August 2005

Research Funding Report, June 2005

C. W. Bingham, Computer Science, from Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, $50,000, "A Center of Excellence in Medical Informatics to Create a Rich Clinical Resource Infrastructure for Human Research: Rocket Fuel for Indiana Medical Research."

C. W. Bingham, Computer Science, from Dartmouth College, $6,750, "I3P Consortium Payments."

J. T. Bolin, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $192,049, "Biophysical Studies of Proteins Nucleic Acids and Viruses."

D. E. Comer, Computer Science, from John Wiley & Sons Limited England, $24,673, "Software Practice and Experience."

R. G. Cooks, Chemistry, from Defense Science and Technology Lab, $59,434, "Atmospheric Sampling Glow Discharge Ionization Coupled to a Miniature Cylindrical Ion Trap."

G. N. Frederickson, A. Y. Grama, J. . Palsberg and S. E. Hambrusch, Computer Science, from U.S. Department of Education, $288,855, "Fellowship Initiative in the Development of the Next-Generation Computing Infrastructure."

M. R. Gribskov, Biological Sciences, from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $416,744, "A Protein Interaction Database for Rice Protein Kinases."

M. R. Gribskov, Biological Sciences, from University of Nevada-Reno, $373,962, "Prediction and Validation of Phospho-Regulatory Sites in Crop Plant Proteomes (ISGA-PGR)."

L. J. Gutay, Physics, from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, $42,000, "Maintenance and Operations Activities Related to the US CMS Endcap Muon M & O Subsystem."

C. A. Hrycyna, Chemistry, from National Pancreas Foundation, $25,000, "RAS Carboxylmethyltransferase as a Target for Pancreatic Cancer Drug Discovery."

S. Jagannathan, J. H. Manson and J. Vitek, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $162,351, "CSR/AES: Fault Determination and Recovery in Cycle-Sharing Infrastructures."

S. F. Konieczny, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Diabetes,Kidney Dis, $348,577, "Pancreas Transcription Factors and Cancer Model Systems."

S. G. Lasher-Trapp, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $120,860, "Entrainment, Ultragiant Particles, and Warm Rain Formation in Trade Wind Cumulus."

M. A. Lipton and J. A. Chmielewski, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $64,600, "Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chemical Biology."

Z. Luo, Biological Sciences, from American Heart Association, $214,500, "Functional Study of SIDJ, and Legionella Pneumophila Effector Important for its Intracellular Multiplication."

G. P. McCabe, I. A. Julien, W. S. Walker and G. H. Krockover, School of Science - Administration, Biological Sciences, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from Community Schools of Frankfort, $103,330, "Frankfort-Purdue Science Partnership."

D. J. Minchella, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Allergy Infectious Dis, $301,132, "Population Structure of Schistosomes and Host Snails."

C. Nita-Rotaru, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $135,882, "Collaborative Research: A Survivable Information Infrastructure for National Civilian Biodefense."

C. Nita-Rotaru, Computer Science, from Johns Hopkins University, $20,072, "Scalability, Accountability and Instant Information Access for Network-Centric Warfare."

D. D. Nolte and J. J. Turek, Physics, Basic Medical Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $99,000, "Holographic Optical Coherence Laser Ranging in Turbid Media."

V. S. Popescu, C. Nita-Rotaru, C. R. Morales, L. L. Arns, M. J. Dark, G. R. Bertoline and W. S. Meador, Computer Science, Computer Graphics Technology, IT Discovery Resources, School of Technology - Administration, from National Science Foundation, $152,999, "Effective Distance Learning through Sustained Interactivity and Video Realism."

A. K. Ramdas and S. Rodriguez, Physics, from National Science Foundation, $116,000, "Raman, Brilloui, Infrated and Modulation Spectroscopy of Collective and Localized Excitations in Tetrahedrally Coordinated Semiconductors and Their Heterostructures."

R. G. Reifenberger, Physics, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $5,000, "Trends in Nanotechnology Conference."

K. D. Ridgway, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $71,586, "Collaborative Research: St.Elias Erosion/Tectonics Project (STEEP)."

K. R. Robinson, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $171,384, "Physiological Control of Neuroblast Polarity in Drosphila."

L. P. Rokhinson, Physics, from National Science Foundation, $6,000, "CAREER: Spin Degree of Freedom in Hole Semiconductor Nanostructures."

A. C. Sa Barreto and C. Guillarmou, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $56,000, "Research on Geometric Scattering."

J. Shen, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $93,148, "Collaborative Research: Multiphase Interfacial Hydrodynamics."

L. A. Sherman, Biological Sciences, from Washington University, $247,500, "Membrane Biology Grand Challenge."

C. J. Staiger, Biological Sciences, from University of Michigan, $51,322, "Glutamie Amidotransferases and Partner Enzymes."

D. H. Thompson, Chemistry, from Northwestern University, $71,848, "Bioinspired Syntheses of In-Situ Gelling Biomaterials."

J. Vitek, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $240,000, "CSR-EHS: Aspectual Configuration of Real-Time Embedded Middleware."

A. Wei, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $2,867, "Self-Assembly and Collective Properties of Resorcinarene-Encapsulated Nanoparticles."

A. Wei, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute Biomed Imaging/Bioeng, $403,128, "Plasmon-Resonant Nanorods as Multifunctional Contrast Agents for Optical Coherence Tomography."

N. Yip, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $62,824, "Analysis of Stationary Solutions and the Pinning Phenomena for the Modeling of Phase Boundry Motions in Materials Science."

T. S. Zwier, Chemistry, from U.S. Department of Energy, $124,076, "Experimental Characterization of the Potential Energy Surfaces for Conformational Isomerization in Aromatic Fuels."

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