Faculty Research

24th Annual Faculty Research Award

Call for Nominations

In recognition of the contributions of researchers at Old Dominion University, a $1,000 Research Achievement Award and Plaque are presented annually.  This year's award and plaque will be presented at the Research Expo, to be held at the Ted Constant Convocation Center on April 9, 2008. 

Nominations for the award, together with supporting documentation, should be sent to the Office of Research, 4111 Monarch Way, Suite 203, Norfolk, Virginia by Friday, February 8, 2008.  The nominating faculty member or administrator should write a short statement explaining why the researcher should receive the award and outline the significance of the nominee's research contributions.  In addition to this statement, a CV should be submitted.  Six copies of the nomination package should be included.

Purpose

The Research Achievement Award is presented each spring to a tenured member of the ODU faculty who has exhibited consistent excellence in his/her research efforts. The purpose of the award is to recognize the accomplishments of faculty who achieve national prominence for high-quality research and scholarship.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

All full-time tenured members of the faculty with at least five years service at ODU are eligible for the award. Full career accomplishments will be considered when a nominee is judged but special evaluative emphasis will be placed upon research actually done while the individual was at this university.

The evaluation of nominees will be based primarily upon considerations of consistent research quality. The primary indicators of quality are peer scholar judgments which are evidence by publications of articles in refereed journals, publications of books and monographs by nationally competitive publishing house, awards and citations by professional associations, and positive reviews of funded research proposals. In addition, consideration will be given to non-professional acclaim for the outcome of research endeavors.

Particular emphasis will be placed upon the consistency of the research record. However, simple quantitative measures, such as the number of articles published or the dollar value of grants and contracts generated, are not sufficient evidence of research quality.

Faculty Research Award Recipients

• 2007 Gregory Cutter, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• 2006 Rocco Schiavilla, Physics
• 2005 Chester E. Grosch, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Dept. of Computer Sciences
• 2004 Thomas F. Cash, Psychology
• 2003 Wayne K. Talley, Economics
• 2002 Ravindra Joshi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2001 John A. Doukas, Finance
• 2000 Hani Elsayed-Ali, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 1999 Cynthia M. Jones, Biological Sciences
• 1998 Anatoly V. Radyushkin, Physics
• 1997 Chuh Mei, Aerospace Engineering
• 1996 Eileen Hofmann, Oceanography
• 1995 Robert Gable, Child Study/Special Education
• 1995 John R. Holsinger, Biological Sciences
• 1994 Kenneth G. Brown ,Chemical Sciences
• 1993 Daniel M. Dauer, Biological Sciences
• 1992 Mark D. Havey, Physics
• 1992 Karl H. Schoenbach, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 1991 Daniel N. Sonenshine, Biological Sciences
• 1990 Harold Marshall, Biological Sciences
• 1990 Surendra N. Tiwari, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
• 1989 Govind S. Khandelwal, Physics
• 1988 Raymond W. Alden, Jr. Biological Sciences
• 1987 Alf J. Mapp, Jr. English
• 1986 Earl A. Thornton, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
• 1985 Lytton Musselman, Biological Sciences