Kansas State University

Alavi, Sajid, US Department of Agriculture, $50,000, "Novel Whey Protein and Fruit-Based Expanded Snacks Using Extrusion Processing."

Amanor-Boadu, Vincent R., Chambers, Delores H., and Schmidt, Karen A., US Department of Agriculture, $156,000, "Food Industry Management Enhancement Program."

Anderson, Gary A., Kansas Department of Health and Environment, $2,500, "Vaccine Refrigerator."

Arck Jr, William, City of Manhattan, KS, $25,463, "Youth Oriented Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program."

Asano, Katsura, US Department of Health and Human Services, $221,920, "Studies on Start Codon Selection by Eukaryotic Ribosomes."

Babin, Bruce R., BAE Systems, $11,014, "Spray Cooling."

Barstow, Thomas J., Kobe Design University, $8,000, "Collaborative Research Agreement between Kansas State University and Kobe Design University."

Blair, John M., Dodds, Walter K., Hartnett, David C., Joern, Anthony, and Nippert, Jesse B., National Science Foundation, $820,000, "Konza Prairie LTER V: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics and Global Change."

Chapman, Kirby S., BP America Production Company, $161,567, "Field Test Characterization of NSCR Catalysts on Engines Used in the Oil and Gas Gathering Industry."

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

DeLuccie, Mary L., US Department of Agriculture, $1,713, "Federal Aid in Support of the Child and Adult Care Food Program."

Esry, Brett D., US Department of Defense, $34,172, "Theoretical Investigation of Ultracold Few- Body Collisions."

Garrett, Karen A., US Agency for International Development, $4,536, "Ecologically-Based Participatory IPM for Southeast Asia."

Garrett, Karen A., US Agency for International Development, $31,534, "Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro- Ecosystems."

Grauer, Gregory F., Vetoquinol USA, $103,071, "Comparison of Rubenal and Benazepril in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease in Cats."

Harnett, R. Michael, US Department of Defense, $55,476, "Part-Time M.S. Program in Industrial Engineering - Spring 2008."

Havlicek, Barbara J., Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, $123,853, "Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom."

Herrera, Socorro G., USD 497, Lawrence, $19,233, "Hillcrest Elementary - Reading First Project."

Hesse, Richard, National Pork Board, $10,000, "PCVAD Outreach for Website."

Hua, Duy H., and Wangemann, A. Philine, American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $71,500, "Synthesis and Bioevaluation of Myriceric Acid A and its Analogs."

Jankowiak, Ryszard J., National Science Foundation, $18,250, "Use of Dynamic Electric Field Gradients for the Crystallization of Proteins."

Jankowiak, Ryszard J., US Department of Energy, $15,000, "Hole-Burned Spectra."

Jardine, Douglas J., US Department of Agriculture, $10,000, "Managing Frogeye Leaf Spot, Charcoal Rot and Foliar Diseases in the North Central Region."

Kanost, Michael R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $242,360, "Proteinase Systems in Insect Hemolymph."

Kuhn, William B., US Department of Energy, $80,674, "Research in Fractional-N Synthesizer Design and LTCC Inductor Performance."

Kumari, Meena, US Department of Health and Human Services, $204,143, "Ethanol-Induced NMDA R1 mRNA Stabilization."

Lewis, Christopher L., Devore, John J., and Natarajan, Balasubramaniam, US Department of Energy, $62,493, "Communication and Controls Development."

Lin, Dingbo, US Department of Health and Human Services, $32,500, "Role of Gap Junctions in Oxidative Neurodegeneration in Cerebellum."

Lin, Zongzhu, US Department of Defense, $29,696, "Problems in Representation Theory Related to Nilpotent Orbits."

Melgarejo, L Tonatiuh, Fort Dodge Animal Health, $392,025, "Studies on the Innate Immunity of Canis familiaris: Not Familiar After All."

Middendorf, B. Jan, and Thurston, Linda P., Kansas Board of Regents, $212,500, "Kan-ed Evaluation - Phase V."

Mosier, Nancy K., and Delker, David G., Kansas State Department of Education, $1,113, "Solomon University."

Nelson, Richard G., US Environmental Protection Agency, $100,000, "Investigation of Land-Use Activities and Ecosystem Conditions Pertaining to Biofuels Production."

Pei, Zhijian, Crystal Technology, Inc., $17,500, "Development of Advance Fabrication Process of Lithium Niobate - Patrick Zhang (Internship)."

Pei, Zhijian, National Science Foundation, $23,758, "Workshop/Collaborative Research: 2008 NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop: March 27 and 28, 2008, Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois."

Pfromm, Peter H., US Department of Energy, $120,803, "Bipolar Electrodialysis for Enzymatic Carbon Dioxide Removal from Flue Gas."

Renter, David G., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., and Thomson, Daniel U., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $202,000, "The effects of the Salmonella Newport SRP Vaccine in Feedlot Cattle."

Robertson, Donald C., US Department of Health and Human Services, $14,980, "Protein Purification RFQ."

Schinstock, Dale E., and Lewis, Christopher L., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $103,752, "Topographic Models with Multispectral Image Registration from Orbiter Data."

Snead, Bruce C., US Environmental Protection Agency, $126,000, "Radon Projects for Kansas."

Snead, Bruce C., US Environmental Protection Agency, $10,500, "Radon Training Courses for the Nebraska Radon Program."

Staggenborg, Scott A., Kansas Water Office, $100,000, "Automated Weather Station."

Tamura, Masaaki, and Troyer, Deryl L., Joan's Legacy: The Joan Scarangello Foundation, $50,000, "IFN-Beta Expressing Stem Cell Therapy for Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma."

Thurston, Linda P., and Shuman, Cindy, US Department of Education, $22,000, "Evaluation of !LISTO!."

Tomich, John M., and Beard, Warren L., Pegasus Laboratories Inc., $7,500, "Wound Healing Project."

Wang, Donghai, US Department of Transportation, $31,500, "Designer Sorghums: Development of High Yielding Sorghum Cultivars with Modified Endosperm Matrices for Optimized Low Energy Input Ethanol Production and High Nutrition Feed."