Individual Research Grants and Contracts, A - G

Abdel-Kariem, Mohammed Faisal Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation CVM$50,000; Critical Issues: Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases; USDA - ES

Abolins, Maris A; Physics-Astronomy; Huston, Joey W; $33,000; M and O for Atlas T/Daq and Tiiecal; Columbia University

Abolins, Maris A; Physics-Astronomy; Huston, Joey W; $58,122; M and O for Atlas T/Daq and Tiiecal; Columbia University

Allen, Michael; Animal Science MAES; $30,000; Effects of Fineness of Grind on Site of Starch Digestion of Dry Corn Grain Varying in Endosperm Type; Nutri Innovations LLC

Amalfitano, Andrea; Microbiology & Molecular Genetics COM; $32,667; Rapid Translation of a Novel and Potent Vaccine in Her2 Plus Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients; DukeUniversity

Anthony, James C; Epidemiology; $217,453; Nida Drug Dependence Epidemiology Training - Michigan State University; NIH/PHS

Arbogast, Alan Ford; Geography; Moy, Jessica Jo; $45,000; Development of a Holistic Framework for Critical Dune Management, Phase 2; MI Environmental Quality

Asmussen, Jes; Electrical & Computer Engineering; $21,503; Fraunhofer Research Center for Coating and Laser Applications; Fraunhofer USA

Asmussen, Jes; Electrical & Computer Engineering; $40,575; Fraunhofer Research Center for Coating and Laser Applications; Fraunhofer USA

Auras, Rafael; Packaging; Selke, Susan; $31,600; Evaluation of the Compatibility and Potential Application of PLA Polymers for Alcoholic Beverage Containers; Diageo Innovation

Aviyente, Sara Selin; Electrical & Computer Engineering; $155,473; Signal Processing for Quantifying the Functional Integration in the Brain; NSF

Ayres, Virginia M; Electrical & Computer Engineering; $30,000; Radiation Resiliency in Reduced Dimensionality Systems; NASA

Baladi, Gilbert Y; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $50,000; Value Effect of Construction Incentive Payments on Pavement Performance; MI Transportation

Baladi, Gilbert Y; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $156,395; Pavement Subgrade MR Design Values for Michigan’s Seasonal Changes; MI Transportation

Balasubramaniam, Shanker; Electrical & Computer Engineering; $205,180; Collaborative Research, Pace-Parallel Accelerated Cartesian Expansions with Application to Molecular Dynamics; NSF

Baldwin, Jack Allen; Physics-Astronomy; $28,000; Hard Ionizing Photons at High Redshift - a New Method for Measuring the QSO Continuum Shape; Space Telescope Science Institute

Bandes, Susan J; Kresge Art Museum; $6,400; Hotel/Motel 2007 Exhibit Year; Ingham County Hotel/Motel Tax Funds

Bao, Gang; Mathematics; $217,167; Collaborative Research: Quantifying Tectonic and Geomorphic Interpretations of Thermochronometer Data with Inverse; NSF

Bao, Gang; Mathematics; $40,000; Direct and Inverse Modeling of Diffractive Optics and Near Field Optics; NSF

Bartholic, Jon F; Community, Ag, Recreation & Res Studies; Wolfson, Lois; Batie, Sandra S; Kaplowitz, Michael D; Seedang, Saichon; Stevenson, Robert Jan; Hyndman, David W; $92,335; USGS Natural Resources Integrated Information System; US Dept of Geological Services

Bartholic, Jon F; Community, Ag, Recreation & Res Studies; $75,000; Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Reduction Web Tool System; US Geological Survey

Bartholic, Jon F; Water Research Institute CANR; Hunt, Pamela Kay Brinkley; Albert, Dennis Allen; $24,000; Key Indicator Species for Consideration; US Geological Survey

Bassett, Ellen M; School of Planning, Design & Construction CANR; Schultink, Ger; $53,499; Millennium Challenge Corporation Land Policy Property Rights and Land Policy Bid; USDA - Foreign Ag Ser

Bates, Peter William; Mathematics; Lu, Kening; $270,000; Topics in Finite and Infinite Dimensional Random Dynamical Systems; NSF

Batterson, Ted; Fisheries & Wildlife; $50,000; Support for a National Coordinator for New Animal Drug Applications; USDA - ES

Bauer, Alison K; Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation CVM; $106,129; The Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in 03-Induced Lung Inflammation and Injury; Natl Inst of Environ Health Sci - NIH/PHS

Beaudry, Randolph; Horticulture MAES; $5,000; Reducing Smartfresh (1-MCP) Use and Cost-Evaluating the Impact of Absorption of 1-MCP by Wooden Bin Material; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Beaudry, Randolph; Horticulture MAES; $8,500; Effects of Initial Ripeness and Delay between Harvest and Application on Effectiveness of Smartfresh; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Beaudry, Randolph; Horticulture MAES$2,500; Development of a Cultivar-by-Cultivar Web Bulletin for Apple Storage; Mich State Horticultural Society

Belman, Dale L; Labor & Industrial Relations; $33,089; Why Do Trucking Employers Believe There Is a Driver Shortage; Georgia Institute of Technology

Bence, James R; Fisheries & Wildlife; $10,120; Defining Targets for Sea Lamprey Control in the Great Lakes: Economic Injury Levels and Fish Community Goal-Based Target; Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

Benning, Christoph; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology CNS; $160,000; Regulation of Thylakoid Lipid Biosyntheses in Plants; US Dept of Energy

Berry, Daina Ramey; History; $75,000; Appraised, Bartered, and Sold: the Value of Human Chattels, 1790-1865; Amer Council of Learned Soc

Berz, Martin M; Physics-Astronomy; Makino, Kyoko; $15,000; Modern Map Methods in Particle Beam Physics; US Dept of Energy

Biernbaum, John A; Horticulture; $78,052; Passive Solar Greenhouses: Reducing Risk for Multicultural and Limited Resource Farmers; USDA - Risk Mgt Agency

Biswas, Subir Kumar; Electrical & Computer EngineeringRajendra, Kunwar; $40,805; Evaluation of the Economic Impact of the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Program in Michigan; MI Transportation

Bix, Laura Lee; Packaging; $5,000; Minimum Microbial Barrier Study; Flexible Packaging Association

Bolin, Steven R; Diagnostic Ctr for Population & Animal Hlth; Maes, Roger K; Fulton, Richard M; Wise, Annabel Gonzales; Lloyd, James W; $100,000; Molecular Diagnostic Assays for Avian Influenza Virus; Agri Research Serv USDA

Borhan, Babak; Chemistry; $90,000; Short Tunable Chiral Peptidic Ligands for Osmium Tetroxide Mediated Chemistry; Amer Chemical Society Petroleum Res Fund

Borhan, Babak; Chemistry; $6,420; General Research; E I DuPont De Nemours

Bozoki, Andrea C; Neurology & Ophthalmology COM; $4,044; Capacity to Appoint a Proxy for Research Consent; University of Michigan

Brainard, Daniel C; Horticulture; $10,000; Support of Vegetable Research as Part of Start-Up Package; Mich Vegetable Council

Breedlove, Stephen Marc; Neuroscience Program; $30,972; Hormone-Mediated Differentiation of Two Sexually Dimorphic Nuclei; NIH/PHS

Brewer, Michael John; Entomology MAES; $14,000; Tree Fruit Integrator; Mich Cherry Committee

Brewer, Michael John; Entomology MAES; $2,413; Tree Fruit Integrator; Mich State Horticultural Society

Brink, Johannes; International Agriculture Institute CANR; $38,000; Southern Africa Biotechnology Project; Ciat

Bromberg, Carl M; ; $40,000; A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Readout System for Fermilab Neutrino Experiments; Fermi Natl Accelerator Lab

Brophy-Herb, Holly; Family & Child Ecology CSS; Onaga, Esther E; Fitzgerald, Hiram E; Horodynski, Mildred Angel; Van Egeren, Laurie Anne; Shirer, Karen A; $200,000; Enhancing Social-Emotional Functioning in Infants and Toddlers Using a Relationship-Based Infant Mental Health Approach; Administration for Children and Families

Brophy-Herb, Holly; Family & Child Ecology CSS; $5,000; Quality Improvement in Early Head Start; Jackson Community Action Agency

Bruening, Merlin L; Chemistry; Baker, Gregory L; $11,339; Hyperbranched Polymers;Pall Corporation

Buch, Neeraj J; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $27,025; Quantifying Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Values of Typical Hydraulic Cement Concrete Paving Mixtures; MI Transportation

Buch, Neeraj J; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $37,391; Quantifying Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Values of Typical Hydraulic Cement Concrete Paving Mixtures; MI Transportation

Buch, Neeraj J; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Chatti, Karim; Gilliland, Dennis C; $53,368; Evaluation of the 1-37a Design Process for New and Rehabilitated Jointed and Asphalt Concrete Pavements; MI Transportation

Buch, Neeraj J; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Chatti, Karim; Gilliland, Dennis C; $78,470; Evaluation of the 1-37a Design Process for New and Rehabilitated Jointed and Asphalt Concrete Pavements; MI Transportation

Burgueno, Rigoberto; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Harichandran, RS; $146,618; Strand Debonding at Ends of Pretensioned Beams; MI Transportation

Burgueno, Rigoberto; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $6,420; NEESR-II, Inelastic Web Crushing Performance Limits of High-Strength-Concrete Structural Walls; NSF

Bursian, Steven; Animal Science; Zwiernik, Matthew J; $60,400; Relative Potency of Select Dibenzo-Furans in a Mammalian Model; Entrix Inc

Bursian, Steven; Animal Science; $20,000; Research on Nutrition, Toxicology, Behavior and Management of Mink; Mink Farmers Research Foundation I

Calabrese Barton, Angela Marie; Teacher Education; Calabrese Barton, Scott Andrew; $899,995; Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City: a Youth Based Project; NSF

Calhoun, Ronald N; Crop & Soil Sciences MAES; $3,500; Turfgrass Research; Sepro CORP

Calhoun, Ronald N; Crop & Soil Sciences MAES; $3,000; Turfgrass Research; Valent

Calhoun, Ronald N; Crop & Soil Sciences MAES; $8,000; Turfgrass Research; Valent

Campbell, David; Geography; Olson, Jennifer M; Qi, Jiaguo; $1,466,271; Dynamic Interactions Among People, Livestock, and Savanna Ecosystems Under Climate Change; NSF

Campbell, Rebecca M; Psychology; Kennedy, Angela C; Bybee, Deborah I; $319,921; Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims’ Experiences with SANE-SARTS and the Criminal Justice System; US Dept of Justice

Carlson, John S; Counseling, Educ Psych & Special Education; $25,000; Evidence Based Practices with Head Start Students At-Risk for Later Behavioral Problems: Using an Evidence-Based; US Dept of Health & Human Serv -PHS

Chakrabartty, Shantanu; Electrical & Computer Engineering; Radha, Hayder; $250,000; Investigation into Non-Conventional Analog Decoders for Low-Density Parity Check Codes; NSF

Chatti, Karim; ; $128,461; Assessment of Pavement Acceptance Criteria and Quantifying Its As-Constructed Material and Structural Properties; MI Transportation

Chatti, Karim; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Brereton, Giles J; $60,000; Models for Estimating the Effects of Pavement Condition on Vehicle Operating Costs; Natl Academy of Sciences

Chen, Alex F Y; Pharmacology & Toxicology CHM; $25,000; Endothelial Progenitor Cell Therapy on Wound Healing in Type I Diabetic Mice; Amer Diabetes Association

Cheng, Betty; Computer Science & Engineering; McKinley, Philip K; Ofria, Charles Art; Lenski, Richard E; $100,000; Applying Digital Evolution to Behavioral Models; NSF

Cholewicki, Jacek; Osteopathic Surgical Specialties; $120,617; The Mechanism and Function of Lumbosacral Orthoses; NIH/PHS

Cholewicki, Jacek; Osteopathic Surgical Specialties; Reeves, Norman Peter; Mysliwiec, Lawrence; $12,447; The Effects of Stochastic Resonance Stimulation on Spine Proprioception and Postural Control in Low Back Pain Patients; Stryker Corp

Christlieb, Andrew Jason; Mathematics; $32,000; IPA Assignment - Adaptation of Advanced Algorithms to Particle Simulations of Plasmas; Air Force Research Lab

Clay, Daniel C; International Agriculture Institute CANR; $165,168; Burundi Agribusiness Program; USAID

Clay, Daniel C; International Agriculture Institute CANR; $14,615; Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net); Chemonics International Inc

Cognato, Anthony I; Entomology CANR; $20,065; Diversity of Horntail Wasps (Siricidae) and Associated Bark Beetles (Scolytinae) in Michigan; Mich Technological University

Colaresi, Michael; Political Science; $46,360; DHB: the Dynamics of Political Representation and Political Rhetoric; Pennsylvania State University

Cole, James R; Crop & Soil Sciences; $54,926; Namesforlife Semantic Resolution Services for the Life Sciences (N4l-SRS); Namesforlife LLC

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $5,940; Phase I Study of EC90 with GPI-0100 Adjuvant Followed by EC17 with Cytokines in Patients with Refractory or Metastatic; Endocyte Inc

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $8,320; Phase I Study of EC90 with GPI-0100 Adjuvant Followed by EC17 with Cytokines in Patients with Refractory or Metastatic; Endocyte Inc

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $21,400; NSABP Tind 090 B 40; Natl Surgical Adj Brst & Bwl Proj Fdn

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $2,850; NSABP Tind 090 B 40; Natl Surgical Adj Brst & Bwl Proj Fdn

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $3,300; NSABP Tind 090 B 40; Natl Surgical Adj Brst & Bwl Proj Fdn

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $3,750; NSABP Tind 090 B 40; Natl Surgical Adj Brst & Bwl Proj Fdn

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $5,300; NSABP Tind 090 B 40; Natl Surgical Adj Brst & Bwl Proj Fdn

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $8,250; NSABP Tind 090 B 40; Natl Surgical Adj Brst & Bwl Proj Fdn

Conley, Barbara Ann; Medicine; $282; Phase I Study of EC90 with GPI-0100 Adjuvant Followed by EC17 with Cytokines in Patients with Refractory or Metastatic; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc

Coussens, Paul M; Animal Science; $30,000; Regulatory T Cells in Bovine Paratuberculosis; Univ of Minnesota

Crawford, Eric W; Agricultural Economics; Boughton, Duncan Harvey; Jayne, Thomas S; $609,000; Food Security III - Africa Bureau, Office of Sustainable Development (ASD); USAID

Crespo, Sandra M; Teacher Education; $149,306; Career: Examining Prospective Teachers’ Learning of Three Mathematics Teaching Practices--Posing Interpreting, and Respon; NSF

Dann, Shari L; Community, Ag, Recreation & Res Studies; $19,673; Nurturing Teacher-Leaders for Advancement of Place-Based Stewardship Education in Mid Michigan; Great Lakes Fishery Trust

Davies, Herbert O; Pediatrics & Human Development; $550; Antimicrobial Resistance in Sputum Obtained from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF); Children’s Hospital and Regional Med Ctr

Dietz, Thomas M; Environmental Science & Policy Program; $179,756; Between State and Profit: an Analysis of Changes in Nonprofit Interorganizational Networks and Tactics in the Energy Ef; NSF

Dietz, Thomas M; Environmental Science & Policy Program; $99,653; Science and Environmental Regulatory Policy: State and Local Efforts to Ban MTBE in RFG; NSF

DiFonzo, Christina; Entomology CANR; $2,000; Field Crops Support; Bayer CropScience

DiFonzo, Christina; Entomology CANR; $2,500; Field Crops Support; Dow Agrosciences

DiFonzo, Christina; Entomology CANR; $6,500; Soybean Aphid Resistance to Insecticides; Mich Soybean Promotion Committee

Dion, Francois; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $19,917; Collection of Travel Time Data; Midwestern Consulting LLC

Dorrance, Anne McLaren; Pharmacology & Toxicology COM; $100,000; The Effect of Aldosterone on Cerebral Blood Vessels; NIH/PHS

Drzal, Lawrence T; Composite Materials & Structures Center; $44,394; Nanographite (XGNP) Ink; American GFM

Drzal, Lawrence T; Composite Materials & Structures Center; $110,236; Investigation into the Enhancement of Polymers with Nanomaterials; Boeing Company

Dwyer, Jeffrey W; Family Medicine; Yonker, Janis D; Luz, Claire C; Laird-Fick, Heather S; Komara, Francis A; Keilman, Linda J; Anderson, Gary R; Whitten, Pamela S; Wehrwein, Teresa Ann; $432,000; Geriatrics Education Center of Michigan; Health Resources & Services Admin PHS

Edwards, Patricia; Teacher Education; $60,273; MI-PAL: Michigan Preschoolers Acquiring Language and Literacy; Wayne State University

Eggenberger, Eric R; Neurology & Ophthalmology COM; $5,000; A 24-Month Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study Comparing the Efficacy; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp

Eggenberger, Eric R; Neurology & Ophthalmology COM; $4,543; A 24-Month Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study Comparing the Efficacy; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp

Engeda, Abraham; Mechanical Engineering; $67,000; Development of a Complete Aerodynamic Design Tool for Centrifugal Compressors; Solar Turbines

Ewers, Frank; Plant Biology CNS; $11,089; Dissertation Improvement Grant Titled Woody Plant Water Stress Tolerance and Predicting Global Warming Effects; NSF

Feeny, Brian F; Mechanical Engineering; $170,000; Modal Identification by Decomposition Methods; NSF

Flore, James A; Horticulture; $16,000; Management of Crop Load and Vegetative Growth on Honey Crisp to Optimize Fruit Size, Fruit Quality Return Bloom; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Flore, James A; Horticulture; $7,000; Management of Crop Load and Vegetative Growth on Honeycrisp to Optimize Fruit Size, Fruit Quality Return Bloom and; Mich State Horticultural Society

Foss, John F; Mechanical Engineering; $89,000; Extractor Fundamentals; Caterpillar Inc

Foss, John F; Mechanical Engineering; $38,800; Fundamental and Applied Fan Studies; Valeo Engine Cooling

Fyfe, John Corwin; Microbiology & Molecular Genetics CVM; $15,997; Feline Inherited Motor Neuron Degeneration: an Animal Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Francaise Contre Les Myopathies Assoc

Fyfe, John Corwin; Microbiology & Molecular Genetics CVM; $82,688; Novel Knockout Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Francaise Contre Les Myopathies Assoc

Gage, Stuart H; Entomology CANR; Ziegler, Amos H; $184,000; National Slow the Spread of the Gypsy Moth (STS) Project: Northern Regional Database Node; USDA - Forest Service

Galehouse, Larry Lee; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $46,947; Midwestern Pavement Preservation Partnership; MI Transportation

Galehouse, Larry Lee; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $60,382; Midwestern Pavement Preservation Partnership; MI Transportation

Galehouse, Larry Lee; Civil & Environmental Engineering; $756; Pavement Preservation Technical Assistance Review and Evaluation; US Dept of Transportation

Galligan, James; Pharmacology & Toxicology CHM; $26,000; The Expression and Properties of TRPV1 in Normal and Hypertensive Rats; Amer Heart Association

Gallo, Kathleen Ann; Physiology CHM; $113,250; Role of ANT Isoform Expression in Controlling Energetics, Proliferation, and Survival of Breast Cancer Cells; US Dept of Army

Garavito, R Michael; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology CNS; $50,000; SCCOR in Hemostatic and Thrombotic Diseases; Vanderbilt University

Garcia, Louis A; Office of Cultural & Academic Transitions; $18,001; Basic Need Assistance for Low-Income Migrant Students; East Lansing Human Relations Commission

Gardiner, Joseph; Epidemiology; Chung, Hwan; $288,461; Statistical Innovations in Health Services Research; Agency for Healthcare Rsch & Qual -PHS

Gehring, Joelle Lynn; Natural Features Inventory MSUE; $219,811; Avian Collisions with Communications Towers; US Fish & Wildlife Service

Gelbke, C Konrad; NSCL; Glasmacher, Thomas; Thoennessen, Michael R; York, Richard; $9,750,000; Operation of the NSCL at MSU as a National User Facility and Support for Its Research Program; NSF

Ghosh, Ruby Nandini; Physics-Astronomy; $25,000; Oxy-Fuel Burner and Integrated Pollutant Removal R and D; Jupiter Oxygen Corporation

Gossain, Ved V; Medicine; $265; The Global Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study (HYPOCCS); Eli Lilly Company

Gossain, Ved V; Medicine; $3,705; The Global Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study (HYPOCCS); Eli Lilly Company

Gotwals, Amelia Cornell Wenk; Teacher Education; $98,602; Deep Think: Thinking Deeply About Biodiversity Through Inquiry; University of Michigan

Goudreau, John L; Neurology & Ophthalmology COM; $14,627; A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Start, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Assess Rasagiline as a; Teva Neuroscience Inc

Grabill, Jeffrey T; Writing, Rhetoric & American Culture; Hart-Davidson, William F; Morrissey, Kristine; $593,965; Take 2: a Study of the Co-Creation of Knowledge on Museum Web 2.0 Websites; Institute for Museum and Library Svcs

Grafius, Edward; Entomology CANR; $5,000; Resistance of Colorado Potato Beetle to Imidacloprid; Bayer CropScience

Grafius, Edward; Entomology MAES; $66,403; Understanding and Managing Thiamethoxam and Imidacloprid Resistance in the Colorado Potato Beetle; Agri Research Serv USDA

Grooms, Daniel L; Large Animal Clinical Sciences MAES; $75,605; Miracle of Life Exhibit at the Michigan State Fair 2007; MI Management & Budget

Grumet, Rebecca; Horticulture; $27,500; Genomic Analysis of Cucumber Fruit Development in Relationship to Susceptibility to Infection by Phytophthora Capsici; Pickle Seed Research Fund

Grumet, Rebecca; Horticulture; $10,000; Cucumber Gene Expression Analysis; Agri Research Serv USDA

Gut, Larry J; Entomology CANR; Brewer, Michael John; $30,000; Evaluations of New Technologies; Dow Agrosciences

Gut, Larry J; Entomology CANR; $8,500; New Lures for Effective Monitoring of Codling Moth; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Gut, Larry J; Entomology CANR; $22,720; Obliquebanded Leafroller and Codling Moth Resistance; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Gut, Larry J; Entomology CANR; Epstein, David Lawrence; $11,200; New Approaches to Achieve High Levels of Codling Moth Mating Disruption; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Gut, Larry J; Entomology CANR; Wise, John C; $32,560; New Insecticide and Management Programs for Key Apple Pests; Mich Apple Research Committee I

Gut, Larry J; Entomology CANR; Whalon, Mark; $8,955; New Insecticides for Use in the Tart Cherry Orchard Management Program for on Farm Trials; Mich Cherry Committee