Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean
of the Graduate School
Summary of Monthly Activity for
January 2007
George R. Newkome, Vice President for Research and Dean, Graduate School
Sharon McWhorter, Interim Director, Research Services and Sponsored Programs
Kenneth G. Preston, Associate Vice President for Research; Director, Technology Transfer
Wayne H. Watkins, Associate Vice President for Research; Treasurer, University of Akron Research Foundation
July 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007
Awards for all externally funded research and other sponsored programs: $14,249,115
Number of funded projects:
254
Project submissions:
Number of submissions:
Dollar Amount of Awards
To-Date
$14,249,115 (-40.2%)
Dollar Amount of Submissions
To-Date
$117,027,028 (+75.7%)
$117,027,028
395
Comparative Awards and Submissions
-Dollars-
January 31, 2006
$23,814,763
$120,000,000
Jan
$100,000,000
January 31, 2006
$66,591,566
$80,000,000
$60,000,000
Number of Awards
To-Date
254 (+0.4%)
Number of Submissions
To-Date
395 (+3.1%)
$40,000,000
January 31, 2006
253
$0
January 31, 2006
383
20.8%
NASA
NEH
DHHS
1.1%
7.1%
05-06 To-Date
06-07 To Date
05-06 To-Date
06-07 To Date
Aw ards
Aw ards
Submissions
Submissions
Comparative Awards and Submissions
-Numbers-
Dollar Amount of Federal Awards
To-Date
$8,106,166
Dollar Amount of Federal Submissions
To-Date
$46,524,361
NSF
Jan
$20,000,000
400
Jan
300
Jan
200
DOC
1.7%
DOD
100
10.2%
6.0%
0
05-06 To-Date
06-07 To-Date
05-06 To-Date
06-07 To Date
Aw ards
Aw ards
Submissions
Submissions
Licensing Revenue
DOE
Fed pass-through
24.9%
STATE
ED
4.3%
11.6%
2006-07 Federal Awards Distribution
12.2%
January 2007
Licensing Revenue
$11,212
compared to
$2,500
in January 2006
2006-07 To-Date
2006-2007
$5,441,852
$6,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
2005-2006
$387,638
Research Services and Sponsored Programs Activity Report
January 2007
January 2007
Current Period
Count
Amount
2006-2007
Year-To-Date
January 2006
Count
Amount
Count
Amount
2005-2006
Year-To-Date
Count
Amount
Awards
Arts & Sciences
Business Admin
Education
Engineering
Fine & Applied Arts
Nursing
Poly Sci & Poly Engr
Law
Summit College
University College
Wayne College
Other University Units
Total Awards
UARF AWARDS
included in above totals
6
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
$304,476
$0
$0
$250,573
$0
$0
$58,704
$0
$0
$0
$0
$42,921
96
2
17
43
20
5
33
0
9
0
10
19
$3,318,711
$9,235
$3,308,299
$2,134,233
$368,860
$550,237
$2,983,539
$0
$38,205
$0
$67,396
$1,470,400
21
2
5
7
3
2
4
0
0
0
1
4
$847,288
$6,924
$155,565
$211,089
$22,000
$121,420
$394,040
$0
$0
$0
$1,300
$79,800
112
5
15
35
22
8
29
1
7
0
5
14
$6,885,638
$16,626
$2,405,925
$1,782,485
$1,066,520
$1,037,322
$9,265,621
$14,000
$22,618
$0
$69,857
$1,248,151
15
$656,674
254
$14,249,115
49
$1,839,426
253
$23,814,763
5
$119,537
19
$670,563
6
$77,600
19
$595,867
January 2007
Current Period
Count
Amount
2006-2007
Year-to-Date
Count
Amount
January 2006
Count
Amount
2005-2006
Year-To-Date
Count
Amount
Proposals
Arts & Sciences
Business Admin
Education
Engineering
Fine & Applied Arts
Nursing
Poly Sci & Poly Engr
Law
Summit College
University College
Wayne College
Other University Units
Total Proposals
UARF PROPOSALS
included in above totals
15
0
0
9
0
4
7
0
0
0
0
3
$5,022,223
$0
$123,610
$2,541,700
$0
$18,886
$4,376,373
$0
$0
$0
$0
$42,921
38
$12,125,713
5
$1,013,468
121
3
26
98
23
12
66
2
11
0
9
24
$21,341,228
$12,175
$4,300,854
$29,082,686
$1,836,218
$394,997
$55,478,527
$36,000
$974,767
$0
$111,061
$3,458,515
31
1
8
21
4
2
11
0
0
0
1
4
$9,310,533
$6,924
$1,055,021
$3,360,689
$35,389
$0
$2,891,130
$0
$0
$0
$947,045
$2,413,036
136
4
29
88
21
9
58
1
8
0
6
23
$18,254,766
$17,638
$3,717,798
$26,042,317
$580,905
$106,300
$12,919,116
$14,000
$59,618
$0
$1,034,533
$3,844,575
395 $117,027,028
83
$20,019,767
383
$66,591,566
10
$250,832
34
$2,374,892
32
$5,019,205
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean, Graduate School
January 2007—Page 2
Research Services and Sponsored Programs
Awards By College
Award
Date
Sponsor
January 2007
Project T itle
Principal Investigator/
Co-PI(s) [Italics]
%
Effort
Department
T otal
Award
BUCHTEL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
01/12/2007
City of Barberton, Ohio
Internship for Bobby Oliver, SP07
Kent, Robert B.
Geography and
Planning
100%
$4,824
01/19/2007
National Security Agency
Aspects of Harmonic Analysis of P-adic Groups
Adler, Jeffrey D.
100%
$16,150
01/23/2007
National Science Foundation
Renovation of Field Station for Teaching and Research: Mitchell, Randall Jose
Bath Field House
Mathematics,
T heoretical and
Applied
Biology
100%
$271,612
01/29/2007
DuPont Company
NMR Analysis
Rinaldi, Peter L.
Chemistry
100%
$5,000
01/31/2007
Davey Resource Group
Internship for Sanhita Chattopadhyay, SP07
Kent, Robert B.
Geography and
Planning
100%
$3,445
01/31/2007
Davey Resource Group
Internship for Annette Glatzhofer, SP07
Kent, Robert B.
Geography and
Planning
100%
$3,445
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
01/22/2007
Ohio Department of T ransportation Landslide Hazard Rating Matrix and Database, Phase I
and II (continuation)
Liang, Robert Y.
Civil Engineering
100%
$130,573
01/26/2007
Merck & Co., Inc. *
Optimization of Extrusion Performance for
Pharmaceutical Compounding
Lopina, Stephanie T .
Chemical Engineering
100%
$40,000
01/31/2007
Ohio Coal Development Office
Coal-Based Fuel Cell
Chuang, Steven S.
Chemical Engineering
100%
$80,000
COLLEGE OF POLYMER SCIENCE AND POLYMER ENGINEERING
01/18/2007
DAP Products, Inc. *
New Curing Technologies for Caulk
Soucek, Mark
Institute for Polymer
Engineering
100%
$35,000
01/26/2007
University Innovations Ventures *
Project Tall Tree
Drummond, Jerry E.
Institute for Polymer
Engineering
100%
$8,704
01/29/2007
T oyobo Co., Ltd. *
Unrestricted Gift in the Field of Polyester Films
White, James L.
Institute for Polymer
Engineering
100%
$15,000
Materials Investigation Research
Internship for Tsui-Hsun Lin, SP07
Internship for Ayca Ertekin, SP/SUM07
(Feb.-July 2007)
Preston, Ken
T ausig, Mark
T ausig, Mark
UARF
Graduate School
Graduate School
100%
100%
100%
$20,833
$7,538
$14,550
OTHER UNIVERSITY UNITS
01/04/2007
01/17/2007
01/25/2007
RPM *
Precision Made Products
OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
* University of Akron Research Foundation Award
# Interdisciplinary Award
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean, Graduate School
January 2007—Page 3
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON RESEARCH FOUNDATION
EXECUTIVE LICENSE SUMMARY
January 2007
UARF participated in various activities which fostered the development of new relationships and
agreements. However, this activity did not result in the execution of any new license or license option
agreements during January 2007.
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean, Graduate School
January 2007—Page 4
January 2007
Disclosures
of Invention
39
37
40
US Patents
Filed
22
30
15
20
10
US Patents
Issued
7
5
0
2005-2006 To-Date
2006-2007 To-Date
Disclosures of Invention
(January 2007: 2)
Disclosure
Number
Title
Inventor(s)
671
Learning through Gaming
Ellen Perduyn
672
Reactive Diluents
M ark Soucek and Kosin
Wutticharoenwong
Patents Filed
Disclosure
Number
Application Type
637
Provisional
(January 2007: 1)
Patent Title
Inventor(s)
Carbon-filled Polymer Composite Bipolar Plates
for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Sadhan C. Jana and Ling Du
Patents Issued
U.S.Patent
No.
Issue Date
(January 2007: 3)
Patent Title
Inventor(s)
7,147,694
December 12, 2006
Fibrous Media Utilizing Temperature Gradient
and Methods of Use Thereof
Darrell H. Reneker, Wenxia Liu,
and Alexander L. Yarin
7,157,548
January 2, 2007
Polymerization of Oxiranes with a LithiumContaining Initiator
Roderic P. Quirk and Robert T.
M athers
7,163,334
January 16, 2007
Method and Apparatus for Mixing Fibers
George G. Chase, Darrell H.
Reneker, Ketan M ehta, and
Srihari Rangarajan
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January 2007—Page 5