Two Engineering Science and Mechanics faculty are recipients of the 2008-09 Grace Woodward Seed Grant Awards for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine.

Steven Schiff
Dr. Steven Schiff, Brush Chair Professor of Engineering, received the award for his project titled "The Use of CT as a Substitute for MRI in the Diagnosis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa".

Barbara Shaw
Dr. Barbara A. Shaw, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, received the award for her project titled "Fix, Heal, and Disappear--Designing New, Tailored Magnesium Alloys for re-absorbable Orthopedic Implants".


The Grace Woodward Grants for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine are an outgrowth of the Grace Woodward Endowments to Penn State. These merit-based awards are presented to PSU faculty on a competitive basis for creating or capitalizing on opportunities to use engineering to solve problems in the life sciences and medicine. Each seed grant is funded for approximately $25,000.