Vol. 38, No. 18

2-15-2007
By: Jill Corbett

Faculty & Staff

Grants

Greg Baker, Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering, Joel Johnson, Electrical and Computer Engineering and C.K. Shum, Earth Sciences, received a $550,000 National Science Foundation grant for “Numerical Studies of Sea Surface Wave Height Statistics with Application to Sea Level Sensing Using Satellite Altimetry.”

Konrad Dabrowski, Environment and Natural Resources, has received a Lake Erie Protection Fund Small grant of $10,000 from the Ohio Lake Erie Commission for his project on the influence of vitamin concentrations in eggs on survival of walleye embryos in Lake Erie.

Amanda Rodewald, Environment and Natural Resources, has been awarded a $421,300 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Landscape-scale Responses of Animal Communities to Urbanization” that will run from 2007-11.

Presentations

Joel Johnson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, presented the following at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver, Aug. 1, 2006: “Comparison of Surface Scattering Models for Gaussian and Exponential Surfaces,” co-presenters were K.S. Chen and Alongkorn Darawankul; “A Study of Wind Direction Signals in WindSat Linearly Polarized Channels,” co-presenter was Praphun Naenna; “A Numerical Study of the Modulation of Short Sea Waves by Longer Waves,” co-presenter was Guangdong Pan; “High Altitude Measurements of C-band Radio Frequency Interference Using a Digital Receiver,” co-presenters were Baris Guner and A.J. Gasiewski, M.D. Valerio and M. Klein; “Observations of an ARSR System in Canton, Mich., with the L-band Interference Suppressing Radiometer,” co-presenters were Guner and Noppasin Niamsuwan; and “Studies of Ocean Surface Profile Retrieval from Simulated LGA Radar Data,” co-presenters were Guangdong Pan, Robert Burkholder, J.V. Toporkov and M.A. Sletten. He also presented “Rough Surface Scattering Forward and Inverse Modeling Research at Ohio State University,” at the Aspects of Rough Surface Scattering and Related Phenomena Meeting, Yountville, Calif., June 28, 2006; “Scattering from a Target on a Rough Surface using Decoupled Spectral Techniques,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation/URSI Symposium, Albuquerque, N.M., July 9, 2006, co-presenters were Khalid Jamil and Burkholder; and “Electromagnetic Scattering Model Performance Assessment of the Global Ice Sheet Mapping Orbiter Concept,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5, 2006, co-presenters were Niamsuwan and K.C. Jezek.

Rongxing Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, presented “Geospatial Information and Web GIS for the MER 2003 Mission,” at the 14th annual International Conference on Geoinformatics, Wuhan, China, Oct. 28-29, 2006; “Over Two Years of Topographic Mapping and Rover Localization of Spirit and Opportunity for the MER 2003 Mission” at the ISPRS Commission IV – Geo-databases and Digital Mapping, 2004-08 International Symposium on “Geospatial Databases for Sustainable Development,” Goa, India, Oct. 1-4, 2006, co-presenters were Kaichang Di, Sanchit Agarwal, Evgenia Brodyagina and Jue Wang; a poster, “A New Ground-based Stereo Panoramic Scanning System for Robotic Exploration,” at the ISPRS Commission V Symposium Image Engineering and Vision Metrology, Dresden, Germany, Sept. 27-30, 2006, co-presenters were Lin Yan and Di; “Panoramic 3D Vision on the ExoMars Rover” at EUROPLANET European Planetary Science Congress, Berlin, Sept. 18-22, 2006, co-presenters were G. Paar, A. Griffiths, D.P. Barnes, A.J. Coates, R. Jaumann, J. Oberst, Y. Gao and A. Ellery; “Geospatial Sensor Networks for Coastal Monitoring” at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Aug. 23, 2006; “Spirit and Opportunity Rover Navigation and Exploration” at Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, Aug. 21, 2006; “Spirit and Opportunity Localization Updates” at Athena (MER) Science Meeting, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif., July 25-27, 2006; “Automation of Ground Image Based Mars Rover Localization” at ISPRS Commission I Symposium “From Sensors to Imagery,” Marne-la-Vallée, France, July 3-6, 2006, co-presenters were Di, Agarwal, Wan, L.H. Matthies and A.B. Howard; “Integration of High-Resolution Satellite Imagery for Coastal Mapping and Monitoring” at the Workshop on Digital Mapping Techniques, Columbus, June 12, 2006, co-presenters were Xutong Niu, Sagar Deshpande, Feng Zhou and Di; “GIS and Mapping Technology for Mars Exploration” at the Korean Geographic Information Study Association, GwangJu, South Korea, May 26, 2006, and at Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea, May 25, 2006; and “High Resolution Satellite Imaging and Coastal Monitoring” seminar at Kyeongil University, Gyungbuk, South Korea, May 25, 2006.   

Carolyn Sommerich, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering, presented “Teaching and Learning with Mobile Technology in High School” at the science forum Human Factors Research in Science and Technology Education: Acceleration of U.S. Competitiveness, sponsored by the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2006.

Jessica Winter, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, presented “Degradable Polymeric Hydrogels for Neurotrophin Elution from Implanted Prosthetic Devices,” at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 16, 2006; “Combined Effect of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and ECM-Coated Substrates on Neurite Extension and Persistence from Retinal Explants,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 15, 2006; “Neurotrophin-Eluting Hydrogel Coatings for Stimulating Electrical Prostheses,” Materials Science and Technology 2006, Cincinnati, Oct. 16, 2006; and “Surface Modification Of Neural Prostheses For Improved Neurite Extension And Persistence,” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 12, 2006. Co-presenters for all were S.F. Cogan and J.F. Rizzo III.

Publications

Betty Lise Anderson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Demonstration of a Quartic Cell, a Free-space True-time Delay Device Based on the White Cell,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 24 (2006), No. 10, pp. 3849-3855, co-authors are C. Warnky and R. Mital.

Jennifer Evans-Cowley, City and Regional Planning and Public Policy and Management, “Increasing Walkability: Pedestrian Planning and Policies in Small Cities,” Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol. 132 (2006), No. 2, pp. 71-75; “Creating a Citizen Participation Process with Displaced Citizens: The Use of Online Citizen Participation in Mississippi Post Hurricane Katrina,” Journal of Urban Technology, Vol. 12 (2006), No. 4, online edition; “The Growth of E-government in Municipal Planning,” Journal of Urban Technology, Vol. 12 (2006), No. 4, pp. 81-107, co-author was Maria Conroy; and “E-participation in Planning: An Analysis of Cities Adopting Online Citizen Participation,” Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Vol. 24 (2006), No. 3, pp. 371-384, co-author was Conroy.

Joel Johnson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “An Efficient Two-scale Model for the Computation of Thermal Emission and Atmospheric Reflection from the Sea Surface,” IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens., Vol. 44 (2006), pp. 560-568; “A Polarimetric Survey of RFI in C- and X-bands in the Continental United States using WindSAT Radiometry,” IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens., Vol. 44 (2006), pp. 540-548, co-author S.W. Ellingson; “Airborne Radio Frequency Interference Studies at C-band Using a Digital Receiver,” IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens., Vol. 44 (2006), pp. 1974-1985, co-authors are A.J. Gasiewski, G.A. Hampson, S.W. Ellingson, E. McIntyre, M. Klein, V. Leuski, Baris Guner, R. Krishnamachari  and Noppasin Niamsuwan; “Extension of the Local Curvature Approximation to Third Order and Improved Tilt Invariance,” Waves in Random and Complex Media, Vol. 16 (2006), pp. 97-119, co-author is T. Elfouhaily; and “A Numerical Study of the Modulation of Short Sea Waves by Longer Waves,” IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens., Vol. 44 (2006), pp. 2880-2889, co-author is Guangdong Pan.

Seppo Korpela, Mechanical Engineering, “Oil Depletion in the World,” Current Science, Vol. 91 (Nov. 10, 2006), No. 9.

Rongxing Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, published the following in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, Vol. 111, (electronic references in parens): “Aqueous Processes at Gusev Crater Inferred from Physical Properties of Rocks and Soils along the Spirit Traverse,” co-authors are N.A. Cabrol, J.D. Farmer, E.A. Grin, L. Richter, L. Soderblom, K.E. Herkenhoff, G. A. Landis and R.E. Arvidson; “Geology of the Gusev Cratered Plains from the Spirit Rover Traverse,” co-authors are M.P. Golombek, L. . Crumpler, J.A. Grant, R. Greeley, N.A. Cabrol, T.J. Parker, J.W. Rice Jr., J.G. Ward, R.E. Arvidson, J.E. Moersch, R.L. Fergason, P.R. Christensen, A. Castaño, R. Castaño, A.F.C. Haldemann, J.F. Bell III and S.W. Squyres; “Rover Localization and Topographic Mapping at the Landing Site of Gusev Crater, Mars,” co-authors are Kaichang Di, B.A. Archinal, R.E. Arvidson, J. Bell, P. Christensen, L. Crumpler, D.J. Des Marais, T. Duxbury, M. Golombek, J. Grant, R. Greeley, J. Guinn, A. Johnson, R.L. Kirk, M. Maimone, L.H. Matthies, M. Malin, T. Parker, M. Sims, S. Thompson, S. W. Squyres, L.A. Soderblom and the MER Science team; “Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing Site to the Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills,” co-authors are R.E. Arvidson, S.W. Squyres, R.C. Anderson, J. F. Bell III, J. Brückner, N.A. Cabrol, W.M. Calvin, M.H. Carr, P.R. Christensen, B.C. Clark, L. Crumpler, D.J. Des Marais, C. d’Uston, T. Economou, J. Farmer, W. H. Farrand, W. Folkner, M. Golombek, S. Gorevan, J.A. Grant, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, E. Guinness, B.C. Hahn, L. Haskin, K.E. Herkenhoff, J.A. Hurowitz, S.F. Hviid, J.R. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, A.H. Knoll, G. Landis, C. Leff, M. Lemmon, M.B. Madsen, M.C. Malin, S.M. McLennan, H.Y. McSween, D.W. Ming, J. Moersch, R.V. Morris, T. Parker, J.W. Rice Jr., L. Richter, R. Rieder, D.S. Rodionov, C. Schröder , M. Sims, M. Smith, P. Smith, L.A. Soderblom, R. Sullivan, S.D. Thompson, N.J. Tosca, A. Wang, H. Wänke, J. Ward, T. Wdowiak, M. Wolff and A. Yen; and “Crater Gradation in Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum,” co-authors are J.A. Grant, R.E. Arvidson, L.S. Crumpler, M.P. Golombek, B. Hahn, A.F.C. Haldemann, L.A. Soderblom, S.W. Squyres, S.P. Wright and W.A. Watters.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, “Preference and Interest for Environmental Surprise,” in the edited conference proceedings of Medio Ambiente, Bienestar Humano y Responsabilidad Ecologica, IX Congreso de Psicologia Ambiental 2006, pp. 315-320, Madrid, Spain, co-author is Ebru Cubukcu.

Jessica Winter, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, “Neurotrophin-Eluting Hydrogel Coatings for Enhanced Contact with Neural Prostheses,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B, online, Oct. 13, 2006, co-authors are S.F. Cogan and J.F. Rizzo III; and a book chapter, “Nanoparticles and Nanowires for Cellular Engineering,” Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences, Vol. 9: Tissue, Cell and Organ Engineering, (Wiley VHC, 2007), p. 388-460.

Recognitions

Kathy Corl, Germanic Languages and Literatures, received this year’s Anthony Papalia Award for excellence in teacher education from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Saul Cornell, History, has been awarded the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in legal history for his book, “A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America” (Oxford University Press, 2006).

Hannibal Hamlin, English-OSU Mansfield, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library for 2007-08.

L. James Lee and S.T. Yang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, have been named Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Dean Merchant, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, was named an honorary member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Barbara Ryden, Astronomy, has earned the first Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award from the American Astronomical Society for her book “Introduction to Cosmology.”

Service

Hojjat Adeli, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Biomedical Informatics, and Neuroscience, was honorary vice chair for the conference Virtual Concept in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 26-Dec. 1, 2006, and honorary chair of the Organizing Committee for the International Forum on Systems and Mechatronics, Tainan, Taiwan, Dec. 6-8, 2006; and he was appointed to the editorial board of Journal of Internet Technology and Journal of Technology Management in China and is a consulting editor for International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology.

Hazel Morrow-Jones, College of Engineering and City and Regional Planning, has been appointed to the Campus Partners Board of Directors and will chair the Planning and Community Development Committee.

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