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Research Grants

Grants are listed in alphabetical order by principal investigator, who is listed first when there are multiple investigators.

View Complete monthly awards and expenditures

October 2009

Agterberg, Daniel
Physics
National Science Foundation, $160,000
Project: Theoretical Studies Of Novel Order In Correlated Electron Materials

Armstrong, Brian
Electrical Engineering
University Of Hawaii At Manao, $251,339
Project: Rgr-Based Motion Tracking For Real-Time Adoptive MR Imaging And Spectroscopy

Binkowski, Fred
WATER Institute
Us Dept Of Agriculture, $195,122
Project: Improvement In Great Lakes Aquaculture Production - Phase 2

Brady, Patrick
Physics
National Science Foundation, $1,450,000
Project: Enabling Gravitational-Wave Astronomy On The LIGO Data Grid

Brady, Patrick; Allen, Bruce; Creighton, Jolien; De Arcenegui Siemens, F; Wiseman, Alan
Physics
National Science Foundation, $1,188,018
Project: Development Of High-Performance Computing Facility For Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis

Carvan, Michael; Weber, Daniel
Freshwater Science Admin
National Institutes Of Health, $427,758
Project: Influence Of Human Gene Variants On The Effects Of Developmental MEHG Exposure

Dean
Business_Instructional
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $27,500
Project: La Macchia Enterprises Entrepreneurship Initiatives

Fraiser, Margaret
Geosciences
National Science Foundation, $69,240
Project: ARRA Collaborative Research: New Chemo- And Biostratigraphic Framework For The Lower Triassic Of The Western U.S.: Towards A High-Resolution Understanding Of Early Triassic Events

Gong, Shaoqin; Steeber, Douglas
Mechanical Engineering
National Science Foundation, $124,999
Project: Multifunctional Unimolecular Micelles For Targeted Cancer Therapy

Goyal, Mukul
Elec Engr & Computer Science
Johnson Controls, $40,000
Project: Performance Evaluation Of ZigBee/802.15.4 Networks

Guptasarma, Prasenjit
Physics
University Of California - San Diego, $36,667
Project: SUPERSEARCH - A Multi-Pronged Novel Approach To The Search For New Superconducting Phases.

Hu, Yi
Electrical Engineering
National Institutes Of Health, $50,036
Project: Development Of Noise Reduction Algorithms For Cochlear Implants

Keenan, Kevin
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
Judd Leighton Foundation, Inc, $74,925
Project: Non-Invasive Assessment Of Muscle Function In Older Adults

Larson, Vincent
Math Sciences
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admn, $97,177
Project: Driving CCN Activation With Subgrid-Scale Forcings

Li, Yaoyu
Mechanical Engineering
Eaton, $26,722
Project: Wind Turbine Drive Train Diagnostics

Marek, Karen
Nursing Dean's Office
National Institutes Of Health, $115,824
Project: Center For Enhancement Of Self Management In Individuals And Families (Core)

Nasiri, Abdolhosein
Electrical Engineering
We Energies, $200
Project: PV System Implementation On EMS

Ourmazd, Abbas; Schwander, Peter
Physics
Us Dept Of Energy, $239,999
Project: SISGR: Structure From Fleeting Illumination Of Faint Spinning Objects In Flight

Richards, John
Anthropology
University Of Illinois, $3,170
Project: Archaeological Curation Services-PSAP

Rohatgi, Pradeep
Materials
Army, $2,162,250
Project: Advanced Manufacture Of Lightweight Self-Lubricating And Impact-Resistant Materials For Military Applications

Savundranayagam, Marie
Social Work
Alzheimers Association, $80,000
Project: Caregiver Communication Strategies: Implications For Relational Outcomes

Stockbridge, Richard; Wade, Bruce
Math Sciences
National Security Agency, $53,524
Project: Analysis, Control And Stopping Of Stochastic Processes

Tabatabai, Habibollah; Titi, Hani
Civil Engineering
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $59,991
Project: Phase II Investigation Of Testing Methods To Determine Long Term Durability Of Various Types Of Wisconsin Aggregate Resources

Titi, Hani
Civil Engineering
Washington State University, $12,121
Project: Pre-Overlay Repair Of Existing Concrete And Asphaltic Pavements

Wade, Bruce
Math Sciences
National Science Foundation, $22,016
Project: Conference On Computational And Mathematical Methods In Science And Engineering, CMMSE 2010

Walker, Cindy
Educational Psychology
Center For Self Sufficiency, $81,552
Project: Evaluation Of Community-Based Abstinence And Healthy Marriage Programs

Woods, Douglas
Psychology
New York University, $16,337
Project: Improving Tic-Related Response Inhibition: Comparing The Effects Of Methlphenidate To Placebo In Children And Adolescents With ADHD And Chronic Tic Disorders

Yakovlev, Vladislav
Physics
National Institutes Of Health, $71,372
Project: Time-Gated Confocal Raman Microscopy

Yu, Hong
Health Care Adm & Information
National Institutes Of Health, $351,549
Project: HERMES - Help Physicians To Extract And Articulate Multimedia Information From Literature To Answer Their Ad-Hoc Medical Questions

Zalewski, Kathryn
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
American Physical Therapy Association, $9,996
Project: A Day In The Life: Characteristics Of The Inpatient Rehabilitation Process During Acute Stroke Recovery

Zhao, Jian
Civil Engineering
Marquette University, $38,375
Project: Fatigue Testing Of The Connections Of Sign Support Structures

October total: $7,537,779

September 2009

Anchordoqui, Luis
Physics
National Science Foundation, $25,000
Project: Interplay between high energy astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics

Bardy, Sonia
Biosciences
National Institutes of Health, $248,535
Project: Spatial organization of proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Campbell-Kyureghyan, Naira
Industrial & Manufactoring Eng
University of Louisville Research Fdn, $16,736
Project: Ergonomics Training for managers and Employees in Small Business Foundries

Campbell-Kyureghyan, Naira
Industrial & Manufactoring Eng
E.On U.S. Services, Inc., $57,205
Project: Research Proposal for improving the Safety and Ergonomics at E.ON U.S. LLC facilities

Campbell-Kyureghyan, Naira; Garg, Arun
Industrial & Manufactoring Eng
Orr Corporation, $35,000
Project: Determining The Protective Properties Of ?Kong? Gloves

Chen, Junhong
Electrical Engineering
US Dept of Energy, $35,000
Project: High Capacity Li-Ion Batteries Based on SnO2 Nanoparticles

Chen, Junhong
Mechanical Engineering
Univ of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $50,000
Project: High Capacity Li-Ion Batteries Based on SnO2 Nanoparticles

Cuhel, Russell; Aguilar-Diaz, Carmen
WATER Institute
Michigan State University, $32,483
Project: Comparison, Identification, and Role of Microbial Communities in Recirculating Systems in the North Central Region

De Sousa, Christopher
Geography
University of Illinois - Chicago, $88,329
Project: Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment

Geissinger, Peter; Wöehl, Jorg
Chemistry
National Science Foundation, $182,800
Project: Measuring Molecular Electric Fields at the Active Sites of Proteins: Development of Single Molecule and Hole-Burning Techniques

Gong, Shaoqin; Steeber, Douglas
Mechanical Engineering
National Science Foundation, $375,001
Project: Multifunctional Unimolecular Micelles for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Harley, Amy
Urban Population Health Center
Aurora Health Care, $1,828
Project: Motivatoinal Interviewing for Health Maintenance and Promotion in a Primary Care Setting

Helmstetter, Fred
Psychology
National Institutes of Health, $50,054
Project: Molecular signaling underlying trace fear conditioning in hippocampus and mPFC(postdoctoral fellowship application for Marieke Gilmartin)

Helwany, Mohd; Papaioannou, George; Rahman, Adeeb
Civil Engineering
Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, $25,508
Project: A Novel Method for Modeling the Hysteretic Energy-Dissipating Viscoplastic Behavior of Asphalt Mixtures (Phase I)

Hildebrandt, Eugenie
Programs
National Institutes of Health, $116,884
Project: Longitudinal Narrative Study of Women Who were Unsuccessful in Work-based Welfare

Holbrook, Thomas
Political Science
National Science Foundation, $537,981
Project: Collaborative Research: a Multi-City Study of Contextual Influences on Group Relations and Voting Behavior in Urban Mayoral Elections

Howland, Douglas
History
Univ of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $10,000
Project: Support For Buck Professor Of Chinese History

Hu, Yi
Electrical Engineering
National Institutes of Health, $123,886
Project: Development of noise reduction algorithms for cochlear implants

Klump, J; Consi, Thomas
WATER Institute
University of Michigan, $30,000
Project: Implementation of the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) 2008-2011

Larson, Vincent
Mathematical Sciences
National Science Foundation, $366,409
Project: A physics coupler for climate models

Li, Lian
Physics
Us Dept of Energy, $185,000
Project: Toward The Realization Of Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Semiconductors: A Spin-Polarized STM Study

Lovell, Michael
Industrial & Manufactoring Eng
University of Pittsburgh, $41,688
Project: An Investigation of Filter Cake formation on a Porous Rock: Modeling and Experiments

Lyman, Paul
Physics
American Chemical Society, $100,000
Project: Transparent conducting oxide materials for solar cells

Marek, Karen
Nursing Dean's office
National Institutes of Health, $98,084
Project: Center For Enhancement Of Self Management In Individuals And Families (Core)

McRoy, Susan
Elec Engr & Computer Science
Radiological Society of North America, $29,767
Project: RA Support for a Medical Informatics PhD Student, from the Radiological Society of North America

Nasiri, Abdolhosein
Electrical Engineering
National Science Foundation, $304,249
Project: GOALI: Characterization of Energy Storage System for Wind Energy Support

Petering, David
NIEHS Core Center
National Institutes of Health, $15,000
Project: Childrens Environmental Health Sciences Core Center

Richards, John
Anthropology
Wi Dept of Transportation
-$58,808
Project: UWM-WDOT Interagency Agreement For Archaeological Services

Richards, John; Richards, Patricia
Anthropology
Wi Dept of Transportation, $58,808
Project: Archaeological Monitoring and Investigations Associated With Construction of USH 151 From Calumetville, North to the Fond du Lac County Line

Rodriguez Sevilla, Rafael
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $152,698
Project: RIG: Genotype x environment interaction in mate preferences and signals

Saldin, Dilano
Physics
Us Dept of Energy, $179,034
Project: Fluctuation X-Ray Diffraction of Membrane Proteins in Solution

Schwartz, Mark
Geography
National Science Foundation, $20,341
Project: Bridging Spatial Scales Using Phenological Measurements To Improve Understanding Of Springtime Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions

Xie, Dexuan
Math Sciences
National Science Foundation, $265,417
Project: Collaborative Research: Mathematical Studies and Refinements of a Reduced Ion Channel Model and a Nonlocal Dielectric Model

Yakovlev, Vladislav
Physics
National Science Foundation, $57,252
Project: Collaborative research: Disorder-induced high sensitivity Raman sensor

Yu, Hong
Health Care Adm & Information
National Institutes of Health, $170,662
Project: HERMES - Help physicians to Extract and aRticulate Multimedia information from literature to answer their ad-hoc medical quEstionS

Zalewski, Kathryn
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
American Physical Therapy Association, $9,996
Project: A Day in the Life: Characteristics of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Process During Acute Stroke Recovery

August 2009

Azenabor, Anthony
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $40,000
Project: Regulatory Role Of Macrophage L-Type Calcium Channel On Atherongenic Properties Of Chlamydia

Buchanan, Elizabeth
School of Information Studies
National Science Foundation, $355,257
Project: ARRA Internet Research And Ethics 2.0: The Internet Research Ethics Digital Library, Interactive Resource Center, And Online Ethics Advisory Board

Chen, Junhong; Gajdardziska, Marija; Hirschmugl, Carol
Mechanical Engineering
National Science Foundation, $300,000
Project: ARRA Collaborative Research: Engineering Miniaturized Gas Sensors With Hybrid Nanostructures

Cook, James
Chemistry
Marquette University, $110,114
Project: ARRA Development Of Compounds Targeting System XC- For The Treatment Of Addiction

Dean,
Bostrom Center
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $9,900
Project: Business Advisory Council Awards & Doctoral Scholarships, Travel Support

Dean,
Bostrom Center
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $27,000
Project: Manegold Professorship

Dean,
Business_Instructional
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $10,000
Project: Milwaukee Plan

Dietz, Mark
Chemistry
W. R. Grace & Co., $14,770
Project: Extracting Rare-Earth Oxides From Silica/Alumina Clays

Dietz, Mark
Chemistry
PG Research Foundation, Inc., $29,996
Project: Improved Approaches To The Separation And Characterization Of Crown Ether Stereoisomers

Ebersole, Kyle; Oconnor, Kristian
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
Wi Athletic Trainers Association, $1,000
Project: The Effects Of A Simulated Soccer Match On Cutting Knee Dynamics And Neuromuscular Risk Factors

Eells, Janis
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
International Retinal Research Foundatio, $71,384
Project: Evaluation Of The Therapeutic Potential Of Near-Infrared Photobiomodulation In The Treatment Of Retinal Dystrophy

Forst, Steven
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $345,002
Project: Host Specificity Stategies In Binary Mutualism Physiological And Molecular Processes And Evolutionary Relationships

Gong, Shaoqin; Chen, Jian
Mechanical Engineering
National Science Foundation, $310,000
Project: ARRA Advanced Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites And Their Actuation Properties

Helmstetter, Fred
Psychology
National Institutes Of Health, $263,289
Project: Functional Neuroanatomy Of Human Fear Conditioning

Indig, Guilherme
Chemistry
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $55,000
Project: Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Organic - Inorganic Composites

Klaper, Rebecca; Chen, Jian
WATER Institute
National Science Foundation, $135,933
Project: Environmental Implications Of Manufactured Nanomaterials Of Differing Structure On Aquatic Species

Klump, J
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program, $27,184
Project: Advisory Services: Program Coordination And Field Offices - Milwaukee Field Office

Kravtsov, Sergey
Math Sciences
US Dept Of Energy, $72,404
Project: Collaborative Research: Regional Climate-Change Projections Through Next-Generation Empirical And Dynamical Models

Lang, Norma; Patrick, Timothy
Nursing Dean's Office
Aurora Health Care, $62,334
Project: Using Evidence-Based Nursing Practices And EHR Decision Support To Reduce Fall-Related Patient Injuries In Acute Care

Liao, Qian; Bootsma, Harvey
Civil Engineering
National Science Foundation, $167,604
Project: Development And Deployment Of A Versatile In Situ Underwater Miniature PIV System (UWMPIV)

Lyman, Paul
Physics
US Dept Of Energy, $186,022
Project: Probing Surfaces And Nanostructures With Surface X-Ray Diffraction: Application Of A Direct Method For The Visualization Of Surfaces

Pacheco, Arsenio; Schmidt, Marius
Chemistry - Dept (150)
National Science Foundation, $410,478
Project: ARRA Structure-Function Relationships In Metalloenzymes With Multiple Redox-Active Centers

Richards, John
Anthropology
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $20,000
Project: UWM-WDOT Interagency Agreement For Archaeological Services

Richards, John
Anthropology
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $58,808
Project: UWM-Wdot Interagency Agreement For Archaeological Services

Saffarini, Daad
Biosciences
US Dept Of Energy, $224,882
Project: Integrated Genome-Based Studies Of Shewanella Ecophysiology

Schnitzer, Stefan
Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation, $889,840
Project: CAREER: Explaining The Distribution And Dominance Of Lianas And Tree Species - A Test Of The Dry Season Advantage Hypothesis

Schnitzer, Stefan
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $29,970
Project: Do Lianas Cause Chronic Disturbance And Alter Successional Trajectories In Tropical Forests?

Snow, Deloise
Veterans Upward Bound
US Dept Of Education, $14,943
Project: Veteran's Upward Bound

Snow, Deloise
Veterans Upward Bound
US Dept Of Education, $235,057
Project: Veteran's Upward Bound

Sobolev, Konstantin
Civil Engineering
National Science Foundation, $32,791
Project: EAGER: Engineering Of Ultra-High Performance Cement Based Materials Using Superhydrophobic Hybridization

Swanson, Kyle; Tsonis, Anastasios
Math Sciences
National Science Foundation, $99,634
Project: Climate Feedback Drift In Models And Observations

Tsonis, Anastasios; Swanson, Kyle
Math Sciences
National Science Foundation, $249,998
Project: Investigating Internal Dynamics And Climate Variability Using Networks

Turner, Trudy
Anthropology
Univ Of California - Los Angeles, $40,137
Project: Integrated Genetic And Genomic Resources For A Model System

Warren, Richard
Psychology
National Institutes Of Health, $295,332
Project: Mechanisms Underlying Perception Of Speech

Weisman, Gerald
Architecture
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $3,032
Project: Development And Design Guide To Dementia Day Care Facilities

Yu, Zeyun
Elec Engr & Computer Science
University Of California - San Diego, $25,137
Project: Multiscale And Multiphysics Simulation Tools With Applications To Biomedical Systems

July 2009

Binkowski, Fred
WATER Institute
US Dept Of Agriculture, $231,707
Project: Improvement In Great Lakes Aquaculture Production - Phase 2

Chen, Junhong; Weinert, Michael
Mechanical Engineering
National Science Foundation, $263,725
Project: ARRA—Collaborative Research: Exploration Of Graphene-Nanocrystal Metamaterials

Christensen, Erik
Civil Engineering
National Science Foundation, $10,000
Project: Collaborative Research: I/UCRC For Water Equipment And Policy

Director
Financial Aid
Health Resources & Svcs Admn, $200,000
Project: Nurse Faculty Loan Program

Dunn, Peter
Biosciences
American Ornithologists Union, $1,000
Project: The Effects Of Temperature And Food Abundance On Breeding Season Length In Singlebrooded And Double-Brooded Birds

Earl Boehm, Jennifer
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
WI Athletic Trainers Association, $1,000
Project: Relationship Between Static And Dynamic Strength And Endurance Measures In The Hip And Core Musculature

Eells, Janis
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Foundation Fighting Blindness, $100,000
Project: Photobiomodulation For The Treatment Of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Galvao, Loren
Urban Population Health Center
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $14,205
Project: The Survey Of The Health Of Wisconsin (SHOW)

Galvao, Loren
Nursing Dean's Office
Medical College Of Wisconsin, $79,299
Project: Pathways Linking Poverty, Food Insecurity And HIV In Rural Malawi

Geissinger, Peter
Chemistry
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $80,000
Project: Multifunctional Plasmonic Optical Fiber Sensor Arrays For Environmental Monitoring And Automated Process Control

Helmstetter, Fred
Psychology
National Institutes Of Health, $22,301
Project: Distributed Synaptic Plasticity In Fear Conditioning

Hildebrandt, Eugenie
Nursing Dean's Office
National Institutes Of Health, $17,991
Project: Longitudinal Narrative Study Of Women Who Were Unsuccessful In Work-Based Welfare

Hossain, M
Chemistry
Padanaplast Usa Inc., $9,000
Project: Investigation Of Contaminants Due To Leeching From PEX Tubing

Klaper, Rebecca
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $75,000
Project: Tool For The Evaluation Of The Environmental Effects Of Nanomaterials

Klump, J; Paddock, Robert
WATER Institute
University Of Michigan, $15,192
Project: Exploration Of Shallow And Deep Water Submerged Sinkhole Ecosystems In Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Lake Huron: Habitat And Life

Kravtsov, Sergey
Math Sciences
National Science Foundation, $302,336
Project: ARRA-Study Of The Relationship Between Regionally Localized And Zonally Symmetric Anomalously Persistent Weather States

Li, Jin; Liao, Qian
Civil Engineering
National Science Foundation, $498,695
Project: Fate And Transport Of Biocolloids In Beach Sand

Mclean, Mary
Early Childhood Research Ctr
University Of Florida, $74,715
Project: Impact Of Professional Development On Preschool Teachers' Use Of Embedded Instruction Practices

Otto-Salaj, Laura; Brondino, Michael; Fendrich, Michael; Rose, Susan
Ctr for Addiction Studies
National Institutes Of Health, $626,017
Project: Etiology Of Sexual Risk, Substance Use, And Trauma; A Bioecological Systems Model

Petering, David
Chemistry
National Institutes Of Health, $284,150
Project: Cellular Fluorescent Zinc Sensors. What Are They Imaging?

Petering, David
Chemistry
National Institutes Of Health, $320,264
Project: Cd2+, Metallothionein And Transcriptional Control Of Na+-Glucose Co-Transporter 1

Raicu, Valerica
Physics
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $85,000
Project: Catalyst: Study Of Protein Associations In Living Cells As A Guide For Therapeutics Development

Saffarini, Daad
Biosciences
Battelle Memorial Institute, $90,000
Project: Role Of Microenvironments And Transition Zones In Subsurface Reactive Contaminant Transport

Smith, Jerome
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
Medical College Of Wisconsin, $26,692
Project: The Effects Of Exercise On Brain Function And Metabolic Profile In Dementia: A Collaborative Pilot Clinical Trial

Strath, Scott
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
National Institutes Of Health, $130,950
Project: Physical Activity Enhancement In The Elderly

Strath, Scott; Swartz, Ann
Human Movement Sci Addl Instru
National Institutes Of Health, $347,549
Project: Heart Rate And Movement Integration To Improve Physical Activity Assessment

Titi, Hani
Civil Engineering
Washington State University, $12,121
Project: Pre-Overlay Repair Of Existing Concrete And Asphaltic Pavements

Ying, Lei
Dept Elect Engin & Computer Sc
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $85,000
Project: High Resolution, High Speed Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Compressed Sensing With Random Encoding

Ying, Lei
Electrical Engineering-Gen
National Science Foundation, $239,671
Project: Career: Compressed Sensing Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Zhang, Hao
Electrical Engineering-Gen
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $40,000
Project: Pushing The Limits Of Photoacoustic Microscopy: Functional Imaging For Diabetic Eyes

Zhang, Hao
Electrical Engineering-Gen
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, $110,000
Project: Multimodal Functional Imaging For Diabetic Retinopathy

Zhang, Jun; Mu, Xiangming; Zhao, Tian
Electrical Engineering-Gen
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $70,000
Project: Automatic Patient Search For Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

June 2009

Amano, Ryoichi
Mechanical Engineering
ITT Water & Wastewater, $32,912
Project: Development Of Innovative Aeration Systems

Amano, Ryoichi
Mechanical Engineering
Harley-Davidson, $35,807
Project: Powertrain - Performance And Emissions

Bravo, Hector; Bootsma, Harvey; McLellan, Sandra
Civil Engineering
Shorewood (Village Of), Wi, $9,246
Project: Atwater Park Beach Ecological Study

Cisler, Ron
Urban Population Health Center
Wisconsin Partnership Fund, $5,690
Project: Wisconsin Initiative For Health Research (WINHR) Implementation Grant Yr2

Cook, James
Chemistry
Harvard Medical School, $35,684
Project: Gaba-A Receptor Subtype Mechanisms In Nonhuman Primate Models Of Alcohol Abuse

Cook, James
Chemistry
National Institutes Of Health, $442,211
Project: Design And Synthesis Of Anxioselective Anxiolytics

Dunn, Peter
Biosciences
American Museum Of Natural History, $2,500
Project: Analysis Of MHC Genetic Diversity In The Greater Prairie-Chicken: How Do Population Bottlenecks Affect Genes Under Selection?

Eckman, Fred
English
National Science Foundation, $12,000
Project: Asheninka Perene: Documentation And Grammar

Friedman, John
Physics
National Science Foundation, $180,000
Project: Classical And Quantum Gravitation And Cosmology

Ghorbanpoor, Al
Civil Engineering
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $60,000
Project: Bridge Integrated Analysis And Decision Support: Case Histories

Klaper, Rebecca
WATER Institute
Veolia Water Milwaukee, Llc, $69,992
Project: Pharmaceutical Distribution Through The Wastewater Treatment Process And Into The Environment

Klemer, David
Electrical Engineering-Gen
Medical College Of Wisconsin, $20,000
Project: A Novel Microelectronic DNA Sensor For Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Predisposition Screening

Korell, Shannon
Educational Psychology
Forest County Potawatomi Community, $7,500
Project: American Indian Health Disparities Study

Kuchin, Sergei
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $180,983
Project: Regulation Of The Snf1 Protein Kinase In Yeast

Larson, Vincent
Mathematical Sciences
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $83,187
Project: Multiscale Modeling Of Aerosol Impacts On Clouds And Precipitation

Li, Lian
Physics
National Science Foundation, $170,185
Project: Selective Doping Of Antiferromagnetic Semiconductors

Liao, Qian
Civil Engineering
Navy, $55,665
Project: Empirical Studies Of Release Rates Of Munition Constituents From Breached Shells

Mathiowetz, Nancy
Sociology General
Oak Management, Inc, $75,077
Project: Development Of Mail Survey Questionnaire For The Marine Recreational Information Program

McBride, Mark
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $16,705
Project: Flavobacterium Gliding Motility: Role Of Cell Surface Components

McLellan, Sandra
WATER Institute
National Institutes Of Health, $198,483
Project: Microbial Community Profiling Of Sewage Contamination In The Great Lakes

Naik, Tarun
Civil Engineering
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $8,500
Project: Center For By-Products Utilization

Petering, David
Niehs Core Center
National Institutes Of Health, $430,170
Project: Niehs Center Aquatic Animal Facility Renovation

Richards, John
Anthropology-General
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $300,000
Project: UWM-WDOT Interagency Agreement For Archaeological Services Time Extension To 12/31/06

Richards, John
Anthropology-General
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $457,026
Project: UWM-WDOT Interagency Agreement For Archaeological Services Time Extension To 12/31/06

Rohatgi, Pradeep
Materials
Army, $119,289
Project: Synthesis And Processing Of Advanced Materials Including Metallic, Polymeric And Ceramic

Rohatgi, Pradeep; Amano, Ryoichi
Materials
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $54,979
Project: Self Healing Solders For Automation Industry

Sobolev, Konstantin
Civil Engineering
We Energies, $11,828
Project: Investigation Of Special Concrete

Waples, James; Klump, J
WATER Institute
Veolia Water Milwaukee, LLC, $129,793
Project: The Dynamics Of Particle And Phosphorus Loading In The Milwaukee River

Yang, Ching-Hong
Biosciences
US Dept Of Agriculture, $61,367
Project: Impacts Of Water Irrigation And Salinity On The Persistence And Transmission Of E. Coli O157:H7 From Soil To Plants

May 2009

Aguilar-Diaz, Carmen
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $51,422
Project: Aquatic Sciences Exploration: Onboard And Online

Arora, Swarnjit
ISPR
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $10,300
Project: Enforcement And Media Campaign Surveys And Analysis

Binkowski, Fred
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program, $100,555
Project: Aquaculture Advisory Services For The Great Lakes Region

Bootsma, Harvey; Liao, Qian
WATER Institute
Wi Dept Of Administration, $7,000
Project: A Management Model To Link Coastal Water Quality And Land Use.

Cheng, Rita
General
Sloan (Alfred P) Foundation, $100,000
Project: Blending Life And Learning: Increasing Access To Higher Education

Dean
Architecture Administration
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $5,000
Project: Research Into Green Building Design

Dean
Architecture Administration
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $30,000
Project: Develop Proposal To Compete In Solar Decathalon

Dean
Business
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $10,000
Project: Milwaukee Plan

Dean
Business
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $17,500
Project: La Macchia Enterprises Entrepreneurship Initiatives

Earl Boehm, Jennifer
Human Movement Sci
Great Lakes Athl Trainers Assn, $1,500
Project: Relationship Between Static And Dynamic Strength And Endurance Measures In The Hip And Core Musculature

Eckman, Fred
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
National Institutes Of Health, $262,333
Project: Markedness And Learnability In Second Language Phonology

Ehlinger, Timothy
Biosciences
Mount Pleasant (Village Of), Wi, $61,403
Project: Pike River Floodplain Modification And Stream Restoration, Phases 4 And 5

Fendrich, Michael; Berger, Lisa; Brondino, Michael
Ctr for Addiction Studies
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $9,994
Project: Treatment Of Opioid Dependence In Drug Treatment Court

Goetz, Frederick
WATER Institute
Milwaukee Fish LLC, $117,106
Project: Rearing And Breeding Of Tambaqui (Colossoma Macropomum) In A Recirculating Aquaculture System

Guptasarma, Prasenjit
Physics
National Science Foundation, $85,000
Project: Career: Probing The Nature Of Coupled Ground States In Single Crystals Of Magnetoelectric Perovskite Oxides

Horowitz, Alan
Civil Engineering
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $100,000
Project: CFIRE Partner Grant

Joyce, Caroline
Jason Project
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $24,834
Project: Marine And Aquatic Science Literacy: Lake Stugeon Bowl, Wisconsin's Regional Academic Competition For The National Ocean Science Bowl & Teacher/Student Professional Development

Kanter, Jonathan; Santiago-Rivera, Azara
Psychology
National Institutes Of Health, $201,961
Project: Community Based Behavioral Activation For Latinos With Depression

Kovach, Christine
Programs
Jewish Home & Care Center, $21,376
Project: Creating And Sustaining Culture Change To Person-Centered Care: Year 3

Kuchin, Sergei
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $175,914
Project: Regulation Of The Snf1 Protein Kinase In Yeast

Latch, Emily
Biosciences
Wi Dept Of Natural Resources, $8,000
Project: Badger Landscape Genetics: Sample Collection And Website Development

Li, Yaoyu
Faculty Start Up Yaoyu Li
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $105,000
Project: HVAC Controls Research

Mafi, Arash
Electrical Engineering-Gen
Corning Incorporated, $40,000
Project: Investigation Of Multimode Optical Fibers

Owens, Laura
Exceptional Education
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $43,277
Project: Improving Summer Employment And Community Inclusion Outcomes For Adolescents And Young Adults With Disabilities

Petering, David
NIEHS Core Center
National Institutes Of Health, $33,032
Project: Childrens Environmental Health Sciences Core Center

Sandgren, Craig
Biosciences
Univ Of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program, $89,363
Project: Cercopagis Invasion Of Lake Michigan: Predictable Responses Or "Invasional Meltdown" Of The Planktonic Food Web

Wiseman, Alan
Physics
National Science Foundation, $460,000
Project: Gravitational Wave Physics And Data Analysis

Woods, Douglas
Psychology
Tourette Syndrome Association, $17,877
Project: Psychosocial Intervention For Young Children With Chronic Tics

Woods, Douglas
Psychology
National Institutes Of Health, $43,508
Project: Acceptance Enhanced Behavior Therapy For Trichotillomania

Woods, Douglas
Psychology
Tourette Syndrome Association, $49,280
Project: Transporting Behavior Therapy To Neurology Clinics: Adaptation, Development And Feasibility

April 2009

Arora, Swarnjit
Institute for Survey & Policy Research
Wi Dept Of Transportation, $49,979
Project: Enforcement And Media Campaign Surveys And Analysis

Cisler, Ron
Urban Population Health Center
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $3,300
Project: Peridata.net Custom Report Development

Conceicao, Simone
Administrative Leadership
Childrens Hospital Of Wisconsin, $47,830
Project: Bridge To Independence

Director
CRIE
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $69,250
Project: Center For Research On International Economics (CRIE)

Dumitrescu, Adrian
Elec Engr & Computer Science
National Science Foundation, $103,175
Project: Career: Algorithmic Issues In Geometric Network Optimization, Binary Space Partitions, And Metamorphic Systems

Goetz, Frederick
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program, $146,504
Project: Development Of Yellow Perch Broodstocks For Genetic Selection: Assessing Reproductive Performance And Manipulation For Out-Of-Cycle Spawning

Klaper, Rebecca
WATER Institute
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, $60,000
Project: Evaluation Of Pharmaceuticals In Wastewater Influent And Effluent Discharge To The Environment

Mclellan, Sandra
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program, $118,771
Project: Development And Application Of Molecular Based Methods For Identifying Sources Of Fecal Pollutionat Lake Michigan Beaches

O'Connor, Kristian; Joshi, Mukta
Human Movement Sci
Red Wing Shoe, $15,947
Project: Functional Characteristics And Comfort Of Industrial Work Boots Across Sizes

Petering, David
NIEHS Core Center
National Institutes Of Health, $1,656,519
Project: Childrens Environmental Health Sciences Core Center

Yu, Hong
Health Care Adm & Information
National Institutes Of Health, $17,952
Project: Towards The Building Of A Comprehensive Biological Experiment Database

Zhao, Dazhong
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $6,000
Project: The Ems1 Receptor Kinase And Anther Cell Differentiation

March 2009

Brodwin, Paul
Anthropology
National Science Foundation, $14,117
Project: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Medical Migrants In The US/Mexico Borderlands

Chen, Junhong
Mechanical Engineering
UWM Foundation, $20,000
Project: Suport Dr. Chen's Research In The Area Of Coronoa Discharges Based On Carbon Nanotubes

Cisler, Ron
Urban Population Health Center
Wi Dept Of Health Services, $3,500
Project: Peridata HIV Screening Data Extract Development

Dean
Architecture Administration
UWM Foundation, $3,600
Project: Support For Design Studio

Dean
Architecture Administration
UWM Foundation, $7,500
Project: Provides Local Student Internship Opportunity

Dean
Architecture Administration
UWM Foundation, $8,500
Project: Research And Activities Related To Historic Preservation And The Historic Preservation Curriculum

Dean
Architecture Administration
UWM Foundation, $25,000
Project: Develop Proposal To Compete In Solar Decathalon

Dean
Social Welfare Admin
UWM Foundation, $150,000
Project: To Fund The Salary And Related Expenses For The Endowed Chair In Gerontology

Goyal, Mukul; Armstrong, Brian; Hosseini, Seyed
Elec Engr & Computer Science
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $55,000
Project: Enhancing Reliability In IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks

Hewitt, Jeanne
NIEHS Core Center
Medical College Of Wisconsin, $16,514
Project: Waukesha Vanguard Center Contract

Hoot, Sara
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $7,500
Project: Phylogeny And Evolution Of Ranunculales: An Integrative Approach

Kovach, Christine
Nursing Dean's Office
National Institutes Of Health, $48,831
Project: Effect Of A Pain Protocol On Discomfort In Dementia

Mafi, Arash
Electrical Engineering
Univ Of Wi-Milwaukee Research Fndtn, $60,000
Project: Design Of High-Sensitivity Fiber Optic Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor

Marek, Karen
Nursing
National Institutes Of Health, $392,467
Project: Home Care Medication Management For The Frail Elderly

McBride, Mark
Biosciences
National Science Foundation, $195,591
Project: Flavobacterium Gliding Motility: Role Of Cell Surface Components

Montgomery, Rhonda
Studies on Family & LTC
Georgia Dept Of Human Resources, $2,930
Project: Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants To States (Addgs) Program

Pate, David
Social Work
Univ Of Wisconsin - Madison, $11,837
Project: Effects Of A Policy Change In Milwaukee County To Hold Incarcerated Payers' Orders In Abeyance Quantitative Analysis Of The Effects Of The Policy Change

Tysoe, Wilfred
Chemistry
National Science Foundation, $125,000
Project: An Ultrahigh Vacuum Investigation Of The Chemistry And Tribology Of Extreme Pressure Lubricant Additives

Tysoe, Wilfred
Chemistry
Office Of Naval Research, $200,000
Project: Study Of The Chemistry And Tribology Of Copper Surfaces

Yu, David
Electrical Engineering
Juntech, $5,000
Project: Object Tracking For Video Surveillance

February 2009

Anchordoqui, Luis
Physics
National Science Foundation, $25,000
Project: Interplay Between High Energy Astrophysics, Cosmology And Particle Physics

Binkowski, Fred
WATER Institute
Univ Of Wisconsin Syst Trust Fund Office, $17,122
Project: Flyash Block Artificial Reef Project: Phase Iii Investigations (Transfer From Trust Accounts 1188, 1207 And 1411)

Bootsma, Harvey
WATER Institute
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, $58,037 (two grants)
Identifying Major Phosphorus Pathways In The Lake Michigan Nearshore Zone

Cisler, Ron; Johnson, Teresa
Health Care Adm & Information
Center For Urban Population Health, $47,100
Project: Center For Urban Population Health Public Health Development Plan

Czeck, Dyanna
Geosciences
National Science Foundation, $166,374
Project: Collaborative Research: Linking Fluid-Rock Interaction And Strain Accumulation In A Naturally Deformed Diamictite, Implications For Hydrolytic Weakening And Reaction Softening

Dean
Nursing
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $140,155
Project: Children's Joint Research Chair

Dean
Social Welfare
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $225,000
Project: To Fund The Salary And Related Expenses For The Endowed Chair In Gerontology

Hildebrandt, Eugenie
Nursing Dean's Office
National Institutes Of Health, $161,922
Project: Longitudinal Narrative Study Of Women Who Were Unsuccessful In Work-Based Welfare

Klein-Tasman, Bonita
Psychology
Univ Of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Foundation, $4,000
Project: Research Support

Lang, Norma; Lundeen, Sally
Nursing Dean's Office
Aurora Health Care, $423,000
Project: Aurora/Cerner/UWM Partnership For Development Of Innovative Health Care Information-Phase IV

McHenry, Lindsay
Geosciences
National Science Foundation, $105,747
Project: New Stratigraphic And Archaeological Investigations On The Origin Of The Acheulean At Olduvai Gorge

Moran, Graham
Chemistry
National Science Foundation, $168,006
Project: The Biochemistry Of 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate

Pillai, Krishna
Mechanical Engineering
S C Johnson & Son, $56,299
Project: Modeling Evaporation And Transport Of Multi-Component Liquids In Wicks

Stockbridge, Richard; Wade, Bruce
Math Sciences
National Security Agency, $52,809
Project: Analysis, Control And Stopping Of Stochastic Processes

Thomson, Gregory; Cornelius, Chris; Li, Yaoyu; Nasiri, Abdolhosein
Ctr For Architect & Urban Plan
National Renewable Energy Lab, $100,000
Project: UW-M Carbon Neutral House: US Department Of Energy - Solar Decathlon Competition

Walker, Cindy
Educational Psychology
Medical College Of Wisconsin, $3,982
Project: The Development Of A Health Numeracy Measure

Wang, Jinsung
Additional Instruction_Outreac
National Institutes Of Health, $16,509
Project: Hemispheric Lateralization And Interlimb Transfer Of Motor Learning

Willenbring, Jeb
Math Sciences
National Security Agency, $14,999
Project: Combinatorial Problems Related To Harish-Chandra Modules

Wolfram, Dietmar
Instruction General
American Society For Information Science, $3,000
Project: Citer Analysis As A Measure Of Research Impact

Woods, Douglas
Psychology
Tourette Syndrome Association, $22,147
Project: Behavior Therapy For Children With Chronic Tic Disorders

Woods, Douglas
Psychology
National Institutes Of Health, $319,059
Project: Acceptance Enhanced Behavior Therapy For Trichotillomania

Zerpa, Virginia
Urban Population Health Center
Planned Parenthood Of Wisconsin, Inc, $5,278
Project: Integration Of Hiv/AIDS Prevention Services


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