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Dr. Katrina Ramonell uses
microarray technology to learn more about plants. She hopes to learn ways to combat crop
diseases, like powdery mildew, by studying the model organism Arabidopsis
thaliana.
Dr. Michael Hardin and a
team of UA students are partnering with SAS, a leading software supplier, in
research to reduce money laundering.
Drs. Mark and Laura
Klinger (depicted in front of a colorized image of a brain scan) use fMRI
technology and computer learning games to better understand brain activity
patterns in people with autism spectrum disorder.
Using colorful satellite
imagery, Dr. Luoheng Han monitors water quality hundreds of miles away from his
UA office.
Biology student Ryan St.
John observes Dr. Eric Roden, a UA biology professor as he demonstrates and
experiment. Dr. Roden researches how
rock-eating bacteria could hold the key to life on mars.
UA is the second
university in the country operating a Sky Arrow airplane investigating global
climate change causes and impacts. Pictured are (left-right, bottom-top) Alex
Maestre, Scott Kirby, Jason Lange, Stan Allen, Dr. Derek Williamson, Ed Dumas,
Donald Jarman, and Steven Brooks.
Michelle Hilgeman (far
right), a first-year graduate student in psychology at UA works with Dr.
Rebecca Allen (far left) on the Legacy
Project that helps families with life-limiting illnesses develop keepsakes such
as a scrapbook, journal or photo album.
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Dr. Michael Triche, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering,
researches ways to improve buildings' abilities to survive storms.
Drs. Ion Stancu, Andreas
Piepke and Jerome Busenitz, professors in the College of Arts and Sciences’
department of physics and astronomy, are involved in world-wide efforts to
learn more about sub-atomic particles called neutrinos.
Ashley Dumas, a UA graduate student, directs an archaeological dig at the site
of the original Tabasco factory on Avery Island in Louisiana. She’s shown
holding a photo of the 19th-century building.
Dr. Ian Brown, a professor of anthropology, with artifacts unearthed from Avery
Island, La., where Tabasco brand pepper sauce was first produced in the mid-
to- late 1860s.
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Dr. Keith Jacobi, assistant professor of anthropology,
and students Ben Shields and Stacy McGrath look at
X-rays.
Dr. Viola Acoff, associate
professor of metallurgical and
materials engineering, front, Nagy El-Kaddah, professor of metallurgical and
materials engineering, back right, and Mario Arenas work to improve welding
results for the National Science Foundation
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The University of Alabama is partnering with NASA and five other universities
in the National Space Science and Technology Center, a $22 million research
facility that opened recently in Huntsville.
Dr. Rodney Bowersox, middle, and students Daina Lee, left, and Zakaria Mahmud
conduct research in a new aerophysics lab.
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This image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, during observation time
awarded to Dr. William Keel, a professor of astronomy at UA, shows two galaxies
colliding.
Kathleen Williams (left),
a nurse practitioner and instructor in UA’s Capstone College of Nursing, and
Dr. Jeri Dunkin, a professor of nursing and holder of UA’s Martha Saxon
Memorial Endowed Presidential Chair position, in front of the campus operated Parrish
health center.
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Dr. Dick Bradt, a
professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, was chosen as the first
American recipient of the Academic Achievement Award of the Ceramic Society of
Japan. He is pictured here with Flavia Cunha, a graduate student in
metallurgical and materials engineeering
Campus sculpture program
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(Left-Right) Dr. Linda Olivet, UA professor emeritus, and
Dr. Raymond L. Guffin Jr., Stillman College professor, were recently recognized
for teaching excellence by Dr. Carolyn C. Dahl, dean of the UA College of
Continuing Studies.
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C&BA computer facilities provide students with access to state-of-the-art
technology in Bruno Business Library classrooms.
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Dr. Rebecca Allen, assistant professor of psychology, has worked with some 30
terminally ill patients and their families as part of her research at UA.
Dr. Tony Freyer, UA
research professor of history and law, recently edited and published a
collection of essays written by famed civil rights federal district judge Frank
M. Johnson.
Dr. Steve Nagy, professor
of health science in CHES, has been doing research on Alabama adolescent
tobacco use and sexual activity for 14 years.
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NIH-sponsored research by UA psychology professors uses computer games in
studying the thinking processes of children with autism. One goal of the
research is to develop the first performance-based test to diagnose this
neurological disability.
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Drs. J.W. Harrell (left) and Dave Nikles research ways to store more data in
less space.
Dr. Stanley Jones conducts research that could assist with the redesign of
bullet-proof glass.
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Dr. Viola Acoff (left) and Cherqueta Claiborn focus on alloys significant in
the aerospace industry.
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