Gruia-Catalin Roman, Ph.D., the Harold B. and Adelaide G. Welge Professor of Computer Science and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Christopher D. Gill, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, received a three-year, $754,600 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Adaptive Systems for Collaboration in Multi-mode Mobile Environments.” …
Daniel E. Giammar, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil engineering, has received a five-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research titled “Interfacial Reactions Affecting Heavy Metal Fate and Transport: An Integrated Research and Education Plan.” …
Carol Diaz-Granados, Ph.D., research associate in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $21,000 grant from the Lannan Foundation for an interdisciplinary project to study the 1,000-year-old drawings in Picture Cave. Her latest book, The Rock-Art of Eastern North America, Capturing Images and Insight, was just selected as an “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice Magazine. …
Lynn Imergoot, associate director of intramurals, presented the program”Writing for the MOAHPERD Journal,” at the recent convention of the Missouri Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Imergoot presented the program with Kathleen M. Haywood, Ph.D., a WUSTL alum who serves as co-editor of the Journal.