2000-2001 Seed Grant Award Winners
Programs listed alphabetically by principal investigator(s)

Higher Education

Principal Investigator: Dr. Rita Kay Voltmer, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Project Title: The Miami Mission to Mars Project (3-M Project)
Grant Award: $1,000

Precollege Teacher Outreach

Principal Investigator: Mr. Harley Beall, Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center (CVEEC), Peninsula, Ohio
Project Title: GLOBE Workshop
Grant Award: $1,500

Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry Cooper, NASA Office of Space Science, OAI, Cleveland, Ohio
Project Title: Project ASTRO Program
Grant Award: $10,000

Principal Investigator: Ms. Nancy Hemminger, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Project Title: Extending a Robotic Arm to Assist Our Students in the 21st Century
Grant Award: $1,000

Principal Investigator: Mr. Tim Lewaren, Space Explorers, Inc., De Pere, Wisconsin
Project Title: Moonlink®, NEARLink®, and Marslink®
Grant Award: $2,000

Principal Investigator: Ms. Wendy O'Toole, WPAFB Educational Outreach Office, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: ISS Educators Workshop
Grant Award: $575

Principal Investigator: Dr. Wesley Perusek, Ada, Ohio
Project Title: Establishment of an Invention Center for Students
Grant Award: $2,500

Principal Investigator: Ms. Sandra L. Preston, McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Project Title: Stardate and Universo Disks in the Classroom
Grant Award: $880

Principal Investigator: Dr. Theodore Williams, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Project Title: B-WISER Institute
Grant Award: $20,000

Public Outreach

Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry Cooper, NASA Office of Space Science, OAI, Cleveland, Ohio
Project Title: African Americans in Space Science Exhibit
Grant Award: $5,000

Research Infrastructure

Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald D. Quinn, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Project Title: Physics-Based Numerical Methods for Soling Reactive Flow Problems
Grant Award: $10,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. Gambing Song, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Project Title: Precision Control of Piezoelectric Smart Structures with Temperature and Hysteresis Compensation (Project in conjunction with AFRL)
Grant Award: $5,000