The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in March 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied to the Advance each month by OSP.
| Principal Investigator |
Department |
Sponsor |
Total |
Period |
| Barnes-Farrell, J. |
Psychology |
Nat'l. Society of Black Engineers |
$24,045 |
2/09-10/09 |
| 2009 National Society of Black Engineers Student Survey |
| Behuniak, P. |
Educational Psychology |
Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services/Conn. Dept. of Education |
$665,588 |
10/07-9/10 |
| Validity General Supervision Enhancement Grant Consortium for Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards |
| Cao, C. |
Mechanical Engineering |
Nat'l. Aeronautics & Space Admin./United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$100,000 |
3/09-3/10 |
| Fast-Response Engine Research (FastER) Adaptive Control |
| Carstensen, F. |
Economics |
Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co. LLC |
$12,613 |
6/08-9/08 |
| Fairfield Project |
| Christenson, R. |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Nat'l. Science Foundation/Engineering |
$200,000 |
3/09-2/11 |
| NEESR-SD: Development of a Real-Time Multi-Site Hybrid Testing Tool for NEES |
| Chun, O. |
Nutritional Sciences |
American Heart Association |
$113,834 |
8/08-6/10 |
| Total Dietary Antioxidant Capacity Associated with the Risks of Cardiovascular Disease Mediated by Oxidative Stress |
| Cornman, D. |
Center for Health, Intervention & Prevention |
Dept. of Defense/Navy |
$100,000 |
1/09-1/10 |
| Expanded ARV Adherence Program and Prevention-with-Positives Program in Uganda 2008-2009 |
| Cornman, D. |
Center for Health, Intervention & Prevention |
Dept. of Defense/Navy |
$150,000 |
12/08-11/09 |
| Prevention with Positives in Military Settings in Mozambique |
| Cornman, D. |
Center for Health, Intervention & Prevention |
Dept. of Defense/Navy |
$425,000 |
08/08-07/09 |
| Prevention with Positives in Military Settings in Ethiopia & Increasing ARV Adherence in Military Settings in Ethiopia |
| Cornman, D. |
Center for Health, Intervention & Prevention |
Nat'l. Insts. of Health/Centers for Disease Control & Prevention /Nat'l. Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities/Family Planning Council |
$115,509 |
9/08-8/11 |
| Family Planning & Preconception HIV Testing |
| Faghri, A. |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dept. of Energy |
$1,290,362 |
9/08-12/11 |
| Research and Development for Novel Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Concentrating Solar Power |
| Ferris, A. |
Center for Public Health & Health Policy |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/UConn Health Center |
$456,659 |
10/08-6/11 |
| Effectiveness of an IBM-based Intervention for Reducing Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Preschool Children |
| Gao, R. |
Mechanical Engineering |
Nat'l. Science Foundation/Engr./Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst |
$400,102 |
8/08-10/11 |
| Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI): Event-Driven Sensing for Enterprise Reconfigurability and Optimization |
| Garey, A. |
Human Dev./Family Studies Instr. & Rsrch. |
Nat'l. Insts. of Health/Nat'l. Inst. of Child Health & Human Development/Brown Univ. |
$32,037 |
7/08-7/09 |
| Measuring Social Connection Using Multiple Data Sources |
| Gray, P. |
Extension |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/Univ. of Hawaii |
$30,000 |
10/08-9/09 |
| CT Military 4-H Clubs |
| Green, J. |
Psychology |
Nat'l. Insts. of Health/Nat'l. Inst. of Child Health & Human Development/Univ. of Minnesota |
$53,944 |
9/08-7/10 |
| Quantifying Children's Emotions with the Emotion Intensity Linkage Function Model |
| Grillo, M. |
Extension |
New Haven Board of Education |
$15,000 |
1/09-6/09 |
| 4-H Horticultural Program |
| Harel, O. |
Statistics |
Conn. Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Servs./UConn Health Center |
$9,634 |
1/09-5/09 |
| An Evaluation of Connecticut's Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan |
| Jordan, E. |
Mechanical Engineering |
United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$60,000 |
3/09-12/09 |
| Life Prediction for Ceramic Coating |
| Kraus, C. |
Center for Survey Research & Analysis |
Town of Lebanon, Conn. |
$12,500 |
8/08-11/08 |
| Lebanon Land Preservation Survey |
| Les, D. |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
Nat'l. Science Foundation/Biology |
$430,140 |
3/09-2/12 |
| Completing a Virtual Herbarium at the University of Connecticut |
| Les, D. |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
Nat'l. Science Foundation/Biology |
$297,040 |
3/09-2/12 |
| Collaborative Research: Systematic and Ecological Studies of North American Najas L. (Hydrocharitaceae) |
| Liu, L. |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
City of Avalon, California/University of California at Irvine |
$9,810 |
1/09-1/10 |
| Two-Dimensional Electric Resistivity Tomography for Assisting Characterization of Sewage Water Contamination to the Avalon Bay, California |
| Malla, R. |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Nat'l. Aeronautics & Space Admin./Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corp. |
$33,500 |
4/09-5/10 |
| Finite Element Analysis of Percussive Systems for Planetary Exploration |
| Malla, R. |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Nat'l. Aeronautics & Space Admin./Univ. of Hartford |
$20,000 |
6/09-8/10 |
| Analysis and Design of a Lunar Base with Regolith (Soil)-Structure Interaction |
| Martinez, M. |
ISS-Academic Programs Center |
Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut |
$3,950 |
8/08-4/09 |
| Kids and Books/Let's Read |
| Murphy, K. |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dept. of Defense/Navy/Office of Naval Research |
$159,967 |
5/09-6/11 |
| Predicting Structural Integrity of Naval Vessels Using a Bayesian Approach: Modeling and Practical Implementations |
| Nadeau, J. |
Animal Science |
American Youth Horse Council |
$750 |
4/09-3/10 |
| Horse Environmental Awareness Program: Youth Outreach: Horses and Humans for a Healthy Habitat |
| Naples, N. |
Sociology |
Nat'l. Science Foundation/Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences |
$162,017 |
3/09-2/11 |
| Family Policy, Social Movements, and the Law: A Comparative Study of Australia and the United States |
| Pikal, M. |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Nat'l. Insts. of Health/Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l. Inst. of Standards & Technology |
$126,253 |
10/08-9/09 |
| Ambient, Dry State Preservation of Therapeutic Macromolecules |
| Robinson, V. |
Molecular & Cell Biology |
Nat'l. Science Foundation/Biology |
$934,500 |
4/09-3/14 |
| The Influence of ppGpp on the Cellular Action of BipA |
| Sabatelli, R. |
Human Dev./Family Studies Instr. & Rsrch. |
Nat'l. Council on Family Relations |
$138,719 |
1/09-12/13 |
| Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Sciences |
| Shea, D. |
Connecticut Transportation Institute |
Dept. of Transportation/Federal Highway Admin./Conn. Dept. of Transportation |
$340,000 |
1/09-12/09 |
| Technology Transfer Center |
| Singh, P. |
Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engr. |
Dept. of Energy/Pacific Northwest Nat'l. Lab./Battelle Memorial Inst. |
$50,975 |
3/09-8/09 |
| Direct Boron Fuel Cell Feasibility |
| Swadlow, H. |
Psychology |
Nat'l. Insts. of Health/Nat'l. Inst. of Mental Health |
$420,125 |
2/09-11/10 |
| Spike-Triggered Current Source-Density Analysis: The Synaptic Impact of a Single Neuron on a Cortical Domain |
| Tufts, J. |
Communication Sciences |
Phonak Communications AG |
$31,481 |
1/09-5/09 |
| User Satisfaction with Phonak Serenity Hearing Protection Systems |
| Vadiveloo, J. |
Mathematics |
Watson Wyatt Worldwide |
$10,000 |
12/08-2/09 |
| Best Reinsurance Actuarial Services |
| Wang, B. |
Computer Science & Engineering |
Dept. of Defense/Navy/Qualtech Systems Inc. |
$64,940 |
3/09-7/10 |
| Prognostics and Health Management for Afloat Information Technology and Network Services System (Phase II) |
| Warner, G. |
Natural Resources & the Environment |
Dept. of Interior/U.S. Geological Survey |
$92,335 |
3/09-2/10 |
| Water Resources Technology Transfer Initiative |
| Willis, B. |
Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engr. |
Dept. of Defense/Navy/Office of Naval Research |
$313,321 |
1/09-9/11 |
| Next Generation Biochemical Sensor Based on Tunneling Spectroscopy |
| Willis, B. |
Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engr. |
Dept. of Energy/Pacific Northwest Nat'l. Lab./Battelle Memorial Inst. |
$78,262 |
1/09-2/10 |
| Development of Alternative, Low-Cost and Durable High Performance Cathode Supports for PEM Fuel Cells |
