May 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 May that the following grants had been awarded:

Frank M. Bowman, Department of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $57,730 by the National Science Foundation for "CAREER: Theoretical and modeling study of Secondary Organic Aerosol Partitioning." Behavior."

Steven E. Csorna, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $146,771 by the National Science Foundation for "Collaboration at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring."

Kenneth A. Debelak, Department of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $42,750 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, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $311,784 by the Public Health Service for "Neuroplasticity After Cortrical Injury." He has also been awarded a grant of $319,370 by the Public Health Service for Receptive Field Layer IV (Barrel Field) Neurons.

Martin Egli, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $125,000 by the Public Health Service for "X-ray Ctystallographic Studies."

Mark N. Ellingham, Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $27,200 by the National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Graphs on Surfaces and Related Problems." Xiaoya Zha is co-principal investigator.

David J. Ernst, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $127,000 by the National Science Foundation for"Microscopic Heavy-Ion Theory." Volker E.Obecracker is co-principal investigator.

Leonard C. Feldman, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $60,000 by the Department of Defense for "Atomic Engineering of the SiC/SiO2 Interface."

Leonard C. Feldman, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $26,000 by the Department of Defense for "Atomic Scale Processing of SiC High Power Devices."

Timothy S. Fisher, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering has been awarded a grant of $181,220 by the Department of Defense for "Compact Man-Portable Power Generation by Electron Emission from Diamond Nanostructures." Jim Davisdon is co-principal investigator.

Douglas Fuchs, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $180,000 by the Department of Education for "Providing a Solid Foundation for Preschoolers with Disabilities to Learn to Read." Lynn S. Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Lynn S. Fuchs, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $180,000 by the Department of Education for "Individualizing and Monitoring Programs to Accelerate Children's Trajectories (Project Impact)." Douglas H. Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Lynn S. Fuchs, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $200,000 by the Department of Education for "Monitoring Authentic Problem Solving (MAPS) to Enhance Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Phase 2." Douglas H. Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Lynn S. Fuchs, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $180,000 by the Department of Education for "Curriculum-Based Measurement with Diagnostic Analysis to Improve Reading Outcomes for Students with Disabilities." Douglas H. Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Marcy Singer Gabella, Department of Teaching and Learning in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $40,826 by the Southern Education Foundation for "Teachers as Leaders Initiative."

Kenneth F. Galloway, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $111,344 by the Department of Defense for "IPA Appointment for Kenneth Hunt." Kenneth Hunt is co-principal investigator.

Isabel Gauthier, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $111,146 by the National Science Foundation for "Collaborative: Categorization and Expertise in Human Visual Cognition II."

Michael Goldfarb, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $70,000 by the Department of Defense for "A Monopropellant-Powered Actuator for a Lower Extremity Enhancer." Joseph A. Wehrmeyer is co-principal investigator.

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: Improving the Outcome of Secondary-Age Students." Joseph H Wehby is co-principal investigator.

G. Kane Jennings, Department of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Water-Borne Self-Assembled Monolayers and Films."

Ann P. Kaiser, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $200,000 by the Department of Education for "Leadership Training in Early Childhood Special Education."

Akos Ledeczi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $297,840 by the Department of Defense for "Pattern-Oriented Composition of Middleware Services for Networked Embedded Software Technology (NEST)." Vijay Raghavan is co-principal investigator.

Akos Ledeczi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $340,057 by the Department of Defense for "Simulation Framework for Power-Aware Embedded Systems."

Charles F. Maguire, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $350,000 by the Department of Energy for "Relativistic Heavy Ion Experiments." Victoria Senta Green is co-principal investigator.

Debbie Miller, Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $204,106 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation for "Family Policy Conference."

Sohee Park, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $107,170 by the Public Health Service for "Components of Working Memory Deficit in Schizophrenia."

Robert W. Pitz, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by the Department of Defense for "Development of Ozone and Hydroxyl Tagging Velocimetry for Hypersonic Test Facilities." Joseph A Wehrmeyer is co-principal investigator.

Sandra J. Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $73,500 by the National Science Foundation for "CAREER: Femtosecond Fluoresence Upconversion Studies of Charge Transfer Reactions in Nanocrystal-Based Photovoltaics."

Nilanjan Sarkar, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $60,000 by the National Science Foundation for "An Affect-Sensitive, Anticipatory Control Framework for Human-Robot Cooperation."

Stephen R. Schach, Department of Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $225,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Repeated Maintenance of Open-Source Software."

Paul D. Sheldon, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $240,364 for "Elementary Particle Physics." Medford Webster is co-principal investigator.

William G. Siesser, Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $41,880 by the National Science Foundation for "Ocean Drilling Program."

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

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $55,607 by the March of Dimes for "Genetic Analysis of the Dorsal Gastrula Organizer in Zebrafish."

Joseph H. Wehby, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $220,274 by the Department of Education for "Leadership Training Program in Learning Disabilities."

James E. Wittig, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $120,000 by the Department of Defense for "Scanning Electron Microscope/Transmission Electron Microscope and Electron Spin Resonance of SOI."