GRANTS ............. October 6, 1997
| The following grants
were received by the
Research
Foundation in August: |
| Department |
Researcher |
Project |
Total & source |
| Chemical
engineering |
Can Erkey |
Synthesis, characterization and
activity of homogeneous
catalysts anchored to polymers
soluble in supercritical carbon
dioxide |
$50,000,
American
Chemical
Society |
| Chemistry |
Harry Frank |
Structure and function of
carotenoids |
$124,918,
National
Institutes of
Health |
| Chemistry |
Quihong He |
Homonuclear coherence
correlated electrophoretic NMR |
$20,000,
American
Chemical
Society |
| Chemistry |
Quihong He |
Motion ordered correlation
NMR spectroscopy for
determining multiple protein
conformations in solution
(research planning grant) |
$18,000,
National Science
Foundation |
| Civil engineering |
Christian Davis |
Establishment of Connecticut
advanced pavement laboratory |
$125,000, Conn.
Dept. of
Transportation |
| Civil engineering |
Ramesh Malla |
Dual core ftdm fiber optics wim
system |
$42,000,
National
Academy of
Sciences |
| Computer science |
Steven Demurjian |
The Java programming language:
impact upon the Army Technical
Architecture (ATA), joint
technical architecture (JTA) |
$30,670, Mitre |
| Environmental
Research Institute
|
Robert Carley |
Leaking underground storage
tank site status update project |
$100,000, Conn.
Dept. of
Environmental
Protection |
| Environmental
Research Institute
Protection |
Robert Carley |
Long Island Sound estuarine
study |
$210,000, Conn.
Dept. of
Environmental |
| Environmental
Research Institute
|
Robert Carley |
Mobile laboratory technical
assistance |
$103,000, Conn.
Dept. of
Environmental
Protection |
| Electrical and
Systems
Engineering |
John Enderle |
Clinical engineering internship
program at the Yale-New Haven
Hospital |
$280,000,
Yale-New
Haven Hosp. |
| Electrical and
Systems
Engineering |
John Enderle |
Clinical engineering internship
program at the UConn Health
Center |
$280,000,
UConn Health
Center |
| Electrical and
Systems
Engineering |
John Enderle |
Clinical engineering internship
program at the Hartford Hospital |
$280,000,
Hartford
Hospital |
| Electrical and
Systems
Engineering |
John Enderle |
Clinical engineering internship
program at the Bridgeport
Hospital |
$280,000,
Bridgeport
Hospital |
| Electrical and
Systems
Engineering |
John Enderle |
Clinical engineering internship
program at the BayState Medical
Center |
$280,000,
BayState
Medical Center |
| Electrical and
Systems
Engineering |
Peter Luh |
Optimal job shop
planning/scheduling for the small
Connecticut manufacturer |
$2,000, J.M.
Products Inc. |
| Geology |
Timothy Byrne |
Tectonic exhumation in an
arc-continent collision, Taiwan,
Republic of China |
$200,666,
National Science
Foundation |
| Mechanical
Engineering |
Amir Faghri |
Critical phenomena in miniature
passages with micro grooves
during vaporization under forced
convection and/or capillary
action |
$120,214,
National Science
Foundation |
| Metallurgy |
Owen Devereux |
Master's level materials program
with significant industrial
interaction |
$247,000,
National Science
Foundation |
| Mechanical
engineering |
Trevor Howes |
High-speed machining
capabilities and requirements:
grinding state of the art and
practice |
$10,000, GRC
International Inc. |
| Physics |
Joseph Budnick |
Structural, magnetic and
electronic properties of
interstitially modified magnetic
systems |
$240,000,
National Science
Foundation |
| Physics |
Moshe Gai |
Studies in low-energy nuclear
physics |
$145,000, U.S.
Dept. of Energy |
| Physics |
Phillip Gould |
Ultracold atoms near the
ionization threshold |
$168,144,
National Science
Foundation |
Total this listing
for physical
sciences: $3,356,612 |
