Other China-related Faculty and Staff
Areas of Interest
BUSINESS
The Center for Business Performance Management (CBPM) at The Fisher College is one of three global centers dedicated to research and curriculum development in business performance management. Their partner institutions include the Cranfield School of Management in the UK and Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management in China. CBPM has ongoing contact with faculty at Peking University. Recently, for example, under the sponsorship of CBPM, one of the senior faculty from Fisher College presented two papers at Guanghua. On an ongoing basis CBPM collaborates on research projects, surveys and new initiatives.
For detailed information, please contact:
Louis L. Straney
Executive Director
The Center for Business Performance Management
The Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University
2100 Neil Avenue, Fisher Hall - 355
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: straney_3@cob.osu.edu
Webpage: http://fisher.osu.edu/centers/cbpm
Tel: 614-292-8828
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Dr. Jacques L Zakin, the Helen C. Kurtz Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has a collaborative relationship with Dr. J. J. Wei of the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China ( E-mail: jjwei@mail.xjto.edu.cn ).
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. Jacques L Zakin
Helen C. Kurtz Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Ohio State University
Email: zakin.1@osu.edu
Webpage: http://www.chbmeng.ohio-state.edu/people/zakin.html
Tel: 614-688-4113
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Dr. Charles Hancock
Associate Dean, College of Education
Email:
hancock.2@osu.edu
Dr. Hancock is deeply engaged with the development and implementation of collaborative programming between OSU and Wuhan University.
COLLEGE OF FOOD, AGRICULTURAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
In 2006, a team led by Dr. Karen Mancl and 4 other OSU scientists and engineers from the College of Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, the School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Department of Microbiology engaged in a scientific exchange program sponsored by the US Department of Agriculture and the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. The project was entitled "The Importance of Sustainable Agriculture to Environmental Quality in the Countryside." A total of 6 Chinese universities were visited by the group. The team met and collaborated with faculty at the following institutions:
China Agricultural University, Beijing
China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing Academy of Science
Shanghai Fisheries University
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. Karen Mancl
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
The Ohio State University
Email: mancl.1@osu.edu
Webpage: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/fabe/FACULTY/mancl.htm
Tel: 614-292-6007
Fax: 614-292-9448
Early March, 2006, Dr. Larry C. Brown hosted a group of 4 professors from the College of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering (CWRHE), Wuhan University, Hubei Province, China. The group was led by Professor Mao Zhi, director of International Programs of CWRHE, and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The group gave presentations on agriculture water management and water conservation in China. The presentations can be viewed at the following website:
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~agwatmgt/prog_international.htm
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. Larry Brown
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
The Ohio State University
Email: brown.59@osu.edu
Webpage: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/fabe/brown/
Tel: 614-292-3826
Fax: 614-292-9448
ECONOMICS – OSU Newark campus
Dr. Lin Ba
Email: ba.1@osu.edu
Lin Ba is very active in fostering collaborative relationships between OSU and educational, cultural, and governmental institutions within China; particularly within the cities of Wuhan and Hefei. Dr. Ba is a member of the Wuhan University Ohio Alumni Association, and is also an active member of the Columbus Sister Cities International Hefei Committee.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering has three adjunct professors in Shenyang at the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Metals Research (IMR). Additionally, a group of OSU Materials Science and Engineering faculty has an arrangement with the IMR that has led to an exchange of students between the organizations.
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. John E. Morral
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
The Ohio State University
177C Watts Hall
2041 College Road
Columbus OH 43210
Email: moral.4@osu.edu
Webpage: http://www.matsceng.ohio-state.edu/fac_staff/faculty/morral/
Phone: (614) 292-6255
Fax: (614) 292-4668
Dr. Robert H. Wagoner, Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, holds the title of Honorary Professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (1993- ).
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. Robert H. Wagoner
George R. Smith Chair, Materials Science & Engineering
The Ohio State University
2041 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210 USA
Email: Wagoner.2@osu.edu
Webpage: http://www.matsceng.ohio-state.edu/~wagoner/
Tel. (614) 292-2079
Fax (614) 292-6530
Dr. Sheikh Akbar, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has engaged in several collaborative activities with Chinese scholars the following institutions.
Harbin Institute of Technology; School of Materials Science and Engineering
"Ceramic Materials and Nano-structures for Chemical Sensing and Catalysis"
Zhejiang University; Department of Chemistry
"Ceramic Sensors"
Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Department of Materials Science and Engineering
"Gas-phase Reacted Nano-structures for Chemical Sensing"
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. Sheikh A. Akbar
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University
Email: akbar.1@osu.edu
Webpage: http://www.mse.eng.ohio-state.edu/fac_staff/faculty/akbar/index.htmlx
Tel: 614-292-6725
Fax: 614-292-1537
National East Asian Languages Resource Center (NEALRC)
Dr. Minru Li
Assistant Director
Email: li.28@osu.edu
Phone: 614-688-3080
Dr. Li is the assistant director of the National East Asian Languages Resource Center (NEALRC) at OSU. He is very active in fostering collaborative relationships between OSU and educational, cultural, and governmental institutions within China; particularly with those in the city of Wuhan and with Hubei Province. Dr. Li is also a member of the Wuhan University Ohio Alumni Association, and teaches courses in Chinese calligraphy.
OSU College of Medicine – Office of Global Health Education
The Office of Global Health Education aims to inspire future physicians to become champions for global health and for improving the quality of life for all. It seeks to prepare future physicians for practice in a diverse world, in part by fostering a spirit of service, cultural appreciation, and global partnership that will lessen the burden of disease worldwide, particularly among those most vulnerable.
Daniel Sedmak, MD
Director, Office of Global Health Education
Executive Vice Dean, College of Medicine
Senior Associate Vice President for Health Sciences
Email: sedmak.2@osu.edu
Yun Xia, MD
Global Health Education Advisory Committee
Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Cell Biology
Email: xia.5@osu.edu
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Dr. Richard Gunther is currently working on a comparative elections project with scholars from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Duke University (PRC), the Chiang-ching Kuo Foundation, and the National Chengchi University (Taiwan).
For detailed information, please contact:
Dr. Richard Gunther
Professor
Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
Email: gunther.1@osu.edu
Webpage: http://psweb.sbs.ohio-state.edu/faculty/rgunther/rgunther.htm
Tel: 614-292-6266
Fax: 614-292-1146
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