Awardee Department College Project Title Amount
Awarded
Melissa Benton Nursing Nursing BIA and Hydration $5,000
Archna Bhasin Biology Arts & Science Xenorhabdus bovienii antimicrobials $5,000
Gretchen Bielmyer
&
Maura Schlairet		 Biology
&
Nursing		 Arts & Science
&
Nursing		 Dietary Metal Accumulation and
Toxicity to the Sea Urchin,
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis		 $4,950
Linda de la Garza Chemistry Arts & Science Morphology and Surface Effects on
Nanoparticulate Semiconductor Films		 $4,996
Larry Hilgert,
Mark Meacham,
&
Ruth Stonestreet		 Psychology,
Social Work,
&
Communication Sciences
and Disorders

Education &
Social Work

 The VSUNIVA Research
Collaborative Project on Autism		 $5,270
Barry Hojjatie Physics, Astronomy
& Geosciences		 Arts & Science Computational Models for Analysis of
Thermal Conditioning of Structural Materials		 $3,500
Cui Lin Mathematics &
Computer Science		 Arts & Science Scientific Workflow Simulation System for
Large-Scale Workflow Scheduling
and Data Management		 $5,000
Chunlei Liu Mathematics &
Computer Science		 Arts & Science Connecting Isolated Wi-Fi Islands into
Collaborative Campus Networks		 $4,994
Melissa Rhinehart Sociology, Anthropolgy,
& Criminal Justice		 Arts & Science Resist to Exist: Student Resistance at
American Indiana Boarding Schools		 $4,795
David Wasieleski,
Deb Briihl,
Mark Whatley &
Jennifer Rahman		 Psychology &
Counseling		 Education Academic Entitlement Scale:
Construct Validation and Scale Development		 $4,830
Zhiguang Xu Mathematics &
Computer Science		 Arts & Science Neural Network Based Wafer Surface
Reconstruction form Electron Microscopy		 $4,956