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NORFOLK, VAPERMIT NO. 49

O L D D O M I N I O N U N I V E R S I T Y

ODU algae-to-biodiesel facility opens near Hopewell

Gov. Timothy Kaine on Sept. 23helped cut the ribbon formallyopening Old Dominion’s pilot facili-

ty for algae farming and biodiesel produc-tion near Hopewell. He praised the facility,saying it fulfills the main tenets of a Virginiaenergy plan that strives for reliable newsources of energy while also protecting theenvironment.

Algal Farms Inc., on a 240-acre tract inPrince George County near the border withSurry County, currently has a working,1-acre pond composed of parallel “race-ways,” which researchers believe is capableof growing enough microscopic, green algaeto produce up to 3,000 gallons of biodieselfuel per year. A second pond under con-struction has been designed to grow algae inwastewater effluent, stripping the effluent ofharmful nutrients while also producing bio-mass for conversion into biodiesel.

If the pilot project is successful, dozensof ponds could be dug on the property andAlgal Farms could become the first commer-cial facility of its kind in the country.

The project was brought about by theGeneral Assembly’s creation of VCERC in2007. VCERC is headquartered at ODUand a 15-person team of the university’s sci-entists and engineers has led the consor-tium’s push to explore algae as the rawmaterial for biodiesel fuel. The team’s firstproject involved the installation of threePlexiglas algae-growing troughs atop theVirginia Initiative Plant (VIP), a regionaltreatment facility at the southwest edge ofthe campus. The experimental station wasdesigned to test the use of treated waste-water as a growing medium and to investi-gate various aspects of the algae growingprocess. ODU researchers produced a smallamount of biodiesel fuel from the experi-

ment – using a proprietary process to con-vert the algae – and received local and na-tional media attention because of their work.

Jes Sprouse saw news stories about thealgae-to-biodiesel project at ODU and itstruck him as the wave of the future. “It hitme in February of this year,” he said. “Fuelcosts were going up and we have globalwarming. I read about what ODU and PatHatcher were doing and I started lookinginto algae. I e-mailed Pat and told him Iwanted to build an algae farm. He calledme back and it’s been all a productive ven-ture from there.”

The young contractor chose the 240-acreplot primarily because it includes manmadelakes as a water source. But an importantmedium for growing the algae, if his planevolves as he envisions, will not be the lakewater. It will be effluent trucked in dailyfrom the Hopewell Regional WastewaterTreatment Facility (HRWTF). The plan callsfor the tanker trucks to bring in up to15,000 gallons a day for the test pond. Theeffluent will have been treated, but still richin nutrients, and as the algae grow in it theywill consume nutrients. After the algae areharvested, the water that is left will becleaner than the wastewater now dischargedby HRWTF. Tanker trucks will haul the fin-ished water back to the Hopewell plant,where it can be discharged into the JamesRiver.

Treatment facilities in Virginia would bewilling to pay for the nutrient stripping thatgoes on in wastewater algae ponds becauseit is akin to a final scrubbing of the waterbefore it is discharged. This helps the facili-ties avoid more expensive treatmentupgrades to meet ever stricter discharge reg-ulations. Also, Virginia is considering a pro-gram that would award valuable credits toentities whose discharges are cleaner thanregulations require.

(See ALGAE FARM, Page 6)

Sportswriter, commentator and authorFrank Deford will be on campusThursday, Oct. 23, as a guest speaker forthe President’s Lecture Series. His talk,“Sports: The Hype and the Hoopla,” isscheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Big BlueRoom of the Ted Constant ConvocationCenter. It is free and open to the publicand will be followed by a book signing.

Deford was originally slated to speakthe evening of Sept. 25, but his talk wascanceled due to inclement weather. Hedid, however, give an informal talk (right)to students earlier in the day.

Frank Deford talkrescheduled for Oct. 23

PHOTO BY TOM NORRIS

PHOTOS BY CHUCK THOMAS

Panel to discuss upcoming elections

Cutting the ribbon at Algal Farms are (leftto right): Board of Visitors Rector RossMugler; state Delegate Riley Ingram ofHopewell; state Sen. Frederick Quayle,whose 13th District extends fromChesapeake to Prince George County; act-ing President John Broderick; Gov. TimothyKaine; Patrick Hatcher, Batten EndowedChair in Physical Sciences and executivedirector of the Virginia Coastal EnergyResearch Consortium; and Jes Sprouse, theSpring Grove contractor and entrepreneurwho founded Algal Farms together with theuniversity. At left is a container of algae-richwater used to “seed” the algal pond.

B Y J I M R A P E R

The Department of Political Science andGeography will present a panel discussionon “The Race for the Presidency: The 2008General Election” from 7-8:30 p.m.Monday, Oct. 27, in the Batten Arts andLetters Building auditorium.

Panelists will include four Old Dominionfaculty members and a guest panelist fromChristopher Newport University. FormerCongressman G. William Whitehurst,Kaufman Lecturer in Public Affairs, willserve as moderator.

“Given the differences over policy posi-tions held by the Obama and McCain cam-paigns, this election will have far-reachingimplications for U.S. domestic and foreignpolicy,” observed Glen Sussman, professorof political science, who will speak on the

topic “Presidential Campaign.”David Earnest, who teaches courses on

international relations and internationalpolitical economy, will address the topic“The Election and International Politics.”

Jesse Richman, who teaches courses onelectoral politics, will speak to the congres-sional election race.

Elizabeth Esinhart, who teaches constitu-tional law and judicial behavior, will addressthe topic “Impact of the Election onSupreme Court Appointments.”

Quentin Kidd, chair of the governmentdepartment at CNU, will discuss “TheElection and Virginia Politics.”

The panel discussion is free and open tothe public. For more information call 683-4643.

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newsandnotes

Serfaty awarded Chevalierde la Legion d’Honneur

Simon Serfaty, eminent scholar and pro-fessor of U.S. foreign policy in the interna-tional studies graduate program, has beennamed a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur(a knight of the National Order of theLegion of Honor) by French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy.

The French Legion of Honor was estab-lished by Napoleon to recognize the accom-plishments of distinguished individuals.

“To honor Simon in this manner isindeed a fitting recognition of his many dis-tinctive contributions to transatlantic andespecially American-French relations,” saidRegina Karp, director of the internationalstudies programs. “Most of all, I believe itpays tribute to Simon’s unwavering faith inthe enduring bonds that tie Europe andAmerica together, our common heritage andthe need to jointly face international chal-lenges.”

Serfaty, who also holds the firstZbigniew Brzezinski Chair in GlobalSecurity and Geostrategy at the Center forStrategic and International Studies inWashington, D.C., is the author of manybooks and publications. His most recentbook, “Architects of Delusion: Europe,America and the Iraq War” (University ofPennsylvania Press), was released inJanuary.

Visit annual Benefits Fairin Webb Center Oct. 29

The Department of Human Resourceswill hold its 13th annual Benefits Fair from7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, inthe North Mall of Webb Center.

Members of the campus community areencouraged to stop by and meet with repre-sentatives from vendors and agencies thatprovide benefits to ODU employees. Thefollowing outside vendors and agencies planto attend: Ameriprise Financial Services,

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna LongTerm Disability & Accidental Death,Commonhealth, COSTCO, Equitable/AXAAdvisors, Fidelity Investments, Great-WestRetirement Services, Legal Resources (openenrollment), Lincoln National, MetLife,Minnesota Life Insurance, Social SecurityAdministration, TIAA/CREF, TravelCounselors Inc., Value Options Inc., VALICand Virginia Retirement System.

Employees who visit the fair can registerfor door prizes, including gift certificates, anIPod and luggage. Door prizes will be raf-fled through out the day.

Africa Day features guestspeakers, exhibits, Oct. 16

“Politics of Development” is the themefor this year’s Africa at ODU Day celebra-tion, to be held Thursday, Oct. 16. Guestspeakers will include Myrtle Witbooi andHester Stephens, of the South AfricanDomestic Service and Allied Workers’Union, and keynote speaker Welile Nhlapo,South African ambassador to the UnitedStates.

Africa at ODU Day, an annual eventinstituted in 2007, is an opportunity to edu-cate students, faculty, staff and the commu-nity about current events and the culturalcharacteristics of the many countries on theAfrican continent. Through student and fac-ulty collaboration, the event highlightsregional and national achievements inAfrica in an effort to dispel the stereotypesthat often are propagated by news head-lines.

Prior to his current post, Nhlapo servedas South Africa’s ambassador to Ethiopia,permanent representative to theOrganization of African Unity and theUnited Nations Economic Commission forAfrica, and also served as South Africa’snon-resident ambassador to Djibouti,Eritrea and Sudan. In 1997 he was appoint-ed as South Africa’s special envoy onBurundi.

He will deliver his keynote address at5 p.m. in the North Cafeteria of WebbCenter. For a complete schedule of AfricaDay activities, visit www.odu.edu/news.

ODU, Pakistan universitysign academic agreement

Old Dominion and Pakistan’s Universityof Engineering and Technology, Peshawar,have entered into an academic agreementfor mutual cooperation for teaching andresearch at the doctoral level.

Under the agreement, which was signedAug. 27, reciprocal teaching and jointresearch will take place at the two universi-ties, and ODU will help UET develop Ph.D.courses.

In addition to the teaching and research,“this linkage would be a source of culturalexchange,” said Muhammad Munir, presi-dent of the Pakistani Americans Culturaland Educational Society (PACES), whichnegotiated the academic and research pro-gram.

“These agreements are not only usefulfor dissemination of knowledge andresearch, but also foster good relationshipbetween the two countries,” said Munir, aformer education counselor at the Pakistaniembassy in Washington, D.C.

PACES has previously negotiated UETacademic linkages with the University ofMaryland, George Washington University,George Mason University and theUniversity of California at Berkeley.

Patrick Kelly returns togeneral counsel position

Patrick B. Kelly recently joined OldDominion as general counsel, succeeding C.Tabor Cronk, who has retired.

Most recently, Kelly served as generalcounsel for Norfolk State University, fromJuly 2001 to December 2004. He has alsobeen counsel for the University of Virginiaand Virginia Commonwealth University. Heserved as general counsel for Old Dominionfrom 1988-98.

He is a member of state courts inMichigan, Virginia and Florida; U.S. districtcourts in Michigan and Virginia; the 4thCircuit Court of Appeals; and the U.S.Supreme Court.

While in private practice in Michigan,Kelly served as president of the local barassociation, chamber of commerce andRotary Club. He also was an officer in theKiwanis Club.

Kelly received his bachelor’s degree inpolitical science from Michigan StateUniversity and earned his law degree fromWayne State University Law School inDetroit.

Former administratorGary Rubin to give concert

Gary Rubin, a popular former OldDominion faculty member and administra-tor – and currently vice president foradvancement at Towson University – hasembarked on a new sideline.

Since turning 60 in August of last year,Rubin has begun a second act in his life asa singer. He sings the classics – from theheyday of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett andother legendary crooners.

Rubin will make his first HamptonRoads appearance Saturday, Oct. 25, atOhef Sholom Temple, 530 Raleigh Ave.,

Literary licenseMichael Pearson (right), professor of creative writing and director of the 2008 LiteraryFestival, reacts to a reading by John McManus, a new member of the English departmentfaculty, during this year’s festival, “The Call of Stories.” Seated next to Pearson are SheriReynolds, associate professor of creative writing, and Greg Bottoms, a guest writer at thefestival who is on the faculty at the University of Vermont.

Norfolk. The show, which begins at 8 p.m.,will be followed by a social hour. The costis $20 for general admission.

Rubin has recorded two CDs, “It’s MyLife” and “This One’s for You,” the pro-ceeds from which go to the Nancy GailRubin Memorial Scholarship Endowment atTowson.

Rubin joined ODU in 1972 as an assis-tant professor of speech communication.From 1976-79 he served as assistant deanof the School of Arts and Letters, the firstof several administrative posts he wouldhold at the university.

From 1984-86, when he left ODU for anadministrative position with the UnitedJewish Federation of Tidewater, he servedas associate vice president for universityadvancement and secretary to the Board ofVisitors.

HACE to host coffee socialfor members on Oct. 14

The Hourly and Classified EmployeesAssociation will host a coffee social for itsmembers from 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct.14, in the Cyber Café of Webb Center.Pastries, coffee and juice will be available.

Those planning to attend should contactJudy Smith, HACE president, by Friday,Oct. 10, at 683-3269 or jsmith@odu.edu.

ODU wing sauce on saleAs Monarch fans gear up for Old

Dominion football in 2009, BarhyteSpecialty Foods is now selling ODUTailgate Wing Sauce on its Web site.

To purchase the sauce, visitwww.barhyte.com and look for CollegiateTailgate Medium Wing Sauces.

Volume 38, No. 4 • October 10, 2008

EditorSteve Daniel

Contributing WritersMichelle M. FalckScott LoweJennifer MullenJim RaperLisa Snowdy

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“You hear greed thrown around a lot.Greed is another word for self-profit. Oursystem is designed to allow people to fol-low their self-interest within the laws. Inthis case, the laws were not adequate. Wedidn’t have laws to keep our self-interestin check. What we’re looking at is sys-temic failure.” (Gil Yochum, professor ofeconomics)

– “Why you should care about the crisis”Daily Press, Sept. 30

“It’s almost too good to be true, but inthis case, it is true and can work.”(Patrick Hatcher, Batten Endowed Chairin Physical Sciences)

– “Virginia’s first algae farm anexperiment in biofuel”

The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 25

“So I think the range of opinion is repre-sented; the range of ideas; the range ofbackground. I think they very muchenriched the coverage. Did they do some-thing different from men? Not necessarily.There’s no way to differentiate womencorrespondents from their men counter-parts.” (Joyce Hoffmann, professor ofjournalism, in a Q&A about her newbook, “On Their Own: Women Journal-ists and the American Experience inVietnam”)

– “On her own”Port Folio Weekly, Sept. 23

“It was a big deterrent. It gave me theimpression I wasn’t supposed to be regis-tering here.” (Mary Alana Welch, student,on the Norfolk registrar’s policy of sendinga questionnaire to anyone applying to regis-ter to vote from a college campus)

– “Norfolk officials ease rules forregistering student voters”

The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 20

“I love the idea of the Novel Experienceprogram. It’s such a wonderful idea tohave the freshmen read a book and cometogether to talk about it. It’s such a greatunifying method to give them somethingthat’s not about them but that they’ve allexperienced. It gives them an experiencebefore they even come to campus.” (SheriReynolds, associate professor of English)

– “Wofford students have Novel time withSC author”

Spartanburg Herald Journal, Sept. 18

“Basically, what ends up in the sediment,is what’s produced in the surface oceanand what sinks down to the sea floor. Thedeeper the ocean is the more time thematerial has to degrade from the time anorganism dies and it settles to the bot-tom.” (David Burdige, eminent scholar ofocean, earth and atmospheric sciences)

– “Is oil off the coast of Virginia?”WAVY.com, Sept. 15

“No one unfamiliar with this should con-clude that Old Dominion is now rudder-less. Those of us who attended the State ofthe University address by acting PresidentJohn Broderick were heartened by hiswords. Broderick is doing more than‘minding the store.’” (G. WilliamWhitehurst, Kaufman Lecturer in PublicAffairs, in a letter to the editor)

– “A timeout in ODU search”The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 14

“There’s something to be said about ayoung man who’s all about ‘Yes, sir’ and‘No, sir.’ How you help a team comes in alot of ways, shapes and forms. We’ve saidall along we want to recruit good people,good students and good athletes. Sam’sgot the first two licked.” (Bobby Wilder,football coach, on freshman football play-er and NROTC student Sam Reisenfeld)

– “Offensive lineman at ODU also defendshis country”

The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 11

“newsmakers”

Mugler elected Board of Visitors rector

Arthur Furman Belote, 84, of Greenville,S.C., a former faculty member at OldDominion and retired educator at FurmanUniversity, died Aug. 31, 2008.

Belote taught at ODU from 1958-69 andserved as chairman of the Department ofBusiness Management. While here, heserved as a consultant to several businessorganizations and the U.S. Navy.

He joined the Furman faculty in 1969and, from 1970-89, was director of theClemson-Furman M.B.A. Program. Hereturned to full-time teaching at Furman in1989 and retired in 1995.

He is survived by his wife, Winona.

Former business prof dies

The Board of Visitors on Sept. 19elected Ross Mugler, commissioner ofthe revenue for the city of Hampton,

as rector for 2008-10. He succeeds MarcJacobson. Also electedwere retired NavyAdm. Harold W.Gehman Jr. as vicerector and LindaForehand as secretary.

Mugler, whobecomes the 20th rec-tor of the ODU board,has served in his cur-rent position withHampton since 1992.He received twodegrees from ODU: a

bachelor’s in business administration in1984 and a master’s in public administra-tion in 2003. He became certified as com-missioner of the revenue through the Centerfor Public Service at the University ofVirginia.

Summer 2009 Research Seed GrantsThe Office of Research is accepting pro-

posals through the end of October for the2009 Summer Research Fellowship Programand Summer Experience EnhancingCollaborative Research Program open totenure-track faculty members.

Summer research fellowships aredesigned to encourage research for inexperi-enced investigators or more experiencedinvestigators who are branching out intofields for which they have received no exter-nal research funding.

The collaborative awards go to pairs ofODU faculty members who are from twodifferent colleges.

Both programs seek to help fledglingresearch projects gain data and momentumthat will lead to their being funded by exter-nal sources. The basic amount of all thestipends will be $6,000.

For more information, visit www.odu.edu/ao/research/facultyres/fellowship.shtml orwww.odu.edu/ao/research/facultyres/collaborative.shtml – or call Lee Furr,research development coordinator, at 683-3148.

• • •Multidisciplinary Research Seed GrantsA new round of multidisciplinary, multi-

investigator grants will be awarded by theOffice of Research to nurture promisingstartup research projects of ODU facultymembers and their collaborators.

Mohammad Karim, vice president forresearch, said his office plans to fund sever-al research projects that must be conductedbetween January and June of next year.Maximum funding per project is $100,000,and previous awards during the four-yearhistory of the program have averaged$80,000.

These seed grants support innovativemultidisciplinary projects judged to have agood chance of becoming research initia-tives that will attract external funding. Thedeadline for proposals is Friday, Oct. 31.

In an effort to support and promote thegrowth of multidisciplinary, multi-investiga-tor sponsored programs at Old Dominion,the research office invites members of thefaculty to submit proposals detailing theirideas for such research. The work maybegin as early as Jan. 1, and will need to becompleted by June 30, 2009. The goal of

Mugler is active in the Hampton Roadscommunity, including serving as chair of thecapital campaign for the expansion of theAmerican Theatre, president of theHampton Roads Commissioners of theRevenue Association and chairman of theEducation Foundation at Thomas NelsonCommunity College. Additionally, he servesas a member of various other boards,including the board of directors for theHampton Education Foundation, thePeninsula Command of the Salvation Army,the Volunteer Center of the Peninsula andthe Hampton Roads Regional Board of theSorenson Institute for Political Leadership.

Gehman retired from the U.S. Navy in2000, after more than 35 years of activeduty service. His last assignment was asNATO’s Supreme Allied Commander,Atlantic, and as the Commander in Chief ofthe U.S. Joint Forces Command, one of theUnited States’ five regional joint combatantcommands. Immediately after retiring in2000, Gehman was appointed co-chairman

of the Department of Defense review of theterrorist attack on the USS Cole. In 2003,he was appointed chairman of the SpaceShuttle Columbia Accident InvestigationBoard.

Forehand is the senior associate directorof philanthropy for The Nature Conser-vancy. In this role, she has organized anddirected The Nature Conservancy GolfClassic, raising more than $500,000 inunrestricted gifts, and assisted in the com-pletion of TNC’s successful $52 millionWild Virginia Campaign. She is a foundingdirector of the TowneBank Chesapeakeboard, and served as chair of TowneBank’smarketing committee from 1999 to 2003.She is also a Realtor with ContinentalRealty in Virginia Beach.

She received a bachelor’s degree in politi-cal science/pre-law, magna cum laude, fromODU in 1980, completed postgraduate pub-lic administration course work at the uni-versity, and is a 2004 graduate of the CivicLeadership Institute.

MUGLER

Office of Research seeks applicants for seed grantsthis initiative is to provide seed funding forprojects that (a) will involve areas relevantto institutional research priority; (b) aremultidisciplinary and can produce immedi-ate impact; and (c) build thematic teamswith serious prospects to attract additionaland new research dollars.

Those who have been funded by previousOffice of Research multidisciplinary awardsmay not serve as investigators on subse-quent proposals; however, they may serve as

unpaid consultants.The proposal should consist of a narra-

tive plan (not to exceed five pages).Proposals are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct.

31. Electronic versions of the proposalsshould be sent to mkarim@odu.edu orkferguso@odu.edu. The research office mayask for additional information as well asseek budget adjustments before making finaldecisions by Nov. 30. For more informationcall 683-3148.

Physicist to give Nobel Laureate LectureJohn C. Mather, 2006 Nobel Laureate

in Physics, will be the featured speakerfor Old Dominion’s Nobel LaureatePublic Lecture Series next month. Histalk is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday,Nov. 13, at the Ted Constant Convoca-tion Center.

Later in the day, a question-and-answer session will be held at 2:30 p.m.in the River Rooms of Webb Center. Bothsessions are free and open to the public.

Mather’s lecture “From the Big Bangto the Nobel Prize and on to James WebbSpace Telescope and the Discovery ofAlien Life,” will explore the history of theuniverse, the birth of planets and stars,and the existence of other Earth-likeplanets capable of sustaining life.

Born in Roanoke, Va., Mather is apioneer of NASA’s Cosmic BackgroundExplorer (COBE) that was launched intospace in 1989. The COBE mission hasallowed unprecedented insight into theremnants of the Big Bang’s radiation.Currently, Mather is a senior astrophysi-cist at the NASA Goddard Space FlightCenter in Greenbelt, Md., and an adjunctprofessor of physics at the University ofMaryland in College Park. In 2007, hewas listed among Time magazine’s 100Most Influential People in the World.

For more information about the lec-ture, contact Professor Amin Dharamsi inthe Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering atadharams@odu.edu.

SEM forum set for Oct. 15Faculty members who are interested in

Old Dominion’s future, including relatedstandards and financial issues, are invited toattend a forum on Wednesday, Oct. 15, foran update on the Strategic EnrollmentManagement (SEM) Plan. The forum willbe from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Big Blue Roomof the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

“This is an opportunity for you to havea voice in the future direction of the univer-sity,” said Alice McAdory, associate vicepresident for enrollment management.

Acting President John R. Broderick,Provost Carol Simpson and members of theSEM Steering Committee will attend.

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B Y M IC H E L L E M. F A L CK

Peery wins national awardfor contemporary fiction

What the Thunder Said,” the latestnovel by Janet Peery, UniversityProfessor of English and creative

writing, has been selected for the 2008WILLA Literary Award for ContemporaryFiction.

Described as anovella and storiesset in the Dust Bowlof 1930s Oklahoma,the book tracks thewayward progress ofsisters Mackie andEtta Spoon, wholeave home to forgetheir own separatepaths, each settingoff in search of a newlife, and each findinga fate different thanshe expected.

Through shifting perspectives, voices andcharacters, Peery follows the sisters, theirchildren and those whose stories intersectwith theirs as they range across the highplains of the West in the decades after theGreat Depression.

“It is appropriate that Janet Peery benamed as a WILLA award winner,”remarked Jeffrey Richards, chair of the

English department. “Her writing ethos isgrounded deeply in the western half of thevast Middle West, a place where duty rideshard over pleasure. We are so grateful tohave a writer of her artistry and integrity inthe department and benefit from her strongMiddle Western sense of obligation to herstudents.”

The WILLA Literary Award honors thebest in literature featuring women’s storiesset in the West published each year. WomenWriting the West (WWW), a nonprofit asso-ciation of writers and other professionalswriting and promoting the Women’s West,underwrites and presents the nationally rec-ognized award annually. The award isnamed in honor of Pulitzer Prize winnerWilla Cather, one of the country’s foremostnovelists. It will be presented at the WWWFall Conference, scheduled Oct. 24-26 atthe Colonnade in San Antonio.

A National Book Award finalist, Peeryhas received National Endowment for theArts and Guggenheim Foundation fellow-ships, the Whiting Foundation Writer’sAward, citations in “The Best AmericanShort Stories,” several Pushcart Prizes andthe American Academy of Arts and LettersRichard and Hinda Rosenthal Award.

She is the author also of “AlligatorDance” and “The River Beyond the World,”and her fiction appears in many of the topliterary journals.

Diehn Concert SeriesGiora Feidman, “Spirit of Music/Tango

Klezmer”Monday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.Diehn Center, Chandler Recital HallTickets: $15 general admission; $10

students; 683-5305Three extraordinary musicians join

Feidman – Raul Jaurena (bandoneon),Aquiles Baez (guitar) and Ken Filiano (dou-ble bass) – bringing tango and klezmertogether, growing into an inspiration ofexquisite sounds and passionate outbursts.Feidman, as a fourth-generation klezmermusician, grew up with the gango, classicalmusic and a Jewish ancestry.

The Harlem QuartetMonday, Nov. 3, 8 p.m.Diehn Center, Chandler Recital HallTickets: $15 general admission; $10

students; 683-5305Composed of all first-place laureates of

the Sphinx Competition, the ensemble is ona mission to engage young and new audi-ences and to advance diversity in classicalmusic. The members of this innovative anddaring all-black and Latino string quartetserve as principal faculty at the SphinxPerformance Academy at Walnut HillSchool in Massachusetts. The ensemblereleased its debut CD, “The HarlemQuartet,” in 2007.

Countertenor Brian AsawaMonday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m.Diehn Center, Chandler Recital HallTickets: $15 general admission; $10

students; 683-5305Asawa is at the forefront of the current

generation of countertenors. He hasappeared with most of the world’s leadingbaroque conductors and performed at theRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden, andthe San Francisco, Metropolitan, Cologneand Netherlands operas. Future engage-ments include Fyodor in “Boris Godunov”at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, and futureconcerts include Handel’s Messiah with theDeutsche Philharmonie Bremen.

ODU Theatre“Polaroid Stories”Thurs., Oct. 16 - Sat., Nov. 1 – 8 p.m. Oct.

16, 23-25, 28-29 & Nov. 1; 2:30 p.m.Oct. 18

University TheatreTickets: $15 general admission; $10

students; 683-5305Written by Naomi Iizuka, “Polaroid

Stories” blends the real-life stories of streetkids and classical mythology. The hearts ofthese characters beat as chaotically as theurban jungle they run to, as they seek cama-raderie and refuge in the darkest, most dis-turbing place on earth – the city streets.Their language is a mix of poetry and reali-ty, which makes the play intense, spellbind-ing and a masterful piece of modern theater.

“Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus”Fri., Oct. 17 - Fri., Oct. 31 – 8 p.m. Oct.

17-18, 21-22 & 30-31; 2:30 p.m.Oct. 25

University TheatreTickets: $15 general admission; $10

students; 683-5305This new adaptation by the Core Theatre

Ensemble is based on Mary Shelley’s“Frankenstein.”

Art ExhibitionsGraphic designer Stefan SagmeisterSaturday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m., opening

reception; exhibition continues throughNov. 22

Gordon GalleriesNew York-based Stefan Sagmeister is the

most noted graphic designer working today,establishing graphic design as a contempo-rary art form by largely eschewing the con-ventions of art. His work has been featuredin the books “Made You Look” (2001) andthe recent “Things I Have Learned in MyLife So Far.” The exhibition will present acomprehensive sampling of his print mediawork for music, fashion, packaging andself-initiated projects.

Music Dept. PerformancesMonday, Nov. 3 – Jim Kosnik, facultyrecital, 7:30 p.m., St. Andrews EpiscopalChurch, 1004 Graydon Ave., Norfolk

Wednesday, Nov. 5 – ODU Wind Ensemble,directed by Dennis Zeisler, 7:30 p.m.,University Theatre

Tuesday, Nov. 11 – ODU CollegiumMusicum and Madrigal Singers, directed byLee Tepley, 7:30 p.m., Chandler RecitalHall, Diehn Center

Thursday, Nov. 13 – ODU Brass Choir,directed by Mike Hall, 7:30 p.m., ChandlerRecital Hall, Diehn Center

Sunday, Nov. 16 – ODU Concert Choirwith the ODU Orchestra, directed byNancy Klein, 4 p.m., Diehn Center atrium

PEERY

Old Dominion’s ninth annual State of theRegion report examines a wide array ofHampton Roads issues, ranging from theeconomy to care for the mentally ill.

Published by the ODU Regional StudiesInstitute, the report also looks at how localtelevision stations cover crime and violence,and offers a review of the region’s housingmarkets.

In addition, the 114-page report consid-ers why women earn less than men inHampton Roads; highlights the economiccontributions of German firms in the area;and analyzes the methodologies of the twomost respected guides of metropolitan liv-ability, paying particular attention to howHampton Roads fares and compares in theirlatest rankings.

James V. Koch, Board of VisitorsProfessor of Economics and PresidentEmeritus, serves as editor of the report,which received financial support from OldDominion and a number of local organiza-tions and individuals. Koch notes that the

report does not constitute an official view-point of the university.

“The State of the Region reports main-tain the goal of stimulating thought and dis-cussion that ultimately will make HamptonRoads an even better place to live,” he said.“We are proud of our region’s many suc-cesses, but realize it is possible to improveour performance. In order to do so, wemust have accurate information about‘where we are’ and a sound understandingof the policy options available to us.”

In the section on the economy, the reportnotes that the spectacular first half of thedecade is fading into the background as theregional economic growth rate has fallenback to the commonwealth and nationalaverages. Defense spending continues to risein importance and now is responsible formore than 40 percent of the regionalincome generation.

The report’s findings regarding theregion’s housing markets indicate thatHampton Roads has not been immune tonational housing problems, but its mortgagedefaults and foreclosures have been wellbelow the national average. Housing priceshere have not yet declined significantly,except for new residential housing. The“bottom” may be a year or more away.

In its discussion of local television newscoverage, the report states that while onlyone of every six television evening news sto-ries relates to crime or violence, almost 33percent of the stories that lead broadcastsfocus on crime and violence, while 45 per-cent focus on some type of crime. AfricanAmericans are frequently featured as allegedperpetrators, while Caucasians usually arethe reported victims.

The State of the Region report can befound online at www.odu.edu/forecasting.

State of the Region report examineseconomy and housing markets

A R T S C A L E N D A R

Pen to paperJohn McManus, a newmember of the Englishdepartment, signs a copy ofhis book following hisLiterary Festival reading onSept. 23. He is the authorof the novel “Bitter Milk”and two collections of shortfiction. In 2000, he becamethe youngest-ever recipientof the Whiting Writers’Award.

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College of Sciences takes on math-related weaknessesB Y J I M R A P E R

The latest research and development(R&D) expenditures data released by theNational Science Foundation (NSF) showthat Old Dominion attained Top 100 rank-ings in 13 academic areas for fiscal year 2007.

Mohammad A. Karim, vice president forresearch, said the university maintained itstotal R&D expenditures ranking of 120thamong public universities and improvedfrom 71st to 68th in total expenditures forinstitutions that do not have a medicalschool.

During the past four years, ODU hasmoved up to 120th from 131st in its rank-ing among public universities for R&Dexpenditures. The university’s strategic plansets a goal for ODU to break into the Top100 among public research institutions.

The university’s rankings in federal-source R&D expenditures showed relativegains in funding from NASA (50th to 47th)and the Department of Energy (116th to110th), but slippage from the Department ofDefense (67th to 80th) and NSF (127th to136th).

ODU’s ranking among public universities

places it for the first time ahead of Williamand Mary (123rd). Other state institutionsthat were ranked included Virginia Tech(25th), University of Virginia (51st), VirginiaCommonwealth University (77th) andGeorge Mason University (114th).

The Top 100 academic programs in totalR&D expenditures at ODU are aerospaceengineering (17th), business management(14th), economics (80th), education (15th),electrical engineering (43th), engineering(84th), engineering-other (57th), humanities(26th), mathematics (81st), oceanography(40th), political science (44th), sociology(68th) and visual and performing arts (16th).

Karim noted that of those 13 programs,four are new to the Top 100 list: economics,oceanography, political science and sociolo-gy. He added that within the broad categoryof environmental science, ODU this yearwas ranked 96th in total R&D expendituresand four other ODU programs crossed thethreshold to be listed this year by NSF:physics (102nd), chemistry (126th), medicalscience (175th) and biological sciences(190th).

Faced with Old Dominion’s largestenrollment ever in mathematics andthe sciences, the dean of the College of

Sciences, Chris Platsoucas, has announcedan all-out assault on the math-related pho-

bias and failures thatafflict college stu-dents.

Learning aidsranging from old-fashioned recitationsto new-fangled onlinetutoring are beingoffered this fall bythe new Math andScience ResourceCenter. Platsoucassaid the center’s goalsare to increase stu-dent retention for theuniversity as a whole,

as well as to boost the percentage of four-year math and science majors who graduatewith bachelor of science degrees.

The center is part of an overall math andscience retention plan ordered by Platsoucasthat will include refresher courses offered tonew students before they arrive on campusand assessment examinations offered soonafter they matriculate.

ODU’s experience in recent years reflectsa national trend: Nearly half of the studentswho begin college as science and mathmajors switch to other majors within thefirst two years of their studies. Furthermore,math-related difficulties are a primary causeat ODU – and nationwide – for an attritionrate that claims more than two out of every10 students who start a school year.

With overall ODU enrollment topping22,000, the College of Sciences reports thatthe student credit hours it is teaching are upby 29 percent to 58,080 over fall 2007. Thenumber of freshmen who have declared amajor in math or sciences jumped a whop-ping 41 percent to 506.

“We are always very interested in givingour math and science students every possi-ble means to succeed,” said Platsoucas, whobecame the sciences dean at ODU in 2007.“With this major increase in enrollment, our

mission becomes more critical and ourefforts to support these students must begreater than ever before.”

Acting President John R. Broderickpraised Platsoucas’ leadership in this initia-tive. “The new resource center is a creativeaddition to a long-standing and multi-pronged initiative at this university to keepstudents on track and successful in theirchosen courses of study,” he said.

Broderick added that math skills areimportant, not only for students in theCollege of Sciences, but also for those in

many other degree programs of ODU’sFrank Batten College of Engineering andTechnology, College of Business and PublicAdministration, College of Health Sciences,Darden College of Education and College ofArts and Letters.

Platsoucas has appointed his college’sassistant dean, Terri Mathews, as director ofthe Math and Science Resource Center.Mark Dorrepaal, professor and chair of thecollege’s Department of Mathematics andStatistics, will be the center’s associate direc-tor for mathematics, and Patricia Pleban,associate professor and assistant chair of theDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry,will be its associate director for chemistry.

The center has launched with math andchemistry as the focus, but learning supportin the other sciences will be added later,according to Mathews. Initial retentionefforts will focus on Mathematics 102,which has a fall 2008 enrollment of morethan 1,700 students; Mathematics 162, withan enrollment of 858; Chemistry 101N,enrollment 429; and Chemistry 115N,enrollment 668.

Other than math and chemistry, the col-lege has departments in biological sciences,

physics, computer science, psychology, andocean, earth and atmospheric sciences.

Mathews said approximately 30 facultymembers, graduate students and outstand-ing achievers among upperclassman majorsin math and chemistry have been recruitedto provide the new center’s services. Somestudents who are having difficulties in cer-tain classes will be referred to the center byfaculty members, while others only will beencouraged to get extra help. But Mathewssaid any student in math or chemistry whowants assistance will be accommodated.

Recitations, the auxiliary instructionoften provided by graduate instructors toaugment the large-class lectures of facultymembers, is a central component ofPlatsoucas’ student retention plan.“Recitations are a classic educational prac-tice,” Platsoucas said. “The faculty memberteaches concepts. Then, in the recitations,students explore those concepts in moredepth and discover how to apply them tosolve complex problems.”

Other parts of the center’s program willinclude walk-in tutoring, available for asmany hours each week as staffing willallow. For students who cannot take advan-tage of personal tutoring, the center haspurchased an online tutoring program avail-able 24 hours a day. “Even if it’s the weehours of the morning, a student who is hav-ing difficulty understanding something canalways get help,” Platsoucas said.

The overall retention plan also willenforce mandatory class attendance, pre-scribe intrusive advising and administer a“grade alert” early-warning system forstruggling students.

Broderick noted that the university’soverall student retention initiative over the

past decade has borne fruit, with the ratemoving up from 71.8 percent in 1998 to77.2 percent in 2005. “Remarkably, thisprogress has come while the university wasincreasing its enrollment of students fromunder-represented populations,” the actingpresident said. “For example, nearly one-fourth of our freshmen and transfer stu-dents this year are the first members of theirfamilies to attend college. About 30 percentcome from low-income families and aremore likely to have to work to supportthemselves while in school. Many of us canonly imagine the obstacles to success thatthese students face, and we owe it to themto support their efforts to learn and to real-ize their career goals.”

Together with the new center, Platsoucashas announced a new student recruitmentstrategy that will focus on successful under-graduate applicants who have scored wellon the SATs. Every effort will be made, hesaid, to make sure these students matricu-late. These measures will include communi-cations from current ODU students andinvitations to experience campus life andvisit the classes and laboratories of theCollege of Sciences.

The dean also is starting a professionaldevelopment program for high school andmiddle school teachers, which is designed toimprove the skills of incoming students byenriching the educational backgrounds oftheir teachers. Most of the university’sapplicants attend schools near the maincampus or in other areas of Virginia close toan ODU off-campus center or other sitesserved by ODU’s Teletechnet distance learn-ing network. Teachers will be offered a cer-tificate program requiring four graduatecourses in math, chemistry, physics, biology,computer science or earth science. Thosecredits can also apply toward a master’sdegree.

The teaching initiative complementsanother of Platsoucas’ main goals, and thatis to increase external support of his facul-ty’s research. “To move us toward this goal,we will be recruiting young, promisingresearchers as well as established facultymembers from other institutions withnational recognition in their fields andextensive research grant support,” heexplained.

PLATSOUCAS

“We are always very interested in giving our math andscience students every possible means to succeed. With thismajor increase in enrollment, our mission becomes morecritical and our efforts to support these students must be

greater than ever before.”Chris Platsoucas

ODU makes gains in R&D expenditures

Rappelling 101Terri Baker, of the Office ofNew Student and ParentPrograms, grimaces as shereturns safely to the ground afterrappelling down the side ofForeman Field. Helping with herdescent are freshman CadetDavid Hinkes, right, from theuniversity’s Army ROTC, and astaff sargeant from the VirginiaNational Guard. The rappellingexercise took place Sept. 18.

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For decades, scientists have known thatthey can learn a lot about the oceansfrom the trace elements – iron, lead

and so forth – that they find within thewater column and in the sediments at thebottom. But up until now a global survey oftrace elements has been hard to conduct,which is a problem chemical oceanographerGregory Cutter is trying to solve.

Cutter is one of the leaders of GEO-TRACES, the largest research program everin chemical oceanography, and which overthe next dozen years is expected to costmore than $200 million and involve scien-tists from 30 countries. The research find-ings are expected to have a broad impact onour understanding of global climate changeand seawater contamination.

Trace elements and their isotopes, orTEIs as they are called, are nutrients andcontaminants in the oceans. They alsoreveal information about oceanographicprocesses, and, when found in layers of sed-iment they often hold clues about ocean andclimate conditions dating back hundreds ofthousands of years. To the dismay of scien-tists, however, because insufficient data existabout the distribution and impact of TEIs intoday’s oceans, they have difficulty inter-preting the significance of evidence they findin sediments. They also are stymied in theirattempts to create computer models basedupon TEI evidence that could predict what’sin store for the oceans.

GEOTRACES will allow for the firsttime a coordinated, global assessment ofocean TEIs. It also will establish the base-line data set that scientists can use to betterunderstand past phenomena and to measurein the near future how human activities andglobal warming are affecting the health ofthe oceans.

Cutter believes GEOTRACES can helpassess global conditions that are of interestto everyone. Because TEIs, as both essentialelements and toxins, “have a direct effect onphytoplankton at the base of the food webthat take up carbon dioxide, their connec-tion to the carbon cycle and global climateis pretty direct and not esoteric at all,” headds. “That’s the answer that most peopletoday can appreciate when someone askswho cares about trace elements in the ocean.”

The researcher says that the more weknow about biogeochemical processes, the

more we can learn about chemical signa-tures in the surface sediments. “And thatallows us to develop proxies, as we callthem, with which we can look into theancient sediments. In other words, fromwhat we find in GEOTRACES, we can thentell if those same things were happening inancient oceans.”

In the Sept. 1 issue of Chemical &Engineering News, a publication of theAmerican Chemical Society, an article aboutthe launch of GEOTRACES describesCutter’s role as chair of the program’sIntercalibration Committee. In June andJuly, he led an expedition in the AtlanticOcean near Bermuda aboard the researchvessel Knorr to help establish what might becalled the rules of the game for GEOTRACES.

These rules, as it turns out, must bestrict, while also allowing for proceduraland analytic innovations that might comefrom a disparate set of scientists working allover the globe. The overarching rule is keepit clean, as in getting, storing and analyzingclean samples. This has been a pesky prob-lem in the past for marine research involv-ing TEIs.

Because trace elements, as their nameimplies, are found in minute quantities inthe oceans, only a trace of contaminants canthrow off research findings. In the past, TEIresearch has been compromised by traces ofmetals that come off the large instrumentsthat are lowered into the water to collectsamples. Other contamination can originatewith sample bottles, the cables used tolower and hoist instruments into the ocean,films left on the water’s surface by metalsleaching off research vessels, airborne pollu-tants and even stray particles in laboratories.

Dependable research results also willrequire coordination of work going on inthe some 80 labs that will participate inGEOTRACES. It is the job of Cutter’sIntercalibration Committee to make sure allof the program’s researchers are operatingas one, big, efficient machine. “To beusable, the results from GEOTRACES mustcome from collection, sample processingand storage, and analytical methods thatagree with the community consensus ofwhat the correct value is of TEI concentra-tion,” he explains.

“If we’re going to research the chemistryof the oceans on a global basis and if youwant to compare what’s happening in theIndian Ocean with what’s happening in thePacific, you have to know that data areaccurate and that the value one lab gets isthe same as the other lab’s,” he adds. Onelarge sample of water from the expeditionthis past summer was divided into smallersamples and sent to all participating labs socross-checking can be done and correct val-ues established.

Individual countries are funding theirown portions of the GEOTRACES investi-gations. Cutter’s work is supported by twoNational Science Foundation grants, one for$529,000 for equipment and the other forthe development of GEOTRACES scientificinfrastructure for $1.4 million (ODU’s shareis $414,000). He is the sole principal inves-tigator on the equipment grant and the leadinvestigator of the science grant. The fund-ing “represents the first phase of this inter-national program, but with the samplingfacility based here, ODU will be involved inthe program for its lifetime,” said Cutter,who has faculty appointments in the depart-ments of Ocean, Earth and AtmosphericSciences and Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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(Continued from Page 1)Therefore, the total product of the algal

farm would be 1) a renewable biodiesel fuelthat would be produced locally for local useat prices competitive with fossil fuels, 2) fuelthat would result in carbon emissions lowerthan those for fossil fuels, with the aim ofproducing a zero net carbon emissions fuel,3) cleaner discharges into Virginia watersand 4) marketable credits for removal ofnutrients and carbon dioxide from dis-charges and emissions.

Also, alternative fuels made from algaehave an edge on fuels made from foodcrops. For instance, the push to produceethanol from corn or other food plants hasbrought about the destruction of forests, theplowing under of grasslands, pollution fromfertilizers and the escalation of food costsaround the world. Also, an acre of corn canproduce only about 300 gallons of ethanol,compared to 3,000 gallons of biodiesel froma 1-acre algae pond.

Open algae ponds have been tried in thepast to provide biomass to biodiesel fuelprojects, but they have been stymied by inef-ficiencies, including problems with keepingthe oil-rich, good algae in the ponds frombeing overwhelmed by less productive inva-sive species. To counter this problem, theODU researchers have installed 30 coveredalgae-growing tanks, each holding 500 gal-lons, along the length of the completedpond. Algae-rich water from these tanks willseed the pond, and it can also be used tofight invasive species.

“Right now, the plan is to keep purestrains in the tanks and dump those into theraceways to overwhelm any unwantedalgae,” Hatcher explained. “The best solu-tion seems to be to keep hitting invasive

species with infusions of what we have inthe tanks.” A major consideration of thispilot algae-pond project, he said, is “keepingtrack of our algae.”

Other questions the pilot project needs toanswer include:

• How many months of the year willalgae grow in a pond in central Virginia?Too much heat and too much cold candiminish algae productivity, so Hatcherexpects that mid-summer and mid-winterweeks may present problems. Sprouse isdevising a wood-fired boiler to heat water inthe winter for the pilot ponds. Carbon diox-ide emissions from the boiler would bepumped into the water so algae can con-sume the carbon, maintaining the low-car-bon footprint of the project.

• What is the most efficient way to har-vest the algae? Hand harvesting with finenets is possible, but tedious. Hatcher saidthe harvest will be easier once a dissolvedair flotation system is installed. The DAFconcept involves the release of compressedair at the pond’s bottom, which creates veryfine bubbles that lift the algae to the surfacewhere a skimmer can accomplish the har-vest.

A trailer at the site houses a centrifugethat will separate the oily mass of the algaefrom water, as well as the converter thatturns the biomass into a brown liquid thatlooks similar to crude oil.

Other than Hatcher, ODU faculty mem-bers involved in the VCERC algae-to-biodiesel project include MargaretMulholland, Harold Marshall, AndrewGordon and Aron Stubbins from the Collegeof Sciences and Gary Schafran, Han Baoand Robert Ash from the Frank BattenCollege of Engineering and Technology.

B Y J I M R A P E R

Cutter operates a winch aboard the researchvessel Knorr.

Algae farm

ODU establishes accelerator science centerOld Dominion has established a Center

for Accelerator Science that will tap into therapid growth of particle accelerator tech-nologies for atom-smashing experiments, aswell as for materials processing, medicalimaging and radiation therapies against can-cer. The center will receive personnel andfunding support from the U.S. Departmentof Energy’s Thomas Jefferson NationalAccelerator Facility in Newport News.

As its central mission, the center willtrain the next generation of accelerator andlight-source scientists and engineers. Thecenter also promises to bring more researchfunding to ODU and more high-technology

economic development to southeasternVirginia, according to university officials.

Chris Platsoucas, dean of the College ofSciences, noted that the Jefferson Lab willparticipate in the design of a so-called “4thgeneration light source” facility that isexpected to be built by the DOE somewherein the Southeast. This facility, which is pro-jected to cost upwards of $1 billion andproduce the most brilliant light yet for laserand other applications in research, industryand medicine, will employ technologiesalready in use at Jefferson Lab.

A search will begin immediately for acenter director.

The “white team”defense reacts to thecut made by a receiveron the “blue team”during a recent ODUintrasquad scrimmage.The Monarchs willhold two more scrim-mages this fall that areopen to the public:6 p.m. Oct. 25 and1:30 p.m. Nov. 22 atMaury-Granby Fieldon Powhatan Avenue.

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universitycalendarSubmit Calendar notices to: Steve Daniel, 100 KochHall; sdaniel@odu.edu. The next Calendar will be datedNov. 14 to Dec. 7; submissions are due Oct. 31.

SpeakersThursday, Oct. 16Welile Nhlapo, South African ambassador to the UnitedStates, keynote address for Africa at ODU Day, 5 p.m.,H/NN Room, Webb Ctr. 683-4406

Friday, Oct. 17Alan Hoffman, translator of the first unabridged Englishversion of Auguste Levasseur’s “Lafayette in America in1824 and 1825: Journal of a Voyage to the UnitedStates,” sponsored by Friends of the ODU Libraries,3 p.m., Univ. Village Bookstore.

Thursday, Oct. 23Frank Deford, sportswriter, commentator and author,“Sports: The Hype and the Hoopla,” for the President’sLecture Series, 7:30 p.m., Big Blue Room, Constant Ctr.683-3114

Tuesday, Nov. 4Adm. William J. Fallon, who retired in 2008 as a four-star admiral after a 40-year career of military and strate-gic leadership, for the Landmark Executive-in-Residenceseries, 7 p.m., North Cafeteria, Webb Ctr. 683-3520

Thursday, Nov. 13John Mather, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics, “Fromthe Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to James WebbSpace Telescope and the Discovery of Alien Life,” 10a.m., Constant Ctr. (A Q&A will be held from 2:30-4:30p.m. in the River Rooms, Webb Ctr.) adharams@odu.edu

MeetingsTuesday, Oct. 21Faculty Senate, 3 p.m., Ches./Ports. Room, Webb Ctr.683-3427

ExhibitionsThrough Sunday, Oct. 12“Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the UnitedStates,” Gordon Galleries, 4509 Monarch Way. 683-2355

“Mutambo,” satellite exhibit of the outdoor stone sculp-ture exhibit at Norfolk Botanical Garden, featuringworks by Zimbabwean artists, Va. Beach Ctr. 368-4100

Friday, Oct. 17Opening reception for Institute for Learning InRetirement Art Show, featuring work by professionaland practicing artists, 4-6 p.m., Va. Beach Ctr. Exhibitcontinues through Dec. 5. 368-4100

Saturday, Oct. 18Opening reception for “Graphic Designer StefanSagmeister,” 7 p.m., Gordon Galleries, 4509 MonarchWay. Exhibit continues through Nov. 22. 683-2355

Through Tuesday, Oct. 14“From Pen to Page to Stage: Writing for the Great WhiteWay – Lyricists of American Musical Theater,” an exhib-it in support of the fourth annual John Duffy ComposersInstitute, sponsored by the Virginia Arts Festival, 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. weekdays, Diehn Composers Room, 189Diehn Ctr. 683-4187

Through March 8, 2009“Uncommon Power: The Eye of the Self-Taught Artist,”the second installation of the Baron and Ellin Gordonbequest to ODU, which looks at the aesthetics, materialsand vision of the self-taught artist, Gordon Galleries,4509 Monarch Way. 683-2355

WorkshopsTuesday, Oct. 14“EndNote,” Ctr. for Learning Technologies, 1-4 p.m.,411 Gornto. Registration: http://clt.odu.edu/facdev.683-3172

Wednesday, Oct. 15“Boot Camp Workshop for Faculty Sponsored Pro-grams,” sponsored by Office of Research and ODURF,12:30-4:45 p.m., Isle of Wight Room, Webb Ctr.www.odu.edu/ao/research/proposaldev/workshops.shtml

Thursday, Oct. 16Third Thursday, “Assessment LockDown,” Ctr. forLearning Technologies, 12:30-1:30 p.m., 422 Gornto. Acollegial lunchtime discussion and exploration of teach-ing with new technologies. Discussion will include thepros and cons perceived by faculty about online testingand solutions that include securing online tests and alter-

nate assessment methods. Drinks and cookies provided.Registration: http://clt.odu.edu/facdev. 683-3172

Tuesday, Oct. 21“Adding Audio to Your Course,” Ctr. for LearningTechnologies, 1-4 p.m., 411 Gornto. Registration:http://clt.odu.edu/facdev. 683-3172

Wednesday, Oct. 22“Blackboard Relay 4: Assessments,” Ctr. for LearningTechnologies, 1-4 p.m., 411 Gornto. Registration:http://clt.odu.edu/facdev. 683-3172

Tuesday, Oct. 28“Boot Camp Workshop for Faculty Sponsored Pro-grams,” sponsored by Office of Research and ODURF,8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Virginia Rice Webb Room, WebbCtr. www.odu.edu/ao/research/proposaldev/workshops.shtml

“Adding Video to Your Course,” Ctr. for LearningTechnologies, 1-4 p.m., 411 Gornto. Registration:http://clt.odu.edu/facdev. 683-3172

Tuesday, Nov. 4“Questionmark,” Ctr. for Learning Technologies, 1-4p.m., 411 Gornto. Registration: http://clt.odu.edu/facdev.683-3172

Wednesday, Nov. 5“Blackboard Relay 5: Advanced Features,” Ctr. forLearning Technologies, 1-4 p.m., 411 Gornto.Registration: http://clt.odu.edu/facdev. 683-3172

Thursday, Nov. 13“Organization Leader Training (Non-Credit Black-board),” Ctr. for Learning Technologies, 1-4 p.m., 411Gornto. Registration: http://clt.odu.edu/facdev. 683-3172

PerformancesThurs., Oct. 16 - Sat., Nov. 1“Polaroid Stories,” 8 p.m. Oct. 16, 23-25, 28-29 andNov. 1; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Univ. Theatre. 683-5305. $

Fri., Oct. 17 - Fri., Oct. 31“Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus,” 8 p.m. Oct.17-18, 21-22 and 30-31; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 25, Univ.Theatre. 683-5305. $

Monday, Oct. 27Giora Feidman, “Spirit of Music/Tango Klezmer,” DiehnConcert Series, 8 p.m., Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Ctr.683-5305. $

Monday, Nov. 3Jim Kosnik, music dept. faculty recital, 7:30 p.m., St.Andrews Episcopal Church, Norfolk. 683-4061

The Harlem Quartet, Diehn Concert Series, 8 p.m.,Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Ctr. 683-5305. $

Wednesday, Nov. 5ODU Wind Ensemble, directed by Dennis Zeisler, 7:30p.m., Univ. Theatre. 683-4061

Tuesday, Nov. 11ODU Collegium Musicum and Madrigal Singers, direct-ed by Lee Tepley, 7:30 p.m., Chandler Recital Hall,Diehn Ctr. 683-4061

Thursday, Nov. 13ODU Brass Choir, directed by Mike Hall, 7:30 p.m.,Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Ctr. 683-4061

Sunday, Nov. 16ODU Concert Choir with the ODU Orchestra, directedby Nancy Klein, 4 p.m., Diehn Ctr. atrium. 683-4061

Monday, Nov. 17Countertenor Brian Asawa, Diehn Concert Series,8 p.m., Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Ctr. 683-5305. $

FilmsFriday, Sept. 12“Clerks,” for Cult Movie Week, sponsored by StudentActivities Council, 8 p.m., MGB auditorium. 683-3446

Wed., Fri., Sat., Oct. 15, 17, 18“The Dark Knight,” sponsored by Student ActivitiesCouncil, 8 p.m., MGB auditorium. 683-3446

Wed., Fri., Sat., Oct. 22, 24, 25“Hellboy II,” sponsored by Student Activities Council,8 p.m., MGB auditorium. 683-3446

Wed., Fri., Sat., Oct. 29, 31, Nov. 1“Wanted,” sponsored by Student Activities Council,8 p.m., MGB auditorium. 683-3446

Wed., Fri., Sat., Nov. 5, 7, 8“Pineapple Express,” sponsored by Student ActivitiesCouncil, 8 p.m., MGB auditorium. 683-3446

Wed., Fri., Sat., Nov. 12, 14, 15“Tropic Thunder,” sponsored by Student ActivitiesCouncil, 8 p.m., MGB auditorium. 683-3446

Com i n g S o o nt o “THE TED”

Thurs., Oct. 30 to Sun., Nov. 2Sesame Street Live: “Elmo’s Green Thumb,” 10:30a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 30; 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and5:30 p.m. Nov. 1; and 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Nov.2, $12 to $31

Thursday, Nov. 6Dolly Parton, 7:30 p.m., $35 to $63

Sunday, Nov. 9So You Think You Can Dance 2008 Tour, 7:30p.m., $35 to $54.50

Saturday, Nov. 15CageFestXtreme: Evolution, 6 p.m., $15 to $150

Tickets may be purchased through COXTix.com,at the Constant Center Box Office or by phone at888-3-COXTIX.

MiscellaneousThursday, Oct. 16Africa at ODU Day celebration in Webb Ctr., featuringexhibits (12:30-1:30 p.m., North and South Mall), stu-dent and guest speaker presentations (2-3:45 p.m.,H/NN Room), roundtable discussion (4-5 p.m., H/NNRoom), keynote address (5 p.m., North Cafeteria),reception (6:30 p.m., North Cafeteria) and African music(7:30 p.m., North Cafeteria). See www.odu.edu/news fordetails. 683-4406

Tuesday, Oct. 21Graduate and Professional School Fair, 11 a.m. to3 p.m., North Mall, Webb Ctr.

Thursday, Oct. 23Panel discussion, book signing and reception featuringODU authors Lawrence Weinstein and John Adam, withillustrator Patricia Edwards, “Guesstimation: “Solvingthe World’s Problems on the Back of a CocktailNapkin,” 6-8 p.m., Lecture Hall 244, Va. Beach Ctr.368-4100

Monday, Oct. 27Panel presentation, “The Race for the Presidency: The2008 General Election,” featuring ODU faculty DavidEarnest, Beth Esinhart, Jesse Richman and GlenSussman, moderated by G. William Whitehurst, 7 p.m.,BAL auditorium. 683-4643

Tuesday, Oct. 28“Studying the Communication Worlds of Children,” ledby Tom Socha, assoc. prof., and Avi Santo, asst. prof.,for the communication and theatre arts dept.’s newWorks in Progress series, 12:20-1:20 p.m., 3062 BAL.683-3828

Wednesday, Oct. 29Annual Benefits Fair, sponsored by Human ResourcesDept., 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., North Mall, Webb Ctr.683-3042

Tuesday, Nov. 11Veterans Day ceremony, 12:30 p.m., Kaufman Mall.683-5759

Friday, Nov. 14ODU Homecoming Week kickoff event, “Lights,Camera, Action!” 7-11:30 p.m., Constant Ctr.683- 3446

SportsFor tickets call 683-4444 or visit www.odusports.com.

Friday, Oct. 10Women’s soccer vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m. $

Saturday, Oct. 11Men’s soccer vs. Towson, 7 p.m. $

Wednesday, Oct. 15Field hockey vs. California, 5 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 17Field hockey vs. Maryland, 5 p.m.

Women’s soccer vs. JMU, 7 p.m. $

Sunday, Oct. 19Women’s soccer vs. VCU, 1 p.m. $

Field hockey vs. Duke, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 22Men’s soccer vs. JMU, 7 p.m. $

Saturday, Oct. 25Field hockey vs. JMU, 1 p.m.

Men’s soccer vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m. $

Sunday, Oct. 26Field hockey vs. VCU, 1 p.m.

Women’s basketball, blue-white scrimmage, 3 p.m.Men’s basketball, blue-white scrimmage, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 1Field hockey vs. North Carolina, 1 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 2Field hockey vs. William & Mary, 1 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 3Women’s basketball vs. Univ. of D.C. (exh.), 7 p.m. $

Tuesday, Nov. 4Men’s basketball vs. Chowan (exh.), 7 p.m. $

Friday, Nov. 7Men’s soccer vs. GMU, 7 p.m. $

Saturday, Nov. 8Men’s basketball vs. Virginia State (exh.), 7 p.m. $

Monday, Nov. 10Women’s basketball vs. Shaw (exh.), 7 p.m. $

Bookstore announcesreadings and signings

The University Village Bookstoreannounces the following eventsthrough the end of the month:• Oct 11 – Children’s event withreading about fire safety and preven-tion, and a visit from the Norfolk FireDepartment and a fire engine, 10 a.m.• Oct 16 – Julius Kane discusses histwo books, “Innocense & Necessity”and “Conflict and Discovery,” noon.• Oct 17 – Alan Hoffman discusseshis translation of “Lafayette inAmerica,” sponsored by Friends ofthe ODU Libraries, 3 p.m.• Oct 21 – ODU’s Janet Peery signsher books, “What the Thunder Said,“Alligator Dance” and “The RiverBeyond the World,” noon.• Oct 28 – ODU’s James Sweeney dis-cusses and signs his new book, “Race,Reason and Massive Resistance,”noon.• Oct 30 – ODU’s Jane Plummer-Washington signs her book, “ThePath to My Healing,” noon.

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grantsandcontracts

Cook Colberg-Ochs Cory Danner

The Research Foundation announces the followinggrants and contracts for July and August. Awardamounts are totals expected for the entire funding peri-od. The list does not include supplements, modificationsor other changes to existing grants or contracts. Forawards that have more than one investigator, the firstfaculty member listed is the principal investigator.

CRAIG BAYSE, associate professor of chemistry andbiochemistry, “Platinum Metal Complexes as DNA-Protein Cross-linking Agents”; Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, $4,999.

ALEXANDER BOCHDANSKY, assistant professorof ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Basin-scaleDistribution and Activity of Deep Sea Protists in theNorth Atlantic Ocean”; National Science Foundation,$540,256.

MARGARET CAMARENA, director of the SocialScience Research Center, “Virginia Early InterventionFamily Survey”; Virginia Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, $26,883.

SHERI COLBERG-OCHS, associate professor ofexercise science, sport, physical education and recre-ation, “Protective Health Effects of Differing Types andIntensities of Exercise Training in Individuals with Type2 Diabetes”; American Diabetes Association, $200,000.Co-PIs are DAVID SWAIN, professor of ESSPR, andSTEVE MORRISON, associate professor of physicaltherapy.

DESMOND COOK, professor of physics,“Improved Corrosion Resistant Steel for Highway BridgeConstruction”; Mittal Steel USA, $105,750.

MICHAEL CORY and STEPHEN DEMOS, seniorconsulting engineers, Virginia Applied Technology andProfessional Development Center, “Lean Implementa-tion: Simple Heater Exchanger Product Family andWelding Optimization”; Riggins Co., $28,750.

MONA DANNER, professor of sociology and crim-inal justice, “Chesapeake Police Citizen SatisfactionSurvey”; city of Chesapeake, $16,114. Co-PIs areTANCY VANDECAR-BURDIN, associate director ofthe Social Science Research Center, and ALLISONCHAPPELL, assistant professor of SCJ.

DENNIS DARBY and GREG CUTTER, professorsof ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “CollaborativeResearch: Investigating Holocene Paleoclimate in theWestern Arctic Ocean Using Very High-ResolutionMarine Records Off Alaska”; National Science Founda-tion, $48,927.

DANIEL DAUER, eminent scholar of biological sci-ences, “Benthic Biological Monitoring of the ElizabethRiver”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality,$20,000.

GIANLUCA DE LEO, assistant professor of med-ical laboratory and radiation sciences, “ImprovingQuality of Life and Short-term Memory Loss in Patientswith Alzheimer’s Dementia: Smartphone Application forCapturing Daily Life Moments”; Virginia Center onAging, $9,288. Also, with MICHAEL MCGINNIS,executive director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis andSimulation Center, “SBIR Phase II: Software to AssessReadiness”; Mymic LLC, $8,000.

GAIL DODGE, chair of physics, “Jixie Zhang -2008 JSA/JLAB Graduate Fellowship”; SoutheasternUniversities Research Association, $12,625 and $12,625.

LAWRENCE DOTOLO, president, Virginia Tide-water Consortium, “Educational Opportunity CentersProgram”; U.S. Department of Education, $480,170.

ABDELMAGEED ELMUSTAFA, assistant professorof mechanical engineering, “Monitoring Phase Transfor-mation of Polymeric Materials Using Wireless Electro-magnetic Circuit Sensors”; NASA Langley ResearchCenter, $23,998. Also, “Theoretical and ExperimentalStudy of the Donor Material Effects During Friction StirWelding of Steel”; National Institute of AerospaceAssociates, $37,528. Also, with JERRY ROBERTSON,director of the Virginia Applied Technology and

Professional Development Center, “Stress Analysis ofFlipable Housing Power Transmission Using FiniteElement Analysis”; Sumitomo Corp, $41,402.

HANI ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electricaland computer engineering, “Fabrication of SensorElectrodes”; Morphix Technologies, $9,613. Also,“Lidar Receiver System - Continuation of Task Order6072”; NASA, $43,818. Also, “Graduate StudentResearchers Program: Combined Remote Raman, Lidarand LIFS Sensor System”; NASA Langley ResearchCenter, $30,000.

TAL EZER, associate professor of ocean, earth andatmospheric sciences, “Collaborative Research: Model-ing Sea Ice-Ocean-Ecosystem Responses to ClimateChanges in the Berin-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas with DataAssimilation of Rusalca Measurements”; NOAA,$42,340. Also, “Red Sea - Dead Sea ConvergenceFeasibility Study”; The World Bank, $59,124.

HOLLY GAFF, assistant professor of communityand environmental health, “Bring Value ThroughBiosense”; University of Maryland, $54,795. Also, “APilot Study to Assess the Impact of Various InfectionControl Educational Techniques and Practices on theSpread of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureusin Virtual Intensive Care Units”; Old DominionUniversity, 22,300. Co-PIs are: LYNN WILES, seniorlecturer of nursing; JAMES MARKEN, assistant profes-sor of educational curriculum and instruction; GINGERWATSON, associate professor of ECI; and KIMBERLYCURRY-LOURENCO, senior lecturer of nursing.

KATHERINE HAMMOND, lecturer, and KON-RAD WINTERS, associate professor, communicationand theatre arts, “Humanities Encounter: Incarcerationand Interrupted Life”; Virginia Foundation for theHumanities and Public Policy, $4,000.

PATRICK HATCHER, Batten Endowed Chair inPhysical Sciences, “VCERC Biodiesel Effort”; GeneralAssembly of Virginia, $1.15 million and $183,326.

VICTORIA HILL, postdoctoral research scientist,ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “The Fate ofSummertime Arctic Ocean Heating: A Study of Ice-Albedo Feedback on Seasonal to Interannual TimeScales”; University of Washington, $34,085.

KAAVONIA HINTON-JOHNSON, assistant pro-fessor of eductional curriculum and instruction,“Renewal of Jump Start Grant”; National WritingProject, $5,000.

EILEEN HOFMANN, professor of ocean, earthand atmospheric sciences, “Collaborative Research:GLOBEC Pan-Regional Synthesis: End-to-End EnergyBudgets in U.S.-GLOBEC Regions”; National ScienceFoundation, $273,468. Also, “U.S. Eastern ContinentalShelf Carbon Cycling: Modeling, Data Assimilation andAnalysis”; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, $62,381.

JOHN HOLSINGER, eminent scholar of biologicalsciences, “Supplemental Funds: Upgrading and Expand-ing the Database for the Subterranean Amphipod GenusStygobromus”; Cave Conservancy of the Virginias, $5,000.

WALT HOOKS, physics operations manager,“Southeastern Universities Research Association -Jefferson Lab Support”; Jefferson Lab, $3,671, $15,677and $734.

FANG HU, professor of mathematics and statistics,“Analysis and Implementation of Accurate NumericalBoundary Conditions for Large Eddy Simulations andBoltzmann Equation”; National Science Foundation,$146,000.

SHARON JUDGE, professor of special education,“Square One @ ODU”; Virginia Business Coalition onHealth, $101,284.

ASAAD KHATTAK, professor of civil and environ-mental engineering, “ITS Decision: Gateway to Under-standing and Applying ITS, Phase IV: Expert ToolDevelopment, Case-based Reasoning Tool Expansion,Web Site Functionality Improvement and Update of ITSInformation Content”; California Center for Innovative

Transportation, $111,000.

RAFAEL LANDAETA, assistant professor of engi-neering management, “Identifying Measures of Trainees’Knowledge Change for Modeling and Simulation Train-ing Projects”; University of Central Florida, $50,000.

DREW LANDMAN, associate professor of aero-space engineering, “NASA Graduate Student ResearchersProgram”; NASA Langley Research Center, $30,000.Also, “Statistical Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis ofMars Entry Atmospheric Data Systems”; NationalInstitute of Aerospace Associates, $12,272.

ROLAND LAWRENCE, assistant professor of engi-neering technology, “Mesh Emissivity Measurements”;Science Systems & Applications Inc., $38,202.

IRWIN LEVINSTEIN, associate professor of com-puter science, “Supplement to ISTART: InteractiveStrategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking”;University of Memphis, $20,479.

ROBIN LEWIS, professor of psychology,“Assistantship for Student in Virginia ConsortiumProgram”; Hampton-Newport News CommunityServices Board, $7,000.

LI-SHI LUO, associate professor of mathematicsand statistics, “A Unified Modeling Approach for Micro-and Nano-Scale Gas Flows”; National ScienceFoundation, $265,000. Co-PI is ALI BESKOK, profes-sor of aerospace engineering. Also, “Computing UsingGeneral Purpose Graphic Processing Units”; ScienceSystems & Applications Inc., $7,500. Co-PIs are: YANPENG, postdoctoral research associate of mathematicsand statistics; ALEX POTHEN, professor of computerscience; and WEI LIAO, postdoctoral research associateof mathematics and statistics. Also, “Computing UsingGeneral Purpose Graphic Processing Units”; ScienceSystems & Applications Inc., $7,500. Co-PIs are: PENG;WEI LIAO, postdoctoral research associate of mathe-matics and statistics; and POTHEN.

LUCY MANNING, assistant professor of music,“Artist Residency”; Virginia Commission of the Arts,$2,150.

MICHAEL MCGINNIS, executive director, VirginiaModeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “BRACRegional Modeling and Simulation Research CenterStudy”; Crater Planning District Commission, $46,000.

STEVE MYRAN, research scientist, Programs forResearch and Evaluation for Public Schools, “MiddleSchool Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledgeand Assessment Training”; SCHEV, $194,153. Co-PIsare: JEFFREY STECKROTH, assistant professor of edu-cational curriculum and instruction; JACK ROBINSON,associate professor of early childhood education; andSUE DOVIAK, lecturer of mathematics and statistics.

GON NAMKOONG, assistant professor of electri-cal and computer engineering, “Broadening ParticipationResearch Initiation Grants in Engineering: Triple-Wave-length White Light Emitters Using Nitride/Oxide Hetero-structure”; National Science Foundation, $170,000.

DUC NGUYEN, professor of civil and environmen-tal engineering, “Holistic Numerical Methods:Unabridged”; University of South Florida, $27,271.

CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD, associate professor ofbiological sciences, “Regulation and Function of theHCMV PP71 Tegumant Protein”; Eastern VirginiaMedical School, $12,224.

ANDREI PAKHOMOV, research associate profes-sor, KARL SCHOENBACH, Batten Professor ofBioelectric Engineering, and JUERGEN KOLB, assistantprofessor, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics,“Cell Death Induction by High Voltage, NanosecondDuration Electrical Pulses”; U.S. Public Health Service,$1.08 million.

MICHAEL PEARSON, professor of English,“Literary Festival 2008”; city of Norfolk, $5,000. Also,with FRED BAYERSDORFER, arts assistant to thedean, College of Arts and Letters, “Literary Festival2008”; Virginia Commission of the Arts, $1,000.

CHRIS PLATSOUCAS, dean, College of Sciences,and EMILIA OLESZAK, associate professor of biologi-cal sciences, “T Cells in the Pathogenesis of SystemicSclerosis”; U.S. Public Health Service, $25,196.

TED RASPILLER, associate professor of education-al leadership and counseling, “Community CollegeLeadership Program”; Virginia Community CollegeSystem, $23,000.

ANASTASIA RAYMER, professor of speech-lan-guage pathology, “Communications Outcomes forNaming Treatments in Aphasia”; U.S. Public HealthService, $222,240.

BILLIE REED, executive director of the VirginiaCommercial Space Flight Authority, “VCSFA FY09Operations Account”; General Assembly of Virginia,$95,000.

JERRY ROBERTSON, director of the VirginiaApplied Technology and Professional Development

Center, “Lean Training and Implementation”; SentaraHospitals, $32,080. Also, “Surgical Gripper Prototype”;Eastern Virginia Medical School, $1,300

JACK ROBINSON, associate professor of earlychildhood education, and CHARLENE FLEENER,chair of eductional curriculum and instruction,“Integrating Assessment and Literacy Instruction forPowerful Learning”; SCHEV, $110,074.

MIKE ROBINSON, project scientist, VirginiaModeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “HamptonRoads Transportation Alternatives Study”; OldDominion University, $250,000. Co-PIs are:YUZHONG SHEN, assistant professor of electrical andcomputer engineering; ROLAND MIELKE, professorof ECI; ASAAD KHATTAK, professor of civil and envi-ronmental engineering; RAFAEL DIAZ, research assis-tant professor, VMASC; and MECIT CETIN, assistantprofessor of CEE.

MARY SANDY, director of the Virginia Space GrantConsortium, “GIS Internship Program at NASA LangleyResearch Center and Johnson Space Center”; NASAGoddard Spaceflight Center, $157,811. Also, “RocketPayload Development and Launch Workshop”; NASA,$48,540. Also, “Runway Safety and Airport OperationsUniversity Design Competition”; Federal AviationAdministration, $190,000. Also, “Virginia SpaceGrant/State Council of Higher Education for Virginia”;SCHEV, $170,000.

KARL SCHOENBACH, Batten Chair in bioelectricsengineering, and SHU XIAO, research assistant profes-sor, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics,“Ultrawideband Antenna for Near-field Operation inTissue”; Bioelectrics Inc., $300,000.

MALCOLM SCULLY, assistant professor of ocean,earth and atmospheric sciences, “Co-locatedMeasurements of Turbulence and Acoustic Scattering”;Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, $10,082.

JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, director of research,Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center,“Joint Multi-Service Concepts and Operations Analysis,Research and Support”; NATO, $7.3 million. Also, withSOLOMON SHERFEY, senior project scientist,VMASC, “Human Behavior Representation Study”;NATO, $24,600. Also, “A Technology ClusterAccelerator System for Hampton Roads, Virginia”;Hampton Roads Partnership, $100,000. Co-PIs are:RAFAEL DIAZ, research assistant professor, VMASC;MIKE ROBINSON, project scientist, VMASC; MARKSCERBO, professor of psychology; and STACIERINGLEB, assistant professor of mechanical engineer-ing.

ROBERT SPINA, chair of exercise science, sport,physical education and recreation, and DAVIDBRANCH, associate dean, Darden College ofEducation, “ODU Ready”; Virginia Department ofEducation, $75,000.

ARON STUBBINS, postdoctoral research associateof chemistry and biochemistry, “A Novel Low Cost,High Efficiency Algal Biomass Harvest and DewateringTechnology for Biodiesel Production”; AcentLaboratories, $20,000.

ANDREAS TOLK, associate professor of engineer-ing management, “U.S. Joint Forces Command GlobalComprehensive Approach”; National Science Founda-tion, $6,049. Also, “ODU VMASC Scope of Work inSupport of Technologies Engineering Inc.”; TechnologiesEngineering Inc., $39,999.

OLLIE TOLIVER, director of Upward Bound,“Upward Bound Program”; U.S. Department ofEducation, $336,500.

JOHN TWEED, professor of mathematics and sta-tistics, “GRA Supplement to NASA Project”; NASALangley Research Center, $103,000.

ALOK VERMA, professor of engineering technolo-gy, “Marine Tech: STEM Preparation Through MarineScience and Engineering Projects”; State Council ofHigher Education for Virginia, $120,000. Co-PIs areSUEANNE MCKINNEY and DANIEL DICKERSON,assistant professors of educational curriculum andinstruction.

LEPOSAVA VUSKOVIC, professor of physics,“Kinetic and Experimental Studies of a Double ElectricLayer in the Stationary Shock Wave Structures of aSupersonic Flow”; NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center,$30,000. Also, “Contract Modification: Define andCharacterize the Research and Development ofMicrowave Generated Surface Plasmas”; NASA LangleyResearch Center, $5,000. Also, “Support for ContinuingResearch on the Effect of Microwave-generated Plasmason Aerodynamic Flow”; National Institute of AerospaceAssociates, $34,775.

NANCY XU, associate professor of chemistry andbiochemistry, “Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticlesfor Probing Living Cellular Functions and TheirPotential Environmental Impacts”; National ScienceFoundation, $35,486.