2004-2005 Seed Grant Award Winners
Programs listed alphabetically by principal investigator(s)

Higher Education

Principal Investigator: Dr. Edward Asikele, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio
Project Title: Student Satellite Program at Wilberforce University
Grant Award: $5,750

Principal Investigator: Dr. Aaron Altman, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: Creation and Use of a Programmable Flight Simulator to Provide "Hands-On" Feedback of Flight Dynamics and Aircraft Design Characteristics
Grant Award: $2,500

Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Reza Ehsani, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Project Title: Characterizing and Managing Variability in Quality and Yield of Wine Grapes in Ohio Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Grant Award: $6,000

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: Student Satellite Program at Wright State University
Grant Award: $5,750

Principal Investigator: Dr. Augustus Morris, Jr., Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
Project Title: Student Satellite Program at Central State University
Grant Award: $5,750

Principal Investigator: Dr. Trevor Williams, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Project Title: Student Satellite Program at the University of Cincinnati
Grant Award: $5,750

Precollege Teacher Outreach

Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry Cooper, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Project Title: Educational Liaison
Grant Award: $2,304

NASA Explorer School
Principal Investigator: Ms. Deborah Hansen and Mr. Terence P. Trout, Lorain Middle School, Lorain, Ohio
Project Title: Mars, Robotics, and Aeronautics
Grant Award: $2,500

Principal Investigator: Ms. Connie Jensen, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Project Title: Science Education Mini Institute
Grant Award: $2,500

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:
Project Title: FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotics Tournament, on March 24-27, 2004, at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
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: $1,200

Research Infrastructure

Principal Investigator: Dr. Abinash Agrawal, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: Assessing the Impact of Land-Cover Changes on Surface Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Sub-Watersheds through Remote Sensing and GIS
Grant Award: $20,043

Principal Investigator: Dr. Dong-Shik Kim, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Project Title: Synthesis of Anti-Microbial Coating Materials through Enzymatic Polymerization of Renewable Resources
Grant Award: $10,000

Principal Investigator: Mr. Nathan Watermeier, The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus Ohio
Project Title: Ohio Geospatial Extension Program for Agriculture and Natural Resource
Grant Award: $11,260

Principal Investigator: Dr. H. Daniel Young, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Project Title: Ceramic Fiber Heterostructures
Grant Award: $10,000