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2011 CADC Competitive Seed Grant Program Recipients

Level 1
Margaret Fletcher (PI), Assistant Professor, Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture of Architecture
Award: $2,084
Project title: Design Portfolio Primer – Planning, Design, Production
 
Magdalena Garmaz (PI), Associate Professor, Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Award: $3,000
Project title: Textiles and Architecture: Soft Boundaries
 
Junshan Liu (PI), Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science: Darren Olsen (PI) , Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science.
Award: $3,000
Project title: An Experiment of Using Building Information Model (BIM) to Enhance Teaching and Student Learning in Construction Education
 
John R. Powell (PI), Assistant Professor, Industrial Design. Department of Industrial and Graphic Design
Award: $2,000
Project title: Entering the Magic Circle – Combining Physical Interactions with Compelling Narrative to Enhance Educational Game Play
 
Sheri Schumacher (PI), Associate Professor, Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Award: $3,000
Project title: Design to Improve the Social, Economic and Cultural Conditions of Gee’s Bend, Alabama
 
Level 2
Salman Azhar (PI), Associate Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science: Anoop Sattineni (Co-PI), Associate Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science
Award: $8,000
Project title: Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Facilitate Construction Safety Planning and Management at Jobsites
 
Charlene M. LeBleu (PI), Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Teams: Auburn Housing -- Francine Parker (Co-PI), EdD, MSN, CNE: Caralise Hunt, Phd (Co-PI), PhD, MSN; Green for Life! --  Rebecca O’Neal Dagg (Co-PI):  Carla Jackson Bell (Co-PI); Uruguay -- Daniel Panario (Co-PI), Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
Award: $10,000
Project title: Improving Activity & Environmental Parameters in Auburn Housing Authority; Green for Life!  Implementing Green Opportunities at the Neighborhood Scale; Planning Low Impact Development Strategies to Reduce Pollution in the Rio de La Plata Estuary, Montivideo, Uruguay
 
Justin Miller (Co-PI), Assistant Professor, Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture: Ryan Salvas (Co-PI), Visiting Assistant Professor, Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture: Robert Sproull (Co-PI), Visiting Assistant Professor, Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture: Dr. Mark Dougherty (collaborator), Associate Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Engineering: Dr. Oladiran Fasina (collaborator), Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Engineering
Award: $10,000
Project title: Radiant Assemblies for Low Income Housing
 
Jay Mittal, PhD (PI), Assistant Professor, Community Planning. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Award: $9,967.50
Project title: Applying Conservation Easement Visibility Index (CEVI) method in State of Alabama to measure economic benefit of land conservation on surrounding home values.
 
Jocelyn Zanzot (Co-PI), Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture: Barry Flemming (Co-PI), Professor of Art, College of Liberal Arts
Award: $9,470
Project title: Mobile Studio Project: Advancing Sustainable Futures Along a Vanishing Road

2010 CADC Competitive Seed Grant Program recipients

Salman Azhar, Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science
Award: $2,000
Project title: BIM for Facility Management: Study of Best Practices and Development of a BIM Implementation Framework for AU Facilities Division
 
Salman Azhar (PI), Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science; Darren Olsen (Co-PI), Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science
Award: $8,000
Project title:  Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Streamline LEED® Rating Analyses (Phase II)
 
Rod Barnett, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Chair, School of Architecture
Award: $6,000
Project title: ARTWEB AUBURN 
 
Rod Barnett (Co-PI), Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Chair, School of Architecture; Jacqueline Margetts (Co-PI) Visiting Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture
Award: $3,000
Project title:  THE ALTAR OF THE CONTEMPORARY: THE MODERN LANDSCAPES OF TED SMYTH 
 
David Hinson (Co-PI), Associate Professor and Head, School of Architecture; Ryan Salvas (Co-PI), Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; Mark Tatum (collaborator), Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science;  Jerry Davis (collaborator), Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award: $10,000
Project title:  Curtain Wall Failure Diagnostics: Prevention through Linked Material Forensics and Thermal Imaging
 
Paul Holley (Co-PI), Associate Professor, Director Integrated Design & Construction Masters Program, McWhorter School of Building Science; Josh Emig (Co-PI), Visiting Assistant Professor, Director Integrated Design & Construction Masters Program, School of Architecture
Award: $5,000
Project title:  Collaborative Outreach in Practice 
Charlene Lebleu, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture
Award: $5,000
Project title: Low Impact Development: Generation of cost data for LID facilities/stormwater systems
 
Michael Robinson (PI), Daniel Professor, Landscape Architecture, Real Estate Development, School of Architecture; Harris Hollans (PI), Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
Award: $3,250
Project title:  Investigation of Real Estate Development Research Centers in Major Universities and their Educational Benefits for Research and Teaching Programs: Preparation for the founding of Auburn University's Institute for Real Estate Development 
 
Linda Ruth (PI), Associate Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science; Emily Meyers (PI), Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work; Mike Hosey (co-PI), Adjunct Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science
Award: $10,000
Project title:  Civic Engagement in the Built Environment
 
Shu-Wen Tzeng (PI), Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Graphic Design; Woojin Park (Co-PI), Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award:  $8,000
Project title:  Effects of Portable Arm Supports on Physical Stresses during Non-Desk Laptop Typing Tasks
 

2009 CADC Competitive Seed Grant program recipients

Salman Azhar, Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science; Darren Olsen, Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science;
Award: $9,000
Project title: An Investigation on Viability of BIM for Sustainability Analyses and LEED Assessment of Buildings

David Hill, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture; project partner with Ken Tilt, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture
Award: $10,000
Project title:  the quantification + representation of landscape ephemerality [investigation no. 001 for the landscape performance LAB]

Tin-Man Lau, Professor, Industrial Design, Department of Industrial and Graphic Design
Award: $8,500
Project title: Second Life to Unwanted Wood for the Needy
 
Charlene Lebleu, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture
Award: $4,000
Project title: Identifying Flood Generating Areas in 8-Mile Creek Watershed through a Novel Approach

Junshan Liu, Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science
Award: $4,000
Project title: A Collaborative Study with Chinese Universities on 2010 Shanghai World Expo Projects for Sustainable Urbanization and Sustainable Construction
 
Anoop Sattineni, Associate Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science; Salman Azhar, Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science
Award:  $4,000
Project title:  Application of RFID Tags in a Building Information Model to Monitor Construction Worker Activity on a Job Site

Jocelyn Zanzot
, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture
Award: $10,000
Project title: Ecosystem Services for Community Health:  A Dynamic Trans-disciplinary Framework for Ecotourism Modeling and Design: Turneffe Atoll Belize