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Research Awards, December 2007

Ashlock, Marcus A., and Boone, Kristina M., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $7,900, "Seed Selection and Purchasing Decision Resistance and Perceived Risk."

Carpenter, Kenneth H., US Department of Energy, $25,332, "Integrated Firing-System/Initiation-Train Modeling Enhancement."

Chang, Zenghu, Cocke, Charles L., and Lei, Shuting, US Department of Defense, $1,250,000, "Attosecond Optical Technology Based on Recollision and Gating."

Chapman, Kirby S., Pipeline Research Council International, Inc., $5,000, "Pipeline Engine NOx Retrofit Technology Gaps and Program Roadmap."

DeLuccie, Mary L., US Department of Education, $4,500, "Early Childhood Unified (B-K) Preservice Program."

Dobesh, Sharon, and Nechols, James R., BASF Corporation, $2,000, "Efficacy of Termidor (Fipronil 0.06%) for Subterranean Termite Control in Kansas When Applied as an Exterior Perimeter/Localized Interior Treatment."

Ganta, Roman Reddy R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $365,000, "Vector and Host Contributions to the Regulation of E. chaffeensis Gene Expression."

Griffin, Charles L., US Department of Health and Human Services, $2,140, "Kansas Rural Family Helpline."

Hancock, Joe D., US Agency for International Development, $84,580, "Enhancing the Utilization and Marketability of Sorghum and Pearl Millet through Improvements in Grain Quality, Processing Procedures, and Technology Transfer to the Poultry Industry."

Holland, Kenneth M., Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and Int'l Trade, $10,972, "Canadian Studies Program Enhancement."

Kuhlman, Dennis K., and Beckman, Evan J., Marathon Racing, Inc., $23,900, "Memorandum of Agreement."

Kuhn, William B., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $10,000, "Proximity Microtransceiver for Interoperable Mars Communications."

Kuhn, William B., US Department of Defense, $50,000, "RFIC Technology Development for Radiation-Hardened Interceptor Communications."

Larson, Nancy J., Kansas Health Foundation, $23,786, "Safe Disposal of Unwanted Pharmaceutical Wastes."

Lee, Charles D., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $2,594, "Extension Education Position Support."

Leslie, John F., US Agency for International Development, $87,500, "Grain Molds, Mycotoxins and Stalk Rots of Sorghum and Millet."

Li, Xianghong, and Peterson, Hikaru H., US Department of Agriculture, $330,000, "The Impacts of Imports and Consolidation on the U.S. Organic Food Systems."

Maghirang, Ronaldo G., US Department of Agriculture, $9,700, "Improved Handling of Grain in Commercial Elevators."

Mosier, Nancy K., and Delker, David G., Kansas State Department of Education, $1,000, "Solomon University."

Nelson, Richard G., Rice, Charles W., Staggenborg, Scott A., and Williams, Jeffery R., US Department of Energy, $82,300, "National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System."

Pei, Zhijian, National Science Foundation, $10,000, "Fundamental Research on Silicon Wafer Fine Grinding to Foster a Quantum Leap in Manufacturing of Silicon Wafers."

Pei, Zhijian, Crystal Technology, Inc., $10,000, "Development of Advance Fabrication Process of Lithium Niobate - Patrick Zhang (Internship)."

Pfromm, Peter H., US Department of Transportation, $34,994, "Saline Extractive Distillation for Ethanol Separation."

Prasad, P. V. Vara, Mengel, David B., and Staggenborg, Scott A., US Agency for International Development, $82,500, "Integrated Soil, Water and Crop Management Stategies for Improving Productivity in Sorghum and Millet Based Cropping Systems."

Reagan, Charles, US Department of Defense, $1,000,000, "Kansas State University Graduate Degree Program Development and Implementation for U. S. Army Command and General Staff College Leadership and Security Studies; Enhance Cooperative Degree Program in History."

Rezac, Mary E., US Department of Transportation, $35,000, "Breaking the Cost Barrier for Bio- Ethanol: Reactive Adsorption of Fermentation Broth."

Schroeder, Ted C., US Department of Agriculture, $35,000, "Efficient Management Strategies for a Contagious Animal Disease Outbreak: Probability Distributions of Economic Impacts from Foot-and-Mouth Disease."

Spooner, Brian S., Kansas State University Foundation, $50,100, "Cancer Center Core."

Stack, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $10,000, "Plant Diagnostic Laboratories for Plant Disease and Pest Diagnosis and Surveillance (National Network of Diagnostic Centers)."

Stamm, Michael J., US Department of Transportation, $31,840, "Biodiesel Feedstock Development for the Southern Great Plains."

Trick, Harold N., United Soybean Board, $41,200, "Center for Soybean Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering: Engineering Soybean for Effective Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode."

Tucker, Jeffrey W., Carefree Gardner, Inc., $4,100, "Development of Strategic Marketing Plan for the Watering Weedless Wonder."

Vadlani, Praveen V., MeadWestvaco Corporation, $55,000, "Innovative Bioprocessing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for High Value Products."

Vontz, Thomas, US Department of Education, $22,913, "Civics Mosaic : Exploring Political Ideas that have Shaped the World."

Wang, Donghai, Madl, Ronald L., Staggenborg, Scott A., and Woolverton, Michael W., US Department of Transportation, $35,000, "Develop Comprehensive Understanding and Utilization of Sorghum Stover and Brown Midrib Forage Sorghum for Ethanol Production."

Zhang, Naiqian, and Yuan, Wenqiao, US Department of Transportation, $34,881, "Multifunctional Frequency-Response Permittivity Sensor for Biodiesel Concentration Measurement and Impurity Detection."

Zollman, Dean A., National Science Foundation, $70,020, "Undergraduate Science Course Reform Serving Pre-Service Teachers: Evaluation of a Faculty Professional Development Model."

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