Grants
| The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in February. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied to the Advance by the OSP. Additional grants received in February will be published on May 2. | ||||
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Department
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Prin. Investigator
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Sponsor
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Amount
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Award Period
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| College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | ||||
| Animal Science | Nadeau, J. | Distributors Processing | $4,139 | 2/05-6/05 |
| Effectiveness of a Product Designed to Lower Ammonia Production in Horse Barns | ||||
| Cooperative Extension Centers | Broderick, S. | Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection | $60,000 | 1/05-1/07 |
| Forest Research, Education, and Stewardship Together (FOREST) Program | ||||
| Cooperative Extension Centers | Prisloe, M. | Middlesex County Community Foundation | $2,500 | 1/05-12/05 |
| A Study of Changes to Agricultural Land Use in Middlesex County from 1978 to 2004 | ||||
| Natural Resources Management & Engineering | Warner, G. | Dept. of Interior/Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection | $71,580 | 1/05-12/06 |
| Validation of In-Stream Habitat Models for the Fenton River, Storrs, Conn. | ||||
| Natural Resources Management & Engineering | Vokoun, J. | Dept. of Interior/Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection | $89,764 | 1/05-12/06 |
| State-Endangered Burbot in Northwestern Connecticut: Investigation of Habitat Use and Population Demographics | ||||
| Nutritional Sciences | Ferris, A. | Dept. of Agriculture/University of Rhode Island | $56,000 | 10/04-9/05 |
| USDA Food Stamp Nutrition Education Project/Senior Nutrition Awareness Project | ||||
| Plant Science | Ellis, D. | Dept. of Agriculture/Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service | $14,850 | 1/05-12/05 |
| Giant Hogweed Survey and Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife | ||||
| Plant Science | Ellis, D. | Dept. of Agriculture/Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service/Conn. | $50,277 | 1/05-12/05 |
| FY 2005 Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program | ||||
| Neag School of Education | ||||
| Curriculum & Instruction | Leu, D. | Learning Point Associates | $77,622 | 12/04-10/05 |
| Evaluating Gains in Online Learning from Instruction in the New Literacies of the Internet | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Kehle, T. | Eastconn | $9,116 | 11/04-6/05 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools, Eastconn, Conn. | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Kehle, T. | Futures Inc. | $9,117 | 11/04-6/05 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Kehle, T. | Futures Inc. | $18,223 | 11/04-6/05 |
| Psychological Services to the Schools | ||||
| Kinesiology | Armstrong, L. | National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health/Centers for Disease Control/Sekos Inc. | $43,989 | 1/04-8/06 |
| Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Oximetry for Fire Fighter Physiologic Monitoring | ||||
| School of Engineering | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Achenie, L. | Nat’l Science Found’n. | $234,231 | 2/05-1/08 |
| Collaborative Research: Large-Scale Optimization Strategies for Design Under Uncertainty | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Fenton, J. | Conn. Innovations Inc. | $299,758 | 11/04-10/06 |
| Reformed Methonol MEMS Fuel Cell Chipset for Consumer Electronics: New Reformer Catalysts and Unitization of High Temperature Membrane Electrode Assemblies | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Zhu, L. | Dept. of Defense/Navy/Office of Naval Research | $800,000 | 2/05-9/07 |
| Molecular and Nano Composite Dielectrics for High Energy Density Capacitors | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Accorsi, M. | Dept. of Defense/Army Natick Soldier Center | $45,022 | 2/05-1/07 |
| IPA for Advanced Parachute Simulations 2005 | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Ivan, J. | Dept. of Transportation/Conn. Dept. of Transportation | $130,000 | 8/04-8/06 |
| Network-Based Highway Crash Prediction Using Geographic Information Systems | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Malla, R. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration/University of Hartford | $15,000 | 1/05-6/05 |
| Dynamic Response of a Lunar Base Structure | ||||
| Computer Science & Engineering | Huang, C. | National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine | $100,000 | 1/05-1/10 |
| Workshop on Biomedical Computations on the Grid | ||||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Enderle, J. | Paul Konz | $15,000 | 1/05-12/05 |
| Design of a Wireless Reflectance Pulse Oximeter | ||||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Fox, M. | Pfizer Inc. | $140,000 | 2/05-8/06 |
| Supersolution Ultrasound Measurement of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness | ||||
