education

Indiana State University | $42,121.00 | June 2012 | New |To provide an independent assessment on the Unbounded Possibilities initiative as to the quality, impact and significance of the eight projects that will aid decision making about continuation of support. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Evaluation

AXIOM Sales Force Development| $34,100.00 | June 2012 | New | To evaluate the Verizon training impact. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation

University of Minnesota| $8,333.00 | June 2012 | Continuation | To revitalize electric power engineering education by developing laboratories and experiments as part of a nationwide consortium of universities. PI: Dr. Johnson Asumadu, Electrical and Computer Engineering

AXIOM Sales Force Development| $5,000.00 | June 2012 | New | To plan the training impact evaluation. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services | $1,029,371.76 | June 2012 | Supplemental |To provide daily living, communication, behaviro control, and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI: Dr. Carol Sundberg, Center for Disability Services

Michigan Department of Community Health| $228,000.00 | June 2012 | New | To expand wichealth.org projects including resource folder, developing client review manager, rewriting dialogue; expand link management system and develop gatekeeper testing system. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

State of Michigan | $200,000.00 | June 2012 | New | To develop a work plan for economic development and commercialization. PI: Dr. Robert Miller, Office of Community Outreach

National Writing Project Corporation| $20,000.00 | June 2012 | Continuation | To enhance southwest Michigan teachers' writing craft and teaching skills, enabling professional development programs in their own and other school districts. PI: Dr. Jonathan Bush, English

Kalamazoo College | $16,700.00 | June 2012 | Renewal |To employ a graduate atheletic training student. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Allen Foundation, Inc.| $15,463.00 | June 2012 | New | To fund a student health educator that will lead 10 Diabetes Prevention Programs sessions at senior centers across southwest Michigan as well as train lay health leaders for future sessions. PI: Dr. Amy Curtis, Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Kalamazoo College | $300.00 | June 2012 | Renewal |To administer the graduate athletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Frederick S. Upton Foundation| $75,000.00 | June 2012 | Continuation | To continue the Frederick S. Upton Graduate Fellowship program for an additional three years. PI: Dr. Jose Antonio Brandao, History

Awards from May 2012

Wolf Aviation Fund| $1,089.00 | May 2012 | New | To recruit, retain and engage the next generation of general aviation pilots through the use of I-Pad flight training technology and modernizing current learning methodologies. PI: Mrs. Lori Brown, Mr. James Whittles, College of Aviation

U.S. Department of Energy | May 2012 | Continuation | To test the predictions of fundamental models of nuclear structure and provide information about the formation of elements in the cosmos. PI: Dr. Alan Wuosmaa, Physics

Hispanic Center of Western Michigan| $120,000.00 | May 2012 | New | To provide evaluation services for 3 years to the Hispanic Center. PI: Dr. Earlie Washington, College of Health and Human Services

National Science Foundation| $80,000.00 | May 2012 |New | To first provide a measurement of the proton separation energy and second continue mass measurements of exotic nuclei relevant to astrophysical nucleosynthesis. PI: Dr. Michael Famiano, Physics

Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee| $25,000.00 | May 2012 | New | To investigate the use of fatty acid by-products from soybean oil production in the deinking and recycling of office waste. PI: Dr. Jan Pekarovic, Dr. John Cameron, Dr. Alexandra Pekarovicova, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging

National Science Foundation | $20,000.00 | May 2012 | New | To provide support to students attending and participating in IEEEpTCPP sponsored conferences on high performance computing. PI: Dr. Ajay Gupta, Computer Science

WGBH Educational Foundation| $19,613.00 | May 2012 | New | To serve as process evaluators to test the effectiveness of WGBH's outreach program for middle school students, Design Squad. PI: Dr. Mary Ann Sydlik, SAMPI

Kalamazoo CDF Freedom School | $7,021.00 | May 2012 | New | To conduct an evaluation of the Kalamazoo CDF Freedom Schools summer program which serves 200 low-income children at 4 sites in Kalamazoo. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Evaluation Center

Michigan Space Grant Consortium| $1,400.00 | May 2012 | Supplemental | To support local activities of the Michigan Space Grant program. PI: Dr. Massood Zandi Atashbar, Electrical and Computer Engineering

U. S. Department of Educ ation| $250,000.00 | May 2012 | Continuation | To increase the rate at which first generation and/or low income students complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency| $120,152.00 | May 2012 | New | To provide funding for four graduate students in the early childhood classroom at Woods Edge Learning Center. PI: Dr. Richard Malott, Psychology

Voices for Action | $22,000.00 | May 2012 | Supplemental |To coordinate Voices for Action's poverty reduction initiatives statewide and to pilot test specific poverty reduction initiatives in collaboration with community partners in Southwest Michigan. PI: Dr. Earlie Washington, College of Health and Human Services, Co-PIs: Dr. Linwood Cousins, School of Social Work, Dr. Timothy Ready, Lewis Walker Institute for Race and Ethnic Relations

Stryker Instruments| $14,579.00 | May 2012 | New | To provide empathic design training to Stryker Instruments R&D employees in Michigan. PI: Dr. Larry Mallak, Co-PI: Dr. David Lyth, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

City of Kalamazoo| $11,995.25 | May 2012 | New | To assist the City of Kalamazoo in a mailed survey of a random sample of residents of Kalamazoo County to obtain data on residents' knowledge of and attitudes about drinking water protection and water resources. PI: Dr. Whitney Gunter, Sociology

Michigan Space Grant Consortium| $10,500.00 | May 2012 | New | To provide Mighigan Space Grant Consortium fellowship awards for research to undergraduate and graduate students for 2012/2013. PI: Dr. Massood Sandi Atashbar, Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awards from March 2012

Grand Valley State University| $195,000.00 | March 2012 | New | To provide no cost business consulting, secondary research and low cost training to small businesses in nine counties of southwest Michigan. PI: Dr. Kay Palan, Haworth College of Business

U.S. Department of Energy | March 2012 | Continuation | To further the understanding of fundamental interactions between photons and complex systems using the Advanced Light Source and the Linac Coherent Light Source. PI: Dr. Nora Berrah, Physics

Office of Naval Research| $100,000.00 | March 2012 | Supplemental | To extend the fatigue crack drive force model developed for ambient environments to crack nucleation and propagation in corrosion fatigue and stress corrosion cracking situations. PI: Dr. Daniel Kujawski, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District| $84,431.00 | March 2012 |New | To evaluate a project designed to increase elementary and middle school teachers' deep understanding of mathematics.PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Ruhf, SAMPI

Various Industries| $75,000.00 | March 2012 | Supplemental | To provide research services to Green Manufacturing Industrial Consortium (GMIC) members in areas related to green manufacturing, including designs, materials, processes, energy, environment, facilities and end of use. PI: Dr. David Meade, Co-PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Lansing Community College | $69,999.00 | March 2012 | New | To plan and implement all evaluation activities, including development of instruments and procedures, data collection, data analysis and reporting. PI: Dr. Mary Ann Sydlik, Co-PI: Ms. Kristin Everett, SAMPI

National Science Foundation | $50,000.00 | March 2012 | New | To undertake commercialization feasibility research of Micro Laser Assisted Machining technology as part of the NSF I-Corps program. PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Michigan State University| $38,500.00 | March 2012 | New | Determine efficacy of flubendazole formulations and concentrations by both oral and subcataneious routes in patent Brugia malayi infected lewis rats. PI: Dr. Robert Eversole, Biological Sciences

Flex Tech Alliance| $34,573.00 | March 2012 | Supplemental | To gather, validate, archive, organize and disseminate information on functional electronic materials and associated manufacturing processes in a registry for the flexible printed electronics industry. PI:Dr. Massood Zandi Atashbar, CAPE Center, Co-PI: Dr. Erika Rebrosova, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging

Prevention Works | $13,500.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To provide evaluation and consultation to Prevention Works substance abuse prevention programming. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

County of Kalamazoo| $12,258.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

County of Kalamazoo | $11,378.00 | March 2012 | Continuation |To independently evaluate the Men's Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

County of Kalamazoo| $11,378.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the Women's Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

Michigan Department of Education | $10,000.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To provide technical assistance to the Michigan Department of Education, to conduct a cross-site evaluation of Title II A93) program. PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, Mallinson Institute for Science Education

County of Kalamazoo| $9,978.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the Family Dependency Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

Michigan Department of Education | $4,133.14| March 2012 | Continuation| To provide technical assistance to the Michigan Department of Education, to conduct a cross-site evaluation of Title II (A-3) program PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Various Industries| $875.00 | March 2012 | Supplemental | To provide breakthrough applied computer simulation knowledge in vehicle analysis and design to the vehicle industry. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasals, CAVIDS Center

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services| $607,807.31 | March 2012 | Supplemental | To provide daily living, communication, behavior control, and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI: Dr. Carol Sundberg, Center for Disability Services

Washington State Department of Health| $32,000.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To provide Washington WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrition education system.. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Memorial Library | $8,750.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To create the Holocaust Educator Network of Michigan PI: Dr. Johathan Bush, English

Bronson Orthopedic and Sports Medicine| $3,600.00 | March 2012 | Continuation | To administer the graduate athletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | $3,000.00 | March 2012 | New | To support modifications to wichhealth.org for the NC SAM system PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Awards from February 2012

International Food Protection Training Institute| $46,470.00 | February 2012 | Continuation | To evaluate and assess the training curriculum for governmental food protection officials. PI: Dr. Kieran Fogarty, Occupational Therapy

U.S. Geological Survey| $39,952.00 | February 2012 | New | To map the surficial geology of additional quadrangles in Michigan, within Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties. PI: Dr. Alan Kehew, Geosciences

University of Kentucky| $39,928.00 | February 2012 | New | To enhance capacity for water resource studies in Egypt and Morocco. PI: Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Geosciences

Michigan State University | $30,019.00 | February 2012 |Continuation | To supervise a graduate student on the proposed computational study of the DXR-catalyzed reaction and coordinate overall direction of the project. PI: Dr. Yirong Mo, Chemistry

William T. Grant Foundation| $24,057.00 | February 2012 | New | To track research evidence from the completed randomized trials launced by the Institute of Education Sciences. PI: Dr. Jessaca Spybrook, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Bronson Orthopedic and Sports Medicine | $200,400.00 | February 2012 | Continuation | To support the WMU graduate student athletic trainers working at various high schools. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth | $149,263.49 | February 2012 | Continuation | To provide educational preparedness and college awareness to over 10,000 low income, underrepresented students in 38 school districts throughout Michigan. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multiacultural Affairs

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services| $24,262.00 | February 2012 | Continuation | To support the expansion of the www.wichealth.org Health Child Education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Education| $4,277.00 | February 2012 | Continuation | To provide meals and snacks to children receiving nonresidential daycare at SMU Children's Place Learning Center. PI: Mrs. Janice Quakenbush, The Children's Place

Western Michigan University Research Foundation | $20,000.00 | February 2012 | New | To advance the university (bench) prototype to a stage suitable for use by industry for validation and evaluation on their machines and materials. PI: Dr. John Patten, Manufacturing Engineering

Western Michigan University Research Foundation | $17,700.00 | February 2012 | New | To determine if PNU-282987 has neuroprotective effects against glaucoma-like conditions if applied as eye drops. PI: Dr. Cindy Linn, Biological Sciences

Western Michigan University Research Foundation | $12,000.00 | February 2012 | New | To reduce the burden of debugging common concurrency errors in concurrent programs so that it is comparable to the effort of debugging single-threaded sequential programs. PI: Dr. Zijiang James Yang, Computer Science

Awards from January 2012

Eaton Corporation| $371,020.00 | January 2012 | Supplemental | To promote innovative ideas and solutions for hybrid drives by developing a hybrid vehicle drive testing lab and identifying collaborating consortium participants. PI: Dr. William Liou, CAVIDS Center, Co-PIs: Claudia Hansford, Dr. Shiva Om Bade Shrestha, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

National Aeronautics and Space Administration| $100,000.00 | January 2012 | Supplemental | To improve the current understanding of the ionization balance and line emission of cosmic plasmas. PI: Dr. Thomas Gorczyca, Physics

National Science Foundation| $99,802.00 | January 2012 | New | To develop and test new functionalities for a suite of public domain mathematical and statistical software tools connected to the common Core State Stnadards for Mathematics. PI: Dr. Christian Hirsdch, Mathematics

Scenaria, Inc. | $92,201.00 | January 2012 | New | To design and develop intelligent web services and visualization compontnts in support of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) PI: Dr. Ala I Al-Fuqaha, Computer Science

Various Industries | $84,125.00 | January 2012 | Supplemental | To provide breakthrough applied computer simulation knowledge in vehicle analysis and design to the vehicle industry. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala, CAVIDS Center

U.S. Geological Survey | $61,994.00 | January 2012 | New | To map two Michigan guadrangles through the Great lakes mapping coalition using traditional, KIDAR and contract drilling techniques. PI: Dr. Alan Kehew, Geosciences

International Development Research Center | $38,777.00 | January 2012 | New | To produce information to better understand trends in evaluation research excellence, learn from approached used by other research funders and identify evaluation frameworks that could be useful in evaluating supported research. PI: Dr. Chris Coryn, Co-PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation

Literacy Center of West Michigan| $7,583.00 | January 2012 | Supplemental To ascertain the effect of the Family Literacy Program on students in participating families, determine the improvement of English as a second language and parenting skills for the parents. PI: Ms. Stephanie Evergreen, Evaluation

Stryker Instruments| $516.18 | January 2012 | Supplemental | To provide training and modeling assistance regarding the Neptune Vacuum system. PI: Dr. Parviz Merati, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth | $87,451.00 | January 2012 | Continuation | To support the development and implementation of multiple retention strategies in consideration of indentified institution specific academic and non-academic barriers impacting equality of opportunity and achievement. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth | $98,328.00 | January 2012 | Renewal | To provide doctoral fellowships to doctoral students. PI: Tony Dennis, Grad College

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Awards from December 2011

Michigan Campus Compact| $1,000.00| December 2011 | New | To engage university students in diversity service projects. PI: Mrs. Tiffany B White, Co-PI: Tierra Marshall, Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Center for Research and Evaluation| $86,596.00 | December 2011 | New |To improve the design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of science education interventions by improving the accuracy of the parameter extimates used in their power analyses and corresponding estimates of minimum sample size. PI: Dr. Jessaca Spybrook, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign| $77,462.00 | December 2011 | Continuation | To evaluate the carbon sequestration potential of Cambro-Ordovician strata of Illinois and Michigan basins. PI: Dr. David Barnes, Co-PIs: Dr. William Harrison III, Dr. Duane Hampton, Geosciences

Various Industries | $68,250.00 | December 2011 | Supplemental | To provide breakthrough applied computer simulation knowledge in vehicle analysis and design to the vehicle industry. PI: Dr. Muralidhar Ghantasala, CAVIDS Center

TAugustana College| $60,000.00 | December 2011 | New | To provide formative and summative external evaluation services to Agustana College's NSF RNC-UBE grant which will help to provide information to improve the grant mid-course. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation

Northeastern University Civil Environmental Engineering | $33,550.00 | December 2011 | New | To investigate, characterize, model and derive practical procedures for the consequences of column shear-axial failure on the collapse of vulnerable RC frame buildings. PI: Dr. Xiaoyun Shao, Civil and Construction Engineering

University of Chicago | $27,600.00 | December 2011 | Supplemental | To improve the capacity of research to design and analyze data from group randomized trials. PI: Dr. Jessaca Spybrook, Educational Leadrship, Research and Technology

NATO Science Programme Cooperative Science and Technology | $26,895.51 | December 2011 | Supplemental | To develop and demonstrate ways to integrate renewable groundwater resources into the water budget of watersheds in arid regions. PI: Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Geosciences

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation | $16,000.00 | December 2011 | New | To achieve high energy efficiency by optimization of metamagnetic transformations in Heusler alloys. PI: Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Behnke Warehouse | $3,000.00 | December 2011 | New | To develop a Content Management System (CMS) - based web solution for Behnke Logistics. PI: Dr. Ala I Al-Fuqaha, Computer Science

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services| $581,546.99 | December 2011 | Supplemental | To provide daily living, communication, behavior control and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI: Dr. Carol Sundberg, Center for Disability Services

Michigan Department of Community Health | $270,000.00 | December 2011| Supplemental | To help support the enhancement and implementation of the changes to wichealth.org functionality. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Corporation for Public Broadcasting | $144,467.00 | December 2011 | Renewal | To sustain public radio services in local communities, WMUK will use the majority of the funds to pay for mational program acquisition. PI: Mr. Gordon Bolar, WMUK Radio

Wayne County Regional Educational Services Agency | $100,000.00 | December 2011 | Continuation | To increase the content and pedagogy knowledge of 7 - 12 math and science teachers and increase teacher awareness of student misconceptions of content. PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI, Co-PI: Ms. Kristin Everett, Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Michigan Department of Community Health | $15,000.00 | December 2011 | Renewal | To maintain a comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrom Clinic which includes diagnostic services, training and advocacy, and accepts at-risk cases from the community. PI: Dr. James Henry, Co-PI: Ms. Connie Black-Pond, School of Social Work

Inter Tribal council-Arizona | $6,550.00 | December 2011 | Supplemental | To assess WIC participant and western region state agencies needs and interests associated with capacities for enhancing WIC services through technology. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Truman Medical Center | $6,500.00 | December 2011 |New | To support inclusion of Truman Medical Center into existing wichealth.org system for purposes of implementation, support and evaluation. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

State of Wisconsin | $3,000.00 | December 2011 | New | To support modifications to wichealth.org to fit the Wisconsin SAM system. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Community Health | $2,000.00 | December 2011 | Renewal | To address healthcare disparities for underserved African American southwest Michigan populations who have or are at risk for diabetes. PI: Dr. Amy Curtis, Interdisciplinary Health Services

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality| $393,844.60 | December 2011 | New | To treat urban NPS stormwater runoff through implementation of LID (Low Impact Development) principles and practices thereby improving conditions in Asylum Lake and West Fork. PI: Miss Cari DeLong, Landscape Services

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Awards from November 2011

National Science Foundation | $264,177.00 | November 2011 | New | To investigate the properties of a synthesized enzyme that has been extinct for at least 200 million years which will be used to uncover general evolutionary patterns that characterize gene family evolution. Director: Todd Barkman, Biological Sciences

Arizona Geological Survey Headquarters | $99,314.00 | November 2011 | Continuation | To compile Michigan-specific geothermal data in an integrated distributed and searchable national data system that should drive renewed efforts to identify, assess, and exploit geothermal energy resources across America. Director: Dr. William Harrison III, Geosciences

Stryker Medical | $66.500.00 | November 2011 | Continuation | To ergonomically evaluate several different stretcher designs using quantitive measures. PI: Dr. Tycho Fredericks, Co-PI: Dr. Steven Butt, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Michigan State University| $29,314.00 | November 2011 | Continuation | To plan and implement all evaluation activities for this project, including development of instruments and procedures, data collection, data analysis and reporting. PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, SAMPI

Argonne National Laboratory | $27,626.00 | November 2011 | Continuation | To support Xuan Gao's student reserach at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. PI: Dr. Clement Burns, Physics

The American Foundry Society, Inc.| $22,000.00 | November 2011 | New | To characterize and test green sand samples. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Co-PI: Dr. Jan Pekarovic, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging

Swiss National Science Foundation | $16,336.00 | November 2011 | New| To evaluate the overall quality assurance and transparency in evaluation across the Swiss National Science foundation's funding instrument. PI: Dr. Chris Coryn, Evaluation, Co-PIs: Dr. Brooks Applegate, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, Dr. Daniela Schroeter, Evaluation

State of Utah | $27,750.00 | November 2011 | Continuation| To support expansion of the www.wichealth.org Healthy Child Education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Iowa Department of Public Health | $13,000.00 | November 2011 | New | To support and provide access to wichealth.org for WIC clients associated with Women and Infants hospital, Providence, RI. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Womens and Infants Hospital | $1,500.00| November 2011 | Renewal To support inclusion of Truman Medical Center into existing wichhealth.org system for purposes of implementation, support and evaluation. PI: Dr. Robert J Bensley, Health, Physical Education and Recreation

Michigan Mathematics & Science Centers UCI Division | $30,563.00 | November 2011 | Continuation | To provide technical assistance and consultation to a network of math and science centers in Michigan. PI: Ms. Kristin Evertt, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Co-PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI

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Awards from October 2011

Iowa State University | $ 35,964.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To study the impact of the HHMI project at Iowa State University. PI: Dr. Charles Henderson, Mallison Institute for Science Education

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance | $ 8,000.00 | October 2011 | New | To develop and integrate theories and hands-on practices of energy efficiency and sustainability in human powered transportation systems into the curricula of two engineering technology programs. PI: Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, Co-PI: Dr. Alamgir Choudhury, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Michigan Department of Education | $ 135,000.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To provide technical assistance to the Michigan Department of Education, to conduct a cross-site evaluation of Title II (3) program. PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, Mallinson Institute for Science Education

University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $ 105,120.00 | October 2011 | Supplemental | PI: Dr. Paula Kohler, Special Education and Literacy Studies

U.S. Department of Defense | $ 54,177.00 | October 2011 | New | To assemble and analyze data on air temperatures, ground water levels, pumping rates and slope movement collected in past years from test sites on the shore of Lake Michigan in Allegan County. PI: Dr. Ronald Chase, Geosciences

Bronson Methodist | $ 23,780.00 | October 2011 | Supplemental | To help identify independent and dependent variables, sample size determination, and appropriate statistical procedures and their computation on various research related projects of Bronson Methodist Hospital. PI: Dr. Jeffrey Terpstra, Statistics

Prevention Works | $ 23,000.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To provide evaluation and consultation to Prevention Works substance abuse prevention programming. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

RAND Corporation | $ 20,000.00 | October 2011 | New | To provide national evaluation of the Department of Justice Safe Start Promising Approaches grant by providing funds to sites to collect and submit data from control sites to use in evaluation of data in the main Safe Start program. PI: James Henry, School of Social Work

Pennsylvania State University | $ 11,400.00 | October 2011 | New | To understand the potential for spread and posssible transmission pathways of White Nose Syndrom which is crucial to the effective management of little brown bats and other affected bat species. PI: Dr. Maarten Vonhof, Biological Sciences

University of Michigan-Dearborn | $ 5,000.00 | October 2011 | Supplemental | To plan and implement all evaluation activities for this project, including development of instruments and procedures, data collection, data analysis, and reporting. PI: Dr. Mark Jenness, SAMPI

Inter Tribal Council-Arizona | $ 20,000.00 | October 2011 | Supplemental To assess WIC participant and western region state agencies needs and interests associated with capacities for enhancing WIC services through technology.PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

U.S. Department of Education | $ 19,495.00 | October 2011 |Supplemental | To generate in program participants the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary educatioon and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education. PI: Dr. Erika Ann Carr, Division of Multicultural Affairs

State of Oklahoma WIC Services | $ 16,000.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To provide Oklahoma WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrition education system. PI: Robert J Bensley, Health, Physical Education and Recreation

Kansas Department of Administration| $ 11,000.00 | October 2011 | New | To provide Kansas WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrition education system. PI: Robert J Bensley, Health, Physical Education and Recreation

Hawaii Department of Education | $ 7,400.00 | October 2011 | New | To conduct program evaluation workshop and one day of evaluation training for the Department of Education in the state of Hawaii PI: Dr. Chris Coryn, The Evaluation Center

The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | $ 6,000.00 | October 2011 | Renewal | To support the Werner Sichel Lecturer Seminar Series "The Economics of Health" PI: Dr. William Kern, Economics

Stryker Instruments | $ 5,756.73 | October 2011 | New | To provide guidance and instruction to Stryker personnel related to Triton product noise and vibration suppression. PI: Dr. Koorosh Naghshineh, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Ohio Campus Compact | $ 2,000.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To support a course with a philanthropy component, allowing students to award community projects on a competitive basis. PI: Dr. Timothy Ready, Lewis Walker Institute for Radce and Ethnic Relations

University of Michigan | $ 14,400.00 | October 2011 | New | To explore ways to expand and strengthen the Michigan AGEP alliance, most notable, by bringing Michigan Tech into the alliance. PI: Dr. Gene Freudenburg, The Graduate College

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth | $150,000.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To increase the graduation rates of academically and/or economically disadvantaged students currently enrolled at WMU. PI: Diana Hernandez, Co-PI: Vunsin Hiew Doubblestein, Division of Multiculturan Affairs

State of Michigan Workforce Development Agency| $ 53,700.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To increase the number of academically and/or economically disadvantaged students who enroll in and complete teacher education programs at the baccalaureate level. PI: Jodie Palmer, Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Michigan Department of Education | $ 5,863.00 | October 2011 | Continuation | To provide meals and snacks to children receiving nonresidential daycare at WMU Children's Place Learning Center. PI: Mrs. Janice Quakenbush, The Children's Place

Clean Energy Coalition | $ 198,500.00 | October 2011 | Supplemental | To purchase and implement the use of alternative energy vehicles as part of the Clean Energy Coalition Michigan Green Fleets program through the U.S. Department of energy. PI: Dr. Harold Glasser, Office of Sustainability, Co-PI: Mr. Peter Strazdas, Physical Plant

Michigan Department of energy, Labor and Economic Growth | $214,593.00| October 2011 | Continuation | To establish a rehabilitation internship/employment recruitment model program within the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs public vocational rehabilitation program. PI: Dr. Patrick Munley, Co-PI's Dr. Jennipher Wiebold, Dr Stephen Craig, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

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Awards from September 2011

U.S. Department of Education| $ 149,974.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To support training of 6 semester generalists degree and a 7 semester dual degree in rehabilitation counseling specializing in Blindness and Low Vision, graduating 30 counselors in the 5 year project. PI: Dr Jennipher Wiebold, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Co-PIs: Dr. James Leja, Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Dr. Patrick Munley, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Iowa State University | $ 35,964.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To study the impact of the HHMI project at Iowa State University. PI: Dr. Charles Henderson, Mallinson Institute for Science Education

National collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance | $ 8,000.00 | September 2011 | New | To develop and integrate theories and hands on practices of energy efficiency and sustainability in human powered transportation systems into the curricula of two engineering technology programs. PI: Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, Co-PI: Dr. Alamgir Choudhury, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

U.S. Department of Education | $ 693,564.00 | September 2011 | Continuation To provide comprehensive instruction and mentoring to aspiring and practicing principals in high need school districts, monitoring program effectiveness. PI: Dr. Jianping Shen, Co-PI: Dr. Van Cooley, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

U.S. Department of Justice | $ 499,983.00 | September 2011 | New To analyze if youth who receive trauma interventions will have a reduction in committing subsequent crimes, have increased academic progress and reduced behavioral symptomology compared to those that are not participating in trauma treatment. PI: Dr. James Henry, School of Social Work, Co-PIs: Atchison, Occupational Therapy, Dr. Chris Coryn, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

National Science Foundation | $ 456,208.00 | September 2011 | New | To develop a "how to" guide for principal investigators who have a project focused on developing faculty expertise in undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and math. PI: Dr. Charles Henderson, Physics

National Science Foundation| $ 332,000.00 | September 2011 | New | To focus on the development of novel computational approaches and the subsequent application to the study of the anomeric effect. PI: Dr. Yirong Mo, Chemistry

National Science Foundation | $ 289,574.00 | September 2011 | New | To acquire a high performance computer cluster to support interdisciplinary projects focused on computational engineering. PI: Dr. Elise DeDoncker, Computer Science, Co-PIs: Dr. Paul Fleming III, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging, Dr. Peter Gustafson, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

U.S. Department of Justice | $ 250,000.00 | September 2011 | Continuation |To effectively reduce violence impact in Kalamazoo by identifying and intervening with children and families in high risk neighborhoods with a host of community partners. PI: Dr. James Henry, Co-PI: Ms. Connie Black-Pond, School of Social Work

U.S. Department of Energy | $ 200,000.00 | September 2011 | Renewal | To further the understanding of fundamental interactions between photons and complex systems using the Advanced Light source and the Linac coherent Light Source. PI: Dr. Nora Berrah, Physics

National Science Foundation | $ 192,000.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To continue its Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Environmental Signal Transduction. PI: Dr.Susan Stapleton, Chemistry, Co-PI: Dr. John Spitsbergen, Biological Sciences

University of Louisville | $ 129,895.00 | September 2011 | Continuation To implement a targeted study to evaluate the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education's effectiveness and assess their work against GRPA measures. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, The Evaluation Center, Co-PI: Dr. Richard Zinser, Family and Consumer Sciences

National Science Foundation | $ 124,300.00 | September 2011 | New To use satellite radar data to measure the spatial and temporal variations in subsidence rates across the delta of the Nile River, identify factors controlling subsidence and predict future responses to those factors. PI: Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Geosciences

Oklahoma State University | $ 86,188.00 | September 2011 | New | To quantitatively characterize biological, geochemical and psysical processess contributingg to detectable biogeophysical signals associated with contamination of the unsatured and saturated soils. PI: Dr. Silvia Rossbach, Biological Sciences

Kalamazoo College | $ 75,000.00 | September 2011 | New | To provide external evaluation services for a FIPSE grant intended to improve student retention and connection through innovative advising practices. PI: Dr. Daniela Schroeter, The Evaluation Center

Battelle Memorial Institute | $ 31,262.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To develop a simulation framework for evaluationg regional geologic CO2 storage deployment along the Arches Province of the Midwestern United States. PI: Dr. David Barnes, Co-PI: Dr. Duane Hampton

Eaton Corporation| $ 30,000.00 | September 2011 | New To develop a methodology to measure, analyze and reduce key duty cycle parameters that influence the life of vehicle components. PI: Dr. William Liou, CAVIDS Center

Michigan Department of Transportation| $ 20,000.00 | September 2011 | New |To advance the durability of highway structures in Michigan through research activities of the Center of Excellence on Structural Durability. PI: Haluk Aktan, Civil and Construction Engineering

Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $ 12,900.00 | September 2011 | New | TTo evaluate liver tissue from a dog.. PI: Dr. Robert Eversole, Biological Sciences

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services | $ 566,107.92 | September 2011 | New To provide daily living, communication, behavior control, and social skill services to developmentally disabled adults. PI: Dr. Carol Sundbert, Center for Disability Services

Michigan Department of Community Health | $ 225,000.00 | September 2011 | Renewal | To expand existing wichealth.org system to include expanded text messaging, system impact, implementation training redesign and expansion and rewriting educational links. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Community Health | $ 190,000.00 | September 2011 | New | To help support the enhancement and implementation of the changes to wichealth.org functionality. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Michigan Department of Community Health | $ 164,000.00 | September 2011 | Renewal To support expansion of the wichealth.org Healthy Child Education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

State of Utah | $ 121,500.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To support the expansion of the www.health.org healthy child education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

State of Montana | $ 112,000.00 | September 2011 | New | To provide Montana WIC clients access to services and support associated with the wichealth.org nutrituion education systemPI: Koretsky, Carla M, Geosciences

Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services | $ 68,553.00 | September 2011 | Renewal | To provide behavioral consultation services to Kalamazoo county Mental Health staff, to provide effective behavioral support for consumers with developmental disabilities and significant behavioral problems. PI: Dr. Stephanie Peterson, Psychology

Prevention Network | $ 15,000.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To limit alcohol availability to underage students and create a health-promoting normative environment that supports non-use for underage students. PI: Ms. Carolyn Robertson, Sindecuse Health Center

Arts Midwest | $ 4,800.00 | September 2011 | New | To develop and implement community education and outreach activities in connection with the Rennie Harris Puremovement engagement at Miller Auditorium. PI: Ms. Tracey Lawie, Miller Auditorium

U.S. Department of Education | $ 284,754.00 | September 2011 | Continuation | To provide academic and other support services to low-income, first-generation or disabled college students to increase retention and graduation rates. PI: Mrs. Charlotte Giscombe, Academic Skills Center

U.S. Department of Education| $ 213,180.00 | September 2011| Continuation | To increase the retention, graduation, and academic success of the 140 program participants through an array of intensive holistic, student-centered services. PI: Ms. Laura Ciccantell, Academic Advising, Co-PI: Dr. Katharine Cummings, College of Education and Human Development

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Awards from August 2011

U.S. Department of Education | $299,412.00 | August 2011 | Renewal | To train 44 adapted physical education teachers over four years using the hybrid online master's program. PI: Dr. Jiabei Zhang, Human Performance and Health Education

U.S. Department of Education | $291,533 | August 2011 | Continuation | To prepare indicifuals as Teachers of Children with Visual Impairments, Orientation and Mobility Specialists. PI: Robert Shawn Wall Emerson, Co-PI: Donna B Lee, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

U.S. Department of Education | $99,941.00 | August 2011 | Continuation | To increase the number of highly qualified Orientation and Mobility specialists trained in providing rehabilitation services to individuals with visual impairments by graduating 55 students during the next 5 years. PI: Dr. Dae Shik Kim, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

U.S. Department of Education | $81,941.00 | August 2011 | Continuation | To increase the number of highly qualified Vision Rehabilitation Therapists trained to provide rehabilitation services to individuals with vision impairments by graduating 60 students in the 5 year grant cycle. PI: Dr. Helen Lee, Blindness and Low Vision Studies

National Science Foundation | $166,252.00 | August 2011 | Supplemental | To establish and operate an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Evaluation Resource Center (ERC) which will assist ATE grantees with producing high quality evaluations. PI: Dr. Lori Wingate, Co-PI: Dr. Arlen Gullickson, The Evaluation Center

Korea Association of Industry, Academy, and Research Institute | $91,148.00 | August 2011 | New |To investigate the performance of a Surface Acoustic Wave-based transponder and its feasibility for aerospace applications. PI: Dr. Kapseong Ro, Co-PI: Dr. Massood Zandi Atashbar, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

National Science Foundation | $87,230.00 | August 2011 | New |To make high-frequency measurements within and above the forest canopy to get a detailed look at seasonal variation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds. PI: Steve Bertman, Chemistry

Mississippi State University | $84,191.00 | August 2011 | Supplemental |To develop models and test methods for understanding and predicting durability of vehicle parts in extreme operating environments. PI: Dr. William Liou, CAVIDS Center

Sintokogio, LTD | $50,000.00 | August 2011 | New | To evaluate greensand systems using a portable areation technology in foundry trials. PI: Dr. Sam Ramrattan, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 49,961.00 | August 2011 | New | To perform follow up testing on prior participants using different earphones and stimuli to determine the extent to which prior results obtained with the same individuals were related to the earphone or acoustic stimulus. PI: Gregory Flamme, Speech Pathology and Audiology

National Science Foundation | $40,000.00 | August 2011 | New | To quantitatively characterize biological, geochemical and physical processes contributing to detectable biogeophysical signals associated with contamination of the unsaturated and saturated zones of soils. PI: Dr. Michael Famiano, Physics

The Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIIE) | $31,200.00 |August 2011 | New | To provide a hands-on learning experience for undergraduate students in the process of new product and business development. PI: Dr. Steven Butt, Co-PI: Dr. Tycho Fredericks, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Literacy Center of West Michigan| $22,000.00 | August 2011 | Supplemental | To ascertain the effect of the Family Literacy program on students in participating families, determine the improvement of English as a second language and parenting skills for the parents. PI: Stephanie Evergreen, Evaluation Center

Haworth, Inc. | $10,000.00| August 2011 | Supplemental | To investigate the relationship between local forces and pressure in industrial seating in order to improve product performance. PI: Dr. Tycho Fredericks, Co-PI: Dr. Steven Butt, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Livingston County Circuit Court | $7,885.00 | August 2011 | New | To independently evaluate the Livingston County Adult Drug Treatment Court Program. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

International Food Protection Training Institute | $7,745.00 | August 2011 | Continuation | To evaluate and assess the training curriculum for governmental food protection officials. PI: Dr. Kieran Fogarty, Occupational Therapy

Stryker Instruments | $6,194.16 | August 2011 | New | To provide training and modeling assistance regarding the Neptune Vacuum System PI: Dr. Parviz Merati, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Michigan Department of Community Health| $115,000.00 | August 2011 | New | To support the expansion of the wichealth.org healthy child education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Wayne County Regional Educational Services | $100,000.00 | August 2011 | Continuation | To increase the content and pedagogy knowledge of 7 - 12 math and science teachers and increase teacher awareness of student misconceptions of content. PI: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, SAMPI, Co-PI: Kristin Everette, Mallison Institute for Science Studies

General Electric Company GE Aviation | $50,600.90 | August 2011 | New | To provide training to GE Aviation personnel through Avionics, Private Pilot Ground and Instrument Rating Ground Schools. PI: Dr. Raymond Thompson, Co-PI's: Martin Grant, Michael Ervin Ludwiczak, College of Aviation

Michigan Department of Education | $13,670.00 | August 2011 | New To identify new CTE teachers' perceived level of competance concerning the recently updated PBTE competencies. PI: Dr. Robert Adam Manley, Co-PI: Dr. Richard Zinser, Family and Consumers Sciences

City of Portage | $10,019.00 | August 2011 | New | To survey residents to obtain their viewpoints on city services and other important issues. PI: Dr. Thomas VanValey, Sociology

Arizona State University | $9,605.00 | August 2011 | New | To organize and digitically store the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological data to the Digital Archaeological Record and contribute a selection of unpublished literature. PI: Dr. Michael Nassaney, Anthropology

American College of Cardiology Foundation | $5,000.00 | August 2011 | Supplemental | To conduct nine simulation exercises to understand regional transfer challenges in patients having an acute STEMI condition. PI: Beth Beaudin-Seiler, College of Aviation

University of Michigan | $11,442.00 | August 2011 | $11,442.00 | Supplemental | To work with community colleges to increase enrollment of underrepresented minority students in STEM fields who have the potential for success in completing a bachelor of science degree. PI: Dr. Edmund Tsang, College of engineering and Applied Sciences, Co-PI: Dr. Andrew Kline, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging

Clean Energy Coalition | $448,800.00 | August 2011 | New | To purchase, install and track performance of 15 electric vehicle charging stations with an approximate 40 KW solar array. PI: Harold Glasser, Office for Sustainability, Co-PI: Peter Strazdas, Physical Plant

U.S. Department of Education | $131,925.00 | August 2011 | Continuation | TTo provide fellowships to four new domestic students to be trained and educated in research related to energy and environmental chemistry. PI: Dr. Susan Stapleton, Co-PI's: Dr. Susan Stapleton, Dr. Donald Schreiber, Dr. Steven Bertman, Chemistry

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Awards from July 2011

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | $20,310.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To provide traineeship support for students enrolled in the MSN program, which prepares nurses as nurse educators and nurse manager/administrators. PI: Dr. Linda Zoeller, School of Nursing

Kalamazoo College | $300.00 | July 2011 | Renewal | To administer the graduate athletic training clinical contracts. PI: Dr. Michael Miller, Human Performance and Health Education

Alaska Department of Health & Social Services| $5,000.00| July 2011 | Continuation | To support the expansion of the www.wichealth.org Healthy Child Education project. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

Voices for Action| $171,615.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To coordinate Voices for Action's poverty reduction initiatives statewide and to pilot test specific poverty reduction initiatives in collaboration with community partners in Southwest Michigan. PI: Dr. Earlie Washington, College of Health and Human Services; Co-PIs: Dr. Linwood Cousins, School of Social Work, Dr. Timothy Ready, Lewis Walker Institute for Race and Ethnic Relations

University of Minnesota | $8,333.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To revitalize electric power engineering education by developing laboratories and experiments as part of a nationwide consortium of universities. PI: Dr. Johnson Asumadu, Electrical and Computer Engineering

County of Kalamazoo | $9,978.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the family dependency court in Kalamazoo, Michigan PI: Dr. Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

County of Kalamazoo | $11,378.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the Women's Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

County of Kalamazoo | $11,378.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the Men's Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

California State University, Fullerton | $18,415.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To test the role of faults as conduits to groundwater flow in the Mojave Desert. PI: Mohamed Sultan, Co-PI: Dr. Adam Milewski, Geosciences

County of Kalamazoo| $12,258.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To independently evaluate the Juvenile rug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County. PI: Dr. David Hartmann, Sociology

T.Y. Lin International Great Lakes, Inc. | $32,060.83 | July 2011 | New | To review available MDOT crash data on nonmotorized crashes to determine the types and location of the crashes. PI: Dr. Ron Van Houten, Psychology

National Science Foundation | $77,669.00 |July 2011 | Continuation |To enhance an existing U.S. - led experimental program and international collaaboration in cuclear astrophysics at the RIKEN Radioactive Ion Beam Factory and the Western Michigan University physics department. PI: Dr. Michael Famiano, Physics

National Science Foundation | $145,000.00 | July 2011 | Supplemental | To synthesize new catalysts to enable solar energy conversion and hydrogen production. PI: Dr. Sherine Obare, Chemistry

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $163,340.00 | July 2011 | Supplemental | To research the coolest iron-peak species in astrophysics. PI:Dr. Manuel Bautista, Physics

National Science Foundation| $166,252.00 | July 2011 | Supplemental | To establish and operate an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Evaluation Resource Center (ERC) which will assist ATE grantees with producing high quality evaluations. PI: Lori Wingate, Co-PI: Dr. Arlen Gullickson, The Evaluation Center

Inter Tribal Clouncil-Arizona | $278,182.00 | July 2011 | New | To assess WIC participant and western region state agencies needs and interests associated with capacities for enhancing WIC services through technology. PI: Dr. Robert Bensley, Human Performance and Health Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | $414,135.00 | July 2011 | New | To examine the effects of reinnervation of olfactory bulb structure and function in the zebrafish in order to analyze the plasticity of the adult brain. PI: Dr. Christine A. Byrd-Jacobs, Biological Sciences

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services| $889,899.00 | July 2011 | Continuation | To research access by blind and visually impaired individuals to complex intersections and develop strategies to enhance street crossing safety. PI: Dr. Richard Long, Blindness and Low Vision Studies