Faculty Research & Scholarship Funding: 2008-2009
Calvin Research Fellowships:
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Joel Adams, Computer Science, 2 Course Units
- Comparing Supercomputer Topologies †Carolyn Anderson, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2 Course Units
- Development of a New Synthetic Organometallic Method as a Gateway to Prove Organic Bonding Motifs †Eric Arnoys, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2 Course Units
- Protein Diffusion and Transport Michael Bolt, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units
- Geometric Estimates for Complex Analysis David Crump, Religion, 2 Course Units
- Surrendering to Paradox: A Properly Existential Understanding of NT Faith †Kristin Du Mez, History, 2 Course Units
- The Forgotten Woman's Bible Mark Fackler, Communication Arts & Sciences, 2 Course Units
- Handbook of Global Communication Ethics †Benita Wolters-Fredlund, Music, 2 Course Units
- Hearing Canada in the Music of John Beckwith Deborah Haarsma, Physics & Astronomy, 2 Course Units
- Star Formation in the Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters Loren Haarsma, Physics & Astronomy, 2 Course Units
- Investigation of Type and Function of Ion Channels in Duct Cells of the Lacrimal Gland Keith Hekman, Engineering, 2 Course Units
- Concurrent Design of Controller and Input Shaper for Point to Point Motion Arlene Hoogewerf, Biology, 2 Course Units
- Identification of Cytokine Receptors in Staphylococcus Aureus Clarence Joldersma, Education, 1 Course Unit
- Sustainability and Levinas's Ethics of the Other: the Earth, the Face and Environmentally-based Justice Todd Kapitula, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units
- Waves in Hamiltonian Systems with applications in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates Hyesook Kim, Music, 2 Course Units
- Olivier Messianen's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus †Karen Miller, Spanish, 2 Course Units
- Effects of Unreliable Input on Children's Acquisition of Spanish Larry Molnar, Physics & Astronomy, 1 Course Unit
- Dynamical Studies: Binary Stars and Asteroids †Chris Moseley, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units
- Optimal Control of Spin Transfer in a Three-Spin Chain Diane Obenchain, Religion, 2 Course Units
- Chinese Academy: Why is the Religion Department the Same as the Philosophy Department? Randy Pruim, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units
- Statistical Genetics Investigation of Type-2 Diabetes †Blake Riek, Psychology, 2 Course Units
- Forgiveness Otto Selles, French, 3 Course Units
- Tolerations' Borders: Church and State Repression of a French-Calvinist Sect Anding Shen, Biology, 2 Course Units*
- On-Going Viral Replication in Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy Treated HIV Patients Jamie Smith, Philosophy, 2 Course Units
- Homo Liturgicus: A Liturgical Phenomenology, Volume 2 of Cultural Liturgies †Peter Snyder, Business, 2 Course Units
- Mechanism and Motivations for Criminal Activity by Corporate Elite †Chad Tatko, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2 Course Units
- Development of Peptide Based Biocatalysts for the Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Jim Turner, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units
- Applications of Cohomology to Moduli Spaces †David Urban, English, 2 Course Units
- The Parabolic Milton: The Self and the Bible in John Milton's Writings Deanna van Dijk, Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science, 2 Course Units
- The Photo League: Views of Urban Experience in the 1930s and 1940s Bill Van Vugt, History, 3 Course Units
- British Immigration to the United States, 1776-1914 Gerard Venema, Mathematics & Statistics, 2 Course Units
- Research in Geometric Topology Matt Walhout, Physics & Astronomy, 2 Course Units
- Studies of Long-Range Molecular binding Forces in an Atom Trap David Warners, Biology, 2 Course Units
- Restoration Strategies and Successional Patterns for Recovering Cloud Forest Habitats in Abandoned Pastures, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica †Jennifer Williams, English, 2 Course Units
- Ghosts in the Machine: Modernism's Religious Other †Jane Zwart, English, 2 Course Units
- The Literature of the Letter
- *Recommended recipient of Science Division Developmental Research Fellowship (The Science Division Developmental Research Fellowship is a gift funded two-course-unit CRF fellowship which is awarded to one individual whose research during the time of the award will lead to the submission of a major peer-reviewed research grant. Priority is given to faculty in the physical and biological sciences.) † indicates Diekema Fellowship Recipient
Sabbatical Leave of Absence:
- How Informal Norms Marginalize Women in Less Developed Countries
- A History of Christianity in China
- Opera Workshop Observation and Lab Development
- Drama, Worship, and Liturgy
- Paradoxes of Power as Perceived by the Local-Rural Populations of the Levant
- Scholarly Writing on Literacy and Learning Disabilities
- Classical and Quantum Studies of Atoms in Strong Laser Fields
- Biography of the Brothers Grimm
- Application of Adaptronics to Improve UAV Performance
- A History of the Ottoman Empire (1300-1922)
- Scaffolding Interventions to Promote Scientific Reasoning in Students
- Early Christian Disputes About Meals and Food in the context of Early Judaism
- Analyzing World Health Organization Datasets with Trendalyzer
- Using Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy to Study Drug-Delivery Systems
- Plein-Air Painting
- Sacred Space and Fiber Art
- Fragments: Syntax and Sense in Cormac McCarthy's: The Road
- A Case Study in Christian Entrepreneurship and Engineering
Adel Abadeer, Economics, Fall & Interim
Day Bays, History, Fall & Interim
Keith Brautigam, Music, Fall & Interim
Randall Buursma, Communication Arts & Sciences, Academic Year
Bert de Vries, History, Fall & Interim
KaiLonnie Dunsmore, Education, Academic Year
Stan Haan, Physics & Astronomy, Fall & Interim
Don Hettinga, English, Interim & Spring
Matt Heun, Engineering, Academic Year
Doug Howard, History, Interim & Spring
Jim Jadrich, Physics and Astronomy, Interim & Spring
Ken Pomykala, Religion, Interim & Spring
Allen Shoemaker, Psychology, Fall & Interim
Kumar Sinniah, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Academic Year
Frank Speyers, Art & Art History, Fall & Interim
Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk, Art & Art History, Interim & Spring
Jim Vanden Bosch, English, Fall & Interim
Steve VanderLeest, Engineering, Academic Year
