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External Grant Awards - August 2011
The following faculty received external grant awards:
Martha Adler, professor in the School of Education, received $244,524 from the U.S. Department of Education to support the fifth and final year of her $1.34 million grant to improve Dearborn public school teachers ability to teach English as a second language.
Robert Steel, professor of management studies, received $65,370 from the National Science Foundation for his portion of a collaborative award with Sang Hyun Lee from U-M Ann Arbor's civil engineering department. They will study how work site culture impacts worker absence in the construction industry.
Dohoy Jung, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received $40,000 continuation funding from Ford Motor Company to develop a simulation-based study which will reduce time and development costs of efficient diesel engines.
Yi Lu Murphey, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received $40,000 from the Ford Motor Company to cover the expenses for one Ph.D. student for one year. The student will be researching the predictive relationships between physiological measures of a driver's condition and driver actions.
Roger Verhey, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, received a $13,320 supplement to his Improving Teacher Quality grant from the Michigan Department of Education, which will provide document cameras to special education teachers of algebra 2.
Roger Shulze, director of the Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems, received a $12,000 grant from the Hagan Family Foundation to support the continuation of this summer's automotive engineering project. It also will enable undergraduate students to develop three software applications for the Ford Sync system.
Bruce Pietrykowski, professor of economics, received $4,862 from the Sugar Law Center to study and document wage theft among contingent workers in Detroit.
External Grant Award Funding Fiscal Year 2011
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is happy to announce that University of Michigan-Dearborn faculty members received $8,919,973 from external grants and contracts during the 2010-2011 fiscal year. This is a $1.28 million dollar increase over funding received during the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
Indirect cost revenue recovered from these grants and contracts was $1,456,588. The Indirect Cost Revenue Recovery Report shows the percentages of revenue going to the PI, department, college and the research match fund managed by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. It also provides detail about the amount of indirect cost recovered from each grant and contract as well as adjustments to the normal distribution due to unique circumstances. Revenue transfers will take place in September. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will be able to assist those who may have questions or wish to see a copy of the report.
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs would like to extend thanks and gratitude to all the faculty and staff at UM-Dearborn who seek, obtain and carry out external grant projects. Writing proposals takes a lot of time and effort, eclipsed only by the work that successful proposals generate. The benefits of these grants include indirect cost revenue, salary and travel support for faculty, financial support and research experiences for students, and recognition for the campus. Some of the grants directly benefit the metropolitan community. To these faculty, thank you.
