The following grants were received by the Research
Foundation in March: (Those with UConn listed as a source
represent a distribution of a larger federal award to the University.)
(NOTE: Portions of this list will be published in the
print version of the Advance over
several issues as space allows.)
|
Department |
Researcher |
Amount |
Source |
|
Animal Science |
Sheila Andrew |
$3,300 |
UConn-Regional Research-462 (Redistr.)
|
|
Mastitis and Antibiotic Testing
|
|
Animal Science |
Xiangzhong Yang |
$294,660 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Cloning Pigs -- An Ideal Approach to
Generate Organs for Transplantation in Humans
(Xenotransplantation) |
|
Chemical Engineering |
Can Erkey |
$179,931 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide |
|
Chemistry |
Kenneth Gonsalves |
$70,300 |
NSF-Division of Materials Research
|
|
Assembled Nanotubes as High Sensitivity
Resists |
|
Chemistry |
Amy Howell |
$57,500 |
NSF-CHE-Research Experience for
Undergraduates |
|
REU
Site in Chemistry at the University of Connecticut
|
|
Civil Engineering |
Michael Accorsi |
$135,246 |
DED-CII Cooperative Grants
|
|
Computer Simulation and Design of High
Performance Parafoil Systems
|
|
Civil Engineering |
Nikolaos Nikolaidis |
$10,000 |
United Technologies Corporate
Headquarters |
|
Long-Term Pilot Scale Demo of ASRT Tech
In-Situ Arsenic Contaminated Water
|
|
Civil Engineering |
Nikolaos Nikolaidis |
$127,020 |
International Copper Research
Association |
|
Contribution Copper-Based Architectural
Material to Copper Concentrate
|
|
Communication Sciences |
Susan Bartlett |
$3,819 |
Visiting Nurse & Community Health of Eastern
Conn. Inc. |
|
Providing Speech-Language Services to
Patients of VNA East |
|
Communication Sciences
|
Diane Brackett |
$3,436 |
Conn. Dept. of Mental Retardation
|
|
Insurance Recovery Account on FRS#
630380 Birth to Three Program |
|
Computer Science |
Dong-Guk Shin & Steven
Demurjian |
$60,062 |
Conn. Dept. of Insurance
|
|
Feasibility Study of Information Systems
Re-Engineering |
|
Computer Science |
Dong-Guk Shin |
$99,994 |
NSF-Biological Instrumentation
and Resources |
|
Developing a Database Supporting Cell
Biology Modeling -- A Feasibility Study
|
|
Cooperative Extension
|
Chester Arnold
|
$69,992 |
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency |
|
National NEMO (Nonpoint Education for
Municipal Officials) Network
|
|
Cooperative Extension
Natural Resource Management Economics
|
Chester Arnold & Daniel
Civco |
$1,099,576 |
NASA |
|
Better
Land Use Planning for the Suburbanizing Northeast:
Creating a Network of Value-Added Geospatial Information, Tools &
Education for Land |
|
Cooperative Extension |
Stephen Broderick |
$9,760 |
Ruffed Grouse Society
|
|
Creating Forests for Wildlife and Timber
Education through Demonstration for Owners
of Forest Resources in Vermont and
Connecticut |
|
Cooperative Extension |
Carole Eller |
$4,000 |
Kansas State University |
|
National Network for Childcare
|
|
Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology |
Louise Lewis |
$120,807 |
John Carroll University |
|
Survey of
the Algae, Lichens and Masses of Microbiotic
Crusts in Selected Semiarid and Arid Sites in
Western North America |
|
Economics |
Fred Carstensen |
$11,500 |
Citizen's Committee for Effective
Group |
|
Economic Impact Assessments (Data
Manipulation) |
|
Educational Psychology
|
Kathleen Bradley |
$31,651 |
Conn. Developmental Disabilities
Council |
|
Family/Community Employment
Partnership |
|
Educational Psychology
|
Lee McLean |
$26,041 |
American Institute for Neuro-Integrative
Development |
|
Learning Center for Autism (Donnellan)
|
|
Educational Psychology |
Lee McLean |
$28,394 |
Conn. Developmental Disabilities
Council |
|
Inclusive Education Partnerships for
Connecticut |
|
Educational Psychology
|
Kay Norlander |
$13,468 |
Hartford Public Schools
|
|
The Center of Pedagogy: Interdisciplinary
Curriculum at Quirk Middle School
|
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
Douglas Abraham |
$54,000 |
DOD-Navy-Naval Undersea Warfare
Center |
|
Statistical
Modeling of Non-Rayleigh LFAs (Low Frequency
Active Sonar) Reverberation
|
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
John Enderle |
$48,000 |
Bay State Medical Center
|
|
Clinical
Engineering Internship Program at the Baystate
Medical Center |
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
Bahram Javidi
|
$49,000 |
Metrolaser
|
|
Optical
Pattern Recognition for Security and Verification
|
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
Bahram Javidi |
$225,000 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Optical
Security and Anti-Counterfeiting Device
|
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
Peter B. Luh |
$98,446 |
DED-CII Cooperative Grants
|
|
A New
Generation of Neural Network Optimization
Techniques with Application to Manufacturing
Scheduling |
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
Chandra Roychoudhuri
|
$98,758 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Bragg
Gratings for Commercial Applications in Photonics,
Bio-Tech, Chemical & Communication Industries
|
|
Electrical & Systems
Engineering |
Geoffrey Taylor |
$199,978 |
DED-CII Cooperative Grants
|
|
III-V
Infrared Image Sensors |
|
Environmental Research
Institute |
Robert Carley |
$200,000 |
Conn.-DEP-Long Island Sound |
|
Long
Island Sound Estuarine Study
|
|
Geology |
Gary Robbins |
$35,572 |
Conn. DEP
|
|
An
Evaluation of MTBE Occurrence in Diesel
Fuel and Home Heating Oil
|
|
Institute of Materials
Science |
Steven Boggs |
$100,000 |
Electric Power Research Institute
|
|
Development
of Options for HRRM (High Range Radiation
Monitor) Remediation -- Phase II
|
|
Institute of Materials
Science |
Daniel Scola |
$195,341 |
DED-CII Cooperative Grants
|
|
Polyamide/Glass Fiber Composite and Buffer
Coatings for High Temperature Optical Fiber
Applications |
|
Institute of Materials
Science |
Thomas Seery |
$71,999 |
NSF-DMR-Career Development
Program |
|
Direct
Synthesis of Polymer Brushes Using Organometallic
Catalysts with Tethered Initiators |
|
Marine Sciences |
Nancy Balcom & Heather
Crawford |
$139,000 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Connecticut
Sea Grant Extension Program
|
|
Marine Sciences |
Richard Cooper |
$296,896 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Research
& Development of Marine Plant (Nori)
Aquaculture in Connecticut Waters
|
|
Marine Sciences |
George McManus |
$64,594 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Tropic Effects of Two Dinoflagellates upon
Representative Pelagic and Benthic Consumers
|
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$24,035 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Environmental
Changes in and Around Long Island Sound: Natural
and Anthropogenic Factors |
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$28,406 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Yale/Sea
Grant Coastal Internship Program and Coordination
of Public Policy and Environmental Education
|
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$43,310 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Hydrologic
and Chemical Control of Phragmites Growth in
Tidal Marshes |
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$149,000 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Program
Management: Administration and Planning
|
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$128,167 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Core
Communications Program |
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$57,000 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Program
Development |
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$100,000 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Multi-Program
and Regional Initiatives
|
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$52,174 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Connecting
Ecological and Social Systems: Watershed
Research Relating Ecosystem Structure &
Function to Human Values &
Socioeconomic Behavior |
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$59,760 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Bringing
Marine Science into Classrooms: Outreach
Programs and Teacher |
|
Marine Sciences |
Edward Monahan |
$108,000 |
NOAA |
|
Connecticut
Sea Grant College Program: Knauss Marine Policy
Fellowship 1999 |
|
Marine Sciences
Molecular & Cell Biology
|
Edward Monahan & Hans
Laufer Co-PIs N. Balcom,
H. Crawford, G.
McManus, P. Scheifele, I.
Babb |
$849,000 |
NOAA |
|
1999-2000
Connecticut Sea Grant College Program: Program
Plan for Continuing Sea Grant College Support
Through February
2000 |
|
Marine Sciences |
Annelie Skoog |
$59,779 |
NSF-Office of Polar Programs
|
|
Carbon
Cycling in the Arctic Ocean: Molecular Level
Studies |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
Amir Faghri & Eric
Jordan |
$5,000 |
Sumon Co. |
|
Senior Design Project
|
|
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgy |
Eric Jordan & Maurice
Gell |
$140,509 |
Dept. of Energy
|
|
Development
of a Non-Destructive Inspection Technique
for Thermal Barrier Coatings
|
|
Mechanical Engineering |
Ranga Pitchumani |
$39,992 |
DOD-Navy-Young Investigator
Program |
|
Total
Quality Optimal Manufacturing of Composite
Materials via Liquid Molding
|
|
Mechanical Engineering |
Bi Zhang |
$168,278 |
DED-CII Cooperative Grants
|
|
Microgrinding
of Nanostructured Materials |
|
Metallurgy |
Nitin Padture & Maurice
Gell Co-PI: Paul Klemens |
$30,018 |
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
|
|
Innovative
Materials for Advanced Thermal Barrier Coatings
|
|
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Arlene Albert |
$236,405 |
PHS-NIH-National Eye Institute
|
|
Rhodopsin
Structure and Environment in Vision
|
|
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Thomas Chen |
$275,000 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Production of Transgenic Finfish, Shellfish
and Crustacea for Commercial Aquaculture
|
|
Molecular & Cell Biology
|
Johann Gogarten |
$7,820 |
Arizona State University
|
|
Astrobiology
Center at Arizona State University - Horizontal Gene
Transfer in Photosynthesis |
|
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Judith Kelly |
$29,999 |
PHS-NIH-Research Resources
|
|
Biomedical
Research for High School Students and Teachers
|
|
Molecular & Cell Biology
|
David Knecht |
$229,005 |
PHS-NIH-General Medical Studies
|
|
Molecular
Genetic Analysis of the Cytoskeleton
|
|
Molecular & Cell Biology
|
Margaret Sekellick |
$243,092 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Commercial
Development of Recombinant Chicken Interferon
(CHIFN-I) as an Antiviral Agent
|
|
Molecular & Cell Biology
|
Philip Yeagle |
$3,195 |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
|
|
Three
Dimensional Structure of a G-Protein Coupled Receptor
|
|
National Undersea
Research Center |
Peter Scheifele & Babb
Ivar |
$3,354 |
UConn-Sea Grant Program (Redistr.)
|
|
Advancing Science Learning for the Deaf
Through Marine Science |
|
Nutritional Sciences
|
Guohua Cao |
$70,000 |
PHS-NIH-Aging
|
|
Modulation
of Oxidative Stress in Aging by Anthocyanins
|
|
Nutritional Sciences
|
Ellen Shanley |
$134,459 |
Conn. Dept. of Education
|
|
Team
Nutrition Training Grant |
|
Pathobiology & Chemistry
|
Sandra Bushmich
& Steven Suib |
$259,469 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Molecular
Sieve Materials for Diminished Bleeding, Self
Cauterization, and Improved Wound Healing
|
|
Pathobiology |
Richard French |
$64,719 |
Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center
|
|
Development
and Application of Multiplex PCR for Screening of
Shellfish Pathogens |
|
Pathobiology |
Steven Geary |
$300,000 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Development
of a Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Strain as a Live
Attenuated Vaccine & Vector for the Protection of Chickens &
Turkeys from Respiratory Disease |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Brian Aneskievich |
$82,446 |
American Institute for Cancer
Research |
|
Decreased
Retinoid Response in Peroxisome Proliferator
Treated Keratinocytes |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences
|
Diane Burgess |
$30,000 |
Parenteral Drug Association
|
|
Development
of in Vitro Release Methods for Parenteral Biotechnology
Controlled Release Products |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences
|
Alexandros Makriyannis
|
$150,000 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
Development
of Fluorescent Probes and Assays for Drug
Receptors |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences
|
Michael Pikal |
$800 |
Formatech Inc.
|
|
Material
Properties of Formulation for Freeze Drying
|
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Sandra Vigil-Cruz |
$12,500 |
American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy |
|
Design
of Novel Peptides with Anti-HIV Activity
|
|
Physics |
Joseph Budnick |
$72,500 |
North Carolina State University
|
|
Construction of Enhanced Intensity Diffraction
Anomalous Fine Structure Apparatus &
Applications of Exafs to the Study of Binary
& Ternary Systems |
|
Physics |
Niloy Dutta |
$116,170 |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies
|
|
High
Speed Optical Transmission
|
|
Physics |
Niloy Dutta |
$10,000 |
Uniphase Telecom Products
|
|
Laser
and Modular Device Measurement and Analysis
|
|
Physics |
Michael Ramsey-Musolf |
$72,900 |
NSF-Division of Physics
|
|
National
Science Foundation Young Investigator
|
|
Physics |
Jeffrey Schweitzer |
$23,938 |
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
|
|
Nuclear
Resonance Reaction Analysis of Cement (NRRA)
|
|
Physics |
Boris Sinkovic |
$156,528 |
New York University
|
|
Fundamental
Limits to Small Scale Magnetoresistive Memory
and Elements |
|
Physiology &
Neurobiology |
Robert Gallo |
$80,000 |
NSF-Integrative Biology &
Neurosciences |
|
Dynorphin
and Kappa-Opioid Receptor-Mediated Regulation
of the Ovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge
|
|
Physiology &
Neurobiology |
Pei-San Tsai |
$64,946 |
NSF-IBN-Career Development
Program |
|
Functional
and Structural Evolutions of Gonadotropin-Releasing
Hormone |
|
Physiology &
Neurobiology |
Pei-San Tsai |
$5,000 |
NSF-IBN-Research Experience
for Undergraduates
|
|
Functional
and Structural Evolutions of Gonadotropin-Releasing
Hormone |
|
Physiology &
Neurobiology |
Alice Villalobos |
$55,034 |
NSF-Integrative Biology &
Neurosciences |
|
Characterization
of Choline Transport by Choroid Plexus
|
|
Plant Science |
George Elliott |
$2,609 |
UConn-Hatch Administration-428
(Redistr.) |
|
Regulation
of Plant Nutrients |
|
Plant Science |
Yi Li |
$35,433 |
Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
Research Inc. |
|
Genetic
Improvement of Wood Productivity of Aspen
|
|
Plant Science |
Lorraine Los |
$25,744 |
Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station (New
Haven) |
|
Biological
Control for Soil-Dwelling Insects and Diseases
in Strawberries |
|
Political Science
|
Everett Ladd |
$2,000 |
New York University
|
|
Roper Center Membership
|
|
Political Science |
Everett Ladd |
$70,000 |
Times Mirror Foundation
|
|
Virtual Library Project |
|
Psychology |
Etan Markus |
$60,000 |
NSF-Integrative Biology &
Neurosciences |
|
Sex
Differences & Estrous Cycle Changes in
Hippocampal Information Processing: Relating
Learning to Hippocampal Single Unit
Network Representation |
|
Psychology |
John Salamone |
$91,618 |
PHS-NIH-Neurological Disorders
and Stroke |
|
Behavioral Effects of Nigral D1
Antagonism |
|
Psychology |
Harvey Swadlow
(Postdoctoral fellow: Irina
Beloozerova) |
$45,268 |
PHS-NIIH-Neurological Disorders
and Stroke |
|
Subpopulations
of Motor Cortical Neurons in Locomotion
|
|
Total |
$9,701,420 |
