A Division of Research Publication
JULY 2010
SPECIAL YEAR-END EDITION
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Note from the interim vice president for research C. Michael Moriarty, Ph.D. As we begin the new fiscal year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your research and scholarly contributions which are playing a vital role in fulfilling the mission of FAU. This issue of the research newsletter is dedicated to highlighting some of the many accomplishments and activities of our faculty over the year. I hope that these “snapshots” illustrate the depth and breadth of research and scholarship that is taking place across disciplines, colleges and campuses at our University. I look forward to working with you again in 2010–11 and wish you continued success.
YEAR IN REVIEW
Gisele Galoustian
561.297.2010 ggaloust@fau.edu
Snapshots of Some of FAU’s Research and Scholarly Accomplishments for FY 2009-10 FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine opens its newest DISASTER AND EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE TRAINING FACILITY, as part of the grand opening of the Palm Healthcare Pavilion on the grounds of St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach. The training facility uses “responsive” human mannequins and other sophisticated technologies to improve patient care through the simulation of realistic scenarios that provide an opportunity for students and professionals to practice, prepare and analyze every aspect of the chain of care and treatment.
FAU Disaster Simulation Center
DR. TAYLOR HAGOOD, assistant professor of English in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, receives a prestigious Fulbright award from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, Germany. Beginning in September, Dr. Hagood will spend 10 months in Munich as a junior lecturer in the American Studies Program studying and teaching about William Faulkner, African American literature and the United States South in a global context. Dr. Taylor Haygood
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Florida Governor CHARLIE CRIST conducts a roundtable discussion on FAU’s SeaTech campus with leaders of Florida’s renewable energy industry. Governor Crist congratulates the nine recipients, including FAU’s CENTER FOR OCEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, of $15 million in grant funding through the Renewable Energy and Energy-Efficient Technologies Grant Program. Governor Crist also highlights the ocean energy research and technology development at the COET. This program, awarded by the Florida Energy & Climate Commission, advances the growing establishment of renewable energy technologies in the state. Governor Charlie Crist’s Roundtable Discussion at FAU’s SeaTech Campus
FAU’s department of computer and electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science joins Florida International University (FIU) as one of only nine National Science Foundation (NSF) supported centers in the U.S. and one of two in the state of Florida in the area
of information technology, communication and computing. FAU receives a five-year grant from the NSF to create a site for the Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE) to provide a framework for interaction between university faculty and industry to pursue advanced research in these fields. FAU’s CAKE is spearheaded by DR. BORKO FURHT, chair, department of computer and electrical engineering and computer science.
Dr. Borko Furht
Supported by a generous $40,000 grant from the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation, students conduct research in the marine biomedical sciences related to drug discovery at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The gift supports two types of projects: a student internship for undergraduate or graduate students working in the field of marine natural products drug discovery; and support of graduate students working towards a M.S. or Ph.D. related to marine natural products research. This program is directed by DR. AMY WRIGHT, research professor and director of the Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research at Harbor Branch.
Dr. Anthony Abbate
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The Broward Community Design Collaborative, housed within FAU’s College for Design and Social Inquiry, pioneers a transportation planning project designed to develop an alternative planning model that addresses the crucial nexus between transportation, housing and urban redevelopment. The Transit/ Housing Oriented Redevelopment (THOR) Pilot Study is an innovative approach involving FAU architecture
students in a multi-collaborative method to bring together state, county and municipal agencies to find ways to promote development forms that reduce carbon emissions, improve housing options, and provide transportation alternatives. DR. ANTHONY ABBATE, associate professor of architecture at FAU, is honored with the 2009 Florida/Caribbean Research Award for his work on the THOR Pilot Study. The award is presented each year by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida) and represents the region’s most prestigious award program for the architectural profession.
For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas) have been unsuccessful— until now. For the first time, novel and proprietary seeding techniques to produce beaded (nucleated) and non-beaded cultured pearls from the queen conch have been developed by scientists from FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. With less than two years of research and experimentation, DRS. HECTOR ACOSTASALMÓN AND MEGAN DAVIS have produced more than 200 cultured pearls using the techniques they developed. Prior to this breakthrough, no high-quality queen conch pearl had been cultured. This discovery opens up a unique opportunity to introduce a new gem to the industry. This significant accomplishment is comparable to that of the Japanese in the 1920s when they commercially applied the original pearl culture techniques developed for pearl oysters.
Drs. Hector Acosta-Salmón and Megan Davis, Co-inventors
FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and the Division of Research present the 2010 NOBEL LAUREATE LECTURE with PROFESSOR SIR HAROLD “HARRY” KROTO titled “Architecture in Nanospace.” Professor Kroto is the 1996 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and the Francis Eppes Professor, department of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida State University and an advisory board member of FAU’s department of chemistry and biochemistry. Professor Kroto’s Nobel Prize was based on his co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene, an unusual carbon molecule consisting of 60 carbon atoms arranged as a spheroid—its discovery has opened up an entirely new branch of chemistry. Left to right: Ginger Pritchett, Dr. Ram Narayanan, Margaret Kroto and Professor Sir Harry Kroto at the Nobel Laureate Reception at the Baldwin House
The Center for Body, Mind and Culture and the French Program in the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature in FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters present “An International Conference Exploring the Rich Diversity of Bodily Expression in the Arts and Practices of Francophone Cultures.” Directed by DR. RICHARD SHUSTERMAN, the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and director of the center, the conference examines the diverse styles of embodiment in the plurality of French-speaking cultures that range far beyond the French territory of Europe, extending into Africa, Asia and the Americas. DR. RAPHAEL DALLEO, assistant professor of English in FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters is featured by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for responding to a wealth of requests for an informed Dr. Raphael Dalleo
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Dr. Richard Shusterman
perspective on the crisis in Haiti. The earthquake in Haiti captures the world’s attention and the four ACLS fellows, including Dr. Dalleo, are instrumental in describing how their research can expand our understanding of the disaster. ACLS fellows are scholars of art, literature, political science and linguistics.
FAU’S PINE JOG ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER in the College of Education is recognized by Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock with the clerk’s “2010 Best Practices Award” for innovation in a nonprofit organization. The award is presented at the Florida Nonprofit Conference. Pine Jog is recognized for its innovative Green Schools Recognition Program which encourages school communities to develop cultures of sustainability and environmental stewardship. The Best Practices Award honors a nonprofit organization that strives for continuous improvement and excellence.
FAU’s 2010 Researchers and Scholars of the Year: Scholar of the Year – Professor
MARK ROSE, PH.D., Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Researcher of the Year – Associate Professor
ROBERT W. STACKMAN, PH.D., Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Scholar of the Year – Associate Professor
DIANE GREEN, PH.D., School of Social Work, College for Design and Social Inquiry
Researcher of the Year – Assistant Professor
STEPHEN M. KAJIURA, PH.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Scholar of the Year – Assistant Professor
RAPHAEL DALLEO, PH.D., English Department, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Researcher of the Year – Assistant Professor
FRANCISCO J. PRESUEL — MORENO, PH.D., Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
FAU’s Graduate Student Association (GSA), Division of Research and Graduate College host a successful 2010 INAUGURAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DAY. Representing numerous disciplines, graduate students from across the university illustrate their research with poster presentations. Nearly 70 posters are displayed and cover a range of topics from ocean energy technology to the globalization and dampening of worldwide financial markets to timing growth spurts in Neanderthals to behavioral and physiological changes in invasive green iguanas. Among the disciplines represented include biology, chemistry, education, computer science, engineering, physics, psychology, mathematics, nursing, accounting, public administration, anthropology, music, archeology and biomedical science.
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2010 Inaugural Graduate Student Research Day
DR. ANN-MARGARET ESNARD, professor and director of the Visual Planning Technology Lab in FAU’s School of Urban & Regional Planning, and DR. ALKA SAPAT, associate professor in FAU’s School of Public Administration, both in the College for Design and Social Inquiry receive a $40,000 RAPID research grant from the National Science Foundation for their study titled, “Haitian-Americans as Critical ‘Bridges’ and ‘Lifelines’ for Recovery and Rebuilding in Haiti.” Their research focuses on understanding the role of the HaitianAmerican community in relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts because of the Haiti earthquake; documenting the trends and profiles of displacee influx to South Florida; and collecting and analyzing policies and plans that have been created in the U.S. at the federal, state and local level in response to this potential (or perceived) displacee influx. DR. HERBERT WEISSBACH, Distinguished Research Professor in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is reappointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to the Biomedical Research Advisory Council (BRAC) for a term beginning on April 19, 2010 and ending on January 1, 2012. Dr. Weissbach is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and director of the Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at FAU’s Jupiter campus. The Dr. Herbert Weissbach 11-member BRAC advises the state surgeon general on the direction and scope of biomedical research programs and is also charged with developing the strategic objectives and priorities of the programs. Four of the BRAC members are appointed by the governor.
Dr. Ann-Margaret Esnard
DR. BLANE DE ST. CROIX, associate professor in FAU’s Department of Visual Arts and Art History in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters is awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Dr. De St. Croix is one of 180 scientists, artists and scholars from the U.S. and Canada Dr. Blane De St. Croix to receive this prestigious award. The recipients were selected from over 3,000 applicants, and award amounts averaged $43,000. Dr. De St. Croix's recent body of work explores the geopolitical landscape through drawing and sculptural installation. His work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally.
FAU’s CHRISTINE E. LYNN COLLEGE OF NURSING’S doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program receives accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the national accreditation agency that ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate and residency programs in nursing. The program received the maximum accreditation of five years with no deficiencies. The FAU DNP program prepares advanced practice nurses and nurse administrators with a doctoral degree that focuses on practice leadership.
Track One first place winners of the 2010 FAU Business Plan representing SlicketTicket from left to right: David Gray, Jeffrey Gray and Hayden Trepeck
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FAU’s ADAMS CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP and the COLLEGE OF BUSINESS host the 2010 FAU Business Plan Competition for FAU students, alumni and members of the business community to compete for a share of more than $75,000 in cash and prizes. The 2010 FAU Business Plan Competition provides an opportunity for participants to compete and test their business ideas—more than 133 teams are registered for the competition. Sixteen of the 133 teams advance to the final round events. More than 242 guests attend the event where each team presents a 90-second elevator pitch. Attendees vote for their favorite idea, awarding the team with the most votes the first annual People’s Choice Award.
FAU’s COLLEGE OF EDUCATION hosts more than 100 educators, administrators and students at its inaugural Global Education Symposium in Boca Raton. The symposium focuses on the best practice approaches and methods for educating citizens in a diverse world. In addition to keynote presentations, breakout sessions led by some of Florida’s
most respected voices explore educational strategies for Haitians who came to Florida following the earthquake, recent events associated with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the global initiative called “Education for All,” FAU’s international partnerships and school-level efforts to internationalize the curriculum.
Dr. Sameer Hinduja
Dr. Karl Stevens (center and holding the award), dean, FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, accepts the “Academic Pioneer Award” and is pictured with Susan Skemp (front row, white suit), executive director of the COET and engineers, scientists and staff of the center
FAU’s CENTER FOR OCEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (COET) receives the “Academic Pioneer Award” from EnergyOcean International for its recent and significant contributions in the field of ocean energy research and technology. The COET also showcases its leading-edge work in ocean energy technologies and science. This conference is the world’s leading event focused on offshore renewable and sustainable power including wind, wave, tidal, thermal, current, solar and hybrids.
DR. SAMEER HINDUJA, associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in FAU’s College for Design and Social Inquiry and codirector of the Cyberbullying Research Center, serves as the keynote speaker in the Anti-Defamation League’s regional Cyberbullying Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A renowned expert in this field, Dr. Hinduja is also interviewed on FOX TV 29’s “Good Day” morning show in Philadelphia to discuss this timely topic.
DR. AMY WRIGHT, professor and director of the Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, receives a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand a unique collection of marine organisms which Harbor Branch has gathered from around the world. These marine organisms produce chemically diverse compounds that have potential Dr. Amy Wright for biotechnological applications and drug discovery. This project will help to support the NIH’s Molecular Roadmap Program aimed at discovering new probes of biological mechanisms as well as compounds with unique biological activities relative to human health.
Nine teachers from St. Lucie County schools, led by DR. ROSE GATENS, director of FAU’s Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education, travel to Washington D.C. over the spring break to conduct research on teaching about the Holocaust, genocides and human rights. Accompanying the teachers is Peter Feigl, a Palm City resident who is also a Holocaust survivor. The study group works on their understanding of the Holocaust during working sessions leading up to the three days at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. These teachers are sharing their lessons with other teachers throughout the St. Lucie County School District.
The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board awards DR. DALE GAWLIK, associate professor in biological sciences in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and his colleagues $1 million for continuing support of a unique study that is helping scientists protect and restore wading bird colonies in the Dr. Dale Gawlik Everglades. This study is helping the District to meet an objective of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), which calls for restoring nesting colonies of wading birds in the Everglades.
DR. MARC KANTOROW, professor of biomedical sciences in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, receives a RO1 grant
renewal of $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate natural eye repair systems that could be used to treat age-related eye diseases including macular degeneration and cataracts.
Dr. Marc Kantorow
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DR. DAVID J. LEWKOWICZ, professor of psychology in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and his colleagues, publish their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on their hypothesis that younger infants may actually be better at integrating facial speech gestures and vocalizations than older infants and that the developmental deDr. David Lewkowicz cline in this ability may be due to increasing specialization for native-language phonology as infants learn their own speech and language. Their research is funded by the National Science Foundation. Scientists from FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, spearheaded by DR. TAMMY FRANK, research scientist at Harbor Branch’s Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research and principal investigator, Duke University, the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center use their combined expertise in bioluminescence, taxonomy, visual ecology, imaging and molecular biology to explore the environment of the deep-sea bottom to search for undiscovered Dr. Tammy Frank “living lights” off the Bahamas. The research emerges from the expedition is funded by the National Oceanic deep-sea bottom off and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the Bahamas Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. DR. ISAAC ELISHAKOFF, distinguished research professor in the department of ocean and mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, publishes a book by Imperial College Press, London, England titled Optimization and Anti-Optimization of Structures under Uncertainty. The book is co-authored with Professor Makoto Ohsaki in the department of architecture and architectural engineering at the University
IN REMEMBRANCE Scott Ellington
As many of you may already know, Florida Atlantic University recently lost a great advocate and friend, Scott Ellington, who passed away on July 6 at the age of 66 following a long battle with cancer. Scott was a longtime member of the Scott Ellington FAU community who came to the University as an executive on loan from IBM and stayed to head the Florida Atlantic Research and Development Park. He served as the executive director of the Research Park for more than a decade and worked very closely with faculty, staff and students at FAU. Among his many contributions to FAU’s research, innovation and commercialization efforts included his involvement and support of the Division’s Gap Fund Program. Scott was
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DR. ESTHER GUZMÁN, assistant research professor at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute receives a $375,000 grant from the Bankhead Coley Florida Biomedical Research Program for a research project to identify bioactive marine natural products that inhibit inflammation as potential novel chemo-preventatives of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Esther Guzmán
A bioluminescent shrimp photographed in the deep-sea bottom near the Bahamas
of Kyoto, Japan. The book was initiated when Dr. Elishakoff served as the Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science at the renowned University of Kyoto. The society was established by Emperor Showa in 1932 to promote international cooperation.
Dr. Isacc Elishakoff
instrumental in providing the initial $50,000 of funding to support the program which was launched in fiscal year 2006-07. This funding and subsequent funding has helped to enhance our faculty’s efforts to translate research into viable products and services for the benefit of the public. “Scott Ellington was a pillar of strength for FAU,” said Dr. Ram Narayanan, assistant vice president for research in the Division of Research and associate dean for research and industrial relations in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. “Scott was very committed to FAU technology development and the commercialization of our inventions and always put the faculty and students’ interests first. He was a close friend and mentor to me over the last decade. I speak for many of us here when I say that he will very much be missed and will be a hard act to follow.” Scott is survived by his wife Linda, son Christopher, daughter Deborah and grandchildren Lainey, Dani, Collin, Travis, Matthew, Christopher, Kyndal and Kadyn.
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Left to right – Android Team Members: Skender Fani, Finner Noon, Dr. Ravi Shankar, Alex Andresen, Francis McAfee, Charles Norona, Norman Silva, Georgiana Carvalho, Victor Gallego, Brian Chamba and Jean Mangiaracina (not pictured)
t Nearly 30 high school students with complementary backgrounds in arts, computer science and business participated in FAU’s Engineering Scholar Program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science over the summer. Students worked in teams of three to develop gaming and social networking applications on Google’s Android mobile phones. Funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2009, the program’s objective is to create an “incubation” center that brings together students with diverse backgrounds and interests to develop high technology products that have potential for commercialization. The three-week program consisted of concurrent sessions, including Camtasia for promotional video development; Adobe Photoshop and Maya for aesthetics and animation; and Java for programming. The program culminated with a contest and awards ceremony on July 2, and students competed for tuition and scholarships totaling $12,000. The program’s team members included: DR.RAVI SHANKAR, professor and director of the Center for Systems Integration in FAU’s department of computer and electrical engineering and computer science; FRANCIS MCAFEE, associate professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies and past director of the former Center for Electronic Communication, FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters; DR. GEORGIANA CARVALHO, visiting assistant professor, FAU’s department of computer and electrical engineering and computer science; NORMAN SILVA, Silva Animation Studio, Inc.; STEVE SMODISH, Echo Beach Studios; FAU graduate student MIHAI FONAGE, department of computer and electrical engineering and computer science; FAU graduate student in computer engineering CHARLES NORONA; FAU undergraduate engineering students VICTOR GALLEGO and ALEXENDAR ANDRESEN (computer engineering), BRIAN CHAMBA (computer science) and FINNER NOON (electrical engineering); and FAU undergraduate student in business SKENDER FANI. t The Max Planck Florida Institute is one step closer to moving into its permanent location on six acres at FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter. On June 22, DR. PETER GRUSS, president of Germany’s Max Planck Society, presided at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new 100,000-square-foot biomedical research facility—the first Max Planck Institute in the U.S. With a focus on cutting-edge research in the neurosciences and integrative biology, the Max Planck Florida Institute adds a powerful international dimension to the state’s growing bioscience cluster. Dignitaries at the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Max Planck Florida Institute, L-R: Chancellor of the State University System Frank Brogan; Palm Beach County Commissioner Priscilla Taylor; Max Planck Florida Institute Trustees Michael Mitrione and Bob Eigen; Dr. Claudia Hillinger, Vice President of Institute Development, Max Planck Florida Institute; Trustee George Elmore; Kelly Smallridge, President of the Business Development Board; Palm Beach County Commissioner Karen Marcus; State Representative Carl Domino; Dr. Peter Gruss, President of Max Planck Society; State Representative Maria Sachs; Jens Hanefeld, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission for the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Palm Beach County Commissioner Shelley Vana; Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson; Dr. Ivan Baines, Chief Scientific Facilities Officer, Max Planck Florida Institute; Dr. Mary Jane Saunders, President, Florida Atlantic University; Palm Beach County Commissioner Jess Santamaria; and Town of Jupiter Mayor Karen Golonka
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t On July 9, FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute’s RV Seward Johnson set sail for the Gulf of Mexico on a four-week, four-leg expedition led by DR. SHIRLEY POMPONI. The expedition is part of the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology’s (CIOERT) year two science plan, but it also has an oil spill component. Leg one of the expedition takes the team to the Oculina reefs right off our coast and then south to the Miami Terrace and the Keys. On leg two, the ship will pick up the West Florida Shelf and will follow it northward and then east to Tampa. The shelf area due south of Pensacola will be the farthest point reached on leg three, and after another stop in Tampa, the last leg of the cruise will be an education and outreach leg bringing the ship back to Harbor Branch. This will be the first look under the surface—other than at The RV Seward Johnson the spill site—to determine if oil is present at deep reef sites along Florida’s shelf edge. The expedition is using a submersible, a remotely operated vehicle—the Johnson SeaLink (JSL)— and other technology to assess and record conditions in the water column and on deep coral and live-bottom reefs. The mission is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and is being carried out by the Cooperative Institute that was awarded to FAU and University of North Carolina, Wilmington last year. The information collected will provide a better understanding of the spill’s actual and potential environmental effects. Researchers will use the JSL to observe corals and other bottom-dwelling species to establish benchmarks for measuring change that may result from the oil and chemicals used to manage the spill. t FAU received the 2010/2011 approved fringe benefit rates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Please note that these rates will be applicable to all sponsored projects. These rates became effective on July 1, 2010, and will only apply to sponsored projects. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact EDWIN BEMMEL, Director of Research Accounting at ebemmel@fau.edu or 7-2606. The following rates have been approved for 2010/2011: FACULTY:
AMP:
SP
OPS
29.8%
31.5%
42.2%
7.7%
t FAU’s department of exercise science and health promotion in the College of Education is conducting a study to compare the fitness levels between senior adults who regularly take part in FAU’s wellness program with a group of senior adults who are not part of this program or who may or may not be engaged in fitness activities. Co-principal investigators of the study are DR. SUE GRAVES and ANITA D’ANGELO. When the study ends in approximately six months, the coinvestigators hope to use their research to fine-tune or revise the FAU Well Program, a free and ongoing morning walking and exercise program for the 55+ community offered on the Boca Raton campus since 1988. t
Dr. Tsung-Chow Su
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Congratulations to DR. TSUNG-CHOW SU, professor of ocean and mechanical engineering in FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, on his presentation titled “Controlling Junction Flow for Scouring Prevention” and for chairing a "Pipeline & Riser: Scours" session in the 20th International Offshore (Ocean) and Polar Engineering Conference held this June in Beijing, China. In addition, Dr. Su’s research paper titled, “On Predicting Boat Drift for Search and Rescue,” appeared in a recent issue of the journal Ocean Engineering. The paper is co-authored with Zao Ni and Zhiping Qiu from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Su’s research paper titled “Axisymmetric Vibrations of a Piezoelectric Spherical Shell Submerged in a Compressible Viscous Fluid Medium” will soon be published in the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. This paper is co-authored with Juxi Hu and Zhiping Qiu, also from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Francesco Tornabene, Alessandro Marzani and Erasmo Viola of the University of Bologna, Italy.
Awards Received In June 2010 Please note that all of the data on awards for June may not have been reconciled, therefore some awards may not be reflected in this issue of the newsletter.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
TITLE
AGENCY
AWARD AMOUNT
DOROTHY F. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Mark, Harvey
Delta Geographic Concentration Initiative Evaluation
Mississippi State University
$20,000
Mark, Harvey Delta Geographic Concentration Initiative Evaluation
Mississippi State University
$20,000
TOTAL:
$40,000
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Scott, John
CARD Supplement – Summer Academy for Land Use Study Teachers 2010
Florida Department of Education Planning Office
$4,000
TOTAL:
$4,000
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Teegavarapu, Ramesh
Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Precipitation Events and their Relation to Peak Flooding Events in South Florida
South Florida Water Management District
$10,000
Abhijit, Pandya
High Definition Printers
OCE North America
$51,882
Zilouchian, Ali
Engineering Scholars' Program (ESP)-2010
Florida Department of Education
$28,208
Homayoon, Abtahi
Hydrogen Technology (Hytech) Electric Vehicle Charge Station
Enerfuel Cell, Inc.
$51,862
Manhar, Dhanak
NURC Acoustic Modem and Spare Parts
NATO Undersea Research Center
$14,905
Pierre-Philippe, Beaujean Schock, Steven
One-way Transmission of Command to a Video Ray using a FAU DPAM
NATO Undersea $20,874 Research Center
Dhanak, Manhar
Compact Acoustic Intercept System (CAIS) STTR
Technology Transfer of Edge-Tech $19,336 CHIRP Synthetic Aperture SONAR
Pierre-Philippe, Through-the-Sensor (TTS) Beaujean Environment Modeling & Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) 10
Information Systems Laboratories
$9,089
Naval Surface $25,022 Warfare Center TOTAL:
$231,178
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
TITLE
AGENCY
AWARD AMOUNT
FACILITIES/UNIVERSITY Thomas, Bradley Emergency Notification Florida Department $161,500 Technology for Public of Education Universities and Colleges TOTAL: $161,500 HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE Amber, Garr
Conch Research
FAU Foundation
$5,000
Hanisak, Dennis
Link Foundation Program at Harbor Branch (2010-2011)
Link Foundation
$15,000
Lapointe, Brian Hanisak, Dennis
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon FAU Foundation $5,000 Oil Spill on the Pelagic Sargassum Community and Transport into the Western North Atlantic Ocean Macroalgae for CO2 Capture and Renewable Energy: A Pilot Project – Phase 1
University of Connecticut
$13,000
TOTAL:
$33,000
CHRISTINE E. LYNN COLLEGE OF NURSING Raines, Deborah Valentine, Kathleen
Sigma Theta Tau Research Grant
Sigma Theta Tau International
$1,000
PHF Diabetes Education & Foundation Research Center – Amendment #1
Palm Healthcare
$11,934
TOTAL:
$12,943
$47,716
CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Dorn, Nathan
Design and Conduct an Experimental Examination of the "Predator Release" Hypothesis in the Wading Bird Super Colony Formation in the Florida Everglades
South Florida Water Management District
Erik, Noonburg
Wading Bird Evaluation Team/Assessment Team Model Integration and Development
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rodney, Murphey
Integrative Biology for Future Researcher
National Science Foundation
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$149,848
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
TITLE
AGENCY
AWARD AMOUNT
CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Rodney, Murphey
Integrative Biology for Future Researcher
National Science Foundation
Wyneken, Jeanette
Tracking Marine Turtles and their Environments
Save Our Seas Foundation
$25,000
Bressler, Steven
Distributed Cortical Processing in Visual Working Memory Project
Montana State University
$100,722
Andrew, Terentis
Feasibility of Raman Spectroscopy for Concurrent Tissue Diagnosis & Guidance of Laser Ablative Surgery
Sinai Medical Staff Foundation
$8,000
Leventouri, Theodora
Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies of Fe-substituted Nano-hydroxyapatite
Oak Ridge National Lab
$2,000
Marronetti, Pedro
Three-Dimensional Multi-Physics Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae
Oak Ridge National Lab
$38,000
TOTAL:
$537,592
STUDENT AFFAIRS
$150,000
Carter, Nori Summer Food Service Florida Department $73,384 Program of Education TOTAL: $73,384
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Proposals Submitted in June 2010
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FAU College or Division/Dept.
Number of Proposals Submitted
Amount of Proposals Submitted
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
1
$183,414
College of Business
0
0
College for Design and Social Inquiry
3
$6,412,490
College of Education
6
$1,511,318
College of Engineering and Computer Science
18
$8,065,062
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
32
$5,502,467
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
0
0
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
3
$1,911,820
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
1
$2,500
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
14
$8,036,218
Academic/Student Affairs/Administration
1
$1,900,000
TOTAL
79
$33,525,289