18
Compendium — Winter 2014
Dr. Richard Marklin
Dr. Mark Nagurka
Published: “Using Remote Access for Sharing Experiences in a Machine Design Laboratory,” World Engineering Education Forum, (September 2013), with Dr. Jay Goldberg, Department of Biomedical Engineering; and graduate student Fernando Rodriguez-Anton. Published: “Aquaponics: A Sustainable Food Production System that Provides Research Projects for Undergraduate Engineering Students,” World Engineering Education Forum, (2013), with Dr. Margaret Mathison, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Brooke Mayer, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering; Dr. Mark Nagurka, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Vikram Cariapa, Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Jay Schabelski. Published: “Freehand Sketching for Engineers: A Pilot Study,” American Society for Engineering Education, ( June 2013), with Dr. Jay Goldberg, Department of Biomedical Engineering; and Dr. Mark Nagurka, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Published: “Discovery Learning Experiments in a New Machine Design Laboratory,” American Society of Engineering Education, ( June 2013), with graduate student Fernando Rodriguez-Anton. Published: see entry for Dr. Jay Goldberg, Department of Biomedical Engineering. Published: see entries for Dr. Richard Marklin, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Presented: “Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations,” American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Atlanta, June 24, 2013.
Professor
Dr. Margaret Mathison Assistant Professor
Published: see entry for Dr. Richard Marklin, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Published: “Modeling and Testing of an R23/R134a Mixed Refrigerant System for Low Temperature Refrigeration,” ASHRAE Papers CD: 2013 ASHRAE Annual Conference, (2013), pp DE-13-C044, with Dr. Anthony Bowman, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Presented: “Modeling and Testing of an R23/R134a Mixed Refrigerant System for Low Temperature Refrigeration,” Annual Conference, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, June 24, 2013, Denver, with Dr. Anthony Bowman, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Murray Blackmore
Associate Professor
Dr. Nicholas Nigro
College of Health Sciences Dr. William Cullinan Dean and Professor
Published: “Primary Blast Traumatic Brain Injury in the Rat: Relating Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Behavior,” Frontiers in Neurology, Vol. 4, No. 154 (October 2013), with A. Shah, M. McCrea, F. Pintar and B. Stempter. Presented: “Untangling the Brain’s Stress Circuitry: Hierarchical Control of Stress Responsiveness and Implications for Health and Disease,” International Society for Neurofeedback Research, Dallas, September 2013.
Professor Emeritus
Published: see entry for Dr. Stephen Heinrich, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Presented: see entries for Dr. Stephen Heinrich, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.
Dr. James Rice
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Published: see entry for Dr. Jay Goldberg, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Joseph Schimmels
Professor and Associate Dean for Research Grant: $199,733, “Development of a Passive Prosthetic Ankle with Mechanical Performance that Matches that of a Natural Ankle,” U.S. Department of Education, with Dr. Philip Voglewede, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Philip Voglewede Associate Professor
Grant: $39,693, “Updating ‘Payload’ Models for New Style Electric Rope Shovels,” Joy Global. Grant: $26,797, “Weld Breaking Energy Optimization,” Cooper Power Systems, Inc. Grant: see entry for Dr. Joseph Schimmels, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Dr. David Baker
Associate Chair and Professor
Grant: see entry for Dr. John Mantsch, Department of Biomedical Sciences. Published: “Corticosterone Acts in the Nucleus Accumbens to Enhance Dopamine Signaling and Potentiate Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking,” Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 33, No. 29 ( July 2013), p 11,800, with Dr. Robert Wheeler, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dr. Jayme McReynolds, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dr. Daniel Wheeler, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dr. John Mantsch, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dr. Paul Gasser, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Amanda Ebben, Department of Biomedical Sciences; graduate student Jonathan Hill, graduate student Mykel Robble and graduate student Oliver Vranjkovic. Presented: “Probing Outside of the Synapse to Understand and Treat Psychiatric Disorders,” Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Mont., October 2013.
Dr. Murray Blackmore Assistant Professor
Grant: $329,209, “Functional Testing of KLF7 in Spinal Cord Injury: An Optogenetic Approach,” National Institutes of Health, with Dr. Michelle Mynlieff, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Robert Wheeler, Department of Biomedical Sciences. Grant: $100,000, “Combinatorial KLF7-Based Strategies to Promote CNS Axon Regeneration,” Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. Presented: “Gene Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury: Progress and Challenges,” Working 2 Walk, Unite 2 Fight Paralysis, Boston, October 2013. Presented: “Functional Testing of Candidate Therapeutic Genes in the Injured Corticospinal Tract,” ISRT Network Meeting, International Spinal Research Trust, London, September 2013.
Dr. SuJean Choi
Associate Professor
Published: “Intrahypothalamic Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptide Regulates Energy Balance Via Site-Specific Actions on Feeding and Metabolism,” American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism, (November 2013), with Brian Maunze, Department of Biomedical Sciences; undergraduate student Adriana Gerhardt, undergraduate student Magnuson Samuel and undergraduate student Kailynn Phillips.
Amanda Ebben
Research Technician
Published: see entry for Dr. David Baker, Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Jennifer Evans Assistant Professor
Published: “Health Consequences of Circadian Disruption in Humans and Animal Models,” Chronobiology: Biological Timing in Health and Disease, Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, Vol. 199 (2013), pp 283-323, with Alec Davidson. Published: “SCN Astrocytes Modulate the Circadian Clock in Response to TNF-,” Journal of Immunology, (September 2013), with M. Leone, N. Paladino, O. Castanon-Cervantes, A. Davidson and D. Golombek. Published: “Environmental Circadian Disruption Elevates the LPS-induced IL-6 Response Rhythm in Whole Blood,” Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 28, No. 4 (August 2013), pp 272-277, with O. Castanon-Cervantes and A. Davidson. Presented: “Dynamic Interactions Mediated by Non-redundant Signaling Mechanisms Couple Circadian Clock Neurons;” Presented: “Dynamic Interactions Mediated by Non-redundant Signaling Mechanisms Couple Circadian Clock Neurons;” Chronobiology Gordon Research Seminar, Gordon Research Conferences, Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I., July 2013. Presented: “Network-level Plasticity in SCN Function,” The Midwestern Chronobiology Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., September 2013.
Dr. Paul Gasser
Associate Professor
Published: see entry for Dr. David Baker, Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Marieke Gilmartin Assistant Professor
Published: “Prefrontal Cortex Links Non-overlapping Events in Memory,” Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 33, No. 26 ( June 2013), pp 10,910-10,914. Elected: Pavlovian Society, September 2013 to September 2015.
Dr. Laurieann Klockow Clinical Assistant Professor
Published: “The HIV-1 Protein Vpr Targets the Endoribonuclease Dicer for Proteasomal Degradation to Boost Macrophage Infection,” Virology, ( July 2013), with Hamayun Sharifi, Xiaoyun Wen, Meg Flagg, Andrea Furuya, Michael Nekorchuk and Carlos deNoronha.