Research Awards, September 2000

Alam, Mahbub U., Rogers, Danny H., Trooien, Todd P.,

and Dumler, Troy, Kansas Corn Commission, $25,546, "Irrigation Scheduling Demonstration of Efficient Water Use by Corn in Western Kansas."

Andresen, Daniel A., Singh, Gurdip,

and Neilsen, Mitchell L., National Science Foundation, $161,224, "DHARMA: Domain-Specific Metaware for Hydrologic Applications."

Aslin, Raymond G.,

US Department of Agriculture, $1,025, "Forestry Incentives Program."

Aslin, Raymond G.,

US Department of Agriculture, $19,000, "Consolidated Grants Program 2000."

Azadivar, Farhad,

Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $900,000, "Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation Center of Excellence Grant."

Becker, Constance D.,

LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas, $14,105, "Fullbright/LASPAU Fellowship for Boris Sanjur."

Bhadriraju, Subramanyam,

and Reed, Carl, Kansas Wheat Commission, $17,274, "SPINOSAD: An Effective Alternative to Pesticides for Management of Stored-Wheat Insects."

Bhandari, Alok,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $17,078, "Role of Natural Organic Materials in the Disposition and Binding of Organic Contaminants and Heavy Metals."

Blair, John M., Fay, Philip A.,

and Knapp, Alan K., US Department of Energy, $100,000, "Belowground Responses to Manipulation of Precipitation Timing and Amounts in a Grassland Ecosystem."

Bockus, William W.,

and Bowden, Robert L., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $4,000, "Development of Scab Resistant Winter Wheat Cultivars for Kansas."

Bockus, William W., Wilde, Gerald E., Bowden, Robert L.,

and Claassen, Mark J., Kansas Wheat Commission, $33,000, "Control of Residue-Borne Winter Wheat Diseases."

Bode, Marilyn, Bradshaw, Michael H.,

and Proctor, Sandra B., US Department of Agriculture, $3,000, "Healthy Homes-Kansas."

Boland, Michael A.,

and Barton, David G., US Department of Agriculture, $27,527, "Cooperatives' Role in Food and Feed Grain Identity-Preserved Systems."

Boland, Michael A.,

and Dhuyvetter, Kevin C., Kansas Corn Commission, $15,135, "Market Research on Value-Enhanced Corn."

Boland, Michael A.,

and Dhuyvetter, Kevin C., Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, $7,577, "Market Research on Grain Sorghum."

Bollman, Stephan R.,

and O'Conner, Nancy T., Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, $75,000, "Family Preservation Services."

Bollman, Stephan R.,

and Glasscock, Marlene K., US Department of Agriculture, $199,494, "Expanding Access to USDA and Land-Grant University Child Care Information, Programs and Services."

Bolton, Timothy A.,

US Department of Energy, $600,000, "Kansas Advanced Semiconductor Project."

Buchholz, Daryl D.,

and Janke, Rhonda R., US Department of Agriculture, $19,000, "Kansas Professional Development Program."

Buschman, Larry L., Ramaswamy, Sonny B., Sloderbeck, Phillip E., Higgins, Randall A., Witt, Merle D.,

and Zhu, Kun Yan, Kansas Corn Commission, $18,800, "Biology and Management of Corn Borers in Kansas."

Chambers IV, Edgar I.,

Abbott Laboratories, $50,000, "Evaluation of Products."

Chapman, Kirby S.,

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., $65,231, "Develop Simplified Methodology to Incorporate Thermal Comfort Factors for Temperature Setback/Setup into In-Space Heating and Cooling Design Calculations."

Charlton, Ralph E., Kaufman, Donald W., Kaufman, Glennis A., Whiles, Matthew R.,

and Cully, Jr., Jack F., Kansas Army National Guard, $70,123, "Restoration of Native Grasslands and LCTA."

Chastain, Melvin L.,

US Department of Education, $67,701, "Plains Academy Co-Op."

Claflin, Larry E.,

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., $16,542, "International Scholarship Fund - Dario Narvaez."

Clark, Gary A., Rogers, Danny H., Martin, Victor L.,

and Fjell, Dale L., Kansas Water Office, $38,500, "Technical Assistance to Water Users: South Central Kansas Irrigation Scheduling and Water Management Project."

Clark, Gary A., Martin, Victor L., Fjell, Dale L.,

and Rogers, Danny H., Kansas Corn Commission, $24,000, "South Central Kansas Irrigation Management Project."

Dodds, Walter K.,

Proctor and Gamble Company, $6,325, "Assessing Impact of Exposure of Periphyton to Linear Alkybenzene Sulfonate with Microscale Sensors at the Proctor and Gamble Experimental Stream Facility."

Donnelly, Brendan J.,

Kansas Wheat Commission, $200,000, "International Grains Program Support Project."

Donnelly, Brendan J.,

Kansas Corn Commission, $36,600, "Market Development Grant - International Grains Program Grain Storage, Handling, and Sanitation Specialist."

Donnelly, Brendan J.,

and McCluskey, Patrick J., Kansas Wheat Commission, $13,200, "Protein/Hardness Screening of Early Progeny Wheats."

Donnelly, Brendan J.,

and McCluskey, Patrick J., Kansas Wheat Commission, $40,000, "Quality Evaluation from KAES Wheat Breeding Programs."

Drouillard, James S., Phebus, Randall K.,

and Kastner, Curtis L., Kansas Corn Commission, $79,504, "Distiller's Byproducts for Cattle: Food Safety, Meat Quality and Cattle Performance."

Dzewaltowski, David A.,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $517,526, "Youth Environments Promoting Nutrition and Activity."

Dzewaltowski, David A.,

Kansas Department of Health and Environment, $100,000, "Agreement between the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas State University, Cooperative Extension Service."

Eckels, Steven,

and Hosni, Mohammad H., Ford Motor Company, $559, "Effects of Oil Separation on Automotive Air Conditioning System Performance."

Erickson, Larry E.,

and Kulakow, Peter A., US Department of Defense, $31,857, "Assessment of Plant Root Dvelopment in Alternative Cover Plots at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado."

Erickson, Larry E.,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $8,000, "NIEHS Support for 2001 Conference."

Erickson, Larry E.,

and Hosni, Mohammad H., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $50,000, "Environmental Air Quality."

Fenton, Donald L.,

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., $51,991, "Double Walled Heat Exchanger Risk Analysis for Group B1 and Group B2 Refrigerants."

Fjell, Dale L.,

Kansas Corn Commission, $5,000, "Corn Production in Kansas: Extension and Applied Research."

Fjell, Dale L.,

Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, $5,000, "Grain Sorghum Production in Kansas: Extension and Applied Research."

Fritz, Allan K.,

and Paulsen, Gary M., Kansas Wheat Commission, $45,000, "Development of Hard White Winter Wheat for Kansas."

Fritz, Allan K.,

and Martin, Terry J., Kansas Wheat Commission, $92,000, "Improvement of Hard Red Winter Wheat for Kansas."

Fritz, Allan K.,

and Brown-Guedira, Gina L., Kansas Wheat Commission, $6,000, "Development of Wheat Germplasm with Multiple Disease and Insect Resistance for the Southern Great Plains."

Fry, Jack D., Huang, Bingru,

and Keeley, Steven J., National Turfgrass Federation, $1,000, "Turfgrass Testing."

Gill, Bikram S.,

Kansas Wheat Commission, $85,000, "Wheat Genetics Resource Center and Its Contribution to the Kansas Wheat Industry."

Gipson, Philip S.,

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $30,300, "Kansas Upland Game Bird Hunter Satisfaction with Management Programs for Wild Turkeys and Bobwhite Quail."

Greene, Kathleen V.,

US Department of Education, $221,827, "Ronald McNair Academic Achievement Program."

Grice, Ronnie D.,

and Johnson, David W., US Department of Justice, $15,000, "An Ounce of Prevention."

Griffin, Charles L.,

and Bollman, Stephan R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $1,079,529, "SRS Organizational Development Training and Curriculum Development."

Hargrove, William L., Janssen, Keith A., Bernardo, Daniel J., Heer, William F., Regehr, David L., Kilgore, Gary L., McVay, Kent A., Devlin, Daniel L., Barnes, Philip L., Schmidt, John P.,

and Sweeney, Daniel W., Kansas Corn Commission, $55,000, "Integrated Agricultural Management Systems: Using Best Management Practices to Improve the Quality of Kansas Surface Waters."

Hargrove, William L.,

US Department of Agriculture, $72,820, "Green Topeka: Tree-Based Buffer Planning in the Shunganunga Creek Watershed."

Hargrove, William L.,

US Department of Agriculture, $20,000, "Planning Workshop for the Leadership Team of the Animal Waste Initiative."

Hargrove, William L.,

US Department of the Interior, $40,222, "State Water Research Institute Internship - Fort Hays State University and Wichita State University."

Harkin, Kenneth R.,

Fort Dodge Animal Health, $29,231, "Prevalence of Urinary Shedding of Leptospires in Dogs: Assessment of the Public Health Risk of Occult Leptospirosis in the Dog."

Harnett, R. Michael,

US Department of Defense, $44,912, "Part-Time M.S. Program in Industrial Engineering - Fall 2000."

Herrman, Timothy J.,

and Shroyer, James P., Kansas Wheat Commission, $4,000, "White Wheat Commercialization."

Herrman, Timothy J.,

and Shroyer, James P., Kansas Wheat Commission, $2,100, "Optimizing Hard White Wheat Yield and Processing Performance in Kansas."

Holl, Jack M.,

American Scientific Affiliation, $4,000, "Templeton Foundation/American Scientific Affiliation Lectures in Science and Religion."

Hosni, Mohammad H.,

and Jones, Byron W., Outlast Technologies, Inc., $19,934, "Evaluation of Fabrics Containing Phase-Change Material."

Hua, Duy H.,

Great Plains Diabetes Research, Inc., $10,000, "New Drugs for Diabetic Complications."

Johnson, Marc A.,

and Denell, Robin E., US Department of Agriculture, $9,100, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement."

Johnson, Marc A.,

US Department of Agriculture, $482, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement."

Johnson, Terry C.,

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $258,476, "BioServe Space Technologies - A NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space."

Kane, Mary R.,

Kansas State Department of Education, $69,220, "FFA-YF/YFW Organizations."

Kanost, Michael R.,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $235,685, "Proteinase Systems in Insect Hemolymph."

Kiefer, Stephen W.,

Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, $6,000, "Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology."

Kilgore, Gary L.,

and Fogleman, Sarah L., Kansas Department of Agriculture, $3,382, "Short Season Corn Education Program in Southeast Kansas."

Kofoid, Kenneth D., Tuinstra, Mitchell R., Harvey, Tom L.,

and Reese, John C., Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, $68,500, "Breeding Sorghum with Improved Grain Yield, Greenbug and Virus Resistance, and Pre-Flowering Drought Tolerance."

Liang, George H.,

Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $5,000, "Addition of Genes Encoding Thaumatin-Like Protein and Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein to Jaggar Wheat for Resistance to Fungal Pathogen and Tolerance to Water Deficit."

Liang, George H., Muthukrishnan, Subbarat,

and Tuinstra, Mitchell R., Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, $55,000, "Transformation of Sorghum with Agronomically Useful Genes."

Liang, George H.,

Kansas Wheat Commission, $40,000, "Gluten Proteins that Improve Bread Quality."

Lillich, James D.,

Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, $5,920, "Identification of Neutral Metalloproteinases in Synovial Fluid from Normal and Diseased Equine Digital Tendon Sheaths."

Martin, Terry J., Seifers, Dallas L.,

and Harvey, Tom L., Kansas Wheat Commission, $79,800, "Kansas Dual Purpose Pest Resistant White Wheats."

Martin, Terry J.,

Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $7,200, "Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Regional Screening Nursery."

McGrath, Diane,

Community Online Resource Exchange, $10,000, "Memorandum of Agreement between Community Online Resource Exchange and the Department of Foundations and Adult Education."

Moxley, Virginia M.,

US Department of Education, $361,869, "National Model for Inter-Institutional Postbaccalaureate Distance Education Programs."

Muthukrishnan, Subbarat, Trick, Harold N., Gill, Bikram S.,

and Liang, George H., Kansas Wheat Commission, $60,000, "Wheat Crop Improvement by Genetic Engineering."

Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Chengappa, M. M.,

and Stewart, George C., Schering Plough Animal Health, $28,857, "Evaluation of the Immunogenicity and Protective Effects of Recombinant Leukotoxin Proteins of Fusobacterium Necrophorum in Mice."

Nelson, Briana S.,

National Academy of Sciences, $3,000, "National Research Council Young Investigator Program on Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia."

Nelson, Richard G.,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $369,000, "Comprehensive Environmental Assistance Program."

Owensby, Clenton E., Ham, Jay M.,

and Knapp, Alan K., US Department of Energy, $51,202, "Landscape-Level Trace Gas Fluxes on Grazed and Ungrazed Tallgrass Prairie."

Paulsen, Gary M.,

and Fritz, Allan K., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $8,600, "Improving Resistance to Preharvest Sprouting in Kansas White Wheat."

Peak, Carol A.,

Corporation for National Service, $300,000, "Kansas Service-Learning Consortium."

Peak, Carol A.,

US Department of Commerce, $58,768, "University Center Program - Kansas Center for Community Economic Development."

Peterman, Robert J.,

and Melhem, Hani G., Stresscon Corporation, $39,912, "Evaluation of the Strand Development Length in Cracked Prestresse Concrete Members under Cyclic Loading."

Peters, Paula,

United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, $10,000, "Food Stamp Awareness and Access Campaign."

Ponte, Christine M.,

US Department of Agriculture, $8,500, "Cooperative Agreement Between Kansas State Board of Education and Kansas State University."

Rahman, Talat S.,

US Department of Energy, $50,000, "Atomistic Studies of Nanotribology: Finite Temperature Energetics and Vibrational Dynamics."

Ramaswamy, Sonny B.,

and Bhadriraju, Subramanyam, US Department of Agriculture, $1,217,829, "Consortium for Integrated Management of Stored Product Insect Pests."

Ramaswamy, Sonny B.,

National Science Foundation, $25,000, "Consortium for Host Resistance to Pests."

Ramaswamy, Sonny B.,

US Department of Agriculture, $4,000, "Determine Physiological Effects of Insect Growth Regulators for Major Pest Species."

Rice, Charles W.,

US Department of Energy, $63,103, "Belowground Carbon Allocation and Cycling in Tallgrass Prairie and Wheat Ecosystems."

Rice, Frederick H.,

US Small Business Administration, $36,851, "Small Business Development Center."

Rife, Charles L.,

Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $5,000, "Aluminum Tolerance in Canola: Developing Canola Varieties Adapted to Low pH Soils."

Russell, Eugene R.,

and Landman, E. Dean, Kansas Department of Administration, $42,500, "Development of Multiple Growth Strategies for Use in Developing Traffic Forecasts."

Schapaugh, William T.,

Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $12,500, "Development of Improved Soybean Varieties for Kansas."

Schlegel, Alan J., Schmidt, John P., Taylor, Randal K.,

and Thompson, Curtis R., Kansas Corn Commission, $29,524, "Iron (Fe) Chlorosis: Addressing a Familiar Problem with New Technology."

Schwenk, Fred W.,

Kansas State University Foundation, $20,704, "Non-Conventional Plant Improvement Technology."

Shanklin, Carol W., Flores, Sandra A.,

and Flores, Rolando A., US Department of Agriculture, $99,213, "Interdisciplinary Modules to Teach Waste/Residue Management in the Food Chain."

Shroyer, James P.,

Kansas Wheat Commission, $33,130, "Wheat Research/Extension Assistant."

Simons, Gale G.,

Western Resources, Inc., $47,529, "Kansas Wind Energy Assessment."

Smith, Ben A.,

National Geographic Society, $52,753, "Kansas Geographic Alliance."

Smith, C. Michael,

Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $4,500, "Diagnostic Molecular Genetic Markers to Detect Multi-Gene Greenbug Resistance in Wheat."

Spears, Jacqueline D.,

and Wright, Emmett L., US Department of State, $123,000, "Kansas/Voronezh Connection."

St. Amand, Paul,

and Skinner, Daniel Z., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $3,770, "Development of Acid-Tolerant Alfalfa Germplasm for Kansas."

Steichen, James M.,

and Biles, Bertram R., US Department of Defense, $82,967, "ITAM Management Workshop--Land Rehabilitiation and Maintenance Module for U. S. Army Environmental Center."

Steichen, James M.,

US Department of Defense, $74,996, "Vehicle Impact Tracking Study."

Steward, David R.,

RIZA, $15,000, "Developing an Analytic Model of Inhomogeneity Bounded by a Rectangular Parallelepiped, Part 1: Theory."

Stewart, George C.,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $129,766, "Cell Division Gene Products of Bacillus Subtilis."

Stokes, Robert W., Rys, Malgorzata J.,

and Russell, Eugene R., Kansas Department of Transportation, $15,000, "Feasibility of Automated Traffic Signal Enforcement in Kansas."

Sun, X. Susan,

and Seib, Paul A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $19,500, "Biodegradable Plastics from Wheat Starch and Polylactic Acid."

Sun, X. Susan,

US Department of Agriculture, $22,200, "Edible/Biodegradable Composites for Animal Feed Supplement Containers."

Takemoto, Dolores J.,

and Klopfenstein, Carol F., Kansas Wheat Commission, $55,075, "Cancer Protective Effects of Wheats with Different Antioxidant Potentials."

Trick, Harold N.,

and Hulbert, Scot H., Kansas Wheat Commission, $30,000, "Transgenic Wheat Expressing Maize RP1 Genes."

Trick, Harold N., Muthukrishnan, Subbarat, Wilde, Gerald E., Higgins, Randall A.,

and Kramer, Karl J., Kansas Corn Commission, $50,664, "Control of Corn Rootworm using Genetically Engineered Corn."

Trooien, Todd P., Schlegel, Alan J., Alam, Mahbub U.,

and Dumler, Troy, Kansas Corn Commission, $10,776, "Manure and Water Management for Environmental Protection and Corn Production."

Tuinstra, Mitchell R., Witt, Merle D., Kofoid, Kenneth D., Claflin, Larry E., Claassen, Mark J., Janssen, Keith A., Martin, Victor L.,

and Gordon, Walter B., Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, $60,000, "Breeding Grain Sorghum for Improved Dryland Production."

Upton, Steve J.,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $14,634, "Optimizing Recovery of Cyclospora."

Warmuth, Ralf,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $145,558, "Structural Investigation of Unnatural Peptide Helices."

Waterland, Mark R., Kelley, David F.,

and Kelley, Anne M., Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, $17,702, "Solvent Effects in Charge-Transfer Processes."

Wetzel, David L.,

Kansas Wheat Commission, $40,651, "Wheat Screening for Natural Desirable Lipids."

Xia, Kang,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $19,706, "Role of Natural Organic Material in the Disposition and Binding of Organic Contaminants and Heavy Metals."

Zolkiewska, Anna,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $70,080, "Role of ADAM 12 Disitegrin Domain in Myoblast Fusion."

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