2008 GRANT AWARD ARCHIVE: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Gerald Harris

Professor/Director

GRANT: $9,875, U.S. Department of Education, Development of Dynamic Pedorthosis for Improving Clubfoot Correction

Dr. Michelle Johnson

Research Assistant Professor

GRANT: $11,760, National Institutes of Health, fMRI and Robot-Assisted Practice of Activities of Daily Living

Dr. Brian Schmit

Associate Professor

GRANT: $19,637, U.S. Department of Education, RRTC on Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals Who Experience a Stroke

Dr. Kristina Ropella

Chair/Professor

GRANT: $40,500, National Science Foundation, "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship"

GRANT: $31,759, National Institutes of Health, "General Anesthetics and Cerebral Cortical Sensory Integration"

Dr. Peter A. Smith

Adjunct Assistant Professor

GRANT: $150,000, U.S. Department of Education, “Conservative and Surgical Clubfoot Treatment:  Multi-Center Study”

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Charles Melching

Associate Professor

GRANT: $9,891, U.S. Department of Transportation, Hydraulic Investigation for the Reconstructed Bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River at Chicago Avenue

Dr. James Crovetti

Associate Professor

GRANT: $71,934, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, "Performance Evaluation of Tack Coat Materials"

Dr. Christopher M. Foley

Assistant Professor

Dr. Baolin Wan

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $1,090, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, “Deck-Truss Monitoring Workshop and Instrument Location Investigation”

Dr. Christopher M. Foley

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $9,090, U.S. Department of Transportation, "In-Situ Monitoring and Testing of IBRC Bridges in Wisconsin"

Dr. Charles Melching

Associate Professor

GRANT: $47,950, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, "Water Quality Simulation in Support of the Development of an Integrated Strategy to Meet Dissolved Oxygen Standards for the Chicago Area Waterways (Supplement)"

Dr. Baolin Wan

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $37,000, Wisconsin Highway Research Program, "Concrete Cracking in New Bridge Decks and Overlays"

Dr. Daniel H. Zitomer

Associate Professor

GRANT: $150,000, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, "Anaerobic Co-Digestion for Increased Renewable Energy and GHG Emission Reductions"

GRANT: $157,894, WE Energies, "Anaerobic Co-Digestion for Increased Renewable Energy and GHG Emission Reductions"

GRANT: $30,000, Naulin Foundation, “Microbes for Enhanced Conversion of Waste to Methane for Combustion”

GRANT: $9,994, “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Sustainable Water Supply for La Garrucha, Guatemala”

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Richard Marklin

Professor

GRANT: $330,219, Electric Power Research Institute, Fleet Truck Study - Main Project

Dr. John P Borg

Assistant Professor

Dr. George F. Corliss

Professor

Dr. James A. Rice

Associate Professor

Dr. Joseph M. Schimmels

Professor

GRANT: $50,000, Kern Family Foundation, Inc., “Student Transformation through Innovation Exercises”

Dr. John P Borg

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $35,906, U.S. Department of Defense, "Improved Computational Modeling of Hypervelocity Impact Flash Phenomena"

Dr. William Brower

Professor

GRANT: $15,000, Fleck Foundation, "Fifth Grade Inner City Volunteer Teaching Program (5GVP)"

Dr. Jon Koch

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $3,500, Gas Research Institute, "Baseline Measurements of Residential Water Heater Burns"

Dr. Richard Marklin

Professor

GRANT: $35,551, Electric Power Research Institute, "Fleet Truck Study - Main Project"

2007 GRANT AWARD ARCHIVE: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Said H. Audi

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $17,095: "National Institutes of Health, "Lipid Modulators of Pulmonary Vascular Tone"

GRANT: $24,999, Veterans Administration: Pulmonary Uptake of Amine Drugs

Grant: $6,250 Wisconsin Department of Commerce: Quantification of Molecular Probe Uptake in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Dr. Gerald F. Harris

Professor

GRANT: $150,000, U.S. Department of Education, “Fracture Risk Prediction in Children and Young Adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta’

GRANT: $150,000, U.S. Department of Education, “Clinician Researchers and Engineers:  Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training”

GRANT: $9,310, U.S. Department of Education, “Development of Dynamic Pedorthosis for Improving Clubfoot Correction”

Dr. Michelle Johnson

Research Assistant Professor

GRANT: $41,501, American Heart Association, "Robot-assisted Motivating Rehabilitation to Increase Upper Limb Function after Stroke"

GRANT: $40,357, American Heart Association, "Robot-assisted Motivating Rehabilitation to Increase Upper Limb Function after Stroke"

Dr. John F. LaDisa

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $136,886, American Diabetes Association, "A Novel Interdisciplinary Approach to Characterize and Minimize Vascular Changes Contributing to Restenosis after Stenting in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"

GRANT: $26,000, American Heart Association, “Incorporating the aortic valve into patient-specific CFD models using phase contract MRI and valvular gating:  Predoctoral Fellowship for David Wendell”

Dr. Kristina M. Ropella

Chair/Professor

GRANT: $128,628, U.S. Department of Education, "Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship Program in Biomedical Engineering:  Functional Imaging and Rehabilitation "

GRANT: $40,500, National Science Foundation, "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for Jason Hallman"

GRANT: $9,548, National Institutes of Health: Functional NeuroImaging of Visual Cortex

GRANT: $127,881, U.S. Department of Education, "Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship Program in Biomedical Engineering: Functional Imaging and Rehabilitation"

Dr. Brian D. Schmit

Associate Professor

GRANT: $35,395, U.S. Department of Education, "Enhanced motor recovery post-stroke using serotonergic agents"

Dr. Brian D. Schmit

Associate Professor

Dr. Sheila Schindler-Ivens

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $71,500, American Heart Association, “Cortical Contributions to Locomotor Control and Recovery after Stroke”

Dr. Robert Scheidt

Associate Professor

GRANT: $3,000, National Science Foundation, "REU Supplement for CAREER: Adaptive Control in Biological and Man-made Systems"

GRANT: $86,436, National Science Foundation: CAREER: Adaptive Control in Biological and Man-made Systems

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Christopher M. Foley

Assistant Professor

Dr. James A. Crovetti

Associate Professor; Director, Transportation Research Center

GRANT: $60,000, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, "Materials Characterization and Analysis of the Marquette Interchange HMA Perpetual Pavement"

Dr. Charles S. Melching

Associate Professor

GRANT: $52,000, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, "Evaluation of Proceduresto Prevent Backflows to Lake Michigan from the Chicago Waterway System"

GRANT: $157,089, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, “Water Quality Simulation in Support of Development of an Integrated Strategy to Meet Dissolved Oxygen Standards for the Chicago area waterways”

GRANT: $4,011, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, “Flow Verification for the Flow Transfer to the Fox River Water Reclamation District South Plant”

GRANT: $7,465, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Collegiate Rain Garden Challenge"

Dr. Baolin Wan

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $39,999, Wisconsin Highway Research Program, “Study of Fatigue Risks in the Connections of Sign Support Structures”

GRANT: $9,090, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, “In-Situ Monitoring and Testing of IBRC Bridges in Wisconsin”

Dr. Daniel H. Zitomer

Associate Professor

GRANT: $122,095, WE Energies: Bioaugmentation to Increase Methane and Renewable Energy Production

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Ronald H. Brown

Associate Professor

Dr. George F. Corliss

Professor

GRANT: $65,000, Burns and McBride Energy, “Daily Consumption Estimation -- Heating Oil”

GRANT: $9,880 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Foundation: The Challenges of Offshore Outsourcing: An Educational Response

Dr. Nabeel Demerdash

Professor

Grant: $26,500 US-Egypt Joint Board on Scientific and Technological Cooperation: Fault Diagnostics of Induction Motor Drive Systems via Electronic Systems and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Dr. Shrinivas G. Joshi

Professor

GRANT: $10,000, National Science Foundation, "RET Supplement to Acoustic Waves in Thin Piezoelectric Plates: Theory and Applications"

Dr. Fabien Josse

Professor

GRANT: $221,786, National Science Foundation, "Use of Novel Excitation Schemes for Resonant Microcantilevers in Liquid-Phase Sensing Applications"

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. John P Borg

Assistant Professor

GRANT:  $25,000, Sandia National Laboratories (DOE), “Mesoscale Simulations of Shock Compaction of Granular Ceramics”

GRANT: $25,000, Sandia National Laboratories (DOE): Mesoscale Simulations of Shock Compaction of Granular Ceramic

Dr. S. Scott Goldsborough

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $25,000, Sandia National Laboratories (DOE): The evolution of pressure, temperature and concentration fronts due to pressure-driven gas flow within a packed be

GRANT: $30,000, National Science Foundation, “IREE Supplement to Acquisition of a Linux Cluster to Support College-wide Research & Teaching Activities”

Dr. Jon D Koch

Assistant Professor

GRANT: $15,000, Fleck Foundation, "Fifth Grade Inner City Volunteer Teaching Program (5GVP)"

Dr. Richard W. Marklin

Professor

GRANT: $121,545, Electric Power Research Institute, “Ergonomics Process for Line Workers in Fossil Electric Power Plants”

GRANT: $76,886, Herman Miller, Inc., “Metabolic Study of an Office Chair”

With Dr. Paula E. Papanek, Department of Physical Therapy

Grant: $146,909 Electric Power Research Institute: Ergonomics Process for Line Workers in Fossil Electric Power Plants

Grant: $26,664 Electric Power Research Institute: Site Visit to Arizona Public Service: Ergonomics Assessment of Vegetation Management

GRANT: $17,714, Electric Power Research Institute, “U.S. Power Plant Visits: American Electric Power”

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Quick Facts About Marquette

Identity: Catholic, Jesuit, private
Established: 1881
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Undergraduate: 8,048
Postgraduate: 3,500
Campus: Urban, 80 acres
Athletics: 14 NCAA Division I teams
(Big East Conference)
Colors: Blue and Gold