June 2003 Awards*

Edna Andrews of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies has received an award from the Department of Education for a project entitled "Title VI National Resource Center/Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships." Total funding will be $1,344,000 over 36 months.

David Beratan of Chemistry has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Mapping of Electron Tunneling Pathways in Proteins, (second revision)." Total funding will be $918,600 over 48 months.

Andrea L. Bertozzi of Mathematics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "FRG-Collaborative Research: New Challenges in the Dynamics of Thin Films and Fluid Interfaces." Total funding will be $842,609 over 36 months.

Celia J. Bonaventura of the Marine Lab has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Supplement - NSF K-12 Teaching Program." Total funding will be $117,750 over 22 months.

April Brown of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for a project entitled "DURIP Equipment Request: A Streak Camera for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Characterization of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanostructures." Total funding will be $96,000 over 12 months.

Krishnendu Chakrabarty of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Investigations into Droplet-Based Microelectrofluidic Technology for Hot Spot Cooling and Thermal Management in Integrated Circuits." Total funding will be $250,000 over 36 months.

Steven E. Churchill of Biological Anthropology has received an award from the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation for a project entitled "Utility of lower limb cross-sectional geometry for inferring prehistoric mobility." Total fundi will be $5,000 over 24 months.

Leslie M. Collins of Electrical Engineering has received an award from AETC, Inc. for a project entitled "UX-1315, EMI Sensor Optimized for UXO Discrimination." Total funding will be $225,000 over 36 months.

Leslie M. Collins of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Army for a project entitled "Software Analysis/Algorithm Development for Countermine Detection Systems." Total funding will be $75,000 over 19 months.

Bruce H. Corliss of the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Development of Environmental Proxies for Coastal Environments." Total funding will be $338,000 over 36 months.

Larry B. Crowder of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Oak Foundation for a project entitled "Global Fellows in Marine Conservation." Total funding will be $91,306 over 24 months.

Larry B. Crowder of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Panaphil Foundation for a project entitled "Panaphil Fellows in Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation." Total funding will be $35,000 over 25 months.

Larry B. Crowder of the Marine Lab has received an award from the National Marine Fisheries Service for a project entitled "Loggerhead Primary Sex Ratios of Northern Loggerhead Subpopulations." Total funding will be $17,000 over 12 months.

John E. Dolbow of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Surface and Actuation Kinetics of Stimulus-Responsive Hydrogels." Total funding will be $226,609 over 36 months.

Xinnian Dong of DCMB has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Characterization of the direct-target genes of NPR1 in systemic acquired resistance." Total funding will be $289,998 over 36 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." Total funding will be $53,408 over 12 months.

Silvia Ferrari of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Space Grant for a project entitled "Modeling of Distributed Space-Based Sensors." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

Linda P. Franzoni of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Space Grant for a project entitled "A Novel Boundary Element Approach for the Prediction of Aircraft Interior Noise." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

Morton H. Friedman of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from Army Medical Research for a project entitled "A Likelihood Ratio Classifier for Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Mammography." Total funding will be $90,000 over 37 months.

Morton H. Friedman of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the Department of Defense for a project entitled "Mathematical Modeling and Validation of Thermally Mediated Liposomal Drug Uptake in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer." Total funding will be $90,000 over 37 months.

Daniel J. Gauthier of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Applications of Super-enhanced Two-photon Simulated Emissions-Equipment Supplement." Total funding will be $40,000 over 24 months.

Daniel J. Gauthier of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Applications of Super-enhanced Two-photon Simulated Emissions-REU Supplement." Total funding will be $5,000 over 25 months.

Elizabeth Glennie of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the National Education Association for a project entitled "Turnover Rates, Student Performance, and Perceptions of Working Conditions: Analysis of the North Carolina Professional." Total funding will be $17,337 over 2 months.

David F. Katz of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the University of Pennsylvania for a project entitled "Integrated Preclinical/Clinical Development of Cyanovirin-based Microbicides." Total funding will be $164,358 over 3 months.

William Kirby-Smith of the Marine Lab has received an award from the North Carolina Coastal Federation for a project entitled "Water Quality Monitoring of Wetlands Restoration at North River Farms." Total funding will be $45,648 over 36 months.

Elizabeth Kiss of the Kenan Institute for Ethics has received an award from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. for a project entitled "Middle School Visions." Total funding will be $33,500 over 12 months.

Vicki L. Lamb of Demographic Studies has received an award from the Population Reference Bureau for a project entitled "National and State-Level Indices of Child Well-Being in the 1990s." Total funding will be $4,205 over 7 months.

Peter E. Malin of the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences has received an award from Sandia National Laboratories for a project entitled "Seismic While Drilling Instrumentation and Methods Tests." Total funding will be $15,018 over 4 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 Continuos GPS." Total funding will be $9,475 over 10 months.

H. Frederik Nijhout of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Endocrine Control of Imaginal Disk Growth." Total funding will be $614,999 over 48 months.

Ram Oren of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern US, Phase V.2." Total funding will be $30,000 over 12 months.

Ronald E. Parr of Computer Science has received an award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a project entitled " Robotic Exploration and Three Dimensional Mapping." Total funding will be $40,000 over 24 months.

J. Jeffrey Peirce of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "A Workshop to Discuss a CLEANER\(Collaborative Large-Scale Environmental Assessment Network for Environmental Research\) Neuse River Basin in North Carolina." Total funding will be $50,016 over 12 months.

Ronen M. Plesser of Physics has received an award from Space Grant for a project entitled "Kids in Space: Enhancing Science Education Through Astronomy." Total funding will be $1,000 over 12 months.

Mark D. Rausher of Biology, with Robin A. Smith, has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Selfing as a means of reproductive isolation: Pollonator-mediated interspecific competition in Ipomoea." Total funding will be $11,525 over 24 months.

Kenneth H. Reckhow of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "Adaptive Implementation Modeling and Monitoring for TMDL Refinement." Total funding will be $694,662 over 36 months.

Kenneth H. Reckhow of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) for a project entitled "Technical Support for Design of the Neuse Prototype Hydrologic Observatory." Total funding will be $41,266 over 8 months.

William M. Reichert of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the Whitaker Foundation for a project entitled "Educational and Research Programs in Genomic Technology and Biomolecular Modeling." Total funding will be $979,849 over 36 months.

Lori A. Setton of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from Spine Wave, Inc. for a project entitled "Pilot Study--In situ Polymerizing Material for Cartilage Repair." Total funding will be $29,550 over 12 months.

Kathy A. Silbiger of the Institute of the Arts has received an award from the Southern Arts Federation for a project entitled "Bang on A Can with Terry Riley." Total funding will be $3,500 over 1 month.

Kathy A. Silbiger of the Institute of the Arts has received an award from the Southern Arts Federation for a project entitled "American Repertory Dance Company Performance Fee." Total funding will be $2,500 over 1 month.

Joshua E. Socolar of Physics has received an award from the National Institute for Standards and Technology for a project entitled "NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program." Total funding will be $6,750 over 3 months.

Tai-Ping Sun of DCMB has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Developmental and Light Regulation of the Gibberellin 3B-Hydroxylase Genes in Arabidopsis." Total funding will be $225,000 over 36 months.

John E. Thomas of Physics has received an award from the Army Research Office for a project entitled "All- Optical Production of Degenerate Fermi Gas Mixtures." Total funding will be $103,000 over 8 months.

Carel P. Van Schaik of Biological Anthropology has received an award from the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation for a project entitled "Development of aya-aye foraging behavior; implications for life history evolution." Total funding will be $7,000 over 24 months.

John H. Willis of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "REU: A genome-wide investigation of factors causing postzygotic isolation." Total funding will be $6,000 over 15 months.

Gregory A. Wray of Biology, with Matthew V. Brockman, has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The structure of heritable variation in developmental gene expression in the purple urchin." Total funding will be $11,310 over 12 months.

Weitao Yang of Chemistry has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Development and Applications of Density Functional Methods for Large Systems." Total funding will be $396,000 over 36 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.)


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