2008 Grants
May
Rongxing (Ron) Li, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from NASA National Space Biomedical Research Institute for “Enhancement of Spatial Orientation Capability of Astronauts on the Lunar Surface” with co-investigators Kaichang Di, research scientist, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science; Alper Yilmaz, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science; Martin Banks; and Kul Bhasin. The scientific goal of the proposal is to develop an information system to enhance astronauts’ spatial orientation capability and reduce sensorimotor risks during manned and landed lunar mission operations. Li also has been selected to serve as a participating scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and received a three-year, $399,633 grant for “Integration of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter Data for Precision Lunar Topographic Mapping and Landing Sites Assessment” with co-investigator Di.
Ness Shroff, Ohio Eminent Scholar and professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering, has received a five-year, $6 million Multi-disciplinary University Research Initiative grant from the Army Research Office for his project “MAASCOM: Modeling, Analysis, and Algorithms for Stochastic Control of Multi-Scale Networks” to explore the impact of long-range dependence on military networks. The overarching goal is to develop atheory that leads to the development of low-complexity andpractically-implementable control and distributed detection algorithmsthat will provide an enormous tactical advantage to the U.S. military.
March
Jack L. Nasar, professor, City and Regional Planning, received a $44,306 grant from the Battelle Endowment for“Communicative Cities: Integrating Technology and Place.”
February
Jack L. Nasar, professor, City and Regional Planning, $149,806 Active Living Research Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for “Environmental perception, evaluation and desirability for physical activity among African-American families of different incomes,” co-investigator Steve I. Gordon, professor, City and Regional Planning and the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
Robert Siston, assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, $88,263 from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems for “Custom Assistive Devices at The Ohio State University Mechanical Engineering Department and Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Hospital.”
January
Rongxing Li, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received a $180,000 NOAA Ohio Sea Grant College Program grant for “LiDAR and Sub-meter Satellite Imaging Technologies for Great Lakes Shoreline Mapping.”