Kansas State University

Aiken, Robert M., National Sunflower Association, $3,000, "Strategies for the Management of the Sunflower Stem Weevil."

Asano, Katsura, US Department of Health & Human Services, $15,231, "Studies on Start Codon Selection by Eukaryotic Ribosomes."

Bajorek, Stephen M., National Academy for Nuclear Training, $14,000, "National Academy for Nuclear Training."

Becker, Constance D., Hummingbird Society, $1,000, "Monitoring of Hummingbirds in the Loma Alta Ecological Reserve (Ecuador)."

Bhandari, Alok, National Science Foundation, $12,000, "Engineered Humification Processes: An Innovative Approach to Remediate Hazardous Waste Sites."

Buchholz, Daryl D., and Johnson, Marc A., US Department of Agriculture, $332,210, "Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service."

Chambers IV, Edgar, and Chambers, Delores H., Frito Lay, Inc., $79,650, "Consumer Perception of Products Under Extended Use."

Chambers IV, Edgar, US Department of Agriculture, $3,918, "Elder's Use of Portion-Size Aids."

Chastain, Melvin L., US Department of Education, $25,000, "Plains Academy Co-Op."

Crespi, John M., US Department of Agriculture, $8,728, "Are Equivalent Advertising Assessments Optimal in the Face of Product Differentiation?."

DeLuccie, Mary L., USD 383, Manhattan, $17,567, "Early Childhood Lab."

Dikeman, Michael E., Hunt, Melvin C., and Spire, Mark F., National Pork Board, $29,518, "Infrared Thermography of Market Hogs as a Predictor of Pork Quality."

Dodds, Walter K., National Science Foundation, $229,999, "Nitrate Uptake and Retention in Streams: Mechanisms and Effects of Human Disturbances from Stream Reaches to Landscapes."

Erickson, Larry E., and Hayter, Richard B., US Environmental Protection Agency, $100,000, "Collateral Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center Program."

Fry, Jack D., and Huang, Bingru, International Turf Producers Foundation, $16,000, "Minimum Irrigation Requirements for Sod Production in Transition Zone."

Fung, Daniel Y.C., and Crozier-Dodson, Beth Ann, National Pork Board, $40,000, "Recovery and Identification of Airborne Microorganisms in Swine Facilities Using Selective Agar and Thin Agar Layer (TAL) Gao, Stephen S., Clement, Monica D., Hubbard, Mary S., Liu, Kelly, and Oviatt, Charles G., National Science Foundation, $27,250, "Equipment for Undergraduate Field Geophysics Courses." Garrett, Karen A., and Fay, Philip A., National Science Foundation, $145,025, "Collaborative Research: Effects of Environmental Variation on Plant Disease in the Tallgrass Prairie."

Garrett, Karen A., Harvey, Tom L., and Seifers, Dallas L., US Department of Agriculture, $88,100, "Managing Lands for Both Reduced Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus and Benefits to Wildlife and the Environment."

Gehrke, Stevin H., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $39,065, "Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Well-Defined, Biomimetic Polypeptide Networks."

Gill, Bikram S., McKnight Foundation, $299,480, "Better Understanding and Further Utilization of Genes for Wheat Scab Resistance."

Gipson, Philip S., and Pontius, Jeffrey S., US Department of the Interior, $137,299, "Land Condition Trend Analysis on Fort Riley."

Griffin, Charles L., and Bollman, Stephan R., US Department of Health & Human Services, $50,000, "Kansas Farm and Ranch Family Assistance Program."

Guy, Christopher S., US Department of the Interior, $93,950, "Food Habits of Hybrid Striped Bass in Harlan County Reservoir."

Hargrove, William L., US Environmental Protection Agency, $482,453, "Abatement of Fecal Coliform Bacteria." Herrera, Socorro G., US Department of Education, $21,845, "Supporting Innovative Leaders in Today's Schools."

Hoag, Linda A., US Department of Health & Human Services, $86,980, "Communicative Competence and the Use of Prestored Text."

Hollingsworth, Mark D., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $45,000, "Crystal Growth of New Families of Ferroelastic Materials."

Hossain, Mustaque A., Kansas Department of Transportation, $8,985, "Investigation and Quantification of Factors Affecting Aggregate Specific Gravities as Determined by KDOT Test Method KT-6."

Hulbert, Scot H., Leach, Jan E., and Trick, Harold N., US Department of Agriculture, $65,000, "Isolation of Maize Genes Controlling Defense Reactions to Pathogens of Cereals."

Jiang, Hongxing, Edgar, James H., Lin, Jingyu, Rys, Andrew, and Wysin, Gary M., National Science Foundation, $4,700, "Advanced Semiconductor Research Group in the State of Kansas (International Supplement with Poland)."

Johnson, Loretta C., National Science Foundation, $53,738, "Belowground Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Arctic Tundra Under Changing Climates."

Johnson, Marc A., US Department of Agriculture, $90,200, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement Task Order #T254302040."

Jones, Carla E., US Department of Health & Human Services, $6,500, "Health Careers Pathways Sattellite Program."

Kanost, Michael R., and Kramer, Karl J., National Science Foundation, $125,000, "Regulation of Protein Cross-Linking for Insect Cuticle Scleroitization."

Kanost, Michael R., US Department of Health & Human Services, $109,000, "Adhesion Receptors of the Insect Immune System."

Kenney, Michael J., US Department of Health & Human Services, $211,425, "Sympathetic-Immune Interface: Central Sites and Function."

Klabunde, Kenneth J., National Science Foundation, $42,870, "Synthesis of Large Quantities of Conductive Nanoparticles. Possible Applications in Batteries."

Knapp, Mary C., Kansas Water Office, $3,480, "Technical Assistance to Water Users: ET/Weather Station Operation and Maintenance."

Lamm, Freddie R., and O'Brien, Daniel M., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., $2,500, "Economically Optimal Corn Plant Population at Various Irrigation Capacities Using SDI."

Lee, Charles D., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $10,292, "Extension Education Position."

Lei, Shuting, National Science Foundation, $375,000, "Design and Development of Novel Responsive Cutting Tools for Laser-Assisted Machining and Diagnosis of Structural Ceramics: A Research Integrated Education Career Marchin, George L., PentaPure, Inc., $12,000, "Testing of Water Filter and Purification Devices."

Murry, Kevin G., US Department of Education, $78,975, "Las Estrellas."

Prakash, Om, US Department of Health & Human Services, $10,944, "Immunogenic Tumor-Associated Mucin Peptides."

Rebello, N. Sanjay, National Science Foundation, $81,467, "Research on Students' Mental Models, Learning and Transfer as a Guide to Application-Based Curriculum Development and Instruction in Physics."

Reid, William R., Kansas Nut Growers Association, $1,000, "Pecan Cultivar Evaluation."

Rice, Frederick H., Kansas Small Business Development Center, $20,000, "Small Business Development Center."

Richard, Patrick, US Department of Energy, $2,350,000, "Structure and Dynamics of Atoms, Ions, Molecules, and Surfaces."

Schermerhorn, Thomas, Winn Feline Foundation, $6,354, "Specific Tissue Expression of Glucokinase, A Major Enzyme in Glucose Metabolism, Has an Important Role in Glucose Homeostasis of Normal Cats."

Schroeder, Ted C., and Marsh, Thomas L., US Department of Agriculture, $138,000, "USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Program-Marketing and Management."

Simon, Todd F., Kansas State University Foundation, $1,604, "Construction of KSDB Radio Station in K-State Union."

Sobering, Timothy J., US Department of Energy, $50,000, "ICCD Detector Readout Development."

Stahlman, Phillip W., National Sunflower Association, $3,000, "Weed Control in Sunflower."

Starrett, Steven K., US Golf Association, $23,632, "Comparing Nutrient Losses via Runoff from a New Golf Course and the Golf Course Site's Previous Native Condition."

Starrett, Steven K., Bhandari, Alok, Thien, Stephen J., and Xia, Kang, US Golf Association, $30,000, "Fate of Perticides and Their Partitioning among Water, Soil and Biomass Elements in a Turfgrass Ecosystem."

Thien, Stephen J., Ransom, Michel D., and Rice, Charles W., US Golf Association, $10,000, "Impact of Golf Courses on Soil Quality."

Thompson, J. Garth, and Uhlarik, John J., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $101,324, "Advanced Information Subsystems for the Next Generation General Aviation Aircraft."

Thompson, Stephen, Saline County, $15,000, "Recover and Determine Geodetic Coordinates for Section Corners in Saline County."

Turtle, Elizabeth, Institute of Museum and Library Services, $2,400, "Virtual Reference for Remote Users (Pilot Project)."

Uhlarik, John J., Chapes, Stephen K., Goodin, Douglas G., and Hubbard, Mary S., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $41,000, "Kansas Space Grant Consortium."

Wilde, Gerald E., US Department of Agriculture, $10,700, "Biologically Intensive Areawide IPM of the Russian Wheat Aphid and Greenbug."

Wilde, Gerald E., Monsanto Company, $7,000, "Efficacy of Lead Transgenic Corn Rootworm Event Against Western and Northern Corn Rootworm."

Wilkerson, Melinda, Pfizer Inc., $17,315, "Defining a Canine Model of Flea Allergic Dermatitis."

Yu, Xiao-Qiang, US Department of Health & Human Services, $173,775, "Lectins in Insect Immunity."

Zhang, Naiqian, US Department of Agriculture, $65,835, "Development of Calibrations and Procedures for a High Speed Machine Vision Grain Inspection System."