ODU RESEARCH FOUNDATION GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

The Research Foundation has announced the following grants and contracts in recent months. Award amounts are totals expected for the entire funding period. The list does not include supplements, modifications or other changes to existing grants or contracts. For awards that have more than one investigator, the first faculty member listed is the principal investigator.

• KEVIN ADAMS, research scientist, National Centers for System of Systems Engineering, and CHUCK KEATING, professor of engineering management, "System of Systems Engineering Certificate Program Task Order 1"; Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, $34,488.
• THOMAS ALBERTS, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, "Installation and Testing M3 Maglev on the ODU Guideway, Phase 2"; Magne Motion Inc., $304,702.
• OKTAY BAYSAL, dean, Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, "ODU Engineering's Participation in the Naval Education Consortium"; University of Michigan Department of Parks and Recreation, $24,996,. Co-PIs are: ANTHONY DEAN and STEVEN WALK, engineering technology, and GENE HOU, HAN BAO and MILTIADIS KOTINIS, mechanical and aerospace engineering.
• JOSHUA BEHR, research associate professor, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "Mapping Neighborhood Community Vulnerability and Medically Fragile Populations in Hampton Roads"; Old Dominion University, $113,440. Co-PIs are HUA LIU, assistant professor of political science and geography; BARRY EZELL, research associate professor, VMASC; and RAFAEL DIAZ, business and supply chain lead, VMASC.
• ABDELMAGEED ELMUSTAFA, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, "Mechanical Engineering and Design for Polarized Electron Source Projects"; Jefferson Lab, $20,000.
• HANI ELSAYED-ALI, professor and eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, "Continuation of JLab Polarimeter Upgrade"; Jefferson Lab, $61,097.
• MUJDE ERTEN-UNAL, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Solar Decathlon 2011"; U.S. Department of Energy, $50,000. Co-PIs are STELLA BONDI, assistant professor of engineering technology, and JAEWAN YOON, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.
• CHUCK KEATING, professor of engineering management and director of the National Center for System of Systems Engineering, and JOSEPH BRADLEY, principal researcher, NCSOSE, "Consultant Services from Joseph Bradley for Spatial Integrated Systems Inc."; Spatial Integrated Systems Inc., $30,000.
• DEAN KRUSIENSKI, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, "General Purpose Brain-Computer Interface System"; Wadsworth Center, $99,213.
• YIANNIS PAPELIS, chief scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "Technical Evaluation of Synthetic Texture Generation Algorithms"; Diamond Visionics, $74,935. Co-PIs are GINGER WATSON, associate professor of STEM education and professional studies, and MENION CROLL, senior project scientist, VMASC.
• BILLIE REED, executive director, Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, "FY11 Virginia Appropriations"; Virginia General Assembly, $1,164,686. Also, "Demo Launch," Orbital Science Corp., $650,000.
• FOTIOS SKOUZES, executive director, Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space & Technology, "Step Up Internship Program 2011"; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, $75,000.
• JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, executive director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "SME Work, Adm. Jim Metzger"; U.S. Joint Forces Command, $2,400.