Research Council announces 2013 research and grant-in-aid awards

The Research Council is doing its part advance research at Auburn Montgomery. The council recently awarded more than $100,000 in grants and awards to several AUM faculty members. Congratulations to the following winners, and thanks for helping to continue Auburn Montgomery's important role in enriching the quality of life in the River Region and beyond!

Ida Belle Young Research Award

• Dr. Michael Esco
  • Department: Physical Education and Exercise Science
  • Title of project: Determining the Accuracy of the InBody 720 for Predicting Body Fat Percentage in Individuals with Disabilities
  • Award Amount: $20,000
• Dr. Terry Winemiller
  • Department: Sociology
  • Title of project: Technological Enhancements and Additions to the Auburn Montgomery Geospatial Research Laboratory with a Practical Application in Manabi, Ecuador
  • Award Amount: $40,000

Regular Faculty Grant-in-Aid Awards

• Dr. Nicholas Bourke
  • Department: Early Childhood and Elementary Education
  • Title of Project: Formative Assessment Probes as a Means to Document Cross-Curricular Program Impact of a Visit to a Sustainable Farm Education System
  • Award Amount: $412
• Dr. Norman Estes II
  • Department: Biology
  • Title of Project: Anti-Microbial Properties of Extracts of Southeastern Shrubs: Callicarpa americana and Myrica cerifera
  • Award Amount: $1,620
• William Fenn
  • Department: Fine Arts
  • Title of Project: Colour Correct
  • Award Amount: $4,478
• Dr. Blake Gerard
  • Department: English and Philosophy
  • Title of project: Maria's Daughters: Emotion and Insanity in Late Eighteenth-Century English Literature
  • Award Amount: $3,160
• Dr. Pryce Haddix
  • Department: Biology
  • Title of Project: Use of Chemostat Continuous to Investigate Pigmentation and Energy Management by the Bacterium Serratia Marcescens (Updated)
  • Award Amount: $2,382
• Alisha Jones
  • Department: Communication and Dramatic Arts
  • Title of Project: The Effects of the Listening and Communication Enhancement (LACE) Aural Rehabilitation Program on Acceptable Noise Levels and Perceived Hearing Aid Satisfaction
  • Award Amount: $2,105
• Dr. Prit Kaur
  • Department: Justice and Public Safety
  • Title of Project: Popular Perceptions, Practices and Evaluations of the Criminal Justice System: A Study of the City of Montgomery, Alabama
  • Award Amount: $3,000
• Dr. Ananda Nanjundaswamy
  • Department:  Biology
  • Title of project: Growth-Promotion and Biocontrol of Fungal Pathogens in Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea)
  • Award Amount: $1,500
• Dr. Benedict Okeke
  • Department: Biology
  • Title of project: Purification and screening of Fungal Beta-Glucosidase for Transglycosylation of Glucose to Oligosaccharides
  • Award Amount: $3,902
• Randy Russell and Dr. Luis Cueva-Parra
  • Departments: Physical Sciences, Mathematics
  • Title of project: A Study of the Effects of Clouds on Photosynthetically Active Radiation
  • Award Amount: $3,547
• Dr. Keri Watson
  • Department: Fine Arts
  • Title of project: Elizabeth McCausland on Modern Art and Social Justice in the 1930s
  • Award Amount: $2,100

New Faculty Grant-in-Aid Awards

• Dr. John Havard
  • Department: English and Philosophy
  • Title of Project: Hispanicism: Spain, Spanish America, and the Emergence of National Identity in U.S. Literature, 1787-1861
  • Award Amount: $3,360
• Dr. Tim Kroft
  • Department: Biology
  • Title of Project: Structure-Function of LET - 479 Protein
  • Award Amount: $5,00

Equipment

• Dr. Amy Ogburn and Alisha Jones
  • Department: Communication and Dramatic Arts
  • Title of project: Otis the Virtual Patient, Expert Edition (Version 2.9) Programs
  • Award Amount: $5,00

Feb. 12, 2013