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• Xipeng Wang, CECS

We are seeking funding to integrate the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Development Kit into our Deep Learning curriculum. This powerful tool will offer students unparalleled hands-on experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The Jetson Orin Nano is renowned for its application in various real-world scenarios, ranging from robotics to advanced computing. By incorporating this technology into our program, we aim to provide students with practical skills and insights that mirror current industry practices. This addition will not only enhance our educational offerings but also prepare our students for the demands and challenges of the evolving AI landscape.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL

The Spanish discipline and Applied Art are collaborating in a poster competition and exhibition during the first week of April. Students in ART 210 will design and create a poster related to the Spanish language, Hispanic studies or a Latino oriented cause. Students in SPAN 305 will perform as art gallery directors and judges. They will vote and justify in writing the reasons why a specific poster has been selected to be displayed in their gallery. We are requesting funding to be able to print the posters and organize a small reception at the Language Laboratory for ART students to exhibit their work and meet their judges from SPAN. Selected and unselected posters can be later displayed in rotation in the Language Laboratory and in CASL building (pending permission).

• Julie Taylor, CEHHS

Kimmi Kraus will present on deaf culture and education in a one-hour Zoom conference. As the child of a deaf father and hearing mother, Kraus grew up communicating in American Sign Language. For over 15 years in a variety of educational settings, she has taught this language to others. Participants will learn about rights, methods, and accommodations to support the learning of deaf people.

• Marcus Harris, COB

I am requesting funding from the Creative Teaching Fund to register for and participate in New Detroit's Multicultural Leadership Series. I am seeking to increase my inclusive teaching skills to become a more effective instructor in the classroom, particularly increasing my knowledge and understanding of Muslim culture to appeal to these students in particular, as, of course, ������-Dearborn has a large population of Muslim and Middle Eastern students. 

Winter 2023

• Jennifer Proctor, CASL, LCC

This grant will be used to purchase a set of "optical toys," such as zoetropes, praxinoscopes, and other pre-cinema devices, to assist in teaching students early film history in a practice-based format. Students will create their own short animations these devices as a means of teaching the concepts of persistence of vision and frame rates.

• Simona Marincean / Marilee Benore, CASL, BBS

The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants certificate, offered since last year at University of Michigan-Dearborn, focuses on applications and uses of medicinal and aromatic plants in foods, integrative medicine, cosmetics, and personal products. With the acquisition of the copper hydro-distillation units the students will be able to become proficient with equipment and methods that are routinely used in industry. This opportunity, one of the few available nationally, will allow the students to be trained for employment in cosmetic companies, cannabis companies, or entrepreneurship.

Summer 2023

• Marilee Benore, CASL, Phys Science

Students in Biochemistry 113 will be going on a study abroad trip to Padua (Padova) Italy to study medicinal and aromatic plants. The dates are late April to early May 2023. Part of the study abroad will include an opportunity to see two local community exhibits. One is the Grand Science tour, which includes one of the oldest anatomical Theaters, near the room where Galileo lectured! The other is the Padua Botanical Garden, the oldest garden on the plant still functioning, and holds the famous Goethe Palm. Together, the two visits will be about $50 per student.

• Lara Rusch, CASL, Social Science

How can the university best support civic engagement, given both the demands on commuter student time and the fact that many are already actively involved in their communities? This research is based on the premise that our students bring valuable local and regional knowledge to campus. This project uses focus groups to better understand student civic engagement on and off campus and to make recommendations for community-engaged and Project Based Learning courses that support engagement from the resident/student perspective.

Fall 2022

• Francine Banner, CASL, Sociology

This funding would support a speaker from Haven, a shelter for family violence survivors based in Oakland, MI, to present an interactive workshop on intimate partner violence during the Family Violence course

• Anna Muller, CASL, History

I am asking for $100 to pay an honorarium to Willow Hokett for visiting my HIST 300 class. The goal of this meeting is to provide the students in HIST 300 with a chance to discuss how they can used their history degree while they graduate. This particular meeting should help the students reflect on how they can use their history skills for public history jobs, for example work in museums.

• Imran Aijaz, CASL, Philosophy

The funding request will appeal to a diverse range of students in my class (Arab-American students, Muslim students, people interested in matters of social justice, feminism, current affairs in the Middle East, etc.). Because of its strong connection to what is currently happening in Iran, it has a strong potential for meaningful impact.

• Sofia Calzada-Orihuela, CASL, LCC

This is a non-graded cultural activity for students in our intermediate and advanced Spanish courses and in culturally diverse student organizations on campus. This is part of a Cultural Event Series organized by the Spanish Discipline, which fulfills the Cultural Literacy goal. Cultural Literacy identifies and appreciates cultural differences. Students and faculty compare and contrast Latin American history, artistic productions, and themes with their own. Participating students in Spanish 201, 301, and two hispanic student organizations will create and display an ofrenda, in accordance to its history and significance in Hispanic cultural practices. This activity will be particularly beneficial for students enrolled in SPAN 201 because, being an online course, this event will provide students with the opportunity to come to campus and directly interact with their peers in an upper level.

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

We are requesting $300 to help pay a $500 honorarium for Natalia Aleksiun, who is giving a Zoom presentation for History 387 and History 3121 on “Intimate Violence: Jewish Testimonies about the Holocaust in Eastern Europe” on January 27. The presentation will also be available to the campus community and the general public to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Voice/Vision Archive and the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professorship in Polish/Polish American/Eastern European Studies at the ������-Dearborn are sponsoring the event and have each committed $100. We are also working with the HMC-ZFC in Farmington Hills to help promote the event.

• Zheng Song, CECS, CIS

This request plans to build an experimental platform for students to understand the lecture topics better and gain hands-on experiences in building networked systems. The proposed platform will form an isolated local area network using routers and Raspberry Pis (expandable and portable computers, often used for education purposes). Students can access the platform remotely from their personal computers to explore network services, algorithms, and protocols. LED lights will be attached to the PIs for visualizing the communications, with the scene being captured by a camera and displayed to the remote students.

• Anna Muller, CASL, Soc Sci

I would like to invoke Wiola Rebecka, the author of the recently published book, Rape: A History of Shame. Diary of the Survivors for a meeting with my class. The class is devoted to war, and gender violence, and this discussion could greatly contribute to students' understanding of the problem.

• Liz Rohan, CASL, LCC

I have invited the poet Matthew Olzmann to campus on March 14th to visit with and read to students in my winter introduction to creative writing course, Comp/Eng 223. Olzmann is a ������-Dearborn alumnus who has gained notoriety for his accessible and thoughtful work. His poetry has been published widely and his second book of poetry, Contradictions in the Design, has just been published. He is also an accessible and engaging speaker. HUB funding would contribute to the cost of his visit which includes a $1000 stipend and the cost of airfare.

• Raji Janakiraman, CASL, Nat Sci

I would like to purchase two PCR thermocycler machines for the Introductory Molecular and Cellular Biology Labs to be used in the Winter 2022 and subsequent semesters.

Fall 2020

• Jamie Wraight, CASL, History

I am requesting $300 to pay the creators of the Tim O’ and Harley Show podcast. The podcast, now on its 523’d episode, discusses different aspects of “classic, cult and rare” horror films. The requested funds will pay for the creation of 3 episodes of the podcast that discuss films about Jack the Ripper. The last of these podcasts will be dedicated to the 1944 film, The Lodger. The creators of the podcast have also agreed to participate in a 90 minute Zoom meeting/discussion with the class (this meeting will not be mandatory but will be recorded for members of the class who are unable to attend).

• Jonathan Smith, CASL, Beh.Sciences

Two years ago at the Hub's recommendation I used WordPress for the website my students in ENGL 434 were creating with their research projects for the course. That website, on Charles Kingsley's 1863 children's novel, The Water-Babies, can be viewed at https://waterbabiesweb.wordpress.com/. This term, I'm teaching the course again, and my current students are adding to that web site. Since ENGL 434 meets the DDC Capstone and Upper-Level Writing requirements and the ENGL discipline's research requirement, the publication of these projects supports both the course's and the program's learning goals. In addition, since the English program's goals include "the relationship between works of literature and the cultures in which they are embedded," these historically-based projects both support that goal and make the results of the students' research available to students, scholars, and the general public.

• Margaret Murray, CASL, LCC

COMM 460: PR Campaigns is a capstone course that features a real client, and students compete to see whose campaign meets their needs best. Since the course will be offered asynchronously in Winter 2021, an original podcast will be created to accompany the class. The podcast format is ideal for interviewing the client and subject matter experts. Students can leave audio comments in response to each podcast, the best of which will be incorporated into future episodes. This format is more flexible for guest speakers and for students and will avoid t