Kansas State University

Allen, Ben W., Kansas Department of Commerce, $23,600, "Agri Tourism."

Arck, Shirley T., University of Kansas, $3,600, "Pharm.D. Clerkship."

Aslin, Raymond G., US Department of Agriculture, $25,000, "Forest Land Enhancement Program 2005."

Bhadriraju, Subramanyam, Alavi, Sajid, and Huang, Fangneng, US Department of Agriculture, $20,000, "Development and Implementation of a Thermal Death Kinetic Model for Management of Indianmeal Moth and Red Flour Beetle in Food Processing Environments."

Boland, Michael A., US Department of Agriculture, $50,000, "USDA Agricultural Marketing Resource Center."

Brown, Susan J., Beeman, Richard W., and Park, Yoonseong, US Department of Health and Human Services, $45,500, "Tissue-Specific cDNA Libraries in Tribolium castaneum."

Brown, Susan J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $41,262, "Developing Advanced Statistical Tools for Microarray Data Analysis with Potential Applications to Lipodomics and Proteomics."

Buschman, Larry L., Higgins, Randall A., Schapaugh Jr, William T., Sloderbeck, Phillip E., Trick, Harold N., and Witt, Merle D., Kansas Soybean Commission, $26,223, "Biology and Management of the Soybean Stem Borer in Kansas."

Chapman, Kirby S., and Keshavarz, Ali, US Department of Energy, $87,168, "Performance, Efficiency, and Emissions Characterization of Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines Fueled with Hydrogen/Natural Gas Blends."

Collinson, Maryanne M., National Science Foundation, $150,000, "Enhancing the Performance and Applications of Sol-Gel Derived Materials via Template Based Strategies."

Corwin, Kristan L., National Science Foundation, $400,000, "Fiber-Based Optical Frequency Standards Characterized with Optical Frequency Combs."

Culbertson, Christopher T., American Chemical Society, $4,900, "Fabrication of Novel Sol-Gel Modified Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Microfluidic Devices with High Electroosmotic Mobilities and Hydrophilic Channel Wall Characteristics."

DeLuccie, Mary L., US Department of Agriculture, $828, "Federal Aid in Support of the Child and Adult Care Food Program."

Devlin, Daniel L., and Hargrove, William L., US Environmental Protection Agency, $85,140, "Little Arkansas Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS)."

Dzewaltowski, David A., US Department of Agriculture, $900,000, "Healthy Out-of-School Places Overweight Prevention Project."

Fingland, Roger B., US Department of Defense, $3,250, "US Army Veterinary Command, Fort Riley Commanding General's Color Guard."

Goff, Briana S., and Griffin, Charles L., US Department of Health and Human Services, $90,000, "Kansas All Hazards Behavioral Health Plan."

Hancock, Lynn E., US Department of Health and Human Services, $59,200, "Genetics of Capsule Synthesis in Enterococcus faecalis."

Hargrove, William L., US Department of the Interior, $92,412, "Kansas Water Resources Research Institute."

Hargrove, William L., US Environmental Protection Agency, $142,230, "Water Quality Improvement Through Service Learning."

Haub, Mark D., American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $67,788, "Exercise on Postprandial Inflammation and Lipemia in Overweight Men."

Haub, Mark D., Bally Total Fitness, $15,000, "Protein Source on Post-Exercise Fractional Synthesis Rates in Skeletal Muscle."

Hulbert, Scot H., and Nelson, James, US Department of Agriculture, $89,956, "Coordinated Research, Education, and Extension Project for the Application of Genomic Discoveries to Improve Rice in the United States."

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, US Department of Defense, $250,000, "III-Nitride UV Optoelectronic Devices for Bio-Agents Detection."

Jiang, Hongxing, and Lin, Jingyu, US Department of Defense, $122,445, "Wide Bandgap III-Nitride Micro- and Nano-Photonics."

Johannes, Elaine M., and Fink, Carol J., US Department of Agriculture, $134,000, "New Communities Project - Kansas Teen Leadership for Physically Active Lifestyles."

Kanost, Michael R., Beeman, Richard W., and Kramer, Karl J., National Science Foundation, $230,000, "Protein Cross-Linking Reactions for Insect Cuticle Sclerotization."

Kilgore, Gary L., and Fogleman, Sarah L., Kansas Soybean Commission, $11,180, "Soybean Educational Program in Southeast Kansas."

Klocke, Norman L., and Dumler, Troy, Kansas Soybean Commission, $8,260, "Water Savings from Crop Residues in Irrigated Soybeans."

Korten, Marianne, and Moore, Charles N., Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, $2,000, "Prairie Analysis Seminar 2004-2005."

Kuhn, William B., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $66,218, "Proximity Microtransceiver for Interoperable Mars Communications."

Lee, Charles D., Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $10,285, "Extension Education Position Support."

Leslie, John F., US Agency for International Development, $30,200, "Diversity in Fusarium Species Causing Stalk and Ear Rot of Maize and Sorghum in West Africa."

McCullough, Elizabeth A., US Department of Defense, $51,155, "Evaluation of New Clothing Technologies for Military Applications."

McGregor, Douglas S., US Department of Defense, $3,500, "Coated SiC Neutron Detectors."

Michaud, John P., National Sunflower Association, $10,011, "Impact Assessment of Dectes texanus in Sunflower."

Minton, J. Ernest, and Erickson, Howard H., United Feeds, $56,849, "Effects of Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage."

Moro, Manuel H., US Department of Health and Human Services, $16,125, "Lyme Borreliosis and Babesial Coinfection."

Murphy, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $375,820, "Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service."

Najjar, Yacoub M., Kansas Department of Transportation, $65,000, "Mining the Kansas Traffic-Crash Database to Extract and Discover New Useful Correlations (Phase II)."

Nelson, Richard G., and Snead, Bruce C., Kansas Corporation Commission, $16,425, "Kansas Energy Extension Service."

Paukert, Craig, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $14,975, "Wildlife Surveys and Research: Assessment of Streams on Public Lands."

Pei, Zhijian, National Science Foundation, $14,588, "Fundamental Research on Silicon Wafer Fine Grinding to Foster a Quantum Leap in Manufacturing of Silicon Wafers."

Peterman, Robert J., High Concrete Structures, Inc., $34,700, "Evaluating the Bond Performance of Self-Consolidating Concrete in Prestressing Applications."

Peterson, Dallas E., Janssen, Keith A., and Kilgore, Gary L., Kansas Soybean Commission, $7,000, "Residual Weed Control with Conventional Herbicides in Roundup Ready Soybeans."

Peterson, Jeffrey M., Kansas Water Office, $26,665, "Evaluation of Water Conservation from More Efficient Irrigation Systems."

Phebus, Randall K., Marsden, James L., and Tanus, Carlos A., American Meat Institute Foundation, $95,000, "Elimination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. on Beef Trimmings Prior to Grinding Using a Controlled Phase Carbon Dioxide System: Process Validation and Quality Determinations after Packaging and Retail Display."

Ramaswamy, Sonny B., and Pszczolkowski, Maciej A., US Department of Health and Human Services, $45,500, "Signal Transduction from Juvenile Hormone to Ion Pumps."

Reid, William R., Kansas Nut Growers Association, $1,000, "Pecan Cultivar Evaluation."

Rezac, Mary E., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $19,367, "Nanoporous Separators for Lithium-Ion Batteries."

Rice, Charles W., Todd, Timothy C., and Wilson, Gail T., National Science Foundation, $100,000, "Grazer-Mycorrhizal Interactions in Tallgrass Prairie: Effects on Carbon and Nitrogen Partitioning and Sequestration."

Rowland, Raymond R. R., US Department of Agriculture, $12,871, "Management of PRRS Persistence: Identification of Persistently Infected Swine."

Schlegel, Alan J., Dumler, Troy, and Stone, Loyd R., Kansas Soybean Commission, $8,000, "Irrigated Cropping Systems to Reduce Groundwater Depletion While Sustaining Profitability."

Shanteau, James C., US Department of Defense, $81,285, "Performance Evaluation of Expert Teams in Technological Environments."

Shanteau, James C., and Crow, Janis J., National Science Foundation, $9,106, "Doctoral Dissertation Research in Decision, Risk and Management Sciences: Examining Processes for Unstructural Decision Making."

Sorensen, Christopher M., and Chakrabarti, Amitabha, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $108,998, "Aggregation in Dense Systems: Crossover from Cluster-Cluster-Aggregation to Percolation."

Staggenborg, Scott A., and Dhuyvetter, Kevin C., Kansas Soybean Commission, $24,500, "Determining Profitable Soybean Planting Systems in Kansas."

Stokes, Robert W., US Department of Transportation, $74,657, "Traffic Assistance Services for Kansas."

Taylor, Russell D., and Sobering, Timothy J., Kintec, Inc., $741, "General Maintenance for Digital Brake Controller."

Taylor, Russell D., and Sobering, Timothy J., Kintec, Inc., $6,554, "General Maintenance for Digital Brake Controller - Phase 2."

Uhlarik, John J., US Department of Transportation, $100,000, "Validating the Certification Assessment Tool (CAT) and Developing the Menu Structure Assessment Tool."

Warner, Thomas D., and McElwain, Scott K., Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau, $500, "Tourism Site Brochures."

Welti, Ruth, Rintoul, David A., Shah, Jyoti, and Sun, X. Susan, National Science Foundation, $123,150, "Establishment of the Lipidomics Research Center at Kansas State University."

Whaley, Paul M., Electric Power Research Institute, $60,000, "EPRI/DOE/KSU Nuclear Engineering Education Program."

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