KENT STATE UNIVERSITY Research and Sponsored Programs Paul DiCorleto, Vice President for Research EXTRAMURAL FUNDING REPORT Funds awarded for Total funding to date April- June 2019 FY2018 - 2019 $9,552,399 $33,097,065 Research Kizzy Albritton, Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences 07/01/19 - 06/30/20 $13,069 Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Kent Preschool Early Literacy Carmen Almasan, Physics 07/01/19 - 06/30/22 $469,101 National Science Foundation Electronic and Magnetic Phenomena in Heavy-Fermion and Iron-Based Superconductors Veronica Antochevez Dexheimer Strickland, Physics Continuation 07/01/19 - 06/30/23 $85,000 National Science Foundation CAREER: Dense Phases in Neutron Stars Darwin Boyd, College of Aeronautics and Engineering 01/01/18 - 05/31/19 $5,000 ShinMin Song, College of Aeronautics and Engineering Subaward Ohio Space Grant Consortium /National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2019 NASA Robotic Mining Competition Kathleen Campana, Library and Information Science 09/01/19 - 08/31/22 $421,533 Institute of Museum and Library Services Project VOICE (Value-sensitive design of Outcomes Informing Community Engagement) for Libraries Kathleen Campana, Library and Information Science 04/01/19 - 09/30/19 $4,999 Marianne Martens, Library and Information Science Subaward State Library of Ohio /Institute of Museum and Library Services Working Towards a Smarter Ohio: Supporting Family Engagement Through a Strong Preschool-Library Partnership Kuldeep Chaudhary, Geology 02/01/19 - 08/31/19 $15,000 Subaward AquaNRG Consulting Inc. /National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I: Data-Driven Simulation Module for Prediction of Physical-Chemical Properties of Porous Material (SBIR Subaward) Robert Clements, Biological Sciences Continuation 06/01/19 - 05/31/20 $74,906 Songping Huang, Chemistry Jennifer McDonough, Biological Sciences National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Multimodal probes for imaging neuroendocrine circuits and the neurovasculature 1 Windy Cole, College of Podiatric Medicine Additional 06/06/19 - 07/30/20 $207,485 SerenaGroup Inc. Natrox DFU Trial (NOW.T-001) James C Connors, College of Podiatric Medicine 01/01/19 - 12/31/21 $50,000 Duane Ehredt, College of Podiatric Medicine Mark Hardy, College of Podiatric Medicine OCPM Foundation The Pathogenesis of Nonunions: A Gene Expression Study Comparing Charcot Neuroarthropathy to Elective Arthrodesis Amy Damrow, Stark Campus 01/01/19 - 12/31/19 $713 Subaward Bowie State University /National Endowment for the Humanities Other People's Stories: Dialogue Across Distance and Difference Patrick Dillon, Stark Campus 10/01/18 - 09/30/19 $5,364 Subaward University of Memphis /Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration BVI SAMHSA 2018 MAT-PDOA Patrick Dillon, Stark Campus 10/01/18 - 09/30/19 $5,364 Subaward University of Memphis /Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Mending Hearts SAMHSA 2018 Qunxing Ding, East Liverpool 04/01/19 - 03/31/20 $350 Heritage-WTI, Inc. The Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference Metin Eren, Anthropology 05/01/17 - 06/06/18 $2,500 Ohio History Connection Berlin Lake Archaeological Survey Metin Eren, Anthropology 06/13/19 - 09/11/19 $10,000 Portage County Educational Service Center Tinkers Creek Greenway Project Phase I: Archaeological Investigation Gregory Gibson, Sociology Continuation 05/01/19 - 04/30/20 $122,389 Anthony Vander Horst, Sociology Subaward Indiana Department of Public Health /Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey (PRAMS) Gregory Gibson, Sociology Continuation 05/01/19 - 09/30/19 $31,631 Anthony Vander Horst, Sociology Subaward Indiana Department of Public Health /Health Resources and Services Administration Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey (PRAMS) Qiang Guan, Computer Science Continuation 09/01/19 - 09/30/20 $161,866 Subaward Triad National Security, LLC /U.S. Department of Energy Develop, Improve and Perform Research with the Open Sourced Tool PFSEF1 Related to Error Propagation 2 Qiang Guan, Computer Science Additional 05/13/19 - 08/31/21 $80,000 Subaward Triad National Security, LLCU.S. Department of Energy Develop, Improve and Perform Research with the Open Sourced Tool PFSEF1 Related to Error Propagation John Gunstad, Psychology Continuation 05/10/19 - 06/05/22 $4,000 IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Language Effects of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease David Hacker, Trumbull Campus 05/20/19 - 05/19/20 $14,862 U.S. Geological Survey Geology of Parts of Cow Creek and Deep Creek 7.5-Minute Quadrangles, Utah Jeffrey Hallam, Social and Behavioral Sciences 05/20/19 - 08/17/19 $7,800 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Summer Student Co-op Experience - Student Elena Virginia Hall, University Libraries 05/01/19 - 04/30/20 $30,561 Haley Antell, University Libraries Council on Library and Information Resources Commissions, Committees, and Commemorations: Preserving Audio and Audiovisual Responses to the Kent State Shootings Torsten Hegmann, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute/Chemical Physics Continuation 12/02/18 - 12/01/19 $7,500 Subaward Case Western Reserve University /National Aeronautics and Space Administration Microgravity Studies of Nanoparticles and Topological Defects in Liquid Crystal Thin Films Antal Jakli, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute/Physics 02/22/19 - 02/21/20 $2,500 Subaward University of Akron /National Science Foundation Type II: The University of Akron I-Corps Site - Fast Optical Switch William Kalkhoff, Sociology Continuation 09/11/17 - 09/10/20 $40,000 Joshua Pollock, Sociology U.S. Department of Army Team Perception and Performance Under Threat Oleg Lavrentovich, Physics 08/15/19 - 07/31/22 $450,000 Sergij Shiyanovskii, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystals Institute National Science Foundation Electrically Tunable Cholesteric Optical Filters Oleg Lavrentovich, Physics 07/01/19 - 06/30/22 $540,030 National Science Foundation Active Colloids with Tunable Interactions in Liquid Crystals Oleg Lavrentovich, Physics Continuation 08/01/19 - 07/31/20 $310,000 Sergij Shiyanovskii, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystals Institute U.S. Department of Energy Command of active and responsive elastomers by topological defects and patterns William Lechner, Psychology 05/01/19 - 04/30/20 $8,722 Subaward Brown University /National Institute on Drug Abuse Health Effects of the Standardized Research E-Cigarette for Harm Reduction in Smokers with HIV 3 Jonathan Maletic, Computer Science Supplement 06/01/17 - 05/31/20 $10,000 National Science Foundation REU Supplement: CI-New: Collaborative Research: An Infrastructure that Combines Eye Tracking into Integrated Development Environments to Study Software Development and Program Comprehension Mark Manley, Physics Continuation 08/15/19 - 08/14/20 $114,000 U.S. Department of Energy Investigations of Baryon Spectroscopy via Electromagnetic and Hadronic Scattering Aleisha Moore, Biological Sciences Additional 01/01/19 - 08/31/19 $924 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development The role of Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) neurons in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovarian syndrome Aleisha Moore, Biological Sciences 01/01/19 - 08/31/19 $74,520 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development The role of Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) neurons in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovarian syndrome Bradley Morris, Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences 07/01/19 - 06/30/22 $854,026 John Dunlosky, Psychology National Science Foundation Food for Thought: Igniting, Engaging, and Measuring Family STEM Learning Using a Food Lab Fedor Nazarov, Mathematics 06/01/19 - 05/31/22 $43,474 National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Weighted estimates with matrix weights and non-homogeneous harmonic analysis Angela Neal-Barnett, Psychology 04/01/19 - 03/31/20 $50,000 Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton esCentral Interventions: Race, Stress, and Infant mortality in the Central Neighborhood Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute/Chemical Physics 02/22/19 - 02/21/20 $2,500 Hiroshi Yokoyama, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute/Physics Subaward University of Akron /National Science Foundation Type II: The University of Akron I-Corps Site - Shear Force Mat Mary Ann Raghanti, Anthropology 05/15/19 - 04/30/22 $205,527 National Science Foundation Human Origins and Comparative Neurochemistry Mary Ann Raghanti, Anthropology 04/01/19 - 03/31/20 $143,625 Melissa Edler, Biomedical Sciences/Anthropology Subaward Florida International University /National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Cholinergic Neuron Degeneration in Mn Neurotoxicity Shana Reisig, Art 09/01/19 - 08/31/22 $24,000 Farris Family Fund -Kent State University Foundation The Fruits of Empire: Representations of Food in America Art and Culture, 1865-1965 4 Adam Roberts, Music 09/01/19 - 08/31/22 $24,000 Farris Family Fund -Kent State University Foundation Recording Project: Book of Doubt/Book of Faith Lydia Rose, East Liverpool Supplement 09/25/18 - 09/30/19 $6,333 Subaward Ohio Organizing Collaborative /The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Cohort Three – Social and Economic Determinants in Rural America – Ohio River Valley Dmitry Ryabogin, Mathematics 09/01/19 - 08/31/24 $42,000 Simons Foundation On Busemann-Petty problems and other questions on projections and sections of convex bodies Gokarna Sharma, Computer Science 10/01/19 - 09/30/21 $199,977 National Science Foundation