Department
|
Principal Investigator
|
Sponsor
|
Amount
|
Award Period
|
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources |
Animal Science |
Venkitanarayanan, K. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$430,871 |
9/06-9/07 |
Reducing the Colonization of Salmonella enteritidis and Campylobacter jejuni in Chickens with Caprylic Acid |
Natural Resources Management & Engineering |
Clausen, J. |
Environmental Protection Agency/Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection |
$100,000 |
7/06-9/07 |
Jordan Cove Urban Watershed |
Nutritional Sciences |
Fernandez, M. |
American Egg Board |
$112,862 |
7/06-8/07 |
Potential of Eggs in Enhancing the Cardioprotective Effects of Carbohydrate Restricted Diets in Weight Loss Interventions |
Nutritional Sciences |
Rodriguez, N. |
National Cattlemen's Beef Association |
$60,000 |
8/06-5/08 |
The Role of a Beef-Based Diet in Modulating Skeletal Muscle Protein Turnover and Intracellular Signaling Events During Acute Calorie Deprivation |
Nutritional Sciences |
Shanley, E. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$530,117 |
9/06-8/08 |
Innovative Food Safety Education for Low Literacy Food Service Employees Using Enhanced and Interactive Distance Education |
Pathobiology |
Risatti, G. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$309,371 |
8/06-7/07 |
Role of Glycosylation of Classical Swine Fever Virus Envelope Proteins on Virus Virulence, Antigenicity, and Immunogenicity |
Plant Science |
Gaxiola, R. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$330,000 |
8/06-7/08 |
H+-PPase AVP1 and Root Growth |
Plant Science |
Li, Y. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$201,406 |
7/06-7/07 |
New England Center for Invasive Plants, Connecticut, Vermont, and Maine |
Plant Science |
Li, Y. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$55,356 |
7/06-7/07 |
Research/Demonstration Garden and Outreach |
|
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Chemistry |
Rusling, J. |
Nat'l. Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/ Nat'l. Institutes of Health |
$324,596 |
8/06-5/07 |
Biosensor Arrays Based on Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes |
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis |
Carstensen, F. |
Nellie Mae Education Foundation/Conn. Dept. of Higher Education |
$126,150 |
6/06-5/07 |
Connecticut Next Steps: Research in Educational and Workforce Outcomes |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
Holsinger, K. |
Environmental Protection Agency |
$51,000 |
8/06-7/09 |
Has Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Northeast Contributed to the Loss of a Nitrogen-Fixing Plant Species? Exploring Mechanisms Underlying Loss of an Ecologically Important Functional Group from Suitable Habitat |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
Silander, J. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$68,530 |
7/06-7/07 |
Genetic Varience for Invasiveness in Woody Ornamentals: The Role of Genotypic Differences versus Phenotypic Plasticity |
English |
Jambeck, K. |
Dept. of Education/National Writing Project Corp. |
$48,713 |
7/06-6/07 |
Connecticut Writing Project - Storrs |
Marine Sciences |
Bucklin, A. |
Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
$49,000 |
4/06-3/07 |
Zooplankton Biodiversity in Tropical/Subtropical Atlantic Ocean Waters: A CoML Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) |
Marine Sciences |
Bucklin, A. |
National Science Foundation |
$142,383 |
8/06-7/09 |
Collaborative Research: Trophic Structure and Interactions of the Pelagic Nekton Associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
Marine Sciences |
Dierssen, H. |
Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./Oregon State Univ. |
$70,000 |
4/06-3/07 |
Benthic Productivity Studies and Support of GOES-R Risk Reduction Activities |
Marine Sciences |
Whitlatch, R. |
Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. |
$49,889 |
7/06-6/07 |
Tunicate: Research on Tunicate Control and the Effects of Ecological Bottlenecks in the Control of Non-Native Tunicates in New England |
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Gage, D. |
Dept. of Energy |
$390,000 |
7/06-7/09 |
Signal-Transduction Networks Mediating Catabolite Repression in the Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont Sinorhizobium mellioti |
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Robinson, V. |
American Heart Association |
$66,000 |
7/06-6/09 |
Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Action of BipA, A Global Regulator of Virulence Processes |
Physiology & Neurobiology |
De Blas, A. |
Nat'l. Institutes of Health/Nat'l. Institute of Neurological Disorders |
$1,332,000 |
8/06-1/11 |
GABAA Receptor-Interacting Proteins |
Psychology |
Barnes-Farrell, J. |
Dept. of Transportation/Volpe (John A.) Nat'l. Transportation Systems Center |
$24,660 |
8/06-8/07 |
Organization Behavior & Industrial Psychology Psychometric Instrumentation for Job Task Analysis of Remote Control Locomotive Operators |
Psychology |
Barnes-Farrell, J. |
Evolving Technologies Corp. |
$6,143 |
8/06-1/07 |
Graduate Field Research Training |
Psychology |
Magnuson, J. |
Nat'l. Institutes of Health/Nat'l. Institute of Child Health and Human Dev. |
$48,267 |
8/06-7/07 |
Access of Semantic Knowledge During Speech Perception |
|
Neag School of Education |
Educational Psychology |
Coyne, M. |
Dept. of Education/Institute of Education Sciences/Texas A&M Univ. |
$702,705 |
6/06-5/10 |
Early Intervention and Assessment for Young Children with Disabilities - Early Reading Intervention |
Educational Psychology |
Coyne, M. |
Dept. of Education/Institute of Education Sciences |
$884,306 |
8/06-7/09 |
Intensifying Vocabulary Intervention for Kindergarten Students at Risk of Learning Disabilities |
Educational Psychology |
Renzulli, J. |
Dept. of Education/Institute of Education Sciences |
$8,706,200 |
7/06-6/11 |
Goal Four: The National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented |
Kinesiology |
Casa, D. |
HealthSouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center |
$23,542 |
8/06-7/07 |
Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools: Establishing a Partnership with HealthSouth |
Kinesiology |
Casa, D. |
Bloomfield Public Schools |
$13,634 |
8/06-6/07 |
Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools: Establishing a Partnership with Bloomfield Public Schools |
Kinesiology |
Casa, D. |
RHAM High School, Hebron |
$19,480 |
8/06-7/07 |
Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools: Establishing a Partnership with RHAM High School |
|
School of Engineering |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
DeWolf, J. |
Dept. of Trans./Federal Highway Administration/Conn. Dept. of Transportation |
$182,442 |
7/06-6/07 |
Bridge Monitoring Network - FY07 |
Computer Science & Engineering |
Ammar, R. |
United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$25,000 |
9/06-12/06 |
An Advanced Multi-Core Micro-Server Development System |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Enderle, J. |
Lifespan |
$58,636 |
8/06-8/07 |
Clinical Engineering Internship Program at Lifespan |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Wang, L. |
National Science Foundation |
$275,000 |
9/06-8/07 |
Information-Theoretic Foundation of Molecular Computing: Performance Limits and Design Optimization |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Willett, P. |
Dept. of Defense/Naval Undersea Warfare Center |
$30,000 |
8/06-2/07 |
Deep-Memory Tracking of Unresolved Sonar Targets |
Mechanical Engineering |
Reifsnider, K. |
Conn. Innovations Inc. |
$300,000 |
8/06-8/08 |
Enabling Fuel Cells for Distributed Backup Power Applications: Accelerated Reliability Testing Capability and Methods |
|
School of Family Studies |
School of Family Studies Instruction & Research |
Weaver, S. |
Conn. Dept. of Education |
$64,351 |
7/06-6/07 |
Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Preparation Program |
|
School of Pharmacy |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Bogner, R. |
Parenteral Drug Association |
$6,000 |
6/06-5/07 |
Investigation of the Kinetics of Solution-Mediated Salt Conversion as a Function of Hydrodynamics During Dissolution |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Morris, J. |
Dept. of Defense/Naval Surface Warfare Center |
$34,869 |
8/06-2/07 |
Sensory Irritation (RD50) for Individual Chemicals and Mixtures of Chemicals in Animal Models |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Wright, D. |
National Science Foundation |
$390,000 |
7/06-6/09 |
Heterocycles as Versatile Synthetic Building Blocks |