Arts and Sciences Research Awards

Azevedo, Roger, and Arthur C. Graesser, Psychology, and Vasile Rus, Computer Science

$599,042. National Science Foundation. "Effectiveness of Pedagogical Agents in Regulating Students' Understanding of Science."

Bartholomew, Mervin, Earth Sciences

$99,200. Environmental Protection Agency. "Hazard Identification Project."

Bollobas, Bela, Mathematical Sciences

$40,725. University of California, Berkeley. "Heterogeneous Sensor Webs for Automated Target Recognition and Tracing in Urban Terrain."

Dupont, Randolph, Criminology and Criminal Justice

$18,000. City of Memphis. "Memphis Fire Services Critical Incident Services."

Dupont, Randolph, and Wayne J. Pitts, Criminology and Criminal Justice

$987,228. U.S. Department of Justice. "Crisis Intervention Team Program."

Harris, Laura, Public Administration

$51,750. Memphis Housing Authority. “Uptown Neighborhood Networks Program.”

Harris, Laura, Public Administration

$69,000. Memphis Housing Authority. “Vance Neighborhood Networks Program.”

Homayouni, Ramin, Bioinformatics

$16,476. University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “Mapping Cerebellar Development in Time & Space.”

Hu, Xiangen, and Suresh Susarla, Psychology

$30,000. International Paper. “International Paper Membership with Workforce ADL.”

Kennedy, Michael, Biology

$12,000. American Ordnance. “Monitoring Mammal Populations.”

Matsuda, Yuki, Foreign Languages, and Teresa Hartnett, Academic Affairs

$1,000. The Japan Foundation. “22nd Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference at the University of Memphis.”

Matthews, Douglas, Psychology

$123,552. National Institutes of Health. “GABAa Receptor g(2) Knockout: Ethanol and Spatial Memory.”

Pezeshk, Shahram, Civil Engineering, and Mitchell M. Withers, Center for Earthquake Research & Information

$96,840. U.S. Geological Survey. “Vertical Seismic Array at the I-40 Hernando Desoto Bridge in Memphis, TN.”

Pezeshki, S., Biology

$14,634. U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Improving Success of Willow Cuttings Planted in Damaged Riparian Zones.”

Regina Hairston, Physics, Yongmei Wang, Chemistry

$499,627. National Science Foundation. “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship Program: Building upon a Legacy of Success.” (Russomanno, David, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Karen M. Smith, Student Financial Aid, and Anna Phillips Lambert, Civil Engineering)

Smalley, Robert, Center for Earthquake Research and Information

$2,500. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program."