2000-2001 President's Research Grant Winners
In this year's competition, we had 21 submissions from 42 faculty members representing 13 academic units. This was a wonderful response from the NSU community and it shows how eager faculty are to involve themselves in professional development activities.
The quality of all of the proposals submitted by the faculty was stellar and the process of selecting the eventual award winners was quite difficult. So close was the competition, that President Ferrero decided to expand the number of winners this year from an initial group of 6 to the final cohort of 9. That was just how good these proposals were.
This has truly been a remarkable event for our fine university. Our honoring the faculty winners is just the start of this annual event. With the support of the Board of Trustees and the Deans of Nova Southeastern University, we will continue to build upon this inaugural award. It is President Ferrero's hope that, in the years to come, NSU will be able to increase the amount of awards and money given in support of faculty scholarship and research. This is an investment not only in our faculty, but also into the enrichment of our students' academic lives and in the improvement of our great university.
In this year's competition, we had 21 submissions from 42 faculty members representing 13 academic units. This was a wonderful response from the NSU community and it shows how eager faculty are to involve themselves in professional development activities.
The quality of all of the proposals submitted by the faculty was stellar and the process of selecting the eventual award winners was quite difficult. So close was the competition, that President Ferrero decided to expand the number of winners this year from an initial group of 6 to the final cohort of 9. That was just how good these proposals were.
This has truly been a remarkable event for our fine university. Our honoring the faculty winners is just the start of this annual event. With the support of the Board of Trustees and the Deans of Nova Southeastern University, we will continue to build upon this inaugural award. It is President Ferrero's hope that, in the years to come, NSU will be able to increase the amount of awards and money given in support of faculty scholarship and research. This is an investment not only in our faculty, but also into the enrichment of our students' academic lives and in the improvement of our great university.
A Behavioral Intervention for HIV-Positive Individuals with Insomnia Complaints
Reports of sleep complaints among HIV+persons have ranged from 14% to 79%. Furthermore, studies have established the presence of sleep disorders independent of psychological causes such as...
A basic research program in marine invertebrate calcification, and a related collaborative lecture and hands-on labs series with the University School is proposed utilizing the recently acquired...
Cobalt Nanoclusters as Carbonylation Catalysts
The broad, long-term objectives of this project are to develop a nanocatalyst for metal-catalyzed carbonylation of alkenes. Each year, in the US over 4 mission tons of chemicals are made using...
Design of Collaborative Learning Environments: Building Community on the Web
The conversion of traditional classes to online media has proven surprisingly difficulty. In most cases, instructors have failed to take full advantage of the power of the Internet. As a result,...
Diagnosis of Parasitic Infection by Surrogate Methods in Rural Communities of Guatemala
This project is the first part of a series of related studies to be performed during repeated NSU DOCARE Student Chapter Missions to Guatemala. It was suggested by observations made on the Mission...
The aim of this investigation is to explore internal factors (emotional regulation, coping, beliefs and expectations regarding the transition) and external resources (social support, role...
Tear Protein Adhesion to Contact Lenses and Lens Storage Vials
Over the past two years we have been investigating the adhesion of tear proteins to contact lenses. We have determined that tear proteins adhere to some types of contact lenses more than others,...
Use of Chirps for Electrophysiologic Assessment of Hearing in the Lower Range
The purposed study applies a novel use for the type of acoustic signal, called a "chirp", to elicit an electrophysiologic response. Electrophysiologic testing involves the measurement of...
Vision Screening of Pre-School Children at Nova Southeastern University
It is well established that the earlier the treatment of some eye disorders, such as amblyopia and strabismus, the better chance there is to prevent a permanent loss of visual acuity and...