Research at Auburn Montgomery is alive and well. Several AUM faculty members and students have been awarded more than $100,000 in grants and awards this year, the AUM Research Council announced recently.
At Auburn Research Week, April 2-5, AUM students and faculty showcased their work and received awards as follows:
Students:
Tabitha Middleton, Biology
- 1st place for the best undergraduate student poster presentation in the category of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - Blood Parasites of Introduced South Florida Marine Toads and their Effect on Innate Immune Complement
Aindrea McHugh, Exercise Science
- 2nd place for best graduate student poster presentation in the category of Sciences - The Effects of a 7-Week Low Frequency Recreational Jogging Program on Heart Rate Variability
Christopher Blair, Sociology
- 2nd place for best undergraduate student oral presentation in the category of Creative Scholarship - An Analysis of Ford and Griffin's Model of Latin American City Structure Utilizing GIS
Faculty:
Dr. Rhonda Morton, Counseling, Leadership and Special Education
- 1st place for best faculty poster presentation in the category of Education - Basic Competency Skills for Paraprofessionals
Dr. Matt Lovett and Dr. George Schaefer, Physical Education and Exercise Science
- 3rd place for best faculty oral presentation in the category of Social Issues and Approaches - Age Differences in Motives of Triathletes
Dr. Michele Olson, Physical Education and Exercise Science
- 3rd place for best faculty oral presentation in the category of Human Health and Education - Superficial Versus Deep Abdominal Muscle Activity during Selected Pilates Exercises: An External EMG
Dr. Jon Marcoux, Sociology
- 2nd place for best faculty oral presentation in the category of History, Music, and Art - Pox, Empire, Shackles, and Hides: The Archaeology of Cherokee Households, ca. 1670-1715
Dr. Terry Winemiller, Sociology
3rd place for best faculty oral presentation in the category of History, Music, and Art - Constructing 3D and 4D Models from Historical Maps and Data in Modern Geographic Information Systems
Congratulations to the following winners, who received grants and awards for their research from the AUM Research Council and other programs on campus. Thanks for helping to continue Auburn Montgomery's important role in enriching the quality of life in the River Region and beyond!
Ida Belle Young Research Award
- Dr. Benedict Okeke
- Department: Biology
- Title of project: A Proposal to Purchase a Laboratory Lyophilizer (Freeze Dryer)
- Award Amount: $13,000
- Dr. Jon Marcoux
- Department: Sociology
- Title of project: Introducing Archaeological Geophysics at AUM: A Proposal for an AUM Belle Young Research Grant
- Award Amount: $10,000
- Dr. Terry Winemiller, PI
- Department: Sociology
- Title of project: Proposed Geospatial Laboratory Expansion at Auburn University at Montgomery
- Award Amount: $37,200
Regular Faculty Grant-in-Aid Awards
- Dr. John Aho
- Department: Biology
- Title of Project: Can Parasites Be Free Indicators of Free-Living Diversity?
- Award Amount: $3,594
- Award Period: Nov. 1, 2011, through Sept. 13, 2012
- Dr. Silvia Giagnoni
- Department: Communication and Dramatic Arts
- Title of Project: The New Immigrants Project at AUM
- Award Amount: $3,000
- Award Period: Nov. 1, 2011, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Timothy Henderson
- Department: History
- Title of Project: Latin American Migration and Inter-American Relations
- Award Amount: $2,900
- Award Period: Nov. 1, 2011, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Pia Knigge
- Department: Political Science and Public Administration
- Title of project: American Muslims Reflecting on Terrorism (Phase II)
- Award Amount: $2,938
- Award Period: Nov. 1, 2011, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Benedict Okeke
- Department: Biology
- Title of project: Cholesterol-Lowering Animal Feed by Red Yeast Fermentation of Corn Grain Whole Stillage
- Award Amount: $4,650
- Award Period: Nov. 2, 2011, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Neil David Seibel
- Department: Communication and Dramatic Arts
- Title of project: Paternity Leave: A Health Care Love Story
- Award Amount: $3,675
- Award Period: Nov. 1, 2011, through Sept. 13, 2013
New Faculty Grant-in-Aid Awards
- Dr. Nicholas Bourke
- Department: Early Childhood and Elementary Education
- Title of Project: The Use of Sematic Webs to Document Impact of a Non-formal Science Center Experience on Students
- Award Amount: $1,310
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Don Soo Chon
- Department: Justice and Public Safety
- Title of Project: Government Ineffectiveness, Social Disorganization, and Homicidal Rate
- Award Amount: $1,300
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. David Seward Feltmate
- Department: Sociology
- Title of Project: Laughing at Gods: Religion, Humor, and Politics in the American Animated Sitcom
- Award Amount: $680
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Will Fenn
- Department: Fine Arts
- Title of Project: Glass Negatives
- Award Amount: $2,950
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Jerome Goddard II
- Department: Mathematics
- Title of Project: Population Models with Diffusion and Nonlinear Boundary Conditions
- Award Amount: $1,100
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2012
- Dr. John Hutchison
- Department: Physical Sciences
- Title of Project: Total Synthesis of Eutypoid and GSK-3B Inhibitory of Eutypoid C-3 Analogs
- Award Amount: $4,310
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Brian E. Johnson
- Department: Sociology
- Title of project: Is Zoning Constraining Residential Development Densities in Exurban Porter County, Indiana
- Award Amount: $1,011
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Heidi Lingamfelter
- Department: Fine Arts
- Title of project: The Yellow- Hammer State: Research and Assemblages in Printmaking
- Award Amount: $4,950
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
- Dr. Keri Watson
- Department: Fine Arts
- Title of project: The Photographic Essay and Great Depression
- Award Amount: $4,730
- Award Period: Jan. 23, 2012, through Sept. 13, 2013
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipients
- Madison Hinton
- Department: Sociology
- Title of project: Exploring Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Its Contributors
- Award Amount: $247
- Award Period: Feb. 6, 2012, through Sept. 30, 2012
- Peng Dang
- Department: Economics and Finance
- Title of Project: 401 (k) Participation and Contribution Level: The Influence of Stock Market Performance
- Award Amount: $329
- Award Period: April 17, 2012, thru May 1, 2012
- NOTE: Peng Dang was also recognized at the Society of Business, Industry, and Economics regional academic conference in San Destin, Fla., as the first-place award winner, and he received a check from McGraw Hill.
Reporting by Frank Miles