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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