December 2005 Awards*

Trudi J. Abel of Perkins Library has received an award from Triangle United Way for a project entitled "Digital Durham Teacher Workshops." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

David L. Banks of ISDS has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Proposal: SGER: Social Measures of the Katrina Aftermath." Total funding will be $30,402 over 9 months.

Philip N. Benfey of DCMB has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Root Morphogenesis." Total funding will be $1,355,200 over 48 months.

Tim Buthe of Political Science has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Allocation of Private Development Aid." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Leslie M. Collins of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Speech Processor Optimization for Cochlear Implants." Total funding will be $1,155,000 over 60 months.

Harris M. Cooper of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the Russell Sage Foundation for a project entitled "Handbook of Research Synthesis (2nd Edition)." Total funding will be $285,911 over 24 months.

Andrew H. Foster of the School of Law has received an award from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for a project entitled "Enhancing Community Economic Development Impacts through Social Enterprise." Total funding will be $100,000 over 24 months.

Patrick N. Halpin of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, for a project entitled "OBIS Portal Prototype Mapping Services Proposal." Total funding will be $29,162 over 9 months.

Mark Huber of Mathematics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "CAREER: Perfect Sampling Techniques for High Dimensional Integration." Total funding will be $400,000 over 60 months.

Deborah L. Jakubs of Duke University Libraries has received an award from the NC Humanities Council for a project entitled "2006 NC Festival of the Book." Total funding will be $5,000 over 6 months.

Robert E. Kielb of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from N&R Engineering for a project entitled "Probabilistic Aeroelastic Analysis of the GE57 Fan with Aerodynamic and Structural Coupling." Total funding will be $29,988 over 7 months.

Francis J. Lethem of the Duke Center for International Development has received an award from the World Bank for a project entitled "Applying NT2 Lessons to Bank Infrastructure Projects." Total funding will be $99,880 over 7 months.

Karl G. Linden of Civil Engineering has received an award from the WateReuse Association for a project entitled "A Study of Innovative Treatments for Reclaimed Water." Total funding will be $399,995 over 25 months.

Jie Liu of Chemistry has received an award from Arrowhead Research Corporation for a project entitled "Using Carbon Nanotubes as Interconnects in Integrated Circuits." Total funding will be $677,651 over 24 months.

Bruce L. Payne of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the Rubin Museum of Art for a project entitled "Rubin Museum of Art Award." Total funding will be $41,895 over 5 months.

John W. Payne of the Fuqua School of Business has received an award from the International Research and Exchanges Board for a project entitled "MEPI US Business Internship Program for Young Middle Eastern Women." Total funding will be $410,000 over 4 months.

Stuart L. Pimm of the Nicholas School has received an award from the National Park Service for a project entitled "Analysis of turtle numbers on the Dry Tortugas." Total funding will be $29,882 over 14 months.

John Reif of Computer Science has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "EMT: NSF Workshop on Emerging Opportunities of Nanoscience to Energy Conversion and Storage." Total funding will be $49,900 over 2 months.

Curtis J. Richardson of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Natural Resources Conservation Service for a project entitled "Duke Forest Stormwater Improvement and Wetlands Restoration Project." Total funding will be $37,500. There is no specified project period.

Barbara Rossi of Economics has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Empirical Econometric Methods Applied to Business Cycles and Forecasting Comparisons Between the U.S. and Europe." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

William H. Schlesinger of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Wallace Genetic Foundation for a project entitled "General Support for NSEES." Total funding will be $200,000 over 24 months.

William H. Schlesinger of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Supplement; National Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of The Science." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Merrill Shatzman of Art & Art History has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Contemporary Translation of Ancient Scripts." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

Arthur J. Shaw of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "ATOL: Collaborative Research - Assembling the liverwort tree of life: (Supplement) A Window into the Evolution and Diversification of Early Land Plants." Total funding will be $150,085 over 61 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 (Supplement)." Total funding will be $29,000 over 17 months.

Marty G. Woldorff of Cognitive Neuroscience has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Attentional Mechanisms in Multisensory Environments." Total funding will be $1,724,724 over 60 months.

*Schools of Medicine and Nursing awards are listed separately:

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

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Last updated January 3, 2006, by Ken Macdonald