December 2003 Awards*

Roni Avissar of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project entitled "How Resilient is the Hydrometeorology of the Amazon Basin to Human Pressure." Total funding will be $492,474 over 36 months.

Steffen A. Bass of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Probing the QCD Equation of State and Hadronization at RHIC." Total funding will be $56,160 over 36 months.

Elizabeth Brannon of Cognitive Neuroscience has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Representation of Number in Infancy." Total funding will be $717,689 over 60 months.

Mary L. Bryan of History has received an award from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. for a project entitled "Support for Publication of Jane Addams Papers." Total funding will be $50,000 over 13 months.

Judson D. Edeburn of the Nicholas School has received an award from Brookhaven National Labs for a project entitled "Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS) Duke Forest Blackwood Division Site: Site Maintenance and Support (SUPPLEMENT)." Total funding will be $2,628 over 7 months.

Peter D. Feaver of the Center for International Studies has received an award from the Army for a project entitled "Strategic Deception in Modern Democracies: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Challenges." Total funding will be $24,999 over 4 months.

Joel L. Fleishman of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for a project entitled "Duke Foundation Research Program." Total funding will be $500,000 over 24 months.

Andrew H. Foster of the School of Law has received an award from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. for a project entitled "Community Economic Development Law Clinic." Total funding will be $50,000 over 12 months.

John D. French of Latin American Studies has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "Support for Research by Doctoral Students in the Areas of Democratic Governance and Human Welfare in Latin America." Total funding will be $4,444 over 42 months.

Alfred T. Goshaw of Physics has received an award from the Department of Energy for a project entitled "Research in High Energy Physics at Duke University." Total funding will be $3,000,000 over 35 months.

Joseph A. Izatt of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the The Cleveland Clinic Foundation for a project entitled "Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma." Total funding will be $119,046 over 11 months.

L. Gregory Jones of Divinity has received an award from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. for a project entitled "Pulpit & Pew Coordination Program for Sustaining Pastoral Excellence (Supplement)." Total funding will be $990,960 over 52 months.

Ahmed W. Khwaja of the Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "A Dynamic Model of Teen Sex, Abortion and Childbearing." Total funding will be $154,000 over 24 months.

William Kirby-Smith of the Marine Lab has received an award from the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources for a project entitled "Watershed Characterization Study to Support TMDL Development." Total funding will be $24,981 over 12 months.

Qing Liu of Electrical Engineering has received an award from SRC/Sematech for a project entitled "A New Electromagnetic Simulation Package for Interconnects Based on the PSTD Method." Total funding will be $50,000 over 12 months.

Peter E. Malin of the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Proposal: Magma Reservoir - Conduit Dynamics as Revealed by Borehole Geophysical Observatory and Continuous GPS (Supplement)." Total funding will be $129,544 over 16 months.

Shari Miller-Johnson of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the National Institute of Mental Health for a project entitled "Girls' agression: Development, context, and process." Total funding will be $728,853 over 60 months.

Larry Moneta of Student Affairs has received an award from the Wake Forest University School Of Medicine for a project entitled "Study to Reduce Problem Drinking Behavior Among College Students." Total funding will be $44,500 over 12 months.

Michael Munger of the Micro-Incentives Research Center has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Presidential Donors' First Reactions to the BCRA: The 2004 Election Cycle." Total funding will be $184,411 over 24 months.

Ram Oren of the Nicholas School has received an award from the University of Alabama for a project entitled "Measurements and Modeling of Net Carbon Exchange over a Southeastern Loblolly Pine Plantation at the Duke Forest Ameriflux Site." Total funding will be $141,252 over 18 months.

Jenni W. Owen of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. for a project entitled "Professional Development Initiative - Phase I." Total funding will be $13,369 over 2 months.

John F. Richards of the Center for International Studies has received an award from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers for a project entitled "American Institute of Afghanistan Studies." Total funding will be $182,500 over 24 months.

Kathryn A. Saterson of the Center for Environmental Solutions has received an award from the Heinz Family Foundation for a project entitled "Support for the Center for Environmental Solutions." Total funding will be $1,000 over 1 month.

William H. Schlesinger of the Nicholas School has received an award from the University of Alabama for a project entitled "Assessing Ecological Models of Varying Complexity for Predicting Carbon Sequestration in Managed Pine Plantations." Total funding will be $138,548 over 6 months.

Frank A. Sloan of the Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management has received an award from the Research Triangle Institute for a project entitled "State-Specific Economic Cost of Obesity and Physical Inactivity in U.S. Adults." Total funding will be $39,915 over 11 months.

Martin D. Smith of the Nicholas School has received an award from Florida State University for a project entitled "Incorporating Fisher Behavior into Managment Models: A Case Study of the Reef Fish Fishery of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico." Total funding will be $100,075 over 12 months.

Carol Spruill of the School of Law has received an award from the NC State Bar Association for a project entitled "IOLTA Public Service Internship Program." Total funding will be $15,000 over 12 months.

John E. Thomas of Physics has received an award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project entitled "Quantum Coherence in Ultracold Fermionic Vapors." Total funding will be $197,699 over 30 months.

Gregg E. Trahey of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging of Arteries." Total funding will be $1,494,100 over 48 months.

Stefan Zauscher of Mechanical Engineering has received a fellowship award from the Triangle Community Foundation for student Yee Lam, for a project entitled "George H. Hitchings New Investigator Award in Health Research." Total funding will be $6,250 over 12 months.

*School of Medicine awards are listed separately:

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

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Last updated January 9, 2004, by Ken Macdonald