The Non-Instructional Faculty Assignment Committee has selected four faculty members and their research proposals for funding in the 2006-2007 year.

Those faculty and their proposal titles are:

* Mohamed Abdelrahman, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, "Collaborative Research in the Applications of Computer Vision in Biomedical and Industrial Fields"

* Rafal Ablamowicz, chairperson of Mathematics, "Advancing the Theory of Clifford Algebras"

* Earl Hutchison, professor of English-journalism, "Investigation of the Marcia Trimble Case"

* Jon Jonakin, professor of Economics, Finance and Marketing, "Labor and Its Discontents: The Impact of Market Reform on Venezuela and Mexico"

The non-instructional assignment program allows faculty members release time from all teaching duties for either fall or spring semester or one-half release time for the entire academic year.

Proposals are evaluated according to their contribution to the professional growth of faculty, improvement of teaching and curricula, and enhancement of scholarship and academic excellence in ways that cannot be accomplished under the constraints of regular workload assignments.