97-05-16 Ten Faculty Receive Ameritech Fellowships

OHIO STATE FACULTY RECEIVE AMERITECH FELLOWSHIPS

     COLUMBUS -- Ten faculty members from the Ohio State
University received fellowships in the 1996 Ameritech Foundation
Faculty Fellowship competition.

     The faculty members will share part of a five-year, $1
million grant from the Chicago-based Ameritech Foundation to the
university.  The Graduate School holds the annual competition to
promote the use of telecommunications research to solve problems
in the areas of health, education, business, and the
international sector.

     Susan Huntington, vice provost and dean of the Graduate
School, recently hosted an awards luncheon where she recognized
the winners.

     “These fellowships are really timely because Ohio State
University and the whole state of Ohio are very actively looking
at major developments in telecommunications,” said William A.T.
Clark, associate dean of the Graduate School. “This grant from
Ameritech enables Ohio State to stimulate some faculty interest
and activity in this area.”

     The following faculty and staff members received Ameritech
fellowships:

     Dale E. Brashers (COLUMBUS 43215), assistant professor of
communication, will receive $16,495 for his project “Access to
Illness and Treatment Information for Persons with HIV or AIDS.”
Brashers and his collaborators will design a World Wide Web site
to disseminate critical HIV and AIDS information, and study how
people make use of the site.

     Nancy Chism (COLUMBUS 43214), director of the Center for
Faculty and TA Development, will share an award of $28,755 with
Egondu R. Onyejekwe (COLUMBUS 43220), director of emerging
technologies, and Barbara Szabo (COLUMBUS 43202), graduate
research associate, both of University Technology Services. The
three will explore “Faculty Use of Electronic Mail in Teaching” -
- how Ohio State faculty use e-mail for interactive class
discussions and what problems they encounter.

     K. Michelle Gailiun (UPPER ARLINGTON), creative director for
educational television in the College of Medicine’s Center for
Continuing Medical Education, will share an award of $28,000 with
Roy St. John (WORTHINGTON), clinical associate professor of
medicine, and Hajop Mekhjian (UPPER ARLINGTON), associate dean of
Health Services Administration, for the project “Telemedicine’s
Effectiveness in Providing Health Care: A clinical Research
Study.” The study will compare the quality of remote medical
examinations via electronic media to that of traditional face-to-
face patient/physician encounters, and focuses on lung conditions
such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.

     Jean-Michel Guldmann (WORTHINGTON), professor of city and
regional planning, will receive $9,198 for his project “Modeling
the Interactions between International Telecommunications and
Trade Flows.” Guldmann will investigate whether a country’s
utilization of communications technology boosts its level of
international trade.

     Raj Jain (UPPER ARLINGTON), professor of computer and
information science, will receive $21,174 for his “Proposal for
Research on multimedia over ATM Networks.” The project will focus
on the development of a technique for scheduling the timely flow
of video data over a new kind of high-speed computer network.

     Renee J. Miller (COLUMBUS 43201), assistant professor of
computer and information science, will receive $30,169 for her
project “Managing Multimedia Medical Data.” Miller and her
colleagues will develop an electronic repository of patients’
case histories that unites movies, sound clips, and digital
images such as x-rays and MRIs with the results of diagnostic lab
tests. Ohio State will then use the multimedia repository to
educate medical students.

     Gregory Washington (COLUMBUS 43228), assistant professor of
mechanical engineering, will receive $29,915 for his project
“Proof of Concept Study of Smart Aperture Antennas.” Washington
and his colleagues will design new satellite-dish antennas out of
light and flexible materials that change shape, allowing the
antennas to perform different functions.

     To date, Ohio State has awarded more than 30 Ameritech
Fellowships, which have supported research in disciplines as
diverse as education, engineering, medicine, and business.

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Contact: William A.T. Clark, (614) 292-6031; Clark.31@osu.edu

Written by Pam Frost, (614) 292-9475; Frost.18@osu.edu


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