The University Research Grant Program seeks to encourage original research scholarship and artistic expression that promotes a stimulating atmosphere for graduate education and faculty development. The program provides funding for regular full-time faculty and academic staff (per WSU/AAUP Agreement), with preference given to instructors and faculty below the rank of full professor.

The following faculty received 2006 University Research Grants for their listed projects:

Amy Adamczyk, Sociology, School and State Religious Norms, Structural Constraints, and Personal Religiosity for Abortion Decisions

Peter Andreana, Chemistry, Deciphering a Carbohydrate Code for T-Cell Elicitation by Developing a Combinatorial Carbohydrate Library and Carbohydrate-Based Micro Array

R. Khari Brown, Sociology, Interracial/Faith Church-based Coalitions in Metropolitan Detroit

Timothy Allen Carter, Political Science, Understanding United Nations Peacekeeping: Intervention Decisions and Expectations of Success

Sarika Chandra, English, Dislocalism: Re-Assessing Americanism in the Age of Globalization

Eric Hiddleston, Philosophy, Mental Causation

Sharon F. Lean, Political Science, Expand an Original Dataset on Election Monitoring in the Americas

Haiyong Liu, Near Eastern & Asian Studies, A Grammar of Baule

Shiyong Lu, Computer Science, Rutime Security Verification in Itinerary Driven Nobile Agent Systems

Caroline Maun, Interdisciplinary Studies, The Mosaic of Fire: The Poetry of Evelyn Scott, Lola Ridge, Charlotte Wilder, and Kay Boyle

Jodi L. Nachtwey, Political Science, Iraqi Views toward Governance, the Role of Islam, and Prospects for Future Stability

Jennifer Olmsted, Art and Art History, Gunpowder Races: Delacroix, Art, and the Contest for Power in North Africa

Jeff Michael Rebudal, Dance, The Role of Dance and Choreography in Contemporary Opera Production: A Critical Analysis of Three Modern Dance Choreographers

Jeff Rice, English, Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network

Sally K. Roberts, Education, Evaluation of the GO-GIRL Program 2005

Michael K. Shaw, Immunology, IL-13 delta E2 as a possible inhibitor of IL-13 function

Yumin Sheng, Political Science, Governing Globalization at Home: the Political Economy of Central-Provincial Relations in China, 1977-2003

Yong Xu, Engineering, Development of novel tactile sensors for minimally invasive surgery

The Faculty Competition for Graduate Research Assistantships is designed to encourage the development of new directions in Ph.D. training in leading edge research and scholarship, to facilitate graduate and undergraduate participation in collaborative, multi-disciplinary projects, to enhance the university’s ability to obtain extramural training grants, to facilitate strategic plan-driven initiatives in Ph.D. research/training, and to assist faculty recruitment and retention efforts.

The following faculty were selected to receive Graduate Research Assistants for the below listed projects through the 2006-2007 Faculty Competition for Graduate Research Assistantships:

Ashok Bhagwat, Chemistry, A Viral Model for Antibody Maturation

Michael Cher, Urology/Pathology Medicine, Proteases, Growth Factors, Prostate Cancer, and the Bone Microenvironment

Christine Chow, Chemistry, Synthesis and applications of novel nucleic acid therapeutics

Ming Dong, Computer Science, Novel Software Tools for Brain Tumor Staging with Susceptibility Weighted Imaging

Miriam L. Greenberg, Biological Sciences, Elucidating the mechanism of lithium resistance: Implications for the treatment of bipolar disorder

Stephen Krawetz, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Determining the fate of the gamete genome

Larry Matherly, Pharmacology, TEL-AML1 Transcript Variants in B-Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

K.Y. Simon Ng, Chemical Engineering, Alternative Energy Technology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Fuel Cell Technology

David Oupicky, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Degradable Polymeric Thin Coatings for Delivery of DNA Vaccines

Jayanth Panyam, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Targeted Gene Silencing to Overcome Tumor Drug Resistance

Arun Rishi, Internal Medicine, Mechanisms of human breast cancer cell growth inhibition by a novel, epidermal growth factor receptor related protein (ERRP)

Barry Rosen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Structure and function of novel enzymes involved in microbial drug design and resistance

Anna Santiago, Social Work, Impacts on Children of Deconcentrating Public Housing

Weisong Shi, Computer Science, Innovative Measurement of Motion and Falling Detection of Aging Citizens Using Wireless Sensor Networks

Chin-An Tan, Mechanical Engineering, Vibration-Based MEMS Energy Scavengers for Sensor Networks

Wei-Zen Wei, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Novel Cancer vaccines: converting a tumor into a vaccine reservoir

King Yang, Biomedical Engineering, Injury Mechanisms of the Brain due to Blast Effects

Gang George Yin, Mathematics, Adaptive Estimation, Control, and Advanced Computing for Complex Systems

Hao Ying, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Integrated Information Analysis for Epilepsy

Zhimin Zhang, Mathematics, Can We Hear the Shape of A Drum, via Computer Algorithms?