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Research Awards, December 2016 

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Golden, Bill B.,
and Devlin, Daniel L. (Ks Ctr for Ag Rsrces & the Env / Ks Water Rsrce Rsrch Inst), Kansas Water Office, $14,250, "Monitoring the Impacts of Willis Technology Farms - KWO Contract 16-128." 

Pendell, Dustin L., Bradford, Barry J. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Min, Doohong (Agronomy), O'Quinn, Travis G. (Animal Sciences and Industry), and Vipham, Jessie (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), US Agency for International Development, $51,000, "Linking Cattle Nutrition to Human Nutrition: A Value Chain Approach to Improving the Production, Handling, and Consumption of Animal Source Foods in Ethiopia." 

AGRONOMY
Ciampitti, Ignacio,
John Deere World Headquarters, $24,600, "Canola Yields as Affected by Management, Environment, and Genotype Factors: A Review-Analysis." 

Ciampitti, Ignacio, John Deere World Headquarters, $68,840, "Precise Planting, Seed Singulation, Versus Conventional Seeding for Wheat." 

Lin, Xiaomao, National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, $13,125, "Weather Data Library Data Sets." 

Min, Doohong, Bradford, Barry J. (Animal Sciences and Industry), O'Quinn, Travis G. (Animal Sciences and Industry), Pendell, Dustin L. (Agricultural Economics), and Vipham, Jessie (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), US Agency for International Development, $25,500, "Linking Cattle Nutrition to Human Nutrition: A Value Chain Approach to Improving the Production, Handling, and Consumption of Animal Source Foods in Ethiopia." 

Schapaugh Jr, William T., Mid-America Research Development Incubator, $15,000, "Assess Genetic Diversity in Current Germplasm for Amino Acid (AA) Profiles, Specifically; Methionine, Threonine and Lysine." 

Schapaugh Jr, William T., Mid-America Research Development Incubator, $45,000, "Develop New Maturity Group 4 Soybean Varieties with Protein and Oil Levels to Meet Sponsor Criteria for Commercialization." 

Welch, Stephen M., Albin, Nathan (Mathematics), and Steward, David R. (Civil Engineering), US Department of Agriculture, $102,000, "PAPM EAGER: Wheat Phenome/Genome Sensing/Modeling via Microwave Scattering Inversion." 

ANIMAL SCIENCES AND INDUSTRY
Amamcharla, Jayendra K.,
Dairy Management, Inc., $42,677, "Altering the Microstructure to Improve Functionality of Dairy Powders using Micro- and Nano-bubbles." 

Amamcharla, Jayendra K., Gragg, Sara E., Phebus, Randall K., and Schmidt, Karen A., Dairy Management, Inc., $3,517, "Use of Nano-scale Aqueous Oxone to Remove Biofilms from Selected Dairy Product Contact Surfaces." 

Bradford, Barry J., Min, Doohong (Agronomy), O'Quinn, Travis G., Pendell, Dustin L. (Agricultural Economics), and Vipham, Jessie (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), US Agency for International Development, $51,000, "Linking Cattle Nutrition to Human Nutrition: A Value Chain Approach to Improving the Production, Handling, and Consumption of Animal Source Foods in Ethiopia." 

DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., DSM Nutritional Products AG, "Evaluation of Different Probiotic Products for the Nursery Pig." 

DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., PIC North America (PIC USA, Inc.), "Determining the Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Growing- Finishing Pigs." 

DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., Trouw Nutrition USA, "Evaluation of Elarom-F Plus in Nursery Diets with the Inclusions of Varying Levels of Intellibond C." 

Douthit, Teresa L., Drouillard, James S., and Lattimer, James M., Archer Daniels Midland Company, $13,571, "Digestibility of Enertia s/f® and Soybean Oil in the equine." 

Drouillard, James S., Douthit, Teresa L., and Lattimer, James M., Archer Daniels Midland Company, $13,571, "Digestibility of Enertia s/f® and Soybean Oil in the equine." 

Drouillard, James S., and Lattimer, James M., MS Biotec, $45,000, "Applications for the Probiotic Bacterium, Megasphaera elsdenii, in Monogastric Farm Animals." 

Goodband, Robert D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., DSM Nutritional Products AG, "Evaluation of Different Probiotic Products for the Nursery Pig." 

Goodband, Robert D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., PIC North America (PIC USA, Inc.), "Determining the Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Growing- Finishing Pigs." 

Goodband, Robert D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Tokach, Michael D., and Woodworth, Jason C., Trouw Nutrition USA, "Evaluation of Elarom-F Plus in Nursery Diets with the Inclusions of Varying Levels of Intellibond C." 

Gragg, Sara E., Amamcharla, Jayendra K., Phebus, Randall K., and Schmidt, Karen A., Dairy Management, Inc., $3,517, "Use of Nano-scale Aqueous Oxone to Remove Biofilms from Selected Dairy Product Contact Surfaces." 

Hulbert, Lindsey E., SwineGuard, Inc. d/b/a SwineTech, $25,000, "Swine Tech Fellowship." 

Jones, Cassandra K., and Stark, Charles (Grain Science and Industry), National Pork Board, $2,500, "Role of Moisture Addition on Pellet Quality in Finishing Pig Feed." 

Lattimer, James M., Douthit, Teresa L., and Drouillard, James S., Archer Daniels Midland Company, $13,982, "Digestibility of Enertia s/f® and Soybean Oil in the equine." 

Lattimer, James M., and Drouillard, James S., MS Biotec, $45,000, "Applications for the Probiotic Bacterium, Megasphaera elsdenii, in Monogastric Farm Animals." 

O'Quinn, Travis G., Bradford, Barry J., Min, Doohong (Agronomy), Pendell, Dustin L. (Agricultural Economics), and Vipham, Jessie (Dean of Agriculture and Director of AES), US Agency for International Development, $51,000, "Linking Cattle Nutrition to Human Nutrition: A Value Chain Approach to Improving the Production, Handling, and Consumption of Animal Source Foods in Ethiopia." 

Phebus, Randall K., Amamcharla, Jayendra K., Gragg, Sara E., and Schmidt, Karen A., Dairy Management, Inc., $3,517, "Use of Nano-scale Aqueous Oxone to Remove Biofilms from Selected Dairy Product Contact Surfaces." 

Schmidt, Karen A., Amamcharla, Jayendra K., Gragg, Sara E., and Phebus, Randall K., Dairy Management, Inc., $3,517, "Use of Nano-scale Aqueous Oxone to Remove Biofilms from Selected Dairy Product Contact Surfaces." 

Tokach, Michael D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Woodworth, Jason C., DSM Nutritional Products AG, "Evaluation of Different Probiotic Products for the Nursery Pig." 

Tokach, Michael D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Woodworth, Jason C., PIC North America (PIC USA, Inc.), "Determining the Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Growing- Finishing Pigs." 

Tokach, Michael D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Woodworth, Jason C., Trouw Nutrition USA, "Evaluation of Elarom-F Plus in Nursery Diets with the Inclusions of Varying Levels of Intellibond C." 

Woodworth, Jason C., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Tokach, Michael D., DSM Nutritional Products AG, $70,000, "Evaluation of Different Probiotic Products for the Nursery Pig." 

Woodworth, Jason C., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Tokach, Michael D., PIC North America (PIC USA, Inc.), $35,000, "Determining the Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Growing- Finishing Pigs." 

Woodworth, Jason C., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S. (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Goodband, Robert D., and Tokach, Michael D., Trouw Nutrition USA, $22,000, "Evaluation of Elarom-F Plus in Nursery Diets with the Inclusions of Varying Levels of Intellibond C." 

DEAN OF AGRICULTURE AND DIRECTOR OF AES
Vipham, Jessie, Bradford, Barry J.
(Animal Sciences and Industry), Min, Doohong (Agronomy), O'Quinn, Travis G. (Animal Sciences and Industry), and Pendell, Dustin L. (Agricultural Economics), US Agency for International Development, $76,500, "Linking Cattle Nutrition to Human Nutrition: A Value Chain Approach to Improving the Production, Handling, and Consumption of Animal Source Foods in Ethiopia." 

GRAIN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Alavi, Sajid,
and Chambers IV, Edgar (Human Nutrition), PepsiCo, Inc., $1,250,000, "Kansas State University Product Development Accelerator." 

Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., O'Neil III, Howard J., and Thiele, Shawn M., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $3,780, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 17KA02M54A." 

Miller, Brandi M., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, O'Neil III, Howard J., and Thiele, Shawn M., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $630, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 17KA02M54A." 

O'Neil III, Howard J., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., and Thiele, Shawn M., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $7,560, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 17KA02M54A." 

Stark, Charles, and Jones, Cassandra K. (Animal Sciences and Industry), National Pork Board, $2,500, "Role of Moisture Addition on Pellet Quality in Finishing Pig Feed." 

Thiele, Shawn M., Campabadal Teran, Carlos, Miller, Brandi M., and O'Neil III, Howard J., US Soybean Export Council, Inc., $630, "USSEC Addendum to Independent Contractor Master Agreement: 17KA02M54A." 

HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RECREATION RESOURCES
Rivard, Cary L.,
US Department of Agriculture, $200,000, "A Multi-regional Approach for Sustained Soil Health in Organic High Tunnels: Nutrient Management, Economics, and Educational Programming." 

KS CTR FOR AG RSRCES & THE ENV / KS WATER RSRCE RSRCH INST
Devlin, Daniel L.,
and Golden, Bill B. (Agricultural Economics), Kansas Water Office, $750, "Monitoring the Impacts of Willis Technology Farms - KWO Contract 16-128." 

PLANT PATHOLOGY
Cruz Sancan, Christian D.,
Grains Research and Development Corporation, $113,824, "Biosecurity Preparedness of the Grains Industry Against Wheat Blast." 

Fellers, John P., and Trick, Harold N., TechAccel, LLC, $43,880, "Developing New Resistance to Wheat Viruses." 

Little, Christopher R., United Soybean Board, $51,390, "Diseases of Soybean: Characterization and Education." 

Stack, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $44,000, "Regional Center Plant Diagnostics Facility." 

Trick, Harold N., and Fellers, John P., TechAccel, LLC, $4,876, "Developing New Resistance to Wheat Viruses." 

Trick, Harold N., TechAccel, LLC, $50,000, "Improving Heat Tolerance of Wheat During Grain Fill." 

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH EXTENSION CENTER
Holman, Johnathon D.,
National Crop Insurance Services, $5,000, "NCIS Gift." 

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 

BIOLOGY
Chapes, Stephen K.,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $34,740, "Collection of Immune/Stress-related Tissues from Mice Flown on ISS." 

Vediyappan, Govindsamy, American Heart Association, Inc., $77,000, "Candida Albicans Hyphal Growth and Virulence Inhibition." 

Yang, Zhilong, US Department of Health and Human Services, $187,500, "Selective Translation Conferred by the Poly(A) Leader of Vaccinia Virus mRNAs." 

CHEMISTRY
Aakeroy, Christer B.,
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., $60,099, "Development of Structural Informatics Tools for Solid Form Risk Assessment and Co-crystal Design." 

McLaurin, Emily, National Science Foundation, $271,772, "CAREER: Microwave-Assisted Ionic Liquid Etching of Collioidal III-V Semiconductor Nanocrystals." 

MATHEMATICS
Albin, Nathan, Steward, David R.
(Civil Engineering), and Welch, Stephen M. (Agronomy), US Department 

of Agriculture, $99,000, "PAPM EAGER: Wheat Phenome/Genome Sensing/Modeling via Microwave Scattering Inversion." 

PHYSICS
Ben-Itzhak, Itzhak,
US Department of Energy, $2,650,000, "Structure and Dynamics of Atoms. Ions, Molecules, and Surfaces." 

Berg, Matthew J., US Department of Defense, $24,462, "The 16th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference." 

Flanders, Bret N., US Department of Health and Human Services, $98,230, "Conducting Polymer Nanowires for Neural Modulation." 

Ivanov, Andrew G., National Science Foundation, $24,964, "US CMS Operations at the LHC." 

Ivanov, Andrew G., US Department of Energy, $39,890, "LHC CMS Detector Upgrade FPIX Subsystem for 2014." 

Kaadze, Ketino, US Department of Energy, $14,000, "Fellowship for 2016 Senior CMS LPC Distinguished Researcher." 

Ratra, Bharat, National Science Foundation, $5,000, "Quarknet." 

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Cain, Mary E.,
American Psychological Association, $1,000, "The Effects of Differential Rearing on Post Synaptic Glutamate Receptors and Incubation of Drug Craving (Erik Garcia)." 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 

DEAN OF EDUCATION
Shuman, Cindy,
US Department of Defense, $75,000, "DoDEA AVID Academic Support Enhancing STEM - Evaluation." 

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Ebert, Kerri L.,
and Hadley, Gregg L. (Agriculture and Natural Resources), US Department of Agriculture, $500, "Kansas SARE - Kansas 2015 PDP." 

Maghirang, Ronaldo G., US Department of Agriculture, $85,000, "Modeling of Stored Product Packing and Fumigation." 

Rahmani, Vahid, Kansas Board of Regents, $7,611, "Using NASA Data and Modeling Resources to Improv Management Strategies for Water Scarcity Issues in Kansas." 

Rahmani, Vahid, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $7,589, "Using NASA Data and Modeling Resources to Improve Management Strategies for Water Scarcity Issues in Kansas." 

Wang, Donghai, Deines, Timothy W. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), and Zhang, Meng (Peter) (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), National Science Foundation, $6,240, "Increasing Sugar Yield in Biofuel Manufacturing through Control of Cellulosic Biomass Particle Size." 

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Dissanayake, Sunanda,
and Fitzsimmons, Eric J., Kansas Department of Transportation, $26,152, "Continued Updating the Lane Closure Guide for Urban Highways in Kansas." 

Fitzsimmons, Eric J., and Dissanayake, Sunanda, Kansas Department of Transportation, $31,964, "Continued Updating the Lane Closure Guide for Urban Highways in Kansas." 

Parameswaran, Prathap, Bio Huma Netics, Inc., $7,775, "Assessing the Denitrification Potential of PROBIOTIC SOLUTIONS for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment." 

Steward, David R., Albin, Nathan (Mathematics), and Welch, Stephen M. (Agronomy), US Department of Agriculture, $99,000, "PAPM EAGER: Wheat Phenome/Genome Sensing/Modeling via Microwave Scattering Inversion." 

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Hatcliff, John M., Robby, -
, and Vasserman, Eugene, US Department of Defense, $203,512, "Methodologies and Tools for Securing Medical Device Systems in Integrated Clinical Environments (ICE, Phase 2 SBIR for topic DHP15-004." 

Hsu, William H., and Carraway, Kurt J. (Salina Applied Aviation Research Center), Westar Energy, $39,819, "Westar Task Order #5." 

Robby, -, Hatcliff, John M., and Vasserman, Eugene, US Department of Defense, $67,837, "Methodologies and Tools for Securing Medical Device Systems in Integrated Clinical Environments (ICE, Phase 2 SBIR for topic DHP15-004." 

Vasserman, Eugene, Hatcliff, John M., and Robby, -, US Department of Defense, $67,837, "Methodologies and Tools for Securing Medical Device Systems in Integrated Clinical Environments (ICE, Phase 2 SBIR for topic DHP15-004." 

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Fund, Andrew D.,
and Kuhn, William B., US Department of Energy, $5,600, "RF Design/Layout of High-Frequency Electronics in Advanced PC Board Techologies." 

Kuhn, William B., and Fund, Andrew D., US Department of Energy, $8,400, "RF Design/Layout of High-Frequency Electronics in Advanced PC Board Techologies." 

Miller, Ruth D., and White, Warren J. (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, $2,500, "Kansas State University Wind Turbine Design Team 2016." 

Prakash, Punit, Kansas State University Foundation, $14,400, "Software Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging." 

Prakash, Punit, National Science Foundation, $50,000, "I-Corps: Directional Microwave Antenna for Precise Thermal Tissue Ablation." 

INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Deines, Timothy W., Wang, Donghai
(Biological and Agricultural Engineering), and Zhang, Meng (Peter), National Science Foundation, $3,120, "Increasing Sugar Yield in Biofuel Manufacturing through Control of Cellulosic Biomass Particle Size." 

Kramer, Bradley A., National Science Foundation, $49,000, "Workshop: 2017 NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop." 

Zhang, Meng (Peter), Deines, Timothy W., and Wang, Donghai (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), National Science Foundation, $6,240, "Increasing Sugar Yield in Biofuel Manufacturing through Control of Cellulosic Biomass Particle Size." 

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Eckels, Steven J.,
and McCullough, Elizabeth A., Multi-Sponsor, $1,200, "Thermal Properties of Textile Products." 

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

KANSAS INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICES
Hanson, Brian R.,
and Snead, Bruce C., US Environmental Protection Agency, $76,498, "Radon Projects for Kansas." 

Snead, Bruce C., and Hanson, Brian R., US Environmental Protection Agency, $76,498, "Radon Projects for Kansas." 

MECHANICAL AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
White, Warren J.,
and Miller, Ruth D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, $2,500, "Kansas State University Wind Turbine Design Team 2016." 

COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY 

DEAN OF HUMAN ECOLOGY
Buckwalter, John,
and Gould, Carol A., AG*IDEA, $58,963, "AG*IDEA Lead Institute." 

Buckwalter, John, and Gould, Carol A., Great Plains IDEA Alliance, $181,087, "Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement - Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance." 

Gould, Carol A., and Buckwalter, John, AG*IDEA, $58,963, "AG*IDEA Lead Institute." 

Gould, Carol A., and Buckwalter, John, Great Plains IDEA Alliance, $181,087, "Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement - Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance." 

Syme, Maggie L., The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging, $19,675, "Examining Jury Decision-Making in Sexual Consent and Dementia Cases: Implications for Law and Policy." 

Toews, Michelle L., US Department of Health and Human Services, $105,795, "Strenghtening Relationships/Strengthening Families (SR/SF)." 

HUMAN NUTRITION
Chambers IV, Edgar,
and Alavi, Sajid (Grain Science and Industry), PepsiCo, Inc., $1,250,000, "Kansas State University Product Development Accelerator." 

Swaney-Stueve, Marianne, Jepsen, Tegan M. (K-State Olathe), and Taylor, Terry L., Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $13,650, "Study Agreement 4." 

Taylor, Terry L., Jepsen, Tegan M. (K-State Olathe), and Swaney-Stueve, Marianne, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $2,100, "Study Agreement 4." 

SCHOOL OF FAMILY STUDIES AND HUMAN SERVICES
Yelland, Erin L.,
US Department of Health and Human Services, $10,000, "K-State Research and Extension MIPPA Outreach for Region 9." 

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Shi, Jishu N.,
US Department of Homeland Security, $91,916, "Evaluation of a Plant- made CSFV Vaccine During a Challenge Study in Swine." 

Tamura, Masaaki, euglena Co., Ltd, $18,968, "The Study of the Therapeutic Potentials of Chlorella Vulgaris and Euglena Gracilis Water Extract in Colon Cancer Treatment." 

Xiong, Yulan, William N. and Bernice E. Bumpus Foundation, $50,000, "Identification and Characterization of the LRRK2 Guanine Nucleotide-Exchange Factor (GEF)." 

DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE/PATHOBIOLOGY
Bai, Jianfa, Anderson, Gary A.
(Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Fang, Ying, Li, Yanhua, Liu, Xuming (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), and Peddireddi, Lalitha (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Swine Health Information Center, $5,650, "Development of a TaqMan Quantitative RT-PCR Test for Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 (Mentor: Dr. Ying Fang)." 

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), DSM Nutritional Products AG, "Evaluation of Different Probiotic Products for the Nursery Pig." 

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), PIC North America (PIC USA, Inc.), "Determining the Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Growing- Finishing Pigs." 

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), Trouw Nutrition USA, "Evaluation of Elarom-F Plus in Nursery Diets with the Inclusions of Varying Levels of Intellibond C." 

Fang, Ying, Anderson, Gary A. (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Bai, Jianfa, Li, Yanhua, Liu, Xuming (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), and Peddireddi, Lalitha (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Swine Health Information Center, $5,650, "Development of a TaqMan Quantitative RT-PCR Test for Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 (Mentor: Dr. Ying Fang)." 

Hardwidge, Philip R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $377,500, "Bacterial Effectors Targeting the IKK/NF-kB Pathway." 

Hardwidge, Philip R., US Department of Health and Human Services, $187,500, "Functions of Translocated Bacterial Glycosyltransferases." 

Li, Yanhua, Anderson, Gary A. (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Bai, Jianfa, Fang, Ying, Liu, Xuming (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), and Peddireddi, Lalitha (Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Swine Health Information Center, $33,900, "Development of a TaqMan Quantitative RT-PCR Test for Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 (Mentor: Dr. Ying Fang)." 

Ma, Wenjun, US Department of Health and Human Services, $230,905, "Evolution and Biology of Influenza B Viruses in Pigs." 

Richt, Juergen, National Pork Board, $115,000, "NPB Joint Projects MOU - Call #3." 

Van Der Merwe, Deon, US Agency for International Development, $89,558, "Safe Feed Safe Food: Mycotoxin Prevalence, Risk Assessment and Mitigation Measures in Ethiopia." 

VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY
Anderson, Gary A., Bai, Jianfa
(Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Fang, Ying (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Li, Yanhua (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Liu, Xuming, and Peddireddi, Lalitha, Swine Health Information Center, $5,650, "Development of a TaqMan Quantitative RT-PCR Test for Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 (Mentor: Dr. Ying Fang)." 

Liu, Xuming, Anderson, Gary A., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Fang, Ying (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Li, Yanhua (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), and Peddireddi, Lalitha, Swine Health Information Center, $2,825, "Development of a TaqMan Quantitative RT-PCR Test for Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 (Mentor: Dr. Ying Fang)." 

Peddireddi, Lalitha, Anderson, Gary A., Bai, Jianfa (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Fang, Ying (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), Li, Yanhua (Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology), and Liu, Xuming, Swine Health Information Center, $2,825, "Development of a TaqMan Quantitative RT-PCR Test for Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 (Mentor: Dr. Ying Fang)." 

KANSAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE 

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Hadley, Gregg L.,
and Ebert, Kerri L. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), US Department of Agriculture, $500, "Kansas SARE - Kansas 2015 PDP." 

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST 

CENTER FOR ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Procter, David E.,
The Food Trust, $50,000, "Expanding Healthy Food Access by Strengthening Social Capital." 

SALINA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AVIATION 

SALINA APPLIED AVIATION RESEARCH CENTER
Carraway, Kurt J.,
PrecisionHawk USA, Inc., $31,367, "Task Order 2: PrecisionHawk Pathfinder." 

Carraway, Kurt J., and Hsu, William H. (Computer Science), Westar Energy, $13,990, "Westar Task Order #5." 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 

KSU POLICE DEPARTMENT
Millington, Bradli E.,
US Department of Justice, $6,878, "Kansas State University Police Body Camera Project." 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH 

K-STATE OLATHE
Jepsen, Tegan M., Swaney-Stueve, Marianne
(Human Nutrition), and Taylor, Terry L. (Human Nutrition), Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., $5,250, "Study Agreement 4." 

Richardson, Ralph C., Heartland Food Products, LLC, $2,400, "Heartland Food Products Memorandum of Agreement."