QEP Awards

QEP Excellence Awards & Grants Funded by Year

2006 - 2007
2007 - 2008
2008 - 2009
2009 - 2010
2010 - 2011

QEP Excellence Awards

Faculty	Department	Attachments
Dr. Anthony Baker	English	N/A
Dr Joseph Biernacki	Chemical Engineering
Mr. Ken Hunter	Basic Engineering	N/A

QEP Grants Funded

Faculty	Description
Dr. Steven Click	“Real World Transportation Problem”
Dr. Zack Wilcox	“Interventions for Increasing Physical Activity Levels”
Dr. Ismail Fidan	“Implementing a Hands-on Engineering Curricula Transformation”
Dr. Mike Redding	“Mentoring Middle School Science Fair Projects”
Dr. Joshua Hauser	“Student Production of Musical CD”
Dr. Lenly Weathers	“WERC-Design Contest”
Dr. Katherine Osburn	“Sustainability through Real-World Problem Solving”
Dr. Mark Groundland	“Spanish for Health Services”
Dr. Michael Harrison	“Geoscience Field Experience”
Dr. Jon Jonakin	“Resource and Environmental Issues through Teamwork”
Dr. Don Visco	“Experiments in Thermodynamics”
Dr. Lori Maxwell	“Mentoring Debate Teams”
Dr. Holly Stretz	“Real-Time Spectroscopy for Biodiesel Reactor Optimization”
Dr. Bedelia Russell	“Legacy Cycle and Nursing Students”

QEP Excellence Awards

Faculty	Department	Attachments
Dr. Lori Maxwel	Sociology & Political Science	N/A
Dr. Lenly Weathers	Civil Engineering	N/A
Dr. Melissa Geist	Nursing	N/A
Dr. Linda Giesbrecht-Bettol	Counseling & Psychology	N/A
Dr. Matthew Zagumny	Counseling & Psychology	N/A
Dr. Zac Wilcox	Counseling & Psychology	N/A

QEP Grants Funded

Faculty	Description
Dr. Dan Combs	"Geobiology Field Camp"
Dr. Michael Harrison	"Geobiology Field Camp"
Dr. Thomas Timmerman	"Business Ethics Simulation"
Dr. James Baie	"Irrigation Design Problems in the Community"
Dr. Lori Maxwell	"Service-learning Through Debate Teams"
Dr. Melinda Anderson	"Service-learning for Nutritional Choices"
Dr. Cathy Cunningham	"Service-learning for Nutritional Choices"
Mr. Ed Boucher	"Campus Mediation"
Dr. Lenly Weathers	"Real World Environmental Problems"
Ms. Suzann Hensley	"Lights, Camera…Learn"
Ms. Shelley Brown	"Mix It Up"
Dr. Ismail Fidan	"Hands-on Telemanufacturing"
Dr. Ben Mohr	"Concrete Canoe"
Dr. Ismet Anitsal	"Analyzing Retailers"
Dr. Ahmed Kamal	"Service-learning in Robotics"
Dr. Patricia Campion	"Take Home Sociology"
Dr. Meral Anitsal	"Service Organizations"
Dr. Kathy Brashears	"Real World Problem Solving for Teachers"
Dr. Sarah Keller	"Real World Problem Solving for Teachers"

QEP Excellence Awards

Faculty	Department	Attachments
Dr. Pedro Arce	Chemical Engineering	N/A
Mr. Andrew Smith	English and Communications	N/A
Mr. Mark Creter	English and Communications	N/A
Dr. Tom Timmerman	Decision Sciences & Management	N/A

QEP Grants Funded

Faculty	Description
Dr. Matthew Zagumny	“Grant writing”
Dr. Ken Wiant	“Critical thinking and real world issues in the banking industry”
Dr. Bob Wood	“Critical thinking and real world issues in the banking industry”
Dr. Steve Isbell	“Critical thinking and real world issues in the banking industry”
Dr. Lenly Weathers	“Real world problems and bridge engineering”
Ms. Shelley Brown	“Grant writing and service learning”
Dr. Leslie Suters	“Service learning and math and science pre-service teachers”
Dr. Lori Maxwell	“Service learning and Take Back the Night”
Dr. Ismail Fidan	“Emerging green technologies”
Dr. Meral Anitsal	“Emerging green technologies”
Dr. Ismet Anitsal	“Emerging green technologies”
Dr. Michael Allen	“Emerging green technologies”
Dr. Bonita Barger	“Emerging green technologies”
Dr. Susan Elkins	“Emerging green technologies”
Dr. Andy Smith	“Writing and producing a theatrical production”
Dr. Mark Creter	“Writing and producing a theatrical production”
Dr. Ahmed Kamal	“Service learning and robotic sensing”
Dr. Yvonne Malone	“Debates in Adolescent Psychology”
Dr. J.P. Barfield	“Service learning and Health Promotion”
Dr. Ismet Anitsal	“The Legacy Cycle and Retail Marketing”
Dr. Sarah Keller	“Digital Autobiographies and Community Mapping”
Dr. Holly Stretz	“Bridging the gap between science and math education and engineering”
Dr. Melissa Geist	“Critical thinking in Nursing”

Developing a QEP Workshop Presentation

QEP Excellence Awards

Faculty	Department	Attachments
Dr. Debbie Barnard	Foreign Languages
Ms. Shelly Brown	Sociology and Political Science
Dr. Stephen Canfield	Mechanical Engineering	N/A

QEP Grants Funded

Faculty	Description
Dr. Don Visco	“Hands-on Learning Inside the Classroom”
Ms. Tracey Hackett	“Advertising Design Teams”
Dr. Brenda Wilson	“Service Learning in Public Relations”
Ms. Jadwiga Dolzycki	“Curbside Recycling”
Dr. William Eberle	“Computer Assisted Software Engineering”
Ms. Bedelia Russell	“Pediatric Nursing”
Dr. Debbie Barnard	“Service Learning in Montreal”
Dr. Michael Harrison	“Geology Mini Field Camp”
Dr. Ismail Fidan	“Green Manufacturing”
Dr. Leslie Suters	“Service- learning for Pre-service and In-service Teachers”
Dr. Melissa Comer	“Service- learning for Pre-service and In-service Teachers”
Dr. James Martin	“Service- learning for Pre-service and In-service Teachers”
Dr. Kristen Trent	“Service- learning for Pre-service and In-service Teachers”
Dr. Yvonne Malone	“Active Learning for Pre-service Teachers”
Dr. Sandra Terneus	“Grant Writing and Counseling”
Ms. Shelley Brown	“Meeting the Needs of an Aging Population”
Dr. Ferdinand Difurio	“Actively Engaging in Econometric Studies of the Upper Cumberland”
Ms. Susan Henry	“Service Learning Grants and Campus Organizations”
Ms. Michelle Huddleston	“Service Learning Grants and Campus Organizations”
Dr. Lori Maxwell	“Generation We…Civic Engagement Fair”
Ms. Shelley Brown	“Generation We…Civic Engagement Fair”
Dr. Ahmed Kamal	“Robot Sensing Service Learning”

QEP Excellence Awards

Faculty	Department	Attachments
Mr. Andy Smith	English and Communications	N/A

QEP Grants Funded

Faculty	Description
Dr. Janice Branson	“Collaboration between Art and Agriculture students to create authentic murals”
Dr. Patt Coleman	“Collaboration between Art and Agriculture students to create authentic murals”
Dr. Billye Foster	“Collaboration between Art and Agriculture students to create authentic murals”
Ms. Ellen Wolfe	“Collaboration between Art and Agriculture students to create authentic murals”
Dr. Ismet Anitsal	“Marketing tourism in Clay and Macon counties”
Dr. Meral Anitsal	“Marketing tourism in Clay and Macon counties”
Dr. Susan Elkins	“Marketing tourism in Clay and Macon counties”
Dr. Ambereen Siraj	“Increasing public awareness of information security”
Ms. Shelley Brown	“Promoting a public screening of film on aging”
Dr. Melissa Geist	“Creating video simulations of medical calculation problems”
Dr. Holly Anthony	“Creating video simulations of medical calculation problems”
Dr. Kathy Brashears	“Teaching teachers to appreciate and share Appalachian culture”
Dr. Deborah Watlington	“Creating learning centers with first-year teachers”
Dr. Sarah Keller	“Using book clubs to foster reading in struggling elementary school readers”
Mr. Andy Smith	“Creating a student-based publication from encounters with Living Writers”
Dr. Ismail Fidan	“Collaborating with STEM teachers for professional development”
Ms. Stephanie Richards	“Creating grants to assist local teachers”
Dr. Ismet Anitsal	“Developing marketing/business plans to promote tourism in Clay and Macon counties”
Dr. Meral Anitsal	“Developing marketing/business plans to promote tourism in Clay and Macon counties”
Dr. Susan Elkins	“Developing marketing/business plans to promote tourism in Clay and Macon counties”