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 |
