JUNE GRANTS from the division of sponsored research

In the final issue of each month, the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 that were awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in June that the following grants had been awarded:

Mark D. Abkowitz, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $42,000 by Lockheed Martin Energy Systems for "Multi-Disciplinary Research and Development."

A.V. Anilkumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $40,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "An Apparatus for Float-Zone Processing of Sodium Nitrate."

Bruce Appel, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $198,991 by the Public Health Service for "Genetic Analysis of Midline Cell Fate Specification."

James E. Auer, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $71,738 by JETRO of New York for "The Role of Government in Markets." Auer has also received a grant of $76,780 by JETRO of New York for "Crisis Management in New Economic Society."

Theodore A. Bapty, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by the Department of Defense for "Constraint Based Real-Time Program Composition."

Leonard Bickman, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $206,570 by the Public Health Service for "Children's Mental Health Services Research Training."

Csaba Biegl, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $45,000 by the Department of Defense for "Simulation and Modeling Research."

Alfred B. Bonds III, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $241,359 by the Public Health Service for "Spatial Characteristics of Neurons in the Striate Cortex."

Frank M. Bowman, Department of Chemistry in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $56,687 by the National Science Foundation for "CAREER: Theoretical and Modeling Study of Secondary Organic Aerosol Partitioning Behavior."

Kenneth C. Catania, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $129,852 by the Public Health Service for "Development and Organization of Somatosensory Cortex."

R. W. Clouse, Department of Leadership and Organizations in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $35,380 by Coleman for "Entrepreneurship Education Forum."

Jim L. Davidson, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $77,154 by the Mission Research Corporation for "Technology Study of Electronics for Space." Co-principal investigator is Kenneth K. Hunt.

Kenneth A. Debelak, Department of Chemistry in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $45,000
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Recovery of Minerals in Martian Soils Via Supercritical Fluid Extraction." John A. Roth is co-principal investigator.

Ford F. Ebner, John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $247,353 by the Public Health Service for "Neuroplasticity After Cortical Injury."

Dale C. Farran, John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $34,350 by United Way for "Toddler and Preschool Classrooms at the Susan Gray School."

Marcy Singer Gabella, Department of Initiatives in Education at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $100,000 by the Flora Family Foundation for "Project GRAD Nashville: Graduation Really Achieves Dreams."

Kenneth F. Galloway, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $156,735 by the Department of Defense for "IPA Assignment - Janos Sztipanovits." Co-principal investigator is Janos Sztipanovits.

James W. Guthrie, Department of Leadership and Organizations in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $75,000 by the Department of Education for "Assessing Cost Effectiveness."

Thomas R. Harris, Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $51,698 by the Public Health Service for "Analysis of Mathematical Models Through Computer Visualization."

Carolyn Hughes, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $180,000 by the Department of Education for "Project OUTCOME." Joseph H. Wehby is co-principal investigator.

Jon H. Kaas, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $275,219 by the Public Health Service for "Functional Organization of the Visual System."

David V. Kerns Jr., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $100,333 by the Department of Defense for "Acceleration and Shock-Resistant MEMS for Multi-Axis Rate Measurement."

David Kosson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $90,004 by the Department of Transportation for "Leaching from Granular Materials Used in Highway Construction During Intermittent Wetting."

Andrzej M. Krezel, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $206,065 by the Public Health Service for "Structures of Ligand Binding Domains of TGF-beta Receptors."

Eugene LeBoeuf, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Sequestration Behavior of Volatile Organic Compounds."

Wallace M. LeStourgeon, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $220,408 by the Public Health Service for "40S HNRNP Assembly."

Mark W. Lipsey, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $200,743 by the Public Health Service for "Effects of Intervention on Risk for Antisocial Behavior."

Sankaran Mahadevan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $45,852 by General Motors for "Computational Methods for Reliability Analysis."

Kay J. McClain, Department of Teaching and Learning in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $35,057 by the National Science Foundation for "Investigating Multimedia Case Studies as a Tool for Pre-Service Teacher Development."

Ralph McKenzie, Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $52,900 by the National Science Foundation for "Algebras and Ordered Sets: Structure, Enumerability, Decidability." Jonathan D. Farley is co-principal investigator.

C. Robert O'Dell, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $65,056 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Proper Motions and Variability of HH Objects Near the Orion Nebula." O'Dell has also received a grant of $51,184 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Determination of Circumstellar Cloud Mass Loss rates with STIS Spectra."

The Office of Volunteer Activities has been awarded a service-learning grant of $175,000 for "Intercambio/ Exchange" by the Corporation for National Service.

James G. Patton, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $105,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Characterization of the Role of PSF During pre-mRNA Splicing."

Ned A. Porter, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $40,000 by the American Chemical Society/ Petroleum Research Fund for the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award. Porter also received a grant of $401,437 from the Public Health Service for "Free Radicals, Lipids and Enzyme Photoactivation."

Robert J. Roselli, Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $79,929 by the Public Health Service for "Training in Quantitative and Integrative Physiology."

Sandra J. Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $75,771 by the Public Health Service for "Drug-conjugated Nanocrystals as Flourescent Labels for Membrane Proteins in Neuroscience."

Ronald D. Schrimpf, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for "Radiation Effects in Microelectronics." Lloyd W. Massengill is co-principal investigator.

Charles K. Singleton, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $190,962 by the Public Health Service for "Molecular Genetic and Biochemical Investigation of Thiamine Transport."

Deborah Smith, Dean's Office at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $1,500,000 by the Department of Education for "The New Alliance Project."

James V. Staros, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $209,399 by the Public Health Service for "Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Vanderbilt."

Michael P. Stone, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $45,502 by the Public Health Service for "Relationship Between DNA Structure and Adduct Formation."

Naomi C. Tyler, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $153,358 by the Department of Education for "Project FOCUS: Fostering Opportunities for Communities of Underserved Students." Cynthia Cantou-Clarke is co-principal investigator.

Tedra A. Walden, John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $225,591 by the Public Health Service for "Research Behavioral Scientists in Mental Retardation."

John P. Wikswo Jr.,Department
of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $30,000 by the Department of Defense for "Cryocooled SQUID Magnetometer Array for Laboratory Measurement of the Rate of Hidden Corrosion in Aging Aircraft." Wikswo also received
a grant of $56,645 from the Department of Defense
for "Corrosion Studies at Robbins AFB."

Robley C. Williams Jr., Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $194,937 by the Public Health Service for "Tublin Folding and Microtubule Dynamics."

Paul J. Yoder, John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development and Department of Special Education at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $465,349 by the Public Health Service for "Early Communication Intervention in Autistic Children." Wendy Stone is co-principal investigator. Yoder also received a grant of $201,771 from the Public Health Service for "Facilitating the Transition to Linguistic Communication."

Laurence J. Zwiebel, Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $224,917 by the Public Health Service for "Molecular Genetics of Olfaction in Anopheline Mosquitos."