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October 7,
2002
The following grants were received through the Office for
Sponsored Programs in August. 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 and is printed in one or more issues,
depending on space available.
| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| Agriculture & Natural
Resources |
| AG ECON |
Cotterill, R. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research, Educ. &
Services |
$452,715 |
09/02-08/05 |
| Food Marketing Policy Center for Research
(Co-PIs: Lopez, R.; Foltz, J.; Larson, B.) |
| AG ECON |
Larson, B. |
Boston University |
$21,375 |
07/02-09/02 |
| Economics of Health and the
Environment |
| COOP EXT |
Wilbur, B. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research, Educ. &
Services |
$24,691 |
08/02-07/04 |
| Interactive Grass Identificational
Tutorial |
| NAT RES M&E |
Civco, D. |
NOAA |
$29,669 |
09/02-05/03 |
| Surface Water Quality and Impervious Surface
Quantity: A Preliminary Study |
| NAT RES M&E |
Civco, D. |
Univ. of Hartford-Space Grant College
Consortium |
$3,100 |
07/02-02/03 |
| University of Connecticut Space Grant Campus
Director |
| NUTR SCI |
Clark, R. |
USDA-National Research Initiative |
$96,093 |
09/ |
| Effect of Dietary Lipid on Intestinal
Carotenoid Absorption (Co-PIs: Furr, H.; Andrew, S.) |
| NUTR SCI |
Koo, S. |
Algroup Lonza Inc. |
$103,347 |
08/02-12/04 |
| A Clinical Study on the Effect of L-Carnitine
on the Loss of Fat During Weight Reduction (Co-PI: Fernandez,
M.) |
| PLANT SCI |
Guillard, K. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research, Educ. &
Services |
$64,500 |
08/02-07/04 |
| Interactive Grass Identification Tutorials
(Co-PIs: Rackliffe, S.; Marrotte, E.) |
| PLANT SCI |
Von Bodman, S. |
NSF-Div of Molecular & Cellular
Biosciences |
$117,000 |
06/02-08/03 |
| Quorum Sensing Mediated Regulation of
Exopolymer Synthesis in Panteoa Stewartii: A Critical Factor in
Surface Attachment, BiofilmForm |
| |
| Chancellor's Office |
| JORGENSEN |
Rock, R. |
New England Foundation for the Arts |
$14,100 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Urban Bush Women - Shadow's Child New
England Dance Project |
| |
| Education |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Sterling Memorial School |
$12,064 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Kristen Weinstein) (Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas,
S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Sterling Memorial School |
$12,064 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Robin Dobson) (Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas,
S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Sterling Memorial School |
$12,064 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Jeffrey Tims) (Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas,
S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Sterling Memorial School |
$12,064 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Nate Jones) (Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Sterling Memorial School |
$23,220 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Kate Peczynski) (Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas,
S.) |
| |
| Engineering |
| CHEM ENG |
Wood, T. |
DED-CII-High Tech R&D Grant Program |
$17,713 |
08/02-07/04 |
| Green Chemistry for a Sustainable Environment:
Enhancing Biological Degreasing Operations (Corp: Bioclean,
USA) |
| CHEM ENG |
Wood, T. |
Hangyang University (Seoul, Korea) |
$21,049 |
06/02-05/05 |
| Molecular Evolution of Dioxygenases for
Bioremediation of Nitro Compounds |
| CIV ENG |
Holmen, B. |
USDA-National Research Initiative |
$158,384 |
05/02-04/04 |
| Generation, Transport and Transformation of
Pesticide Residues on Airborne Fine Particulate Matter Derived From
Managed Soils |
| CIV ENG |
Mackay, A. |
USDA-National Research Initiative |
$295,000 |
09/02-08/05 |
| Factors Controlling Veterinary Antibiotic
Sorption to Soils |
| COMP SCI |
Russell, A. |
NSF-Experimental and Integrative Activities
|
$149,997 |
08/02-07/05 |
| Quantum Monte Carlo Algorithms and Quantum
Circuit Complexity |
| ECE |
Javidi, B. |
Lockheed Martin Energy System, Inc. |
$27,527 |
09/02-03/04 |
| 3D Image Recognition |
| ECE |
Luh, P. |
NSF-Design Manufacturing Initiation |
$149,453 |
08/02-01/04 |
| Scheduling, Inventory Optimization, and
Coordination of Maintenance Networks |
| ECE |
Luh, P. |
Toshiba Corp. |
$12,500 |
04/02-03/03 |
| Supply Chain Performance Evaluation and
Improvement |
| ECE |
Willett, P. |
DOD-Navy-Naval Undersea Warfare Center |
$35,000 |
07/02-01/03 |
| Integrated Passive Detection and
Classification |
| ECE |
Zhu, Q. |
PHS-NIH-National Cancer Institute |
$206,702 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Near Infrared Diffused Light Imaging with
Ultrasound Guidance |
| MECH ENG |
Cetegen, B. |
Conn. Dept. of Transportation |
$122,725 |
01/03-12/04 |
| Evaluation of Emission Performance of Municipal
Buses with Hybrid Diesel-Electric Propulsion |
| MECH ENG |
Faghri, A. |
Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs |
$1,990,263 |
06/02-08/02 |
| Portable Fuel Cell Power Systems (Co-PI:
Bergman, P.) |
| METALLURGY |
Shaw, L. |
NSF-Design Manufacturing Initiation |
$120,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Dental Restoration Through Multi-Materials
Laser Densification |
| |
| Family Studies |
| FAMILY STUDIES |
Anderson, S. |
Conn. Office of Policy and Management |
$40,000 |
07/02-09/03 |
| Title V: Delinquency Prevention
Evaluation |
| |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| BIOL: EE |
Adams, E. |
NSF-Division of Environmental Biology |
$233,000 |
09/02-08/05 |
| Behavioral Control of the Reproductive
Structure of Termite Colonies |
| BIOL: EE |
Les, D. |
State of Minnesota |
$4,500 |
07/02-03/03 |
| Characterizing Hybridity in Invasive Minnesota
Watermilfoil Populations Using Molecular Markers |
| BIOL: MC |
Goldhamer, D. |
PHS-NIH-Aging |
$286,000 |
08/02-07/03 |
| Identification of Osteogenic Progenitor Cells
in Skeleta |
| BIOL: MC |
Reiter, W. |
NSF-Div of Molecular & Cellular
Biosciences |
$110,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Characterization of Xyloglucan
Galactosyltransferase Homologs in Arabidopsis |
| BIOL: PN |
Conover, J. |
PHS-NIH-Neurological Disorders and
Strokes |
$135,850 |
09/02-08/03 |
| In Vitro Differentiation Capacity of Neuronal
Stem Cells |
| CHEMISTRY |
Basu, A. |
PHS-NIH-Environmental Health Sciences |
$254,610 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Biological Effects of DNA Adducts Formed by
Nitropyrenes |
| CHEMISTRY |
Birge, R. |
PHS-NIH-General Medical Studies |
$223,532 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Photobiology of Rhodopsin, Bacteriorhodopsin,
and Cones |
| CHEMISTRY |
Frank, H. |
USDA-National Research Initiative |
$140,000 |
09/02-08/04 |
| Direct Electrochemistry of Redox Cofactors in
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy |
$57,000 |
04/02-04/02 |
| Land Owners at the Current Suburban Edge of
Portland, Oregon and Sacramento, Calif. |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Love Makes a Family |
$4,550 |
06/02-06/03 |
| Connecticut Business Quarterly |
| ECONOMICS |
Carstensen, F. |
Wadsworth Atheneum |
$23,900 |
06/02-12/02 |
| The Economic Impact of Current Activities of
Wadsworth Atheneum and its Potential Expansion |
| ENGLISH |
Riggio,T. |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
$75,000 |
07/02-06/04 |
| Two Volumes of New Letters of Theodore
Dreiser |
| GEOLOGY |
Liu, L. |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
$17,091 |
08/01-07/03 |
| Core-Mantle Interactions and the Polar Motion
of the Earth |
| MARINE SCIS |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$20,000 |
03/02-02/03 |
| Connecticut Fisheries Extension
Enhancement |
| POLI SCI |
Best, S. |
Workers Compensation Research Institute |
$101,250 |
06/02-01/03 |
| Workers Compensation Research Institute,
Injured Workers in the States of Pennsylvania and
California |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
Rutgers-State University of New Jersey |
$170,500 |
02/02-10/02 |
| Workforce Investment Act Customer Satisfaction
for New Jersey Department of Labor (Co-PI: Barnes, C.) |
| PSYCH |
Fein, D. |
National Alliance for Autism Research |
$54,000 |
07/02-06/04 |
| Oxytocin and Extended Peptide in Individuals
with Autism Oxytocin |
| PSYCH |
Fisher, J. |
PHS-NIH-National Institute of Mental
Health |
$30,490 |
09/02-09/03 |
| HIV Coping and Safer Behavior: A Theoretical
Approach (Graduate Assistant: Josephine Korcharmos) |
| PSYCH |
Fowler, C. |
Haskins Laboratories |
$258,028 |
08/02-08/03 |
| Haskins Laboratories Affiliation with UConn,
Depts. of Linguistics, Communications Sciences, Speech Pathology,
& Psychology |
| PSYCH |
Kenny, D. |
NSF-Biological & Critical Systems |
$60,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Training in the Social Relations
Model |
| PSYCH |
Naigles, L. |
National Alliance for Autism Research |
$66,752 |
07/02-06/03 |
| The Development of Language Comprehension in
Children with Autism: A Longitudinal Study Using Paradigm (Co-PIs:
Fein,D.; Barton, M.) |
| SOCIOLOGY |
Neubeck, K. |
NSF-Division of Social & Economic Science
|
$7,500 |
08/02-07/03 |
| Racial Reproduction: the Relationship Between
Immigrant Racial Knowledge and Immigrant Racial Identity |
| STATISTICS |
Chen, M. |
University of North Carolina |
$38,140 |
07/02-03/03 |
| Inference in Regression Models with Missing
Covarites |
| STATISTICS |
Dey, D. |
UConn Health Center |
$6,402 |
08/02-01/03 |
| Exposure Response Relationships in Hand-Arm
Vibration |
| |
| Nursing |
| NURSING |
Engler, A. |
Case Western Reserve University |
$9,558 |
02/02-01/03 |
| Pre-term Skin Contact Effects on
Electrophysiologic Sleep |
| |
| Pharmacy |
| PHARM SCI |
Aneskievich, B. |
PHS-NIH-Arth. & Muscul. & Skin
Diseases |
$59,632 |
09/02-09/03 |
| A Novel Peroxisome Proliferator Activated
Receptor (PPAR) Coregulator in Keratinocytes (Graduate Assistant:
Anthony Flores) |
| PHARM SCI |
Hubbard, A. |
PHS-NIH-Arth. & Muscul. & Skin
Diseases |
$53,766 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Regulation of ICAM-1 Mouse Macrophages
(Graduate Assistant: Michael Thibodeau) |
| PHARM SCI |
Kalonia, D. |
Mixed Sources |
$16,000 |
06/02-06/03 |
| Protein Solubility and its Correlation with
Second Viral Coefficient |
| |
| Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education |
| CAP |
Ranjeet, B. |
Department of Higher Education |
$59,250 |
06/02-05/03 |
| Connecticut College Admission and Bridge
Program (CONNCAB) |
| |
| Vice Provost for Multicultural
Affairs |
| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |
Bravo-Ureta, B. |
Universidad Austral De Chile |
$5,723 |
08/02-07/03 |
| Training Contract Between the University of
Connecticut and the Universidad Austral De Chile |
| RAINBOW CTR |
Marnin, S. |
Women's Sports Foundation |
$2,837 |
07/02-10/02 |
| Homophobia in Athletics |
| |
| Vice Provost for Research & Graduate
Education |
| GRAD SCHOOL |
Greger, J. |
NSF-Division of Graduate Education |
$67,500 |
08/02-07/07 |
| Graduate Research Fellowship Program |
| NURC |
Auster, P. |
Conservation Law Foundation |
$12,000 |
08/02-08/03 |
| Towards Validation of Distinct Physiographic
Units as Proxies for Patterns in Marine Biological Diversity in the
Gulf of Maine |
| NURC |
Auster, P. |
Natural Resources Defense Council |
$3,000 |
06/02-12/02 |
| Production of an Educational CD Product - A
Tour of Oceanographer Canyon |
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