Ramesh K. Agarwal, Ph.D., the William Palm Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering, has been selected to receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ 2008 Aerodynamics Award. The award is presented for meritorious achievement in the field of applied aerodynamics concepts and methods. …
Roger D. Chamberlain, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, Mark A. Franklin, Ph.D., the Hugo F. and Ina Champ Urbauer Professor of Engineering, and Ron K. Cytron, Ph.D., professor of computer science and engineering, have received a four-year, $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CRI: CRD — Enabling Research on Architecturally Diverse Computers.” …
Jonathan M. Chase, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the Tyson Research Center, and Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., the George Englemann Professor of Botany in Arts & Sciences, have received a five-year, $1,596,017 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Making Natural Connections: An Authentic Field Research Collaboration.” …
Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, received a four-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for research titled “NORA Project: Design, Construction and Testing of Miniature Mobility Classifier Component of Personal Aerosol Sampler.” The monetary award of the grant will be at least $100,000. …
Tom Ellenberger, Ph.D., the Raymond H. Wittcoff Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, has received a four-year, $1,173,056 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Structural Studies of Site-Specific Recombination.” …
Haluk Ergin, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in Arts & Sciences, has been named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. …
Jeff Gidday, Ph.D., associate professor of neurosurgery, of ophthalmology and visual sciences and of cell biology and physiology, has received a four-year, $1,000,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Endogenous Neuroprotection in Glaucoma.” …
Jason Kamilar, Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $18,500 grant from the Leakey Foundation for research titled “Evolutionary Ecology of Primate Pelage Color Variation.” …
Marc S. Levin, M.D., associate professor of medicine in the Divisions of Veteran Affairs Medicine and Gastroenterology, was inducted as a fellow in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in February. The fellowship is an honor bestowed by the AGA for superior professional achievement in practice and/or research in the field of gastroenterology. …
Richard Mabbs, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a renewable five-year grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CAREER: Femtosecond Time Resolution in Electron Collision Initiated Reactions.” The cumulative total of the award is $607,120. …
Kathleen B. McDermott, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $1,000,000 grant from NARSAD for research titled “Neural Substrates of Episodic Future Thought and Remembering in Schizophrenia.” …
Marc R. Moon, M.D., professor of surgery (cardiothoracic surgery), has received a four-year, $1,520,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Right Heart Function in Pulmonary Hypertension with Beta-Agonist and Atrial Shun.” …
Louis J. Muglia, M.D., Ph.D., the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatrics and professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of developmental biology, received a $621,642 grant from the March of Dimes Foundation under the Prematurity Research Initiatives grant program to identify genetic variations that play key roles in the timing of spontaneous term and preterm delivery. His work was also funded by the March of Dimes Foundation in 2005. …
Nancy Tye Murray, Ph.D., research professor of otolaryngology, has received a three-year, $872,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders for research titled “Auditory Training and Talker Variability.” …
Lina Nayak, a second-year medical student, was selected as the national student representative for the American Association of Medical Colleges’ Women in Medicine Coordinating Committee. …
Alan R. Templeton, Ph.D., the Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from BCHB Inc. for research titled “Convergence of Population Genetics and Computational Technologies in the Identification of Genomic Susceptibility Loci and in Predictive Genomics in Populations with Well Defined Genetic Architecture.”
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David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering, has been awarded the Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International, the world’s premier professional vertical flight society. The lecture is scheduled for 4 p.m. April 29 during the AHS 64th Annual Forum, which will be held at the Palais des congres in Montreal. The lectureship is awarded to “an individual who reflects the highest ideals, goals and achievements in the field of helicopter and V/STOL (vertical, short takeoff and landing) aircraft engineering and development.”