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The Batting 1000 award is presented to PIs who received funding on their first try at RIT.  Many of these individuals put together just the right combination of talent and timing to accomplish this exceptional feat; others are investigators who came to RIT to continue their already established research careers.  Below are the recipients of this award since 2003.

2005 Season

Edward Brown Electrical Engineering, KGCOE Semiconductor Industry Association, $20,000 EE Retention - STAR (Stay Tech @ RIT) Project Marcos Esterman Industrial & Systems Engineering, KGCOE Hewlett-Packard Company, $155,000 Development of a Virtual Cartridge Simulation Model Christopher Hoople Electrical Engineering, KGCOE US Department of Defense/Impact Technologies LLC, $70,000 Prediction of Switching Mode Power Supply Failures Thomas Reichlmayr Software Engineering, GCCIS Bausch & Lomb, $115,000 Orbscan Software Product Recovery James Taylor Industrial & Systems Engineering & Microsystems Engineering, KGCOE US Department of Agriculture/North Carolina State University, $5,000 Carbon Dioxide Abrasive Material Removal with In Process Generation of Solid Carbon Dioxide Pellets Linda Underhill Hospitality & Service Management, CAST US Department of Agriculture, $299,578 Value-Enhanced Competencies Training Curriculum for Providers Serving Women, Infants and Children Keith Whittington Information Technology, GCCIS National Science Foundation, $60,000 CCLI: Active Learning for Computer Programming

2004 Season

Stefi Baum Center for Imaging Science, COS Arizona State University/NASA, $24,991 JWST/NIRCAM University of Arizona Project Robert D. Frisina Biological Sciences, COS National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation, $15,000 Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss - Presbycusis David Hostetter Customer Support Services, ITS Campus EAI Consortium, $250,000 Oracle/Campus EAI Portal Grant Christopher O’Dea Physics, COS NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories, $98,500 Infrared SEDs of Seyfert Galaxies: Starbursts and the Nature of the Obscuring Medium Suzanne O’Handley Chemistry, COS National Institutes of Health, $131,938 Nudix Hydrolases and HAD Superfamily Phosphateses Andrew Robinson Physics, COS Space Telescope Science Institute, $47,513 The Nuclear Scattering Geometry of Seyfert Galaxies Jennifer Schnieder Environmental Health& Safety, CAST US Department of Labor, $154,011 OSHA Training Materials Development Grant: Small Business and Health Management Systems Hyla Sweet Biological Sciences, COS National Institutes of Health, $212,222 Delta and Mesoderm Induction in Eucidaris Embryos Brian Thorn Industrial & Systems Engineering, KGCOE US Environmental Protection Agency, $10,000 Conversion of Wind Power to Hydrogen Fuel: Design of an Alternative Energy System for an Injection Molding Facility John Wellin Mechanical Engineering, KGCOE Corning Community College/National Science Foundation, $40,552 Model Remote Studio Laboratory to Enhance Distance Learning for Technology Education and Outreach

2003 Season

David Axon Physics - College of Science Space Telescope Science Institute with NASA funds: $308,344 Measuring black hole masses Martin Becker Facilities Management – Finance & Administration Division NY State Power Allocation Board under Power for Jobs Secured State funding for low-cost electricity Spencer Kim Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Packaging Science – College of Applied Science & Technology Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation: $1,650 Purchased ultrasonic thickness gauge & digital thermometer Bob Kremens Carlson Center for Imaging Science - College of Science US Dept. of Agriculture: $25,000 Researching new technologies for remote sensing of wildland fires Liz Lawley Information Technology - Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences National Science Foundation: $324,821 Studying women’s success and attrition in IT Sergey Lyshevski Electrical Engineering - Gleason College of Engineering National Science Foundation: $199,972 Creating multidisciplinary MEMS curriculum for undergrads Sharon Mason Information Technology - Golisano College Computing & Information Sciences University of Tulsa with National Security Agency funds: $59,990 Creating computer & network security curriculum Roman Press Biological Sciences - College of Science NYS Energy Research & Development Authority: $73,652 Researching landfill gas utilization on RIT’s campus Sean Rommel Microelectronics Engineering - Gleason College of Engineering National Science Foundation: $406,395 Acquiring scanning electron microscope for lab for imaging & metrology James Vallino Software Engineering - Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences National Science Foundation: $199,758 Creating curriculum for real-time systems laboratory (with Computer Engineering)

2002 Season

Maria Rubino Assistant Professor, College of Applied Science & Technology Robert Manning Professor and Endowed Chair, Caroline Werner Gannett Professorship in the Humanities, College of Liberal Arts David Suits Professor & Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts Sean Sutton Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts Michael Savka Assistant Professor, College of Science Kevin Bierre Professor, Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences Edward Hensel Professor and Department Head, Kate Gleason College of Engineering Susan Foster Professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Paula Brown Department Chairperson, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Margaret Ferber Associate Vice President, Finance & Administration

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