Top Research Picks

(Selected projects from various colleges, campuses across the OSU System)

Advanced Manufacturing and Nano Materials

Advanced Ceramics, Thermal Aspects of Manufacturing Processes, Laser-Assisted Material Processes, High-Speed Machining, MD Simulation of Nanometric Cutting and Tribology (Ranga Komanduri)

Agriculture

Wheat Breeding Project (Brett Carver)
Turfgrass Breeding Project (Charles Taliaferro)

Analgesic and Pain Management

Equine Medicine and Surgery (Carolynn T. MacAllister)

Applied Mathematics

Modeling tornadoes and quasi-geostrophic flows (Jiahong Wu)

Bioengineering

Using Biological Processes and Adult Stem Cells to Search for Cures to Devastating Illnesses, New Materials and Alternative Energy Sources (Heather Fahlenkamp and Sundararajan V. Madihally)

Biofuels

Foxtail millet (Andrew Doust)
Switchgrass Project (Raymond Huhnke)

Biomedical

Morgellon's Disease (Randy S. Wymore)

Biotechnology

Antibacterial Drug Screening Project (William Barrow)
Ovarian Cancer Treatment Project (K. Darrell Berlin)

Botany

Arabidopsis Genome Research (David W. Meinke)
Protein regulation of plant reproductive development (Ming Yang)
Virus-induced gene 'silencing' in maize plants (Kay Scheets)

Chemistry

Metallo-organic chemistry (Allen Apblett)
Polymers and nuclear magnetic resonance (Jeffery L. White)

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Developing the Next Generation Enterprise Modeling Frameworks and Languages for Business Models and Technical Processes (Manjunath Kamath)

Computer Science

Computer Security (Mark Weiser)
Network Security (Johnson P. Thomas)

Consumer Behavior

Apparel and Interior Merchandising (Hebert, Lee, Richards, Stall-Meadows, Swinney)
Hospitality (Njite, Scott-Halsell, Slevitch, Qu)

Diagnostic Virology and Pathogenesis

Molecular Characterization and Comparison of Primate Viruses (Richard W. Eberle)
Immune Responses in the Pulmonary and Central Nervous Systems (Jerry W. Ritchey)

Disaster Recovery

Tsunami Recovery Project (Dave Neal)
Trauma, disaster, and resilience (Bishop, M. Brosi, Henderson, Hendrix, Morris, Schwerdtfeger)

Ecology

Aquatic Toxicology and Pollution (Joseph Bidwell)
Environmental Stress, Wildlife Toxicology (Scott McMurry)
Phylogenetic Relationships of Bats (Ronald Van Den Bussche)

Education

NASA Project (Steve Marks)
DAC Project (Sandra Goetze)

Energy

Biofuels Project (Ray Huhnke)
Geothermal Heat Pump Project (James Bose)
Field Modulated Generator System (R. G. Ramakumar)
National Program to Perform No-Cost Energy Audits for Small to Medium Sized Industries (William Kolarik)

Entrepreneurship

Enrepreneurship and small business(Bartholomew, Hebert, Morton, Stall-Meadows, Swinney)

Environmental

Aquatic Toxicology and Pollution (Joseph Bidwell)
Building and Environmental Thermal Systems Projects (D. E. Fisher, J. D. Spitler)
Environmental Stress, Wildlife Toxicology (Scott McMurry)
Phylogenetic Relationships of Bats (Ronald Van Den Bussche)

Exercise Physiology

Study of Physiology Associated with Fatigue Using Sled Dogs as models (Michael Davis)

Finance

Risk Management; Markets; Corporate Governance (Janice Jadlow)

Food Safety

Food and Ag Products Projects (J. Roy Escoubas)

Forensic Science

Expertise of Forensic Dentistry Used in Criminal Proceedings and Mass Disasters (R. Thomas Glass)

Geography

Paleobiomes and Paleopastures Program (Carlos Cordova)
Rubber Tapping Industry in the Rainforest of Brazil (Jacqueline Vadjunec)

Geothermal Heat Pumps

Advanced Technology of Geothermal Heat Pump Connected Systems (James Bose)

Health

Neuroscience (Kenneth Miller, Doris Patneau)
Rural Medicine

Homeland Security

Rapid Detection Methods (James Harmon)

Human Development and Family Science

Family contributions to positive health and well-being (Bishop, M. Brosi, W. Brosi, Cox, Gardner,
Henry, Hubbs-Tait, Johnston, Larzelere, Merten, Shreffler, Schwerdtfeger)
Parenting and parent-child relations: (Cox, Criss, Harrist, Henry, Hubbs-Tait, Jones, Larzelere,Merten, Morris, Richardson, Topham, Wilson)

Logistics and Distribution

Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis (Ricki G. Ingalls)

Management

Entrepreneurship; Leadership (Ken Eastman)

Management Information Systems

Making Sense of Data; Managing Email Overload (Institute for Research in Information Systems)

Manufacturing

New Product Development Center (L. L. Hoberock)

Marketing

Social Marketing; Customer Orientation (Josh Weiner)

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Initiatives (Warren Ford)

Neuroscience

Glutamate metabolism (Kenneth Miller)
Modulation of AMPA Receptors (Doris Patneau)

Neurotoxicology

Cholinergic Toxicology (Carey Pope)

Nutrition

Dietary bioactive compounds and functional foods in human health and disease (Basu, Lucas,Kuvibidila, Smith, Stoecker)
Obesity prevention and food/lifestyle behaviors (Betts, Basu, Harrist, Hildebrand, Hubbs-Tait,Kennedy, Merten, Parker, Phelps, Shriver, Topham)
Micronutrients in health and development (Clarke, Hermann, Kennedy, Lucas, Smith, Stoecker)

Probiotics

Improving Feed Efficiency (Stanley Gilliland)

Protein Structures

Protein Structures and Functions (Chang-An Yu)

Psychology

Language Processing (Sheila Kennison)

Pulmonary Disease

Lung Biology (Lin Liu)

Radiation Detection

Matroshka; Radiation Badge/OSL Technique (Stephen McKeever, Eduardo Yukihara)

Real-Time Distributed Systems

Computations in response to Events to Produce the Correct Results at the Correct Time
(Martin Hagan)

Robotics

Development of Applied Robotics Systems (L. Hoberock)

Sensors

Greenseeker (John B. Solie, Marvin Stone)
Biosensor Development (Jerry Malayer, Ken Clinkenbeard)

Signal Processing

Signal Processing (R. K. Yarlagadda)

Sociology

Environmental justice (Tamara Mix)

Space

Dating of Martian Soil (Stephen McKeever, Eduardo Yukihara)

Speech and Audio Processing

Digitization, Processing, Analysis and Synthesis, Display and Playback of Audio Bandwith Signals; Real-Time Algorithm Development on Signal Processing Development Systems (Keith Teague)

Sustainability

Sustainability and social responsibility (Bartholomew, Drab, Farr, Hebert, Kang, Njite, Scott-Halsell, Slevitch, Stall-Meadows)

Textiles

Functional and protective apparel development and testing (Farr, Morton, Peksoz, Petrova)

Topology

Geometry of the Mapping Class Group (Joseph Maher)

Tourism

Economic Impact (Leong, Njite, Qu, Scott-Halsell)

Trauma

Trauma, disaster, and resilience (Bishop, M. Brosi, Henderson, Hendrix, Morris, Schwerdtfeger)

Ultrafast Terahertz-Optoelectronics

The Technology of Microscopic Fabrication with Existing Laser Expertise to Solve Real, Immediate, and Practical Problems (Grischkowsky, Cheville, Weili, and Zhang)

Ultraprecision Surfaces

Techniques such as Nanocutting, Ultraprecision Machining, and Chemomechanical Polishing (D. A. Lucca)

Ultrapure Water Research

Computer Programs to Predict the Performance of Water Processing Equipment (Gary Foutch)

Veterinary Medicine

Shipping Fever (Anthony Confer)
Tick Borne Diseases (Katherine Kocan, Jose de la Fuente)

Visual Communication and Image Processing

Statistical Image Modeling and Processing, Application for Remote Sensing and Medical Imaging and Internet-Based Visual Communication (Xin Fan)

Wind Power

Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative (Stephen Stadler)

Web Handling Research

Technologies Applicable to the Transport and Control of Continuous-Strip Materials (Karl Reid)

Zoology

Aquatic Toxicology and Pollution (Joseph Bidwell)
Environmental Stress, Wildlife Toxicology (Scott McMurry)
Phylogenetic Relationships of Bats (Ronald Van Den Bussche)

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