August 2005 Awards*

Trudi J. Abel of Duke University Libraries has received an award from the State Library for a project entitled "Digital Durham Project." Total funding will be $50,000 over 12 months.

John H. Aldrich of Political Science has received a fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for graduate student Victoria M. DeFrancesco, for a project entitled "Doctoral Dissertation - Identity Fluidity in the Voting Booth: The Influence of a Latino Social Group Cue on Vote Choice." Total funding will be $11,970 over 12 months.

Harold U. Baranger of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Coherence and Correlations in Electronic Nanostructures." Total funding will be $1,300,000 over 48 months.

Harold U. Baranger of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Is Resilient Quantum Computing in Solid State Systems Possible?" Total funding will be $150,000 over 36 months.

Robert P. Behringer of Physics has received an award from Procter & Gamble Company for a project entitled "Development of Physical Characterization Mehods to differentiate Free-Flowing Granular Materials." Total funding will be $15,000 over 4 months.

Robert P. Behringer of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Force Propagation and Friction in Granular Materials (Supplement)." Total funding will be $14,411 over 6 months.

April Brown of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the University of Notre Dame for a project entitled "NIRT: Sb-Based Nanoscale Devices." Total funding will be $399,997 over 48 months.

A. Craig Burnside of Economics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Government Finance in Emerging Markets: Currency Crises, Debt Policy and Procyclical Fiscal Policy." Total funding will be $213,337 over 36 months.

Lawrence Carin of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program for a project entitled "Physics-Based Modeling and Signal Processing for Synthetic Aperture Radar Detection of Former Bombing Ranges and Burial Pits (supplement)." Total funding will be $75,000 over 12 months.

Jeffrey S. Chase of Computer Science has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: CSR: AES: Virtual Playgrounds: Making Virtual Distributed Computing Real." Total funding will be $250,000 over 48 months.

Robert L. Clark, Jr. of the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "IGERT: Training in Biologically Inspired Materials." Total funding will be $129,600 over 28 months.

Franklin H. Cocks of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from North Carolina State University for a project entitled "Development of Enhanced Titanium Dental Implant Alloys." Total funding will be $19,000 over 60 months.

Leslie M. Collins of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program for a project entitled "Signal Processing and Modeling for UXO Detection and Discrimination in Highly Contaminated Sites." Total funding will be $90,000 over 9 months.

Philip Cook of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the University of California - Irvine for a project entitled "Understanding Multiple Substance Use by Youths: Evidence from Underage Drunk Driving Laws." Total funding will be $58,158 over 16 months.

Harris M. Cooper of Education has received an award from the Spencer Foundation for a project entitled "Research on After-School Programs: A Synthesis of Synthesis." Total funding will be $39,600 over 10 months.

Bruce H. Corliss of the Marine Lab has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Oceanographic Instrumentation: R/V Cape Hatteras." Total funding will be $37,483 over 12 months.

J. Kevin Craig of the Marine Lab has received an award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a project entitled " Linking hypoxia-induced habitat degradation to fishery outcomes: a bioeconomic approach based on brown shrimp." Total funding will be $576,667 over 36 months.

Stephen L. Craig of Chemistry has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Modular Reversibly Polymerized Materials." Total funding will be $1,153,800 over 47 months.

Steven A. Cummer of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Air Force Research Laboratory for a project entitled "Accurate Modeling of Ionospheric Electromagnetic Fields Generated by a Low Altitude VLF Transmitter." Total funding will be $309,792 over 39 months.

Cathy N. Davidson of English has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Expanding Cyber-Communities: A Workshop on Developing New Models for the Natural, Social, and Human Sciences." Total funding will be $50,000 over 12 months.

Richard T. Di Giulio of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "Mechanisms underlying synergistic developement toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zebrafish (Danio rerio)." Total funding will be $31,764 over 36 months.

Kenneth A. Dodge of the Center for Child & Family Policy has received a program-project grant award from the National Institutes of Health, for a program entitled "Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center." Total funding will be $1,194,824 over 36 months. It includes the following projects:
- a project headed by Philip R. Costanzo, which will receive total funding of $154,000.
- a project headed by Kenneth A. Dodge, which will receive total funding of $784,111.
- a project headed by Timothy Strauman, which will receive total funding of $109,450.
- a project headed by Jacob L. Vigdor, which will receive total funding of $147,263.

John E. Dolbow of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Computational and Experimental Strategies for Investigating Failure in Emerging Soft-Wet Materials." Total funding will be $99,635 over 24 months.

Richard B. Fair of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Droplet-Based Digital Microfluidic Genome Sequencing." Total funding will be $506,768 over 22 months.

Gleb Finkelstein of Physics has received an award from the Army Research Office for a project entitled "Electronic Properties of Nanostructures Templated on Self-Assembled DNA Scaffolds." Total funding will be $300,001 over 35 months.

Alan Gelfand of ISDS has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative QEIB Research: Spatio-temporal Modeling of Species Distributions and Biodiversity- Integrating Climate and Population Responses." Total funding will be $400,002 over 36 months.

Paula E. Gilbert of Continuing Education has received an award from the Bernard Osher Foundation for a project entitled "DILR Prepares for the Next 25 Years." Total funding will be $100,000 over 12 months.

Jeffrey T. Glass of the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems has received an award from MCNC for a project entitled "Laboratory for Distributed Chemical and Biological Sensors." Total funding will be $55,001 over 12 months.

Warren M. Grill of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Selective Electrical Stimulation of Thalamic Neurons (supplement)." Total funding will be $309,612 over 13 months.

Alexander Hartemink of Computer Science has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "CRCNS: Neural Flow Networks in Songbirds." Total funding will be $2,023,005 over 60 months.

Deborah L. Jakubs of Duke University Libraries has received an award from the State Library for a project entitled "LSTA - NC ECHO: Exploring Cultural Heritage Online." Total funding will be $115,487 over 12 months.

James A. Joseph of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the Ford Foundation for a project entitled "Operating and Program Support for the Center for Leadership and Public Values at the Terry Institute of Public Values, Specifically the Center's 'Binational Civic Society Forum.'" Total funding will be $100,000 over 12 months.

Richard F. Kay of Biological Anthropology has received a fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for graduate student Terence R. Mitchell, for a project entitled "Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Role of Binocular Vision in Primate Evolution." Total funding will be $5,620 over 24 months.

Roy B. Kelly of the Duke Center for International Development has received an award from the United Nations for a project entitled "UNDP - Cambodia - Rebuilding Government." Total funding will be $644,938 over 24 months.

Anne A. Lazarides of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Graduate Research Supplement to Collaborative Research NIRT: The Role of Nanoscale Colloids in Particle Aggregation and Trace Scavenging in Aquatic Systems." Total funding will be $38,380 over 12 months.

Elizabeth C. Losos of the Organizaton for Tropical Studies has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Enhancing Research Opportunities for LSAMP Undergraduate Students: A Program for Native Americans and Pacific Islanders." Total funding will be $148,898 over 12 months.

Peter E. Malin of Earth & Ocean Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Proposal: CALIPSO Project: Imaging the Magma Chamber on Montserrat." Total funding will be $34,843 over 12 months.

Kenneth G. Manton of Demographic Studies has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Functional and Health Changes of the Elderly (Supplement)." Total funding will be $97,892 over 1 month.

Ebrahim Moosa of the Center for International Studies has received an award from the Ford Foundation for a project entitled "Philanthropy for Social Justice Among Muslim Societies." Total funding will be $150,000 over 12 months.

John F. Oates of Classical Studies has received an award from the University of Michigan for a project entitled "Advanced Papyrological Information System." Total funding will be $20,000 over 24 months.

Zhen-Ming Pei of DCMB has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Nutrient Ca2 Sensed by CAS Regulates the Floral Transition in Arabidopsis and Rice." Total funding will be $349,400 over 36 months.

Jonathan Protz of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from North Carolina State University for a project entitled "The Role of Size in the Future of Orbital Access to Space." Total funding will be $2,000 over 60 months.

David L. Rabiner of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Non-medical Use of ADHD Medication by College Students." Total funding will be $381,248 over 21 months.

Nimmi Ramanujam of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the Department of Defense for a project entitled "Miniature and Molecularly Specific Optical Screening Technologies for Breast Cancer." Total funding will be $2,342,591 over 60 months.

Nimmi Ramanujam of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy Guided Breast Needle Biopsy." Total funding will be $73,994 over 14 months.

Curtis J. Richardson of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "Development of a Statistical Modeling Methodology for the Detection and Quantification of Ecological Thresholds." Total funding will be $278,876 over 24 months.

Curtis J. Richardson of the Nicholas School has received an award from Development Alternatives, Inc. for a project entitled "Assessment and Modeling of Iraq Marsh Soils." Total funding will be $25,705 over 2 months.

Daniel Richter, Jr. of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Improving the Science of Soil Change: Conference to Evaluate Research at the World's Long-Term Soil Experiments (LTSES)." Total funding will be $10,000 over 24 months.

David E. Schaad of Civil Engineering has received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "The DELTA Smart House: Cross Disciplinary Projects Within the Design Framework of Sustainable Construction." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

William H. Schlesinger of the Nicholas School has received an award from Duke Energy Corporation for a project entitled "The Climate Change Policy Partnership." Total funding will be $2,500,000 over 36 months.

Arthur J. Shaw of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "PEET: Systematics of the Daltoniaceae (Bryophyta)." Total funding will be $742,376 over 60 months.

Stacy L. Tantum of Electrical Engineering has received an award from Science Applications International Corporation for a project entitled "Analysis Algorithms for the Spectral Analysis and Decision-Making Process of SAIC's PELAN System." Total funding will be $130,000 over 36 months.

John W. Terborgh of the Nicholas School has received an award from the World Wildlife Fund for a project entitled "Participation of Dr. Renata Leite as a Senior Advisor of the WWF's AREAS project." Total funding will be $23,600 over 12 months.

Jane R. Wettach of the School of Law has received an award from the Toys R Us Children's Fund for a project entitled "Children's Law Clinic." Total funding will be $25,000 over 11 months.

Kathryn Whetten of the Center for Health Policy, Law & Management has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "HIV/AIDs and Orphan Care." Total funding will be $2,616,510 over 58 months.

Ross Widenhoefer of Chemistry has received an award from the American Chemical Society for a project entitled "Platinum-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Unactivated Olefin." Total funding will be $80,000 over 25 months.

Gary A. Ybarra of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Track 2, GK-12 MUSIC: Math Understanding through Science Integrated with Curriculum (supplement)." Total funding will be $15,000 over 40 months.

*School of Medicine awards are listed separately:

http://meddeandirect.mc.duke.edu/awards.asp

(Please note this is an intranet address exclusively for the duke.edu domain.)

Last updated September 1, 2005, by Ken Macdonald