January 2005

Research Funding Report, College of Science

T. S. Baker, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $4,608, "Microscopy & Image Analysis of Unstained Macromolecules."

L. W. Braile, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from Incorp. Res. Institute for Seismology, $15,000, "Development of New Entries for the SCEC Electronic Encyclopedia of Earthquakes - Part II."

R. G. Cooks, Chemistry, from Army Corps of Engineers, U.S., $109,262, "Portable Mass Spectrometer for Detection and Quantitation of Explosive Compounds in Groundwater."

A. L. Hosking, Computer Science, from University of Massachusetts, $41,903, "ITR/SW: Dynamic Cooperative Performance Optimization."

S. D. King, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $67,000, "Mantle Convection on Mars and the Connection with Surface Features: The Crustal Dichotomy and Tharsis Rise."

A. M. McGough, Biological Sciences, from Washington University, $50,000, "Understanding the Protein-Protein Interactions Underlying Actin Based Cell Motility."

E. Negishi, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $337,500, "Synthetic Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metals."

J. G. Ogg, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from Texas A&M University, $7,750, "Magnetostratigraphy of Leg 207 Sites, and Cycle- Durations of Campanian through Eocene Magnetic Polarity Chrons (on Campus)."

M. F. Rose, Center:ED & Rsrch:Information Assurance & Security, from West Central IN ED Service Center, $1,800, "West Central Indiana Educational Service Center."

R. D. Skeel, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $47,982, "Numerical Methods for Molecular Dynamics."

C. V. Stauffacher, Biological Sciences, from Florida State University, $81,568, "Membrane Proteins Structural Genomics: M. Tuberculosis."

D. H. Thompson, Chemistry, from Northwestern University, $5,500, "Bioinspired Syntheses of In-Situ Gelling Biomaterials."

P. M. Waser and J. D. Cooper, Biological Sciences, from American Society of Mammalogists, $1,500, "The Evolution of Disparate Male and Female Dispersal Strategies."

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