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Research is What’s<br />
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST<br />
REPORT ON RESEARCH 2010<br />
The mission of The University of Massachusetts is to provide an affordable and<br />
accessible education of high quality and to conduct programs of research and<br />
public service that advance knowledge and improve the lives of the people of the<br />
Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.<br />
REPORT ON RESEARCH 2010 CONTENTS<br />
01 FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR<br />
03 STIMULATING YEAR<br />
06 WHAT’S NEXT FOR BIOFUELS RESEARCH<br />
08 MIGHTY MICROBE<br />
10 POWER SURGE!<br />
12 BRIDGING THE GAP<br />
14 BRIGHT MINDS<br />
16 AFRO-AM TURNS 40<br />
18 CAPS AND GOWNS IN KABUL<br />
20 BREEDING BETTER BIOLOGISTS<br />
22 INSPIRING INNOVATION<br />
24 SPONSORED ACTIVITY<br />
26 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER<br />
28 FACULTY RECOGNITIONS<br />
BACK COVER INSIDE<br />
FACULTY BOOKSHELF<br />
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14 08<br />
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20Editor<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=1"> Research is What’s NEXT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACH</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=2"> The mission of The University of Massachusetts is</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=3"> Dear Friends and Supporters: I am pleased to pro</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=4"> Professor Kevin Fu Chosen to Advise White House o</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=5"> STIMULATING YEAR AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTME</a>
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<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=7"> 2. 3. 1. Fe</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=8"> WHAT’S NEXT FOR BIOFUELS RESEARCH 1. </a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=9"> Professor George Huber, chemical engineering. Hub</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=10"> MIGHTY MICROBE BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH ELECTROFUE</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=11"> Professor Derek Lovley’s research has produced va</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=12"> POWER SURGE! GREEN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CEN</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=13"> like the Green High Performance Computing Center </a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=14"> BRIDGING THE GAP TOWARD A PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=15"> Nancy Folbre, (at left) is a regular contributor </a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=16"> BRIGHT MINDS INVENTING THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=17"> Singh is trying to solve the difficult problems t</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=18"> AFRO-AM TURNS 40 WHAT’S NEXT FOR THIS SIGNATURE P</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=19"> 1. 1. Students take pride in the recently reno</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=20"> CAPS AND GOWNS IN KABUL WHAT’S NEXT FOR UMASS AMH</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=21"> “This grant is an addition to the funding w</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=22"> BREEDING BETTER BIOLOGISTS BIG-TIME RESEARCH IS W</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=23"> started and it’s now becoming a model for how to </a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=24"> INSPIRING INNOVATION INCUBATOR PLANS TO SPAWN DEV</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=25"> National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $314</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=26"> SPONSORED ACTIVITY Fiscal Year 2010 SPONSORE</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=27"> FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS Training School Speech-Langua</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=28"> TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER The UMass Amherst Intellectua</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=29"> MILESTONE AWARD TODD EMRICK, Associate Professor</a>
<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=30"> FACULTY RECOGNITIONS Acoustical Society of Am</a>
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<a title="researchAR_pages_update.pdf page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f0b8bc?page=32"> University Relations Whitmore Administration Buil</a>