Eight Receive Second Annual Mini-Grant Awards

The LEADER Consortium is pleased to announce the recipients of its second Annual Mini-Grant Program designed to support the advancement of tenure-track women faculty in science and engineering:

Dr. Kimberly Bigelow, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Dayton
Project: "Multi-Disciplinary STEM Grant Preparation Support in Bioengineering"
Award: $5,000

Dr. Flore Chevailler, Associate Professor, Humanities, Central State University
Project: "Creating a Women's Center to Sustain the ADVANCE LEADER Program at Central State University"
Award: $4,976

Dr. Kimberly Kendricks, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science, Central State University
Project: "Continued Study of Applications of Groebner Basis Theory at the Institute of Mathematics & Its Applications at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Summer 2011"
Award: $4,624

Dr. Ioana E. Pavel, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Wright State University
Project: "Engineering Environmentally Friendly, Ultrasensative SERS-Based Nanosensors for Molecular Fingerprinting of Subcellular Compartments and Virus Detection"
Award: $5,000

Dr. Jennifer Seitzer, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Dayton
Project: "Evolving Structure Using Hierarchical Genetic Algorithms"
Award: $4994

Dr. Xiaofang Wei, Assistant Professor, Water Resource Management, Central State University
Project: "Wavelet Analysis for Biomass Estimation in Riparian Vegetated Areas of Lower Colorado River Basin"
Award: $4,990.95

Dr. DeBonne N. Wishart,Assistant Professor, Water Resource Management, Central State University
Project: "Preliminary Assessment of Geothermal Potential from Thermal Springs in Central and Eastern Jamaica"
Award: $4,999.28

Dr. Zhongmei Yao, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Dayton
Project: "Randomized Workload in Distributed Systems"
Award: $4,947