Research Awards, May 2001

Asano, Katsura,

US Department of Health & Human Services, $72,750, “Mechanism of Start Codon Selection by Eukaryotic Ribosomes.”Blecha, Frank, US Department of Health & Human Services, $49,961, “Short-Term Training Students in Health Professional Schools.”

Bockus, William W., and Bowden, Robert L., USDA, $43,249, “Development of Scab Resistant Wheat Cultivars for Kansas.”

Bowden, Robert L., and Leslie, John F., USDA, $53,410, “Genetics and Diversity of Gibberella zeae.”

Buchholz, Daryl D., USDA, $22,647, “Renewable Resources Extension Act Program.”

Carpenter, James W., City of Manhattan, Kansas, $10,000, “Veterinary Services at the Sunset Zoological Park, Manhattan, Kansas.”

Chambers IV, Edgar, and Chambers, Delores H., SSE Foods, Inc., $4,400, “Sensory Analysis Assistance.”

Chambers, Delores H., Kraft Foods North America,Inc., $4,675, “Evaluation of Products.”

Chambers, Delores H., and Chambers IV, Edgar, Bush Brothers and Company, $1,488, “Sensory Quality Evaluation.”

Claflin, Larry E., and Leslie, John F., US Agency for International Development, $25,800, “Agroecology and Biotechnology of Fungal Pathogens of Sorghum and Millet From the Greater Horn of Africa.”

Clark, Gary A., Kansas Water Office, $60,000, “Technical Assistance to Water Users: KSU Water Assistance Team Mobile Lab.”

Conrad, Gary W., US Department of Health & Human Services, $315,115, “Transcriptional Regulation of Keratocan and Mimecan.”

Cully, Jr., Jack F., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $48,000, “Cowbird Abundance Effects on Spatial Patterns of Brood Parasitism in Grassland Bird Communities.”

Cully, Jr., Jack F., US Department of the Interior, $27,002, “Bird and Vascular Plant Responses to Conversion from Fescue Pastures to Native Tallgrass Prairie II.”

Cully, Jr., Jack F., US Department of the Interior, $66,000, “Metapopulation Ecology of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: A Keystone Species of Badlands National Park.”

Denell, Robin E., and Tomoyasu, Yoshinori, Human Frontier Science Program Organization, $138,110, “Elucidation of Animal Diversity by Comparing Drosophila and Tribolium Wing Development.”

Dwyer, Matthew B., and Hatcliff, John M., US Department of Defense, $205,548, “Software Model Checking for Embedded Systems.”

Erickson, Larry E., US Agency for International Development, $2,292, “Community Based Drinking Water Assessment.”

Fallin, Jana R., Kansas Arts Commission, $1,600, “Music Symposium.”

Fry, Jack D., Huang, Bingru, and Keeley, Steven J., National Turfgrass Federation, $8,500, “Turfgrass Testing.”

Garrett, Karen A., National Science Foundation, $58,094, “Effects of Environmental Variation on Plant Disease in the Tallgrass Prairie.”

Grice, Ronnie D., US Department of Justice, $1,800, “2001 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.”

Ham, George E., USDA, $112,073, “Development and Management of Canola in the Great Plains Region.”

Hargrove, William L., Kansas Water Office, $16,000, “Implementing TMDL’s in Kansas: Abatement of Nonpoint Sources for Fecal Coliform Bacteria.”

Hargrove, William L., State Conservation Commission, $45,000, “Watershed Specialist Initiative.”

Hargrove, William L., Kansas Department of Agriculture, $10,000, “Implementing TMDL's in Kansas: Abatement of Non-Point Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria.”

Harnett, R. Michael, US Department of Defense, $16,821, “Part-Time M.S. Program in Industrial Engineering - Summer 2001.”

Havlicek, Barbara J., Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, $5,225, “Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.”

Hoag, Linda A., US Department of Health & Human Services, $59,581, “Communicative Competence and the Use of Prestored Text.”

Hollingsworth, Mark D., NASA, $40,500, “Crystal Growth of New Families of Ferroelastic Materials.”

Hua, Duy H., and Koo, Sung I., American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $40,000, “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibitors: Chloropuupehenone and its Analogs.”

Hulbert, Scot H., National Science Foundation, $130,000, “Molecular Characterization of Novel Rp1 Genes.”

Johannes, Elaine M., USDA, $250,000, “Opportunities for Prevention Education and Networking in Kansas.”

Kapil, Sanjay, USDA, $27,500, “Pseudorabies Laboratory Testing.”

Knapp, Alan K., Briggs, John M., and Blair, John M., National Science Foundation, $55,000, “Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie: The Konza LTER Program.”

Krishnamoorthi, Ramaswamy, American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $40,000, “Factor XII: Structure-Function Relationships.”

Law, Bruce M., National Science Foundation, $8,000, “Interfacial Phenomena Near Phase Transitions.”

Lei, Shuting, National Science Foundation, $61,210, “Crack-Free Laser Assisted Machining of Ceramics with Complex Profiles.”

Lynch, Michael L., Kauffman Foundation, $75,000, “Beyond the Boundaries: A Summer Enrichment Program.”

MacRitchie, Finlay I., Nutratech, $5,600, “Analysis of Superoxide Dismutase.”

Najjar, Yacoub M., and Hossain, Mustaque A., Kansas Department of Transportation, $82,000, “Modeling the Performance of Superpave and PCC Constructed Pavements.”

Nelson, Briana S., National Research Council, $3,000, “Young Investigator Program on Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia.”

Passarelli, A. Lorena, US Department of Health & Human Services, $72,750, “Baculovirus Late Gene Transcription Factors.”

Peterman, Robert J., and Cai, Chunsheng, US Department of Transportation, $120,612, “Performance Investigation of a Fiber-Reinforced Composite Honeycomb Deck for Bridge Application.”

Peterman, Robert J., National Science Foundation, $63,110, “Restraint Moment Elimination Strategies for Improved Durability of Continuous Prestressed Concrete Bridges.”

Pierzynski, Gary M., Reddi, Lakshmi N., Kulakow, Peter A., Kluitenberg, Gerard J., Ohlenbusch, Paul D., and Erickson, Larry E., Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, $20,352, “Investigations of Vegetation Capping Strategies for Fly-Ash Dispoal Sites.”

Ramaswamy, Sonny B., USDA, $32,773, “Determine Physiological Effects of Insect Growth Regulators for Major Pest Species.”

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

Robel, Robert J., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $36,000, “Use of Sandsage Habitat by Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Southwestern Kansas.”

Rosenberg, Alexander, National Science Foundation, $42,300, “D-modules on Noncommutative Spaces, Noncommutative Local Algebra and Representations, Noncommutative Smooth Spaces.”

Rush, Bonnie R., 3M Corporation, $22,327, “Multi-Centered Clinical Trial of Beclomethasone Dipropionate in Horses with Recurrent Airway Obstruction.”

Russell, Eugene R., US Department of Transportation, $20,000, “Update and Modification of the Kansas Low-Volume Roads Handbook and the Handbook of Traffic Engineering Practices of Small Cities.”

Schmidt, David A., National Science Foundation, $55,614, “Design Conformant Software.”

Schmidt, John P., Stone, Loyd R., Schlegel, Alan J., and Rogers, Danny H., Kansas Department of Agriculture, $25,000, “Evaluating Nitrate Leaching Characteristics for Various Nitrogen Management Strategies for Irrigated Corn Along the Lower Arkansas.”

Schwenk, Fred W., Kansas State University Foundation, $10,000, “Non-Conventional Plant Improvement Technology.”

Seyler, Harry L., and Ransom, Michel D., USDA, $8,200, “SSURGO Certification of Soil Surveys in Kansas.”

Smith, Paul E., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $12,427, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Effects of Salts on the Aggregation Properties of Benzene in Water.”

Sobering, Timothy J., and Meier, Russell D., US Department of Energy, $25,000, “ICCD Detector Readout Development.”

Spooner, Brian S., Guikema, James A., and Denell, Robin E., National Science Foundation, $55,200, “New Biology Faculty Hire Start-Up Funding.”

Starrett, Steven K., and Bhandari, Alok, Kansas Army National Guard, $4,990, “Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Lateral Field Used for Liquid Disposal from Kansas National Guard Maintenance Facility #11.”

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

Steichen, James M., US Department of Defense, $48,624, “ITAM Management Workshop -- Training Requirement Integration Module for U. S. Army Environmental Center.”

Steward, David R., National Science Foundation, $4,000, “Initiation of Graduate Student Exchange with Ecoloe des Mines, Saint-Etienne, France.”

Sun, X. Susan, and Wang, Donghai, US Department of Defense, $30,000, “Adhesion Performance of Modified Soy Protein Adhesive.”

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

Thippareddi, Harshavardhan, National Pork Board, $25,000, “Post-Process Pasteurization of Packaged, Ready-to-Eat Pork Products for Control of Listeria monocytogenes.”

Unger, Elizabeth A., Caffey, John R., and Townsend, Harvard C., US Department of Education, $691,000, “Great Plains Network Connectivity for Kansas State University.”

Wallentine, Virgil E., AT&T Technologies, $3,589, “AT&T Summer On Campus.”

Wang, Xuemin, National Science Foundation, $5,382, “Regulation and Function of Membrane Lipid Hydrolysis in Lipid-Based Signaling of Plants.”

Wangemann, A. Philine, US Department of Health & Human Services, $257,466, “Neurogenic Regulation of Cochlear Blood Flow.”

Warren, Steven, National Science Foundation, $5,000, “Beyond Telemedicine: Realizing a Proactive Home Health Care Delivery Model through Research and Education in Plug-and-Play Components and Novel Sensors.”

Whaley, Paul M., and Freeman, David W., US Department of Energy, $72,757, “University Reactor Instrumentation Program.”

Wilson, Fred E.,National Science Foundation, $81,000, “Thyroxine and Seasonality in American Tree Sparrows.”

Xin, Xiao J., US Department of Energy, $10,000, “Efficient Numerical Method for the Investigation of Composite Materials.”

Xin, Xiao J., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $1,612, “Efficient Numerical Method for the Investigation of Composite Materials.”

Zolkiewski, Michal, US Department of Health & Human Services, $181,875, “Structure and Function of Hsp100 Proteins.”

Zolkiewski, Michal, American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $39,969, “Functional Domains in ClpB,, a Novel Molecular Chaperone.”

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