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Research Awards, June 2016 

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Fox, John "Sean" A., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Schroeder, Ted C., Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tonsor, Glynn T., and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $43,711, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Griffin, Terry W., Cotton, Inc., $20,000, "Analysis System and Tools for Community Data." 

Griffin, Terry W., Adee, Eric A. (Agronomy), Ciampitti, Ignacio (Agronomy), Duncan, Stewart R. (Northeast Area Office), Lin, Xiaomao (Agronomy), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $1,495, "The Quest of 100-Bushel Soybean: On-Farm Approach." 

Pendell, Dustin L., Schroeder, Ted C., and Tonsor, Glynn T., US Department of Agriculture, $79,500, "Addressing National Needs in the Economics of Food Security through Animal Health and Biosecurity." 

Schroeder, Ted C., Pendell, Dustin L., and Tonsor, Glynn T., US Department of Agriculture, "Addressing National Needs in the Economics of Food Security through Animal Health and Biosecurity." 

Schroeder, Ted C., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A., Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tonsor, Glynn T., and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $21,856, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Taylor, Mykel R., and Tonsor, Glynn T., US Department of Agriculture, $241,000, "Meeting the Need for M.S. and Ph.D's Trained in the Tesa of Agricultural Management and Economics." 

Tonsor, Glynn T., Pendell, Dustin L., and Schroeder, Ted C., US Department of Agriculture, "Addressing National Needs in the Economics of Food Security through Animal Health and Biosecurity." 

Tonsor, Glynn T., and Taylor, Mykel R., US Department of Agriculture, "Meeting the Need for M.S. and Ph.D's Trained in the Tesa of Agricultural Management and Economics." 

Tonsor, Glynn T., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A., Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Schroeder, Ted C., Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $43,711, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER-HAYS

Stahlman, Phillip W., Monsanto Company, $8,400, "Service Order #42." 

Stahlman, Phillip W., Monsanto Company, $20,400, "Service Order No. 37." 

Stahlman, Phillip W., Monsanto Company, $6,000, "Servide Order #40." 

Zhang, Guorong, Kansas Wheat Commission, $137,000, "Development of New Hard Red and Hard White Winter Wheat Varieties with Improved Levels of Disease Resistance for Western Kansas." 

Zhang, Guorong, DeWolf, Erick D. (Plant Pathology), Friebe, Bernd (Plant Pathology), Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), and Gill, Bikram S. (Plant Pathology), Kansas Wheat Commission, $3,000, "Disease Phenotyping: Determining the Reaction of Wheat Lines to Important Diseases." 

Zhang, Guorong, Kansas Wheat Commission, $32,000, "Pyramiding Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Resistance Genes and Development of High Temperature Resistance." 

AGRONOMY

Adee, Eric A., Little, Christopher R. (Plant Pathology), and Presley, DeAnn R., Kansas Soybean Commission, $3,657, "Influences of Irrigation Regimes, Planting Date, and Soil Compaction Upon SDS in Kansas." 

Adee, Eric A., Ciampitti, Ignacio, Duncan, Stewart R. (Northeast Area Office), Griffin, Terry W. (Agricultural Economics), Lin, Xiaomao, and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $1,495, "The Quest of 100-Bushel Soybean: On-Farm Approach." 

Asebedo, Antonio R., Esser, Andrew R., Jagadish, Krishna, Roozeboom, Kraig L., Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., and Schapaugh Jr, William T., Kansas Soybean Commission, $19,706, "Breaking Barriers: Developing Tools for Moving Kansas Irrigated Soybeans Beyond 70 Bushels per Acre." 

Ciampitti, Ignacio, Presley, DeAnn R., Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $2,140, "Cover Crop Effects on Soybean Yield." 

Ciampitti, Ignacio, Adee, Eric A., Duncan, Stewart R. (Northeast Area Office), Griffin, Terry W. (Agricultural Economics), Lin, Xiaomao, and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $22,421, "The Quest of 100-Bushel Soybean: On-Farm Approach." 

Ciampitti, Ignacio, and Simon, Zachary G. (County Agents - Metropolitan Sector), United Sorghum Checkoff Program, $5,000, "Sorghum Fungicide Research - Kansas." 

Cramer, Gary L., Foster, Anserd J. (Southwest Area Office), Lollato, Romulo P., and Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $5,820, "Kansas Yield-Enhancing Strategies (KYES). The Partial Contribution of Management Practices." 

Esser, Andrew R., Asebedo, Antonio R., Jagadish, Krishna, Roozeboom, Kraig L., Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., and Schapaugh Jr, William T., Kansas Soybean Commission, $4,927, "Breaking Barriers: Developing Tools for Moving Kansas Irrigated Soybeans Beyond 70 Bushels per Acre." 

Fritz, Allan K., DeWolf, Erick D. (Plant Pathology), Friebe, Bernd (Plant Pathology), Gill, Bikram S. (Plant Pathology), and Zhang, Guorong (Agricultural Research Center-Hays), Kansas Wheat Commission, $3,000, "Disease Phenotyping: Determining the Reaction of Wheat Lines to Important Diseases." 

Fritz, Allan K., Kansas Wheat Commission, $50,000, "Implementation of Advanced Breeding Technologies." 

Fritz, Allan K., Kansas Wheat Commission, $255,000, "Improvement of Hard Winter Wheat for Kansas." 

Fritz, Allan K., Jagadish, Krishna, and Pagadala, P. V. Vara (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Strategies to Develop Wheat Genotypes to Beat Post-Flowering Heat and Drought Stress." 

Fritz, Allan K., Fellers, John P. (Plant Pathology), and Trick, Harold N. (Plant Pathology), Kansas Wheat Commission, $10,000, "Transgenic Approaches for Trait Enhancement in Wheat." 

Fritz, Allan K., Lollato, Romulo P., and Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $2,105, "Wheat Nutrient Uptake and Partitioning as Affected by Era of Variety Release and Balanced Nutrition." 

Jagadish, Krishna, and Pagadala, P. V. Vara (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, $15,000, "Improving Pearl Millet Productivity for Smallholder Resilience to Climate Change in Niger." 

Jagadish, Krishna, Asebedo, Antonio R., Esser, Andrew R., Roozeboom, Kraig L., Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., and Schapaugh Jr, William T., Kansas Soybean Commission, $9,853, "Breaking Barriers: Developing Tools for Moving Kansas Irrigated Soybeans Beyond 70 Bushels per Acre." 

Jagadish, Krishna, Fritz, Allan K., and Pagadala, P. V. Vara (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), Kansas Wheat Commission, $45,000, "Strategies to Develop Wheat Genotypes to Beat Post-Flowering Heat and Drought Stress." 

Knapp, Mary C., DeWolf, Erick D. (Plant Pathology), and Redmond, Christopher A., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $3,800, "Kansas Wheat Dashboard: Information about Emerging Stripe Bust Epidemics and Other Threats to Wheat Production." 

Lin, Xiaomao, Little, Christopher R. (Plant Pathology), Presley, DeAnn R., Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $154, "Soybean Production Systems to Control Charcoal Rot and Other Soil-Born Diseases." 

Lin, Xiaomao, Adee, Eric A., Ciampitti, Ignacio, Duncan, Stewart R. (Northeast Area Office), Griffin, Terry W. (Agricultural Economics), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $1,495, "The Quest of 100-Bushel Soybean: On-Farm Approach." 

Lollato, Romulo P., Cramer, Gary L., Foster, Anserd J. (Southwest Area Office), and Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $5,820, "Kansas Yield-Enhancing Strategies (KYES). The Partial Contribution of Management Practices." 

Lollato, Romulo P., Kansas Wheat Commission, $6,720, "K-State Wheat Extension Program: Wheat Management by Growth Stage Guide and General Extension Activities." 

Lollato, Romulo P., Fritz, Allan K., and Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $37,889, "Wheat Nutrient Uptake and Partitioning as Affected by Era of Variety Release and Balanced Nutrition." 

Lollato, Romulo P., and Foster, Anserd J. (Southwest Area Office), Monsanto Company, $10,425, "Service Order No. 39." 

Peterson, Dallas E., Dow AgroSciences, LLC, $4,000, "2015 University Cooperator Agreement for Enlist Corn and Enlist Soybean." 

Peterson, Dallas E., Monsanto Company, $21,000, "Service Order No. 41." 

Presley, DeAnn R., Ciampitti, Ignacio, Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $2,140, "Cover Crop Effects on Soybean Yield." 

Presley, DeAnn R., Adee, Eric A., and Little, Christopher R. (Plant Pathology), Kansas Soybean Commission, $3,657, "Influences of Irrigation Regimes, Planting Date, and Soil Compaction Upon SDS in Kansas." 

Presley, DeAnn R., Lin, Xiaomao, Little, Christopher R. (Plant Pathology), Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $154, "Soybean Production Systems to Control Charcoal Rot and Other Soil-Born Diseases." 

Redmond, Christopher A., DeWolf, Erick D. (Plant Pathology), and Knapp, Mary C., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $3,800, "Kansas Wheat Dashboard: Information about Emerging Stripe Bust Epidemics and Other Threats to Wheat Production." 

Roozeboom, Kraig L., Asebedo, Antonio R., Esser, Andrew R., Jagadish, Krishna, Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., and Schapaugh Jr, William T., Kansas Soybean Commission, $7,390, "Breaking Barriers: Developing Tools for Moving Kansas Irrigated Soybeans Beyond 70 Bushels per Acre." 

Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Asebedo, Antonio R., Esser, Andrew R., Jagadish, Krishna, Roozeboom, Kraig L., and Schapaugh Jr, William T., Kansas Soybean Commission, $4,927, "Breaking Barriers: Developing Tools for Moving Kansas Irrigated Soybeans Beyond 70 Bushels per Acre." 

Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Cramer, Gary L., Foster, Anserd J. (Southwest Area Office), and Lollato, Romulo P., Kansas Wheat Commission, $5,820, "Kansas Yield-Enhancing Strategies (KYES). The Partial Contribution of Management Practices." 

Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Fritz, Allan K., and Lollato, Romulo P., Kansas Wheat Commission, $2,105, "Wheat Nutrient Uptake and Partitioning as Affected by Era of Variety Release and Balanced Nutrition." 

Schapaugh Jr, William T., Asebedo, Antonio R., Esser, Andrew R., Jagadish, Krishna, Roozeboom, Kraig L., and Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A., Kansas Soybean Commission, $2,463, "Breaking Barriers: Developing Tools for Moving Kansas Irrigated Soybeans Beyond 70 Bushels per Acre." 

Schapaugh Jr, William T., Todd, Timothy C. (Plant Pathology), and Trick, Harold N. (Plant Pathology), Kansas Soybean Commission, $170,000, "Breeding and Management of Soybean for Improved Performance." 

Schapaugh Jr, William T., McCornack, Brian P. (Entomology), Smith, C. Michael (Entomology), and Whitworth, Robert "Jeff" J. (Entomology), Kansas Soybean Commission, $16,015, "Development of Genetic, Chemical and Population-based Tactics to Manage Key Kansas Soybean Insect Pests." 

Schapaugh Jr, William T., Todd, Timothy C. (Plant Pathology), and Trick, Harold N. (Plant Pathology), Kansas Soybean Commission, $3,782, "Enhancement of Soybean Through Genetic Engineering." 

Stamm, Michael J., Great Plains Canola Association, Inc., $5,000, "Promoting Canola Production in the Southern Great Plains through Innovative Extension Education." 

Stamm, Michael J., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $5,000, "Enhancing Winter Survival of Canola." 

Thompson, Curtis R., Monsanto Company, $8,400, "Service Order No. 43." 

Tomlinson, Peter J., and George, Herschel C. (Ks Ctr for Ag Rsrces & the Env / Ks Water Rsrce Rsrch Inst), Kansas Department of Agriculture, $80,000, "Effectiveness of Short-term Poultry Litter Storage Option for Protecting Kansas Water Quality." 

ANIMAL SCIENCES AND INDUSTRY

Beyer, R. Scott, Campabadal Teran, Carlos (Grain Science and Industry), Miller, Brandi M. (Grain Science and Industry), and O'Neil III, Howard J. (Grain Science and Industry), US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $4,750, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 16KA01M54B." 

Blasi, Dale A., Merck Animal Health, $35,000, "Effects of Route of Mannheimia Haemolytica and Pasteurella Multocida Vaccine Administration on Morbidity, Mortality, and Growth Performance of Receiving Cattle." 

Bradford, Barry J., Diamond V Mills, Inc., $194,645, "Impact of NutroTek on Immune Function, Metabolic Status, and Performance of Transition Dairy Cattle." 

Bradford, Barry J., National Science Foundation, $197,958, "Collaborative Research: Inflamation as a Key Component of the Metabolic Adaptations to the Lactating State." 

Brouk, Micheal J., and Delamanha Mendonca, Luis G., Kansas Dairy Commission, $4,750, "Assessment of Sorghum Silage Berry Processing on Ruminal Starch Availability." 

Delamanha Mendonca, Luis G., and Brouk, Micheal J., Kansas Dairy Commission, $250, "Assessment of Sorghum Silage Berry Processing on Ruminal Starch Availability." 

Delamanha Mendonca, Luis G., Kansas Dairy Commission, $5,000, "Development of an Interactive Web-based Tool to Evaluate Key Performance Indicators of Kansas Dairy Herds." 

Delamanha Mendonca, Luis G., and Stevenson, Jeffrey S., Kansas Dairy Commission, $5,000, "Estrus Interval and Concentration of Estradiol after GnRH- or hCGinduced Ovulation in Dairy Heifers." 

DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., Hamlet Protein, Inc., $30,000, "Effect of Feeding Incressing Levels of HP 300 on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs." 

Goodband, Robert D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., Hamlet Protein, Inc., "Effect of Feeding Incressing Levels of HP 300 on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs." 

Phebus, Randall K., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $677,522, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Rozell, Timothy G., and Rhodes, Ashley E. (Biology), Kansas Dairy Commission, $3,750, "Comparison of Exercise Programs in Dairy Heifers to Reduce Heat Stress." 

Stevenson, Jeffrey S., Kansas Dairy Commission, $5,000, "Assessing Factors to Maximize Fertility in Lactating Dairy Cows Exposed to a Timed Artificial Insemination Progrram before First Postpartum Services." 

Stevenson, Jeffrey S., and Delamanha Mendonca, Luis G., Kansas Dairy Commission, "Estrus Interval and Concentration of Estradiol after GnRH- or hCG-induced Ovulation in Dairy Heifers." 

Stevenson, Jeffrey S., and Titgemeyer, Evan C., Nutriad, Inc., $3,600, "Initial Evaluation of Rumen-Protected Methionine Products (Nutriad)." 

Titgemeyer, Evan C., and Stevenson, Jeffrey S., Nutriad, Inc., $14,400, "Initial Evaluation of Rumen-Protected Methionine Products (Nutriad)." 

Tokach, Michael D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Woodworth, Jason C., Hamlet Protein, Inc., "Effect of Feeding Incressing Levels of HP 300 on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs." 

Woodworth, Jason C., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Tokach, Michael D., Hamlet Protein, Inc., "Effect of Feeding Incressing Levels of HP 300 on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs." 

COMMUNICATIONS

Ellis, Jason D., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $174,844, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

DEAN OF AGRICULTURE AND DIRECTOR OF AES

Pagadala, P. V. Vara, and Jagadish, Krishna (Agronomy), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, "Improving Pearl Millet Productivity for Smallholder Resilience to Climate Change in Niger." 

Pagadala, P. V. Vara, Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), and Jagadish, Krishna (Agronomy), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Strategies to Develop Wheat Genotypes to Beat Post- Flowering Heat and Drought Stress." 

ENTOMOLOGY

Cloyd, Raymond A., Dow AgroSciences, LLC, $5,000, "Evaluation Agreement." 

Cloyd, Raymond A., Gloeckner Foundation, Inc. (Fred C.), $15,000, "Effect of the Entomopathogenic Fungus, Beauveria Bassiana, and the Rove Beetle, Dalotia Coriatria, in Suppressing Populations of the Western Flower Thrips, Franliniella Accidentalis." 

Cloyd, Raymond A., Valent USA Corporation, $56,000, "Greenhouse Evaluation of Experimental Insecticide." 

Johnson, Wendy, McCornack, Brian P., Poland, Jesse A. (Plant Pathology), Rotenberg, Dorith (Plant Pathology), and Smith, C. Michael, Kansas Wheat Commission, "Integrative and Innovative Approaches to Diminish Barley Yellow Dwarf Epidemics in Kansas Wheat." 

McCormack, Gregory D., Kansas Soybean Commission, $48,750, "Agricultural Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) - Using Soybean as a Model System." 

McCornack, Brian P., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), Smith, C. Michael, and Whitworth, Robert "Jeff" J., Kansas Soybean Commission, $16,015, "Development of Genetic, Chemical and Population-based Tactics to Manage Key Kansas Soybean Insect Pests." 

McCornack, Brian P., Johnson, Wendy, Poland, Jesse A. (Plant Pathology), Rotenberg, Dorith (Plant Pathology), and Smith, C. Michael, Kansas Wheat Commission, $52,776, "Integrative and Innovative Approaches to Diminish Barley Yellow Dwarf Epidemics in Kansas Wheat." 

McCornack, Brian P., United Sorghum Checkoff Program, $31,000, "2016 Sugarcane Aphid (SCA) Research - Best Management Practices." 

Phillips, Thomas W., and Campabadal Teran, Carlos (Grain Science and Industry), Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $1,000, "Demonstrating a New Stored Wheat Cooling Technology for Improved Pest Control during On-Farm Storage." 

Phillips, Thomas W., US Department of Agriculture, $89,997, "Improved Trapping and Control Tools for Khapra Beetle." 

Ragland, Gregory, National Science Foundation, $128,671, "Collaboration Research: Testing for Physiological and Genetic Independence of Rapidly Evolving Lifecycle Components in the Apple Maggot, a Model for Seasonal Adaptation." 

Ruberson, John R., US Department of Agriculture, $60,000, "Biololgy of Dipteran Vectors of diseases Impacting Livestock and Humans." 

Smith, C. Michael, McCornack, Brian P., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), and Whitworth, Robert "Jeff" J., Kansas Soybean Commission, $16,015, "Development of Genetic, Chemical and Population-based Tactics to Manage Key Kansas Soybean Insect Pests." 

Smith, C. Michael, Johnson, Wendy, McCornack, Brian P., Poland, Jesse A. (Plant Pathology), and Rotenberg, Dorith (Plant Pathology), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Integrative and Innovative Approaches to Diminish Barley Yellow Dwarf Epidemics in Kansas Wheat." 

Smith, C. Michael, US Department of Agriculture, $147,735, "Principles Underlying the Spread of Sorghum Halepense, Toward its Containment and Mitigation." 

Whitworth, Robert "Jeff" J., McCornack, Brian P., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), and Smith, C. Michael, Kansas Soybean Commission, $16,015, "Development of Genetic, Chemical and Population-based Tactics to Manage Key Kansas Soybean Insect Pests." 

Zurek, Ludek, Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), and Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), US Department of Agriculture, $43,711, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

FOOD SCIENCE INSTITUTE

Kastner, Curtis L., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Cernicchiaro, Natalia (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Justin J. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Sanderson, Michael W. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $262,267, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

GRAIN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

Aldrich, Greg, Campabadal Teran, Carlos, and Miller, Brandi M., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $11,138, "Commercial Pet Food Industry for Veterinary Clinical Nutritionists Program." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Aldrich, Greg, and Miller, Brandi M., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $11,138, "Commercial Pet Food Industry for Veterinary Clinical Nutritionists Program." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, and Phillips, Thomas W. (Entomology), Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $9,000, "Demonstrating a New Stored Wheat Cooling Technology for Improved Pest Control during On-Farm Storage." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., O'Neil III, Howard J., and Smith, Gordon L., Kansas Soybean Commission, "Market Development Grant - International Grains Program." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., O'Neil III, Howard J., and Smith, Gordon L., Kansas Wheat Commission, "Market Development Grant - IGP Institute." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Jones, Cassandra K., and Stark, Charles, US Department of Agriculture, $657,690, "AMPLIFIES Ghana: Assisting Management in the Poutry and Layer Industries by Feed Improvement and Efficiency Strategies in Ghana." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Jones, Cassandra K., Miller, Brandi M., O'Neil III, Howard J., and Stark, Charles, US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $35,750, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: I6KA01M54A." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Beyer, R. Scott (Animal Sciences and Industry), Miller, Brandi M., and O'Neil III, Howard J., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $23,750, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 16KA01M54B." 

Jones, Cassandra K., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, and Stark, Charles, US Department of Agriculture, $657,690, "AMPLIFIES Ghana: Assisting Management in the Poutry and Layer Industries by Feed Improvement and Efficiency Strategies in Ghana." 

Jones, Cassandra K., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., O'Neil III, Howard J., and Stark, Charles, US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $7,150, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: I6KA01M54A." 

Miller, Brandi M., Aldrich, Greg, and Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $14,850, "Commercial Pet Food Industry for Veterinary Clinical Nutritionists Program." 

Miller, Brandi M., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, O'Neil III, Howard J., and Smith, Gordon L., Kansas Soybean Commission, "Market Development Grant - International Grains Program." 

Miller, Brandi M., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, O'Neil III, Howard J., and Smith, Gordon L., Kansas Wheat Commission, "Market Development Grant - IGP Institute." 

Miller, Brandi M., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Jones, Cassandra K., O'Neil III, Howard J., and Stark, Charles, US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $14,300, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: I6KA01M54A." 

Miller, Brandi M., Beyer, R. Scott (Animal Sciences and Industry), Campabadal Teran, Carlos, and O'Neil III, Howard J., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $9,500, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 16KA01M54B." 

O'Neil III, Howard J., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., and Smith, Gordon L., Kansas Soybean Commission, "Market Development Grant - International Grains Program." 

O'Neil III, Howard J., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., and Smith, Gordon L., Kansas Wheat Commission, "Market Development Grant - IGP Institute." 

O'Neil III, Howard J., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Jones, Cassandra K., Miller, Brandi M., and Stark, Charles, US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $7,150, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: I6KA01M54A." 

O'Neil III, Howard J., Beyer, R. Scott (Animal Sciences and Industry), Campabadal Teran, Carlos, and Miller, Brandi M., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $9,500, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 16KA01M54B." 

Regan, Rebecca A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $120,000, "Kansas Wheat Quality Lab: KAES Wheat Breeding Quality Evaluation Program 2016." 

Regan, Rebecca A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $4,000, "Preferred Hard Winter Wheat Varieties for Kansas 2016: Milling and Bread Baking Quality Rankings." 

Smith, Gordon L., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., and O'Neil III, Howard J., Kansas Soybean Commission, $100,000, "Market Development Grant - International Grains Program." 

Smith, Gordon L., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., and O'Neil III, Howard J., Kansas Wheat Commission, $100,000, "Market Development Grant - IGP Institute." 

Stark, Charles, Campabadal Teran, Carlos, and Jones, Cassandra K., US Department of Agriculture, $677,620, "AMPLIFIES Ghana: Assisting Management in the Poutry and Layer Industries by Feed Improvement and Efficiency Strategies in Ghana." 

Stark, Charles, Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Jones, Cassandra K., Miller, Brandi M., and O'Neil III, Howard J., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $7,150, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: I6KA01M54A." 

HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RECREATION RESOURCES

Blocksome, Carolyn E., US Department of the Interior, "Great Plains Fire Science Exchange." 

Fry, Jack D., CJ BIO America, $9,999, "CJ BioAmerica Research." 

Fry, Jack D., National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, Inc., $1,000, "2014 National Bentgrass (Fairway/Tee) Test; BTF-14-01." 

Fry, Jack D., National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, Inc., $1,500, "2014 National Bentgrass (Putting Green) Test; BTG-14-10." 

Fry, Jack D., National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, Inc., $1,500, "Research Support Agreement (Grant-in-Aid) for the 2013 National Bermudagrass Test BG-13-04." 

KS CTR FOR AG RSRCES & THE ENV / KS WATER RSRCE RSRCH INST Blocksome, Carolyn E., US Department of the Interior, $649,998, "Great Plains Fire Science Exchange." 

George, Herschel C., and Tomlinson, Peter J. (Agronomy), Kansas Department of Agriculture, "Effectiveness of Short-term Poultry Litter Storage Option for Protecting Kansas Water Quality." 

NORTHWEST RESEARCH EXTENSION CENTER

Aiken, Robert M., West Central, Inc., $8,160, "XLRate Trial." 

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Kane, Mary R., US Department of Education, $75,427, "FFA-YF/YFW Organization." 

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER

Akhunova, Alina, Akhunov, Eduard D. (Plant Pathology), and Gill, Bikram S. (Plant Pathology), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Whole Exome Re-sequencing of Grass Species Valuable for Wheat Breeding in Kansas." 

PLANT PATHOLOGY

Akhunov, Eduard D., Akhunova, Alina (Plant Biotechnology Center), and Gill, Bikram S., Kansas Wheat Commission, $60,000, "Whole Exome Re-sequencing of Grass Species Valuable for Wheat Breeding in Kansas." 

DeWolf, Erick D., Knapp, Mary C. (Agronomy), and Redmond, Christopher A. (Agronomy), Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $11,400, "Kansas Wheat Dashboard: Information about Emerging Stripe Bust Epidemics and Other Threats to Wheat Production." 

DeWolf, Erick D., Friebe, Bernd, Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), Gill, Bikram S., and Zhang, Guorong (Agricultural Research Center-Hays), Kansas Wheat Commission, $24,000, "Disease Phenotyping: Determining the Reaction of Wheat Lines to Important Diseases." 

DeWolf, Erick D., US Department of Agriculture, $36,300, "Acquisition of Goods and Services." 

DeWolf, Erick D., US Department of Agriculture, $86,424, "Prediction Models and Improved Pre-Harvest Estimates of Deoxynivalenol." 

Fellers, John P., Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), and Trick, Harold N., Kansas Wheat Commission, "Transgenic Approaches for Trait Enhancement in Wheat." 

Friebe, Bernd, Gill, Bikram S., and Koo, Dalhoe, Kansas Wheat Commission, $43,200, "Chromosome Engineering and Development of Wheat Germplasm Resistant to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus." 

Friebe, Bernd, DeWolf, Erick D., Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), Gill, Bikram S., and Zhang, Guorong (Agricultural Research Center-Hays), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Disease Phenotyping: Determining the Reaction of Wheat Lines to Important Diseases." 

Friebe, Bernd, and Gill, Bikram S., US Department of Agriculture, $9,754, "New Sources of Resistance to FHB and DON in Wheat." 

Gill, Bikram S., Heartland Plant Innovations, Inc., $50,000, "Partner Agreement for I/UCR." 

Gill, Bikram S., Friebe, Bernd, and Koo, Dalhoe, Kansas Wheat Commission, "Chromosome Engineering and Development of Wheat Germplasm Resistant to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus." 

Gill, Bikram S., DeWolf, Erick D., Friebe, Bernd, Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), and Zhang, Guorong (Agricultural Research Center-Hays), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Disease Phenotyping: Determining the Reaction of Wheat Lines to Important Diseases." 

Gill, Bikram S., Akhunov, Eduard D., and Akhunova, Alina (Plant Biotechnology Center), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Whole Exome Re-sequencing of Grass Species Valuable for Wheat Breeding in Kansas." 

Gill, Bikram S., and Friebe, Bernd, US Department of Agriculture, $9,754, "New Sources of Resistance to FHB and DON in Wheat." 

Koo, Dalhoe, Friebe, Bernd, and Gill, Bikram S., Kansas Wheat Commission, "Chromosome Engineering and Development of Wheat Germplasm Resistant to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus." 

Leslie, John F., and Toomajian, Christopher, US Department of Agriculture, $4,734, "Population Genomics to Identify Fusarium graminearum Genes to Target." 

Little, Christopher R., Adee, Eric A. (Agronomy), and Presley, DeAnn R. (Agronomy), Kansas Soybean Commission, $29,254, "Influences of Irrigation Regimes, Planting Date, and Soil Compaction Upon SDS in Kansas." 

Little, Christopher R., Lin, Xiaomao (Agronomy), Presley, DeAnn R. (Agronomy), Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $6,465, "Soybean Production Systems to Control Charcoal Rot and Other Soil-Born Diseases." 

Liu, Sanzhen, Kansas Corn Commission, $12,000, "Identification of Morphological Traits Correlated with Performance of Hybrid Corn under Drought Stress through Time-lapse Imaging." 

Poland, Jesse A., Johnson, Wendy (Entomology), McCornack, Brian P. (Entomology), Rotenberg, Dorith, and Smith, C. Michael (Entomology), Kansas Wheat Commission, "Integrative and Innovative Approaches to Diminish Barley Yellow Dwarf Epidemics in Kansas Wheat." 

Poland, Jesse A., Kansas Wheat Commission, $50,000, "Small Plot Research for Wheat Genetics at KSU." 

Rotenberg, Dorith, Johnson, Wendy (Entomology), McCornack, Brian P. (Entomology), Poland, Jesse A., and Smith, C. Michael (Entomology), Kansas Wheat Commission, $79,165, "Integrative and Innovative Approaches to Diminish Barley Yellow Dwarf Epidemics in Kansas Wheat." 

Stack, James P., CRC Plant Biosecurity, $303,428, "Deployment of Validated Genome- Informed Bacterial Diagnostics." 

Todd, Timothy C., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), and Trick, Harold N., Kansas Soybean Commission, $40,000, "Breeding and Management of Soybean for Improved Performance." 

Todd, Timothy C., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), and Trick, Harold N., Kansas Soybean Commission, $15,128, "Enhancement of Soybean Through Genetic Engineering." 

Toomajian, Christopher, and Leslie, John F., US Department of Agriculture, $42,605, "Population Genomics to Identify Fusarium graminearum Genes to Target." 

Trick, Harold N., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), and Todd, Timothy C., Kansas Soybean Commission, $40,000, "Breeding and Management of Soybean for Improved Performance." 

Trick, Harold N., Schapaugh Jr, William T. (Agronomy), and Todd, Timothy C., Kansas Soybean Commission, $56,732, "Enhancement of Soybean Through Genetic Engineering." 

Trick, Harold N., Fellers, John P., and Fritz, Allan K. (Agronomy), Kansas Wheat Commission, $40,000, "Transgenic Approaches for Trait Enhancement in Wheat." 

Trick, Harold N., US Department of Agriculture, $57,784, "A Centralized Wheat Transformation Facility for the Fusarium Community." 

SOUTHEAST AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER

Sassenrath, Gretchen F., DeWolf, Erick D., Lollato, Romulo P., and Shoup, Douglas E., Kansas Crop Improvement Association, $10,000, "Reducing the Impact of Fusarium Head Blight." 

Sassenrath, Gretchen F., Ciampitti, Ignacio (Agronomy), Presley, DeAnn R. (Agronomy), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $1,070, "Cover Crop Effects on Soybean Yield." 

Sassenrath, Gretchen F., Lin, Xiaomao (Agronomy), Little, Christopher R. (Plant Pathology), Presley, DeAnn R. (Agronomy), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $8,159, "Soybean Production Systems to Control Charcoal Rot and Other Soil-Born Diseases." 

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH EXTENSION CENTER

Holman, Johnathon D., Multi-Sponsor, $13,056, "ASW Testing of Forage Cultivars." 

Kisekka, Isaya, Aguilar, Jonathan P. (Southwest Area Office), Foster, Anserd J. (Southwest Area Office), and Rogers, Danny H. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kansas Water Office, $7,500, "On-Farm Demonstration of Water Management Technologies and Mobile Trip Irrigation." 

Zukoff, Sarah N., Monsanto Company, $3,150, "Service Order No. 34." 

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 

BIOCHEMISTRY

Kanost, Michael R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $14,972, "Proteinase Systems in Insect Hemolymph." 

Klebba, Phillip E., and Newton, Salete M., US Department of Health and Human Services, $75,000, "High-throughput Fluorescence Screening for Inhibitors of TonB-dependent Iron Transport." 

Newton, Salete M., and Klebba, Phillip E., US Department of Health and Human Services, $75,000, "High-throughput Fluorescence Screening for Inhibitors of TonB-dependent Iron Transport." 

BIOLOGY

Asano, Katsura, National Science Foundation, $149,960, "Studies on the Novel 5MP-ATR4 Pathway using Insects as the Model System." 

Blair, John M., National Science Foundation, $102,018, "Collaborative Research: Rhizosphere Priming and C-N dynamics in Grassland Ecosystems in Transition." 

Boyle, Alice, National Science Foundation, $7,626, "RCN: Enabling Comparative Studies of the Process and Products of Sexual Selection in a Genomic Context." 

Bryant, William B., Michel, Kristin, and Olson, Bradley J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $175,200, "Somatic Gene Therapy for Mosquitoes." 

Haukos, David A., US Department of the Interior, $33,019, "Multi Scale Examination of the Distribution and Habitat Use Patterns of the Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) within the Fort Riley Military Reservation." 

Johnson, Loretta C., Kansas Native Plant Society, $1,000, "Kansas Native Plant Society Award for Matthew Galliart for Project Entitled "Experimental Natural Selection of Big Blue Ecotypes Across the Great Plains"." 

McDonald, Jocelyn A., National Science Foundation, $205,000, "Phosphatase Control of Collective Cell Migration during Development." 

Michel, Kristin, Bryant, William B., and Olson, Bradley J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $21,900, "Somatic Gene Therapy for Mosquitoes." 

Olson, Bradley J., National Science Foundation, $236,834, "Collaborative Research: The Genomic Basis of Multicellularity and Developmental Complexity in the Volvocine Algae." 

Olson, Bradley J., Bryant, William B., and Michel, Kristin, US Department of Health and Human Services, $21,900, "Somatic Gene Therapy for Mosquitoes." 

Rhodes, Ashley E., and Rozell, Timothy G. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Kansas Dairy Commission, $1,250, "Comparison of Exercise Programs in Dairy Heifers to Reduce Heat Stress." 

Rothenburg, Stefan, US Department of Health and Human Services, $365,000, "Importance of Species-Specific Interactions of PKR with Poxvirus Inhibitors for Virus Replication and Host Range." 

Snyder, Bruce, Scotts Company, LLC, $11,264, "Viability of Cocoons in Earthworm Castings in Milan Particle or Growing Media as Part of Root-trients Enhancement Package." 

Tobler, Michael, Friends of the Sunset Zoo, $2,000, "Friends of Sunset Zoo Conservation Scholar Award for Ryan Greenway entitled "Conserving Three Highly Endemic Fish Populations Inhibiting a Unique and Highly Threatened Environment in Tropical Mexico"." 

Tobler, Michael, National Science Foundation, $6,000, "Collaborative Research: Physiological Adaptation to Extreme Environments: Genes, Function, and Evolutionary Patterns." 

Veeman, Michael, National Science Foundation, $200,000, "Linking Cell Shape and Asymmetric Division in Ciona Notochord Tapering." 

CHEMISTRY

Higgins, Daniel A., Kansas Soybean Commission, $5,790, "Analytical Testing of KSU Biodiesel Product in an Environmental Science Teaching Laboratory." 

ECONOMICS

Babcock, Michael W., US Department of Agriculture, $43,000, "Profile of Short Line Railroads in High Grain Production States." 

PHYSICS

Horton-Smith, Glenn A., US Department of Energy, $38,755, "Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)." 

Ivanov, Andrew G., US Department of Energy, $150,000, "Quest for a Top Quart Partner and Upgrade of the Pixel Detector Readout Chain at the CMS." 

Kaadze, Ketino, US Department of Energy, $70,267, "LHC CMS Detector Upgrade HCAL Subsystem." 

Thumm, Uwe, National Science Foundation, $90,000, "Attosecond Time-resolved Quantum Dynamics: From Atoms Towards Nanostructures." 

Trallero, Carlos A., US Department of Energy, $77,500, "Probing Electron-Molecule Scattering with HHG: Theory and Experiment." 

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Monaco, Gregory E., and Young, Michael, Great Plains Network Consortium, $270,332, "Funding for Executive Director - Great Plains Network." 

Young, Michael, and Monaco, Gregory E., Great Plains Network Consortium, "Funding for Executive Director - Great Plains Network." 

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS

Wolgast, Stephen L., Collegian Media Group, $55,435, "Student Publications Positions." 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 

DEAN OF EDUCATION

Dalton, Andrew, US Department of Education, $423,180, "KANCO 2." 

Havlicek, Barbara J., Multi-Sponsor, $43,530, "Educational Computer Assistance." 

Herrera, Socorro G., AMEXCID, $147,000, "Training Program for Students and Teachers Proyecta 100,000 Estado de Meixico." 

Herrera, Socorro G., Mexican Ministry of Education, $1,223,823, "SUMMIT." 

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE

Yunk, Raphael A., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Dean of Engineering), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), and Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Brokesh, Edwin L., Kansas Soybean Commission, $21,987, "KSU Biodiesel Initiative Collaboration, Process and Organizational Development Project." 

Harner III, Joseph P., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Engineering Experiment Station), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

Hutchinson, Stacy L., and Derby, Melanie M. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), National Science Foundation, $47,048, "EPRI: Flexible Flapping Surfaces for Water Collection and Condensation." 

Hutchinson, Stacy L., and Parameswaran, Prathap (Civil Engineering), US Department of Defense, $50,500, "Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment." 

Maghirang, Ronaldo G., US Department of Agriculture, $66,900, "Modeling of Stored Product Packing and Fumigation." 

Maghirang, Ronaldo G., Erickson, Larry E. (Center for Hazardous Substance Research), and Griswold, Wendy M. (Center for Hazardous Substance Research), US Environmental Protection Agency, $33,409, "Shared Air/Shared Action (SA2): Community Empowerment through Low-Cost Air Pollution Monitoring." 

Rogers, Danny H., Aguilar, Jonathan P. (Southwest Area Office), Foster, Anserd J. (Southwest Area Office), and Kisekka, Isaya (Southwest Research Extension Center), Kansas Water Office, $7,500, "On-Farm Demonstration of Water Management Technologies and Mobile Trip Irrigation." 

CENTER FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESEARCH

Erickson, Larry E., Griswold, Wendy M., and Maghirang, Ronaldo G. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), US Environmental Protection Agency, $233,861, "Shared Air/Shared Action (SA2): Community Empowerment through Low-Cost Air Pollution Monitoring." 

Griswold, Wendy M., Erickson, Larry E., and Maghirang, Ronaldo G. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), US Environmental Protection Agency, $400,904, "Shared Air/Shared Action (SA2): Community Empowerment through Low-Cost Air Pollution Monitoring." 

Leven, Blase A., US Environmental Protection Agency, $2,000, "ICF Basic Ordering Agreement - Task Order #1." 

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Edgar, James H., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Dean of Engineering), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Albahttiti, Mohammed T., and Riding, Kyle, US Department of Transportation, $26,216, "Concrete Pavement Quaility Control Testing Requirements Needed Using the Super Air Meter." 

Dissanayake, Sunanda, Kansas Department of Transportation, $2,628, "Development of a Microsoft Access Database for Tracking KDOT Research." 

Parameswaran, Prathap, and Hutchinson, Stacy L. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), US Department of Defense, $50,500, "Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment." 

Peterman, Robert J., Beck, B. Terry (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), and Wu, Chih-Hang (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), US Department of Transportation, $9,184, "Quantifying the Effect of Prestressing Steel and Concrete Variables on the Transfer Length in Pretensioned Concrete Crossties." 

Rasheed, Hayder A., Kansas Department of Transportation, $225,840, "KSU S4M: Settlement Stablization through Structural Strengthening and Monitoring of KDOT Bridge 059045 Shawnee Drive over I-135." 

Riding, Kyle, and Albahttiti, Mohammed T., US Department of Transportation, $26,216, "Concrete Pavement Quaility Control Testing Requirements Needed Using the Super Air Meter." 

Riding, Kyle, US Department of Transportation, $36,014, "Determination of Need for Water Soaking Period in Measurement of Concrete Volume of Permeable Voids." 

Stokes, Robert W., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Dean of Engineering), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES DeLoach, Scott A., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Dean of Engineering), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

Hsu, William H., US Department of Energy, $45,000, "Capability Inference based on Dynamic Topic Modeling and Text Information Extraction." 

Singh, Gurdip, National Science Foundation, $330,107, "National Science Foundation - Intergovermental Personnel Act." 

Vasserman, Eugene, National Science Foundation, $14,000, "CAREER: Safety and Security for Next-generation World-scale Real-time Medical Systems." 

DEAN OF ENGINEERING

Clark, Gary A., Dawson, Darren M. (Engineering Experiment Station), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

Dawson, Darren M., Clark, Gary A., DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $350,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Gruenbacher, Don M., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Engineering Experiment Station), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

Gruenbacher, Don M., Kansas State University Foundation, $80,514, "Power Affiliates." 

ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

Dawson, Darren M., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Kramer, Bradley A., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Dean of Engineering), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Dunn, William L. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

Wu, Chih-Hang, Beck, B. Terry (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), and Peterman, Robert J. (Civil Engineering), US Department of Transportation, $5,612, "Quantifying the Effect of Prestressing Steel and Concrete Variables on the Transfer Length in Pretensioned Concrete Crossties." 

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Eckels, Steven J., Multi-Sponsor, $9,648, "Evaluation of Human Thermal Comfort and Textile Properties." 

Eckels, Steven J., and McCullough, Elizabeth A., Multi-Sponsor, $12,399, "Thermal Properties of Textile Products." 

McCullough, Elizabeth A., and Eckels, Steven J., Multi-Sponsor, "Thermal Properties of Textile Products." 

KANSAS INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICES

Carter, David A., and Larson, Nancy J., US Environmental Protection Agency, $94,672, "Partnering to Foster Pollution Prevention in Kansas." 

Larson, Nancy J., Kansas Health Foundation, $25,000, "Retail Food Donations Feed People, Not Landfills." 

Larson, Nancy J., and Carter, David A., US Environmental Protection Agency, $40,574, "Partnering to Foster Pollution Prevention in Kansas." 

MECHANICAL AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Beck, B. Terry, Peterman, Robert J. (Civil Engineering), and Wu, ChihHang (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), US Department of Transportation, $5,612, "Quantifying the Effect of Prestressing Steel and Concrete Variables on the Transfer Length in Pretensioned Concrete Crossties." 

Derby, Melanie M., and Hutchinson, Stacy L. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), National Science Foundation, $266,607, "EPRI: Flexible Flapping Surfaces for Water Collection and Condensation." 

Dunn, William L., Clark, Gary A. (Dean of Engineering), Dawson, Darren M. (Engineering Experiment Station), DeLoach, Scott A. (Computing and Information Sciences), Edgar, James H. (Chemical Engineering), Gruenbacher, Don M. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Harner III, Joseph P. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kramer, Bradley A. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), Stokes, Robert W. (Civil Engineering), and Yunk, Raphael A. (Architectural Engineering and Construction Science), Kansas Department of Commerce, $315,000, "University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA)." 

Hosni, Mohammad H., US Department of Energy, $7,500, "Nuclear Energy University Programs Fellowship and Scholarship Support." 

McGregor, Douglas S., Defense Threat Reduction Agency, $59,952, "Development of Neutron Spectrometer with Directional Sensitiviity - NEUKOPIS: Portable Neutron Spectrometer." 

McGregor, Douglas S., US Department of Defense, $70,000, "Portable System with Li Foil MWPC Neutron Detectors." 

COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY 

KINESIOLOGY

Barstow, Thomas J., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $30,000, "Identification of Aerobic Fitness Standards for Exploration Mission Tasks." 

SCHOOL OF FAMILY STUDIES AND HUMAN SERVICES

Griffin, Charles L., and Jager, Shanna K., US Department of Health and Human Services, $25,000, "Technical Support for the Department for Children and Families Strategic Development, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives." 

Jager, Shanna K., and Griffin, Charles L., US Department of Health and Human Services, $25,000, "Technical Support for the Department for Children and Families Strategic Development, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives." 

Johannes, Elaine M., Bolton, Debra (Southwest Area Office), Kiss, D. Elizabeth, and Wiles, Bradford B., US Department of Health and Human Services, $100,423, "Connecting Kids to Coverage: Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement." 

Kiss, D. Elizabeth, Bolton, Debra (Southwest Area Office), Johannes, Elaine M., and Wiles, Bradford B., US Department of Health and Human Services, $150,635, "Connecting Kids to Coverage: Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement." 

O'Conner, Nancy T., US Department of Health and Human Services, $206,359, "Program for Training and Consultation of CMHC Practitioners Delivering Intensive Home Based Family Therapy Services." 

Vennum, Amber V., Indiegogo Crowdfunding Platform, $6,850, "Relevate Development." 

Wiles, Bradford B., Bolton, Debra (Southwest Area Office), Johannes, Elaine M., and Kiss, D. Elizabeth, US Department of Health and Human Services, $150,635, "Connecting Kids to Coverage: Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement." 

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Xiong, Yulan, US Department of Health and Human Services, $128,520, "The Role of Aging in LRRK2-Associated Parkinsons Disease." 

CLINICAL SCIENCES

Armbrust, Laura J., and Tucker Mohl, Katherine (Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital), American College of Veterinary Radiology, $400, "Use of Shear Wave Elastography to Evaluate Renal Stiffness in Cats with Naturally Occurring Chronic Kidney Disease." 

DEAN OF VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTER

Hamilton, Keith, World Organisation for Animal Health, $457,213, "OIE Veterinary Education Establishment Twinning Project: 'A Smart Partnership Between Sokoine University of Agriculture Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine'." 

DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE/PATHOBIOLOGY

Bai, Jianfa, Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G., Sanderson, Michael W., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U., Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Bai, Jianfa, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G., Sanderson, Michael W., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U., Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Dritz, Steven S., DeRouchey, Joel M. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Goodband, Robert D. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Tokach, Michael D. (Animal Sciences and Industry), and Woodworth, Jason C. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Hamlet Protein, Inc., "Effect of Feeding Incressing Levels of HP 300 on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs." 

Holmstrom, Lindsey K., US Department of Agriculture, $131,810, "Animal Disease Simulation Model Cooperative Agreement." 

Kastner, Justin J., Bai, Jianfa, Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G., Sanderson, Michael W., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U., Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Ma, Wenjun, and Richt, Juergen, US Department of Health and Human Services, $75,469, "Syndromic Surveillance of Swine Influenza Viruses in the United States." 

Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., and Narayanan, Sanjeevkumar, Elanco Animal Health, $35,413, "Development and Protection Assessment of Fusobacterial Leukotoxin-based Vaccines Augmented with Recombinant Leukotoxin and Recombinant Outer Membrane Protein against Bovine Liver Abscesses." 

Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Bai, Jianfa, Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G., Sanderson, Michael W., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U., Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Narayanan, Sanjeevkumar, and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Elanco Animal Health, $318,715, "Development and Protection Assessment of Fusobacterial Leukotoxin-based Vaccines Augmented with Recombinant Leukotoxin and Recombinant Outer Membrane Protein against Bovine Liver Abscesses." 

Renter, David G., Bai, Jianfa, Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Sanderson, Michael W., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U., Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Richt, Juergen, US Department of Defense, $1,122,511, "Determining the Ability of rVSV-ZEBOV to Infect Domestic Livestock." 

Richt, Juergen, and Ma, Wenjun, US Department of Health and Human Services, $75,469, "Syndromic Surveillance of Swine Influenza Viruses in the United States." 

Rowland, Raymond R. R., US Department of Agriculture, $145,790, "Efficacy of Prototype Live-vectored Polyvalent African Swine Fever Virus Vaccines." 

Sanderson, Michael W., Bai, Jianfa, Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Thomson, Daniel U., Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Thomson, Daniel U., Bai, Jianfa, Cernicchiaro, Natalia, Ellis, Jason D. (Communications), Fox, John "Sean" A. (Agricultural Economics), Kastner, Curtis L. (Food Science Institute), Kastner, Justin J., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Phebus, Randall K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Renter, David G., Sanderson, Michael W., Schroeder, Ted C. (Agricultural Economics), Tonsor, Glynn T. (Agricultural Economics), and Zurek, Ludek (Entomology), US Department of Agriculture, $131,133, "Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Beef Chain: Assessing and Mitigating the Risk by Translational Science, Education and Outreach." 

Zhang, Weiping, US Department of Health and Human Services, $435,375, "A Broadly Protective Subunit Vaccine against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Associated Diarrhea." 

VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY

Anderson, Gary A., US Department of Agriculture, $138,189, "NAHLN Support." 

Anderson, Gary A., Hanzlicek, Gregg A., and Hesse, Richard, Zoetis LLC, $1,819, "Bovine Virus Diarrhea Antigen Test Kit Suitability Study/WITNESS® BVDV (Zoetis Master Agreement Addendum Exhibit A-3; Zoetis Study D836Z-US-15-024)." 

Hanzlicek, Gregg A., Anderson, Gary A., and Hesse, Richard, Zoetis LLC, $3,638, "Bovine Virus Diarrhea Antigen Test Kit Suitability Study/WITNESS® BVDV (Zoetis Master Agreement Addendum Exhibit A-3; Zoetis Study D836Z-US-15-024)." 

Hesse, Richard, Anderson, Gary A., and Hanzlicek, Gregg A., Zoetis LLC, $1,819, "Bovine Virus Diarrhea Antigen Test Kit Suitability Study/WITNESS® BVDV (Zoetis Master Agreement Addendum Exhibit A-3; Zoetis Study D836Z-US-15-024)." 

VETERINARY MEDICAL TEACHING HOSPITAL

Tucker Mohl, Katherine, and Armbrust, Laura J. (Clinical Sciences), American College of Veterinary Radiology, $400, "Use of Shear Wave Elastography to Evaluate Renal Stiffness in Cats with Naturally Occurring Chronic Kidney Disease." 

KANSAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE 

COUNTY AGENTS - METROPOLITAN SECTOR

Simon, Zachary G., and Ciampitti, Ignacio (Agronomy), United Sorghum Checkoff Program, $5,000, "Sorghum Fungicide Research - Kansas." 

KANSAS FOREST SERVICE Biles, Larry E., US Department of Agriculture, $20,000, "2016 Forest Legacy Administration Program." 

Biles, Larry E., US Department of Agriculture, $225,000, "Middle and Lower Neosho River Basin Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) Project." 

NORTHEAST AREA OFFICE

Duncan, Stewart R., Adee, Eric A. (Agronomy), Ciampitti, Ignacio (Agronomy), Griffin, Terry W. (Agricultural Economics), Lin, Xiaomao (Agronomy), and Shoup, Douglas E. (Southeast Area Office), Kansas Soybean Commission, $1,495, "The Quest of 100-Bushel Soybean: On-Farm Approach." 

SOUTHEAST AREA OFFICE

Shoup, Douglas E., Ciampitti, Ignacio (Agronomy), Presley, DeAnn R. (Agronomy), and Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), Kansas Soybean Commission, $5,349, "Cover Crop Effects on Soybean Yield." 

Shoup, Douglas E., Lin, Xiaomao (Agronomy), Little, Christopher R. (Plant Pathology), Presley, DeAnn R. (Agronomy), and Sassenrath, Gretchen F. (Southeast Agricultural Research Center), Kansas Soybean Commission, $462, "Soybean Production Systems to Control Charcoal Rot and Other Soil-Born Diseases." 

Shoup, Douglas E., Adee, Eric A. (Agronomy), Ciampitti, Ignacio (Agronomy), Duncan, Stewart R. (Northeast Area Office), Griffin, Terry W. (Agricultural Economics), and Lin, Xiaomao (Agronomy), Kansas Soybean Commission, $1,495, "The Quest of 100-Bushel Soybean: On-Farm Approach." 

SOUTHWEST AREA OFFICE

Aguilar, Jonathan P., Kansas Department of Agriculture, $9,000, "Irrigation Water Probe Sensor Demonstration Project - Year Three." 

Aguilar, Jonathan P., Foster, Anserd J., Kisekka, Isaya (Southwest Research Extension Center), and Rogers, Danny H. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kansas Water Office, $12,000, "On-Farm Demonstration of Water Management Technologies and Mobile Trip Irrigation." 

Bolton, Debra, Johannes, Elaine M. (School of Family Studies and Human Services), Kiss, D. Elizabeth (School of Family Studies and Human Services), and Wiles, Bradford B. (School of Family Studies and Human Services), US Department of Health and Human Services, $100,423, "Connecting Kids to Coverage: Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement." 

Foster, Anserd J., Aguilar, Jonathan P., Kisekka, Isaya (Southwest Research Extension Center), and Rogers, Danny H. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Kansas Water Office, $3,000, "On-Farm Demonstration of Water Management Technologies and Mobile Trip Irrigation." 

Foster, Anserd J., Cramer, Gary L. (Agronomy), Lollato, Romulo P. (Agronomy), and Ruiz Diaz Suarez, Dorivar A. (Agronomy), Kansas Wheat Commission, $5,820, "Kansas Yield-Enhancing Strategies (KYES). The Partial Contribution of Management Practices." 

Foster, Anserd J., and Lollato, Romulo P. (Agronomy), Monsanto Company, $10,425, "Service Order No. 39." 

Onstad, Christen P., Multi-Sponsor, $2,000, "XSW Multi-Sponsor Public Service 35." 

Zukoff, Sarah N., Monsanto Company, $3,150, "Service Order No. 34." 

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST 

CENTER FOR ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Procter, David E., The Food Trust, $20,000, "The Food Trust." 

Steichen, Ethel M., Heartland Foundation, $67,241, "Heartland Foundation emPowerU - Evaluation." 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

Chapman, Grant M., US Agency for International Development, $24,768, "Peace Corps Recruiter." 

LIBRARY

Bengtson, Jason A., US Department of Health and Human Services, $14,704, "Curation and Management of Electrophysiological Data Obtained from Outer Hair Cells Isolated from Cavia Porcellus." 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Nelson, Robert F., Country Stampede LLC, $22,500, "Video Production Services." 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 

KSU POLICE DEPARTMENT

Brooks, Jessica A., US Department of Transportation, $16,605, "Impaired and Distracted Driving Education and Enforcement Grant." 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT LIFE AND DEAN OF STUDENTS 

KSU CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.

Mitchell, Rose M., Kansas Department for Children and Families, $210,251, "KCCTO - Statewide Infant - Toddler Specialist Network."