Books

WINTER 2011

Recent Publications Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Cory Bolkan (Human Development) Chaney, E., Rubenstein, L., Liu, C., Yano, E., Bolkan, C., Lee, M., Simon, B., Lanto, A., Felker, B., and Uman, J. Implementing Collaborative Care for Depression Treatment in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Practice Redesign. Implementation Science, 2011, Vol. 6 doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-121. The authors developed a collaborative care approach with nurse case management to improve primary care for depression within Veterans Affairs (VA). This study tested the effectiveness of the model as implemented and assessed the contextual factors shaping intervention effectiveness.

Campbell, D.G., Bonner, L.B., Bolkan, C., Chaney, E., Felker, B., Sherman, S., and Rubenstein, L. Suicide Risk Management: Development and Analysis of a Telephone-Based Approach to Patient Safety. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2011, Vol. 1.3 372-383 doi: 10.1007/s13142-011-0055-x. Human subjects review requires suicide risk management (SRM) protocols to protect patients, yet minimal information exists to guide researchers protocol development and implementation efforts. The purpose of this study was to examine the development and implementation of an SRM protocol employed during telephone-based screening and data collection interviews of depressed primary care patients.

David Chiu (Computer Science) Chiu, D., Hall, T., and Kabir, F., et al. Analyzing Costs and Optimizations for an Elastic Key-Value Store on Amazon Web Services. The International Journal of Next-Generation Computing, 2011, 2:2. Special Issue on Cloud Computing.

Vignesh, R., Wenjing, M., Chiu, D., and Agrawal, G. Compiler and Runtime Support for Enabling Reduction Computations on Heterogeneous

Systems. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2011, 23:17.

Corrales, F., Chiu, D., and Sawin, J. Variable Length Compression for Bitmap Indices. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA11: 381-395.

Bicer, T., Chiu, D., and Agrawal, G. A Framework for Data-Intensive Computing with Cloud Bursting. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cluster Computing, Cluster11: 169-177.

Chiu, D., Hall, T., Kabir, F., and Agrawal, G. Keyword Search Support for Automating Scientific Workflow Composition. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM11: 571-572.

Deanna Day-Wiff (Education) Ward, B., and Day, D. Keeping Hope Alive: Reading and Discussing Adolescent Novels and Modern-Day Miracles. In M. Napoli and Yanika-Agbaw eds., African and African American Childrens and Adolescent Literature in the Classroom: A Critical Guide. Peter Lang Publishers, 2011. The authors organized a lunch bunch or literature discussions in a rural Louisiana middle school and analyzed the discussions.

Marcelo Diversi (Human Development) Moreira, C., and Diversi, M. Missing Bodies: Troubling the Colonial Landscape of American Academia. Text and Performance Quarterly, 2011, 31: 229-248.

Michael Dunn (Teaching and Learning) Dunn, M.W. Ask, Reflect, Text: Illustrating Story Plans with Art. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011, 25.4: 376-389.

Recent Publications continued Journal Articles and Book Chapters Linda Eddy (Nursing) White, D., Kaplan, L., and Eddy, L.L. Characteristics of Patients Who Return to the Emergency Department within 72 Hours in One Community Hospital. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 2011, 32.4: 1-10. *Note-this was a study done with a masters student, who is first author.

Gisela Ernst-Slavit (Teaching and Learning) Ernst-Slavit, G., and Mason, M. Words That Hold Us Up: Teacher Talk and Academic Language in Five Upper Elementary Classrooms. Linguistics and Education, 2011, 22: 430-440.

Linda Frederiksen (Library) Frederiksen L., Cummings, J., Cummings, L., and Carroll, D. Ebooks and Interlibrary Loan: Licensed to Fill? Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve, 2011, 21.3: 117-131. A survey was used to explore the implications of ebook licensing and interlibrary loan use.

Goodson, K.A., and Frederiksen, L. E-Reserves in Transition: Exploring New Possibilities in E-Reserves Service Delivery. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve, 2011, 21.1: 33-56. This environmental scan of selected academic libraries across the U.S. discusses institutions that have changed or discontinued e-reserves services.

Candice Goucher (History) Goucher, C., and Walton, L., Historia Mundial: Journadas do Passado ao Presente. Sao Paulo, Brasil: Penso, 2011. This is the Portuguese translation of the authors thematic world history. They examine major themes in the human experience, including migration, technology and environment, cultural memory, inequality, and religion, from earliest times to

the present, in order to explore the historical roots of contemporary issues.

Candice Goucher (History) Goucher, C., and Agorsah, K., Excavating the Roots of Resistance: The Significance of Maroons in Jamaica Archaeology. In Out of Many, One People: The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Jamaica, eds., Delle, J., Hauser, M., and Armstrong, D., Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2011, chapter 8. Using archaeological evidence from multiple sites in Jamaica and Suriname, this study examines the key elements of resistance movements in the African cultural and technological record.

Barry Hewlett (Anthropology) Hill, K.R., Walker, R., Mozicevic, M., Eder, J., Headland, T., Hewlett, B., Hurtado, A.M., Marlowe, F., Wiessner, P., and Wood, B. Co-residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure. Science, 2011, 331: 1286-1289. This study finds that hunter-gatherers display a unique social structure where either sex may disperse or remain in the natal group, adult brothers and sisters often co-reside, and most individuals in residential groups are genetically unrelated.

Hewlett, B.S. , Fouts, H.N., Boyette, A.H., and Hewlett, B.L. Social Learning among Congo Basin Hunter-Gatherers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, United Kingdom, 2011, 366: 1168-1178. This paper examines debates on childhood social learning in hunter-gatherer societies and indicates learning occurs early, is relatively rapid, primarily vertical under age five, horizontal

Recent Publications continued Journal Articles and Book Chapters between the ages of six and twelve, and that natural pedagogy and other forms of teaching exist as early as twelve months of age.

Daniel Jaffee (Sociology) Jaffee, D. Fair Trade and Development: A Changing Paradigm. in Meera Warrier, ed., The Politics of Fair Trade. London: Routledge 2011, 87-104. Dave Kim (Mechanical Engineering) Park, K., Beal, A., Kim, D., Kwon, P., and Lantrip, J. Tool Wear in Drilling of Composite/Titanium Stacks with Carbide and Polycrystalline Diamond Tools. Wear, 2011, 271.11-12: 2826-2835. The wear mechanisms of tungsten carbide and polycrystalline diamond drills are investigated when drilling carbon fiber reinforced plastics stacked on top of titanium.

Kim, S., Goo, J., Kim, D., and Seok, C. Prediction of the Static Fracture Strength of Hole Notched Plain Weave CFRP Composites. Composites Science and Technology, 2011, 71.14: 1671-1676. The effect of hole-notch size and the specimen width on the notched strength of woven carbon fiber reinforced plastic composites was investigated. A predictive model for the fracture strength of hole-notched specimens is proposed.

Sarah Kooienga (Nursing) Kooienga, S., and Stewart, V. Putting a Face on Medical Errors: A Patient Perspective. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2011, 33.4: 37-41. In this report of a qualitative descriptive component of a mixed methods study, thirty community members told their stories of medical error. Their experiences focused on lack of communication, missed communication, greatly contrasting with the formal definition of error as failure to follow a set standard of care. The patients understanding of error must be a key aspect of any quality improvement strategy.

Thabiti Lewis (English) Negotiating Spiritual Wholeness and Feminism in the Short Fiction of Toni Cade Bambara. In Wholeness, Healing, and Spirituality: African American Women Writers Revision the American Past. Karla Kovalova, ed. United Kingdom, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011. This essay examines the method and unique meaning of wholeness and spirituality in the fiction of Toni Cade Bambara, with a particular focus on her short fiction.

Clayton Mosher (Sociology) Mosher, C., and Mahon-Haft, T., Harry Anslinger, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Alfred Lindesmith, and Drug Courts, in Mark Kleiman and James Hawdon, eds. Encyclopedia of Drugs and Drug Policy. Sage Publications 2011.

Sue Peabody (History) Peabody, S., and Grinberg, K. Free Soil: The Generation and Circulation of an Atlantic Legal Principle. Special Issue: Free Soil in the Atlantic World, edited by Peabody, S. and Grinberg, K., Slavery and Abolition, 2011, 32.3: 331-339. In this introduction to our edited Free Soil issue, we argue that the principle of Free Soil, whereby slaves crossing territorial boundaries of particular states or jurisdictions thereby become free, is best studied comparatively and trans-nationally. The history of this principle is both longer and more varied than previously understood.

An Alternative Genealogy of the Origins of French Free Soil: Medieval Toulouse. Special Issue: Free Soil in the Atlantic World, edited by Peabody, S. and Grinberg, K., Slavery and Abolition United Kingdom, 2011, 32.3: 341-362. Peabody argues that the French principle of Free Soil does not originate, as claimed by early modern lawyers, in the royal legislation of French kings. Rather, it originated in the independent city of Toulouse and only became French after centuries of rejection and dispute by the French crown.

Recent Publications continued Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Yoshie Sano (Human Development) Sano, Y., Richards, L.N., and Lee,J. Invisible Barriers to Employment: Mental and Behavioral Health Problems that Hinder Self-Sufficiency. In J.W. Bauer and E.M. Dolan eds. Rural Mothers and Work: Contexts and Problems. New York, NY: Springer Publishing, 2011, 77-98. Sano, Y., and Richards, L.N. Physical Health and Economic Well-Being: The Rural Perspective. In J.W. Bauer and E.M. Dolan eds. Rural Mothers and Work: Contexts and Problems. New York, NY: Springer Publishing, 2011, 99-116.

David Slavit (Education) Slavit, D., Kennedy, A., Lean, Z., Holmlund Nelson, T., and Deuel, A. Support for Professional Collaboration in Middle School Mathematics: A Complex Web. Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011, 38.3:113-131. What influences the long-term trajectory of a collaborative teacher inquiry team, and what is the nature of the changes that define this trajectory? Our case study provides an example of how timely appropriate structures and supports can positively influence teacher professional development. A cultural shift towards equity principles, a flattened power structure, teachers fluency with using data to inform instructional decisions around shared mathematical content, and powerful teacher talk resulted in an instructional approach with a genuine and intentional purpose to support all learners.

Amy S. Wharton (Sociology) Wharton, A. The Sociology of Arlie Hochschild. Work and Occupations, 2011, 38: 459-464. Arlie Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her many contributions include her research on emotion and emotion work, the gender division of labor in the household, work-

family relations, and the global dimensions of carework. A less visible aspect of Hochschilds career involves her efforts to nurture, encourage, and engage those inspired by her work. This essay examines Hochschilds influence as revealed in a new book on work and family life edited by two of her former students.

Wilfred Wu and Gregory Rose (both Business) Wu, W.W., Rose, G.M., and Lyytinen, K. Recognizing and Managing Innovation Points in Large Information Technology Projects, MIS Quarterly Executive, 2011, 10.3: 121-132. Identifies prescriptive extensions to existing project management standards based on detailed case studies of radical, large Information Systems project successes.

Jie Xu (Mechanical Engineering) Lei, N., Li, P., Xue, W., and Xu, J. Simple Graphene Chemiresistors as pH Sensors: Fabrication and Characterization. Measurement Science and Technology, 2011, 22: 107002. As a wonder material in science, graphene won scientists the 2010 Nobel Prize. In this paper, the authors report fabrication and characterization of a simple graphene device configured as a pH sensor. The simple configuration, miniaturized size and integration ability make graphene-based sensors promising candidates for many future micro/nano applications.

Yu, G., Chen, X.L., and Xu, J. Acoustophoresis in Variously Shaped Liquid Droplets. Soft Matter, 2011, 7: 10063-10069. The authors developed a free-surface acousto-microfluidics to manipulate micro-particles in droplets. The acoustic field was controlled by controlling the droplet shape as well as the sound frequency. The experimental results are in line with numerical simulations. In the end, we demonstrate for the first time that sound waves can be used for manipulating C. elegans one of the most important model animals in biological studies.

Recent Presentations Conference Presentations, Exhibits, Invited Lectures, Awards Dana Lee Baker (Public Affairs) presented a paper entitled Defining Neurodiversity at the American Political Science conference in August 2011. This paper examined the implications of neurodiversity as both a fundamental component of human difference and a political movement focused on the rights of individuals with disabilities. A version of the paper will be published in an upcoming edition of Mental Health Care Issues in America. John Bishop (Biology) was an invited presenter in a symposium on primary succession at the 12th European Ecological Federation conference in Avila, Spain, September 26-28. His talk, Re-thinking the Role of Consumers in Primary Succession, reviewed the evidence from twenty years of research at Mount St. Helens that insect herbivores strongly influence the development of vegetation following catastrophic disturbances such as volcanic eruptions. David Chiu (Computer Science) presented An Approach towards Automatic Workflow Composition through Information Retrieval at the 15th International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal, September 21-23, 2011. Linda Frederiksen (Library) was an invited speaker at the 12th Interlending and Document Supply International Conference in Chicago, IL. September 19-21, 2011. She discussed a research study, coauthored with Margaret Bean of the University of Oregon and Heidi Nance of the University of Washington, on the effects of WorldCat Local on international interlibrary loan activity in the Pacific Northwest. John Paul Garofalo (Psychology) Blatt and Garofalo, presented at the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Physical

Medicine and Rehabilitation Meeting in Portland, OR. on September 13-15, 2011. Their presentation was Multidisciplinary Care within an Interventional Pain Clinic. Paul Goldman (Education) presented a paper he coauthored with Paul Pitre at the 3rd International Conference on Education, Economy and Society in Paris, France on July 20, 2011,Analyzing the Shifting Tide within the University: A Case Study of the Changing Organizational Structure of Two Universities. Luz Mara Gordillo (Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies) Mexican Women and the Other Side of Immigration (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press for their Chicana Matters Series) The 2011 ALLA Book Award committee of the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists has selected Dr. Luz Mara Gordillos book as winner of this years book prize. The Association found Gordillos book a terrific contribution to the feminist literature on Mexican immigrants transnational experience, admired her ability to creatively use interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches, and the fine attention she pays to culture in a transitional context. Candice Goucher (History) gave an invited conference presentation at the World History Association annual meeting in Beijing, China, July 8-10, 2011. She spoke on the global dimensions of her research in Crucible Technology: Towards a World History of Metallurgy. Candice Goucher (History) was the invited keynote speaker at the College Board AP World History Reading in Fort Collins, Colorado, July 5, 2011. She spoke on Cooks, Cannibals, and World Historians, examining the intertwined origins of gender inequalities, food production, and metallurgical technologies around the world.

Recent Presentations continued Conference Presentations, Exhibits, Invited Lectures, Awards Dave Kim (Mechanical Engineering) presented his recent research project on Fatigue Enhancement of Interference Fit Joints in Composites at US-Korea Summit on Science and Engineering 2011, Park City, UT. August 10-14, 2011. This project aims to develop a new composite joining technology to improve the structural integrity of the composite joints. Thabiti Lewis (English) was invited to the Baltimore Book Festival in conjunction with Radical Book Pavillion in Baltimore, MD., September 23, 2011. Radical Sports Activism, Lewis discussed Ballers of the New School, extending the premise that sports can/should be a site/platform for radical resistance for change. Lewis also presented Ballers of the New School at Sankofa Books in Washington, D.C., September 22, 2011. Thabiti Lewis (English) was invited by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), to lead a discussion, Has Sports Failed Black America? about sport culture and black America in Washington, DC. September 23, 2011. Assembled scholars and activists also joined in this discussion. Thabiti Lewis (English) presented The Importance of College for the Coming Generation, at the College Success Foundation in Tacoma, WA. August 14, 2011. Thabiti Lewis (English) was an invited presenter at Arming Yourself with Education in the 21st Century (Keynote), NAACP Rites of Passage Program Graduation, Vancouver, WA. August 12, 2011. Tamara Nelson (Science Education) was invited to speak at the Washington State Academy of Sciences 2011 Annual Symposium, at the

Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. on September 22, 2011. Her talk was titled Teaching for Understanding in K-12 Science and Mathematics. Yoshie Sano (Human Development) presented a poster titled Factors Related to the Prevalence of Health Insurance and Health Issues Among Rural, Low-Income Mexican Families in the United States at the biennial meeting of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association in Seoul, Korea, July 2011. Karen Schmaling (Academic Affairs) was an invited presenter at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Council on Academic Affairs Summer Meeting on July 9, 2011. The presentation, Improving Progress toward the Degree: From Data to Action (available at http://www.aplu.org/document.doc?id=3358 ), addresses potential problems and solutions associated with student persistence in early, middle, and late stages of the baccalaureate. Praveen Sekhar (Electrical Engineering) was an invited speaker to the School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada. He gave a presentation on Micro- and Nanoengineered Surfaces for Energy, Security and Biomedical Applications on September 30, 2011. The effort led to mutual research interest in biomedical device development. Collaboration in terms of joint proposals and sharing of complementary knowledge is envisioned. Wei Xue and Jie Xu (both Mechanical Engineering) presented at the IEEE Nano conference, August 15-19, 2011. They presented their research study, coauthored with their students Pengfei Li and Nan Lei, on High-Yield Dielectrophoretic Deposition and Ion Sensitivity of Graphene. This study investigates an innovation in fabrication of grapheme devices.

http://www.aplu.org/document.doc?id=3358

Jie Xu, assistant professor in the School of

Engineering and Computer Science at WSU

Vancouver, was among 407 applicants and 39 of

the nations brightest young scientists to receive

grants totaling $11.7 million under this years

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Young Faculty Award program.

The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award

program is to identify and engage rising research

stars in junior faculty positions at United States

academic institutions, and expose them to

Department of Defense needs as well as DARPAs

program development process. Applicants for YFA

grants are required to be within five years of

appointment to a tenure-track position at a U.S.

university. 2011 award winners will receive

approximately $300,000 to develop and validate

their research ideas over a period of two years.

Xu received the 2011 Young Faculty Award for

"Ear on a Chip: Microfluidics for Characterization

and Control of Hair-Cell Sensing with Acoustic

Stimuli.

Ear on a Chip will be a microfluidic system

containing live sensory cells to sense different

frequencies of sound. Such an engineered system

will be capable of obtaining electrical signals from

acoustic stimuli, mimicking the function of an ear,

said Xu.

In the short term, such a system can be used to

study the mechanisms of hearing and hearing loss,

and to screen drugs that might protect hearing or

even cure hearing loss. In the long run, Xu hopes

such a system can be developed into a prosthetic

device for human beings or artificial sensory

organs for future neuron-based devices, such as

neural computers or robots.

The functional units of life are cells. Cells are

usually micrometer sized with interfaces. Xu said

he believes micro-interfacial sciences are the key

to understanding life.

As an engineer, I am not only interested in

understanding nature, but also strive to learn

from nature and create things that do not exist in

nature to benefit human beings. The emerging

micro/nano technologies provided us the ability

to shape the world at micro/nano scale, said Xu.

Awardees were recognized by DARPA in

Arlington, Va. last month.

Regina Duga, DARPA director (left) and Tayo Akinwand, Young Faculty Award program manager (right) give the DARPA Young Faculty Award to Jie Xu, assistant professor in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at WSU Vancouver.

Funded Research John Bishop, NSF - $30,000 Catalyzing International Collaboration in Chile: The Ecological Response to Recent Eruption of Chilean Volcanoes. The recent eruptions of Chaiten and Puyehue volcanoes in northern Patagonia provide an opportunity to compare the resilience of biological communities there to those at Mount St. Helens, with which they share a similar climate. The award will complement a similar award to Oregon State that will allow four senior researchers and three graduate students to travel to these volcanoes and interact with ecologists at several Chilean universities. Gisela Ernst-Slavit, OSPI PESB - $10,000 Enhancing Recruitment of and Support for Candidates from Underrepresented Populations Into Newly Designed Regional Teacher Preparation Programs. Substantive research points to the widening demographic gap between teachers and students. Teacher candidates are typically young, white women who are monolingual, from the suburbs, and who have had little or no contact with inner-city children or children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. WSU Vancouver will spearhead a partnership with two other universities in Washington State and the Professional Educator Standards Board to secure funding that will increase the number of underrepresented students in teacher education programs. Tyler Hicks and Cheryl Schultz, et.al., US Fish and Wildlife Service 3 Year project, 2011-2014 - $132,503 ($89,258 to WSUV) Impacts of Large-Scale Herbicide Use on an Endangered Butterfly. Pacific Northwest prairies are highly invaded by aggressive exotic species. Tall grasses, in particular, are significantly impacting the habitat for Fenders blue butterfly, an endangered butterfly in Oregons Willamette Valley Prairies. Management options have led

to little reduction in these grasses. As a result managers have turned to grass-specific herbicides as a potential management tool, but little is known about the effect of these herbicides on butterflies residing in these prairies. These two projects seek to enhance our understanding of the potential effects of grass-specific herbicides through a combination of lab experiments, small and large scale field experiments, and modeling approaches. Tyler Hicks and Cheryl Schultz, US Fish and Wildlife Service - $7367 Developing Distance Sampling Monitoring Methods for Fenders blue. A rigorous, reliable monitoring protocol is critical to evaluation of recovery criteria and assessment of management actions for endangered species. This study develops distance sampling methodology with appropriate filed protocols and analysis in 2011 to implement this in the context of efforts to assess populations of Fenders blue, an endangered butterfly in Oregons Willamette Valley. Clayton Mosher, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - $70,000 Models for Change Grant. Evaluation of Clark County Models for Change Project, which seeks to avoid detaining juveniles for violating State truancy laws. The project involves a workshop for truant youth and their parents, who are administered surveys. In addition to analysis of the survey data, Mosher will use data from the juvenile court to track any further involvement these youth have with the juvenile justice system. Data provided by schools, such as attendance, grades, and graduation records will allow for the examination of re-engagement with school.

Funded Research continued Yoshie Sano, et.al. Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. $349.958 Core Health Messages: A Strategy to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Rural, Low-Income Families. This collaborative opportunity with University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Maryland will analyze information from Rural Families Speak about Health project to refine messaging strategies for physical, dental, and nutrition health education for economically and geographically disadvantage populations.

Cheryl Schultz, et.al. US Fish and Wildlife Service 4 Year project, 2009-2012 - $194,369 ($115,982 to WSUV) Designing Herbicide-Based Management Strategies for Use in Endangered Butterfly Habitats. Cheryl Schultz, et.al. US Bureau of Land Management 5 Year project - $10,000 in 2011. Response of Fenders Blue Butterfly to Large Scale Habitat Restoration in Critical Habitat. Willamette Valley prairies are highly endangered, with less than 1% of original prairie remaining. At-risk species require habitat restoration if recovery is to be achieved. The Nature Conservancy is actively restoring prairie habitat for Fenders blue butterfly. We investigate butterfly colonization into a 10 ha restoration adjacent to remnant habitat as a function of distance from source, and host plant and nectar establishment. Steve Sylvester, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, $34,298 Identification of chemoattractants and pheromones of oyster drills. Oyster drills are predatory marine snails that were introduced accidentally in the Northwest causing losses to the oystering industry measured in millions of dollars. We are using molecular and behavioral techniques to identify baits for attraction to traps or alarm substances

to drive them off oyster beds. We are also working with engineering students to construct better snail traps. Brian Tissot, DOI BOEMRE - $11,604 Survey of Benthic Communities Near Potential Renewable Energy Sites Offshore of the Pacific Northwest. As renewable energy facilities are being installed in the Pacific NW care must be taken to locate these structures in areas that will not harm marine life. The goals of this project, which is a collaboration with Oregon State University, are to survey the seafloor off Oregon and Washington to collect data on bottom dwelling organisms such as corals, sponges, crabs and shrimp, using an Underwater ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle). The information will be used to guide wave energy site licensing by state and federal governments in order to avoid potentially ecologically sensitive areas. Brian Tissot, NOAA NMFSC - $38,000 Identification of Deep-Sea Sponges and Corals using an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). Recent underwater surveys near Grays Canyon, Washington have discovered extensive reefs formed from glass sponges that may be > 80,000 years old. The area was surveyed by an AUV in 2010 which resulted in thousands of high-definition image mosaics of this sponge and deep-sea corals. Our project will be assisting in identifying the sponges and corals and developing protocols for measuring their associations with fish and other marine life. Jie Xu, DOD-DARPA - $107,008 Ear on a Chip: Microfluidics for Characterization and Control of Hair Cell Sensing with Acoustic Stimuli. This DARPA Young Faculty Award will support Dr. Xus research on developing novel ear-on-a-chip microfluidic systems. Such systems will help us gain understanding into the cause of the #1 disability in the wars (#3 public health issue in US) hearing loss, and potentially can help scientists find cures in future.