The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in May 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP.
Accorsi, Michael, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ethiopian-UConn Partnership in Sustainable Development and Management of Water Resources
U.S. Agency for International Development, $50,000, 5/09-11/09
Anderson, Amy, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Targeting Dihydrofolate Reductase to Design Antimicrobial Agents
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $1,079,603, 1/09-12/12
Best, Samuel, Political Science
Workers Compensation Survey – Wisconsin
Workers Compensation Research Institute, $91,251, 2/09-6/09
Bushey, Joseph, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Due to Addition of a Lane on a Divided Highway in Southeastern Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Transportation/Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, $31,858, 5/09-6/10
Bushey, Joseph, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Evaluation of Environmental Wetland Mitigation Alternatives for Transportation Projects
Connecticut Department of Transportation/Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, $19,968, 7/09-6/10
Cassenti, Brice, Mechanical Engineering
Thermo-viscoplastic Creep and Fracture of Single Crystal Materials
Department of Defense/Air Force/United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney, $40,000, 4/09-8/09
Courtmanche, Jason, Connecticut Writing Project
Connecticut Writing Project – Storrs
Department of Education/National Writing Project Corp., $46,000, 3/09-6/10
Ellis, Donna, Plant Science
Biological Control of Mile-A-Minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliata) with Rhinocomimus latipes
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, $4,339, 2/09-12/09
Fischer, Mary, Sociology
Social Capital, School Choice, and Student Success: Examining the Linkages Among High School Students in the Educational Longitudinal Study
American Educational Research Association, $34,949, 6/09-5/11
Frisman, Linda, School of Social Work Instruction & Research
Medicaid Restoration for Prisoners with Severe Mental Illness
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health/University of North Carolina, $120,098, 4/09-3/10
Geary, Steven, Pathobiology & Veterinary Science
Foreign Animal Diseases, Immune Protection and Diagnostics
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, $18,306, 6/08-5/10
Goffinet, Bernard, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Doctoral Dissertation: Phylogenetic Relationships, Population Structure and Evolutionary Genetics of the Southern Appalachian Asexual Hornwort Megaceros Aenigmaticus (J.C. Villareal)
National Science Foundation, $9,594, 6/09-5/10
Hannafin, Robert, Educational Psychology
Transforming Engineering Education Through Social Networking
National Science Foundation, $99,999, 5/09-4/10
Howser, Michael, University Libraries – Research & Information Services
Office of Long Island Sound Programs Digital Aerial Photo Compression and Indexing
Department of Commerce/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, $27,743, 5/09-4/11
Jackson, Eric, Connecticut Transportation Institute
The Design-Build Methodology: A Review of Practice and Evaluation for Connecticut Applications
Connecticut Department of Transportation/Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, $19,877, 5/09-6/10
Jacobs, Barbara, Nursing Instruction & Research
Clinical Director of Ethics Consultation
Hartford Hospital, $43,500, 8/08-5/09
Javidi, Bahram, Electrical & Computer Engineering
3D Sensing and Imaging of Objects Occluded by Clouds
Department of Defense/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $125,000, 5/09-5/10
Javidi, Bahram, Electrical & Computer Engineering
New Imaging Paradigm using Quantum Optics for 3D Visualization, Optical Compression and ATR
Department of Defense/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/Air Force, $300,000, 5/09-7/10
Johnson, Blair, Psychology
Syntheses of HIV Prevention Research, Phase III
National Institutes of Health, $2,829,419, 2/09-2/14
Jordan, Eric, Mechanical Engineering
Thin, Dense Ceramic Layers To Improve Thermal Barrier Coating Performance, Durability, and Reliability
Department of Defense/Navy/Office of Naval Research, $50,000, 5/09-5/10
Kazerounian, Kazem, Mechanical Engineering
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site: The Joule Fellows – Teachers in Sustainable Energies Research Laboratories
National Science Foundation, $450,000, 5/09-4/12
Kraemer, William, Kinesiology
Impact of a Multi-Nutrient Supplement on Performance and Quality of Life
AdvoCare International L.P., $72,284, 8/09-7/10
Kraus, Christine, Center for Survey Research & Analysis
Tobacco Tax Survey
American Cancer Society Inc., $20,000, 2/09-5/09
Kraus, Christine, Center for Survey Research & Analysis
Physicians Survey
Connecticut Childrens Medical Center, $4,400, 3/09-4/09
Kraus, Christine, Center for Survey Research & Analysis
Stroke Survey
Connecticut Department of Public Health, $8,000, 4/09-6/09
Legrand, Ana, Plant Science
Measuring Impacts of Integrated Pest Management Nationally
U.S. Department of Agriculture, $199,795, 6/09-5/12
Panosky, Denise, Nursing Instruction & Research
Leadership, Education, Achievement, and Development
Viola W. Bernard Foundation, $10,000, 8/09-7/10
Shaw, Leon, Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering
Novel Processing of WC/Co Hardmetals with Simultaneous Improvements in Hardness and Toughness Derived From Nanocrystalline Powder
National Science Foundation, $299,999, 9/09-8/12
Shelton, Deborah, Nursing Instruction & Research
An Evaluation of START NOW Skills Training for Inmates
Department of Justice/National Institute of Corrections/University of Conn Health Center, $6,404, 9/08-9/09
Silander, John, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Spatiotemporal Models of Phenology – Integrating the Effects of Climate Change in Plants and Animals
National Science Foundation, $187,575, 5/09-4/10
Smirnova, Alevtina, Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering
Nano-Engineered Supercapacitor for Space-Based Military Application
Department of Defense/Air Force/Giner Inc., $19,716, 2/09-11/09
Sotzing, Gregory, Chemistry
Development of Coatings of Textile Structures for the Obtainment of the Electrochrome Effect
International Technology & Products Germany (ITP GmbH), $99,000, 6/09-6/10
Strausbaugh, Linda, Molecular & Cell Biology
Next Generation Sequencing in Non-Model Organisms
American Genetic Association, $16,000, 7/08-6/09
Suib, Steven, Chemistry
Environmental Catalysis and Photocatalysis of Pollutants
VeruTEK Technologies Inc., $195,000, 4/09-5/10
Valiquette, Edith, Extension
Danbury 4-H Afterschool
Danbury Public Schools, $13,380, 10/08-6/09
Wells, Barrett, Physics
Phase Separation and Magnetism in Strained Films of Transition Metal Oxides
National Science Foundation/Mathematical & Physical Sciences, $370,000, 6/09-5/12
Wilson, Richard, Human Rights Institute
Judging History: The Use of Historical Evidence in International Criminal Tribunals
National Endowment for the Humanities, $50,400, 7/09-6/10
