Sept. 14, 2004 issue
Nine faculty earn creative/research awards

By Ron Podell

 

Nine Eastern Michigan University faculty have been awarded Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowships for the 2004-05 academic year.

Faculty award winners are released from up to one-half of their normal teaching schedule in order to apply themselves to a carefully planned research or creative project.

Up to $2,000 also is available to each awardee for specific needs associated with his or her project.

Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellows, their home departments, and projects for the 2004-05 academic year are:

• Ruth Ann Armitage, chemistry. "Radiocarbon Dating and Compositional Analysis of Rock Paintings."

• Elizabeth Butch, chemistry. "Development of Biochemical Tools for

  Citino

  Studying Neuronal Signal Transduction Pathways."

• Robert Citino, history and philosophy. "The German Way of War, 1648-1945."

• Steven Francoeur, biology. "Microbial Interactions in Wetland Ecosystems: Can Algae Affect Decomposition."

• Lynn Nybell, social work. "Connecting Youth and Youth Policy Through Participatory Research."

• Ulrich Reinhardt, biology. "Integration of Research and Management of Invasive Species: Projects in Hokkaido and Galapagos."

• Elizabeth Oates Schuster, gerontology/social work. "Life Review at

  Schuster

  an Urban Long-Term Care Facility and the Impact on Student Age-Related Attitudes."

• Ellen Schwartz, art. "Metal Icons-Images for the Middle Class?"

• Weidian Shen, physics and astronomy. "Using a Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscope, Combined with a Scanning Probe Microscope, to Study Corrosion-a New Approach to Investigate Corrosion Mechanism In Micro and Nanoscale."