2003-2004 Seed Grant Award Winners
Programs listed alphabetically by principal investigator(s)

Higher Education

Principal Investigator: Dr. Abinash Agrawal, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: Characterizing the Impact of Human Activity on Surface Water Quality in the Great Miami River Watershed through Remote Sensing and GIS
Grant Award: $19,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. Edward Asikele, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio
Project Title: Student Satellite Program Component at Wilberforce University
Grant Award: $8,850

Principal Investigator: Dr. Augustus Morris, Jr., Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
Project Title: The Establishment of a Student Satellite Program at Central State University: A Model to Attract Students to Aerospace Science, Technology, and Careers
Grant Award: $8,500

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Ruby Mawasha and Dr. Mitch Wolff, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: Student Satellite Program
Grant Award: $8,850

Principal Investigator: Dr. John Silvius, Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio
Project Title: GIS Mapping of the Massies Creek Watershed in Greene County, Ohio, in Support of Water Quality Monitoring and Conservation
Grant Award: $1,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. John Silvius, Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio
Project Title: Using Landsat Imagery in the Development of a Land Use Classification Map of Massies Creek Watershed in Greene County, Ohio, in Support of Water Quality Monitoring and Conservation
Grant Award: $1,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Slater and Mr. Nathan Watermeier, The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus Ohio
Project Title: A Pilot Program for Geospatial Extension in Ohio
Grant Award: $10,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. Trevor Williams, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Project Title: BalloonSat Project
Grant Award: $8,850

Precollege Teacher Outreach

Principal Investigator: Dr. Bruce W. Berdanier, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
Project Title: GIS Enhanced K-6 Watershed Research
Grant Award: $1,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry Cooper, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Project Title: Educational Liaison
Grant Award: $3,449.97

Principal Investigator: Ms. Micki Daniels and Mr. Nathan Watermeier, The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus, Ohio
Project Title: Ohio Geospatial Conference
Grant Award: $2,810

Principal Investigator: Mr. Paul Gandola, Lima, Ohio
Project Title: OAISIS Program (Project in conjunction with OAI)
Grant Award: $10,000

Principal Investigator: Mr. Tim Lewaren, Space Explorers, Inc., De Pere, Wisconsin
Project Title: Mission: Solar System (M:SS) (Moonlink®, NEARLink®, and Marslink®), Orbital Laboratory®, and K-3 Space® Programs
Grant Award: $4,000

Principal Investigator: Ms. Catherine L. Metzger, iSPACE, Cincinnati, Ohio
Project Title: Cincinnati Area FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition
Grant Award: $1,250

Principal Investigator: Dr. Wesley Perusek, Ada, Ohio
Project Title: Student Invention Centers
Grant Award: $1,000

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

Public Outreach

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: $1,615