Research Awards, March 2001

Aiken, Robert M.,

National Sunflower Association, $3,000, “Strategies for the Management of the Sunflower Stem Weevil.” Aiken, Robert M., National Sunflower Association, $2,000, “Quantifying Heat and Water Stress Impacts on Yield and Water Use for Oilseed Sunflower Crops.”

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

Bhadriraju, Subramanyam, Behnke, Keith C., and Eustace, W. Dale, USDA, $50,000, “Heat Sterilization for Insect Management in Food-Handling Establishments.”

Chambers, Delores H., Kraft Foods, Inc., $14,600, “Evaluation of Products.”

Chambers, Delores H., Farmland Foods, Inc., $5,400, “Evaluation of Meat Products.”

Chambers, Delores H., and Chambers IV, Edgar, Bush Brothers and Company, $3,578, “Sensory Quality Evaluation.”

Coyne, Patrick J., US EPA, $302, “Water and Sediment Control Basin and Underground Outlet Construction Project.”

Davis, Sherry J., and Larson, Nancy J., US EPA, $55,000, “Pollution Prevention Enhancement Project.”

Drouillard, James S., Phebus, Randall K., and Kastner, Curtis L., Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, $25,000, “Corn Byproducts for Cattle: Performance, Food Safety and Meat Quality.”

Dryden, Michael W., Bayer Corporation, $71,114, “Imidacloprid Flea Susceptibility Monitoring Project.”

Eckels, Steven, and Hosni, Mohammad H., Ford Motor Company, $9,800, “Effects of Oil Separation on Automotive Air Conditioning System Performance.”

Erickson, Howard H., Sera, Inc., $16,272, “Preliminary Treadmill Exercise Study to Determine the Efficacy of Seramune Equine IgG as a Prevention and Treatment for EIPH in Athletic Horses.”

Ferguson, Carolyn J., NSF, $260,806, “Systematics and Geographic Relations of Phlox L. (Polemoniaceae).”

Flaherty, Roberta D., National Academic Advising Association, $144,657, “National Academic Advising Association Executive Office.”

Gehrke, Stevin H., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $10,482, “Molecular Simulations of Complex Fluids in Confined Geometries.”

Gehrke, Stevin H., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $29,583, “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Well-Defined, Biomimetic Polypeptide Networks.”

Gipson, Philip S., Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks, $55,900, “Changes in Land Use Patterns and Their Effects on Rio Grand Turkey in Southwest Kansas.”

Hargrove, William L., US Dept. of the Interior, $75,321, “State Water Research Institute Program.”

Hartnett, David C., Kansas State University Research Foundation, $49,750, “Konza Prairie Documentary Film.”

Herrera, Socorro G., USD 253, Emporia, $49,532, “Emporia School District.”

Higgins, Daniel A., NSF, $275,500, “Optical Microscopic Studies of Electric-Field-Induced Dynamics in Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Confinement and Interfacial Effects.”

Holen, Michael C., US Dept. of Education, $32,005, “Manhattan USD #383 and Kansas State University Memorandum of Agreement.”

Holen, Michael C., John E. and Grace M. Bohannon, $15,000, “Bohannon Award.”

Hsu, Cathy H. C., Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau, $7,450, “Advertising Conversion Study.”

Hsu, William H., and Chang, Shing I., US Dept. of Defense, $39,131, “Real-Time Temporal Probabilistic Inference using Bayesian Networks: Decision Support in Manpower and Personnel Management.”

Hulbert, Scot H., and Leach, Jan E., NSF, $216,066, “Functional and Comparative Genomics of NBS-LRR Encoding Genes.”

Hunt, Paul B., John E. and Grace M. Bohannon, $10,000, “Bohannon Award.”

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, Thomas Swan Scientific Equipment Ltd., $164,800, “Nitrides Growth by MOCVD.”

Johnson, Loretta C., NSF, $52,770, “Belowground Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Arctic Tundra Under Changing Climates.”

Johnson, Marc A., USDA, $22,000, “USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement.”

Kelley, Anne M., NSF, $46,666, “Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Chemistry at Kansas State University.”

Kenney, Michael J., US Dept. of Health and Human Services, $218,250, “Sympathetic-Immune Interface: Central Sites and Function.”

Klabunde, Kenneth J., US Dept. of Defense, $158,737, “Protection against Chemical Warfare Agents. Reactive Nanoparticles as Destructive Adsorbents.”

Krishnamoorthi, Ramaswamy, Great Plains Diabetes Research, Inc., $8,000, “Effect of Glucose on Blood Coagulation Factor XII.”

Lamm, Freddie R., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., $5,000, “Optimal Planting Strategies for Irrigated Corn Production with Limited Well Capacities.”

Langemeier, Michael R., Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks, $6,400, “Summarization and Analysis of 2000 Small Game Harvest Survey.”

Law, Bruce M., NSF, $120,000, “Interfacial Phenomena Near Phase Transitions.”

Lee, Charles D., Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks, $4,795, “Extension Education Position.”

Leslie, John F., American Society for Microbiology, $13,000, “Editor Position for Applied and Environmental Microbiology.”

Lin, Zongzhu, and Chermak, Andrew L., NSF, $10,000, “Finite Simple Groups, Geometries, Buildings and Related Topics - Conference in Honor of Ernest Shult.”

Marchin, George L., PentaPure, Inc., $12,000, “Testing of Water Filter and Purification Devices.”

McCullough, Elizabeth A., BHA Technologies, Inc., $25,000, “Construction of a Dynamic Moisture Permeation Cell.”

Moeller, Larry B., and Gordon, Chandra R., Aventis Pasteur, Inc., $92,477, “Trial of the Safety and Immunogenicity of Chromatographically Purified Rabies Vaccine Prepared Using the 2000-Liter Process versus Human Diploid Cell Vaccine in the Pre-Exposure Schedule.”

Olsen, Dennis E., Midwest Research Institute, $5,394, “Pilot Study to Validate the Use of Isolated Intestinal Pouches of Beagle Dogs to Evaluate the Irritation Potential of Orally Administered Substances.”

Peak, Carol A., Corporation for Enterprise Development, $10,000, “Kansas Microenterprise Opportunity Network.”

Peterman, Robert J., Kansas Dept. of Transportation, $2,332, “Data Reduction and Analysis of FRP Bridge Deck Design Validation Tests.”

Prakash, Om, US Dept. of Health and Human Services, $10,626, “Immunogenic Tumor-Associated Mucin Peptides.”

Ramaswamy, Sonny B., Tougaloo College, $2,500, “Tougaloo College Project.”

Reddi, Lakshmi N., John E. and Grace M. Bohannon, $15,000, “Bohannon Award.”

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

Richter, William L., Peace Corps, $600, “Peace Corps Recruitment.”

Riley, Jack G., Kansas Beef Council, $100,000, “Support of Regents Distinguished Professorship in Animal Sciences.”

Rodgers, Lawrence R., John E. and Grace M. Bohannon, $10,000, “Bohannon Award.”

Roper, Donna C., US Dept. of the Interior, $39,972, “Archeological Investigations at Medicine Creek Reservoir, Nebraska.”

Schlegel, Alan J., Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks, $30,000, “Compatibility of Intensified Cropping Systems and Wildlife Habitat in Western Kansas.”

Schmidt, David A., NSF, $54,352, “Open Source Quality Project.”

Sherwood, Peter M., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $164,427, “Kansas Defense 2000.”

Sherwood, Peter M., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $134,974, “Kansas DEPSCoR: Kansas Defense 2000 Program for Year One.”

Shroyer, Margaret G., Yahnke, Sally J., Smith, Ann S., and Bennett, Andrew G., US Dept. of Education, $26,342, “Improving Teacher Quality through the Kansas State University Professional Development Schools Partnership.”

Sorensen, Christopher M., NSF, $95,000, “Aerosol Physics: Optics, Gelation and Turbulent Aggregation.”

Stahlman, Phillip W., Price, Troy M., and Stockton, Roger D., High Plains National Sunflower Association, $2,800, “Optimizing Spartan Performance in No-Till Sunflower.”

Steichen, Ethel M., US Dept. of Education, $34,177, “Off to a Good Start 21st Century Community Learning Center.”

Steward, David R., KIWA N. V., $4,644, “Refinement of an Analytic-Based Model for Flow Near a Horizontal Radial Collector Well.”

Takemoto, Dolores J., and Klopfenstein, Carol F., Kansas Wheat Commission, $10,000, “Cancer Protective Effects of Wheats with Different Antioxidant Potentials.”

Thompson, Carlyle A., Stockhausen, Inc., $4,167, “Effect of Stockosorb Agro on Winter Wheat Grown in Central Kansas.”

Thurston, Linda P., and McCann, Kevin M,. US Dept. of Education, $5,000, “Goals 2000: Educate American Act/Barnes - Smoky Hill.”

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

Walker, Charles E., USDA, $40,000, “Bakery Oven Humidity Measurement and Control.”

Wang, Xuemin, NSF, $110,000, “Regulation and Function of Membrane Lipid Hydrolysis in Lipid-Based Signaling of Plants.”

Wang, Youqi, and Krishnaswami, Prakash, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $50,681, “Development of Three Dimensional Braiding Processes for Aircraft Structural Components.”

Warner, Thomas D., and Selfridge, Gail L., Stanley Smith Horticulutral Trust, $20,000, “Kansas State University Gardens.”

Warren, Steven, NSF, $75,000, “Beyond Telemedicine: Realizing a Proactive Home Health Care Delivery Model through Research and Education in Plug-and-Play Components and Novel Sensors.”

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