Fiscal Year 2009A Funded Proposals
- General Institutional
- University Libraries
- University Honors College
- College of Agricultural Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Forestry
- College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
- College of Science
- College of Engineering
- College of Health and Human Sciences
General Institutional
Proposal Number
FY09A-515.1
Proposal Title
Student Multimedia Services
College/Department/Unit
Information Services/Student Multimedia Services
Responsible Personnel
Teresa Preddy, John Greydanus
Project Description
At the request of campus colleges/departments, funding is requested to add hardware and software to support New Media Communications, New Media Communications & Art, and Nutrition and Exercise Sciences. All will be maintained and distributed by Student Media Services.
Approved Funding
$72,500 
Proposal Number
FY09A-535.2
Proposal Title
Strand Agriculture Technology Upgrade
College/Department/Unit
Information Services [Media Services]
Responsible Personnel
Don DeMello, Rick Brand, and John Greydanus
Project Description
Parallel to other enhanced classrooms throughout the campus; the funding will be used to upgrade presentation equipment in Strand 412.
Approved Funding
$35,101
Proposal Number
FY09A-537.1
Proposal Title
SCF - Server Infrastructure Virtualization
College/Department/Unit
Information Services [Media Services]
Responsible Personnel
Russ Born, John Greydanus
Project Description
Funding will supplement a FY09 TRF award that funded an upgrade and virtualization of an aging server infrastructure. New monies will be used to acquire a new Dell disk storage array that is specifically designed for virtual environments.
Approved Funding
$9,100
University Libraries
Proposal Number
FY09A-491.1
Proposal Title
Autzen Electronic Classroom Remodel, Room 2082, Valley Library
College/Department/Unit
University Libraries
Responsible Personnel
Cheryl Middleton, Karyle Butcher
Project Description
Supplemental funding is requested to remodel the Autzen Classroom, with furnishings and technologies to create a flexible environment that accommodates collaborative learning and utilizes current learning technologies.
Approved Funding
$39,423
University Honors College
Proposal Number
FY09A-526.1
Proposal Title
Next Generation Student Computing Facilities: Multi-Function Interactive Learning Environments
College/Department/Unit
Honors College
Responsible Personnel
Dan Arp, Bill Bogley
Project Description
Funds will allow the creation of the "next generation" facility, which will leverage the widespread use of mobile technology, especially laptop computers, and to amplify the effectiveness of classroom-based instructional technology. The project [A] deploys multi-platform computing resources tailored to the UHC user community, [B] expands the integration of interactive technology into instructional and study spaces, and implements a small-group interactive workstation concept, the first of its kind on campus.
Approved Funding
$58,346
College of Agricultural Sciences
Proposal Number
FY09A-490.2
Proposal Title
Student Large Format Plotter
College/Department/Unit
College of Ag Sciences [Fisheries & Wildlife]
Responsible Personnel
Scott Austed
Project Description
The large-format plotter is needed for GIS students as they need the capability for research and the presentation of the research. Many GIS projects require the capability to present large-scale posters and maps.
Approved Funding
$7,270
Proposal Number
FY09A-496.2
Proposal Title
ALS Classroom Update for Multi-Departmental Use
College/Department/Unit
College of Ag Sciences
Responsible Personnel
Wayne Wood
Project Description
Update room 0006 in ALS with a new computer, digital A/V equipment, and update the overall teaching facility.
Approved Funding
$33,216
College of Liberal Arts
Proposal Number
FY09A-514.1
Proposal Title
Portable Teaching Opportunities
College/Department/Unit
College of Liberal Arts [English]
Responsible Personnel
Ann Leen
Project Description
As writing instruction become more reliant on technology in the classroom, the existing monitor carts in the general purpose classrooms present pedagogical shortcomings. Funding will provide two portable kits to be used in classes where ceiling projectors and document cameras are lacking
Approved Funding
$7,550
Proposal Number
FY09A-523.1
Proposal Title
Purchase of Nikon 362 Total Station
College/Department/Unit
College of Liberal Arts [Anthropology]
Responsible Personnel
Loren Davis, Brenda Kellar and Lawrence Rodgers
Project Description
TRF monies will allow Anthropology to purchase a Nikon 362 Total Station, which will help students gather and analyze spatial information as they visit archaeological sites located along the Oregon coast, western Idaho, and Mexico.
Approved Funding
$7,914
Proposal Number
FY09A-533.2
Proposal Title
Digital Audio/Video Feedback Music Student Learning Lab
College/Department/Unit
College of Liberal Arts [Music]
Responsible Personnel
Steven Zielke, Marlan Carlson, John Kluttz
Project Description
Funds will be used to create two audio/video labs that will provide immediate and storable digital audio/video feedback to student conductors, student ensembles, and solo student performers.
Approved Funding
$104,971
College of Forestry
Proposal Number
FY09A-495.2
Proposal Title
Specialized Software Licenses for Forestry Student Computing Labs
College/Department/Unit
College of Forestry
Responsible Personnel
Kathy Howell, Jerry Mohr
Project Description
Funding is needed to provide specialized software in 17 student computing labs for instruction and training, data analysis and graphing, research, report, thesis and dissertation writing purposes. This will provide access to over 70 software applications.
Approved Funding
$12,577
Proposal Number
FY09A-499.3
Proposal Title
Replace Projector in College of Forestry Enhanced Classroom
College/Department/Unit
College of Forestry
Responsible Personnel
Matt Viehdorfer, Kathy Howell
Project Description
Three classrooms are operating with seven or more year old projectors, and these items have become unreliable and need replacement. TRF funds requested would replace the projector and mounting hardware in Peavy 024.
Approved Funding
$4,313
Proposal Number
FY09A-507.1
Proposal Title
Enhancement of HJ Andrews Experimental Forest Student Computer Resources
College/Department/Unit
College of Forestry
Responsible Personnel
Barbara Bond, Mark Schulze, Fred Bierlmaier, Lina DiGregorio
Project Description
Funding is for the addition of three ruggedized laptop computers for use by OSU students and instructors for field research and classes. The mountainous terrain of the area and the cutting-edge ecosystem science conducted there demand tough and sophisticated technological resources.
Approved Funding
$4,191
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Proposal Number
FY09A-492.2
Proposal Title
Upgrade of Computer Classroom, Strand Agricultural Hall, Room 324
College/Department/Unit
COAS
Responsible Personnel
Mark Abbott
Project Description
Upgrade of StAG 324 with state of the art workstations and servers to facilitate new innovative curriculum and to support research activities of Earth System scientists.
Approved Funding
$81,223
College of Science
Proposal Number
FY09A-489.1
Proposal Title
Technology Enhancement for Geoscience Recitation and Classrooms
College/Department/Unit
College of Science [Geosciences]
Responsible Personnel
Laurence Becker, Steve Cook
Project Description
Funding will be used to enhance the classroom by adding document cameras, which improve the immediacy of presentations.
Approved Funding
$8,205
Proposal Number
FY09A-498.1
Proposal Title
Complete Refurbishing Digital Earth Teaching Classroom and Laboratory
College/Department/Unit
College of Science [Geosciences]
Responsible Personnel
Mark Meyers
Project Description
Funds will be used to refurbish the classroom/laboratory in a manner that enables the continued teaching of advance technologies. Actual expense will be to upgrade and enhance current printers and the database in Digital Earth.
Approved Funding
$11,585
Proposal Number
FY09A-508.1
Proposal Title
OmniGlobe Spherical Geovisualization System for Geosciences Education
College/Department/Unit
College of Science [Geosciences]
Responsible Personnel
Anne Nolin, Jon Kimerling
Project Description
Funding will be used for acquiring the OmniGlobe Spherical Geovisualization System, which will alleviate a critical problem in Geosciences education: 2-D images cannot convey spatially and temporally varying global phenomena. Portable system will provide 360-degree visualization of fundamental global processes - ocean and atmospheric circulation, plate tectonics, climate patterns.
Approved Funding
$51,300
Proposal Number
FY09A-517.2
Proposal Title
Computer Replacement & Upgrade for High-Enrollment Biology Baccalaureate Core Courses
College/Department/Unit
College of Science
Responsible Personnel
Deborah Clark, Robert Mason
Project Description
Funding is to be used to replace and upgrade seven-year old equipment in the two teaching laboratories for Biology.
Approved Funding
$77,500
Proposal Number
FY09A-524.1
Proposal Title
College of Science Student Computing Labs
College/Department/Unit
College of Science [COSINe]
Responsible Personnel
Michael Rauscher, Tudy Seistrup
Project Description
Funds will allow the purchase of a new printer, plus the purchase of licenses for multiple software applications – PAUP, MatLab, plus Keyserver license management software.
Approved Funding
$2,319
Proposal Number
FY09A-528.1
Proposal Title
Upgrade of Physical Optics Laboratory at Physics Department
College/Department/Unit
College of Science
Responsible Personnel
Oksana Ostroverkhova, David McIntyre, and Henri Jansen
Project Description
Funding will be used to upgrade the physics department optics laboratory to enable advanced experimental capabilities that take advantage of new technology.
Approved Funding
$58,769
College of Engineering
Proposal Number
FY09A-511.2
Proposal Title
Undergraduate Laboratories for Data Acquisition, Structural Mechanics, and Mechatronics
College/Department/Unit
College of Engineering
Responsible Personnel
Brian Bay, Belinda King
Project Description
Since computer-based data collection and process control equipment is ubiquitous in mechanical Engineering, an investment is needed to upgrade the teaching labs to remain relevant. Funding will be used to upgrade and replace the general-purpose computers that support the specialized hardware.
Approved Funding
$9,600
College of Health and Human Sciences
Proposal Number
FY09A-509.1
Proposal Title
Moving the Physical Education Teacher Education Instructional Analysis Classroom Into the Digital Age!
College/Department/Unit
College of Health and Human Sciences
Responsible Personnel
Heidi Wegis, Barbara Cusimano, and Tammy Bray
Project Description
The TRF funding is to update/create a learning environment with current technologies so that future teachers continue to learn and use the most effective teaching methods to facilitate student learning in a digital age. The addition of new computers and peripherals, software applications, Smart Board, projectors and Digital Camcorders are essential to this upgrading to the facilities involved.
Approved Funding
$42,500
Proposal Number
FY09A-510.1
Proposal Title
Enhanced Audio Observation: Child Development Lab
College/Department/Unit
College of Health and Human Sciences
Responsible Personnel
Joanne Sorte, Tammy Bray
Project Description
Proposed use of the TRF monies is to improve student learning by enhancing the audio system in an existing student laboratory. State of the art digital processing will shape and deliver the audio to the observation room, improving audio clarity and providing more flexibility in the way audio can be used for observation and recording of children's language development.
Approved Funding
$21,581
Proposal Number
FY09A-534.1
Proposal Title
Batteries for 25 Dell Laptop Computers
College/Department/Unit
College of Health and Human Sciences
Responsible Personnel
Alexis Walker, Tammy Bray
Project Description
Existing laptop batteries are from a 2005 purchase, and their current failure rate is disruptive to the use of the laptops in course instruction, and thus the funding will replace the batteries in the 25 Dell laptop computers.
Approved Funding
$3,200
Proposal Number
FY09A-536.1
Proposal Title
Upgrading Virtual Computer Lab Software (Mplus) in Milam Hall
College/Department/Unit
College of Health and Human Sciences
Responsible Personnel
Alan Acock, Alexis Walker, Tammy Bray
Project Description
Funds are to be used to renew the Mplus software license, a statistical analysis system that is critical for the operation of Milam Hall's Virtual Computer Lab, an essential resource for graduate students through out the College of Health and Human Sciences.
Approved Funding
$5,740