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October 28,
2002
The following grants were received through the Office for
Sponsored Programs in September. 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 |
| AGR |
Jepson, P. |
Conn. Department of Education |
$75,000 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Career and Technical Education Teacher
Preparation Program |
| ANIM SCI |
Silbart, L. |
USDA-National Research Initiative |
$200,000 |
09/02-09/05 |
| Development of Mucosal Peptide Vaccines for
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccines |
| ANIM SCI |
Venkitanarayanan, K. |
National Cattlemens Beef Association |
$32,721 |
06/02-05/03 |
| Investigating Factors That Impact Premature
Browning in Ground Beef (Co-PI: Faustman, C.) |
| COOP EXT |
Griffiths-Smith, F. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research, Educ. &
Svs. |
$42,915 |
08/02-11/03 |
| Change, Challenge and Choice: a Strengths-Based
Approach to Family Resource Management in Connecticut |
| COOP EXT |
Worthley, T. |
Southern New England Forest Consortium |
$38,500 |
09/02-01/03 |
| Watershed Media and Materials |
| NAT RES M&E |
Clausen, J. |
Conn.-DEP-Long Island Sound |
$24,686 |
08/02-11/03 |
| Rain Garden Pollutant Removal Efficiency
(Co-PI: Dietz, M.) |
| NUTR SCI |
Koo, S. |
Algroup Lonza Inc. |
$40,001 |
07/02-06/04 |
| Dietary L-Carnitine Supplement: Its Effect on
Fat-Soluble Vitamin Status |
| NUTR SCI |
Perez-Escamilla, R. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research, Educ. &
Svs. |
$250,335 |
09/02-09/04 |
| Development of a Hazard Analysis & Critical
Control Points-Like Model (Co-PIs: Hirsch, D.; Venkitanarayanan,
K.) |
| PLANT SCI Von Bodman, S. USDA-National
Research Initiative $197,000 09/02-09/05 |
| Quorum Sensing Regulation in Panteoa Stewartii
Subsp. Stewartii Coordinates the Temporally Separated Processes of
Surface Adhesion |
|
| Chancellor |
| IMS |
Boggs, S. |
Department of Defense-U.S. Army |
$25,003 |
08/01-08/03 |
| Supplement to Optimization of Capacitor
Materials and Structures |
| IMS |
Scola, D. |
Department of Defense-U.S. Air Force |
$20,000 |
06/02-05/03 |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Low Viscosity
Phenylethynyl (PE) End-Capped Fluorinated Polyamide
Coatings |
| UCONN TORR |
Lyon, A. |
Torrington Area Foundation for Public
Giving |
$2,720 |
06/02-12/02 |
| Tutoring Program |
|
| Education |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Glastonbury Public Schools, Glastonbury,
Conn. |
$22,316 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Co-PIs:
Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) (Graduate Assistant: Angela
Thompson-Manhertz) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Mansfield Middle School, Storrs, Conn. |
$18,602 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Co-PIs:
Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) (Graduate Assistant: Betsy
McCoach) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Shared Services |
$11,159 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Co-PIs:
Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) (Graduate Assistant: Jolie
Alric) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Shared Services |
$22,316 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Co-PIs:
Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) (Graduate Assistant: Amy Rek) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Sprague Board of Education, Baltic, Conn. |
$12,064 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Co-PIs:
Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) (Graduate Assistant: Lisa
Girard) |
| EPSY |
Renzulli, J. |
Ed-Educational Research and Improvement |
$2,250,000 |
10/02-06/03 |
| Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education
Grant Program |
|
| Engineering |
| CHEM ENG |
Wood, T. |
DED-CII-High Tech R & D Grant Program
|
$137,362 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Green Chemistry for a Sustainable Environment:
Enhancing Biological Degreasing Operations | Corp: Bioclean,
USA |
| CIV ENG |
Anagnostou, E. |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
$24,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Graduate Student Research Program:
Investigating Flood Prediction Uncertainty of Hydrologic Models
(Graduate Assistant: Faisal Hossain) |
| CIV ENG |
Demars, K. |
Conn. Department of Transportation |
$59,236 |
07/02-12/03 |
| Field Determination of Moisture Content of
Deicing salt at Point Delivery (New England Transportion Consortium
Project ) (Co-PI: Long, R.) |
| CIV ENG |
Malla, R. |
Connecticut Department of Transportation |
$80,000 |
08/02-01/04 |
| Establish Subgrade Support Values for Typical
Soils in New England |
| COMP SCI |
Peters, T. |
NSF-Computer & Computation Research |
$99,999 |
10/02-09/04 |
| Computational Topology for Surface
Reconstruction |
| COMP SCI |
Russell, A. |
NSF-Computer & Computation Research |
$129,454 |
09/02-08/05 |
| Collaborative Research: Complexity-Theoretic
Applications of Fourier Analysis |
| ECE |
Jain, F. |
Dept. of Defense-Office of Naval Research
|
$10,000 |
09/02-09/05 |
| Reconfigurable Interconnects, 200-500Hz &
Ingaas-Inp Nanochannel Fets, etc. (Co-PIs: Papadimitrakopoulos, F.;
Ayers, J.; Bansal, R.) |
| ECE |
Luh, P. |
United Technologies-Research Center |
$32,781 |
08/02-12/02 |
| Planning and Scheduling of Re-Manufacturing
Supply Networks |
| ECE |
Taylor, G. |
Opel Inc. |
$41,500 |
08/02-02/03 |
| True Time Delay for Interference
Cancellation |
| MECH ENG |
Cetegen, B. |
United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$36,442 |
09/02-03/03 |
| University of Connecticut Task 05: near Nozzle
Flow Field Characterization of a Combuster (Co-PI: Barber,
T.) |
| METALLURGY |
Blackburn, M. |
DED-CII-High Tech R&D Grant Program |
$100,000 |
08/02-07/04 |
| Applications of Biomechanically Compatible
Pseudoelastic Beta Titanium Alloys (Memry Corp.) (Co-PIs: Cheng,
T.; Pamir, A.) |
|
| Fine Arts |
| ART |
Talvacchia, B. |
Harvard University |
$10,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Robert Lehman Visiting Professorship |
| FINE ARTS: DEAN |
Junda, M. |
Brown University |
$20,000 |
07/02-07/03 |
| The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard
Foundation |
|
| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| BIOL: EE |
Cardon, Z. |
Harvard University |
$25,000 |
09/02-01/03 |
| Soil Conservation and Rhizosphere Microbial
Ecology |
| BIOL: EE |
Mehrhoff, L. |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
$15,000 |
04/01-12/02 |
| Invasive Plant Identification and Plant
Evaluation Project |
| BIOL: MC |
Lynes, M. |
Ciencia Inc. |
$21,000 |
07/02-12/02 |
| Biosensor for Label-Free Real Time Monitoring
of Environmental Pathogens |
| CHEMISTRY |
Papadimitrakopoulos, F. |
Department of Defense: U.S. Army |
$885,046 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Center for Advanced Deployable Nano-Sensors
(Co-PIs: Marcus, H.; Noll, K.; Rusling, J.) |
| CHEMISTRY |
Sotzing, G. |
Air Products |
$33,000 |
06/02-05/03 |
| Aqueous Bulk Chemical Polymerizations to
Produce Optically Transparent Electrically Conductive
Polymers |
| CHEMISTRY |
Suib, S. |
Yardney Technical Products Inc. |
$20,000 |
06/02-05/03 |
| Investigate the Deposition of Carbon Films on
Metal Substrates |
| CHEMISTRY |
Sung, C. |
Ciencia Inc. |
$30,000 |
07/02-12/02 |
| Syntheses, Characterization and Fabrication of
Nlo Polymer |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education |
$60,000 |
08/02-06/03 |
| Foundation for Individual Rights in Education:
Religion on Campus Poll |
| MARINE SCI |
Balcom, N. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$67,150 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Activities in Support of the Long Island Sound
Study: Facilitating K-12 Teachers Use of Existing Outreach
Materials (Co-PI: Monahan, E.) |
| MARINE SCI |
Fitzgerald, W. |
Hudson River Foundation |
$106,515 |
08/02-07/03 |
| Mercury Methylation and Mobilization in the
Sediments of New York New Jersey Harbor (Co-PI: Visscher,
P.) |
| MARINE SCI |
McManus, G. |
NSF-Division of Ocean Sciences |
$207,479 |
09/02-08/05 |
| Collaborative Research: Diversity &
Biogeography of Marine Oligotrich & Choreotrich Ciliates
Assessed by Morphological, etc. Markers |
| MARINE SCI |
O'Donnell, J. |
Microsystems Integration Inc. |
$34,202 |
05/02-02/03 |
| The Development of a Codar-Based Short-Term
Predicative Model for Coastal Ocean Circulation |
| MARINE |
Skoog, A. |
NSF-Division of Ocean Sciences |
$176,527 |
09/02-08/05 |
| Collab. Research: Aqueous Organic Compounds in
Shallow Marine Hydrothermal Systems: a Framework for Investigating
Heterotrophy |
| PHYSICS |
Schweitzer, J. |
NSF-Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems
|
$80,931 |
10/02-09/03 |
| Nanoscale Investigation of Cement Hydration by
Nuclear Resonant Reaction Analysis |
| POLI SCI |
Donahue, A. |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
$154,322 |
07/02-08/03 |
| Temporary Assignment at NASA |
| PSYCH |
Copenhaver, M.. |
The Apt Foundation Inc |
$23,633 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Harm Reduction HIV Prevention
Intervention |
| SOCIOL |
Broadhead, R. |
PHS-NIH-National Institute of Drug Abuse |
$316,736 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Preventing HIV Among Injection Drug Users
(IDUS) in Yaroslavl, Russia |
| STATISTICS |
Dey, D. |
UConn Health Center |
$6,868 |
05/02-08/02 |
| Exposure Response Relationships in Hand-Arm
Vibrations |
|
| Pharmacy |
| PHARM PRACTI |
White, C. |
Res. Inst. of the AM. College of Clinical
Pharmacy |
$11,250 |
07/02-06/03 |
| The American College of Clinical Pharmacy-Merck
Cardiovascular Fellowship Grant |
| PHARM SCI |
Aneskievich, B. |
PHS-NIH-Natl. Inst. of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal
& Skin Diseases |
$71,500 |
09/02-05/03 |
| Epidermal Lipoxygenase Regulation of
Transcription |
| PHARM SCI |
Grant, D. |
University of Kansas |
$21,750 |
09/02-09/04 |
| Analysis of Oxidized Fatty Acids in Acute
Trauma Patients in a Rat Hemorrhage Model |
| PHARM SCI |
Pikal, M. |
NSF-EEC-Industry/Univ. Coop. Research
Center |
$50,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Form Joint Purdue University/UConn Center for
Pharmaceutical Processing |
|
| Social Work |
| SOC WORK |
Cournoyer, D. |
Connecticut Department of Justice |
$9,300 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Evaluation of Alternative Sanctions
Programs |
|
| Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education |
| CAP |
Miller-Benjamin, D. |
Ed-Postsecondary Education-Talent Search |
$276,248 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Educational Talent Search |
|
| Vice Provost for Multicultural
Affairs |
| INTL AFFAIRS |
Mahan, E. |
U.S. Department of State |
$119,465 |
09/02-09/04 |
| Educational Partnership Program |
|
| Vice Provost for Research & Graduate
Education |
| GRAD SCHOOL |
Greger, J. |
NSF-NIH-Research Resources |
$150,000 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Networking to Enhance Human Subjects Research
Compliance |
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