Research Awards, August 2000
Azadivar, Farhad, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $50,000, "One Step Synthesis of Vegetable Oil-Based Polyols for Urethane Applications."Azadivar, Farhad, and Kramer, Bradley A., NSF, $20,000, "International Conference on Partnerships between Small Manufacturers and Universities for Technological Innovation, Education, and Economic Development."Buschman, Larry L., USDA, $5,000, "Using Crop Insurance to Improve Transgenic Corn Refuge Compliance."Chambers IV, Edgar I., Abbott Laboratories, $3,699, "Evaluation of Products."Chang, Shing I., Lee, E. Stanley, and Hanna, Steven R., US DOD, $122,272, "Modeling and Computation of Fuzzy Measures and Reasoning of the Navy Selection and Classification Process."Chapes, Stephen K., NASA, $124,812, "Differentiation of Bone Marrow Macrophages in Space."Charlton, Ralph E., USDA, $15,000, "Investigation of Adult Male Gypsy Moth Dispersal Behavior."Chastain, Melvin L., US Dept. of Education, $54,000, "Beyond the Administrative Core: Creating Web-Based Student Services for Online Learners."Chung, Do Sup, USDA, $13,500, "Automated Detection of Single Kernel Grain Attributes."Claflin, Larry E., and Leslie, John F., US AID, $30,100, "Agroecology and Biotechnology of Fungal Pathogens of Sorghum and Millet From the Greater Horn of Africa."Claflin, Larry E., USDA, $19,760, "Determine the Survivability of Micro- and Macro-conidia of Claviceps africiana."Clem, Rollie J., US DHHS, $59,038, "Functional Analysis of Anti-Apoptotic IAP Proteins."Consigli, Richard A., US DHHS, $93,728, "Virology and Tumor Biology."Cully, Jr., Jack F., US Dept. of the Interior, $10,000, "Metapopulation Ecology of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: A Keystone Species of Badlands National Park."Davis, Duane L., and Chenoweth, Peter J., Alpharma Inc., $20,978, "Evaluation of Optiboar for Assessing Characteristics of Boar Semen."Denell, Robin E., US DHHS, $250,634, "Genetic Control of Segmentation."Denell, Robin E., Beeman, Richard W., and Brown, Susan J., NSF, $200,000, "Genetic Regulation of Developmental Fate."Dieleman, Johanna A., and Peterson, Dallas E., USDA, $8,500, "Adaptation of WeedSOFT Weed Management Decision Aid Software to Kansas."Donnelly, David P., and Quirin, Jeffrey J., US DOD, $73,608, "Occupational Stress and Turnover Issues Relating to Gender and Ethnicity: The Mediating Effects of Social Support, Locus of Control, and Employment Expectations."Downey, Ronald G., US DOD, $8,625, "Command Climate Survey 2000."Dwyer, Matthew B., Hatcliff, John M., Mizuno, Masaaki, Neilsen, Mitchell L., and Singh, Gurdip, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $50,000, "Automatic Derivation, Integration, and Verification of Synchronization Aspects in Object-Oriented Design Methods."Dzewaltowski, David A., Kansas Department of Health and Environment, $27,209, "Kansas Lean School Health Project."Erickson, Howard H., CNS, Inc., $109,046, "Evaluation of a Nasal Dilator in Horses."Erickson, Howard H., Sera, Inc., $34,814, "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 Hosni, Mohammad H., NSF, $750,000, "Environmental Air Quality."Erickson, Larry E., and Hayter, Richard B., US EPA, $953,000, "Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center."Erickson, Larry E., and Pierzynski, Gary M., US DOD, $1,240, "Environmental Technical Review Support (Remediation Technology) for Cleanup of Lead in Soils at Ft. McClellan."Esry, Brett D., NSF, $50,000, "Theoretical Investigation of Few-Body Systems."Farmer, Diana M., Nat’l. Found. on the Arts and the Humanities, $163,107, "NEH Preservation."Featherstone, Allen M., USDA, $15,000, "Yield Performance and Producer Experience."Fullagar, Clive J. A., and Shanteau, James C., US DOD, $112,951, "Cognitive and Social Influences on Team Performance: An Investigation of Psychological Skills in Complex, Technological Enviroments."Furbee, Robert R., and Peavler, Nancy J., Kansas Department of Agriculture, $30,000, "Bugs in Kansas Book."Gao, Stephen S., NSF, $51,336, "Portable Seismic Experiment Across Northeast Kansas."Gillespie, Jerry R., and Sargeant, Janice M., USDA, $198,326, "Ecology of E-coli O157:H7 in Beef Cow-Calf Operations from Ranch through Feedlot."Gipson, Philip S., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $25,000, "Establishment and Operation of the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit."Goe, W. R., NSF, $24,999, "Internet and the U. S. Agriculture System."Green, Ryan M., Johnson, Barbara L., and Davis, Sherry J., City of Manhattan, Kansas, $20,000, "Pollution Prevention Assessment for the City of Manhattan."Greene, Kathleen V., US Dept. of Education, $203,637, "Educational Supportive Services."Griffin, Charles L., and Bollman, Stephan R., US DHHS, $50,000, "Kansas Farm and Ranch Family Assistance Program."Herman, Michael A., US DHHS, $108,017, "Control of Cell Polarity in C. elegans."Herrera, Socorro G., USD 253, Emporia, $32,657, "Emporia School District."Herrera, Socorro G., US Dept. of Education, $240,000, "Project Besitos."Higgins, Randall A., FMC Corporation, $2,000, "Alfalfa Weevil Efficacy and Spray/No-Spray Bt Corn Trial."Hollingsworth, Mark D., Collinson, Maryanne M., Klabunde, Kenneth J., Higgins, Daniel A., and Sherwood, Peter M., NSF, $100,000, "Acquisition of a Scanning Probe Microscope for Materials Research and Education."Hsu, William H., and Chang, Shing I., US DOD, $114,957, "Distributed Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery System for the Navy Personnel Research."Hua, Duy H., NSF, $291,700, "Chiral 8,8' - Disubstituted 1,1' - Binaphthyls in Asymmetric Catalysis."Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, US DOE, $100,000, "Optical and Electrical Properties of III-V Nitride Wide Bandgap Semiconductors."Johnson, Marc A., USDA, $12,904, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement."Knapp, Alan K., Garvey, James E., Blair, John M., and Briggs, John M., NSF, $25,000, "Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie: The Konza LTER Program."Knapp, Alan K., US EPA, $7,768, "EPA Fellowship Agreement - Melinda D. Smith."Kuhn, William B., NSF, $15,746, "Combining Research and Education in Developing Fully Integrated Wireless Transceivers."Law, Bruce M., NSF, $30,000, "Interfacial Phenomena Near Critical Points."Leach, Jan E., US AID, $41,043, "Utilization of Candidate Genes for Analyzing Disease Resistance and Improving Broadspectrum Disease Resistance in Rice."Leatherman, John C., US Dept. of Commerce, $1,700, "Economic and Fiscal Implications of Electronic Commerce for Rural Communities: New Business Opportunity or Death Knell for Main Street?"Leslie, John F., USDA, $36,662, "Genetic Diversity in Cephalosporium Maydis and Other Stalk Rotting Fungi of Maize in Egypt."Madanshetty, Sameer I., NSF, $160,000, "Acoustic Microcavitation Assisted Fine Cleaning of Post CMP Wafers."Maghirang, Ronaldo G., US DHHS, $36,375, "Improving the Work Environment in Livestock Buildings."McGowan, Reginland, US Dept. of Education, $246,335, "Kansas State University Upward Bound Math and Science Program."McGowan, Reginland, US Dept. of Education, $10,000, "Upward Bound Program."McGowan, Reginland, US Dept. of Education, $196,846, "Kansas State University/Gear Up."Meier, Russell D., Microsoft Corporation, $47,850, "Microsoft Sponsored Grant for Software Licenses."Murry, Kevin G., US Dept. of Education, $203,927, "Project Alcance."Neilsen, Mitchell L., Mizuno, Masaaki, and Andresen, Daniel A., Wind River Systems, Inc., $467,600, "Real-Time Operating System: Tornado/vxWorks."Norman, David W., Food & Agriculture Organization of United Nations, $19,000, "Informal Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods."Ponte, Christine M., Kansas Department of Health and Environment, $69,052, "Cooperative Agreement Between Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University."Radlinsky, Mary Ann G., Morris Animal Foundation, $9,300, "Use of the On-Q Pain Management System in Dogs Undergoing Total Ear Canal Ablation."Rahman, Talat S., NSF, $1,070,834, "Evolution of Nanoscale Film Morphology."Rahman, Talat S., US DOE, $41,000, "Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Metal Surfaces."Render, Lorne E., and Schlageck, Kathrine W., Nat’l. Found. on the Arts and the Humanities, $9,000, "Prairie Through New Eyes."Render, Lorne E., Nat’l. Found. on the Arts and the Humanities, $11,559, "Beach Museum of Art Operational Support, 2001."Richard, Patrick, US DOE, $70,000, "Atomic Physics with Highly Charged Ions."Riley, Jack G., Kansas Beef Council, $70,250, "Support of Regents Distinguished Professorship in Animal Sciences."Ritterbush, Lauren W., NSF, $27,600, "Western Oneota Migration."Roche, Thomas E., US DHHS, $245,070, "Regulation of Mammalian Pyruvate Dehydrogenase."Rolley, Stephanie A., Nat’l. Found. on the Arts and the Humanities, $17,000, "Your Town: Designing Its Future Plains Region Workshop."Roper, Donna C., US Dept. of the Interior, $19,966, "Archeological Investigations at Medicine Creek Reservoir, Nebraska."Russell, Eugene R., Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, $27,022, "Roundabout Field Study."Rys, Malgorzata J., and Hanna, Steven R., US DOD, $82,385, "Development of Tools for Acquisition and Retention of Navy Personnel."Sargeant, Janice M., Zhang, Ping, and Sanderson, Michael W., USDA, $231,483, "Epidemiological Aspects of Combining E. coli O157:H7 Control Programs and Feedlot Performance."Shah, Jyoti, NSF, $41,400, "Salicylic Acid Signaling Pathway and Its Cross Talk with Jasmonic Acid and Ethylene Signaling in Plant Defense."Shah, Jyoti, Roe, Judith L., Wang, Xuemin, Zhou, Jianmin, and Guikema, James A., NSF, $118,860, "Acquisition of Five Controlled Environment Chambers for Plant Research."Shanteau, James C., US DOT, $12,500, "Development of Instruction Materials fo C-TEAM."Shroyer, Margaret G., Yahnke, Sally J., Smith, Ann S., and Bennett, Andrew G., US Dept. of Education, $1,266,011, "Improving Teacher Quality through the Kansas State University Professional Development Schools Partnership."Snead, Bruce C., US EPA, $17,000, "School Construction Workshops - Building It Right for Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency."Soibelman, Yan S., US Dept. of State/US DHHS/NSF, $7,900, "Quantum Homogeneous Spaces and Related Questions of Quantum Group Theory."Sorensen, Christopher M., Jiang, Hongxing, Klabunde, Kenneth J., and Lin, Jingyu, NSF, $15,000, "Neutron Scattering Studies of Magnetic Semiconductor Thin Films and Nanostructures."Spooner, Brian S., Denell, Robin E., and Guikema, James A., NSF, $82,800, "New Biology Faculty Hire Start-Up Funding."Spooner, Brian S., USDA, $10,000, "Wildlife Services Collaboration and Support Agreement."Staver, John R., Zollman, Dean A., and Shroyer, Margaret G., NSF, $387,140, "Kansas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation."Tang, Xiaoyan, NSF, $52,251, "Molecular Analysis of Pto - avrPto Recognition Specificity."Thompson, Carlyle A., Stockhausen, Inc., $3,666, "Effects of Stockosorb Agro on Grain Sorghum Grown in Central Kansas."Thompson, Stephen, Saline County, $15,000, "Recover and Determine Geodetic Coordinates for Section Corners in Saline County."Thumm, Uwe, NSF, $40,000, "Quantum Dynamics in Particle--Solid Interactions."Todd, Scott C., NSF, $41,400, "Role of Tetraspans in Regulating Cell Adhesion and Migration."Todd, Scott C., American Cancer Society, Inc., $375,000, "Role of Tetraspans in Regulating Cell Adhesion and Migration."Tomich, John M., Schultz, Bruce D., and Mitchell, Kathy E., US DHHS, $204,545, "Role of Ordered Helical Segments in Membrane Proteins."Trewyn, R. W., Kansas Board of Regents, $28,000, "Kansas Minority Graduate Fellowship Awards."Tuinstra, Mitchell R., and Kofoid, Kenneth D., USDA, $24,875, "Breeding for Ergot Avoidance in Sorghum: Mid-Season Cold Tolerance."Turnley, Jr., William H., US DOD, $59,271, "Impact of Social Intelligence and Impression Management on Perceived Leadership Potential and Group Cohesiveness."Upton, Steve J., US DHHS, $110,179, "dsRNAs of Cryptosporidium parvum."Urban, James E., NASA, $2,000, "Biological Wastewater Processor Experiment Definition."Walker, Charles E., Tortilla Industry Association, $40,000, "Tortilla Shelf Life Improvement."Warmuth, Ralf, NSF, $298,900, "Investigation of Reactive Intermediates and Inner Phase Reactions Inside Molecular Container Compounds."Weiss, Mark L., US DHHS, $25,000, "Neural Circuitry of the Kidney."Williams, Kimberly A., Fred C.Gloeckner Foundation, Inc., $12,850, "Use of Pre-Charged Zeolites to Provide Aluminum for Blue Sepal Coloration During the Hydrangia Production."Williams, Kimberly A., Margolies, David C., Kastens, Terry, Marsh, Thomas L., and Nechols, James R., USDA, $190,000, "Bioeconomic Assessment of Biologically Based Pest Management on Ivy Geranium."Wright, Emmett L., NASA, $25,018, "NOVA On-Line ESS."Zeigler, Robert S., USDA, $74,654, "Facilitate Multiple Stress Resistant Wheat and Alfalfa Germplasm."Zhu, Kun Yan, USDA, $8,500, "Monitoring Insect Population Dynamics and Movement Using Molecular Markers." |
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