Research

Research Awards, December 2000

Aramouni, Fadi M.,

and Boyle, Elizabeth, US Department of Agriculture, $207,007, "Improving HACCP Systems for Small Meat and Food Processors in Four Midwest States."

Behnke, Keith C.,

Kemin Industries, Inc., $10,000, "Material Release Agreement."

Boland, Michael A.,

US Department of Agriculture, $55,000, "Market Research for Specialty White Wheats."

Buszek, Keith B.,

US Department of Health and Human Services, $74,928, "Synthesis of Lactone and Alkaloid Antitumor Agents."

Chambers IV, Edgar,

and Chambers, Delores H., Frito Lay, Inc., $4,500, "Consumer Perception of Products Under Extended Use."

Chapman, Kirby S.,

National Science Foundation, $30,131, "Request for Proposal Preparation Funds for a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center."

Clem, Rollie J.,

US Department of Agriculture, $116,000, "Apoptosis as an Anti-Viral Defense Mechanism in Insects."

Dwyer, Matthew B.,

National Science Foundation, $25,000, "Engineering High-Quality Concurrent Software."

Erickson, Larry E.,

and Hayter, Richard B., Chevron Corporation, $10,000, "Chevron Corporation."

Fry, Jack D.,

and Huang, Bingru, International Turf Producers Foundation, $16,000, "Minimum Irrigation Requirements for Sod Production in Transition Zone."

Fry, Jack D.,

and Huang, Bingru, Kansas Golf Course Superintendents Association, $10,000, "Converting Transition Zone Fairways from Perennial Ryegrass to Kentucky Bluegrass or Seeded Zoysiagrass."

Hargrove, William L.,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $204,408, "Waste Management Water Quality Protection Learning Center."

Harner III, Joseph P.,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $150,000, "Watershed Dairy Environmental Cooperative."

Herrman, Timothy J.,

Grain Industry Alliance, $30,000, "Pre-Harvest Prediction of Wheat End-Use Quality."

Hosni, Mohammad H.,

and Beck, B. Terry, Ford Motor Company, $56,863, "PIV/LDV Measurements of Air Distribution Around a Heated Manikin."

Hulbert, Scot H., Trick, Harold N.,

and Leach, Jan E., US Department of Agriculture, $65,000, "Isolation of Maize Genes Controlling Defense Reactions to Pathogens of Cereals."

Jackson, William L.,

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $3,602, "Radio Community Service Grant."

Knapp, Alan K., Blair, John M.,

and Briggs, John M., National Science Foundation, $560,000, "Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie: The Konza LTER Program."

Kramer, Bradley,

National Institute of Standards and Technology, $37,993, "MAMTC Regional Office."

Perchellet, Jean-Pierre H.,

and Hua, Duy H., US Department of Health and Human Services, $74,928, "High Throughput Screening and Target Identification."

Ramaswamy, Sonny B.,

Tougaloo College, $2,500, "Tougaloo College Project."

Rathbone, Donald E.,

and Riblett, Carl O., Kansas State University Foundation, $50,000, "LeRoy C. Paslay Singing Tower Project."

Robel, Robert J.,

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $3,362, "Use of Sandsage Habitat by Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Southwestern Kansas."

Russell, Eugene R.,

US Department of Transportation, $102,577, "Traffic Assistance Services for Kansas."

Russell, Eugene R.,

and Rys, Malgorzata J., US Department of Transportation, $15,000, "Further Study of Roundabouts."

Snead, Bruce C.,

US Environmental Protection Agency, $6,060, "Michigan Radon Workshop."

Todd, Scott C.,

and Baures, Paul W., US Department of Health and Human Services, $273,409, "H2-Receptor and Tetraspanins as Novel Cancer Therapy Targets."

Wang, Xuemin,

US Department of Agriculture, $130,000, "Characterizing Functions of Multiple Phospholipase Ds in Arabidopsis."

White, Stephen E., Goodin, Douglas G., Harrington, Jr., John A., Lu, Max, Kromm, David E.,

and Harrington, Lisa M., National Science Foundation, $50,000, "Infrastructure to Develop a Human-Environment Regional Observatory Network."
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