The following grants were received by the Research Foundation
in May.
(Those with UConn listed as a source represent a distribution
of a larger federal award to the University.
| Department | Researcher |
Amount | Source |
| Chemistry | Amy Howell |
$70,800 |
NSF CHE Career Development Program |
| 2-Alkylidene Oxetanes: A Versatile Molecular
Scaffold for New
Molecules and Advanced Materials |
| Civil Engineering | Howard Epstein
| $10,700 | NSF CMS Research Experience
for Undergraduates |
| Block Shear Investigation of Structured Tees and
Other Tension Connections/REU Supplement |
| Civil Engineering | Domenic
Grasso | $6,800 | South Central Conn.
Regional Water Authority |
| Study on Agricultural Use of Water Treatment |
| Civil Engineering | Domenic
Grasso | $30,000 | Handex Corp. |
| Fenton's Oxidation of Chlorinated Solvents |
| Electrical and Systems Engineering |
Bahram Javidi | $24,059 |
U.S. Dept. of Defense Air Force |
| Novel Optimal Filter for Pattern
Recognition |
| Electrical and Systems Engineering |
Peter Luh |
$82,254 | Northeast Utilities |
| Forecast Forward Energy Prices in the
Deregulated Power Market |
| Geology | Lanbo Liu |
$15,000 | SchlumbergerDoll Research |
| Radar Attenuation Tomography for Mapping
Subsurface Contaminations |
| IMS/Chemistry | Fotios
Papadimitrakopoulos | $75,000 | NSFDMR Career Development Program |
| Nanoscale Controlled Supramolecular
Light Emitting Devices by Novel Self Assembly Techniques |
| Mechanical Engineering |
Matthew Begley | $140,000 | NSF
Division of Materials Research |
| Acquisition of a NanoIndenter for
Moderately Elevated Temperatures |
| Metallurgy | James Alligan
| $86,829 | NSF Division of
Materials research |
| Measurement of Instantaneous Dislocation
Velocities in Iron |
| Metallurgy | Donald Potter
| $8,326 | CIDRA Corp. |
| Hydrogen Evolution from Optical Cable
Materials |
| Physics | Gary Bent |
$5,401 | Spectral Sciences
Corp. |
| Kinetic Branching of N*+02 Reactions |
| Physics | Joseph
Budnick | $80,000 | NSF Division
of Materials Research |
| Structural, Magnetic and Electronic
Properties of Interstitially
Modified Magnetic Systems |
| Physics | Phillip Gould
| $4,750 | NSF PHY Research
Experience for Undergraduates |
| Ultracold Atoms Near the Ionization
Threshold |
| Physics | Boris Sinkovic
| $119,049 | New York Univ.
|
| Fundamental Limits to Small Scale
Magnetoresistive Memory and Elements |
|
Total physical sciences this listing |
$758,968 |
| Economics | Fred
Carstensen | $11,500 |
Town of Waterbury, Conn. |
| Impact of Property Tax Revaluation
|
| Educational Psychology | Scott Brown | $15,000 | USDA
Smith-Lever-430
|
| Connections - Linking University to
Community |
| Educational Psychology | Scott
Brown | $12,000 | U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency |
| Design of the Lead Poisoning Prevention/Indoor
Air Quality Community Educator Training Evaluation |
| Educational Psychology | Stanley Shaw | $162,474 | U.S. Dept. of Ed.- Special Education and Rehab. Services |
| University/School Partnerships: Leadership
Preparation Dedicated
to Collaboration, Urban Education and Inclusion |
| Geography | Ellen Cromley
| $33,867 | Conn. Dept. of Public
Health |
| GIS for Lyme Disease Research in
Connecticut |
| Nursing | Kathleen
Bruttomesso | $46,987 | PHS-HRSA-Nursing |
| Professional Nurse Traineeship Summary
Progress Report |
| Psychology | Etan Markus |
$103,189 | PHS-NIH-Aging |
| Aging Changes in Behavior and Hippocampal
Unit Activity |
| Total social sciences this
listing | $385,017 |
