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Research and Economic Development News from Mississippi State University
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David Shaw is vice president
for research and economic
development at Mississippi State
University. Contact him at
[email protected].
It has been a busy spring for research
B U S Y D AY S F O R R E S E A R C H
A N D ECO N O M I C D E V E LO P M E N T
several research and academic program
We were quite pleased to see MSU
and economic development at Mississippi
opportunities that you’ll be hearing more
retain its position. given the increased
State, and it is hard for me to believe that
about in the coming months. We solidified
difficulty of acquiring funding and the
another semester is complete. Before
an already positive relationship with Kitech,
changes we have seen in congressionally-
summer is fully upon us, I wanted to
the industrial technology support agency
mandated appropriations.
give you an update about several of the
for Korea, and with the Quarantine and
opportunities we have been pursuing.
Inspection Assurance Agency in Korea. We
competitive grants. And a huge thank you
also signed or renewed several Memoranda
for all you’re doing.
International activities
As many of you know, Mississippi State
Please keep up your efforts in pursing
of Understandings with universities in
both countries. We all walked away very
Research priorities
has made a major commitment to develop
enthusiastic about the faculty and student
I appreciate the efforts of all who
more international research projects and
opportunities, and look forward to seeing
took time to respond to our request for
partnerships, and to collaborate more
these develop.
comments on the draft research priorities
for the university. We received many very
closely with universities abroad. In midMarch, I joined Drs. Jerry Gilbert, Greg
Bohach, Kent Hoblet, Benjy Mikel and Roger
King on a very productive visit to several
National Science Foundation
research expenditures
Recently, the National Science
good suggestions and comments, and I’m in
the process of reviewing these and making
some modifications with my administrative
universities and research entities in Korea
Foundation released research expenditure
team. Thank you for your patience and
and China for the purpose of growing our
data for Fiscal Year 2010. Mississippi State
insights. We want to make these priorities
presence. The trip was a great learning
University remains at No. 86 nationally with
as inclusive as possible while at the same
experience for us, and we brought home
a total of nearly $232 million from all sources.
time, providing clear guidance on what
Plant and Soil Sciences Research Professor Kambham “Raja” Reddy, center, was recognized
ON THE
COVER
clockwise
April 3 at the MSU Research Awards Banquet with the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence
Award, the highest honor given. His research focuses on environmental control of plant growth
and development, crop simulation model development and applications, and global change
biology and remote sensing applications in natural resource management. Presenting Reddy
with the award are Gregory Bohach, left, vice president for agriculture, forestry and veterinary
medicine, and David Shaw, right, vice president for research and economic development.
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research directions we wish to concentrate
can to put the proper protection policies in
practices will decrease their chances of
on. I hope to have these finalized soon.
place for principal investigators and MSU.
work-related accidents. Campus Landscape
Our Office of Research Security does
Export control
In late March, we contracted with
Maryland-based Export Compliance Solution
as well as to perform a review and audit of
If you are interested in training that
a very good job in this area, and we will be
working to ensure that we have a model
is available or have ideas for training that
program here at MSU.
would be useful in terms of compliance
LLC to conduct export and International
Traffic in Arms (ITAR) compliance training,
is a good example of that.
and/or safety, please contact ORC&S at
Success stories
662-325-3294.
Earlier this spring, the MSU Office
As I’ve said before, we want to share
of Regulatory Compliance and Safety
your success stories and can only do
(ORC&S) recognized the Campus
so when we know about them. You can
was to provide MSU with a baseline of the
Landscape team for its commitment to
certainly help us by letting us know of your
current state of the export compliance
safety with a barbecue luncheon. Despite
successes and accomplishments. Please
program with regards to the regulations
having some of the riskier jobs on campus,
don’t hesitate to do that or think that we
governing export compliance.
the crew’s accident record is among the
know about it already. I would rather hear
lowest, according to MSU safety officer
about your success multiple times than not
Alicia Musselwhite.
at all.
the university’s export compliance program.
The intention of the review and audit
Once the full report is received and
reviewed, changes to our export compliance
program will likely be necessary, and
We believe that campus organizations
As always, I welcome your feedback on
you may see some new policies being
that take advantage of safety training
all of our efforts. Please feel free to
implemented. I want to be sure that as we
offered by ORC&S and incorporate safety
contact me at any time with your
move more into sensitive work, we do all we
recommendations into their everyday work
suggestions, comments, or concerns.
Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum listens
Erin Kiess, laboratory and environmental safety coordinator
as mechanical engineering undergrad Nicole Stein explains her
for the Office of Regulatory Compliance and Safety, informs
research during EPSCoR’s Research Day at the Capitol in Jackson
students of the proper way to read chemical labels during the
earlier this year. The annual event gives students an opportunity
Introduction to Laboratory Safety course in February. All MSU
to share their projects with legislators, lobbyists and others during
employees and students are welcome to participate in the
the legislative session.
hands-on training.
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UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS
HONORED FOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Nearly 50 Mississippi State faculty, students and staff
are 2012 selections for university research honors
Greg Bohach, vice president for agriculture, forestry and
veterinary medicine, echoed Shaw’s assessment.
“We enjoy working together, and our research is making a
difference thanks to the excellence of our people,” Bohach said.
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resident Mark E. Keenum and other senior administrators were
in attendance at an April 3 campus banquet to extend the
land-grant institution’s congratulations for the accomplishments.
“Research and service go hand in hand at our university,” Keenum
by academic unit):
--Bagley College of Engineering: Burak Eksioglu, faculty; William Holmes, research support staff; Brandon M. Malone
told the large audience of faculty, staff, students, friends, and family
of Murfreesboro, Tenn., graduate student; Wei Li of gathered at the Hunter Henry Center.
Starkville, graduate student; and Jonathan W. Harper of “I greatly appreciate your hard work and dedication to our state.
Congratulations on a job well done,” he said.
Plant and Soil Sciences research professor Kambham “Raja”
Meridian, undergraduate student.
--College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station: Dan Reynolds, Reddy received the night’s top honor, the 2012 Ralph E. Powe
faculty, and David Brand, research support staff; Bandara Research Excellence Award.
Gajanayake of Starkville, graduate student; and Joshua K. Reddy’s work focuses on environmental control of plant
Craver of Tyler, Texas, undergraduate student.
growth and development, crop simulation model development
--College of Architecture, Art and Design: Theo Haupt, faculty.
and applications, and global change biology and remote sensing
--College of Arts and Sciences: Matthew Hughey, faculty; applications in natural resource management.
Reatha Linley, research support staff; Sean L. Stokes “Dr. Reddy has had a strong impact on research. He is known
of Holly Pond, Ala., graduate student; and Kelsey M. Norris internationally as an outstanding mentor and colleague,” said David
of Madison, Ala., undergraduate student.
Shaw, vice president for research and economic development. “He is
--College of Business: Nicole Ponder Lueg, faculty.
a hands-on research leader with a thirst to do more.”
--College of Education: David Morse, faculty; Iva Ballard, The Powe Award is a memorial to the MSU alumnus and longtime
research vice president who died in 1996.
The annual awards program honors individuals who contribute
research support staff; Katelyn L. Graben of Gulfport, graduate student; and Rebecca A. Bernheim of Gulfport, undergraduate student.
significantly to the land-grant institution’s mission of research. In
--College of Forest Resources: Sam Riffell, faculty; Misty addition to faculty, it recognizes and rewards students and support staff
Booth, research support staff; Juliet Dao-May for accomplishments and creative endeavors, as well as for increasing
Tang of Starkville, graduate student; and William awareness of the university’s many research programs and capabilities.
R. Hunter of Brandon, undergraduate student.
The program and banquet are co-sponsored by the offices of the
--College of Veterinary Medicine: Keun Seok Seo, vice presidents for Research and Economic Development and the Division
faculty; Abdolsamad Borazjani, research support staff; and of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine.
Jonathan M. Greene of Trussville, Ala., graduate student.
“Mississippi State’s research enterprise is growing in a number of
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Other 2012 MSU research award winners include (alphabetically,
--MSU Meridian: Lindon Ratliff, faculty.
different areas because of the collaboration between our two divisions,”
--Office of Research and Economic Development: Ben Sharpe, Shaw said.
research support staff.
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--University Centers and Institutes: Deepak Mishra, faculty; Shauncey Hill, research support staff, and Majid Mahrooghy of and work together to move their research forward is a priority for us.”
Participating teams include (alphabetically by principal investigator and
Starkville, graduate student. New graduates of the campus department, with proposal title and college):
Faculty Leadership Program also were honored. They include --Peter Allen; wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture, “Year 2: Ted Atkinson, Yogi Dandass, Islam El-adaway, Rafael Hernandez, Environmental Health Effects of Water Contaminants,” College Gregg Ibendahl, John Kushla, John Madsen, Jarrod Moss, Dagmar of Forest Resources;
Radin, Angela Robertson, Rebecca Robichaux, Mark Shankle, --Mark Bricka, chemical engineering, “Year 2: Collaboration Focus Erdem Topsakal, John Usher, and Keisha Walters.
Group to Investigate the Environmental, Human Health Impacts and Disposal of Coal Fly Ash and other Airborne Particles,” Bagley College of Engineering;
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANTS
RETURN FOR SECOND YEAR
--David Chevalier, biological sciences, “Year 2: Understanding Heat
Stress and Foliar Bleaching Mechanisms,” College of Arts and Sciences;
--Donna Clevinger, communication, “Shakespeare and the Classics: From Page to Stage and the Stuff in Between,” Arts and Sciences;
A
mini-grant program funded by the Office of Research and
--Linda Coats, leadership and foundations, “Nurturing Students of Economic Development at Mississippi State is back for a
Color Academic Potential,” College of Education;
second year after a productive launch to the program last fall.
--Ron Cossman, Social Science Research Center, “Year 2: The MSU The cross-college grants are designed to bring together
Modeling Collaborative;”
researchers from throughout campus and across academic
--Brian Davis; wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture, “Migratory disciplines to foster collaboration, according to the university
Connectivity between Breeding and Wintering Populations of administrator overseeing the effort.
Mallard Ducks,” Forest Resources;
“We have been pleased with the results so far, and are excited
--Jenny Du, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Applied Image about the possibilities of year two,” said Ray Vaughn, associate vice
Processing Working Group,” Bagley College;
president for research.
--Islam El-Adaway, civil and environmental engineering, “Year 2: “Last year’s efforts have yielded funded research proposals of
Working Group for Research and Education in Natural Hazard approximately $1.2 million, with $29 million pending from external
Management” and “Working Group for Construction Ecology,” sources, which makes the initial cost well worth our investment,” the
Bagley College;
Giles Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering added.
--Vicki Gier, psychology, “Year 2: Interdisciplinary Collaboration A $2,000 grant to each of the 40 teams will support the initiation
to Promote Wellness Through the Health Sciences: Health of new proposals, as well as help enhance multi-disciplinary collaboration
Care Administration, Psychology and Counselor Education,” Arts of existing projects. A second year of funding to 12 of the initial grant
and Sciences;
recipients also is provided.
--Rebecca Goldberg, counseling and educational psychology, “Year “We are committed to growing our research portfolio for the benefit
2: The Human-Animal Bond: An Interdisciplinary Research of every Mississippian,” said David Shaw, the land-grant institution’s vice
Grant,” Education;
president for research and economic development.
--Alexis Gregory, architecture, “Designing a Habitat for Humanity “Providing faculty members additional opportunities to share ideas
House Prototype,” College of Architecture, Art and Design;
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--Andreas Kavazis, kinesiology, “The Effects of Obesity, Limb --Sam Riffell, wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture, “Year 2: Immobilization and Exercise on Muscle Dysfunction,” Education;
Sustainable Native Grass Based Biofuel Production Working --Seong-Gon Kim, Center for Computational Sciences, “Year 2: Group,” Forest Resources;
Magnetic Materials for Nanoelectronics Research Group,” Arts --Judy Schneider, mechanical engineering, “Year 2: Materials and Sciences;
Working Group,” Bagley College;
--Jun Liao, agricultural and biomedical engineering, “Biomechanical --Chander Sharma, poultry science, “Pre- and Post-Harvest Control Characterizations of the Novel Biomaterial Injection Treatment of Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry Products,” Agriculture and for Myocardial Infarction,” College of Agriculture and Life Sciences;
Life Sciences;
--Hyeona Lim, mathematics and statistics, “Cross-Disciplinary --Glenn Steele, Energy Institute, “Energy Institute Working Group;”
Undergraduate Research and Education” and “Image Processing in --Mary L. Tagert, Water Resources Research Institute, “Year 2: Bio-inspired Materials Design,” Arts and Sciences;
Water and Watersheds Working Group;”
--Job Lopez, biological sciences, “The Ecology of Relapsing Fever --Gary Templeton, management and information systems, “Using
Spirochetes,” Arts and Sciences;
the Two-Step Transformation to Normal in Healthcare --Tony Luczak, Institute of Golf, “The Golf Science Working Group;”
Economics,” Business;
--Joseph Massey, plant and soil sciences, “Water Sustainability and --Erdem Topsakal, electrical and computer engineering, “fMRI Climate,” Agriculture and Life Sciences;
Devices Working Group,” Bagley College;
--Bart Moffatt, philosophy and religion, “Empirical Approaches to --Merrill Warkentin, Management and Information Systems, “IT Research Ethics Working Group,” Arts and Sciences;
Security-Criminology and Forensics Research Working Group,” Business;
--Kathleen Morris, Geosystems Research Institute, “Risk Perception --Ron Williams, food science, nutrition and health promotion; “Health Working Group;”
Impact Assessment of Local Community Health Initiatives,” --Nan Niu, computer science and engineering, “Year 2: Information Agriculture and Life Sciences;
Foraging in Software Maintenance,” Bagley College;
--Kui Xie, instructional systems and workforce development, --Rodrigo Nobrega, Geosystems Research Institute, “Brazil Research “Improving Learners’ Problem Solving Skills with Games and Collaborative Group;”
Simulations,” Education;
--Mabel Okojie, instructional systems and workforce development, --Chien Yu, instructional systems and workforce development, “Using “Expanding Access in Technical Education among Women, Technology to Enhance Facilitating of Learning for Women and Veterans and Minority Groups in the State of Mississippi,” Education;
Minorities in Science and Engineering,” Education;
--Linda Pote, basic science, “Transmission of Disease between --Song Zhang, computer science and engineering, “Early Detection of Myocardial Wildlife, Domestic Animals and Humans,” College of Infarction in Pig Model with Diffusion Tensor Imaging,” Bagley College.
Veterinary Medicine;
--Kathleen Ragsdale, Social Science Research Center, “eHealth Research Group: Risk Behavior Prevention among Rural and Minority Youth;”
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VAUGHN NAMED ALUMNI FELLOW BY KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
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senior Mississippi State administrator has been honored by the
Kansas State University Alumni Association for professional
achievements and distinguished service.
Rayford “Ray” Vaughn of Starkville, the university’s associate vice president
for research, has been named a 2012 Alumni Fellow at the Manhattan landgrant institution where he earned master’s and doctoral degrees. Among more
than 164,000 K-State graduates, only 245 alumni have received the recognition,
according to information provided by the 154-year-old school.
A Hattiesburg native who joined the faculty in 1997, Vaughn is among a
select group holding the highest Mississippi State faculty rank of William L.
Giles Distinguished Professor. He has led in gaining international recognition for
the university as a center of excellence in both information assurance education
and research.
Ray Vaughn
In late February, Vaughn returned to the Kansas State campus to meet
with faculty and students. He and other alumni were also recognized formally
at a banquet.
“I am humbled by this recognition and very appreciative of the
opportunities I have been given at Mississippi State University, which have
certainly contributed to my selection as an Alumni Fellow at Kansas State
University,” he said.
Prior to coming to Starkville, Vaughn had a 26-year career in the U.S. Army,
retiring as a colonel. During military service, he commanded the Army’s largest
software development organization and helped create the agency that today
centrally manages all Pentagon information technology support.
While on active duty, he also had a three-year assignment with the
National Security Agency’s National Computer Security Center. At the supersecret cryptologic intelligence agency, he authored national-level computer
security guidance, among other duties.
In addition to MSU teaching and research in the areas of software
engineering and information security, he has directed the James Worth Bagley
College of Engineering’s centers for Computer Security Research and Critical
Infrastructure Protection. (For more biographical information, visit
www.research.msstate.edu/divisions/rvaughn.php.)
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JONES TO LEAD NEW RESEARCH CENTER
A
leading technology industry executive is leading a new Mississippi
State University research center dedicated to developing cutting-
edge solutions for the nation’s armed forces. Henry L. Jones II has been
named director of the recently launched Center for Battlefield Innovation,
also known as Battle Forge.
Headquartered in Vicksburg, the new center is a collaboration
between the land-grant institution and the defense contractor Mav6,
which was named by Inc. magazine as the second-fastest-growing private
company in Mississippi earlier this year. Jones will also serve as chief
technology officer for Mav6.
Jones has an extensive track record of accomplishments with several
successful technology companies in the defense, disaster response,
finance, and energy industries.
Henry L. Jones II
“We are excited about partnering with Mav6, and believe that it
will be a catalyst for further expansion of the university’s research
enterprise, as well as foster high-tech economic opportunities in our
state,” said David Shaw, Mississippi State’s vice president for research
and economic development.
Jones is a 1995 graduate of the University of Mississippi, where
he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He earned
a master’s degree and his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from
Stanford University.
In his new role, Jones will work with Major Gen. Buford “Buff” Blount, U.S.
Army (Retired), co-founder and chairman of Mav6, LLC, to leverage Battle
Forge as an economic development engine for the state of Mississippi.
“Mississippians have shown their longstanding commitment to
national defense, and resourcefulness in identifying new ways to secure
the success and safety of our edgefighters. Dr. Jones will lead our efforts
to tap into this pool of expertise,” said Blount, the former commander
of the 3rd Infantry Division who was named recently as chairman of the
newly forming Mississippi Defense Initiative. (For additional information
about Mav6 and to read more about its edgefighter concept,
visit http://mav6.com.)
Contact Jones at [email protected] or 601-619-7722.
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CAVS EXTENSION WINS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HONOR
MSU’s Clay Walden and Robert Sheely (center left and right, respectively) accept the Community Economic Development Award from MEDC board
president Tom Troxler (left) and MEDC executive director Carol Hardwick. Troxler is executive director of the Rankin First Economic Development Authority.
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ississippi State’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
engaged in the lives of Mississippians,” he said. “This recent work
Extension is a major honoree of the Mississippi Economic
with Nissan is a perfect example of the assistance we can provide,
Development Council.
The university’s Canton-based office recently accepted the
as well as the partnerships we develop with employers in the state.”
Walden accepted the award at the Jackson conference. He
Community Economic Development Award for its work with
was joined by CAVS Extension business systems and information
Nissan at its auto assembly plant in central Mississippi. The MEDC
technology manager Robert Sheely, who nominated the project for
recognition specifically cited the “Enhancing On-the-Job Problem
the MEDC recognition.
Solving” training program.
“MEDC is proud to honor this outstanding community and the
people who have been involved in the planning and implementation
The project also is being submitted to the Southern Economic
Development Council for regional competition.
CAVS Extension is a major unit of the Engagement and
of this worthwhile project,” said council executive director Carol
Outreach Service at MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering, which
Hardwick. “We applaud their commitment to excellence in moving
developed and delivered the training program with CAVS Extension
their communities forward.”
and Holmes Community College, whose primary service area
The training program is an example of MSU’s commitment to
service, said Clay Walden, CAVS Extension director and a research
professor at the land-grant institution.
“CAVS Extension and the university as a whole are actively
includes Central Mississippi.
In addition to more than 400 employees at Nissan’s Canton
facility, it provided skills training for the vehicle manufacturers’ instate suppliers and related high-growth companies.
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As the training program began, an initial analysis revealed that
only 5.8 percent of Mississippi’s automotive workers possessed
MSU SELECTED TO LEAD NATIONAL
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higher-order skills--a rate well short of the 10.5 percent national
average. To help overcome the gap, the coalition provided
instruction through a three-phase curriculum: instrumentation and
diagnostics, problem-solving methodologies and teaming topics.
Bagley faculty and researchers trained students to use
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ississippi State is the lead institution for a $3.5 million
federal grant to help fund a center of excellence for
transportation research.
The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of
specialized data-gathering equipment and analysis software.
Transportation’s University Transportation Center program,
CAVS Extension provided specialized problem-solving training and
which works to advance technology and expertise required to
spawned projects, with ongoing coaching, to solve chronic “live,
meet national needs for the safe, efficient and environmentally
on-the-job” problems from students’ companies. Holmes enhanced
sound movement of people and goods.
students’ communication, leadership and collaboration skills.
The new National Center for Intermodal Transportation for
“The initiative was well received by Nissan and its suppliers, and
Economic Competitiveness will promote the development of a
has improved the problem-solving skills throughout the automotive
national intermodal transportation network by integrating all
industry,” said Bob Mullins, Nissan senior training manager.
transportation modes for both freight and passenger mobility.
The Mississippi Development Authority and Mississippi
Among 46 applications to start a Tier I University
Department of Employment Security shared oversight
Transportation Center, MSU’s proposal was one of only
responsibilities for the 15-month project that was
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competitively funded by a $660,000 federal stimulus grant
administered by MDES.
To date, more than 60 percent of those who completed
Burak Eksioglu, associate professor of industrial and
systems engineering, is principal investigator for the project.
He said the formation of a diverse, multi-disciplinary team at
training have received a wage increase. In a three-year period,
the 134-year-old land-grant institution played a critical role in
over 59 projects have been accomplished, with resulting
winning the highly competitive grant.
savings of $2,019,000 a year, representing an 8:1 return on
the initial investment.
“This project was the best use of stimulus funds of any
“Our team goes beyond the boundaries of traditional
transportation majors and geographic divisions,” he observed.
“We have researchers from industrial engineering, civil
project I am aware of in the nation,” said MDES executive director
engineering, mechanical engineering, political science and
Les Range.
public administration, sociology, agricultural economics,
David Shaw, MSU’s vice president for research and economic
development, said, “As the state’s economy grows and diversifies,
our researchers and resources are playing vital roles.
“Working to meet the needs of business and industry is a
geosciences, psychology, architecture, and management
information systems.”
Eksioglu said MSU’s longstanding and successful
partnership with the University of Denver also played a critical
clearly-defined priority of the university, and we are proud of
role. Since 1998, the two schools’ operation of the National
the excellent work being done by the CAVS Extension team,”
Center for Intermodal Transportation has been recognized by
Shaw added.
the Department of Transportation for its accomplished work
For more about the work of MSU CAVS Extension,
visit www.cavse.msstate.edu.
record and capabilities.
“We have been working in this area for a while and
developed expertise that uniquely qualifies us to perform
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Associate professor Burak Eksioglu met with Mississippi State faculty recently to discuss the new National Center for Intermodal Transportation
for Economic Competitiveness, which is being funded by a $3.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The university is the lead
institution for the project.
research and educational activities in a wide range of intermodal
transportation topics,” Eksioglu said. “Thus, NCITEC is a natural
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Eksioglu explained.
MSU’s Office of Research and Economic Development, Bagley
extension to NCIT; adding three more members only strengthened
College of Engineering and its departments of industrial and
our capabilities.”
systems engineering and civil and environmental engineering
LSU, Hampton University in Virginia and the University of
Mississippi are other NCITEC consortium members.
In addition to its nationwide impact, NCITEC will focus its
attention on the Magnolia State’s transportation infrastructure.
Eksioglu said the grant “requires matching funds from each
support NCITEC’s efforts.
“We are very proud of our winning proposal, but the real work
begins now,” Eksioglu said. “We already are thinking and planning
ahead to ensure the sustainability of NCITEC.
“We will manage our center in the best possible way
institution, and the Mississippi Department of Transportation is
we can by conducting research, education, and technology
one of our funding sources. We will be working closely with MDOT
transfer activities that are well received by our members and
to improve the state’s transportation system.”
stakeholders,” he added.
Each consortium member and their respective state
He said it’s also noteworthy that MSU holds membership
transportation departments are providing matching grants.
in the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation,
Several industry partners are contributing in-kind matching funds,
Development and Education Center regional UTC consortium,
including IAVO Research & Scientific, Union Pacific Railroad and
which is led by the University of Florida.
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COUNTERMAN HELPS FIND BUTTERFLY GENE, CLUE TO AGE-OLD QUESTION
butterflies with certain red patterns survived in certain areas, while
others didn’t.
“There are very few cases that we know what traits determine if
an organism will survive in nature,” Counterman said, adding that he
and a team of researchers recently uncovered the gene responsible
for the different red wing patterns.
Their finds were featured in the July issue of Science magazine.
Counterman said the butterflies use red as a warning signal to
birds and other predators that they are poisonous and should not
be consumed.
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change that allowed (an organism) to live or die in nature,” he
ears after sleeping in hammocks in the wilds of Peru and
observed, adding that finding the red gene was just the first step in
Panama, collecting hundreds of thousands of samples
understanding how they have survived.
of colorful insects, Mississippi State assistant professor Brian
Counterman now is helping unlock a very difficult puzzle.
Counterman and his team further analyzed the red gene to
reconstruct when the different red patterns evolved, providing
The more-than-century-long challenge has involved a secret of
important clues into how rapidly new adaptations can arise and
the Heliconius butterfly, the orange, black, yellow, and red insect that
spread in populations that nearly encompass entire continents.
hasn’t easily communicated how all its radiant colors came to be.
For evolutionary biologists, and especially geneticists
like Counterman, the butterflies--commonly called passion
vine butterflies--make perfect research subjects for better
This research was showcased on the cover in a December issue
of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States.
For scientists like Counterman, finding answers to these
understanding the important scientific question: How do organisms
questions may give insight about how and why the diversity in the
change to survive?
world evolved. And, there is still more to come.
Over the past decade, the researcher in the university’s biological
Counterman now is part of a team sequencing the entire
sciences department has been part of an international team
Heliconius genome--one of the first butterfly genomes--that should
using field experiments, genetic mapping, population genetics, and
open the door to a new level of questioning into the biological causes
phylogenetics to study the butterflies’ biology and history.
for one of the most charismatic groups of organisms on earth.
A Duke University doctoral graduate in biology and evolutionary
While these studies involve one of nature’s most delicate and
genetics, Counterman studied genetics of adaptation as part of his
enchanting creatures, they are part of a larger, serious inquiry that
post-doctoral research at North Carolina State University. He joined
most humans consider at some point in their lives:
the MSU faculty in 2009.
Passion vine butterflies are found throughout South and Central
America. Through the years, scientists observed that Heliconius
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“This is one of the first examples where we’ve found the genetic
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“How did the world get to where it is?” Counterman said
recently, discussing his fascination with genetics and biology.
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‘INVESTING IN INNOVATION’ AT MISSISSIPPI STATE
Innovation and its economic impact was in play for Mississippi State
University’s Investing In Innovation conference in late February.
The land-grant institution’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology
Transfer hosted I3 Day at the Hunter Henry Center.
“I3 Day showcased Mississippi State’s partnerships with the
private sector, and provided opportunities for participants to explore
the resources and services we provide to existing businesses, startup
companies and entrepreneurs,” OETT director Gerald Nelson said.
In a recent study, the National Research Council found that the
I3 Day highlights included a tip-off luncheon, an intellectual
property showcase, tours of the Thad Cochran Research, Technology
and Economic Development Park, a student “elevator pitch”
competition, panel discussions, breakout sessions and the Final Four
Innovation Awards. I3 Day activities concluded with a networking
social hour.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens
and Cannada PLLC, Harrelson & Associates, Jimmy Sanders Inc.,
MSU Research and Technology Corporation, and MFJ Enterprises Inc.
primary drivers of future economic growth and job creation are going
sponsored I3 Day, which was supported on campus by the Office of
to come from advances in science and engineering. Mississippi State
Research and Economic Development, Mississippi Agricultural and
and other flagship research institutions already are contributing
Forestry Experiment Station, Forest and Wildlife Research Center,
to the coming wave of innovation-based economic expansion via
College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Department of Management
education, research and outreach.
and Information Systems in the College of Business.
MSU HOSTS TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT
Mississippi State’s chief research officer welcomed federal, state
and local officials, economic developers, and industry representatives
and executives to campus Feb. 21 for the 2012 Transportation and
environmental quality,” said Northern Gulf Institute co-director and
MSU research professor Bill McAnally, who coordinated the symposium.
Mississippi Department of Transportation executive director
Economic Symposium: Transportation for Mississippi’s Sustainable
Melinda McGrath, a Mississippi State alumna, moderated a roundtable
Economic Growth.
discussion of that agency’s 25-year vision with the state’s three
David Shaw, vice president for research and economic development
at the land-grant institution, was joined by Mississippi Development
Authority interim executive director Jim Barksdale and Starkville Mayor
Parker Wiseman for the opening session in Bost Extension Center.
“We had a very productive gathering that helped participants
identify opportunities for sustaining and growing Mississippi’s
transportation centers while preserving livable communities and
elected transportation commissioners -- Mike Tagert, Dick Hall and
Tom King.
Other activities included panel discussions on multi-modal success
stories and future challenges and opportunities, a reception and
poster session, brainstorming breakouts and networking opportunities.
In addition to MSU, co-hosts of the event were Pickering Firm Inc.,
MDA and MDOT.
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CAVS STUDIES
RADIATION EFFECTS
ON NUCLEAR
REACTOR MATERIALS
EPSCoR AT THE CAPITOL IN FEBRUARY
S
tudents and faculty from Mississippi’s four public research
universities were on hand in the Capitol rotunda in early
February to meet with legislators, lobbyists, media representatives
and others interested in learning more about the Mississippi
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research’s efforts
to boost science, technology, engineering and math opportunities in
the state.
The students’ research projects were also on display.
Mark Tschopp
Usually referred to by the acronym EPSCoR, the Mississippi
State-based initiative identifies, develops and deploys academic
science and technology to increase the state’s research and
development competitiveness and foster economic growth.
EPSCoR programs are funded by a five-year, $20 million
T
esting how steel reacts under radioactive conditions with
tens of thousands of simulations may seem ambitious,
but that’s the goal of research at Mississippi State University.
The nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, a year ago--a
National Science Foundation grant that utilizes the resources
crisis started by a massive earthquake that set off a tsunami-
of MSU, as well as the universities of Mississippi and Southern
-helped show the importance of learning more about the
Mississippi and Jackson State University.
strength of materials used in nuclear reactors. While Japan
continues to deal with the fallout of the nuclear reactor’s
Students participating in EPSCoR Capitol Day included:
breakdown, the global scientific and research community for
-- Christina Bernard, JSU
-- William Pruett, UM-Medical Center
nuclear energy are taking measures to prevent this scenario
-- Gabrielle Cooper, JSU
-- Habib ur Rehehman, MSU
from happening again.
-- Dilip Gautam, MSU
-- Debra Jo Scardino, UM
-- David Jayroe, USM
-- Nicole Stein, MSU
State, has led efforts to create better predictive models for
-- Michael Macias, UM
-- Shana Stoddard, UM
materials used in extreme environments such as nuclear reactors.
-- Noel Matthews-Gardner, JSU
-- Marquita Watkins, JSU
The research is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Mark Tschopp, an assistant research professor at Mississippi
Tschopp works in the computational manufacturing and
design group at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, a
major unit of the university’s Bagley College of Engineering,
He said more advanced modeling and simulation methods
can lead to improved understanding about the strength of
steel and similar materials under many potential scenarios
within a nuclear reactor.
Jim Peltz, DOE program manager for the Nuclear Energy
Advanced Modeling and Simulation Program, said knowing the
Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum listens as mechanical
engineering undergrad Nicole Stein explains her research during EPSCoR’s
Research Day at the Capitol in Jackson earlier this year. The annual event
gives students an opportunity to share their projects with legislators,
lobbyists and others during the legislative session.
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limits of various construction materials is critical to “extending
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FURNITURE SUMMIT ADDRESSES
INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
the life of current reactor fleet and in science-based
designing of advanced future reactors.”
Using supercomputers to test simulations on the supersmall nanoscale at MSU’s High Performance Collaboratory,
Tschopp and other researchers in the project are examining
how nanoscale characteristics of steel interact with
radiation defects, which is critical to understanding the
material’s strength.
“Predicting behavior of these materials over time is
very important,” Tschopp said. “We need to know how
they react under many intense conditions, including
under radioactive environments.”
Tschopp’s research colleagues include Mark
Horstemeyer, a CAVS mechanical engineering professor;
Kiran Solanki of Arizona State University’s School for
Engineering Matter, Transport and Energy; and Fei Gao, Xin
Sun, and Moe Khaleel of the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory in Washington state.
Allen Greenwood, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at
MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering, describes how advanced modeling
and simulation at the university’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
Extension can assist manufacturing facilities with operational performance.
Greenwood was one of the presenters at the university’s Franklin Furniture
Institute speaking at a summit Wednesday on furniture manufacturing.
Their findings recently were published in Physical Review
B, a premier academic journal for research in condensed
matter and material physics.
Tschopp said the simulation results provide insight
N
othing brings competitors together like the threat of even
bigger competition.
Among the crowd of different furniture manufacturing
into radiation effects at the nanoscale, which can be
representatives at Mississippi State University’s Franklin
used to improve the predictive nature of models focusing
Furniture Institute on Wednesday, that seemed to be the
on larger scales.
sentiment. About 75 people from furniture companies, suppliers
While the MSU-based CAVS has earned a national
reputation for innovation related to transportation in many
different fields, its capabilities also stretch into other areas
when research interests overlap.
“We see that many of our strengths and expertise
and industry trade organizations from Mississippi and seven
other states met to discuss current challenges.
Foreign competition, increased government regulation and
other industry challenges have caused many furniture plants
to close in Mississippi and other states. From 2005 to 2010,
are applicable to other sectors, including nuclear energy,”
furniture-manufacturing jobs in the state fell by about 35 percent
Tschopp said.
to 18,023, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of
For more information, contact Dr. Tschopp at 662-3255580 or [email protected].
Statistics. Similarly, furniture suppliers also saw a decrease in jobs
during the same period, to 23,496, or about 29 percent.
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Many companies have decided to analyze best practices
At the conference, Martin said furniture manufacturing
with the help of MSU’s Franklin Furniture Institute. The
facilities’ expansion in the state is a positive sign for people
university-based institute works to sustain jobs and enhance
looking for work and the hope for an improved regional economy.
competitiveness of the furniture and home furnishings industry
in the state and region.
“Everyone’s got the same problems,” said Bill Martin,
director of the Franklin Furniture Institute. “We want to educate
those in the industry about issues important to them.”
Along with learning about challenges at the second annual
furniture manufacturing summit at MSU, attendees heard
For example, Southern Motion, a company based in Pontotoc,
opened a new facility in Baldwyn earlier this year, creating about
150 jobs.
“We’ve had companies expand,” Martin said. “If they keep
investing in human capital, technology, and servicing their
customers, everything else will take care of itself.”
Tschopp’s research colleagues include Mark Horstemeyer, a
success stories of different companies, many about improving
CAVS mechanical engineering professor; Kiran Solanki of Arizona
environmental policy while cutting costs. They also learned
State University’s School for Engineering Matter, Transport and
how university services can benefit furniture-manufacturing
Energy; and Fei Gao, Xin Sun, and Moe Khaleel of the Pacific
companies in the state.
Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state.
Industry leaders say furniture manufacturing may see
Their findings recently were published in Physical Review B, a
brighter days relatively soon. With economists suggesting
premier academic journal for research in condensed matter and
stronger consumer confidence and anticipated increases in
material physics.
single-family home construction, furniture manufactures have
reason to feel optimistic.
Jerry Epperson, a financial analyst who has focused on the
furniture industry for more than 30 years, told the group recent
Tschopp said the simulation results provide insight into
radiation effects at the nanoscale, which can be used to improve
the predictive nature of models focusing on larger scales.
While the MSU-based CAVS has earned a national reputation
economic problems have similarities to the “extreme trauma” felt
for innovation related to transportation in many different fields,
in the United States during WWII. He also suggested that the
its capabilities also stretch into other areas when research
nation may experience a period of strong growth, like the period
interests overlap.
which followed the war.
“I think there are parallels to what we’ve just been through,”
Epperson said, speaking in a video feed from his office in
Richmond, Va. “This year will be perceived as the first year when
Americans feel like they were no longer in a recession.”
“We see that many of our strengths and expertise
are applicable to other sectors, including nuclear energy,”
Tschopp said.
For more information, contact Dr. Tschopp at 662-3255580 or [email protected].
To promote poultry student recruitment, Mark Waller (right), vice
chairman for the USPOULTRY Foundation’s Board of Directors,
presents a check for more than $17,000 to poultry science professor
David Peebles. Joining in the presentation is Mark Leggett, president
of the Mississippi Poultry Association. “It is critical that we continue to
draw bright young people for careers in the poultry and egg industry,”
Waller said. “We are aware that these youth are the future leaders of
our industry, and USPOULTRY Foundation recruiting grants play an
important role in encouraging these students to enroll in poultry and
egg studies.”
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MISSISSIPPI MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ENDOWS MSU SCHOLARSHIP
MSU President Mark Keenum, left, accepts the M ississippi Manufacturers Association gift from Jay Moon.
M
ississippi’s largest university
MMA in boosting economic opportunity
available in advanced manufacturing,”
is receiving much-appreciated
in our state and very appreciative of its
Moon added.
scholarship support from the state’s longtime
generosity in helping fund engineering
“voice” of the manufacturing industry.
scholarships,” Keenum said.
At a Feb. 7 campus program, officials of
MMA also is funding two scholastic
Over its six decades of operation,
the MMA consistently has supported and
encouraged efforts by the membership to
the Mississippi Manufacturers Association
awards for the 2012-13 academic year.
produce high-quality goods and services.
presented Mississippi State President Mark
These gifts will enable earnings from
It also has worked to identify, disseminate
E. Keenum with $60,000 in honor of the
the endowment to accrue sufficiently to
and utilize information at local, state and
organization’s 60th anniversary.
support future scholarships.
national levels that promotes a strong
The gift will support a new endowed
Both inaugural and future scholarships
manufacturing environment throughout
scholarship fund for state residents
will be designated for full-time juniors or
the Magnolia State. (For more, visit www.
enrolled as industrial systems engineering
seniors who have met required academic
mma-web.org.)
majors in the university’s James Worth
benchmarks.
Bagley College of Engineering.
“The support of so many alumni, friends
and organizations across Mississippi and
the nation has been invaluable in moving
“MMA believes in supporting the next
One of MSU’s two oldest academic
programs, the Bagley College currently
generation of leaders,” said Jay C. Moon,
enrolls more than 3,000 undergraduate
MMA association president and CEO.
and graduate majors. One of some 20
“We anticipate this scholarship will
named U.S. engineering colleges, it is listed
our university forward. The Mississippi
provide an incentive for young people to
in the top 10 percent for overall engineering
Manufacturers Association is one such
pursue the education and training required
research expenditures--a rank above most
organization. We are proud to partner with
to take advantage of the opportunities
other Southeastern Conference schools.
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LI EARNS TOP NSF EARLY CAREER AWARD
A
member of Mississippi State University’s engineering faculty
will receive research funding from one of the National Science
Foundation’s most prestigious programs.
Pan Li, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering,
earned a 2012 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.
Beginning in August, the five-year, $450,000 grant will help fund his
research in improving the efficiency of mobile cloud computing.
“Dr. Li’s research could help make mobile cloud computing a more
reliable, user-friendly computing platform,” said Sarah Rajala, dean of
the Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE). “As someone who travels a
lot, I know how beneficial cloud computing can be, and I look forward
to seeing how Pan’s work will help improve the next generation of
this technology.”
Pan Li
Li has been an active researcher since joining the BCoE in 2009,
being named principal investigator of four funded projects during his
first two years with the college. The CAREER award marks his third
grant award from the National Science Foundation.
“Earning a CAREER awards means a lot to a young faculty member
and the development of his career,” Li said. “Receiving this award will
not only help further my research, but also have broader impacts with
the work that I do.”
In addition to his work at Mississippi State, Li is also active in
IEEE, the world’s largest electrical engineering society, serving as a
member on numerous committees, a journal reviewer, and an editor
for a variety of society publications. He holds a doctoral degree from
the University of Florida and a bachelor’s from Huazhong University of
Science and Technology, China.
The National Science Foundation is a federal agency devoted
to promoting the advancement of science and technology for
the nation’s welfare. It rates the CAREER program as its most
prestigious award programs for early-career faculty who integrate
research and education.
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RESEARCHERS GIVEN TOP WEED SCIENCE HONORS
Mississippi State University researchers and graduates
outstanding young weed scientist in academia. Cody Gray,
received top awards this year from the Southern Weed
who earned his doctorate at MSU, was named the 2012
Science Society.
outstanding young weed scientist in industry.
David Shaw, MSU vice president for research and
Mike Phillips, head of MSU’s Department of Plant and
economic development, was given the 2012 distinguished
Soil Sciences, said these honors reflect the quality of work
service award in academia.
and the level of expertise at MSU.
Dan Reynolds, a Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
“It is a distinct honor for such an outstanding group
Experiment Station researcher and professor in MSU’s
to be recognized by the Southern Weed Science Society.
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, was named the
These awards speak highly of the leadership we provide in
2012 weed scientist of the year by the society, the highest
production agriculture to the state and region,” Phillips said.
honor awarded.
Jason Bond, MAFES researcher at MSU’s Delta Research
The society presented these and other awards at its
annual meeting Jan. 25 in Charleston, S.C.
and Extension Center in Stoneville, was named the 2012
STUDENT RESEARCHERS HAVE NEW ETHICS ADVICE OPTION
Students engaged in research at Mississippi State
Students with a question or concern may send a
University have access to a new tool that offers guidance
confidential e-mail directly to Phillips at ethicsconsult@
in making responsible decisions when it comes to issues
research.msstate.edu.
surrounding the responsible conduct of research (RCR).
A new policy recently approved by the university --
Other university administrators do not have access to
the account, Echols said.
Research Ethics Consultation for Students Participating in
She adds that the new policy is not a substitute for
University-Sponsored Research -- provides a resource for
the MSU Honor Code Procedure or the Ethics in Research
students to confidentially discuss research issues of ethical
and Other Scholarly Activities Policy (OP80.02). Rather
concern, said Katie Echols, the education and outreach
this new policy provides an additional means for students
coordinator for the Mississippi Experimental Program to
to identify issues that should be reported under these two
Stimulate Competitive Research.
policies, as well as the “whistleblower” policy (OP01.07).
Echols and fellow MSU political science and public
In addition to the e-mail address, a secure form on the
administration graduate students -- Dennis Farris Jr., Leigh-
ORED website allows students to contact Phillips to share
Ann Sallis and Braxton Stowe -- wrote the policy as their
their concerns. It is available at https://www.research.
capstone project under the direction of Marty Wiseman
msstate.edu/ethics/login.php
and Kesha Perry from the Stennis Institute of Government
and Community Development.
Trisha Phillips, assistant professor in the university’s
Department of Philosophy and Religion, serves as the
The policy is posted in its entirety at http://www.
msstate.edu/dept/audit/8001.html.
For additional information, please contact Echols at
662-325-8904 or [email protected].
ethics consultant for student researchers.
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The MSU International Institute’s
Lokesh Shivakumaraiah, interim
manager of the institute, and
Benjy Mikel, associate vicepresident of international
education, receive Brazilian
students Tadeu Fagundes and
Ricardo Aguiar Fernandes as
part of the institute’s airport
pick-up service, which has
been extended to include all
new incoming international
students starting this spring.
The institute is supported
by the Office of Research
and Economic Development,
the Office of the Provost and
Executive Vice President and the
Division of Agriculture, Forestry
and Veterinary Medicine.
SCHMITZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GEOLOGY STATE BOARD
The five-member board promotes “the public welfare by
requiring any person in either public or private capacity practicing
or offering to practice geology in this state to be registered, unless
otherwise exempted by the Act.”
Board members represent the governmental sector, academia,
geotechnical/environmental, mining/mineral extraction, and
geologists at-large.
Schmitz is serving his second four-year term on the board.
Appointed in 2009 by then Gov. Haley Barbour, his current tenure
runs through June 30, 2013.
Additionally, Schmitz has also been elected president of the
Darrel Schmitz
Darrel Schmitz, head of the geosciences department at
Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG).
Mississippi State University, has been elected president of the
ASBOG honored Schmitz with its prestigious Charles R.
Mississippi State Board of Registered Professional Geologists,
Sherman Award last fall. The Sherman Award is the organization’s
which is charged with administering the state’s Registered
only award, and it recognizes “meritorious service and mentoring.”
Professional Geologists Practice Act of 1997.
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ASBOG Foundation, which supports the activities of the National
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PANNELL, RCU SHINE AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
With more than 27,000 ACTE members nationwide and an
estimated 4,000 conference attendees, important contacts are made
at these conferences. According to Smith, those contacts can often
translate into new ideas that the RCU can pass along to Mississippi’s
school districts and eventually on to the individual CTE programs.
Pannell agrees.
“We use (the conference) to try to gauge where we are,” Pannell
explained, noting that she enjoys learning how Mississippi measures
up to, and often exceeds, other states in the development of careertechnical education.
Another major aspect of these conferences is the committees
on which members can serve. These committees are often involved
in the writing of national policy that states look to as guidelines
Myra Pannell
when making CTE decisions. Smith was asked to represent the
Guidance and Career Development Policy Committee as the Region
M
yra Pannell, an instructional design specialist at Mississippi
State Univeristy’s Research and Curriculum Unit, was
IV representative.
After a “rigorous selection process,” Robin Parker, RCU
recognized recently at the Association for Career and Technical
manager of curriculum, instruction and assessment, was invited
Education’s annual convention and career tech expo in St. Louis,
to serve on the ACTE School Reform Taskforce, a committee
Mo., with the 2011 Service Award by the Engineering and Technology
comprised of 12 career-technical education leaders and educators
Education Division. She has been the division’s post-secondary
from across the state.
supervision representative for the past three years.
In her service to the committee, Pannell acted as a liaison
between community colleges and ACTE.
The committee, which also met at last year’s conference, is
working to finalize a white paper and recommendation to the national
legislature. The report, which will be completed and published in
The association “wanted us to communicate with community
March 2012, “will specifically drive ACTE’s advocacy efforts for policy
colleges and see what needs they had and what we could do on a
change related to school reform, and the role that CTE should play in
national level to be of support to them,” she said, when asked to
good, successful school reform,” said Parker.
describe her committee work.
In addition to promoting CTE programs at the national level,
This year, she will be the division secretary.
Parker also made two presentations at ACTE, as did many others on
ACTE is the national organization for career-technical education,
the RCU staff. Among those presenting papers were Pannell, Smith,
something in which the RCU is widely invested.
Betsey Smith, the RCU’s curriculum manager, believes national
conferences like this one are important in how the curriculum
Marilyn Bowen, Denise Sibley, Cathy Davis, Emily Owen, Scott Kolle,
Leanne Long, and Sean Owen.
Topics covered included everything from “The Career Pathway
department conducts its work. The ACTE conference is “where our
Experience: Closing the Work-Based Learning Opportunity Gap in
group in curriculum can see trends or give trends that Mississippi is
a Jobless Economy” to “Preparing Teachers for the 21st-Century
moving towards,” she said.
Classroom Through Performance-Based Instructional Strategies.”
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MAGAZINE NAMES WILLIAMS AN ‘EMERGING SCHOLAR’
degrees in computer science from Mississippi State.
“I have known Byron since he was an undergraduate at
State, and was delighted to be able to hire him as a faculty
member in our department,” said Donna Reese, head of the
computer science and engineering department.
While working to complete his education, Williams served
as a research and teaching assistant in software engineering.
He also worked as principal consultant for Growth On Demand
Enterprises, a Starkville-based company that develops
software to support small businesses. Following his May 2009
Bryon Williams
A Mississippi State alumnus and faculty member is an
Emerging Scholar of 2012, according to a national magazine
for higher education.
Byron Williams, assistant professor of computer science,
engineer for the Center for Defense Integrated Data at Jackson
State University.
Williams is a member of the Mississippi Department
of Education science, technology, engineering, and math
is one of 12 academics included in Diverse: Issues in Higher
(STEM) cluster taskforce, and the Association for Computing
Education’s 2012 Top “Under 40” Emerging Scholars list.
Machinery software engineering special Interest group. He also
First published in 2002, the magazine’s list of emerging
scholars annually recognizes faculty members from a widevariety of academic fields. Each honoree is selected based on
his or her contribution to research, publishing and teaching.
Williams is in his second semester as a faculty member
with MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering where he specializes
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graduation, he served as associate director and chief software
holds membership in the IEEE Computer Society, the National
Society of Black Engineers and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.
For more information about Diverse: Issues in Higher
Education, including a complete list of the 2012 Emerging
Scholars, visit www.diverseeducation.com.
More information about the Bagley College of Engineering
in software research including its architecture, maintenance
and the department of computer science and engineering can be
and evolution. He earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral
found at www.bagley.msstate.edu.
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NOAA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR VISITS NORTHERN GULF INSTITUTE
Sullivan also met with members of the National Data Buoy Center’s
executive staff to discuss the history and day-to-day operations of
NDBC, followed by a tour of the buoy assembly areas and laboratories.
Her visit to Stennis was arranged by NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center
leadership, led by director Helmut Portmann.
Other NOAA visitors included Laura Furgione, deputy assistant
administrator National Weather Service; Mark Paese, acting deputy
assistant administrator, National Environmental Satellite Data and
Information Service; Craig McLean, deputy assistant administrator,
Office of Atmospheric Research; and Richard Vogt, acting director, NWS
Steve Ashby (second from left) provides an overview of Northern Gulf
Institute activities and potential interagency capabilities at the Mississippi
State University Science and Technology Center at Stennis Space Center
to Mark Paese, Kathryn Sullivan and other NOAA visitors.
K
Office of Operational Systems.
National Marine Fisheries Services, Lisa Desfosse, Director, SEFSC
Mississippi Laboratories, described activities at the Labs. Redwood
athryn Sullivan, assistant secretary of Commerce for
Nero presented turtle track modeling and bluefin tuna spawning
environmental observations and prediction and deputy
location modeling. Charles Thompson presented automated video
administrator for NOAA, visited the Stennis Space Center in late
processing. Amy Clark provided an overview of the B-WET education
January. The Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) hosted an interagency
and outreach program.
poster session and brown bag lunch discussion in the new Mississippi
State University Science and Technology Center.
NOAA’s National Coastal Data Development Center gave
three poster presentations: Collaborative Data Analysis, Gulf of
NGI director Robert Moorhead and associate director Steve
Mexico Data Atlas; Collaborative Science, Deepwater Horizon
Ashby provided an overview of NGI activities and discussed potential
Support; and Collaborative Information Management, NOAA’s
interagency capabilities at the Science and Technology Center.
Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Julien Lartigue, NOAA
Representative presentations from NGI included an overview
NGI Science Coordinator and NOAA’s Coastal Services Center,
by NGI’s Sharon Hodge on the NOAA/NGI Diversity Internship
provided an overview on the center’s activities in the Gulf region.
Program, and a technical poster presentation by Monty Graham of
Alyssa Dausmann, USGS, provided a presentation on the Gulf Coast
the University of Southern Mississippi on his NGI research entitled,
Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.
“Using zooplankton community distribution to identify large marine
ecosystem sub-units within the Northern Gulf of Mexico.”
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External Funding Awards: October, November and December 2011
Principal Investigator
Department/Center/Institute
Funding Source
Abdelwahed, Sherif
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Qatar National Research Fund/Qatar Foundation
Akers, Christopher Ryan
Human Sciences
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
$37,320
Allen, Thomas Ward
Delta Research and Extension Center
United Soybean Board
$13,450
Allen, Thomas Ward
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
Allen, Thomas Ward
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
Allen, Thomas Ward
Cheminova, Inc.
Amburn, Elton P.
NOAA Gulf States Cooperative Institute
Naval Research Laboratory
Amburn, Elton P.
Geosystems Research Institute
U.S. Department of Navy
Balbalian, Clarissa J.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology
USDA CSREES
Barnes, H. Michael
FWRC - Forest Products Laboratory
Architectural Testing, Inc.
Barnes, H. Michael
Arch Wood Protection, Inc.
Beaulieu, Lionel J.
Southern Rural Development Center
USDA Economic Research Service
Belant, Jerrold L.
Wildlife & Fisheries
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
$99,000
Belant, Jerrold L.
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
$40,000
Belant, Jerrold L.
Missouri Department of Conservation
$137,396
Belant, Jerrold L.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
$118,000
Bi, Guihong
Truck Crops Branch Exp Station
Ball Horticultural Company
Boggan, Matthew K.
Meridian Division of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Bond, Jason A.
Monsanto Company
$7,000
Bond, Jason A.
Monsanto Company
$7,000
Bond, Jason A.
Monsanto Company
$8,000
Bond, Jason A.
Monsanto Company
$5,000
Bond, Jason A.
BASF Corporation
$8,300
Bond, Jason A.
BASF Corporation
$4,125
Bond, Jason A.
$8,250
Bond, Jason A.
Gowan Company, LLC
$3,000
Bond, Jason A.
Cotton Incorporated
Branch, Victor
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems - Extension
$41,063.72
Brenner, Devon G.
Dean of Education
$446,893
Brown, Richard L.
Big Thicket Association
Brown, Richard L.
Bruce, Lori M.
Raspet Flight Lab
U.S. Department of Defense
$108,736
Burger, Loren W.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI)
$692,095
Burrage, David D.
Coastal Research & Extension Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC)
$138,032
Callender, Jassen S.
Jackson Community Design Center
Watkins Partners, LLC
$9,991.95
Capella, Julie Lawrence
Student Support Services
$246,050
24
MAROON RESEARCH
Amount
$234,016.25
$184,523
$8,000
$1,500
$46,000
$24,816
$29,250
$1,700
$33,285
$250,000
$2,520
$520,852
$36,205
$6,670
$14,000
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Amount
Caprio, Michael A.
Monsanto Company
$5,000
Caprio, Michael A.
Monsanto Company
$5,000
Cartwright, Dixie Lynn
ET & D Noncredit / Continuing Education
National Endowment for the Arts
$3,200
Catchot, Angus L.
$2,000
Catchot, Angus L.
$2,000
Catchot, Angus L.
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
$5,000
Catchot, Angus L.
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
$2,000
Catchot, Angus L.
BASF Chemical Company
$1,500
Catchot, Angus L.
Cotton Incorporated
$65,448
Catchot, Angus L.
Bayer CropScience
$9,250
Cavenaugh, Brenda S.
RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision
$12,984
Cirlot-New, Laura J.
T.K. Martin Center
Prentke Romich Company
T.K. Martin Center
$13,500
T.K. Martin Center
U.S. Department of Education $547.50
T.K. Martin Center
$18,700
Clay, Robert Ray
Early Childhood Institute
Excel by 5
$23,556
Clay, Rudolf Torsten L.
Center for Computational Science
Office of Science (DOE)
Corzo, Alejandro
Poultry Science
USDA Agricultural Research Service
$403,817
Cossman, Ronald Edward
Social Science Research Center
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS)
$85,084
Crenshaw, Mark A.
Animal & Dairy Science
USDA CSREES
$10,000
Crenshaw, Mark A.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
$22,000
D’Abramo, Louis R.
Office of Graduate Studies
$40,500
Darling, Lynn D.
Mississippi Department of Education
$12,000
Davis, John Brian
USDA Forest Service
$83,993
Davis, John Brian
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
$2,000
Davis, Louise E.
Human Sciences
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Demarais, Stephen
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
$62,185
Demarais, Stephen
$83,125
Dennis, H. Glenn
MAV6, LLC
$49,500
Doane, Stephanie M.
Institute for Imaging & Analytical Technologies
Office of Naval Research
$70,000
Dodds, Darrin Matthew
Plant and Soil Sciences
Monsanto Company
$7,000
$2,500
Monsanto Company
$9,900
FMC Corporation
$5,000
Monsanto Company
$1,500
Novozymes BioAg, Inc.
$2,000
$2,725.96
$140,000
$109,148
SPRING 2012
25
Funding Source
Amount
BASF Corporation
$2,000
Bayer CropScience
$9,750
Bayer CropScience
$4,200
Winfield Solutions/Croplan Genetics
$2,000
Bayer CropScience
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
Betaseed, Inc.
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
Cotton Incorporated
$30,000
Eksioglu, Sandra D.
Industrial Engineering
US Department of Transportation
$199,848
Eubank, Thomas William
Monsanto Company
$10,000
Monsanto Company
$9,000
Monsanto Company
$1,500
BASF Corporation
$9,500
Fan, Zhaofei
Forestry Department
USDA Forest Service
$60,000
Felicelli, Sergio D.
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
NASA HQ
$55,000
Fitzpatrick, Patrick J.
Gibbs, Anjohnette W.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
$260,000
Gibbs, Anjohnette W.
$176,424
Golden, Bobby Richard
Becker-Underwood, Inc.
$1,400
$4,000
Gore, Jeffrey
$8,333
Grado, Stephen C.
Forestry Department
Rail Authority of East Mississippi
$43,311
Grado, Stephen C.
Forestry Department
$11,480
Gu, Mengmeng
USDA Agriculture Marketing Service
$11,190
Hall-Brown, Theresa
America Reads
$254,221
Hanna, Heather Lea
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi
$27,005
Hanson, Larry Allen
CVM Aquatic Task Force
$10,000
Harding, John M.
$5,000
Hardwick, Phillip Donald
Stennis Institute of Government & Community Dev
Kettering Foundation
$5,000
Hatten, Jeffery Allen
Forestry Department
U.S. Department of Energy
Henn, R. Alan
Henn, R. Alan
USDA - NIFA
Holder, Susan L.
4-H Youth Development
Mississippi Land, Water, and Timber Resources Board
$196,000
Horstemeyer, Mark Fredrick
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
$197,500
Engineering Research & Development Center
$108,994
Howard, Sarah Catledge
Center for Educational Partnerships Program for Research and Evaluation of Public Schools, Inc. (PREPS) $310,725
Ibendahl, Gregory Allen
Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State Tax Commission
26
MAROON RESEARCH
$3,150
$3,000
$32,397
$149,978
$9,000
$10,000
$400,000
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Amount
Mississippi State Tax Commission
$400,000
Ingels, Frank
U.S. Department of Army
$70,654.82
Jones, Carol Culberson
Jones, Jeanne C.
Jones, Jeanne C.
USDA Forest Service
Kemp, Leah Faulk
Carl Small Town Center
City of Fulton
Kitchens, Shane C.
Koenig, Keith
Aerospace Engineering
NASA HQ
Larson, Erick J.
AgReliant Genetics
$1,600
Larson, Erick J.
Monsanto Company
$7,600
Larson, Erick J.
Terral Seed, Inc.
$4,500
Larson, Erick J.
Armor Seed Company
Lawrence, Gary W.
Bayer
$4,000
Lawrence, Gary W.
$6,000
Leopold, Bruce D.
USDA Forest Service
$13,363
Leopold, Bruce D.
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
$18,584
Li, Menghe H.
Jones-Hamilton Co.
$10,000
Luke, Edward Allen
University of Maryland
Macoon, Bisoondat
Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station
Madsen, John D.
Army Engineer Research and Development Center
$5,000
Mago, Pedro Jose
Mechanical Engineering
$179,615
Mago, Pedro Jose
$163,010
Martin, Steven W.
Cotton Incorporated
$1,000
Martin, Steven W.
Cotton Incorporated
$1,000
Martin, William V.
Franklin Insitute of Furniture
Appalachian Regional Commission
$5,500
Martin, William V.
Franklin Institute of Furniture
Mississippi Development Authority
$75,000
Mazzola, Michael S.
DRS Test & Energy Management, LLC
$139,281
McCann, Brian M.
Center for Educational Training Technology
$28,109
McCarthy, Fiona Maree
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology
Engineering Research & Development Center
$154,611
McDonnall, Michele Elizabeth
$29,302
McMillen, Robert C.
Social Science Research
Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute, Inc.
$203,121
McMillen, Robert C.
Center for Mississippi Health Policy
McNeal, Karen Sue
Geosciences
$150,000
McNeal, Karen Sue
Geosciences
NASA HQ
$11,695.10
Morgan, Kimberly Ludwig
$43,143
Morgan, Timothy Wade
CVM Office of Research and Graduate Studies
USDA - NIFA
$46,091
$126,147
$30,000
$65,324
$6,328.46
$2,525
$55,000
$800
$900
$30,000
$9,208
SPRING 2012
27
Funding Source
Amount
Musser, Fred
$80,000
Neal, Jason Wesley
$444,886
Oldham, James L.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)
$30,000
Parisi, Domenico
nSPARC
U.S. Department of Labor
Parker, Robin Ann
Research Curriculum Unit
$28,508
Parrish, David R.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
$38,524
Patterson, Kimberly J.
Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute
Mississippi Department of Education Regional Centers
$46,108
$7,200
$72,000
$21,600
$4,800
$60,605.28
$7,200
$2,800
$12,835
$6,000
$21,349
Paz, Joel O.
Ag & Bio Engineering
USDA - NIFA
Peebles, Edgar D.
Poultry Science
Pittman, Sarah E.
Design Research Informatics Lab
Bauhaus Corporation
$5,580
Pittman, Sarah E.
Design Research Informatics Lab
City of Amory
$4,500
Poros, John G.
Carl Small Town Center
$3,013
Porter, Wayne Charles
Lauderdale County Extension Service
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
$3,955
Pringle, Horace C.
Cotton Incorporated
$16,200
Quarles, Lydia M.
City of Biloxi
$32,000
Ray, Melvin C.
Vice President for Research
NAVAIR SYSCOM
$64,985
Ray, Melvin C.
Reddy, Kambham R.
USDA - NIFA
$30,000
Reese, Robert B.
$110,749
Reynolds, Daniel B.
$3,500
Reynolds, Daniel Zachary
BASF Corporation
$1,000
LeHigh Agric & Biol Services
$2,000
Monsanto Company
$9,200
Rhee, Hongjoo
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
$34,013.60
Rhee, Hongjoo
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
$30,211.48
Rousseau, Randall Joseph
Forestry Department
Sansing, William K.
28
MAROON RESEARCH
$4,250,000
$445,000
$76,449
$21,783.20
$143,001
$18,881
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Schilling, Mark Wesley
Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion
USDA - NIFA
$499,701
Schmitz, Darrel W.
Geosciences
$16,000
Schneider, Judith A.
NASA HQ
$55,000
Seale, Roy D.
Construction Solutions
Sexton, Julie S.
Human Sciences
South Dakota State University
$30,000
Shaffett, Bobbie D.
Human Sciences
$10,000
Shaw, David R.
BP America
Shaw, David R.
Monsanto Company
$19,532
St. Lawrence, Janet S.
Meridian Division of Arts & Science
National Institutes of Health
$40,169
Steele, Philip H.
Eclipse Renewables
$3,985
Strickland, Bronson K.
$13,942
Sun, Changyou
Forestry Department
USDA - NIFA
Taylor, Clayborne Dudley
Cleaveland/Price Inc.
Threadgill, Paula I.
Family & Consumer Education
$87,500
$87,500
Tomaso-Peterson, Maria
Bayer
Varco, Jac J.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
$80,207
Vilella, Dr. Francisco J.
Mississippi Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Rescue
$99,763
Walker, Timothy W.
$10,000
Walker, Timothy W.
Horizon AG, LLC
$9,000
Walker, Timothy W.
Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
$8,000
Wan, Xiufeng
CVM Environmental Toxicology
$28,805
Wang , Dr. Guiming
$50,000
Ward, Cynthia A.
Migrant Education
$176,849
Ward, Cynthia A.
Educational Design Institute
Warkentin, Merrill
Division of Business Research
$34,252
Weed, Richard A.
U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command
$139,927
Willard, Scott T.
$193,794
Winger, Jeffry A.
Physics & Astronomy
$77,000
Wise, David J.
Thad Cochran Warmwater Aquaculture
Woodrey, Mark S
National Park Service (DOI)
Ye, Jinwu
Physics & Astronomy
$160,000
Yuan , Changhe
Computer Science and Engineering
$25,000
Zhang, Jilei
Flexsteel Industries
Total
Amount
$2,000
$300,000
$175,585
$5,196
$2,500
$1,600
$806,730
$17,699
$6,803
$19,139,097.32
SPRING 2012
29
External Funding Awards: January, February and March 2012
Funding Source
Abbott, Clifton F.
The MidSouth Aquatic Plant Management Society
Afanasjev, Anatoli
Allen, Thomas Ward
Mississippi Corn Promotion Board
Allen, Thomas Ward
Valent
Allen, Thomas Ward
Allen, Thomas Ward
Amburn, Elton P.
Naval Research Laboratory
$25,000
Amburn, Elton P.
Pickering, Inc.
$22,000
Arancibia, Ramon A.
Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Exp
USDA Agriculture Marketing Service
$32,300
Baca, Keith Allen
Cobb Institute
Tennessee Valley Authority
Baird, Richard E.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Mississippi Corn Promotion Board
$30,540
Baird-Thomas, Connie J.
Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
$22,697
Baker, Juleigh Ann
SHC - Health Education
$10,000
Barnes, H. Michael
Arch Wood Protection, Inc.
$2,750
Barnes, H. Michael
$1,700
Barnes, H. Michael
Lamboo Inc.
$4,820
Barnes, H. Michael
Lonza, Inc.
$25,680
Barnes, H. Michael
Kop-Coat, Inc.
$20,500
Beaulieu, Lionel J.
Southern Rural Development Center
USDA - NIFA
$12,500
Berg, Matthew James
Physics & Astronomy
U.S. Army Research Office
$62,500
Bi, Guihong
Proven Winners North America, LLC
Bond, Jason A.
Valent
Bond, Jason A.
DuPont De Nemours & Company (E. I. DuPont)
$2,500
Bond, Jason A.
AMVAC Chemical Company
$3,500
Bond, Jason A.
$6,000
Bond, Jason A.
Bayer CropScience
$6,000
Bond, Jason A.
Makhteshim-Agan of North America
$6,000
Bond, Jason A.
$8,000
Bond, Jason A.
$4,750
Bond, Jason A.
Isagro USA, Inc.
$8,000
Bond, Jason A.
Valent
$4,000
Bond, Jason A.
Cheminova, Inc.
$2,000
Bond, Jason A.
Cheminova, Inc.
$4,500
Boyd, Christopher A.
$31,675
Branch, Victor
NASA HQ
$2,500
Brenner, Devon G.
Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
30
MAROON RESEARCH
Amount
$1,000
$70,000
$17,302
$700
$56,500
$6,000
$469.19
$3,360
$700
$90,000
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Amount
Bricka, Ray M.
Chemical Engineering
Halliburton
Brooks, Christopher P.
Biological Sciences
Braun & Gresham, Attorneys at Law
Brown Johnson, Ashli Elizabeth
$59,758
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
$77,764
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Memphis Zoological Society
$27,500
Bruce, Lori M.
Raspet Flight Lab
$116,204.07
Bruce, Lori M.
Raspet Flight Lab
$68,736
Buehring, Nathan Wade
Horizon AG, LLC
$2,000
Buehring, Normie W.
NE Mississippi Branch Exp Station
$24,985
Buehring, Normie W.
$28,285
Buehring, Normie W.
Crop Production Services
$6,000
Buehring, Normie W.
United Soybean Board
Burger, Leslie M.
$3,500
Burger, Leslie M.
$2,000
Burgess, Brad A.
Research Support-Variety Testing
$18,132
Burgess, Brad A.
Research Support-Variety Testing
$48,125
Byrd, John D.
$6,250
Byrd, John D.
$6,250
Byrd, John D.
Cotton Incorporated
$65,147
Carew, Bonnie L.
Catchot, Angus L.
Catchot, Angus L.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Makhteshim-Agan of North America
$7,000
Catchot, Angus L.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology AMVAC Chemical Company
$3,500
Catchot, Angus L.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Bayer CropScience
$4,000
Catchot, Angus L.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Makhteshim-Agan of North America
$4,900
Catchot, Angus L.
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Valent
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision
$12,000
$17,063
$26,004
Chambers, Janice E.
Center for Environmental Health Sci
$89,434
T.K. Martin Center
Clay, Robert Ray
Chevron Pascagoula Refinery
Clevinger, Donna L.
Communication
Starkville Area Arts Council
Coble, Keith H.
$30,726
Coble, Keith H.
USDA Economic Research Service
$30,000
Cook, Donald R.
$21,600
$3,032.40
$52,000
$20,000
$45,665
$6,150
$11,102
$221,054
$1,000
$69,993
SPRING 2012
31
Funding Source
Cook, Donald R.
Bayer CropScience
$15,000
Health Resources and Services Administration $18,000
Cox, Michael S.
$24,993
Cox, Michael S.
$19,023
Davis, John Brian
Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Davis, Louise E.
Human Sciences
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dibble, Eric D.
USDA - NIFA
$20,629
Doane, Stephanie M.
$40,000
Doane, Stephanie M.
$194,709.75
Doane, Stephanie M.
$64,903.25
Dobson, Edward T.
Mathematics & Statistics
National Security Agency
$25,385
Cotton Incorporated
$6,500
Marrone Bio Innovations
$1,500
$3,250
LeHigh Agric & Biol Services
$6,500
Cresco AG, LLC
$2,000
Donohoe, John P.
Distracted Driving Solutions, LLC
$5,835
Donohoe, John P.
The Calvert Company aka AZZ Calvert, Inc.
$17,597
Dutta, Dipangkar
Physics & Astronomy
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (DOE)
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
Donaghys Industries Limited
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
$7,000
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
$7,500
Ebelhar, M. Wayne
Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLC
Eksioglu, Burak
El Kadiri, Haitham
$97,439
Elder, Steven H.
Biohorizons, Inc.
$37,998
$79,345
$48,375
BASF Corporation
$4,000
Bayer CropScience
$5,000
$5,200
BASF Corporation
$6,300
Cheminova, Inc.
$3,500
Valent
$2,000
32
MAROON RESEARCH
Amount
$7,000
$60,000
$1,900,000
$25,000
$14,445
$4,974.50
$10,000
$3,500,000
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Cheminova, Inc.
$3,000
Cheminova, Inc.
$3,000
$2,500
Evans, William B.
Valagro USA
$6,000
Ezell, Andrew W.
Forestry Department
USDA Forest Service
$8,000
Ezell, Andrew W.
Forestry Department
USDA Farm Service Agency
Flint, Ernest H.
Attala County Extension Service
Fox, Matthew J.
Raspet Flight Lab
Lumimove, Inc. dba Crosslink
$5,742.69
Fox, Matthew J.
Raspet Flight Lab
Lumimove, Inc. dba Crosslink
$13,856.91
Fu, Yong
$400,000
Gaunt, Patricia S.
CVM Aquatic Medicine Enhancement
Schering Plough Animal Health Corporation
$35,855.50
Goddard, Jerome
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Anteater Pest Control, Inc.
$3,500
$19,455
$33,977
INTX Microbials
$2,000
Agrium Advanced Technologies
$6,000
Precision Laboratories
$1,500
$5,000
Mosaic Crop Nutrition
Gore, Jeffrey
Mississippi Peanut Promotion Board
$7,000
Gore, Jeffrey
$9,200
Gore, Jeffrey
$5,087
Gore, Jeffrey
FMC Corporation
$2,000
Gore, Jeffrey
$8,334
Gore, Jeffrey
Monsanto Company
$7,000
Gore, Jeffrey
Bayer CropScience
$3,000
Gore, Jeffrey
Valent
$9,500
Gore, Jeffrey
$8,333
Gore, Jeffrey
Cheminova, Inc.
$8,000
Gore, Jeffrey
Cheminova, Inc.
$2,500
Grado, Stephen C.
Forestry Department
Grebner , Dr. Donald L.
Forestry Department
USDA - NIFA
$44,401
Grimes, Craig B.
Geosciences
$147,092
Hardwick, Phillip Donald
Kettering Foundation
Henn, R. Alan
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Mississippi Peanut Promotion Board
Herndon, Cary W.
Northeast District Extension Office
Lee County Board of Supervisors
Amount
$638,720
$15,000
$10,000
$4,139
$4,500
$44,352
$22,603.19
SPRING 2012
33
Funding Source
Herrmann, Nicholas Paul
Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
National Institute of Justice
Hodge, Sharon Hatch
U.S. Department of Navy
Hopper, George Martin
MAFES Administration
$27,720
U.S. Army Research Office
$47,752
Howard, Isaac L.
Transportation Research Center
DOT Federal Highway Administration
Howell, Michael Stanley
$1,500
Howell, Michael Stanley
Bayer CropScience
$2,000
Huston, Carla L.
CVM Diagnostic Lab Services
Cotton Incorporated
$6,000
Iglay, Raymond Bruce
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
$6,034
Irby, Jon Trenton
$139,319
Jenkins , Johnie
$82,500
Jones, Lelah Marion
Migrant Education
Jones, Paul David
North American Wholesale Lumber Association
$10,000
Jordan, Julie B.
$86,000
Khoo, Lester H.
CVM Aquatic Medicine Enhancement
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
King, Roger L.
Kitchens, Shane C.
$2,525
Kitchens, Shane C.
National Salvage & Service Corporation
$4,800
Klink, Vincent Paul
Biological Sciences
$97,124
Knight, Patricia R.
Koenig, Keith
NASA Marshall
$3,000
Koenig, Keith
NASA HQ
$5,545
Larson, Erick J.
$77,000
Larson, Erick J.
$49,049
Larson, Erick J.
DuPont Crop Protection
Larson, Erick J.
Syngenta Seed Inc.
Larson, Erick J.
$3,700
Lawrence, Mark Lee
CVM Office of Research and Graduate Studies
$63,744
LeJeune, Bonnie J.
$12,976
Lemus, Rocky W.
Valent BioSciences Corp.
Li, Pan
$83,271
Liao, Jun
$46,915
Lindner, Jeffrey S.
Institute for Clean Energy Technology
$400,000
Lopez, Job Enoch
Biological Sciences
Braun & Gresham, Attorneys at Law
$3,638.25
34
MAROON RESEARCH
Amount
$76,404.41
$1,500
$291,975.80
$38,700
$850,000
$31,536
$50,000
$9,388.17
$1,000
$700
$4,554.20
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Amount
Lopez, Job Enoch
Biological Sciences
$162,000
Luke, Edward Allen
U.S. Air Force Office of Sci Res
Luke, Edward Allen
NASA HQ
Madsen, John D.
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
$3,200
Madsen, John D.
USDA - NIFA
$12,454
Madsen, John D.
$15,000
Madsen, John D.
$30,000
Madsen, John D.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
$7,935.22
Marcum, David L.
Boeing Company
$34,945
Marcum, David L.
$34,455
Markham, James J.
Pascagoula Municipal Separate School District
$12,100
Martin, Steven W.
$22,955
Mazzola, Michael S.
DRS Test & Energy Management, LLC
$45,415
Mazzola, Michael S.
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology USDA - NIFA
$16,000
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology USDA - NIFA
$19,771
McDonnall, Michele Elizabeth
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
McNeal, Karen Sue
Geosciences
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
$91,584
McRae, Kenneth David
Center for American Veterans
The Aurora Foundation
$5,000
Moorhead, Robert J.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
$70,164
Moorhead, Robert J.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
$1,832,166
Morris, Thomas Heath
$233,200
Munn, Ian A.
Forestry Department
Musser, Fred
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
$9,455
Musser, Fred
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Valent
$3,000
Myles, Albert E.
Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce
$4,300
Newman, James C.
Pratt & Whitney Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
Nicholas, Darrel D.
Troy Corporation
Nicholas, Darrel D.
Kop-Coat, Inc.
$10,400
Oldham, Dehlia Rae
4-H Youth Development
USDA - NIFA
$35,000
Oldham, James L.
Orr, Alberta L.
$295
Orr, Alberta L.
$9,000
Orr, Alberta L.
$9,454
Owen, Sean M.
$60,574
$33,843.14
$1,246,601.79
$40,087
$25,000
$50,000
$1,900
$15,100
$471,428.15
SPRING 2012
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Funding Source
Parisi, Domenico
nSPARC
U.S. Department of Labor
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (DOI)
$15,600
$2,400
$4,800
$16,800
$4,800
$12,000
$5,600
$2,800
$9,600
Ocean Springs School District
$2,400
$7,200
$11,200
$39,600
World Class Teaching Program
$18,456
$3,860
Peacock, Claude E.
Cobb Institute
Mississippi Military Department
$29,997
Perkes, David J.
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev
Perkes, David J.
Architecture
Renaissance Corporation
Perkes, David J.
South Mississippi Housing and Development
Perkes, David J.
Renaissance Corporation
Perkins, Andy D.
Peterson, Daniel G.
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology Engineering Research & Development Center
$166,634
Peterson, Daniel G.
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology Engineering Research & Development Center
$91,596
Pringle, Horace C.
$25,322
Quarles, Lydia M.
City of Magnolia
$5,000
Quarles, Lydia M.
City of Tylertown
$5,000
Quarles, Lydia M.
Dean of Arts & Sciences
Sharkey County
$2,500
Quarles, Lydia M.
Neshoba County School District
$3,500
Quarles, Lydia M.
City of Philadelphia
$5,000
Quarles, Lydia M.
North Pike School District
$5,200
Quarles, Lydia M.
City of Greenville
$10,000
Ratliff, Bobby R.
Agricultural Communications
$15,430
Ray, David A.
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology National Science Foundation
Ray, Melvin C.
36
MAROON RESEARCH
NAVAIR SYSCOM
Amount
$4,550,616
$132,000
$62,698
$31,719.05
$66,667
$11,250
$248,917
$78,914.98
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Amount
Ray, Melvin C.
$29,048.59
Ray, Melvin C.
$43,566.39
Reynolds, Daniel B.
$37,179
Reynolds, Daniel B.
$10,000
Reynolds, Daniel B.
$35,003
Reynolds, Daniel B.
$36,975
Reynolds, Daniel B.
$73,832
Reynolds, Daniel B.
Cotton Incorporated
$12,000
Reynolds, Daniel B.
Monsanto Company
$6,000
DuPont Crop Protection
$2,000
Bayer CropScience
$6,000
Riley, Frank Allen
Mississippi School Board Association
$1,500
Riley, Frank Allen
Mississippi Association of Supervisors
$1,500
Riley, Frank Allen
Mississippi Municipal League
$1,500
Riley, Frank Allen
Mississippi Association of School Superintendents
$1,500
Riley, Frank Allen
Mississippi School Board Association
$1,500
Riley, Frank Allen
Mississippi Municipal League
$1,500
Roberts, Darrin F.
Robertson, Angela A.
$155,917
Rohnke, Adam T.
$12,400
Ross, Matthew Keith
Center for Environmental Health Sci
$425,457
Rousseau, Randall Joseph
Forestry Department
FuturaGene
$402,348
Schmidt, Amy Michelle
Schmidt, Ty Blaine
Mississippi Beef Council
$20,000
Schramm, Harold L
U.S. Department of Interior
$32,650
Schramm, Jr. , Harold L.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
$43,296
Sciumbato, Gabriel L.
$49,093
$30,725
Chemtura USA Corporation
$8,000
Seale, Roy D.
TimTek
$29,500
Shankle, Mark W.
Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Exp
$48,210
Shaw, David R.
BP America
$48,046
Shaw, David R.
MAV6, LLC
$390,360
Silva, Juan L.
USDA - NIFA
Smith, Harry Randall
$361,403.11
$77,231
$12,500
$1,500
SPRING 2012
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Funding Source
Amount
Southward, Linda H.
$16,817
$151,364
Steele, Wilbur G.
Energy Institute
Steele, Wilbur G.
Energy Institute
Mississippi Development Authority
$250,000
Stewart, Barry R.
Mississippi Turf Grass Association
$2,514.78
Stewart, Barry R.
VitAG Corp.
$1,966.67
Stewart, James Alfred
Biological Sciences
American Heart Association
Strawderman, Lesley Jean
$78,177.60
Strawderman, Lesley Jean
Center for Operator Performance
$74,900
Strickland, Bronson K.
$68,186
Sygula, Andrzej
Chemistry
Office of Science (DOE)
Tabereaux, Charlotte Burcham
MSU Riley Center
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Tabereaux, Charlotte Burcham
MSU Riley Center
Riley Foundation
Tegt, Jessica Lynn
Thompson, David S.
NASA HQ
$158,926.59
$174,999.61
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology BASF Corporation
$2,000
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
$4,000
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Cleary Chemical Corporation
$2,000
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology & Plant Pathology Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
$4,500
Varco, Jac J.
$26,440
Verdell, Angela Denice
Dean of Engineering
$46,000
Vilella , Dr. Francisco J.
Weyerhaeuser NR Company
$45,000
Waggoner, Charles A.
Institute for Clean Energy Technology (ICET)
Flanders Corporation
$88,290
Walker, Timothy W.
$4,000
Walker, Timothy W.
RiceTec, Inc.
$5,400
Walker, Timothy W.
Bayer CropScience
Walker, Timothy W.
Valent
$5,000
Walker, Timothy W.
INTX Microbials
$1,800
Walker, Timothy W.
Plant BioTech
$2,500
Walker, Timothy W.
$4,000
Wallace, Lisa Ellen
National Science Foundation (NSF)
$7,500
Wallace, Teddy P.
Cotton Incorporated
$30,000
Wallace, Teddy P.
Cotton Incorporated
$25,000
38
MAROON RESEARCH
$600,000
$10,000,000
$261,712
$140,000
$1,000
$14,045
$6,100
$10,000
MAROON RESEARCH
SPRING 2012
Funding Source
Amount
Wax, Charles L.
Geosciences
Pat Harrison Waterway District
$85,000
Welch, Mark E.
Biological Sciences
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
$10,000
Wersal, Ryan M.
Wilkerson, Gerald W.
Water Resources Research Institute
U.S. Geological Survey (DOI)
Williams , W. Paul
USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) (USDA)
Williams, Byron J.
Hawkins, Inc.
Williams, Ronald Daniel
City of Starkville
$24,000
Wilmoth, Joe D.
Human Sciences
Mississippi Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
$25,000
Zhang, Jilei
Bommer Industries, Inc.
$1,400
Zhang, Jilei
Structured Fibres, Inc.
$300
Zhang, Jilei
Lane Furniture Industries
$3,000
Zhang, Jilei
BIFMA International
$12,000
Zhang, Jilei
Corinthian, Inc.
Total
SPRING 2012
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations $6,513.78
$92,335
$33,000
$6,000
$700
$37,745,710.73
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