Kansas State University

Aakeroy, Christer B., National Science Foundation, $143,000, "Developing Supramolecular Synthesis: From Molecular Function to Supramolecular Assembly."

Andresen, Daniel A., National Science Foundation, $448, "SOAP Optimization via Client-Side Caching - Kiran Kumar Devaram."

Andresen, Daniel A., National Science Foundation, $428, "Distributed Logging in Java with Constrained Resource Usage - Sunil Brown Varghese."

Aslin, Raymond G., US Department of Agriculture, $1,441,446, "Consolidated Payment Grant 2003."

Banerjee, Anindya, National Science Foundation, $64,913, "Type Systems and Program Analyses for Secure and Reliable Interactive Web Services."

Bremer, Dale J., National Science Foundation, $48,250, "Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in Turfgrass: Effects of Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization Rates."

Buschman, Larry L., Syngenta, $8,000, "Lepidopteran Insect Control."

Chun, Ruthanne, and DeBey, Brad M., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $78,600, "Normalize Metabolic Abnormalities and Inhibit Recurrence of Tumors in Dogs with Mammary Cancer."

Clem, Rollie J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $10,000, "K-BRIN Faculty Scholar Award."

Cully, Jr., Jack F., US Department of Health and Human Services, $51,271, "Landscape Effects on Disease Dynamics in Prairie Dogs."

Dandu, Raju, Philips Lighting Company, $5,448, "Philips Lighting Summer Project."

Dille, Johanna A., Kastens, Terry, Staggenborg, Scott A., Stahlman, Phillip W., Taylor, Randal K., Wolf, Robert E., and Zhang, Naiqian, US Department of Agriculture, $17,402, "Implementing Practical and Cost-Effective Approaches to Site-Specific Weed Management."

Erickson, Larry E., and Guikema, James A., US Department of Defense, $952,000, "Urban Operations Laboratory Research."

Erickson, Larry E., and Spears, Jacqueline D., US Agency for International Development, $125,000, "Media Relations for Science Reporting and Environmental Advocacy: Facilitating Higher Education Leadership and Administrative Transformation at Gorno-Altaisk State University."

Estabrooks, Paul A., and Bradshaw, Michael H., American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $120,966, "Developing a Self-Sustaining Physical Activity Program for Under-Served Older Adults."

Fenwick, Bradley W., Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, $53,100, "Molecular Approaches for Improving the Greyhounds Immune Response, Reproductive Efficiency, and Racing Performance: Breeding the Optiimal Histocompatibility Genotypes."

Garrett, Laura D., and Chun, Ruthanne, Cummings, Nathan, Foundation, $35,000, "Clinical Trial Evaluating Piroxicam in the Treatment of Naturally Occurring Osteosarcoma."

Greene, Kathleen V., US Department of Education, $240,043, "Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program."

Gruenbacher, Don M., National Science Foundation, $500, "Performance of Spread OFDM with LDPC Coding in Outdoor Environments - Ali Serener."

Gyurcsik, Nancy C., and Brittain, Danielle R., Lesbian Health Fund, $3,940, "Barriers to Physical Activity in Healthy Adult Lesbians."

Hargrove, William L., US Department of the Interior, $84,234, "Kansas Water Resources Research Institute."

Hargrove, William L., US Environmental Protection Agency, $69,226, "E.A.R.T.H. Part 3: Program Expansion Project."

Higgins, Daniel A., and Collinson, Maryanne M., National Science Foundation, $107,000, "Single Molecule Spectroscopy Studies of the Nanoscale Properties of Microporous/Mesoporous Silicate Films Prepared by the Sol-Gel Process."

Higgins, Randall A., National Science Foundation, $500, "2003 Entomology Society of America Annual Meeting - Huarong Li."

Hohn, Keith L., US Department of Energy, $70,584, "X-Ray Absorption Studies of Vanadium-Containing Metal Oxide Nanocrystals."

Holl, Jack M., Kansas State University Foundation, $40,000, "Institute for Military History and 20th Century Studies."

Hosni, Mohammad H., Beck, B. Terry, and Jones, Byron W., Boeing Company, $10,000, "Large Eddy Simulation Validation Lab Tests."

Howard, John E., Kansas Wheat Commission, $200,000, "International Grains Program Support Project."

Hunter, Robert P., and Isaza, Ramiro, Busch Entertainment Corporation, $5,104, "Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism of Butorphanol in Elephants (Elephas maximus)."

Jang, Soocheong, Travel and Tourism Research Association, $2,300, "Mitigating Travel Market Seasonality: An Application of Financial Portfolio Theory."

Janke, Rhonda R., and Powell, G. Morgan, US Environmental Protection Agency, $69,923, "Towards Meeting Kansas TMDL Goals: Education Combined with Volunteer Soil and Water Testing for Enhanced Natural Resource Stewardship."

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, US Department of Defense, $175,000, "III-Nitride UV Optoelectronic Devices for Bio-Agents Detection."

Kane, Mary R., Kansas State Department of Education, $70,604, "FFA-YF/YFW Organizations."

Landman, E. Dean, Dissanayake, Sunanda, and Knapp, Mary C., Kansas Department of Transportation, $60,000, "Road Weather Forecast Quality Analysis."

Leach, Jan E., Hei, Leung, and Hulbert, Scot H., US Department of Agriculture, $300,000, "Contribution of Three Defense Response Genes in Quantitative Disease Resistance."

Lee, E. Stanley, and Pei, Zhijian, National Science Foundation, $500, "Application of Fuzzy Adaptive Networks in Manufacturing: Waviness Removal in Grinding of Wire-Sawn Silicon Wafers - Yue Jiao."

Lin, Jingyu, and Jiang, Hongxing, US Department of Defense, $87,000, "III - Nitrides Growth, Chracterization, and Devices for High Power Electronic Device and Deep UV Sensor Applications."

Lin, Jingyu, and Jiang, Hongxing, US Department of Defense, $500,000, "Instrumentation for III-Nitride Micro-photonics and Electronics Materials and Devices Research."

Muthukrishnan, Subbarat, Beeman, Richard W., Kanost, Michael R., and Kramer, Karl J., National Science Foundation, $246,167, "Molecular Genetic and Functional Analysis of Chitin Synthase during Insect Development."

Nicolaysen, Kirsten E., National Science Foundation, $53,811, "Do Sediment Melts Contribute to the Lavas of Yunaska Island, Aleutian Arc, Alaska?."

Norris-Baker, Carolyn, US Department of Health and Human Services, $6,000, "Central Plains Geriatric Education Center."

Norton-Meier, Lori A., and Goodson, F. Todd, US Department of Education, $38,000, "Flint Hills Writing Project."

Pei, Zhijian, General Electric Company, $9,541, "Development of New Ultrasonic Techniques."

Pei, Zhijian, Strasbaugh, Inc., $30,000, "Wafer Grinding."

Rahman, Talat S., National Science Foundation, $105,000, "Theoretical Studies of Chemisorption of Metal Surfaces."

Rahman, Talat S., US Department of Energy, $50,000, "Structure, Vibrational Dynamics, and Thermodynamics of Metal Surfaces."

Rankin, Charles I., US Department of Education, $733,652, "Midwest Equity Assistant Center."

Reid, William R., University of Missouri, $7,500, "Missouri Pecan Growers."

Sandercock, Brett K., National Science Foundation, $491, "Tenth Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society - Tony Mong."

Schinstock, Dale E., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $31,744, "Electromechanical Systems Laboratory - Infrastructure Improvement, KSU."

Schrock, Mark D., National Science Foundation, $386, "Durability of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Valve in Precision Anhydrous Ammonia Application - Ganesh Bora."

Schultz, Bruce D., US Department of Health and Human Services, $27,042, "Synthetic Peptide Modulator of Paracellular Conductance."

Shanklin, Carol W., and Huang, Hui-chun, Child Nutrition Foundation, $2,500, "Evaluation of the 'Breakfast by the Door' Program in St. Joseph, Missouri."

Sherwood, Peter M., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $611,965, "Kansas Defense 2010 Program."

Smith, Paul E., US Department of Health and Human Services, $10,000, "K-BRIN Faculty Scholar Award."

Stewart, George C., US Department of Health and Human Services, $126,631, "Control of Enterotoxin Gene Expression S. aureus."

Tang, Xiaoyan, and White, Frank F., US Department of Agriculture, $180,000, "Characterization of a Protein Phosphatase Type III Bacterial Effector from Xanthomonas."

Tucker, Jeffrey W., US Department of Defense, $5,090, "Solid Modeling of AGT1500 Accessory Gearbox."

Tuinstra, Mitchell R., and Kofoid, Kenneth D., US Department of Agriculture, $130,020, "Sorghum Research."

Uhlarik, John J., Chapes, Stephen K., Goodin, Douglas G., and Hubbard, Mary S., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $41,000, "Kansas Space Grant Consortium."

Wallentine, Virgil E., National Science Foundation, $500, "2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications - Liubo Chen."

Zhang, Naiqian, National Science Foundation, $398, "Wireless Sensor for Measuring Suspended-Sediment Concentration in Streams - Quentin Stoll."

Zhang, Naiqian, National Science Foundation, $249, "ASAE Annual International Meeting 2003 - Kyeong Hwan Lee."

Zhu, Kun Yan, National Science Foundation, $500, "Graduate Student Travel Award -Troy Anderson."