Research Awards, March 2004

Bloomquist, Leonard E., and Maes, Sue C., Council of Graduate Schools, $5,000, "Master's in Community Development: Model for Collaborative Inter-Institutional Degree."

Bollman, Stephan R., and Bailey, Gwen L., Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc, $13,085, "Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities."

Bolton, Timothy A., Sidwell, Ronald A., Stanton, Noel R., and von Toerne, Eckhard, National Science Foundation, $43,802, "Development of a Silicon Vertex Detector for the Higgs Search at the Tevatron Collider."

Bradshaw, Michael H., United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, $23,705, "K-State Extension Stroke Prevention Project."

Broce, Alberto B., US Department of Health and Human Services, $16,000, "West Nile Surveillance in the State of Kansas (ELC Program: West Nile Virus)."

Chapman, Kirby S., Gas Research Institute, $87,500, "Port Flow Design to Enhance Energy Mixing."

Chumley, Forrest G., US Department of Agriculture, $269,008, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement." (4 awards)

Chun, Ruthanne, Heska Corporation, $8,938, "Canine Interleukin-2-Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin Immunotherapy."

Cocke, Charles L., US Department of Energy, $2,560,000, "Structure and Dynamics of Atoms, Ions, Molecules, and Surfaces."

DeLoach, Scott A., National Science Foundation, $450,000, "Autonomous Reorganization of Cooperative Robotic Teams for Robustness."

DeLuccie, Mary L., US Department of Agriculture, $1,427, "Federal Aid in Support of the Child and Adult Care Food Program."

Dunn, William L., National Academy for Nuclear Training, $14,000, "National Academy for Nuclear Training Fellowship."

Dwyer, Matthew B., Hatcliff, John M., Mizuno, Masaaki, and Singh, Gurdip, US Department of Defense, $849,693, "Technologies, Development Tools, and Patterns for Automatic Generation and Customization of Adaptable DRE Middleware."

Erickson, Larry E., and Guikema, James A., US Department of Defense, $2,008,000, "Urban Operations Laboratory Research."

Flaherty, Roberta D., National Academic Advising Association, $903,000, "National Academic Advising Association Executive Office."

Freeman, Lisa C., and Blecha, Frank, Merck & Company, Inc., $19,900, "Veterinary Research Scholars."

Gido, Keith B., US Department of the Interior, $41,000, "Kansas State University's Involvement in the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program."

Gipson, Philip S., Althoff, Donald P., and Pontius, Jeffrey S., US Department of the Interior, $189,573, "Land Condition Trend Analysis on Fort Riley."

Greene, Kathleen V., National Science Foundation, $14,225, "McNair Scholars EPSCoR Undergraduate Research."

Guikema, James A., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $5,000, "Kansas NASA EPSCoR 2000 Program."

Guikema, James A., National Physical Science Consortium, $16,000, "NPSC Graduate Fellowship - Daniel Bayouth."

Gyurcsik, Nancy C., US Department of Health and Human Services, $11,693, "Data Analysis of Arthritis Program Leader Surveys."

Hargrove, William L., US Department of the Interior, $92,524, "Kansas Water Resources Research Institute."

Harkin, Kenneth R., Fort Dodge Animal Health, $5,840, "Duration of Urinary Shedding of Leptospires in Dogs After Recovery from Clinical Leptospirosis."

Harnett, R. Michael, US Department of Defense, $29,922, "Part-Time M.S. Program in Industrial Engineering - Spring 2004."

Hayter, Richard B., US Department of Education, $8,748, "Inter-University Program in Human Resources Training in Computational Mechanics."

Herman, Michael A., National Science Foundation, $800, "Faculty Travel Award to Attend the IGERT Assistance Workshop."

Herrera, Socorro G., US Department of Education, $10,000, "Project ABC."

Hsu, William H., AIdentity Matrix Medical, Inc., $50,000, "Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Medical Imaging."

Johnson, Loretta C., National Science Foundation, $800, "Faculty Travel Award to Attend the IGERT Assistance Workshop."

Jumpponen, Ari M., National Science Foundation, $268,838, "Fungal Significance of 'Dark Septate' Endophytes in Grassland and Meadow Ecosystems of Western North America."

Kapil, Sanjay, and Oberst, Richard D., US Department of Energy, $40,000, "Evaluation of the Antiviral Efficacy and Viral Adsorption of Sandia Chemical Formulations."

Langemeier, Michael R., US Department of Agriculture, $17,638, "Cost Production Studies for Corn and Wheat Grown in Kansas."

Leslie, John F., American Society for Microbiology, $8,185, "Editor Position for Applied and Environmental Microbiology."

Levy, Christopher J., National Science Foundation, $500,000, "Helical Catalysts for Asymmetric Oxidations."

Maatta, Eric A., US Department of Energy, $112,000, "New Vistas for Functionalized Polyoxometalates."

McCullough, Elizabeth A., W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., $10,000, "Development of a Multifunctional Airflow Hood for a Sweating Hot Plate."

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

Murray, Ann D., Tobacco Settlement, $6,212, "Smart Start Local Evaluation Plan."

Muthukrishnan, Subbarat, Beeman, Richard W., Kanost, Michael R., and Kramer, Karl J., National Science Foundation, $7,125, "Molecular Genetic and Functional Analysis of Chitin Synthase during Insect Development."

Nelson, Richard G., Rice, Charles W., Staggenborg, Scott A., and Williams, Jeffery R., US Department of Energy, $10,000, "National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System."

Pei, Zhijian, General Electric Company, $10,319, "Development of New Ultrasonic Techniques."

Pei, Zhijian, Desano, Inc., $7,938, "Reengineering Business Model: Improving Efficiency, Productivity and Decreasing Cost."

Poole, David C., US Department of Health and Human Services, $804, "Minority Predoctoral Fellowship - Danielle J. Padilla."

Rowland, Raymond R. R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $58,400, "Structure and Nucleolar Function of SARS N Protein."

Schinstock, Dale E., National Science Foundation, $15,683, "Electromechanical Systems Lab Infrastructure Improvement, KSU."

Schultz, Bruce D., Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $64,800, "HCO3 Secretion by Human and Porcine Epithelia."

Seib, Paul A., US Department of Agriculture, $87,600, "Development of Prediction Models for Wheat Quality Parameters."

Shanklin, Carol W., and Huang, Hui-chun, Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society, $2,000, "Factors Affecting Service Quality Perception and Residents' Behavioral Intention to Utilize Foodservice in Assisted Living Facilities."

Smith, Sheri L., City of La Vista, Nebraska, $300, "Infrastructure Planning and Development Review for the City of LaVista, Nebraska."

Sorensen, Christopher M., and Chakrabarti, Amitabha, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $102,955, "Aggregation in Dense Systems: Crossover from Cluster-Cluster-Aggregation to Percolation."

Starrett, Steven K., and Bhandari, Alok, US Golf Association, $30,000, "Measuring Nutrient Losses Via Runoff from an Established Golf Course."

Stephens, Sutton F., Federal Emergency Management Agency, $45,000, "Evaluating Tornado Refuge Areas Workshop."

Steward, David R., National Science Foundation, $800, "Kansas NSF EPSCoR Travel Grant."

Stokes, Robert W., US Department of Transportation, $66,584, "Traffic Assistance Services for Kansas."

Sun, X. Susan, and Seib, Paul A., US Department of Energy, $45,000, "High-Strength Degradable Plastic From Starch And Poly(Lactic Acid)."

Turner, Tracy M., and Tsoodle, Leah J., US Department of Housing and Urban Development, $15,000, "Impact of Preferential Assessment on Housing Affordability."

Wang, Weiqun, Baybutt, Richard C., Deng, Youping, Haub, Mark D., and Yang, Shie-Shien, US Department of Health and Human Services, $229,950, "Weight Control, Cell Signaling and Cancer Prevention."

Wang, Youqi, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $53,360, "Stiffness and Strength of Polymer Network and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Network."

Weiss, Mark L., US Department of Health and Human Services, $58,200, "Cytokines and Sympathetic Activation in Heart Failure."

Wilde, Gerald E., Monsanto Company, $7,000, "Corn Rootworm Efficacy of MON 88017."

Zolkiewska, Anna, US Department of Health and Human Services, $219,000, "Molecular Analysis of Metalloprotease Disintegrin ADAM12."