The University of St. Thomas

Grants and Research Office

Faculty Proposals Submitted Fiscal Year 2009

(Posted 9/15/09)

Abraham, John                                                Engineering
Thermal Transport Processes
National Science Foundation

Abraham, John                                                Engineering
Reducing Socio-Technical Barriers to the Retrofit of
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

National Science Foundation

Ditty, Jayna                                                              Biology
Bacterial Chemotaxis to Pollutants and
Man-Made Chemicals

National Science Foundation

Ditty, Jayna                                                              Biology
Bacterial Chemotaxis to Aromatic Hydrocarbons
and Related Pollutants

National Science Foundation/Uc Davis

Garritano, Carmela                                                 English
A History of African Popular Video: Ghanian Cenema,
Grassroots Globalization, and Cosmopolitan Desires

National Endowment for the Humanities

George, Camille                                                Engineering
Culture Understanding and Learning Toolkit for
Use in Real-World Engagement of STEM Students

National Science Foundation

Gretz, Fran                                                                 SBDC
Gate ll (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship Part ll)
MN DEED

Kay, Adam                                                                Biology
Toward a Stoichiometric Theory of Ant Ecology,
Collaborative w/ U of Oklahoma

National Science Foundation

Kay, Adam                                                                Biology
Can Nutrient Limitation Help to Maintain Sex?
National Science Foundation

Martinovic, Dalma                                                   Biology
Biological Consequences & Potential for Elimination
of Estrogenic Wastewater Discharges into Lake Superior

Minnesota Sea Grant

Martinovic, Dalma                                                   Biology
Biological Effects & Elimination of Estrogenic
Septic Discharge

Environmental Protection Agency

Martinovic, Dalma                                                   Biology
Assessment of the Potential for Endocrine Disruptors
to Impact the Reproductive Potential of Fish
Populations in the Chicago Waterways

Metro Water Reclamation District of Chicago

McGuire, Jennifer                                                   Geology
Flow-Induced Redox Geochemistry Within
Fractured/Macroporous & Layered Vadose Zone

National Science Foundation

McGuire, Jennifer                                                   Geology
Quantifying the Role of Mixing Interfaces in
Biogeochemical Cycling in a Contaminated
Aquifer-Wetland System

National Science Foundation

Miller, Donald                      Modern/Classical Languages
ArabicLanguage Fulbright Teaching Assistant
Institute of International Education

Miller, Donald                                                 Irish Studies
Spanish Language Fulbright Teaching Assistant
Institute of International Education

Muse, Amy                                                               English
Fulbright Lecturing/Research
CIES

O'Donnell, Michael                                    Communication
Armenian Culture, American Culture and the Media
National Endowment for the Humanities

Olson, Katherine E.                                            Chemistry
Treating Prion Diseases with Heterologous
Recombinant Prion Proteins

National Institutes of Health/U MN

Redshaw, Thomas                                          Irish Studies
Strengthening Irish II
Government of Ireland

Redshaw, Thomas                                          Irish Studies
Fulbright Irish Language Teaching Assistant
Institute of International Education

Risser, Julia                                                       Art History
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
National Endowment for the Humanities

Rota, Michael                                                     Philosophy
Teaching Development Fellowship Program
National Endowment for the Humanities

Ryan, Michael                                                            SBDC
Small Business Development Center
MN DEED

Ryan, Michael                                                            SBDC
Gate ll: Growing America Through Entrepreneurship
MN DEED

Ryan, Michael                                                            SBDC
Small Business Development Center
MN DEED

Ryan, Michael                                                            SBDC
Gate ll: Growing America Through Entrepreneurship
MN DEED

Thomas, AnnMarie                                          Engineering
Certificate/Concentration in Engineering for
P-12 Educators

National Science Foundation

Wammer, Kristine                                              Chemistry
Collaborative Research: Microbial Ressitance to
Triclosan in Municipal Wastewater and in Surface Waters

National Science Foundation

Wolfe, Barbara                                                    Education
Early Childhood Special Education Preservice Training
MN CFL

Zimmer, Kyle                                                            Biology
Burial of Organic Carbon in Temperate Shallow Lakes
National Science Foundation

Zimmer, Kyle                                                            Biology
Best Management Practices for Aquaculture in Minnesota
MN DNR/ U MN subcontract

Zimmer, Kyle                                                            Biology
Burial of Organic Carbon in Temperate Shallow Lakes
National Science Foundation

Zimmer, Kyle                                                            Biology
Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota's Wetlands
Legislative Commission on MN Resources

Zimmer, Kyle                                                            Biology
Managing Minnesota's Wetlands as Carbon Sinks
Legislative Commission on MN Resources