RGI Awards Announced for 2008-2009
Thirty-one proposals have been chosen for funding in the 2008-2009 Research Growth Initiative, an internal seed-funding competition aimed at enhancing the university's research and scholarly work and supporting the state's economic development through innovation.
The winners were chosen from the original pool of 137 by independent review panels consisting of experts and scholars from prominent U.S. research institutions.
The projects are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines, from biological sciences, engineering, and physics, to History and French, Italian, and Comparative Literature.
The awardees are:
- Theory of Pair Density Wave Superconductors
- Daniel Agterberg, Physics
- Quagga Mussel Feces-Mediated Trace Metal Mobilization in Lake Michigan
- Carmen Aguilar, WATER Institute
- Co-PI: Russell Cuhel, WATER Institute
- Cosmology and Particle Physics from String Theory
- Luis Anchordoqui, Physics
- The Explosive-Effusive Transition and Compositional Diversity at Basaltic Scoria Cones in Central America
- Barry Cameron, Geosciences
- Engineer Novel Anticancer Bio-Agents — A Pilot Study
- Yichiang Cheng, Biological Sciences
- Genetic Diversity and Immunity in Endangered Birds
- Peter Dunn, Biological Sciences
- Regulation of Neuronal Plasticity by Protein Phosphatase 1
- Charles Fink, Biological Sciences
- High Spatial Resolution Optical Fiber Sensor Arrays for Real-Time, Remote Monitoring of Water Supplies and Potable Water Distribution Networks
- Peter Geissinger, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Bionanocomposite Components with a Solid Skin/Foamed Core Structure Produced via a Novel Supercritical Fluid Assisted Co-Injection Molding Process
- Shaoqin Gong, Mechanical Engineering
- Buddhist Ethics of Love & Attachment in Southeast Asian Narrative Art & Literature
- Anne Hansen, History
- Synchrotron Based Infrared Imaging (SBIRI) and Chemometrics of Living Algal Cells
- Carol Hirschmugl, Physics
- Reinforcement and Behavioral Plasticity
- Gerlinde Hoebel, Biological Sciences
- Tools for Determining the Impact of Nanomaterials on the Aquatic Model Organism Daphnia Pulex
- Rebecca Klaper, WATER Institute
- Early Cognitive and Behavioral Phenotype of NF-1
- Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology
- Co-PI: W. Hobart Davies, Psychology
- Regulation of the Snf1 Protein Kinase in Yeast
- Sergei Kuchin, Biological Sciences
- Co-PI: Marianna Orlova, Biological Sciences
- The Influence of Estrogen on the Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation in the Dahl S Female Rat
- Mary Pat Kunert, Nursing
- Mixed-phase Layer Clouds in the Arctic and Mid-Latitudes
- Vincent Larson, Mathematical Sciences
- Adhesion and Survival Strategies of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in the Phyllosphere
- Jin Li, Civil Engineering and Mechanics
- Atomic Layer Deposition for Production of Polar Oxide Heterostructures
- Paul Lyman, Physics
- Violence in the Lives of HIV-Infected Women in Malawi: A Critical Ethnography
- Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Nursing
- Co-PI: Patricia Stevens, Nursing
- Power Smoothing and Low Voltage Ride Through Solutions for Wind Turbines
- Adel Nasiri, Electrical Engineering
- Co-PI: David Yu, Electrical Engineering
- Development of Platelet-Targeted Nanoparticles for Treatment of Thrombotic Stroke
- Julie Oliver, Biological Sciences
- As Realistic as God: World-Making in Literature and Media
- Peter Paik, French, Italian and Comparative Literature
- Resolving Severe Weather Impacts of Global Climate Change
- Paul Roebber, Mathematical Sciences
- Gravitational Wave Data Analysis and Astronomy
- Xavier Siemens, Physics
- Functional Analysis of Candidate Genes for Learning and Memory
- Ava Udvadia, Biological Sciences
- Co-PI: Fred Helmstetter, Psychology
- Polarization and Electric Fields in Heterostructures
- Michael Weinert, Physics
- Co-PI: Lian Li, Physics
- Measuring Molecular Electric Fields at the Active Sites of Proteins: Development of High Resolution Single Molecule and Hole-Burning Techniques
- Jorg Woehl, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Co-PI: Peter Geissinger, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Superfast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Compressed Sensing
- Leslie Ying, Electrical Engineering
- Co-PI: Yi Ming Zou, Mathematical Sciences
- Molecular Genetic Dissection of the MicroRNA160 Function in Arabidopsis Development
- Dazhong Zhao, Biological Sciences
- A Sensor Based on Electromagnetic Surface Wave Propagation for Bridge Monitoring
- Jian Zhao, Civil Engineering and Mechanics
- Co-PIs: Mukul Goyal, Computer Science; George Hanson, Electrical Engineering; Konstantin Sobolev, Civil Engineering and Mechanics