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Isenberg Research Beat 2005

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Awards

Agha, I.,  2005 Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate Business Association, Isenberg School of Management

Braun, M., University of Massachusetts Graduate School Fellowship Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student ($8,000), University of Massachusetts, 2004-2005.

Griffin, R., 2005 Leadership Award for Assessment of Student Learning with Technology. UMass President's Office, Boston, MA.

Kapadia, N., 2005 Caesarea Center Award for Best Paper in Risk Management, Western Finance Association.

Nagurney, A. Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, September 16, 2005.

Nagurney, A. Moving Spirit Award, INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), November 15, 2005, San Francisco, California.

Nakosteen, R., 2005 MBA Excellence in Teaching Award.

Taleb, N. N. Fooled by Randomness was selected by Fortune as one of "The best 75 Books of All Times.”

Warnick, R. 2005 Rich Kelleher Teaching and Student Service Award.

Wong, G. 2005 MBA Excellence in Teaching Award.

Teaching Grants

Gal, G. CSL Grant for Capstone course (PI).

Gal, G. CITI Grant for IT Capstone course.

Mangaliso, M. P.  Enhancing Teaching of Undergraduate Courses with Technology. Center for Teaching Grant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2005-2006, $3,000.

C. Manz, Learning About Management and Leadership in China. UMass Center for Teaching Grant for Professional Development Teaching Program. $3,000, 2005-2006.

Masteralexis, L. P. Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Classroom, UMass Center for Teaching Grant, 2004-05, $15,000.

Nagurney, A. Grant for Professional Development in Teaching, Center for Teaching, UMass Amherst, $3,000 -- Web-Based Computation and Visualization Tools for Transportation and Logistics.

Research Grants

Bair, S. Casey Foundation grant for report on low cost payday loan alternatives. $30,000, 2005.

Bair, S. Inter-American Development Bank grant for study on banking access by Latino Immigrants. $30,000, 2005-2006.

Bair, S. MassMutual, ACLI, grant to study public policy issues associated with investor owned life insurance. $45,000, 2005.

Bair, S. Fidelity Foundation grant to support the speakers program for MBA governance seminar. $13,000, 2005.

Bisgaard, S., Tuominen, M., and Watkins, J. IGERT: Research and Innovation in Nanoscale Devide Development, National Science Foundation, $633,508, July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006.

Cohen, N. and Flohr, J.  UMASS Departments of Nutrition and Hospitality and Tourism Management. Phase I and II of III. Food Service Sanitation and Safety Education for Child and Adult Care Food Program Personnel: Food Equipment and Safety Training (FEAST) Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education Child Nutrition Program, Phase I-II, $69,781.00

Enghagen, L. and Shea, L., Co-PIs, funded research grant from the Graduate School Ethics Committee, The ethics of customer loyalty programs, service guarantees and overbooking, $10,000.

Getmansky Sherman, M. Q Group Research Grant, $10,000, 2005-2008.

Getmansky Sherman, M. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Grant, $10,000, 2005.

Getmansky Sherman, M. Healy Endowment Faculty Research Grant, $15,000, 2005-2006.

McComb, S., Principal Investigator. Mental Models: Content, Structure, and Convergence. Office of Naval Research, $250,000, 2005-2008.

McKelvey, S.  Study on New York City Marathon participant levels of sponsor recall/recognition and attitudes toward ambush marketing. New York Road Runners, $7,500.

Nagurney, A. and Dong, J. No cost extension of $198,904K as part of NSF MKIDS supplement; second year of two year $400K grant. Knowledge Supernetworks: The Modeling and Management of the Dynamics of Complex Business Processes Under Risk and Uncertainty. One of nine teams in the US funded under this special program that involved national security issues.

Nagurney, A.  Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University as a Science Fellow, 2005-2006.


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