Faculty Research Grant Reports

2019-2020

• Paola Gemme - $2,000
• Rebecca Goldstein - $2,000

2018-2019

• Rajib Choudhury - $1,600 - Development of Zwitterionic Near-Infrared Emitting Fluorophores
• Mariusz Gajewski - $2,000 - Halogenation of Amino Acids as a Route to Neuroinflammation Treatment Precursors
• Joshua Lockyer - $824 - Archival Research in Celo, North Carolina

2017-2018

• Rajib Choudhury - $1,500 - Development of a Water-Soluble Near Infrared (NIR) Fluorophore
• Jorista Garrie - $1,953 - Insect Diversity as It Pertains to Forest Management Techniques
• Charles Mebi - $2,000 - Reaction of Arenedithiols with FE3(CO)12
• Kaiman Zeng - $1,971 - Self-driving RC Car:  Development of an Intro AI Project for Undergraduate Students

2016-2017

• Douglas Barron - $1,480 - Evaluating the Effects of Bird Feeders on Avian Song Characteristics
• Rajib Choudhury - $1,400 - Synthesis and Characterization of Water-Soluble Long Wavelength Fluorophores
• Charles Mebi - $1,000 - Reaction of 4,4'-Thiobisbenzenethiol with  Fe3(CO)12 
• Jorista van der Merwe - $1,891 - Bat Foraging Ecology Before and After Prescribed Burns

2015-2016

• Rajib Choudhury - Water Soluble Receptor for Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Detection
• Willy Hoefler - Effects of Trace Mineral Supplementation and Source on Reproductive Performance, Mineral Status and Performance of Grazing Cattle
• Dong-Soo Lee - College Student Food Waste Behaviors in College and University Dining Services
• Charles Mebi - Reaction of 1,4-Dithioerythritol with Fe3(CO)12

2014-2015

• Daniel Bullock - Production of Nanofiber with Electrospinning
• Zhi Chen - Investigating the Heuristic Methods and for Transmission Planning
• Pam Dixon - Perceptions of School Counselors on Participating in a Professional Learning Community
• Mohamed Ibrahim - The Use of Interactive Video to Improve Students' Knowledge Acquisition in an Online Learning Environment
• Seung Suk Lee - Food Waste Management in University Dining Services
• Joshua Lockyer - Evaluating Progress Towards Sustainability Goals at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
• Charles Mebi - Water-Soluble Hydrogenase Model
• Stephanie Pepper - Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
• Jennifer Samson - Project First-Generation
• Rachel Urbanek - Student Research, Networking, and Professional Exposure of the Fish and Wildlife Undergraduate and Graduate Program
• Dana Ward - Mujeres Rebeldes em 'Contra Fortinelli' y 'La indiferencia Eva' de Soledad Puertolas
• Aileen Watts - American Educational Research Association Conference

2013-2014

• Mohamed Ibrahim - 2014 ATE Conference
• Mohamed Ibrahim - The Effect of Instructional Video to Introduce the (TPACK) Conceptual Framework to Preservice Teachers
• Stephanie Pepper - Mid-South Educational Research Association
• V. Carole Smith - The Slippery Slope of Middle Level Licensure: One State's Story
• Alieen Watts - Transforming Diverse Classrooms presentation at the Association of Childhood Education International Conference
• Tsunemi Yamashita - Expanding Undergraduate Research with Scorpion Toxin Genes

2012-2013

• Alejandra Carballo - Transatlantic Discourses on Spanish Migration to South America
• Carlos Castillo - Study of Advanced Control Techniques Applied to Electric Motors
• Shellie Hanna - "Fixing" me First. Setting Priorities and Not Giving Up On Them
• Mohamed Ibrahim - The Effect of Project-Based Learning on Students' Self-Efficacy in Technology Integration Course
• Mohamed Ibrahim - Assessing the Effect of Applying Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning on Students' Learning Outcome and Self-Efficacy in Online Learning Environment
• Jan Jenkins - Great Britain and the Neutral Nations in World War I, 1914-1917
• Jung-Uk Lim - Implementation of Steady-State Power System Visualizations Using PowerWorld Simulator
• Charles Mebi - Evaluation of a New Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production
• Stephanie Pepper - Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
• Lynn Walsh - Content Area Reading Strategy Impact on Pre-Service Teacher's Efficacy
• Dana Ward - Marginalized Characters after the Spanish Civil War in the Short Stories of Ana Maria Matute
• Sid Womack - The Effective Use of Higher Educator's

2011-2012

• Matt Brown - A Comparison of Instructional Data Sources in Computing
• Carlos Castillo - Study of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using the Kinect Sensor
• Joshua Fisher - Tourist Art: The Dual Identity of Mount Rushmore
• Charles Mebi - Modulating the Redox Power of Iron Carbonyl Clusters

2010-2011

• Patricia Buford - Development of an Automated CRUSH Profile Measuring System
• Daniel Bullock - Development of a Scalable Long Endurance Vehicle
• Alejandra Carballo - Transatlantic Discourses of White Slavery
• Carlos Castillo - Development of an Indoor Robot
• Edwin Cuenco - Implementing Industry-Standard Graphis Design Instruction with WA Dreamweaver Supersuite
• Donald Gooch - Partisan Polarization on Abortion
• Stephen Jones - Customer Perceived Service Quality in the Fast Food Industry
• Charles Mebi - Iron Carbonyl Clusters Linked to Naphthalendithiolates
• Michael Rogers - Civic Literacy and Civic Education in Arkansas

2009-2010

• Daniel Bullock and Jason Warnick - Measurement of Head Velocities of Boxing Participants with Wireless Digital Accelerometers
• John Clements - Inga Swearingen, Guest Clinician
• Charles Mebi - Transition Metal Carbonyl Complexes Containing Polyaromatic Dithiolate Ligands

2008-2009

• Ty Brunson - Salt and Soda Kiln Construction
• Daniel Bullock - Design, Construction, and Verification of a Digital Accelerometer
• Edwin Cuenco - Philippine Pattong War Drums: An Application of Graphic Design and Multimedia Techniques for the Articulation and Dissemination of Unique Cultural Expressions
• Elisabeth Webb - Effect of Soil Disturbance on Lead Shot Available to Waterfowl

2007-2008

• Elisabeth Brennan - Comparing Moist Soil Seed Production on Private and Public Wetlands in Arkansas
• Franklin Hardcastle - Installation of a Zeta Potentiometer
• Cathi McMahan - The Era of Global Aging: Challenges & Opportunities
• Tsunemi Yamashita - Investigation of a DNA Fragment for Scorpion Molecular Population Genetics

2006-2007

• Daniel Bullock- X-Ray Fluorescence of Thin Films
• Marcel Finan - Research in Actuarial Mathematics
• Jeff Robertson - Near Earth Object, Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Observations
• Jeff Woods - Biography of William Egan Colby

2005 - 2006

• Daniel Bullock & Patricia Buford- Growth and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles
• Peter Dykema- Parish Priests in Late Medieval Germany
• Roger Fang- Visual Data Representation and Information Efficiency in Knowledge Discovery
• Seok Kang- Parental-Peer Mediation and Children's Perceptions of the Television World: The Influence of Mediation and Exposure on Perceived Reality of Family
• Jackie Paxton- Arkansas Special Show 2006
• Paula Pendergrass- Do Type II Diabetics Show Individual Grain-specific Elevations in Blood Glucose?
• Susan Poznar- Mesmerism and Victorian Fiction
• Chunping Xie- Morrey Spaces, Qp Spaces, and Their Properties

2004-2005

• Roger Fang- Knowledge Discovery in a University Data Warehouse
• John Krohn & Gill Richards- Engine Test Facility for ATU Biodiesel Fuel
• Ping Liu- Constrained Higher Order Statistics Based Multiuser Detection
• Johnette Moody- Secure Database Management and Distance Education
• Melinda Wilkins- Political Environment Surrounding the Implementation of an Electronic Health Record
• Chunping Xie- Morrey Spaces, QP Spaces, and Their Properties
• Tsunemi Yamashita- Molecular Biology of the Striped Scorpion: Population Genetic Structure and Toxin Gene Analysis