March 2008 Awards*

David J. Brady of Electrical Engineering has received an award from Applied Quantum Technologies for a project entitled "MEMS-Based Optical Beam Steering System for Multi-Color 2D Spot Arrays." Total funding will be $250,000 over 24 months.

Jens A. Carlsson of the Marine Lab has received an award from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for a project entitled "Marine CSI - Conservation Forensics in the Marine Environment." Total funding will be $27,000 over 12 months.

Wesley M. Cohen of the Fuqua School of Business has received an award from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for a project entitled "Markets for Technology: Challenges and Opportunities." Total funding will be $20,042 over 2 months.

William A. Darity, Jr. of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Faculty Diversity in Economics." Total funding will be $80,091 over 24 months.

Fernando R. Fernholz of the Duke Center for International Devevelopment has received an award from the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting for a project entitled "Qatar / Kuwait PARM." Total funding will be $72,000 over 12 months.

Gary Gereffi of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the ACDI/VOCA for a project entitled "Work in the Seychelles." Total funding will be $12,234 over 1 month.

Gary Gereffi of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from Environmental Defense for a project entitled "Environmental Defense Research Consultancy on Selected Industries." Total funding will be $10,000 over 36 months.

Gary Gereffi of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the Government of Canada for a project entitled "Pacific Gateway Supply Chain Analysis." Total funding will be $10,000 over 1 month.

Craig S. Henriquez of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from Ethicon, Inc. for a project entitled "Computational Analysis of Optimal Waveform for Transdermal Stimulation." Total funding will be $57,932 over 9 months.

Craig S. Henriquez of Biomedical Engineering has received a UNCF-Merck Graduate Science Research Disseration Fellowship from The United Negro College Fund and the Merck Institute on behalf of graduate student Marjorie L. Hubbard, for her project entitled "The Effect of a Heterogeneous Interstitial Space on Ectopic Activity in the Pulmonary Vein and Left Atria." Total funding will be $52,000 over 16 months.

Kevin D. Hoover of Economics has received an award from the John William Pope Foundation for a project entitled "The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University." Total funding will be $525,000 over 36 months.

Robert B. Jackson of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Department of Energy for a project entitled "Southeastern Regional Center of the National Institute for Climatic Change Research (Supplement)." Total funding will be $1,405,214 over 32 months.

Jungsang Kim of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for a project entitled "Advanced Photonic Sensors Enabled by Semiconductor Fusion-Bonding." Total funding will be $300,000 over 45 months.

Tod A. Laursen of Civil Engineering has received an award from Sandia National Laboratories for a project entitled "Local Smoothing Techniques and Consistent Sliding Formulation for Contact Analysis." Total funding will be $120,000 over 6 months.

Timothy W. Lenoir of University Professors in the Arts has received an award from the University of California for a project entitled "Virtual Conflict Resolution: Turning Swords to Ploughshares." Total funding will be $238,000 over 13 months.

Jill S. Miller of the School of Law has received an award from the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism for a project entitled "2008 Duke Law School Ethics and Professionalism Programming." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Barry S. Myers of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the Southern Consortium for Injury Biomechanics for a project entitled "Unique Anthropometric and Biomechanical Properties of the Pediatric Cervical Spine: Providing Key Data for the Development of the Digital Child from Adult Surrogates." Total funding will be $278,517 over 19 months.

Kathryn R. Nightingale of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for a project entitled "Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (AFRI) Imaging for Prostate Cancer." Total funding will be $99,900 over 37 months.

Michael K. Orbach of the Marine Lab has received an award from Conservation International for a project entitled "Cultural Roles Related to Marine Management Areas Study Site(s): Fiji." Total funding will be $42,234 over 17 months.

Michael K. Orbach of  the Marine Lab has received an award from Conservation International for a project entitled "Cultural Roles of the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil." Total funding will be $39,421 over 17 months.

Timothy H. Profeta of the Nicholas Institute has received an award from the State of Utah for a project entitled "Utah Climate Change Project." Total funding will be $305,000 over 11 months.

Daniel Rittschof of the Marine Lab has received an award from NC Sea Grant for a project entitled "Distribution and movements of spawning blue crabs in non-tidal systems: Year 2." Total funding will be $15,275 over 12 months.

Thomas Robisheaux of History has received an award from the Max Kade Foundation for a project entitled "Enduring Loss in Early Modern Germany." Total funding will be $10,000 over 18 months.

Thomas F. Schultz of the Marine Lab has received an award from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for a project entitled "Core Facility for Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Marine Conservation." Total funding will be $236,800 over 12 months.

David R. Smith of Electrical Engineering has received an award from SensorMetrix for a project entitled "Structural Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Aerospace Applications (SEMAA)." Total funding will be $30,000 over 5 months.

John E. Thomas of Physics has received an award from the Department of Energy for a project entitled "Quantum Dynamics of Optically-Trapped Fermi Gases." Total funding will be $70,000 over 10 months.

John E. Thomas of Physics has received an award from the Army Research Office for a project entitled "Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases in Reduced Dimensions." Total funding will be $48,639 over 2 months.

George A. Truskey of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Endothelial Cell Adhesion and Function on Smooth Muscle." Total funding will be $1,088,640 over 48 months.

Mark R. Wiesner of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "nanoECO Workshop on Nanoparticles in the Environment: Implications and Applications." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

*Campus awards only, excluding some private-sector sponsors.

Last updated April 1, 2008, by Ken Macdonald