Cory Rusinek, assistant professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, received $93,675 from TerraPower, LLC for a project entitled "Statement of Work - Delta WBS4: Miami University Molten Salt Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry."
Quick Notes
Femiani receives funding for pair of projects
John Femiani, professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, received $50,000 from In-Depth Engineering Corporation, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Defense, for a project entitled "STTR Topic No. OSD23C-001." He also received $41,988, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Defense, for a project entitled “SBIR Phase I Topic No. N241-025.”
Menne receives funds from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Heather Menne, associate professor of Sociology and Gerontology and fellow in the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $63,768 from USAging, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for a project entitled "Understanding the Capacity of the Aging Network (2024-2027)."
Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio awards funds to Vivoda
Jonathon Vivoda, associate professor of Sociology and Gerontology and research fellow for the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $53,671 in funding from the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio for a project entitled "Assessment and Refinement of the Service Adequacy & Satisfaction Instrument."
Charlton-Perkins receives funding
Mark Charlton-Perkins, assistant professor of Biology, received $67,310 from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for a project entitled "Identification of Germline Modifiers of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Tumors."
Bowblis project receives funding
John Bowblis, research fellow with the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $54,221 from Emory University, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for a project entitled "Alzheimer's Special Care Units in Nursing Homes: Resident Outcomes, Racial/ethnic Disparities, and State Policies."
Marketing chair Yang awarded funding
Zhiyong Yang, chair and professor of Marketing, received $41,905 from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, pass-through funds from the National Science Foundation, for the project entitled "ERI: Understanding (Modeling and Quantification of) Spatiotemporal-Sociological-Psychological Impacts on Power Demand Behaviors of Residential Consumers Using Long-Term Real-World Big Data."
Sidebottom, Miller project receives funds
Mark Sidebottom, associate professor, and Dane Miller, master’s student, in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $23,400 from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium, pass-through funds from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project entitled "Evaluation of Polyimide Films Synthesized Through Multiple Chemical Pathways."
Scoville receives funding from Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
David Scoville, director of the Center for Analytics and Data Science, received $22,375 from Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority for a project entitled "Cincy Metro Data Visualization Course."
Sommers, Corti receive funding
Andrew Sommers, professor, and Giancarlo Corti, associate professor, of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $14,000 from Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc., pass-through funds from the Department of Defense, for a project entitled "Research and Development of Advanced Propulsion-Driven Technologies: Variable Nozzle Mechanism."
Sterns and Abbott receive funding for Scripps project
Anthony Sterns, associate research scientist, and Katherine Abbott, executive director of the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $85,032 from Linked Senior Inc., pass- through funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for a project entitled "A Novel Tool for Integrating Resident Preferences for Improving Service Delivery and Satisfaction in Long-Term Care Settings."
Sherrill Sellers, associate dean, Amity Noltemeyer, dean, and Brian Schultz, associate dean, of the College of Education, Health and Society, received $163,675 from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce for the project entitled "Empower VetEd: Supporting Military in Miami University Educator Prep Programs."
Reidy project receives funding
Paul Reidy, assistant professor of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health, received $410,071 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases for the project "Influence of early life physical inactivity during a key period of postnatal development on adult muscle quality—from matrix to mortality."
Johnson receives funds from Ohio Department of Higher Education
Beth Johnson, director of Student Financial Assistance, received $727,500 from the Ohio Department of Higher Education for a project entitled "Governor's Merit Scholarship Fiscal Year 2025."
Cole recognized for commitment to teaching
Britt Cole, associate professor of Nursing, was recognized at the Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Connection (GC3) Annual Celebration of Teaching for her commitment to teaching and student success. As co-director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, she collaborates with the Regionals Dean's office to advance retention efforts and supports teaching excellence across Miami's campuses. In spring 2024, Cole also received the Full-time Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award at Miami University Regionals.
Hall, Lee serve as featured presenters
Daniel Hall, professor, and Jae-Seung Lee, assistant professor of Criminal Justice, were the featured presenters at a week-long comparative criminal justice program during the winter term of the Christ University School of Law in Delhi, India. Their sessions touched on policing and corrections systems, judges and the courts, due process, and criminal trials. Also included in their visit was a meeting with the National Human Rights Commission of India, and the opportunity to share Miami gear with course participants.
Steven Conn, W.E. Smith professor of History, authored the chapter “Dreaming in Detroit” for the book “Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories that Changed the World.” The book is a collaboration between Getty Images and Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, of which Conn is co-editor.
Lisa Ellram was named a WISE (Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence) Legend at the recent WISE Future Leaders Symposium. Ellram was one of six educators to be named a Legend this year.
Vendome co-authors award-winning paper
A paper co-authored by Christopher Vendome, associate professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, was selected as the Most Influential Paper (MIP) of Mining Software Repositories 2025 (MSR), an international conference. The paper, titled “Toward Deep Learning Software Repositories,” was originally presented at MSR 2015.
Ganiva Reyes, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry, was elected to serve as chair of the Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies SIG of the American Educational Research Association for a two-year term. Reyes also was selected to serve as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Educational Studies journal of the American Educational Studies Association, also a two-year appointment.
Racheal Banda, assistant professor; Ganiva Reyes, associate professor; and Kathy Batchelor, Miami University John Heckert Professor of the Department of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry recently published an article in the Teacher Educator Journal. The article, “A path forward: A critical race mixed methods study of social justice teacher education,” measures the impact of justice-oriented curriculum on pre-service teachers’ social justice dispositions and commitments to action in their future classrooms.
Seattle Children's Theatre awards funding to Omasta
Matt Omasta, professor and chair of Theatre, received $30,000 from the Seattle Children's Theatre for the project entitled "Impacts of Seattle Children's Theatres One & Five Program."
Miami pair earns funding from Ohio Environmental Education Fund
Corti earns funding from Ohio Space Grant Consortium
Giancarlo Corti, associate professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $23,400 from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium, pass-through funds from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for a project entitled "Synthesis and Characterization of High Carbon - PEEK Compounds by Pyrolysis."
Ohio Writing Project's Rimer receives funding
Beth Rimer, director of the Ohio Writing Project, received $47,000 from Community Initiatives for the project entitled "National Writing Project Grant Rimer 2024-2025."
Tyler receives funds from Brown, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bowblis receives funding from Johns Hopkins
Scripps Gerontology Center awarded funds for project
Robert Applebaum, senior research scholar, Jennifer Heston-Mullins, associate director of research, and John Bowblis, research fellow, of the Scripps Gerontology Center, received $74,976 from Ohio State University, pass-through funds from Ohio Department of Medicaid, for a project entitled "Evaluation of Ohio's MyCare Demonstration: Phase 2."
Trio earns funds from Wake Forest, Lilly Endowment Inc.
Rebecca Crews, associate teaching professor of Marketing, and Kerri Cissna and Greg Dern visiting assistant professors of Entrepreneurship, received $50,000 from Wake Forest University, with pass-through funds from Lilly Endowment Inc., for the project entitled "The Character of Entrepreneurship: Preparing Tomorrow's Entrepreneurial Leaders."
NSF awards funds to Graduate School
Michael Crowder, dean, and Jason Abbitt, acting associate dean of the Graduate School, received $212,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)."
Koo, Carter Hamilton receive funds for project
Jeong-Hoi Koo, professor, and Benjamin Carter Hamilton, associate professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received 270,000,000 Korean Won (about $198,801) from HUBIS Co., pass-through funds from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology, for a project entitled "Development of a Multiphysics Simulation Model for Laser Welding Applications."
TEACh Cincinnati receives support
Brian Schultz, associate dean for external relations and partnerships, and Amity Noltemeyer, interim dean of the College of Education, Health, and Society, received $415,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, of which $346,195 is for the project entitled "TEACh Cincinnati: Cincinnati-Based Support." The remaining awarded amount of $68,805 is designated for the evaluation portion of the project.
Shield, Green receive funds for project
Aaron Shield, associate professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology, and Jennifer Green, clinical professor of Psychology, received $433,438 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication for a project entitled "Attention Regulation Strategies Used by Deaf and Hearing Parents of Autistic Children."
Miami trio earns funds from NIST
Honglu Jiang, assistant professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering; James Walden, professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Marianne Murphy, professor of Computer and Information Technology; and Joseph Nwankpa, associate professor of Information Systems and Analytics, received $199,850 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for their project titled “Multidisciplinary Pathways to Cybersecurity Professionals.” Theirs is one of 15 cooperative agreements at education and community organizations in 11 states totaling nearly $3 million aimed at developing the workforce needed to defend the nation’s organizations and infrastructure from cybersecurity risks.
Rothe recognized as a Professional Development Innovator
Monica Rothe, academic success coordinator in the Tutoring and Learning Center, has been recognized as a Professional Development Innovator by Innovative Educators. She is the first (and to date the only) person from a Strategic Council Ohio Higher Education SOCHE member institution to complete all 12 professional development Microcredentials.
Jeff Kuznekoff, associate professor of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies, is co-author of “The Try Guys Try Image Repair: Apologia in the Age of Influencers and Digital Media,” published in the Western Journal of Communication. Co-authored with Leland Spencer, the article analyzes how the YouTube group The Try Guys dealt with a public relations crisis in 2022 and repaired their image afterward.
Jackson Albarrán publishes new book
Elena Jackson Albarrán, associate professor of History and Global and Intercultural Studies, is author of a new book published in September, “Good Neighbor Empires: Children and Cultural Capital in the Americas” (Brill). The book brings together the metaphorical and real representations of children in the cultural politics of inter-American relations in the 1930s and 1940s.
Walden wins Test of Time Award
Walden, Jeff Stuckman, and Riccardo Scandariato were honored for their work “Predicting Vulnerable Components: Software Metrics vs Text Mining.”
Baessler represents Miami at Great Lakes procurement conference
Teale published in meteorology journal
Wang receives grant from NIBIB
Scott named senior member of National Academy of Inventors
Miami faculty members earn grant from NIST
Gregory presents research at conference in D.C.
Meeken earns award, also published in Art Education Journal
Johnson receives grant to support book project research
Hamlin, League of Women Voters partner with Broadway musical
Miami students earn journalism awards
Sean Scott of The Miami Student won the Best Student Reporter category, with Venessa Konadu of the Oxford Observer and Olivia Patel of The Miami Student earning finalist designations.
Raquel Hirsch and Patel also won for Best Student Podcast for work on the People and Policies podcast, while Jessica Opfer won the Best Student Special Project category.
Hunger project earns funds from American Psychological Foundation
Knoll receives funding from Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Ohio Public Works Commission awards Libby funding
Sidebottom, Reiff project receives funds
Sustainability institute director receives funds from Mud Run Conservancy
Moore earns funding for two projects
Richard Moore, associate professor of Biology, received $19,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a project entitled "Untangling the Taxonomic Relationships Between Two Petitioned Pitcher Plants in the Sarracenia Rubra Species Complex, Sarracenia Rubra ssp. Gulfensis and Sarracenia Rubra ssp. wherryi." Moore also received $21,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a project entitled "Field Surveys and Analyses of Population Differences for In- and ex-situ Conservation of Federally Endangered Harper's Beauty (Harperocallis flava)."
Applebaum, Nelson receive funds for project
Alumasa project earns funds from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Jezkova awarded funds from United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Radke receives grant from National Institute on Drug Abuse
Kimiecik earns Cortland alumni honor
The Miami Student wins several state awards
The Miami Student won six out of the 1o journalism awards offered to collegiate newspapers at the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best Journalism Contest this summer. The Miami Student placed second in the Best College Newspaper category. The Student’s sports section took first and second place in the Best College Sports Writing category, with winning pieces from Jack Schmelzinger and Kethan Babu. Austin Smith placed first in Best College News Writing with his environmental focus on reporting through The Student’s GreenHawks section, Meredith Perkins ranked first for Best College Opinion Writing, and Reagan Rude took second place in Best College Feature Writing.
An awards ceremony was held for the competition on Aug. 24 in Cleveland.
Capt. Lamphear serves as keynote speaker
Miami University Students visit AmCham
Miami students studying in Luxembourg recently visited the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg (AMCHAM). Chairman Paul Schonenberg discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by international people living and working in Luxembourg, the story of the creation and development of AMCHAM in Luxembourg and his personal career development and life lessons from living and working in Luxembourg for 30 years.
$3 million donation to help Altman Institute's L.I.F.E. grow
In just four years, Miami University’s L.I.F.E. (Leading the Integration of Faith & Entrepreneurship) initiative has evolved from a back-of-the-napkin idea into an expanding program focused on studying the relationship between faith and entrepreneurship through rigorous academic research, a course taught in the Farmer School of Business, a student organization, and an international research conference.
The initial work has been so impressive that an anonymous donor is providing a $3 million gift to increase L.I.F.E.’s funding, from initial seed money to a substantial endowment approaching $5 million.
Anna-Katharina Lenz paper published in Journal of Politics