October 2006 Awards*

Roni Avissar of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "The Helicopter Observation Platform (HOP): Demonstration and Calibration Phase." Total funding will be $124,778 over 24 months.

Charles M. Becker of Economics has received an award from Vanderbilt University for a project entitled "Demographic and Economic Change in Kazakhstant and the Kyrgyz Republic, 1993-Present." Total funding will be $9,091 over 11 months.

Adrian Bejan of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a project entitled "NIF Hohlraum Convection Study." Total funding will be $19,815 over 11 months.

Adrian Bejan of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a project entitled "Fuel Cell Thermal Management Study." Total funding will be $19,815 over 11 months.

Gale A. Boyd of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from Argonne National Labs for a project entitled "EPA Energy Star Industrial Program." Total funding will be $171,010 over 6 months.

Gregory Britz of Documentary Studies has received an award from the NC Arts Council for a project entitled "Quality of Life Project." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Gregory Britz of Documentary Studies has received an award from the NC Arts Council for a project entitled "Our Katrina Neighbors." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Anthony S. Brown of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "The Durham Social Enterprise Incubator." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Anthony S. Brown of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Healing Expressions." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

Robert L. Byrd of Perkins Libraries has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Photography Catalog." Total funding will be $9,250 over 12 months.

Robert L. Byrd of Perkins Libraries has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Close to Home - Exhibition." Total funding will be $5,600 over 12 months.

Ashutosh Chilkoti of the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems has received an award from the Army Research Office for a project entitled "Biointerface Science GRC." Total funding will be $7,556 over 12 months.

Stephen A. Cohn of Duke University Press has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Harriet Tubman: The Forging of an American Icon." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Ellen F. Davis of Divinity has received an award from the Association of Theological Schools for a project entitled "Remembering the Land: Reading the Bible Through Agrarian Eyes." Total funding will be $30,000 over 14 months.

M'Liss Dorrance of Dance has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Choreographic Project." Total funding will be $5,000 over 6 months.

Alan Gelfand of ISDS has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative QEIB Research: Spatio-temporal Modeling of Species Distributions and Biodiversity-Integrating Climate and Population Responses (Supplement)." Total funding will be $13,577 over 23 months.

Paula E. Gilbert of Summer Academic Programs has received an award from the Bernard Osher Foundation for a project entitled "Renewal Proposal to Bernard Osher Foundation." Total funding will be $50,000 over 12 months.

Jung-Hwa Aura A.Gimm of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Integrating Nanoscale Systems and Design into the Undergraduate Engineering and Science Curricula." Total funding will be $199,980 over 24 months.

Elizabeth Glennie of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro for a project entitled "Research on High School Reform: Study of the Efficacy of North Carolina's Learn and Earn Early College High School Model." Total funding will be $453,448 over 48 months.

Kristina M. Johnson of the Pratt School of Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "ADVANCE: Target of Opportunity Strategy." Total funding will be $599,743 over 36 months.

William T. Joines of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Research Triangle Institute for a project entitled "Modeling Integrated Circuit Connections." Total funding will be $9,700 over 8 months.

L. Gregory Jones of Divinity has received an award from the Lilly Endowment for a project entitled "Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation: Theological Programs for High School Youths." Total funding will be $599,999 over 49 months.

Lisa A. Keister of Sociology has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Childhood Family Processes and Adult Wealth Ownership." Total funding will be $151,927 over 14 months.

Keval K. Khalsa of Dance has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Night of Renewal: A Dance-Music Drama of African & Scottish Origins." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Patricia Leighten of Art, Art History & Visual Studies has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Curatorial Fellowship Program." Total funding will be $16,000 over 12 months.

Kam W. Leong of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Biomaterials Approach to Expend Hematopoietic Cells Ex Vivo." Total funding will be $1,475,084 over 46 months.

Kam W. Leong of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Mechanistic Studies on Polymeric Controlled Oral Gene Delivery." Total funding will be $517,790 over 22 months.

Nan Lin of Sociology has received an award from Academia Sinica for a project entitled "Social Capital: A Conceptual and Empirical Integration II The Second Survey in the US and Support for Research Assistants." Total funding will be $187,107 over 16 months.

Paul Magwene of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Research Initiation Grant: The Effects of Genetic Variation on Gene Networks in Yeast." Total funding will be $174,858 over 24 months.

Carolyn McAllaster of the School of Law has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "AIDS Legal Assistance Project." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Carolyn McAllaster of the School of Law has received an award from the Mary Norris Preyer Fund for a project entitled "The Duke AIDS Legal Assistance Project." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Terrie E. Moffitt of Psychology and Neuroscience has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Major Mental Disorders from Childhood to Adulthood." Total funding will be $484,503 over 7 months.

David Needham of the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "PLGA Protein Microspheres: Single Particle Engineering." Total funding will be $1,402,875 over 45 months.

Richard A. Palmer of Chemistry has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "History of Application to Fine Art Conservation." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Charles M. Payne of History has received an award from the Spencer Foundation for a project entitled "Resident Fellowship." Total funding will be $131,200 over 10 months.

John B. Pormann of the Center for Computational Science has received an in-kind award valued at $76,215 from SUN Microsystems for a project entitled "Preparing Scientists for Multiple-Core Programming."

Thomas S. Rankin of Documentary Studies has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Nuestras Historias/Nuestros Suenos: Our History/Our Dreams - Latino Immigrants in North Carolina." Total funding will be $15,000 over 8 months.

Ann Marie Rasmussen of Germanic Languages has received an award from the Max Kade Foundation for a project entitled "Conference Support for "Visuality and Materiality in the Story of Tristan and Isolde"." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

Andrew J. Read of the Marine Lab has received an award from the New England Aquarium for a project entitled "Reducing Conflicts Between Fisheries & Protected Species in North Carolina - Year 2." Total funding will be $94,010 over 6 months.

Daniel Richter, Jr. of the Nicholas School has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "RCN: Global Soil Change Community Networking Chronosequence Studies and Long-term Soil Experiments." Total funding will be $425,000 over 60 months.

Kimerly R. Rorschach of the Art Museum has received an award from the NC Arts Council for a project entitled "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China Exhibition." Total funding will be $6,000 over 11 months.

David E. Schaad of Civil Engineering has received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "TA Brown Mechanical Aerator." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

David R. Sherwood of Biology has received an award from the American Cancer Society for a project entitled "Genetic Analysis of Cell-Invasive Behavior." Total funding will be $720,000 over 48 months.

David R. Smith of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the University of Michigan for a project entitled "Collaboration with University of Michigan on a MURI Project." Total funding will be $599,998 over 60 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 $26,028 over 1 month.

Anthony So of Public Policy Studies has received an award from Uppsala University for a project entitled "Strategic Policy Support for the REACT Secretariat." Total funding will be $17,960 over 5 months.

Charles D. Thompson, Jr. of Documentary Studies has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Embarq and Student of the World Partnership." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

George A. Truskey of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for a project entitled "Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Predoctoral Traineeship Award." Total funding will be $90,000 over 37 months.

Dean L. Urban of the Nicholas School has received an award from the University of Georgia for a project entitled "Implement Plan of Work for the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program." Total funding will be $9,999 over 12 months.

Jane R. Wettach the School of Law has received an award from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for a project entitled "Children's Education Law Clinic/Low-Income Children." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Fan Yuan of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Electric Field-Mediated Gene Delivery in MCL Tumor Model." Total funding will be $187,469 over 48 months.

*Campus awards only, excluding some private-sector sponsors. Schools of Medicine and Nursing awards are listed separately:

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Last updated November 3, 2006, by Ken Macdonald