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Grants Associated with our Projects

• Investigation of the Dynamics of Development of Sitting Postural Control in Infants with Cerebral Palsy.
  Granter: U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation, 2004-2007.
• A Biomedical Device for Prognostic and Diagnostic Measures of Pathological Locomotive Bio Rhythms.
  Granter: Nebraska Research Initiative, Renewed for 2007-2008.
• New Robotic Surgical Tools for Minimal Access Surgery.
  Granter: Nebraska Research Initiative, Renewed for 2007-2008.
• Biomechanics Lab Camera System: Motion Analysis System with Orthotrak software and a six camera Eagle Digital Camera System.
  Granter: University of Nebraska Foundation, 2005.
• Nonlinear analysis of postural function in infants. K25 award mechanism.
  Granter: National Institute of Health, Subdivision: National Institute of Child Health Development, Center: National Center of Medical Rehabilitation Research, 2005-2010.
• Center for Advanced Surgical Technology.
  Granter: UNMC, 2005-2008.
• Assessing the ambulatory disability incurred by peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and the effect of revascularization utilizing advanced biomechanical techniques and functional outcomes.
  Granter: The American Geriatrics Society 2006-2008.
• Child’s Physical Activity/Cancer Prevention Video Game.
  Granter: National Institutes of Health, 2007.
• Impact of Resistance Training on Balance in Multiple Sclerosis Patients.
  Granter: National Multiple Sclerosis Society; The MARS Foundation. 2007-2008.
• The Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility: An Emerging Core Facility.
  Granter: Nebraska Research Initiative. 2007-2009.
• Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics Laboratories Equipment.
  Granter: Nebraska University Foundation. 2007.
• The Effect of Augmented Sensory Feedback in Motor Learning of Upper Limb Movements in Chronic Stroke Survivors
  Granter: American Heart Association, 2008-2009.
  

Faculty Awards

Nick Stergiou, Ph.D.

1. Received a Fixed Term Faculty appointment as a Professor in the Curriculum of Human Movement Science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Effective 2004).
2. Received a Professor Courtesy Appointment with the UNMC Department of Surgery (Fall 2005).
3. Received a Professor Courtesy Appointment with the UNMC Department of Pediatrics (Fall 2005).
4. Received the Isaacson Professorship for research, teaching and creativity (2005-2011).
5. Received a Professor Courtesy Appointment with the UNMC Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions (Summer 2006).
6. Received UNO’s Graduate Studies Outstanding Graduate Mentor (2006).
7. Appointed Professor with the UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health Sciences in the College of Public Health. (Summer 2007).
8. Received the UNO Award for Distinguished Research or Creative Activity (ADROCA) (2008).

Shing-Jye Chen, Ph.D.

1. Received an Assistant Professor Courtesy Appointment with the School of HPER. (Fall 2006).
2. Received an Assistant Professor Tenure Track Appointment with the School of HPER. (Fall 2007).

Ph.D.’s Awarded in 2006

• Max J. Kurz: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Department of Psychobiology - Spring 2006
• Joseph Siu: University of Oregon, Department of Human Physiology - Summer 2006
• Leslie Decker: Universite Paris 6 – Pierre et Marie Curie, École Doctorale Cerveau – Cognition – Comportement - Fall 2006
• Timothy Judkins: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Fall 2006
• Mukul Mukherjee: University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences - Fall 2006
• Chuck Thigpen: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine - Spring 2006

Student Awards

1. Anastasia Kyvelidou: Thesis Graduate Scholarship, UNO office of Graduate Studies and Research. Spring 2005.
2. Sara Myers: Kate Field Grant-in-Aid, University of Nebraska at Omaha. 2006-2007.
3. Sara Myers: NASA Nebraska Space Grant Columbia Memorial Scholarship, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Spring 2007.
4. Anastasia Kyvelidou, MS: UNMC Graduate Studies Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical Center 2007-2008.
5. Sara Myers, MS: Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, American Heart Association 2007.
6. Jessie Huisinga, MS: Student Research Support, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity. Spring 2007.
7. Panagiotis Koutakis, BS: Scholarship, Alexandros Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. 2007-2009.
8. Jessie Huisinga, MS: NASA Nebraska Space Grant Scholarship, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Fall 2007.
9. Anastasia Kyvelidou, MS: Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Grant, Fall 2007.
10. Sara Myers:, MS: NASA Nebraska Space Grant Scholarship, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Spring 2008.
11. Nicholas Hanson, BS: Student Research Support, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity. Spring 2008.
12. Anastasia Kyvelidou, MS: Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Grant, Spring 2008.
13. Anastasia Kyvelidou, MS: Sigma Xi elected as an Associate Member by the Committee on Qualifications and Membership of the Society, Spring 2008.