Recent Grants
External grants and contracts promote funding to support scholarly faculty as they engage in research and creative activity. Grants provide funding to promote the general good, whereas contracts allow a specific donor to influence a project and incorporate a request for service.
Joseph Langenderfer |
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| Awarded: May 2008 | Area of study: Shoulder tears, specifically within rotator cuff muscles |
| Amount: $15,000 | Source: President's Research Investment Fund, CMU |
Terry Lerch |
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| Awarded: May 2004 | Area of study: Heat transfer phenomena in the microclimate located between the skin surface and the internal surface of clothing. Predict heat flow with finite element modeling of the microclimate and verify with temperate measurements from an infrared camera. |
| Amount: $317,486 | Source: National Science Foundation |
Did you know?
CMU is the only Michigan university to have a body scanner. CMU's body scanner, purchased with a $317,486 grant from the National Science Foundation, records more than 300,000 data points on the body.