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July 30, 2001
| The following grants were received
through the Office for Sponsored Programs in May.
The list represents only new proposals awarded and excludes
continuations.
The list of grants is supplied to the Advance each month
by the Office for Sponsored Programs. Grants with UConn listed as a
source represent a redistribution of a larger award to the
University.
|
|
|
| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| Agriculture & Natural
Resources (May) |
| COOP EXT |
Arnold, C.L. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$50,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Communication Services for a National Network of
Nonpoint Source Pollution Projects |
| PLNT SCI |
Morris, T.F. |
University of Vermont |
$167,660 |
3/01-9/04 |
| Farmer Research Organization for Southern New
England |
| PLNT SCI |
Morris, T.F. |
University of Vermont |
$35,398 |
3/01-11/03 |
| Survey of the Nutrient Status of Organic
Vegetable Farms |
| |
| Engineering
(May) |
| CHEM ENG |
Achenie, L. |
NSF-Engineering |
$239,542 |
4/01-3/04 |
| Framework for Designing Flexible Steady State and
Dynamic Chemical Processes |
| CHEM ENG |
Fenton, J.M. |
University of California |
$99,044 |
10/00-9/01 |
| Characterization of High Temperature Membrane
Electrode Assemblies |
| ESE |
Bar-Shalom, Y |
Department of Defense/Office of Naval Res. |
$120,000 |
5/01-4/04 |
| Multitarget-Multisensor (MS-MT) Tracking for
Battlefield Surveillance |
| ESE |
Javidi, B. |
Physical Optics Corp. |
$55,000 |
3/01-5/02 |
| Robust, Intelligent & Practical Face
Recognition Based on Optical Joint Transform Correlator and Neural
Networks |
| MECH ENG |
Bergman, T. |
United Tech-Hamilton Sundstrand Space |
$5,000 |
8/00-12/02 |
| Senior Design Projects |
| |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences
(May) |
| BIOL: EE |
Silander, J.A. |
NSF-Biological Sciences |
$80,001 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Stochastic Modeling for Geographic Diversity of
Plant Species Richness in South Africa |
| BIOL: MC |
O'Neill, M.J. |
PHS-NIH-Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
$178,542 |
5/01-4/02 |
| Identification of Imprinted Genes in Brain
Development |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Cohn & Wolfe Healthcare |
$8,500 |
3/01-6/01 |
| Cohn & Wolfe Healthcare Sexually Transmitted
Disease (STD) Awareness Survey |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Conn. Department of Public Health |
$10,000 |
2/01-6/01 |
| Customers' Attitudes Toward the Public Health
Laboratory |
| MARINE |
Kremer, J.N. |
University of Arizona |
$26,877 |
9/00-9/02 |
| Biocomplexity: Emergence of Cooperation from
Human-Environmental Interactions in Bali |
| PHYSICS |
Javanainen, J.M. |
NSF-Mathematical & Physical Sciences |
$70,000 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Coherence and Optical Properties of Quantum
Degenerate Gases |
| PHYSICS |
Stwalley, W.C. |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
$6,621 |
5/01-12/02 |
| Fast Optical Non-Contact Field Mapping for
Semiconductor Technologies |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
National Association of Scholars |
$21,450 |
3/01-6/01 |
| Nation Faculty Survey |
| PSYCH |
Fitch, R.H. |
Beth Israel Hospital |
$199,277 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Animal Models for Developmental Learning
Disabilities IV |
| STATISTICS |
Dey, D.K. |
UConn Health Center |
$14,504 |
8/00-5/01 |
| Statistical Consultation to the UConn Center on
Aging |
|
| Pharmacy (May) |
| PHARM SCI |
Aneskievich, B.J. |
UConn Health Center |
$40,932 |
9/00-8/01 |
| Molecular Basis for Improving Epidermal
Renewal |
| PHARM SCI |
Burgess, D.J. |
Parenteral Drug Association |
$4,200 |
3/01-5/01 |
| In Vitro Release Methods for Parenteral
Controlled Release Biotechnology Products |
| PHARM SCI |
Morris, J.B. |
Viatech-Cognetix Inc. |
$9,520 |
5/01-10/01 |
| Effect of Peptides on Airway
Hyperresponsiveness |
| |
| Social Work
(May) |
| SOC WORK |
Pine, B.A. |
Annie E. Casey Foundation |
$200,476 |
3/01-3/02 |
| Family Reunification Evaluation |
| |
| Vice Provost for Research
& Graduate Education (May) |
| INTL AFFAIRS |
Bochner, M. |
ED-Office of International Education |
$106,915 |
7/01-12/02 |
| Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad |
| INTL AFFAIRS |
Bochner, M. |
ED-Office of International Education |
$22,702 |
7/01-12/02 |
| Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad Program |
| INTL AFFAIRS |
Mahan, E. |
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation |
$100,000 |
1/01-2/02 |
| Navigating the Storm: Constructions of Democracy
in Latin America CoPIs: Linnekin, J.S., Kingstone, P.R. |
| |
The following grants were received
through the Office for Sponsored Programs in June.
The list represents only new proposals awarded and excludes
continuations.
The list of grants is supplied to the Advance each month
by the Office for Sponsored Programs. Grants with UConn listed as a
source represent a redistribution of a larger award to the
University.
|
|
|
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| Agriculture & Natural
Resources (June) |
| ANIM SCI |
Yang, X.J. |
DED-CII-Cooperative Grants |
$300,000 |
6/01-5/03 |
| Commercialization of Cattle Cloning and Other
Related Embryo Technologies in Connecticut/CORP: Evergen
Biotechnologies Inc. |
| COOP EXT |
Arnold, C.L. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$79,702 |
7/00-6/01 |
| 3D Pest Management |
| COOP EXT |
Bartholomew, C.L. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$18,394 |
7/00-6/01 |
| EPA Pest Applicator
Training |
| COOP EXT |
Boucher, T.J. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$23,443 |
6/00-6/03 |
| IPM Pepper Project |
| COOP EXT |
Bull, N.H. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$1,842,863 |
7/00-6/01 |
| 3B/3C |
| COOP EXT |
Bull, N.H. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$42,020 |
10/00-9/01 |
| Renewable Resource Extension
Act |
| COOP EXT |
Filchak, K.V. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$3,000 |
10/99-6/01 |
| Healthy Homes-Reaching Out |
| COOP EXT |
Gaudio, M.M. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$11,000 |
7/00-6/01 |
| 3D Indoor Air |
| COOP EXT |
Mangle, H.E. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$150,000 |
5/01-4/02 |
| New Communities: New Connections
(Co-PIs: Eller, Czuba, Gray, Grillo, Ghazi, Little, Taylor) |
| COOP EXT |
Meinhert, R.A. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$20,000 |
10/98-9/01 |
| Farm Safety |
| COOP EXT |
Wilbur, B.A. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$37,034 |
7/00-6/01 |
| Penalty
Mail-Administration |
| NUTR SCI |
Drake, L.T. |
USDA-SMITH-LEVER-430 |
$436,921 |
7/00-6/01 |
| EPNEP |
| COOP EXT |
Broderick, S.H. |
Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor Inc. |
$83,034 |
10/01-9/04 |
| Cooperative Agreement Between the QSHC Inc. and
the UConn Cooperative Extension System |
| COOP EXT |
Eller, C.L. |
Hartford Assn. for the Educ of Young
Children |
$14,000 |
4/01-12/01 |
| Pilot Project for the School-Age
Credential |
| PATHOBIO |
French, R.A. |
Connecticut Department of Public Health |
$61,641 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Memorandum Agreement between the Department of
Public Health and the University of Connecticut, Department of
Pathobiology |
| PLANT SCI |
Li, Y. |
Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Res.
Inc. |
$40,000 |
6/01-5/03 |
| Characterization of Transgenic Aspen for Wood
Productivity/Quality |
| PLANT SCI |
McAvoy, R.J. |
New England Greenhouse Conference |
$2,000 |
1/01-12/01 |
| Developing a New England Regional Journal for
Profitable Horticulture |
| |
| Allied Health
(June) |
| ALLD HEALTH |
Pescatello, L.S. |
Children's Research Initiative |
$94,917 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Functional SNP(S) Associated with Human Muscle
Size and Strength |
| ALLD HEALTH |
Roberts, P.L. |
HHS-HDS-ADMIN on Dev Disabilities-13.632 |
$347,000 |
7/01-6/02 |
| University Center for Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities |
| |
| Chancellor, Office of
(June) |
| IMS |
Boggs, S.A. |
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. |
$155,000 |
6/01-5/02 |
| Implementation of On-line Ultrasonic PD (Partial
Discharge) Location System for the 49th Street Substation |
| |
| Education (June) |
| ED LR |
Sheckley, B.G. |
New England Small Farm Institute |
$44,366 |
1/01-9/04 |
| Growing New Farmers: A Northeast Service
Providers Consortium |
| |
| Engineering
(June) |
| CHEM ENG |
Achenie, L. |
NSF-Engineering |
$274,357 |
7/00-6/03 |
| Solvent Design-A Computer Aided Product Design
Approach |
| CHEM ENG |
Erkey, C. |
International Component Advantage Inc. |
$76,743 |
6/01-12/01 |
| Synthesis of Aerogels Using Supercritical Carbon
Dioxide |
| CHEM ENG |
Mather, P.T. |
Department of Defense-U.S. Air Force |
$1,000 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Symposium on Liquid Crystalline
Materials |
| CHEM ENG |
Shaw, M.T. |
STP Corp. |
$71,000 |
6/01-3/02 |
| Maintaining High Viscosity of Lubricants at High
Temperatures |
| CHEM ENG |
Weiss, R.A. |
American Chemical Soc.-Petroleum Res. Fund |
$60,000 |
4/01-8/03 |
| Structure of Hydrophobically-Associating
Hydrogels |
| CIV ENG |
Hoag, G.E. |
Town of Windham, Conn. |
$80,000 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Monitoring and Analysis of the Willimantic
Reservoir and the Mansfield Hollow Lake Watershed (Co-PIs: Ogden,
F.L.; Warner, G.S.) |
| CIV ENG |
Ogden, F.L. |
Department of Defense-U.S. Army |
$33,000 |
6/01-10/01 |
| Watershed-Scale Monitoring and Model Development
for Simulating Watersheds with Divers Runoff Production
Mechanisms |
| CIV ENG |
Shea, D.M. |
Connecticut Department of Transportation |
$298,156 |
1/01-12/01 |
| Technology Transfer Center (Co-PI: Garrick,
N.W.) |
| CIV ENG |
Stephens, J.E. |
Connecticut Department of Transportation |
$129,987 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Establishment of the Connecticut Advanced
Pavement Laboratory-FY 2002 (Co-PIs: Mahoney, J.M.; Garrick,
N.W.) |
| ESE |
Jain, F.C. |
Eumi Systems Corp. |
$21,650 |
6/01-12/01 |
| High Resolution Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter
Using Integrated Diffraction and Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW)
Gratings |
| ESE |
Willett, P.K. |
DOD-NAVY-Naval Undersea Warfare Center |
$33,002 |
6/01-9/01 |
| Hybrid and Mixed Waveform Detection and
Localization |
| MECH ENG |
Murphy, K.D. |
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration |
$22,000 |
7/01-6/04 |
| An Examination of the Vibration Characteristics
of Solar Sails: Theory and Experiment |
| |
| Family Studies
(June) |
| FAMILY STDS |
Britner, P.A. |
Connecticut Dept of Children and Families |
$166,384 |
5/01-3/03 |
| Review of the State of Connecticut Department of
Children and Families (DCF) Adolescent Services |
| FAMILY STDS |
Mulroy, M.T. |
University of Kentucky |
$30,000 |
3/01-12/01 |
| Cyfernet-Parental Involvement |
| |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences
(June) |
| BIOL: EE |
Wagner, D.L. |
Connecticut Dept of Environmental
Protection |
$20,000 |
6/01-6/03 |
| Dune and Sandplain Invertebrate Survey |
| BIOL: PN |
Nishiyama, A. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society |
$27,500 |
6/01-5/02 |
| A Genetic Approach to Investigate Oligodendrocyte
Differentiation |
| CAP |
Ranjeet, B. |
ED-Postsecondary Education |
$224,896 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Student Support Services |
| CHEMISTRY |
Stuart, J.D. |
Getty Petroleum Marketing Co. |
$11,796 |
7/01-12/01 |
| Comparison of Practical Methods to Analyze for
Ethanol in Groundwater |
| CHEMISTRY |
Suib, S.L. |
United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$281,000 |
4/01-12/05 |
| Exploration of Coatings Produced Via Chemical
Vapor Deposition Processes |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
A Better Way Foundation |
$3,900 |
4/01-6/01 |
| Better Way Foundation: Drug Control Policy
Survey |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Connecticut Economic Resource Council |
$6,000 |
4/01-6/01 |
| BQ-A.A. Study |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Town of Columbia, Conn. |
$10,938 |
5/01-6/01 |
| Town of Columbia: Future Planning
Survey |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Ellington Cultural Arts Commission |
$7,000 |
5/01-6/01 |
| Ellington Cultural Arts Commission
Survey |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy |
$17,000 |
2/01-6/01 |
| Lincoln Land Trust |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
University of Connecticut Health Center |
$17,500 |
5/01-6/01 |
| UConn Health Center: Public Health Issues
Survey |
| ECONOMICS |
Carstensen, F.V. |
A Better Way Foundation |
$9,500 |
4/01-8/01 |
| The Economic Impact of Alternatives to
Incarceration |
|
| ECONOMICS |
Carstensen, F.V. |
New London Development Corp. |
$5,000 |
5/01-8/01 |
| Economic Impact of Fort Trumbull
Redevelopment |
| HISTORY |
Shoemaker, N. |
Yale University |
$10,000 |
1/01-4/01 |
| Seminar in American Indian History |
| HISTORY |
Waller, A.L. |
American Antiquarian Society |
$15,000 |
9/01-12/01 |
| Margaret Eaton, Sexuality and Empowerment in
Jacksonian America |
| PHYSICS |
Roychoudhuri, C. |
Nippon Sheetglass Corp. |
$600,000 |
5/01-4/04 |
| Optimization of WDM Channel Density |
| POLI SCI |
Bowman, L. |
ED-Office of International Education |
$140,800 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Identifying New Directions for African Studies: A
Proposal for a National Study of Programs, Faculty, and
Students |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
Connecticut Department of Labor |
$19,680 |
5/01-6/01 |
| Connecticut Department of Labor: Needs Assessment
Survey |
| POLI SCI |
Gilmour, R.S. |
Town of Avon, Conn. |
$3,000 |
10/00-12/01 |
| UConn Municipal Personnel Policy
Evaluation |
| POLI SCI |
Gilmour, R.S. |
Capitol Region Council of Governments |
$11,000 |
4/01-8/01 |
| Fire Service Delivery Arrangements Study (Co-PI:
Donahue, A.K.) |
| POLI SCI |
Gilmour, R.S. |
Connecticut Department of Social Services |
$22,000 |
1/01-6/01 |
| La Planche Clinic Elderly Services Screening
Evaluation |
| STATISTICS |
Kuo, L. |
University of Connecticut Health Center |
$4,313 |
1/01-5/01 |
| Statistical Methods in Aging Research |
| |
| Pharmacy
(June) |
| PHARM SCI |
Pikal, M.J. |
Hoffman-Laroche |
$3,900 |
8/00-12/01 |
| Material Properties of Formulations for Freeze
Drying |
| |
| Social Work
(June) |
| SOC WORK |
Davidson, K. |
Connecticut Department of Social Services |
$254,563 |
3/01-2/02 |
| Agreement Between the Department of Social
Services and the University of Connecticut School of Social
Work |
| SOC WORK |
Lyon, E. |
Connecticut Department of Justice |
$25,000 |
1/01-12/03 |
| Match Account for 522665 |
| |
| Office of Vice Provost for
Research & Graduate Education (June) |
| ERI |
Carley, R.J. |
Connecticut Dept of Environmental
Protection |
$200,000 |
7/00-6/03 |
| Water Quality, Sediment and Tissue Analyses and
Assessment |
| ERI |
Huang, K-C |
XPERT Design and Diagnostics LLC |
$84,715 |
10/00-8/01 |
| Missouri Column Treatability Study |
| MSTC |
Jadamec, J.R. |
Westco Scientific Instruments Inc. |
$44,352 |
8/00-3/01 |
| Easy-Chem Models I and II Development |
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