Grants
The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs in March. 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 | Award | Award Period |
| College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | ||||
| Agricultural & Resource Economics | Lopez, R. | Hartford Food System | $15,000 | 10/03-9/05 |
| Evaluation of Community Food Security in Connecticut | ||||
| Animal Science | Venkitanarayanan, K. | American Meat Institute Foundation | $37,666 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Inactivation of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Drinking Water of Cattle by Sodium Caprylate | ||||
| Cooperative Extension Centers | Prisloe, M. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $20,000 | 3/04-1/05 |
| Development of a Protocol to Classify and Map Phragmites Australis in the Tidal Marshes of the Lower Connecticut River from Quickbird Multispectral Imagery | ||||
| Nutritional Sciences | Ferris, A. | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Univ. of Rhode Island | $71,885 | 10/03-9/04 |
| Rhode Island and Connecticut Senior Nutrition Awareness Project | ||||
| Plant Science | Ellis, D. | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | $50,769 | 1/04-12/04 |
| Eastern Region CAPS Homeland Security/Pest Detection Work Plan | ||||
| School of Allied Health | ||||
| Health Promotion & Allied Health Sciences | Miller, T. | Conn. Dept. of Public Health | $10,000 | 1/04-6/04 |
| Telehealth Intervention Project for HIV Adherence and Compliance | ||||
| School of Education | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Brown, S. | U.S. Dept. of Education-Derby Public School | $1,296 | 1/04-12/04 |
| Husky Educational Technology Assessment Program: Derby Public School | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Brown, S. | U.S. Dept. of Education-Mansfield Middle School | $4,860 | 4/03-6/04 |
| Husky Educational Technology Assessment Program: Mansfield Middle School | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Brown, S. | U.S. Dept. of Education-Walsh Elementary School | $3,402 | 1/04-12/04 |
| Husky Educational Technology Assessment Program: Walsh Elementary School | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Colbert, R. | Futures Inc. | $5,793 | 1/04-5/04 |
| Counseling Intern | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Madaus, J. | U.S. Dept. of Education-Conn. Dept. of Education | $39,744 | 4/04-3/05 |
| Follow-Up Investigation of Exiters of Special Education in Connecticut School Districts — Year 2002 | ||||
| School of Engineering | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Erkey, C. | National Aeronautics and Space Admin.-Univ. of Hartford | $10,000 | 3/04-11/04 |
| Investigation of Attrition Resistance of Supported Precious Metal Catalysts for Space Applications | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Wood, T. | Jeonju University | $10,332 | 12/02-11/03 |
| Molecular Evolution of Oxygenases for a Biosensor Array | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Malla, R. | National Aeronautics and Space Admin.-Univ. of Hartford | $10,000 | 3/04-11/04 |
| Stresses and Deformation in Proton Exchange — Membrane Fuel Cells under Mechanical and Thermal Loads | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Wang, G. | National Science Foundation-Georgia Inst. of Technology | $120,000 | 1/04-12/06 |
| Response of the Land Climate System to Surface Hydrological and Radiative Forcing | ||||
| Computer Science & Engineering | Santos, E. | Securboration Inc. | $30,000 | 1/04-6/04 |
| Portraying Informational Uncertainty | ||||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Bar-Shalom, Y. | Dept. of Defense-Airforce | $300,000 | 3/04-2/07 |
| Tracking with a Swarm of Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) Equipped Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) | ||||
| School of Fine Arts | ||||
| Benton Museum of Art | Bruhn, T. | Conn. Commision on the Arts | $3,906 | 7/03-6/04 |
| Organizational Support Program: Project Support | ||||
| Benton Museum of Art | Bruhn, T. | Greater Hartford Arts Council | $750 | 8/03-6/04 |
| Neighborhood Arts and Heritage Grant | ||||
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Barnes, C. | National Institutes of Health-UConn Health Center | $29,600 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Telephone Re-Contact | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Barnes, C. | DTI Associates | $21,000 | 12/03-12/04 |
| Survey and Explanatory Letters | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Barnes, C. | City of Middletown | $12,500 | 2/04-12/04 |
| City of Middletown | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Barnes, C. | Skillman Foundation | $15,000 | 1/04-4/04 |
| Skillman School Reform | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Barnes, C. | APCO Worldwide | $57,500 | 12/03-12/04 |
| Doctors | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Hunter, P. | City of Stamford | $2,000 | 9/03-1/04 |
| Evaluation of Weed and Seed | ||||
| Chemistry | Seery, T. | National Science Foundation | $240,000 | 5/04-4/07 |
| Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Polymeric Materials for Sensing and Actuating | ||||
| Chemistry | Sotzing, G. | Triton System Inc. | $234,000 | 1/04-12/05 |
| Electrochromics for Helmut Mounted Displays | ||||
| Chemistry | Suib, S. | Dept. of Defense-Navy | $23,586 | 3/04-8/04 |
| Coatings via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) | ||||
| Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Elphick, C. | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | $15,269 | 3/04-2/06 |
| Determining the Causes of Area-Sensitivity a Prerequisite for Saltmarsh Bird Conservation and Restoration | ||||
| Geography | Cromley, R. | Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection | $16,069 | 3/04-9/04 |
| Shoreline Vectorization of 1880's T-Sheets | ||||
| Geology and Geophysics | Liu, L | Dept. of Defense-Army | $25,017 | 8/03-5/04 |
| Effect of Geophysical Sensor Orientation on the Detection of Unexploded Ordinance | ||||
| Marine Sciences | O'Donnell, J. | Dept. of Defense-Navy | $11,400 | 4/04-12/04 |
| Charter of the Research Vessel Connecticut in Support of a Project Titled "Optical Gradients in the Coastal Ocean" | ||||
| Marine Sciences | O'Donnell, J. | Dept. of Defense-Navy | $19,000 | 3/04-3/04 |
| Charter of the Research Vessel Connecticut to Retrieve an Acoustic Array | ||||
| Molecular & Cell Biology | Cole, J. | National Institutes of Health | $521,638 | 3/04-3/07 |
| Centrifugal Analysis of Complex Hetero-Interactions | ||||
| Statistics | Glaz, J. | Dept. of Defense-National Security Agency | $10,000 | 2/04-2/05 |
| Second International Workshop in Applied Probability | ||||
| School of Pharmacy | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Science | Bogner, R. | Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation | $20,000 | 1/04-12/05 |
| The Role of Gastric PH and Bicarbonate Secretion in Calcium Absorption | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Science | Makriyannis, A. | Dept. of Energy-Brookhaven National Laboratory | $41,985 | 3/04-7/04 |
| Human Brain Pharmacokinetics of (-)-Delta-9THC | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Science | Pikal, M. | National Science Foundation-Physical Science Inc. | $20,000 | 1/04-6/04 |
| Freeze Drying Process Development and Control | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Science | Pikal, M. | Boehringer Ingelheim Corp. | $60,000 | 1/04-12/04 |
| Stability of Amorphous Pharmaceuticals: Prediction of Onset of Crysallization from Experimental Relaxation Times | ||||
| Pharmacy Practice | Coleman, C. | Pfizer Inc. | $8,500 | 12/03-12/04 |
| Do Different Atypical Antipsychotic Agents Used to Treat Schizophrenia Have Varying Effects on the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease? | ||||
| Office of Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Education | ||||
| Environmental Research Institute | McFadden, P. | Ionomem Corp. | $25,000 | 4/04-6/04 |
| Fuel Cell Research and Development | ||||
