November 2004 Awards*

David J. Brady of the Fitzpatrick Center has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Charlotte for a project entitled "Incoherent Mutispectrometer Test and Management Station." Total funding will be $100,000 over 12 months.

Gregory Britz of Documentary Studies has received an award from the Bernard Van Leer Foundation for a project entitled "Lewis Hine Documentary Initiative: Global Concerns - Local Voices." Total funding will be $122,850 over 6 months.

Lawrence Carin of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Office of Naval Research for a project entitled "Modeling and Signal Processing for EMI Sensing of Landmines, In Support of AMD System (supplement)." Total funding will be $100,000 over 14 months.

Franklin H. Cocks of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Terrasimco, Inc. for a project entitled "Novel Corrosion Inhibiting Inorganic Coatings for Magnesium Alloys." Total funding will be $35,000 over 12 months.

James E. Coleman of the School of Law has received an award from the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism for a project entitled "Professionalism Program." Total funding will be $10,000 over 17 months.

Leslie M. Collins of Electrical Engineering has received an award from Science Applications International Corporation for a project entitled "Ultrasonic Data Classification." Total funding will be $100,168 over 6 months.

Bruce H. Corliss of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Office of Naval Research for a project entitled "A Proposal for Additional Navy Ship Time on R/V Cape Hatteras CY2004." Total funding will be $162,750 over 2 months.

Steven A. Cummer of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "CEDAR: Quantitative Measurements of Lightning-Mesosphere Interactions from Remote Electromagnetic Fields." Total funding will be $192,387 over 36 months.

Stefano Curtarolo of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Pennsylvania State University for a project entitled "Simulation Study of Nanotube Growth out of Metallic Catalysts." Total funding will be $23,373 over 6 months.

Kenneth A. Dodge of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the NC Department of Health and Human Services for a project entitled "Evaluation of Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care Grant." Total funding will be $199,432 over 24 months.

John E. Dolbow of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "The Robert J. Melosh Symposium in Finite Element Analysis." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

Peter D. Feaver of Political Science has received an award from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. for a project entitled "Bradley Fellowship Program at Duke." Total funding will be $25,000 over 12 months.

Jeffrey R. Forbes of Computer Science has received an award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for a project entitled "RoboCopJounio: Exhibitions of Problem Solving, Teamwork and Creativity." Total funding will be $179,978 over 36 months.

Jane M. Gaines of Film & Video has received an award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science Foundation for a project entitled "Women Film Pioneers International 2005 Touring Package & Exhibition." Total funding will be $6,000 over 2 months.

Christina Gibson of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the Smith Richardson Foundation for a project entitled "Moving Towards the Altar? Understanding the Marriage Trajectories of Low-Income Couples." Total funding will be $60,000 over 12 months.

Bobby D. Guenther of the Fitzpatrick Center has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "NC Photonics Consortium." Total funding will be $20,000 over 10 months.

Kenneth C. Hall of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from General Electric Corporation for a project entitled "University Strategic Alliance in Research for Aeromechanics-Duke." Total funding will be $50,000 over 49 months.

Kenneth C. Hall of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from GE Global Research for a project entitled "University Strategic Alliance in Research for Aeromechanics." Total funding will be $43,097 over 3 months.

Patrick N. Halpin of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Fagatele Bay National Marine Estuary for a project entitled "Hierarchical Hydrodynamical-Ecological Modeling for Coral Reef Marine Protected Area Managment in American Samoa (Supplement)." Total funding will be $5,000 over 1 month.

Robert G. Healy of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Lazar Foundation for a project entitled "Continuing Support for Student International Discussion Group." Total funding will be $15,000 over 12 months.

Joseph A. Izatt of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the University of Southern California for a project entitled "Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma." Total funding will be $121,868 over 12 months.

Robert B. Jackson of Biology has received an award from Tulane University for a project entitled "Percipitation and Carbon Storage with Woody Plant Encroachment into Grasslands." Total funding will be $111,000 over 12 months.

Jeffrey A. Karson of Earth & Ocean Sciences has received an award from the Joint Oceanographic Institute for a project entitled "Salary for Dr. Nick Hayman for Expedition #304." Total funding will be $15,057 over 3 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 $138,600 over 8 months.

Kang Liu of Asian and African Languages has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Televising China - Television and Contemporary Chinese Society." Total funding will be $1,500 over 6 months.

Robert A. Malkin of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from Engineering World Health for a project entitled "The Engineering World Health Summer Institute." Total funding will be $115,964 over 12 months.

Marie L. Miranda of the Nicholas School has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Duke Center for Geospatial Medicine." Total funding will be $1,784,620 over 34 months.

Amy Needham of Psychological and Brain Sciences has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "New Approaches to Infant Learning and Cognition." Total funding will be $6,000 over 12 months.

H. Frederik Nijhout of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Workshop on Developmental Physiology." Total funding will be $32,930 over 11 months.

Amilcare Porporato of Civil Engineering has received an award from the University of California for a project entitled "Transferring Alterations in Climatic Extremes to Plant Productivity and Soil Biogeochemistry in Grasslands: The Soil Water Balance as a Mediator of the Dynamics." Total funding will be $115,711 over 12 months.

Timothy Pyatt of University Archives has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Duke Portrait Archives." Total funding will be $5,100 over 12 months.

Daniel Rittschof of the Marine Lab has received an award from Akzo Nobel N.V. for a project entitled "Coating Technology Concepts: Corrosion." Total funding will be $7,632 over 2 months.

Daniel Rittschof of the Marine Lab has received an award from Arch Chemicals for a project entitled "Mixture Interactions of Broad Spectrum Biocides: Assays Testing Release from a Simple Antifouling Coating Matrix." Total funding will be $4,001 over 9 months.

Anthony So of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the World Health Organization for a project entitled "CIPIH Study 3f (DGR)." Total funding will be $14,000 over 7 months.

Curtis R. Taylor of Economics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Privacy and Information Acquisition in Competitive Markets." Total funding will be $142,942 over 24 months.

Werner Tornow of Physics has received an award from the Department of Energy for a project entitled "TUNL-HIGS (Part V) (Supplement)." Total funding will be $600,000 over 12 months.

Carel P. Van Schaik of Biological Anthropology has received an award from the National Geographic Society for a project entitled "Development of Foraging Skills in Wild Orangutans." Total funding will be $7,470 over 1 month.

Rytas J. Vilgalys of Biology has received a fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for student Daniel Henk, for a project entitled "DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Coevolutionary Diversification in Septobasidium, a Fungal Symbiont of Scale Insects." Total funding will be $11,965 over 24 months.

Gary A. Ybarra of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for a project entitled "Techtronics: Hands-on Exploration of Technology in Everyday Life." Total funding will be $180,000 over 36 months.

*School of Medicine awards are listed separately:

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

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Last updated December 2, 2004, by Ken Macdonald