FGP award recipients  

2014 Awards

Awardee	Title	Department	Proposal	Amount Awarded
Michael Amundson	Professor	History	Preserving the Past in 3D Living Color: Digitizing,Restoring and Cataloging the Clyde A. McCoy Collectionof 1940 Stereo Color Slides	7,500.00
Pamela Bosch	Associate Professor	Physical Therapy	Determine feasibility for investigating gains in aerobic capacity after stroke by training at ventilatory : threshold. A bit difficult to follow the design	13,850.00
Matthew Bowker	Assistant Professor	Forestry	Greenhouse-scale production of soil crust mosses as an ecological restoration material: Feasibility Study	13,377.10
Julie Brown	Assistant Professor	Music	Dancing to Schumann:Hans van Manen's 1975 Ballet Four Schumann Pieces	7,500.00
Constantin Ciocanel	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Investigation of the fatigue behavior of a NiMnGa magnetic shape memory alloy	13,540.00
Jennifer Duis	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	Development of a acid/base chemistry diagnostic for enhancement of learning outcomes	14,278.70
Kathy Eastwood	Professor	Physics	Simulating the Formation of Massive Star Clusters	6,300.00
Dana Ernst	Assistant Professor	Mathmatics	An Open Problem Library for Mathematics	7,500.00
Ricardo Guthrie	Assistant Professor	Ethnic Studies	THE CARLTON B. GOODLETT ARCHIVE: A Research Analysis of a Black Press	7,499.08
Juanita Heredia	Associate Professor	Global Languages	Transnational Latinas/os and the City: Negotiating Urban Experiences in Twenty-first Century Literature and Popular Culture	7,500.00
Chun-Hsing Ho	Assistant Professor	Cvl,Const, Env Engineering	Investigating Thermal-Induced Deterioration of Asphalt Pavements in Northern Arizona	12,790.63
Sara Jarvis	Assistant Professor	Biological Sciences	Characterization of autonomic responses to acute and long-term exposure to moderate altitude	15,022.03
Kurt Lancaster	Associate Professor	Communications	Shooting with 16mm RAW Cinema Cameras	7,500.00
Michael Lerma	Assistant Professor	Politics & Intl Affairs	Principles of Navajo Good Governance	13,234.40
Sheila Nair	Professor	Politics & Intl Affairs	Mass Violence, Remembrance, and the Memorial/Museum	7,500.00
Nathan Nieto	Assistant Professor	Biological Sciences	Endemic maintenance of zoonotic infectious disease: synergism between diverse host-vector dynamics and antigenic variation leads to long-term pathogen survival.	15,000.00
George Rudebusch	Professor	Philosophy	Plato’s Laches: Argument Analysis and Alternative Interpretations	7,500.00
Andrew Sanchez Meador	Assistant Professor	Forestry	Old Meets New: Using Aerial Photography and Computer Vision to Quantify Vegetation Structure	9,743.95
Edward Smaglik	Assistant Professor	Cvl,Const, Env Engineering	Pilot Study: A Methodology for Addressing Bicycle / Motor Vehicle Conflict Zones	14,199.30
Derek Sonderegger	Assistant Professor	Mathmatics	Synthesizing global viral abundances	7,500.00
Tinna Traustadottir	Assistant Professor	Biological Sciences	Does Resistance to Oxidative Stress Increase in Response to an Exercise Intervention?	14,984.00

2013 Awards

Awardee	Rank	Department	Title of Project	Amount
Ahuwalia, Sanjam	Professor	Women and Gender Studies	Sex, science, and society: Sexology in the Twentieth Century	$5,307
Bredlau, Susan	Assistant	Philosophy	Perceiving a shared world: Huserl, attachment theory, and infant perception	$6,000
Ciocanel, Constantin	Assistant	Mechanical Engineering	Structural supercapacitors - further development and characterization	$22,523
Dang, Yan	Assistant	Computer Information Sciences	The impact of current system beliefs on intention to use a new system	$12,000
de Heer, Hendrik	Assistant	Physical Therapy and Athletic Training	Physical activity and changes in weight and fitness during the summer: a pilot study	$10,898
Dunn, Stephen	Professor	Music	Music for trumpet and electronics	$5,000
Golden, Angela	Assistant	Nursing	Student perception of assignments in foundational nursing courses	$1,990
Huntzinger, Deborah	Assistant	Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability	Developing a framework for a hydrologic response model for Northern Arizona	$6,600
Isaki, Emi	Assistant	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Provision of speech-language pathology services using telepractice	$4,698
Jarvis, Sara	Assistant	Biological Sciences	Blood pressure reactivity: An inquiry of age and sex-related differences	$16,400
Joshi, Sanjay	Professor	History	"Whose sons are they?" Race, caste, class, gender, community and nation in colonial Kumaon	$7,000
Kang, Okim	Assistant	English	Enhancing communication through structured intergroup contact	$6,100
Kashanipour, Ryan	Assistant	History	Of magic and medicine: Witchcraft and healing in eighteenth-century colonial Mexico	$8,450
Kim, Yeon-Su	Professor	Forestry	Navigating through the perils and promises of REDD+	$3,600
Koppisch, Andrew	Assistant	Chemistry	Bacterial isoprenoid inhibition as a novel means to potentiate antibiotics	$15,000
Lilly, Mary	Professor	Nursing	Dementia caregiver reports of proximity-seeking: A descriptive and feasibility study	$20,000
Mann, Christopher	Assistant	Physics & Astronomy	Determination of coating properties using in-situ high temperature digital holography	$8,000
Matera, Marc	Assistant	History	"Race relations" and the end of empire in Britains, 1945-1965	$6,906
Mueller, Mary Karen	Assistant	Physical Therapy and Athletic Training	Improving function in hospice and palliative care patients through functional assessment	$4,310
Mueller, Julie	Assistant	Economics	Estimating forest restoration benefits in the Lake Mary Watershed: A pilot survey	$6,500
Neumann, Mark	Professor	Communication	Amateur film as a source of regional identity, culture, class and heritage in New England	$5,300
Plonsky, Luke	Assistant	English	An assessment of methodological quality in quantitative second language research	$6,000
Raab, Scot	Assistant	Physical Therapy and Athletic Training	Effectiveness of foam rollers in improving muscle stiffness, muscle tone, and tissue compliance	$12,000
Reisman, Mara	Assistant	English	Waging war on social convention: Fay Weldon, feminism, and British culture	$6,000
Rudebusch, George	Professor	Philosophy	Plato's latches: The German alternatives.	$6,000
Stetina, Pamela	Professor	Nursing	The effectiveness of medication administration simulation on student learning outcomes	$3,000
Traustadottir, Tinna	Assistant	Biological Sciences	Exercise hormesis: Effect of acute exercise on subsequent non-exercise oxidative challenge	$16,400
Tuchscherer, Robin	Assistant	CECMEE	Bearing strength of concrete confined with steel fibers	$11,200
Walker, Nicole	Assistant	English	Microcosm	$6,000
Warren, Meghan	Assistant	Physical Therapy and Athletic Training	Functional movement screen and Y-balance test to predict injury in college athletes	$4,895
Willis, Franklin	Professor	Art	A creative look into the persona of the Coconino Plateau	$5,500