Recent Award Recipients
2008-2009
Antibiotic Resistance Transmission through the Global Food Chain: Public Health Impact and Intervention Strategies
Hua Wang
Food Science and Technology
Microbiology
The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistant (ART) bacteria is becoming a major public health threat. Our studies found that ART non-pathogenic and “beneficial” bacteria were highly prevalent in conventional food products, and the food chain has become a significant community-based avenue transmitting AR to humans. We seek Battelle support for education/extension activities (international conference, food safety video, publications) to reveal the global health impact of ART bacteria and explore strategic breakthroughs to control the problem.
Enhancing Interest in Science and Technology by Engaging High School and Undergraduate Students in Real-Time Research Projects
Parwinder S. Grewal
Entomology
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ensuring the vitality of the nation’s scientific and technological enterprise requires that we tap the talents of all citizens. The goal of this summer program is to enhance student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM disciplines) by immersing them in ongoing, OARDC research projects. By opening the doors to underrepresented high school and undergraduate students from rural areas, the program will influence future leaders and effectively engage OSU in the community.
Every Reader, Every Writer Has a Story
Cynthia L. Selfe
English
H. Lewis Ulman
English
Richard J. Selfe
Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing
“Every Reader, Every Writer Has a Story” focuses on the importance of preserving literacy stories, especially for groups whose literacy history has been ignored. These presentations and workshops acquaint audiences with the Digital Archives of Literacy Narratives (DALN), the first public, online repository to preserve personal accounts of how individual citizens, families, and communities learn to read and write, how literacy shapes their lives. The DALN supports historical, educational, and community research on literacy.
Influence of Culture, Society, and Religion on the Practice of Veterinary Medicine in Thailand: The Anatomy, Habitat, Helath, and Behavior of Asian Elephants
Nongnuch Inpanbutr
Veterinary Biosciences
The proposed project is to develop an audiovisual program revealing how culture, social, and religion influence the practice of veterinary medicine in other countries such as Thailand. This educational program also includes anatomy, habitat, health and behavior of Asian elephants. This program will increase cultural sensitivity and enhance awareness of cultural diversity for students, and elevate the quality of education on Asian Elephants. This will promote International Studies at OSU, nationally, and globally.
The Virtual Pasture
Michael J. Mercil
Art
The Virtual Pasture is a project for the Department of Art with the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the Wexner Center for the Arts. Beginning in spring 2009, The Virtual Pasture reanimates the central campus landscape with a small flock of sheep grazing off-site, but streaming through images transmitted live to a video monitor installed outside the Wexner Center to face the Oval. The project includes working with OSU Extension’s 4-H Youth Program to produce a documentary video. Through these and related activities, The Virtual Pasture creates a visible public forum for a variety of issues regarding the local production, marketing and distribution of food in an increasingly industrialized, mechanized and technology-centered agricultural economy.
2007-2008
Bringing the Crowds to the Battleground: How Newsrooms Can Deepen and Improve Their Election Coverage by Involving Citizens and Using Open-source Analysis Tools
Trevor L. Brown
Public Affairs
Debra Jasper
Public Affairs
Rajiv Ramnath
Computer Science and Engineering
Peter M. Shane
Law
Communicative Cities: Integrating Technology and Place
Jack L. Nasar
Architecture
The urban landscape is changing due to the exponential rise in communication technology, and the need for global connectivity and data accessibility. This project will convene an international conference addressing how cities communicate, how they facilitate communication, how to integrate technology and face-to-face communication in a global world, and what makes a communicative city. It should promote research and acquaint external constituencies and communities with this research and its relevance to their work and policy.
Motion Bank: Interactive Media Connecting Dance, Science, and Discourse
Norah Zuniga-Shaw
Dance
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
The Museum of Biological Diversity: Community Showcase Week
John W. Wenzel
Entomology
Andrea Ward Ross
Biological Sciences
The Museum of Biological Diversity is building on three successful years of outreach programming. Open House weekend will be expanding for the next two years through use of technology, and expanding school partnerships. Kiosks will be constructed to better showcase museum collections, and make specimens available with fewer limitations. New themes will be used to make cohesive and enjoyable exhibits. Teachers and school children will be integral to new programming.
Reconfigured Vision: Technology Expanding the Peripheral Lecture Series
Robert Ladislas Derr
Art
2006-2007
Can the Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology Improve the Geographic Literacy in Secondary Education?
Ozeas S. Costa, Jr.
OSU-Mansfield
Earth Sciences
Stavros Constantinou
OSU-Mansfield
Geography
The Chaco Interactive: Cosmological Expression in the Observation, Art, and Architecture of an Ancient American Society.
Alan Price
Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design
Advanced Computer Center for hte Arts and Design
Expanding the Reach of the Wonders of Our World Program (WOW)2
Susan V. Olesik
Chemistry
Garry Donald McKenzie
Earth Sciences
Neil R. Baker
Microbiology
David L. Tomasko
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Andrew F. Heckler
Physics
Technology and Ethics in Archaeology: Mentoring the Next Generation of Scientists
Kristen Gremillion
Anthropology
Joan Harless
COSI
Christopher Andersen
University Outreach and Engagement
2005-2006
Access for Persons with Disabilities: Battelle Endowment Demonstration Project Using Adapted Technology with Young Children with Special Needs
Jane Case-Smith
School of Allied Medical Professions
Elizabeth
Harzoff
Luc Lecavalier
OSU Nisonger Center
Technology Expanding the Horizon: A Reinterpretation and Investigation of the Landscape
Robert Ladislas Derr
Kenneth E. Rinaldo
Amy M. Youngs
Department of Art
Composing in a New Key: How Multimodality Shapes Teaching and Learning
David M. Bloome
George E. Newell
School of Teaching and Learning
The Art, Technology and Dance of Teaching Science to Informal Learners
Susan
W. Fisher
Department of Entomology
Global Climate Change: What Do We Know? What Don’t We Know?
Carol Landis
W. Berry Lyons
Byrd Polar Research Center
2004-2005
Building Democracy Through Online Citizen Deliberation
Peter M. Shane
Moritz College of Law
Stephen R. Acker
Gerald M. Kosicki
School of Journalism and Communication
Maria Manta Conroy
Jennifer Evans-Cowley
Stephen I. Gordon
Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture
Kenya Connect: International Service-Learning Enhanced by Technology and Distance Education
David Andrews
College of Human Ecology
Living Jerusalem: Communities in Contention
Amy Horowitz
Melton Center for Jewish Studies and Merson Center for Public Policy
Amy Shuman
Department of English
Design and Society: Technology, the Environment and Societal Impact–A Public Lecture Series
Wayne Carlson
Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design
Engineers for Community Service: Model Programs for Development of a Profession
Kevin Passino
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Blaine Lilly
Department of Industrial, Welding and Systems
Engineering
John Merrill
First-Year Engineering Program
Harold Walker
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic
Science
