|
The following grants were received by the Research
Foundation in February:
(Those with UConn listed as a source
represent a distribution of a larger federal award to the University.)
|
Department |
Researcher |
Amount |
Source |
|
Business Administration/MBA
Program |
Richard Dino |
$1,422,180 |
Science Applications Inc. |
|
Quantitative Tools Course Development for the Defense Leadership and
Management Program |
|
The following grants were received by the Research
Foundation in March:
|
| Department |
Researcher |
Amount |
Source |
|
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
|
$45,268 |
PHS-NIIH-Neurological Disorders
and Stroke
(Postdoctoral fellow: Irina
Beloozerova) |
|
Subpopulations
of Motor Cortical Neurons in Locomotion
|
|
The following grants were received by the Research Foundation in April:
(Those with UConn listed as a source
represent a distribution of a larger federal award to the University.) |
| Department |
Researcher |
Amount |
Source |
| Animal Science |
Lawrence Silbart |
$78,668 |
UConn-Dept. of Pathobiology (Redistr.)
|
|
Development of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Strain as Live Vaccine &
Vector for the Protection of Chickens and Turkeys from
Respiratory Disease |
| Biotechnology |
Robert Vieth |
$16,848 |
DHE-Title II Math & Science
(Eisenhower) |
|
Chemical Ecology as a Vehicle for Teaching Scientific Research to High
School Students |
| Chemical
Engineering |
Douglas Cooper |
$1,590 |
Uniroyal Chemical |
|
Emerging Technologies |
| Chemical Engineering
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Jeffrey Koberstein &
Diane Burgess |
$95,703 |
UConn Health Center |
Control of Sensor/Tissue Interactions for Extended Lifetime
Co-PI: Samuel Huang |
| Chemical Engineering
|
Montgomery Shaw |
$112,000 |
Electric Power Research Institute
|
|
Lay-Up of W01707-13, Natural vs. Artificial Aging |
| Chemical Engineering
|
Montgomery Shaw |
$231,000 |
DOD-Army-Defense Univ. Research
Instrumentation Program |
|
Rheometers for Materials Research |
| Chemistry |
Amy Howell |
$70,800 |
NSF-CHE-Career Development Program
|
|
2-Alkylidene Oxetanes: A Versatile Molecular Scaffold for New Molecules and Advanced Materials |
| Chemistry
|
Steven Suib |
$75,000 |
Northeastern University |
|
Subcontract Proposal to Northeastern University for NASA Contract of
Al Sacco |
| Chemistry |
Chong Sook Sung |
$40,000 |
DOD-Office of Naval Research
|
|
Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Light Emitting (OLE) Materials
|
| Civil Engineering |
Barth Smets |
$75,000 |
NSF-BES-Career Development Program
|
|
Quantification of Horizontal Gene Transfer |
| Civil
Engineering |
Barth Smets |
$36,469 |
DOD-Army-Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory |
|
Fundamental Study for Biodegradation of Nitroglycerin in Biofilter
|
| Communication Sciences
|
Diane Brackett |
$747 |
Connecticare Inc. |
|
Insurance Recovery Account for Birth to 3 |
| Computer Center
|
Robert Vietzke |
$175,000 |
NSF-Advanced Networking Infrastructure
|
|
University of Connecticut's High Performance Connection to the Internet
|
| Cooperative Extension
Agricultural Economics |
Stephen Broderick &
Farhed Shah |
$21,800 |
USDA-Forest Service |
Program Impact Evaluation -- Connecticut's Cooperative Forest Management
Program
Co-PI: Tsoung-Chao Lee, Agricultural
Economics |
| Cooperative
Extension |
Pamela Gray &
Sherry Kanode |
$15,200 |
Conn. Dept. of Education
|
|
Leadership Skills for Life |
| Cooperative Extension
|
Leanne Pundt |
$2,000 |
New England Greenhouse Conference
|
|
Integrated Pest Management Fact Sheet Series, Specialty Crops,
Herbaceous Perennials, Herbs and Vegetable Bedding
Plants |
| Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology |
Janine Caira &
Charles Henry |
$136,679 |
NSF-Division of Environmental Biology
|
|
Monography of the Diphyllidea, Lecanidephalidea, and Tetraphyllidea:
A Program to Train the Cestodologists of the Future |
| Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology |
Janine Caira |
$440,876 |
NSF-Biological Instrumentation &
Resources |
|
A New Combined Collection Facility for the University of Connecticut
Systematic Research Collections |
| Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology
Marine Sciences |
Peter Rich &
Thomas Torgersen |
$33,178 |
UConn-Institute of Water
Resources (Redistr.) |
|
Internal Phosphorus Loading in Ponds |
| Electrical
& Systems
Engineering |
Peter Luh |
$21,591 |
IEEE Industry Application Society
& IEEE
Foundation |
|
Editor-in-Chief Support, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and
Automation |
| English |
Gary Storhoff |
$11,330 |
National Writing Project Corp.
|
|
1999 National Writing Project Site Funding Application |
| Geography
|
Ellen Cromley |
$24,491 |
Conn. Dept. of Public Health
|
|
GIS for Lyme Disease Research in Connecticut, Year 2
|
| Marine Sciences
Institute |
Ivar Babb |
$25,258 |
NOAA |
|
The Aquanaut Program |
|
Marine Sciences Institute |
Ivar Babb |
$1,291,600 |
NOAA |
|
The National Undersea Research Center |
|
Marine Sciences |
Richard Cooper |
$8,400 |
NOAA |
|
The Aquanaut Program |
|
Marine Sciences |
Thomas Torgersen |
$188,099 |
Dept. of Energy |
|
Geochemical and Isotopic Constraints on Processes in Oil
Hydrogeology |
|
Marine Sciences |
J. Evan Ward |
$5,750 |
NSF-Div. of Ocean
Sciences-Career-Research
Experience for Undergraduates |
|
REU: Trophic Interactions Between Benthic Suspension
Feeders and Marine Aggregates |
|
Materials Science |
Steven Boggs |
$25,000 |
Uniroyal Chemical |
|
Promotion of EPR Cable Technology |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
Amir Faghri & Eric
Jordan |
$4,500 |
Gerber Technology
|
|
Senior Design Projects |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
Amir Faghri & Eric
Jordan |
$5,000 |
Silicon Valley Group
|
|
Senior Design Projects
|
| Metallurgy
|
James Galligan |
$86,944 |
NSF-Division of Materials Research
|
|
Measurement of Instantaneous
Dislocation Velocities in Iron |
| Molecular & Cell Biology
|
Wolf-Dieter Reiter |
$90,000 |
Dept. of Energy |
|
Genetic Analysis of Nucleotide Sugar Interconversions in
Arabidopsis |
|
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Antonio Romano &
Kenneth Noll |
$89,000 |
Dept. of Energy |
|
Sugar Transport and
Metabolism in Thermotoga |
|
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Margaret Sekellick |
$34,698 |
UConn-Dept. of
Pathobiology (Redistr.) |
|
Development of
Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Strain as Live Vaccine &
Vector for the Protection of Chickens and Turkey from
Respiratory Disease |
| Molecular & Cell Biology |
Lo Joseph Turco |
$62,895 |
March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation |
|
Brain Growth Studied in a
New Genetic Model of Microencephaly |
| Natural
Resources Mgmt. &
Engineering |
David R. Miller |
$10,000 |
New Mexico State University
|
|
Visualization and Quantification of Spray Drift from Orchids
|
| Natural
Resources Mgmt. &
Engineering |
Robert Neumann |
$15,000 |
Conn. Dept. of
Environmental Protection |
|
An Assessment of
the Transferability of Habitat Suitability Criteria for Brown
Trout in Southern New England Streams |
|
Natural Resources Mgmt. &
Engineering |
Charlotte Pyle |
$10,000 |
UConn-Institute of Water
Resources (Redistr.) |
|
A Study of Vernal Pool
Ecosystems in Southern New England |
|
Nutritional Sciences |
Mary McGrane |
$112,710 |
PHS-NIH-Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney
Diseases |
| Retinoid Regulation of Gene Expression in
Transgenic Mice |
|
Pathobiology |
Dennis Hill |
$26,204 |
Hartford Hospital |
|
Development of Drugs of Abuse in Urine Screening Assay
|
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Robin Bogner |
$11,575 |
Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
|
Exploring Careers in Industrial Pharmaceutics |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Michael Pikal |
$13,800 |
Pfizer Inc. |
|
Cake Shrinkage During Freeze Drying |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Michael Pikal |
$6,000 |
Merck-Frosst Canada Inc.
|
|
Material Properties of Formulations for Freeze Drying
|
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Michael Pikal |
$15,200 |
Purdue University
|
|
Automated Process Design Through Manometric Temperature
Measurement: Design of a "Smartfreeze Dryer" |
| Physics |
Gary Bent |
$29,824 |
DHE-Title II Math &
Science (Eisenhower) |
| Student-Oriented Science Using Microcomputer
Based Laboratories |
| Physics
|
Phillip Gould |
$4,500 |
NSF-PHY-Research Experience for
Undergraduates |
|
REU: Ultracold Atoms near the Ionization Threshold |
| Physics |
William Stwalley |
$59,588 |
NSF-PHY-Research Experience for
Undergraduates |
|
REU: Site in Physics at the
University of Connecticut |
|
Physiology & Neurobiology |
William Chapple |
$159,123 |
NSF-Integrative Biology &
Neurosciences |
|
Reflex Control of Muscle Stiffness
|
| Plant Science
|
Donna Ellis &
Richard Ashley |
$5,000 |
UConn-Institute of Water
Resources (Redistr.) |
| Management of Purple Loosestrife
(Lythrum Salicaria) in Connecticut Watersheds
|
| Plant Science |
Susanne Von
Bodman |
$8,776 |
UConn-Hatch Administration-428
(Redistr.) |
|
ESAI/ESAR Gene Systems |
| Political
Science, Center for
Survey Research & Analysis |
Kenneth Dautrich &
Christopher Barnes |
$45,000 |
Conn. Office of the Comptroller
|
|
Attitudes About the "State of
the State" When it Comes to Access to Healthcare |
|
Political Science |
Kenneth Dautrich |
$54,000 |
Radio and Television News
Directors Foundation |
|
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation Study |
| Psychology |
Victor Denenberg |
$21,651 |
PHS-NIH-National
Research Service Award |
Developmental Parameters of
Corpus Callosum Feminization
(Graduate Assistant:
Heather Bimonte) |
| Psychology |
Michael Turvey |
$75,000 |
NSF-Social &
Behavioral Research |
|
Coordination Dynamics
|
|
Social Work |
Kay Davidson |
$48,940 |
Conn. Dept of Mental Health and Addiction
Services |
|
Agreement Between
Department of Mental Health and the UConn School of Social Work
|
| Sport,
Leisure & Exercise
Sciences |
Andrew Yiannakis &
William Servedio |
$5,000 |
Town of Windham, Conn.
|
|
Needs Assessment Survey of
Town of Windham Residents |
| Water
Resources |
Hugo Thomas |
$20,000 |
UConn-Institute of Water
Resources (Redistr.) |
|
Director's Office FY99 Connecticut Water Research Program
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