Research Awards, January 2002

Asano, Katsura, US Department of Health & Human Services, $240,654, "Studies on Start Codon Selection by Eukaryotic Ribosomes."

Barnaby, Glenn A., US Department of Agriculture, $9,000, "Risk Management Education Proposal for Kansas." Barton, David G., US Department of Agriculture, $18,452, "Risk Information and Education for Producers Investing in Value Added Businesses and New Generation Cooperatives."

Baures, Paul W., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $8,500, "Kansas NIH COBRE Center for Cancer Experimental Therapeutics."

Bollman, Stephan R., and Bailey, Gwen L., Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc, $109,303, "Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities."

Bollman, Stephan R., and Bailey, Gwen L., Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc, $46,704, "Flint Hills Child Care Resource and Referral Project."

Bollman, Stephan R., and Bailey, Gwen L., Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc, $37,505, "Infant/Toddler Initiative."

Chambers IV, Edgar, and Chambers, Delores H., Peryam & Kroll Research Corporation, $3,849, "Evaluation of Product Characteristics."

Chambers IV, Edgar, and Chambers, Delores H., SSE Foods, Inc., $6,642, "Sensory Analysis Assistance."

Chambers IV, Edgar, and Chambers, Delores H., Chiquita Brands, Inc., $49,995, "Quality of Cut Fresh Fruit."

Chambers, Delores H., Excel Corporation, $9,375, "Product Evaluation."

Chambers, Delores H., Hormel Foods Corporation, $10,400, "Product Evaluation."

Chang, Zenghu, US Department of Energy, $100,937, "100 Femtosecond X-Ray Detector."

Chun, Ruthanne, Heska Corporation, $349, "Canine Interleukin-2-Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin Immunotherapy."

Dickson, Marsha A., North Central Regrional Coordinating Group 65, $1,500, "Socially Responsible Apparel Business."

Dikeman, Michael E., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $68,250, "Carcass Merit Traits: Development of EPD's and Genetic Marker Validation."

Drouillard, James S., and Johnson, Bradley J., North Dakota Oilseed Council, $105,080, "Flaxseed as Component of Finishing Cattle Diets."

Erickson, Howard H., Sera, Inc., $10,000, "Preliminary Treadmill Exercise Study to Determine the Efficacy of Seramune Equine IgG as a Prevention and Treatment for EIPH in Athletic Horses."

Erickson, Larry E., and Kulakow, Peter A., US Department of Defense, $4,330, "Assessment of Plant Root Development in Alternative Cover Plots at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado."

Freeman, Lisa C., US Department of Health & Human Services, $193,000, "LKS and LKUR in Granulosa Cells."

Fritz, Allan K., and Gill, Bikram S., US Department of Agriculture, $30,247, "Bringing Genomics to the Wheat Fields."

Fung, Daniel Y.C., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $5,000, "Microbial Evaluation of Hill's Pet Food Products."

Gill, Bikram S., National Science Foundation, $4,400, "Structure and Function of the Expressed Portion of the Wheat Genomes."

Gipson, Philip S., Niobrara Council, $5,000, "Avian Study on the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge."

Gould, Carol A., and Wood, Rebecca J., Corporation for National Service, $4,000, "Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service."

Grauer, Gregory F., Ross University, $38,728, "Clinical Training for Ross University School of Health Sciences."

Havlicek, Barbara J., Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, $50,808, "Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom."

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, US Department of Defense, $122,562, "Fabrication and Optical Recombination in III-Nitride Microstructures and Devices."

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, National Science Foundation, $132,434, "III-Nitride Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Optical Communications."

Knapp, Alan K., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $74,015, "Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Mobility Assignment Program."

Knous, Barbara L., US Department of Agriculture, $120,000, "Stage-Based Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intakes of Young Adults."

Kramer, Bradley A., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $900,000, "Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation Center of Excellence Grant."

Law, Bruce M., National Science Foundation, $120,000, "Interfacial Phenomena Near Phase Transitions."

Law, Dennis L., US Department of Defense, $60,000, "Historic Buildings Masterplan."

Leatherman, John C., US Environmental Protection Agency, $98,579, "Kansas Urban Water Quality Restoration and Protection Initiative."

Lee, Charles D., US Department of Agriculture, $1,500, "North Central Regional Aquaculture Center Extension Project."

Lee, Charles D., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $1,701, "Extension Education Position."

Lei, Shuting, National Science Foundation, $35,000, "Design, Development, and Realization of CAREER Landscape through Mentor Partnership: Dr. Shuting Lei's Career Development, a Case Study."

Leven, Blase A., Hamilton Consortium, $36,724, "Hamilton Consortium Phase I Evaluation Proposal."

McGowan, Reginland, US Department of Education, $196,846, "Kansas State University/Gear Up."

McGowan, Reginland, US Department of Education, $214,872, "Kansas State University Gear Up Program #2."

Meyer, Gene M., US Department of Commerce, $8,237, "Assistance to the Office of Applied Economics for Life Cycle Cost Training."

Moore, Lisa E., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $12,000, "Dietary Intervention for the Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea in Dogs."

Najjar, Yacoub M., National Science Foundation, $33,329, "Retrainable Class of Constitutive Models for Sand: A Neuro-Mechanistic Approach."

Nelson, Richard G., Green, Ryan M., and Williams, Jeffrey L., US Environmental Protection Agency, $70,000, "Kansas Pollution Prevention Enhancement Program."

Nelssen, Jim L., Goodband, Robert D., and Tokach, Michael D., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $28,500, "Effect of Protein Quality on Growth Performance in 11-27 kg Pigs - Phase 3."

Norman, David W., Food & Agriculture Organization of United Nations, $7,950, "FAO SPFS Evaluation Team." Ohlenbusch, Paul D., and Jones, Rodney D., US Environmental Protection Agency, $122,218, "Developing a Grazing Land Water Quality Education Program."

Peterman, Robert J., Kansas Department of Transportation, $11,865, "Performance Assessment of a Damaged FRP Bridge Before and After Repair."

Poole, David C., US Department of Health & Human Services, $22,897, "Minority Predoctoral Fellowship - Danielle J. Padilla."

Ransom, Michel D., and Rice, Charles W., US Department of Agriculture, $5,000, "Providing Soil Sample Analyses for Soil Survey Activities."

Reay, Neville W., Bolton, Timothy A., Demina, Regina, Sidwell, Ronald A., and Stanton, Noel R., US Department of Energy, $715,000, "Heavy Quark and Neutrino Physics."

Reid, William R., US Department of Agriculture, $3,500, "Chemical Indicators of Pecan Germplasm Yield Potential and Alternate Bearing."

Riley, Jack G., Kansas Beef Council, $49,292, "Support of Regents Distinguished Professorship in Animal Sciences."

Rowland, Raymond R. R., US Department of Agriculture, $14,003, "Virological, Immunological, and Molecular Components of Reproductive PRRS."

Schmidt, David A., National Science Foundation, $86,417, "Open Source Quality Project."

Stahlman, Phillip W., FMC Corporation, $10,000, "FMC Corporation Fellowship."

Steichen, Ethel M., US Department of Education, $35,886, "Off to a Good Start 21st Century Community Learning Center."

Stewart, George C., Chengappa, M. M., and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., US Department of Agriculture, $200,000, "Role of Fusobacterium Necrophorum Leukotoxin in Virulence."

Sun, X. Susan, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $26,000, "Identification of Factors Affecting Petfood Durability."

Thompson, J. Garth, Krishnaswami, Prakash, and Wang, Youqi, US Department of Energy, $13,000, "Design of an Improved Arc Length Control System."

Thumm, Uwe, US Department of Energy, $34,998, "Strong External Field Effects in Decay and Photodetachment of Negative Ions."

Todd, Scott C., and Baures, Paul W., US Department of Health & Human Services, $305,198, "H2-Receptor and Tetraspanins as Novel Cancer Therapy Targets."

Tucker, Jeffrey W., US Department of Defense, $6,240, "Solid Modeling of Turbine Engine Parts."

Zabel, Mary Kay, and White, Warren J., US Department of Education, $39,998, "IDEA State Improvement Grant."