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2006 Innovations in Instructional Computing Awards

In 2006, the Council received 19 proposals to consider and awarded $72,800 to the following projects:

  • Principal Investigator:  Beth Ingram
    College:  College of Business
    Department:  Economics
    Co-investigator:  Ken Brown, Management & Organizations
    Awarded:  $19,350

    Proposal Title:  Using Personal Response Systems to Improve Learning Outcomes in Large Lecture Courses

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  • Principal Investigator:  Mary Kathryn Cowles
    College:  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; College of Public Health
    Department:  Statistics and Actuarial Science; Biostatistics
    Co-investigators:  
    - Marc Armstrong, Professor and DEO, Dept of Geography (CLAS); CLAS Interim Associate Dean for Research
    - Brian Smith, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biostatistics (CPH)
    - Shaowen Wang, Research Scientist, ITS-Academic Technologies; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography (CLAS)
    - Jun Yan, Assistant Professor, Dept of Statistics and Actuarial Science (CLAS)

    Awarded:  $26,000

    Proposal Title:  Developing a Curriculum for Statistical Analysis of Spatiotemporal Data Using Cyberinfrastructure

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  • Principal Investigator:  Gregory J. Prickman
    College:  University of Iowa Libraries
    Department:  Special Collections
    Co-investigators:  None
    Awarded:  $9,950

    Proposal Title:  The Atlas of Early Printing: An Electronic Presentation of Historical Information

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  • Principal Investigator:  Geb Thomas
    College:  Engineering
    Department:  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
    Co-investigators:  
    - Prof. Joe Reinhardt (Biomedical Engineering)
    - Prof. John Robinson (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    - Terry Braun (Biomedical Engineering)
    Awarded:  $17,500

    Proposal Title:  Online, Self-Paced, Practice-Focused Engineering Programming

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