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Seed Grant Awards

2007-2008 Awardees:

Dr. William P. Erchul
Department: Psychology
Project Title: American-Chilean Collaboration to Promote Cross-Cultural Study of Social Power Strategies within Educational and Organizational Settings.
Location: Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile

Dr. Stefan Franzen
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Chemistry Research Collaboration with Chinese Universities
Location: Zhejiang and Tsinghua Universities, China

Dr. Christina Grozinger
Deptartment: Entomology
Project Title: Genomic Characterization of Biosynthetic Pathways Underlying Pheromone Production in Honeybees.
Location: Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Zhilin Li
Department: Mathematics
Project Title: Sharp Interface Methods for Moving Interface/Free Boundary Problems
Location: Zhejiang University, China

Dr. Tao Pang
Department: Mathematics
Project Title: Collaborations with Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Location: Shanghai University, China

Study Abroad Development Grant Awardee:

Dr. Heidi Hobbs
Department: School for Public and International Affairs
Project: To Develop a Study Abroad program in Prague Czech Republic
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

2006-2007 Awardees

Dr. Fred Cubbage
Department: Natural Resources
Project Title: Sustainable Development of Silvopastoral Systems for Small Producers in Latin America: Biological, Economic, and Social Analysis and Modeling.

Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Project Title: Assessing Cultural Impact of Tourism & dev. On Small Islands: An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Archipielago de las Perlas, Panama.

Dr. David Patrick Green
Department: Food Science
Project Title: American-Danish Collaboration for the Advancement of trans-Atlantic Fisheries Research and Academic Exchanges in the North Atlantic Region.

Dr. Akram Khater
Department: History
Project Title: Linking Migrant Lives

Dr. Yu-Fai Leung
Department: Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Project Title: An International Comparative Study of Adaptive Designs for Visitor Impact Monitoring in Australian and U.S. Protected Areas.

Dr. Marian McCord
Department: BME/TECS
Project Title: Biomedical Device Innovation

Study Abroad Development Grant Awardees

Drs. Isik, Bullock, and Frampton
Department: Forestry and Environmental Resources
Project Title: Natural Resource in Turkey

Dr. Martha Scotford
Department: Graphic Design
Project Title: Study Abroad in India

Dr. Jenny Xiang
Department: Botany
Project Title: Plant Resources, People, and Religion in China

2005-2006 Awardees

Dr. Daniel Case
Department: Sociology/Anthropology
Project Title: Status differences and congenital defects in ancient Thailand.

Dr. Percy Hooper
Department: Industrial Design
Project Title: New masonary products using traditional Guatemalan skills.

Dr. Carol Kline
Department: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Project Title: Assessing needs and attitudes on sustainable community tourism development on the island of Carriacou.

Dr. Orlando Rojas
Department: Wood and Paper Science
Project Title: Surface and colloid science resources in bio-based materials--an academy collaboration with Spain, Sweden, and Finland.

Dr. Coby Schal
Department: Entomology
Project Title: Chemical basis of an anti-plant mutualism: linkage with Universidad Nacional de San Antonia Abad del Cusco, Peru.

Dr. Larry Silverberg
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: American-Mexican collaboration for the advancement of the axiomatic program in science and engineering.

Study Abroad Development Grant Awardees

Dr. Michael Kanter
Department: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Project Title: Golf Management Study Abroad Program in Scotland

Dr. Morgan Morrow
Department: Anima Science
Project Title: Australian Culture and Agriculture Study Abroad Program, Queensland.

2004-2005 Awardees

Dr. Wondwossen Gebreyes
Project Title: "Research and Training program in Foodborne Zoonotic pathogens in East Africa"

Dr. Hsiao-Ching Liu
Project Title: "Identification of Pig Genes Involved in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome"

Dr. Pierre A. Gremaud
Project Title: "High order numerical methods for Hamilton-Jacobi equations"

Dr. Christine Grant
Project Title: "Alternative Petroleum Descaling Aids: A Global Approach to Green Chemistry/Engineering Research and Educational Development"

Dr. Paul Liu
Project Title: "An International Cooperative Study of the Yangtze River Sediments delivered to the East China Sea"

Dr. Juan P. Hinestroza
Project Title: "Textile Engineering Education and Research in Central America

2003-2004 Awardees

Dr. Ilona Peszlen
Project Title: "Incidence and Properties of Reaction Wood in Pines"

Dr. George Hodge & Dr. Nancy Cassill
Project Title: "Development of Teaching & Research Linkages with Universities in China"

Dr. George Hess
Project Title: "Developing a Framework for Evaluating Conservation Plans"

Dr. Kimberly Ange
Project Title: "International cooperative study to evaluate nutritional problems in captive woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha sp.)"

Andrey Kuznetsov
Project Title: Launching a Collaborative Research Program with the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (Kiev, Ukraine) on Biotechnological Applications of Bioconvection"

2002-2003 Awardees

Dr. Chima Nwankwo and Dr. Elaine Orr
Project Title: “Nigeria/North Carolina Colloquium for Literature”

Dr. John David Smith
Project Title: “Felix von Luschan and Trans-Atlantic Racial Reform”

Dr. Leonard Bull
Project Title: “Faculty – Ledfield and Laboratory Study Tour on Agro-Environmental Technologies, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany”

Dr. Amir Mirmiran and Dr. Robert Nunez
Project Title: “Introduction of Fiber Composite Technology into Design and Construction Curriculum of Developing Countries as a Technical Tool for Disaster Mitigation and Recovery”

Dr. Siu-Man Raymond Ting
Project Title: “The Chinese Career Key Website: Improving Career Assessment and Services in High Schools and Universities in Hong Kong”

2001-2002 Awardees

Dr. Peter Kilduff
Project Title: “Development of Teaching and Research Linkages with Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Dr. Amatya Devendra
Project Title: “Evaluation of Use of DRAINMOD and Associated Models for Drainage System Design and its Impacts on Hydrology/Water Quality”

Dr. Sarah K. Liehr
Project Title: “Constructed Wetland Waste Treatment in Arequipa, Peru”

Dr. Ndaona Chokani
Project Title: “USA/Russia Collaborations in Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability Experiments”

Dr. Michael Purugganan
Project Title: “Peopling of the Philippines: Molecular Variation Among Human Populations in the Philippine Archipelago”

Dr. Mary Anne Drake
Project Title: “Identification of an international sensory language for cheddar cheese to enhance international trade, marketing and research”

2001-2002 Awardees (A second group was chosen since awards were not made for the 2000-01 year)

Dr. Frank Wesley Edens
Project Title: “Cooperative Research and Training Program in Avian Sciences Between North Carolina State University and Universidade Estadual Paulista in Brazil”

Dr. Irwin Rovner
Project Title: “Human and Environmental History of Prehistoric China”

Dr. David Shultz
Project Title: “New Single-Molecule Magnets”

Dr. Gene Brothers
Project Title: “Evaluation of Ecotourism Impacts on the Toledo District, Belize”

Dr. Richard Spontak
Project Title: “Quantitative 3-D Characterization of Complex Polymer Nanostructures by TEMT”

Dr. Stefan Franzen
Project Title: “Synthesis and Analysis of Novel RNA-Drug Complexes”

Kenneth A. Sorensen
Project Title: “Internships and Crop Protection Program in Bolivia

1999-2000 Awardees

Dr. Roger L. Barker
Project Title: “Solar Effects on the Thermoregulation of the Clothed Human”

Dr. Robert F. Davis
Project Title: “Pendo-epitaxial growth and characterization of gallium nitride and related materials for optoelectronic and high-frequency microelectronic devices”

Dr. Nikolaus Dietz
Project Title: “Optical Characterization of Chalcopyrite Epilayers”

Dr. Joseph E. Hightower
Project Title: “Large-scale migration and distribution of spawning aggregations of Nassau grouper”

Dr. Bo Kasal
Project Title: “Hybrid Models of Low-Rise Buildings Subjected to Natural Hazards”

Dr. Yu-Fai Leung
Project Title: “Environmental Issues and Challenges of Ecotourism Development at China’s Protected Areas”

Dr. Erin Sills
Project Title: “Colloborative Research on Forest Use in India: Building Inter-Institutional and Interdisciplinary Linkages”

1998-1999 Awardees

Dr. Henry Sanoff
Project Title: “Community Participation in the United States and Japan: Cross Cultural Implications”

Dr. Kenneth Anderson
Project Title: “Shell Structure and the Relationship to Penetration and Recovery of Bacteria on Innoculated Shell Eggs from the Ottawa Control and Commercial Layer Strain”

Dr. Reese Barrick
Project Title: “Biology of the Mammal-like Reptiles Across the Great Extinction”

Dr. Fred DeJarnette
Project Title: “International Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering Program”

Dr. Jim Riviere
Project Title: “Development of a Global Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank Program (gFARAD)”

Dr. S. Thomas Parker
Project Title: “The Roman Aqaba Project: The Economy of a Roman Port on the Red Sea”

Dr. William Horne
Project Title: “Anesthetic Management of the African Elephant”

Dr. Richard Johnson
Project Title: “North Carolina Solar Center/Universidad Catolica Boliviana Collaboration to Establish the Bolivian Renewable Energy Center”

Dr. Larry Norris
Project Title: “Collaborative American-Spanish Research in Covariant Field Theory” 

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