Research Funding Report, August 2004

M. M. Abu-Omar, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $4,408, March 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005, "Probing the Mechanism and Structure-Function Relations in Phenylalanine Hydroxylase--NSF Supplement for Germany Trip."

D. G. Aliaga, M. Boutin and C. C. Cowen, Computer Science, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $500,000, August 15, 2004 through July 31, 2007, "MSPA-MCS: 3-D Scene Digitization-a Novel Invariant Approach for Large-Scale Environment Capture."

T. S. Baker, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $82,960, April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005, "Microscopy & Image Analysis of Unstained Macromolecules."

P. E. Bauman, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $75,110, June 1, 2003 through May 31, 2006, "Analysis of Mathematical Models of Materials."

W. G. Bayley, Chemistry, from Indiana Department of Education, $10,000, September 1, 2003 through September 30, 2005, "Scientific Instrumentation."

W. G. Bayley, Chemistry, from Indiana Department of Education, $10,000, July 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005, "Scientific Instrumentation."

B. Bhargava, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $121,384, October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2005, "ITR: Scalable Edge Router for Differentiated Services Networks."

C. W. Bingham, Computer Science, from Dartmouth College, $6,750, May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005, "I3P Consortium Payments."

D. Bortoletto and I. P. Shipsey, Physics, from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, $210,139, October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004, "Statement of Work by the US CMS Group at Purdue University for Activities Related to the US CMS Forward Pixels Subsystem During Fiscal Year 2004."

R. W. Doerge, Statistics, from University of Wisconsin-Madison, $103,758, September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005, "Functional Genomics of Plant Polyploids."

Z. J. Feng, R. K. Swihart and Y. D. Dewoody, Mathematics, Forestry and Natural Resources, from Mcdonnell, James S. Foundation, $2,123, August 1, 2003 through August 1, 2006, "An Integrated, Hierarchical Framework for Modeling Biocomplexity."

G. N. Frederickson, A. Y. Grama, J. . Palsberg and S. E. Hambrusch, Computer Science, from U.S. Department of Education, $290,577, August 15, 2004 through August 14, 2005, "Fellowship Initiative in the Development of the Next-Generation Computing Infrastructure."

S. B. Gelvin, Biological Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $1,000,001, September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2006, "Biomolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BMFC) to Investigate Protein-Protein Interaction in Planta."

A. Gluhovsky and E. M. Agee, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $59,999, October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005, "Modeling Mesoscale Circulations by Coupled Nonlinear Systems."

A. Y. Grama, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $361,140, September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2009, "IRT: Collaborative Research: Denovo Hierarchical Simulations of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Materials."

E. N. Houstis, Computer Science, from University of Maryland Baltimore County, $39,836, September 15, 2002 through August 31, 2005, "Agent Oriented Approaches to a Ubiquitous Grid."

S. D. King, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $137,457, August 15, 2004 through July 31, 2006, "Dynamic Subduction Zone Thermal Modeling."

L. M. Lipshitz and S. R. Bell, Mathematics, from U.S. Department of Education, $249,066, August 15, 2004 through August 14, 2005, "Increasing the Participation of U.S. Citizens, EspeciallyWomen and Minorities, in Mathematics Doctoral Programs."

J. E. McClure, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $107,999, September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2007, "Operads, Homotopy Theory and String Topology."

C. Nita-Rotaru, Computer Science, from John Hopkins University, $135,146, June 10, 2004 through December 9, 2005, "Scalability, Accountability and Instant Information Access for Network-Centric Warfare."

D. Phillips, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $78,695, June 1, 2003 through May 31, 2006, "Analysis of Nonlinear Systems Modeling Partially Ordered Materials."

L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Physics, from U.S. Department of Energy, $108,787, September 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005, "Scaling of Seismic Wave Propagation Across Fractures Subjected to Time-Dependent Processes."

K. N. Rabenold and J. Chaves, Biological Sciences, from American Ornithologists'' Union, $1,600, June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005, "Factors Promoting Philopatry in Ocellated Antbirds."

P. V. Ramachandran, Chemistry, from General Atomics, $200,000, August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2006, "Amine-Boranes as Hydrogen Storage Medium for Fuel Cells."

F. E. Regnier, Chemistry, from University of Texas at San Antonio, $75,000, September 15, 2003 through August 31, 2005, "Role of Oxidative Damage to Specific Molecules in Aging."

R. G. Reifenberger, Physics, from Eloret, $5,000, April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005, "NASA Travel Grant Application: Trends in Nanotechnology Conference (Tnt2004)."

K. D. Ridgway, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $30,007, September 15, 2004 through August 31, 2005, "Collaborative Reserach: St.Elias Erosion/Tectonics Project (STEEP)."

M. G. Rossmann and S. L. Hafenstein, Biological Sciences, from National Institutes of Health, $42,976, August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2007, "Structural Studies of Virus and Receptor Interactions."

F. Shahidi, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $93,195, June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2006, "Automorphic L-Functions and Langlands Functoriality."

C. V. Stauffacher, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $32,506, May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2007, "Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program."

E. J. Taparowsky, Biological Sciences, from National Institutes of Health, $300,660, August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005, "BATF in Blood Cell Growth, Development and Malignancies."

D. H. Thompson, Chemistry, from Northwestern University, $66,348, May 12, 2003 through April 30, 2005, "Bioinspired Syntheses of IN-Situ Gelling Biomaterials."

J. S. Vitter, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $80,000, September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005, "Space-Efficient Search Structures."

B. L. Wanner, Biological Sciences, from National Institutes of Health, $313,110, September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005, "Genomic-Driven Approaches to E. Coli Physiology."