Research Awards, November 2001

Bhadriraju, Subramanyam, Huang, Fangneng, and Toews, Michael D., Agriliance, LLC, Seed and Grain Protectant Group, $20,000, "Efficacy of Actellic on Sunflower Seeds."

Blecha, Frank, and Ross, Chris R., US Department of Agriculture, $270,000, "Porcine Antimicrobial Peptide."

Bockus, William W., Seed Treatment (Multi-sponsor), $4,000, "Seed Treatment."

Bollman, Stephan R., and Bailey, Gwen L., US Department of Education, $19,035, "Special Care Curriculum and Training."

Bollman, Stephan R., Fees, Bronwyn S., Nelson, Briana S., O'Conner, Nancy T., and White, Mark B., Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services, $100,000, "Family Preservation Services Contract."

Broce, Alberto B., US Department of Health & Human Services, $65,000, "West Nile Virus Surveillance."

Carpenter, Kenneth H., US Department of Energy, $60,647, "Integrated Firing-System/Initiation-Train Modeling Enhancement."

Chapman, Kirby S., Krishnaswami, Prakash, and Wallentine, Virgil E., US Department of Energy, $100,000, "Virtual Pipeline System Testbed to Optimize the U. S. Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline System."

Cox, Judy H., Gaughan, Earl M., Lillich, James D., and Renberg, Walter C., Morris Animal Foundation, $7,500, "Effectiveness of Electro-Acupuncture for the Treatment of Heel Pain in the Horse."

Cully, Jr., Jack F., US Department of Agriculture, $4,000, "Community and Landscape Dynamics of Sylvatic Plague in Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs at the Kiowa and Rita Blanca Natural Grasslands."

DeLuccie, Mary L., US Department of Health & Human Services, $16,300, "Math and Science Enhancement Project."

Demina, Regina, Bolton, Timothy A., Reay, Neville W., Sidwell, Ronald A., and Stanton, Noel R., National Science Foundation, $125,716, "Development of a Silicon Vertex Detector for the Higgs Search at the Tevatron Collider."

Donnelly, Brendan J., Texas Wheat Producers Board, $30,000, "International Grains Program Advisory Board."

Downey, Ronald G., US Department of Transportation, $110,000, "Project 1: Driver Traits and Performance Characteristics."

Fry, Jack D., Bremer, Dale J., Fagerness, Matthew, and Keeley, Steven J., Turfgrass Investigations (Multi-sponsor), $2,000, "Turfgrass Investigations."

Fry, Jack D., Huang, Bingru, and Keeley, Steven J., National Turfgrass Federation, $1,000, "Turfgrass Testing."

Ganta, Roman Reddy, Morris Animal Foundation, $35,489, "Improved Multiplex Molecular Test for Sensitive Detection of Canine Ehrlichiosis Agents."

Hargrove, William L., Kansas Water Office, $10,000, "Kansas Water Resources Adult Education."

Havlicek, Barbara J., Council for Public School Improvement (Multi-sponsor), $347, "Council for Public School Improvement (Multi-Sponsor)."

Herrera, Socorro G., US Department of Education, $17,920, "Dos Puentes."

Herrera, Socorro G., US Department of Education, $34,200, "Salida Del Sol."

Herrera, Socorro G., US Department of Education, $33,500, "Project Future's Edge."

Hua, Duy H., National Science Foundation, $15,000, "Chiral 8,8' - Disubstituted 1,1' - Binaphthyls in Asymmetric Catalysis."

Hunter, Robert P., and Isaza, Ramiro, Morris Animal Foundation, $16,191, "Effects and Pharmacokinetics of a Transmucosal Fentanyl Formulation in Apes."

Hunter, Robert P., Dodd, Charles C., and Isaza, Ramiro, Morris Animal Foundation, $56,360, "Study of the Pharmacokinetics of Topical Doramectin and Moxidectin in Camelids."

Jackson, William L., Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $14,007, "Radio Community Service Grant."

Knapp, Alan K., Blair, John M., and Briggs, John M., National Science Foundation, $20,010, "Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie: The Konza LTER Program."

Leslie, John F., American Society for Microbiology, $9,000, "Editor Position for Applied and Environmental Microbiology."

Mankin, Kyle R., Kansas Department of Health and Environment, $140,000, "Performance Evaluation of Wetlands in Northeast Kansas."

Marsden, James L., Kastner, Curtis L., Phebus, Randall K., and Thippareddi, Harshavardhan, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $48,750, "Molecular Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Beef Animals, Environment and Foodborne Disease Outbreaks."

Marsden, James L., Kastner, Curtis L., Phebus, Randall K., and Thippareddi, Harshavardhan, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $34,125, "Development of an Integrated HACCP Plan and Microbiological Risk Assessment of Beef Trim and Intervention Treatments for Use as Raw Material for Ground Beef."

Meyer, Gene M., Kansas Corporation Commission, $70,000, "Kansas Energy Extension Services."

Meyer, Gene M., US Department of Energy, $63,889, "Continuing Efforts to Achieve Building Energy Code Compliance in Kansas."

Nelson, Richard G., Devlin, Daniel L., Fjell, Dale L., and Langemeier, Michael R., US Environmental Protection Agency, $46,000, "Crop Rotations to Protect Water Quality - Miami County."

Pagell, Mark D., Kansas State University Foundation, $6,000, "Payless ShoeSource Faculty Internship."

Ramaswamy, Sonny B., Tougaloo College, $2,500, "Tougaloo College Project."

Rice, Charles W., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $138,195, "Enhancement of Research on Fate and Impact of Environmental Pollutants."

Riley, Jack G., Kansas Beef Council, $1,792, "Support of Regents Distinguished Professorship in Animal Sciences."

Romanoschi, Stefan A., Kansas Department of Transportation, $52,000, "Resilient Modulus and the Fatigue Properties of Kansas HMA Mixes."

Ross, Tweed R., US Department of Education, $21,000, "Teachers Teaching with Technology (T3) Academy."

Ross, Tweed R., US Department of Education, $39,030, "Knowledge Development for the Technology Integration Community."

Roush, James K., Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., $37,222, "Effects of Diacerein on Acute Inflammation in a Canine Sunovitis Model - A Pilot Study."

Schinstock, Dale E., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $37,500, "Electromechanical Systems Laboratory - Infrastructure Improvement, KSU."

Schmidt, David A., National Science Foundation, $57,712, "Design Conformant Software."

Shroyer, Margaret G., Bennett, Andrew G., Smith, Ann S., and Yahnke, Sally J., US Department of Education, $1,316,994, "Improving Teacher Quality through the Kansas State University Professional Development Schools Partnership."

Simons, Gale G., Kansas Corporation Commission, $25,000, "Cost-Effective Solar Power in the Heartland."

Stahlman, Phillip W., Weed Research (Multi-sponsor), $6,000, "Weed Research (Multi-sponsor)."

Tisserat, Ned A., Eval, Test-Fung, Nematicides Crops (Multi-sponsor), $3,500, "Evaluation and Testing of Fungicides and Nematicides on Horticultural Crops."

Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., National Pork Producers Council, $6,500, "Validation of Sow Weight Gain Models using Data from the National Pork Producers Council Maternal Line Genetic Evaluation Project."

Tucker, Jeffrey W., Advanced Manuf. Inst-Manuf, Learning Ctr. (Multi-sponsor), $3,471, "Advanced Manufacturing Institute-Manufacturing Learning Center (Multi-sponsor)."

White, Stephen E., Goodin, Douglas G., Harrington, Jr., John A., Harrington, Lisa M., and Lu, Max, National Science Foundation, $60,000, "Infrastructure to Develop a Human-Environment Regional Observatory Network."

With, Kimberly A., US Environmental Protection Agency, $107,462, "Assessment of Extinction Risk in Dynamic Landscapes."