229-333-5800 February 20, 2011
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Communications Specialist
Assistant Professor Receives Research Grant
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VALDOSTA -- Dr. Jia Lu, assistant professor in the Department of
Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, recently received a research
grant from the American Society of Learned Council. The $106,000
award will fund Lu’s research titled “History of Road Construction
in Chinese East Himalayas: An Integrated Study.”
The grant will provide two-year funding for the research materials,
data and student assistance, and will allow Lu to travel to China
for field work.
“The proposed research plans to fill the gap of existing literature
by examining the history of infrastructure development and its
multiple impacts in the Chinese fast-developing Eastern Himalayas,”
Lu said. “The aim is to bridge traditional humanistic and social
science methods with the cutting-edge technologies and quantitative
analyses. The final analyses and results will be on-line for easy
dissemination worldwide.”
Lu is a first-year assistant professor at Valdosta State
University. She holds a Ph.D in City and Regional Planning from the
Ohio State University.
