2024 Research & Scholarship Awards
The annual Research & Scholarship Awards recognize excellence among artists, scholars, researchers and inventors at East Carolina University. Our faculty’s research and creative activities impact their field, their students, the region and the world.
Event Details
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Harvey Banquet Hall at the Murphy Center
660 Ficklen Dr, Greenville, NC 27858
Awards Ceremony Recap News Story
Event Program
Welcome
Robin Coger, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Remarks
Sharon Paynter, Acting Chief Research and Engagement Officer
Recognition and Presentation of Awards
- Recognition of Research Administration
- Presentation of Trendsetter Awards
- Presentation of SPARC Awards
- Recognition of EOSA Cohort
- Presentation of Scholarship of Engagement Award
- Recognition of Inventors
- Presentation of Five-Year Research and Creative Activity Award
- Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
Closing Remarks
Robin Coger, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research & Creative Activity
Professor, Biology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Five-Year Research & Creative Activity
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
College of Health and Human Performance
Professor, Rural Education Institute
College of Education
Jessica Miller
CON and CAHS Research Administrative Hub Director
and Pre-Award Grant Manager
Carlyle Rogers
Director of Licensing & Commercialization
US Patent 11,610,170
Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Generating a Normalized Assessment
US Patent 11,676,232
Apparatus For Improving Applicant Selection Based on Performance Indices
Robert Todd Watkins
School of Dental Medicine
US Patent 11,647,889
Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging for Blood Flow and Perfusion Visualization and Related Systems and Computer Program Products
Xin-Hua Hu
Physics
Kenneth Jacobs
Physics
US Patent 11,925,635
Methods and Compositions for Maintaining Opioid Efficacy in the Treatment of Pain
Kori Brewer
Emergency Medicine
Stefan Clemens
Physiology
US Copyright Ref TX0009293654
Malkin Gambling-Motivated Crime Diversion Checklist
Michelle Malkin
Criminal Justice & Criminology
Senior National Association of Inventors Inductees
Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Stefan Clemens
Physiology
2023-2024 Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy (EOSA) Cohort
Carrie Bergeson
Human Development and Family Science
Yilei Huang
Construction Management
Eric Wade
Coastal Studies
Tianjiao Zhao
Construction Management
Sponsored Activities and Research Catalyst (SPARC) Award Winners
John Farrow
Microbiology and Immunology
Ted Graber
Physical Therapy
Michael (Drew) Honaker
Surgery
Misun Hur
Geography, Planning, and Environment
Jinkun Lee
Engineering
Susan McRae
Biology
Adam Offenbacher
Chemistry
Anne Spuches
Chemistry
Trendsetter Award Winners
Early Achievement
Kawanna Bright
Interdisciplinary Professions
Michelle Malkin
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Mid-Career
Hanan Elgendy
General Dentistry
Abby Schwartz
Social Work
Zhen Zhu
Engineering
Eminent Achievement
Margaret Bauer
English
Sy Saeed
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
