Research Funding Report, August 2006

E. Bakker, Chemistry, from Tufts University, $77,850, "Microsensor Arrays for Saliva Diagnostics."
D. Bortoletto, Physics, from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, $233,826, "US CMS Forward Pixels Subsystem."
L. A. Bryan and B. M. Capobianco, Physics, Curriculum and Instruction, from Gary Community School Corp., $124,213, "Enhancing Elementary Teachers Knowledge and Skills for Teaching Inquiry-Based Science."
E. Calais, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $3,250, "Kinematic Constraints on Mantle-Lithosphere Interactions in Eastern Africa."
R. G. Cooks, Chemistry, from Trask Trust Fund, $200,000, "Prototyping Program for Innovative Technologies."
A. L. Davidson, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $201,936, "Molecular Mechanism of Maltose Transport."
B. Dian, Chemistry, from Dreyfus, Camille & Henry Foundation Inc., $50,000, "Application of Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy: Time Evolving Structures of Highly Excited Molecules."
P. L. Fuchs, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute, $292,419, "Synthesis & Mechanism of Cephalostatin Anti-Cancer Drugs."
A. K. Ghosh, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $143,417, "Design and Synthesis of Nonpeptide Protease Inhibitors."
A. K. Ghosh, Chemistry, from Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, $190,858, "Beta Secretase Inhibition for Testing Alzheimer's Disease."
S. E. Hambrusch, Computer Science, from University of Illinois, $856, "CIC/GE Predoctoral Fellowship."
S. E. Hambrusch, Computer Science, from Intel Foundation, $47,186, "Intel Foundation PhD Fellowship Award."
J. M. Harbor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from Environmental Protection Agency, $17,172, "Assessing the Historical Impacts of Landscape Transformation on Water Fluxes for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment."
D. Kihara and K. Ramani, Biological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $296,458, "Surface Shape Based Screening of Large Protein Databases."
S. F. Konieczny, Biological Sciences, from Phi Beta Psi Sorority, $47,250, "Identification of Cell Lineages in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Progression."
C. Mao, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $300,000, "DNA-Based Molecular Lithography."
M. C. McCann, A. Wei, D. E. Salt, D. M. Sherman, E. A. Nauman, K. Park and O. Akkus, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Biomedical Engineering, from National Science Foundation, $673,000, "Dual Beam Scanning Electron Microscope for Hydrated and Soft Material Applications."
M. C. McCann, Biological Sciences, from U.S. Department of Energy, $50,000, "Rhamnogalacturonan I is a Principal Scaffolding Element in Plant Cell Wall Architecture."
M. D. Raftery, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Center for Research Resource, $148,428, "Multi-Coli, Multi-Sample Magnetic Resonance."
A. H. Sameh and A. Y. Grama, Computer Science, from Air Force Research Laboratory, $149,999, "Evaluating Sparse Linear System Solvers on Scalable Parallel Architectures."
L. A. Sherman, Biological Sciences, from U.S. Department of Energy, $120,000, "Diurnal Cycles and the Regulation of Metabolism in the Cyanobacterium Synechoscystis SP. PCC 6803."
I. P. Shipsey, V. E. Barnes, D. Bortoletto, L. J. Gutay and D. H. Miller, Physics, from U.S. Department of Energy, $33,000, "An Experimental High Energy Physics Program - Task A and Task D - Supplement for Foreign Travel."
I. P. Shipsey and J. P. Finley, Physics, from U.S. Department of Energy, $30,000, "An Experimental & Theoretical High Energy Physics Program: Task C."
I. P. Shipsey and D. H. Miller, Physics, from U.S. Department of Energy, $15,000, "An Experimental and Theoretical High Energy Physics Program: Task A Cleo."
I. Szleifer, Chemistry, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $7,500, "Nanomolecular Interactions of Novel Biological and Synthetic Polyelectrolyte Brushes."
I. Szleifer, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $71,857, ‘Collaborative Research’ Multiscale Modeling of Nanostructured Interfaces for Biological Sensors."
I. Szleifer, Chemistry, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $180,000, "Nanomolecular Interactions of Novel Biological and Synthetic Polyelectrolyte Brushes."
D. H. Thompson, Chemistry, from Northwestern University, $18,430, "Bioinspired Syntheses of In-Situ Gelling Biomaterials."
T. S. Zwier, Chemistry, from National Consort Grad Minorities Engineering & Science, $20,000, "GEM Fellowship."