Ken Yamaguchi, M.D., professor of orthopaedic surgery, was elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He will serve the academy as member-at-large. …
Robert Pless, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a $70,845 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CAREER: Passive Vision — What Can Be Learned by a Stationary Observer.” Contingent upon availability of funds, the grant continues the next year up to 2010 at different funding levels. …
Randy Korotev, Ph.D., research associate of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $222,000 grant from NASA for research titled “Origin of Impact Glass in the Lunar Regolith.” …
Ramesh Agarwal, Ph.D., William Palm Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has received a three-year, $26,965 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for “Computation of Hypersonic Shock Wave flows of Multi-component Reactive Gas Mixtures Using the Generalized Boltzmann Equation.”