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Research Awards, February 2008

Akhunov, Eduard D., US Department of Agriculture, $25,000, "Breeding and Development of DNA Markers for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat."

Apley, Michael D., Coetzee, Johann F., and Gehring, Ronette, National Pork Board, $46,879, "Pharmacokinetics and Tissue Residues of Procaine Penicllin G in Finishing Swine after Administration of 33,000 IU/kg Intramuscularly and by Needle-free Injection in the Neck."

Beardsley, Craig A., Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp, $14,000, "Northrop Grumman 2007."

Boland, Michael A., US Department of Agriculture, $75,000, "Restructuring Cooperatives."

Bolton, Timothy A., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Maravin, Yurii, Ratra, Bharat, and Stanton, Noel R., US Department of Energy, $594,000, "Heavy Quark and Neutrino Physics."

Britton, Dana M., Sociologists for Women in Society, $93,713, "Gender and Society Editorship."

Carey, Edward E., US Department of Agriculture, $17,600, "Extension Demonstration in Support of Scaling up Mechanization for Kansas Vegetable Production."

Carey, Edward E., and Griffin, Jason, US Department of Agriculture, $20,000, "Research and Extension in Support of Kansas Sweetpotato Industry."

Carpenter, James W., Association of Avian Veterinarians, $8,164, "Single-Dose Pharmacokinetics of Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Hispaniolan Amazon Parrot (Amazona ventralis)."

Castano-Bernard, Ricardo, and Soibelman, Yan S., National Science Foundation, $33,000, "NSF/CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences: Tropical Geometry and Mirror Symmetry, December 13-17, 2008."

Cloyd, Raymond A., Ohio Floriculture Association, $2,400, "Ohio Floriculture Association Fellowship."

Corwin, Kristan L., and Washburn, Brian R., US Department of Defense, $169,692, "Gas- Filled Hollow Optical Fiber-based Frequency References for Portable Frequency Combs in the Near Infrared."

DeLoach, Scott A., and Robby, -, US Department of Defense, $170,263, "Organization- Based Model-Driven Development of High-Assurance Multiagent Systems."

DeLuccie, Mary L., US Department of Agriculture, $2, "Federal Aid in Support of the Child and Adult Care Food Program."

Denell, Robin E., National Science Foundation, $140,000, "Evolution of Genetic Mechanisms Controlling Developmental Fate."

Drouillard, James S., John I. Haas, Inc., $58,931, "Beta Acid Extracts of Hops: Effects on Ruminal Metabolism and Apparent Total Tract Digestibility in Steers fed High Concentrate Diets."

Edgar, James H., National Science Foundation, $90,000, "Materials World Network: Collaborative Research: An Investigation into the Properties of B12As2, B4C and Their Heterostructures."

Fleming, Sherry D., US Department of Health and Human Services, $10,000, "K-INBRE Faculty Scholar Award."

Gipson, Philip S., US Department of the Interior, $21,847, "Assessing Wildlife Responses to Vehicle Impacts."

Gipson, Philip S., Blecha, Kevin A., and Conard, Jonathan M., US Department of the Interior, $20,000, "Chronic Wasting Disease - Whitetail Deer - Kansas."

Goff, Briana S., and Griffin, Charles L., US Department of Health and Human Services, $1,592,915, "Kansas All Hazards Behavioral Health Plan."

Goodin, Douglas G., Fick, Walter H., Ham, Jay M., Hargrove, William L., Harrington Jr, John A., and Murphy, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $596,424, "Develop a Fire and Smoke Management Program to Minimize Impact of Prescribed Rangeland Burning in the Central Plains."

Gwirtz, Jeffrey A., US Department of Agriculture, $31,784, "Impact of Single Kernal and Bulk Sample Properties on Milling Yield and Economics."

Hargrove, William L., US Environmental Protection Agency, $150,000, "Water Quality Improvement through Service Learning - Part 3."

Hatcliff, John M., Amtoft, Torben, and Banerjee, Anindya, US Department of Defense, $149,814, "Integrated Specification and Verification Environment for Component-Based Architectures of Large-Scale Distributed Systems."

Havlicek, Barbara J., Schools for Quality Education, Inc., $7,000, "Schools for Quality Education."

Higgins, Daniel A., National Science Foundation, $85,000, "Collaborative Research: New Routes for the Preparation and Characterization of Functionally-Graded and Mesoporous Silica Thin Films."

Hosni, Mohammad H., and Eckels, Steven J., Whirlpool Corporation, $17,520, "Development of a Laboratory Test Procedure for Dryer Ventilation Requirements."

Hua, Duy H., National Science Foundation, $120,000, "Nanotubes: Synthesis and Applications."

Hutchinson, Stacy L., Hutchinson, J. M. Shawn, and Keane, Timothy D., City of Mission, KS, $50,000, "Stormwater Best Management Practice Evaluation and Design."

Janke, Rhonda R., US Department of Agriculture, $19,993, "Student Farm Teaches Sustainable Farming and Business Skills."

Jardine, Douglas J., North Central Soybean Research Program, $31,875, "Sentinel Plots to Monitor the Spread of Soybean Rust in the US Soybean Production Regions."

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, US Department of Defense, $100,000, "III-Nitrides for Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Thermopower Technologies."

Jones, Byron W., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $2,000, "ADMRC Administration."

Jones, Byron W., MITRE Corporation, $4,223, "Aircraft Filter Assessment."

Jones, Byron W., US Department of Transportation, $40,000, "In-Flight Project, Task 4."

Kaff, Marilyn S., and Frey, Timothy, US Department of Education, $22,500, "Continuous Improvement Grant for Special Education."

Kanost, Michael R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $60,590, "Proteinase Systems in Insect Hemolymph."

Kennelly, Megan, Bremer, Dale J., Fry, Jack D., and St. John, Rodney A., US Golf Association, $46,806, "Cultural Practices, Environment, and Pathogen Biology: Studies for Improved Management of Large Patch (Rhizoctonia solani AG-2-2) Zoysiagrass."

Krishnaswami, Prakash, Deere & Company, $161,531, "Integrated Robust Optimal Design (IROD) for Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction in Product Development."

Lee, Charles D., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $12,207, "Extension Education Position Support."

Lee, Charles D., Nature Conservancy, $5,000, "Evaluation of Prairie Dog Management Programs on the Nature Conservancy's Smoky Valley Ranch."

Lin, Chii-Dong, National Science Foundation, $50,001, "Quantum Physics of He Near the Double Ionization Threshold -- Quantum Chaos and Wannier Threshold Law."

Mankin, Kyle R., US Environmental Protection Agency, $76,000, "KS WRAPS- Upper Arkansas River Basin Watershed Assessment."

McGregor, Douglas S., US Department of Energy, $91,370, "Frisch Collar CdZnTe Detectors for a Collimated Array."

McGregor, Douglas S., Dunn, William L., and Shultis, J. Kenneth, US Department of Defense, $122,986, "Perforated Neutron Detectors and New Materials Development and Shielding Structures."

Murphy, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $46,536, "Renewable Resources Extension Act Program."

Muthukrishnan, Subbarat, Arakane, Yasuyuki, Beeman, Richard W., Kanost, Michael R., and Kramer, Karl J., National Science Foundation, $6,000, "Integrated Functional Genomics Investigation of Chitin Metabolism and its Role in Insect Growth and Development."

Paukert, Craig, US Department of the Interior, $10,000, "Evaluation of Sampling Protocols Used to Determine the Status and Trends of Rare and Endangered Missouri River Species."

Phebus, Randall K., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $50,000, "Testing Project."

Rice, Charles W., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $55,050, "Environmental Protection Agency Proposal."

Richardson, Ralph C., Kansas State University Foundation, $65,687, "Professorships/Chairs."

Ring, Debra J., US Department of Agriculture, $22,045, "Child and Adult Care Food Program - Jardine Site."

Rowland, Raymond R. R., National Pork Board, $300,000, "PRRS Host Genetics Consortium: A Proposal to develop a consortium to study the role of host genetics and resistance to PRRSV."

Sandercock, Brett K., and Wisely, Samantha, US Department of Energy, $30,870, "Effects of Wind Power Development on Greater Prairie Chickens."

Shuman, Cindy, National Science Foundation, $15,120, "Evaluation of Scale Up (University of Illinois at Chicago's NSF DR K-12)."

Spooner, Brian S., Kansas State University Foundation, $5,000, "Cancer Center Core."

Staggenborg, Scott A., and Wang, Donghai, US Department of Transportation, $9,375, "Evaluation of Sweet Sorghum Hybrids as a Bioenergy Feedstock for the South Central U.S. - Germplasm Development and Agronomic Practices."

Steichen, James M., Hutchinson, Stacy L., and Zhang, Naiqian, US Department of Defense, $31,512, "Assessing the Impact of Maneuver Training on NPS Pollution and Water Quality."

Takemoto, Dolores J., and Hua, Duy H., Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, $50,000, "Control of Gap Junctions as a Neuro-Protective Therapy."

Thurston, Linda P., and Middendorf, B. Jan, Master Teacher, Inc., $22,192, "Master Teacher Survey Project."

Tucker, Jeffrey W., Bob Fisher, $5,000, "Conduct Initial Marketing Tasks for Bob Fisher's Baskeball Shooting Video."

Wang, Weiqun, Kansas State University Foundation, $3,000, "Undergraduate Student Cancer Research - Mentoring 3 Students."

Wei, Qize, US Department of Health and Human Services, $10,000, "K-INBRE Faculty Scholar Award."

Welch, Stephen M., Das, Sanjoy, Hsu, William H., Knapp, Mary C., and Roe, Judith L., National Science Foundation, $201,080, "Molecular Evolutionary Ecology of Developmental Signaling Pathways in Complex Environments."

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