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Grant Recipients Recognized
Posted 10/24/2005
University of Hartford faculty and staff earned $5.78 million in grants in 2004-05, topping the previous year’s total by more than $1.75 million.
The recipients of those grants were recognized on Oct. 19 at a reception at Russell House, the president’s home. The reception was sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Institutional Partnerships and Sponsored Research. Support for the event was also provided by Morton Handel, a university regent, and Irma Handel.
All together, a total of 64 grants were awarded to 35 recipients in 2004-05. Following is a list of the recipients, the grants they received, and the funding organizations.
College of Arts and Sciences
Christopher Anderson, Leslie Lindenauer, and James Highland
Reacting to the Past: A Pedagogic Conference
Hartford Consortium for Higher Education – $2,500
Michael Anderson
Machine Ethics
National Science Foundation – $99,861
Travel Grant
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $500
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Tim Black
Child Abuse Prevention Initiative Evaluation
Connecticut Children’s Trust Fund – $63,784
Joanna Borucinska
Molecular Study of Cancer in Sharks
Connecticut Sea Grant – $4,750
Albert DiChiara
Hartford Police Department Weed-N-Seed
Hartford Police Department – $2,700
Hartford Public Schools Professional Services Contract
Hartford Board of Education – $14,000
Laura Pence
Magnetic Studies
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund – $50,000
Carolyn Rosiene
Research Extension
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $5,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Barney School of Business
Business Scholarships
Starr Foundation – $200,000
Carl Smith
McGowan Scholarship
William G. McGowan Charitable Fund – $18,000
College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Karen Breda
Project Horizon
Department of Social Services – $14,489
Charles Nelson Robinson Foundation – $3,500
Mary Christensen
College Highway Initiative
Hartford Courant Foundation – $10,000
Educational Main Street
Barnes Foundation – $20,000
Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation – $1,000
Ensworth Foundation (Bank of America Trustee) – $6,500
Greater Hartford Jaycees Foundation – $22,080
Long Foundation (Fleet Bank Trustee) – $3,000
EMS Literary Magazine
Knox Foundation – $2,000
Regina Miller
Soundbridge/ENHP Teaching Partnership
Oberkotter Foundation – $64,500
Renee Provost
Connecticut Geriatric Education Initiatives
Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center – $40,000
College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Ronald Adrezin
Measurement of Shoulder/Suit Clearances
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) (sub-award)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $10,000
Hisham Alnajjar
Embedded Digital Signal Processor
MedScanSonics – $8,000
Subhash Chandra
Million Solar Roofs Initiative
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund – $10,000
U.S. Department of Energy – $10,000
Tom Eppes and Peter Schuyler
LabVIEW Support for Distance Laboratories
National Instruments, Inc. – $16,000
Thomas Filburn
CFD Analysis and Flow Visualization/Study of Ventilation Flow
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) (sub-award)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $10,000
Sorbent Preparation 2005
U.S. Department of Energy – $16,000
Jonathan Hill
Faculty Research Grant
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $15,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Ivana Milanovic
Travel Grant
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $500
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Chittaranjan Sahay
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium
Connecticut State Office of Workforce Competitiveness – $50,000
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $315,335
Jacobs Vehicle Systems (extension)
Jacobs Vehicle – $23,200
Jacobs Vehicle Systems (extension)
Jacobs Vehicle – $19,570
R & D Dynamics (extension)
R & D Dynamics – $6,000
Space Grant Augmentation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $87,500
Devdas Shetty
Laser Applications
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology – $1,036,285
The Hartt School
Kathleen Goodrich
String Project
American String Teachers Association -- $5,000
American String Teachers Association -- $5,000
Michael Yaffe
Chamber Music Players
ACMP Foundation – $2,000
ACMP Foundation – $6,000
University of Hartford
Tom Andrea
Hartford Scholars
Citigroup Foundation – $24,000
Mohegan Sun – $500
Northeast Utilities – $10,000
Marcy Cain and Tom Andrea
Hartford Scholars
United Technologies Corporation/Otis Division – $65,000
Gail Champlin
After-School Computer Academy
Capital Workforce Partners – $41,800
Charter Oak State College
State of Connecticut – $2,750
Connecticut Charts-A-Course
State of Connecticut/Wheeler Clinic – $56,777
Entrepreneurial Center
Banknorth Foundation – $4,000
Bank of America – $20,000
City of Hartford – $50,000
Community Development Block Grant – Bridgeport – $25,000
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development – $142,500
Project CRECER
Aetna Foundation – $5,000
Capital Workforce Partners – $61,411
Hartford Courant Foundation – $1,725
Women’s Business Center
Small Business Administration – $81,000
Rosalyn Dischiavo
Project OASIS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – $1,106,413
Shelly Hartnett
Rehabilitation Training
U.S. Department of Education – $499,957
Eleta Jones
Career Development Program
United Technologies Corporation – $17,000
Career Counseling Center
Aurora Women & Girls Foundation – $1,500
Charles Nelson Robinson Foundation – $3,000
James Keener
Home Field Advantage
Kresge Foundation – $700,000
Mary Norris
Health Services Grant
Consolidated Health Plans – $2,000
Irwin Nussbaum
MUSIC for a CHANGE Concert Series
Lincoln Financial – $48,500
Capital Projects
Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology (ISET) Complex
Hoffman Foundation – $100,000
United Technologies Corporation/Otis Division – $250,000
Performing Arts Center
Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation – $100,000
U.S. Department of Education – $99,200
The recipients of those grants were recognized on Oct. 19 at a reception at Russell House, the president’s home. The reception was sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Institutional Partnerships and Sponsored Research. Support for the event was also provided by Morton Handel, a university regent, and Irma Handel.
All together, a total of 64 grants were awarded to 35 recipients in 2004-05. Following is a list of the recipients, the grants they received, and the funding organizations.
College of Arts and Sciences
Christopher Anderson, Leslie Lindenauer, and James Highland
Reacting to the Past: A Pedagogic Conference
Hartford Consortium for Higher Education – $2,500
Michael Anderson
Machine Ethics
National Science Foundation – $99,861
Travel Grant
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $500
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Tim Black
Child Abuse Prevention Initiative Evaluation
Connecticut Children’s Trust Fund – $63,784
Joanna Borucinska
Molecular Study of Cancer in Sharks
Connecticut Sea Grant – $4,750
Albert DiChiara
Hartford Police Department Weed-N-Seed
Hartford Police Department – $2,700
Hartford Public Schools Professional Services Contract
Hartford Board of Education – $14,000
Laura Pence
Magnetic Studies
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund – $50,000
Carolyn Rosiene
Research Extension
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $5,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Barney School of Business
Business Scholarships
Starr Foundation – $200,000
Carl Smith
McGowan Scholarship
William G. McGowan Charitable Fund – $18,000
College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Karen Breda
Project Horizon
Department of Social Services – $14,489
Charles Nelson Robinson Foundation – $3,500
Mary Christensen
College Highway Initiative
Hartford Courant Foundation – $10,000
Educational Main Street
Barnes Foundation – $20,000
Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation – $1,000
Ensworth Foundation (Bank of America Trustee) – $6,500
Greater Hartford Jaycees Foundation – $22,080
Long Foundation (Fleet Bank Trustee) – $3,000
EMS Literary Magazine
Knox Foundation – $2,000
Regina Miller
Soundbridge/ENHP Teaching Partnership
Oberkotter Foundation – $64,500
Renee Provost
Connecticut Geriatric Education Initiatives
Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center – $40,000
College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Ronald Adrezin
Measurement of Shoulder/Suit Clearances
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) (sub-award)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $10,000
Hisham Alnajjar
Embedded Digital Signal Processor
MedScanSonics – $8,000
Subhash Chandra
Million Solar Roofs Initiative
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund – $10,000
U.S. Department of Energy – $10,000
Tom Eppes and Peter Schuyler
LabVIEW Support for Distance Laboratories
National Instruments, Inc. – $16,000
Thomas Filburn
CFD Analysis and Flow Visualization/Study of Ventilation Flow
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) (sub-award)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $10,000
Sorbent Preparation 2005
U.S. Department of Energy – $16,000
Jonathan Hill
Faculty Research Grant
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $15,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Ivana Milanovic
Travel Grant
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (sub-award) – $500
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Chittaranjan Sahay
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium
Connecticut State Office of Workforce Competitiveness – $50,000
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $315,335
Jacobs Vehicle Systems (extension)
Jacobs Vehicle – $23,200
Jacobs Vehicle Systems (extension)
Jacobs Vehicle – $19,570
R & D Dynamics (extension)
R & D Dynamics – $6,000
Space Grant Augmentation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – $87,500
Devdas Shetty
Laser Applications
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology – $1,036,285
The Hartt School
Kathleen Goodrich
String Project
American String Teachers Association -- $5,000
American String Teachers Association -- $5,000
Michael Yaffe
Chamber Music Players
ACMP Foundation – $2,000
ACMP Foundation – $6,000
University of Hartford
Tom Andrea
Hartford Scholars
Citigroup Foundation – $24,000
Mohegan Sun – $500
Northeast Utilities – $10,000
Marcy Cain and Tom Andrea
Hartford Scholars
United Technologies Corporation/Otis Division – $65,000
Gail Champlin
After-School Computer Academy
Capital Workforce Partners – $41,800
Charter Oak State College
State of Connecticut – $2,750
Connecticut Charts-A-Course
State of Connecticut/Wheeler Clinic – $56,777
Entrepreneurial Center
Banknorth Foundation – $4,000
Bank of America – $20,000
City of Hartford – $50,000
Community Development Block Grant – Bridgeport – $25,000
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development – $142,500
Project CRECER
Aetna Foundation – $5,000
Capital Workforce Partners – $61,411
Hartford Courant Foundation – $1,725
Women’s Business Center
Small Business Administration – $81,000
Rosalyn Dischiavo
Project OASIS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – $1,106,413
Shelly Hartnett
Rehabilitation Training
U.S. Department of Education – $499,957
Eleta Jones
Career Development Program
United Technologies Corporation – $17,000
Career Counseling Center
Aurora Women & Girls Foundation – $1,500
Charles Nelson Robinson Foundation – $3,000
James Keener
Home Field Advantage
Kresge Foundation – $700,000
Mary Norris
Health Services Grant
Consolidated Health Plans – $2,000
Irwin Nussbaum
MUSIC for a CHANGE Concert Series
Lincoln Financial – $48,500
Capital Projects
Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology (ISET) Complex
Hoffman Foundation – $100,000
United Technologies Corporation/Otis Division – $250,000
Performing Arts Center
Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation – $100,000
U.S. Department of Education – $99,200
