Contract and Grant Awards in April

Amundson, Ronald G., ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $468,343, NSF, "Role of Rainfall on the Geochemical Evolution of Soils: The Atacama Desert of Chile."

Arens, Edward A., CEDR, $74,915, San Diego State University Foundation, "Development of a Wireless Lighting Control System."

Barcellos, Lisa F., Public Health, $15,336, UCSF, "Genetic Mapping in Multiple Sclerosis."

Bertozzi, Carolyn R., Chemistry, $1,692,544, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Metabolic Oligosaccharide Engineering."

Botchan, Michael, MCB, $2,156,946, National Cancer Institute, "Regulatory Interactions Between Tumor Viruses and Cells."

Budker, Dmitry, Physics, $75,000, NSF, "IRES: New Research Opportunities for Global Scientists in Eastern Europe."

Cain, Bruce, Institute of Governmental Studies, $115,000, James Irvine Foundation, "Redistricting Reform in California."

Chen, Lu, MCB, $15,000, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia/Depression, "Dissecting the Interaction Between Serotonin System and Glutamate Transmission in Major Depressive Disorder."

Chopra, Anil K., EERC, $65,000, Army Corps of Engineers, "Earthquake Analysis of Concrete Dams: Development of Perfectly Matched Layers and Implementation in Dyna3d Computer Code."

Coburn, Cynthia, Education, $89,714, University of Pittsburgh, "The MacArthur Meta Study."

Coburn, Cynthia, Education, $20,502, University of Pittsburgh, "Towards Producing Usable Knowledge for the Improvement of Education Practice."

Cohen, Ronald C., Chemistry, $142,532, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Measurements of NOyi for Aura Validation."

Cole, Robert W., Cal Performances, $30,000, NEA, "2005 International Dance Masters."

Daane, Kent, ESPM: Insect Biology, $40,000, American Vineyard Foundation, "Investigating the Grape Mealybug Complex and Its Natural Enemies to Improve Biological Control."

Daane, Kent, ESPM: Insect Biology , $30,000, American Vineyard Foundation, "Use of Vine Mealybug Sex Pheromore for Monitoring and Mating Disruption."

De Pater, Imke, Astronomy, $287,228, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Titan: Observations during the Cassini Era."

Evans, Lawrence C., CPAM, $399,145, NSF, "Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations."

Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $43,216, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Ground-Based Optical and Near-Infrared Studies of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts."

Fisher, George H., SSL, $427,419, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "The Physics of Active Regions."

Fleming, Sharon, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, $147,320, National Cancer Institute, "Targeted Delivery of Butyrate to the Colon in Mice."

Francis, Matthew B., Chemistry, $1,421,029, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "The Symthetic Strategies for Protein Engineering."

Frechet, Jean, Chemistry, $75,000, Ohio State University (Research Foundation), "NSEC: Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymer Biomedical Devices."

Frey, Harald, SSL, $266,547, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Aurora and Plasmasphere."

Gallant, Jack L., Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, $1,470,775, National Eye Institute, "Shape Representation and Attention."

Getz, Christina M., ESPM: Society and Environment, $50,000, State of California Dept. of Health Services, "Assessing Food Security Among Agricultural Workers in California's Central Valley."

Gong, Peng, ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $79,415, USGS, "Cheatgrass (Bromus Tectorum) Habitat Modeling and Distribution Monitoring Using LANDFIRE Data in Central."

Graburn, Nelson H., Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology, $40,000, NEH, "Objects and Agency: Creativity and Continuity in Native Alaska Material Culture."

Graburn, Nelson H., Anthropology, $8,228, NSF, "SGER: Yatsushiro Research Materials Repatriation."

Harrison, Victoria, Parking and Transportation, $51,750, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "UC Berkeley Transportation Alternative Marketing and Outreach Project."

Hebets, Eileen A., ESPM: Insect Biology, $240,000, Chicago Community Trust, "Exploring the Neural Basis of Complex Behavior in Amblypygids (Class Arachnids, Order Amblypygi)."

Herd, Denise A, Public Health, $23,000, Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association, "Alameda County Language Access Project."

Hudson, Hugh, SSL, $162,013, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Ribbon and Footprint Development in Solar Flares."

Hull, Glynda, Education, $250,000, State of California, "Promoting Academic Achievement, Digital Literacy, and Cultural Enrichment for Youth and Families in East Oakland: A University, Community, and School."

Hurley, Kevin, SSL, $35,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Observations of Known and Unknown Soft Gamma Repeaters in Active State Serendipitously Detected by Integral."

Kastenberg, William E., IESE, $456,704, DOE Misc Offices and Programs, "Development of Risk-Based and Technology-Independent Safety Criteria for Generation IV Systems."

Klinman, Judith P., Chemistry, $1,203,936, NSF, "Linking Protein Dynamics to Hydrogen Tunneling."

Kramer, Edith, BAM/PFA, $100,000, Packard Humanities Institute, "PFA Exhibition and Collections."

Landis, John D., IURD, $19,500, Urban Land Institute, "San Francisco Bay Area Public Officials Leadership Forum."

Lee, Luke P., ERL, $75,000, National Academy of Sciences, "Quantum Nanoplasmonic Probes for Molecular Imaging."

Leonard, Thomas C., Public Health Library, $212,770, State of California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, "Public Health Library - Occupational and Environmental Health Hazard Assessment - OEH5."

Leone, Stephen R., Chemistry, $407,000, NSF, "State Control in Coherent Multiple Photon Processes."

Levine, David I., Business, $50,000, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, "Measuring and Reporting Social, Environmental, and Financial Performance."

Lin, Liwei, Mechanical Engineering, $10,000, SNL, "Development of Liquid Metal Electrical Contact Systems."

Lin, Robert P., SSL, $390,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Analysis of Data from the 3-D Plasma and Energetic Particle Experiment on the GGS Wind Spacecraft."

Lindberg, David R., Museum of Paleontology, $46,440, NSF, "Outreach Workshop for Geoscientists."

Linn, Marcia C., Education, $2,388,349, NSF, "Mentored and Online Development of Educational Leaders for Science (MODELS)."

Liu, Fenyong, Public Health, $1,697,000, National Institute of Dental Research, "Cytomegalovirus Infections in Oral Cavity."

Lowell, Waverly B., CEDR, $2,000, Koret Foundation, "College of Environmental Design: Gardner Dailey Archive Preservation Project."

Maboudian, Roya, Chemical Engineering, $30,001, ChevronTexaco Corporation, "Interaction of Molecular Diamond with Si Surfaces."

Maboudian, Roya, Chemical Engineering, $29,845, UC Discovery Grant-Electron Manufacturing and New Material, "Interaction of Molecular Diamond with Si Surfaces."

Madanat, Samer M., ITS, $71,283, Caltrans, "Improving Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District Connectivity and Access with the Segway Human Transporter. Other Low-Speed, Electric Mobility."

Madanat, Samer M., ITS, $78,733, Caltrans, "New Task Order Interagency Master Agreement."

Manga, Michael, Earth and Planetary Science, $86,510, NSF, "Investigating the Relationship Between Plume Dynamics and ULVZ Geometry."

Micco, Gaetan P., Health and Medical Sciences, $136,350, UC Office of the President, "Academic Geriatric Program."

Midgley, James, Social Welfare, $50,000, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, "The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Grant Agreement."

Miller, William H., Chemistry, $0, University of Utah, "A New Research Tool for the Computer Simulation of Chemical Dynamics in Complex Systems."

Mills, Nicholas J., ESPM: Insect Biology, $198,482, California Dried Plum Board, "Prune Aphids: Fall Migration, Biological Control and Impact on Prune Production."

Packard, Andrew K., ESRC, $97,000, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, "Development of Analysis Tools for Certification of Flight Control Laws."

Padilla, Genaro, Center for Educational Outreach, $72,679, City of Oakland, "Eastmont College Resource Zone."

Patterson, David A., ERL, $88,400, UC MICRO, "ROC: Recovery Oriented Computing."

Patzek, Tadeusz, IESE, $290,000, University of Houston, "Advance Reservoir Imaging Using Frequency Dependent Seismic Attributes."

Peterson, Per F., ESRC, $576,957, DOE Idaho Operations Office, "Development and Analysis of Advanced High-Temperature Technology for Nuclear Heat Transport and Power Conversion."

Peterson, Per F., ESRC, $60,000, SNL, "Z-Pinch Fusion Energy Research."

Powell, Thomas M. (Zack), IB, $184,425, NSF, "Collaborative: US-GLOBEC NEP Phase IIIa-CCS: Effects of Meso-and Basin-Scale Variability on Zooplankton Populations in the CCS Using Data."

Rabaey, Jan M., ERL, $250,000, UC CIEE, "Service Based University Application Interface for Demand Response Energy Systems."

Rector III, James W., IESE, $240,000, Colorado School of Mines, "Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Attenuation for Purposes for Hydrocarbon Exploration."

Robey, Ellen A., MCB, $1,749,791, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "Visualizing of Immune Responses to Toxoplasma Gondii."

Scheffler, Richard, Public Health, $1,057,579, California HealthCare Foundation, "The Impact of Proposition 63 on the Financing and Delivery of Mental Health Programs in California."

Shortell, Stephen M., IBER, $249,999, California HealthCare Foundation, "National Study of Physician Organizations and the Management of Chronic Illness II."

Siegmund, Oswald H. W., SSL, $15,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "NEXUS Support."

Skabardonis, Alexander, Civil and Environmental Engineering, $74,929, Caltrans, "Evaluation of the Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) I-710 Big-Rig Demonstration Program."

Slaman, Theodore, CPAM, $375,000, NSF, "Recursion Theory and Effective Aspects of Randomness."

Sturmfels, Bernd, CPAM, $429,184, NSF, "Computational Algebraic Geometry."

Tomizuka, Masayoshi, ESRC, $30,560, NSF, "Joint US-China Workshop on the Integrated Sensing Systems, Mechatronics and Smart Structures Technologies."

Varaiya, Pravin P., ITS, $59,536, Caltrans, "PeMS Version 6.5 (Additional Work in Support of PeMS6)."

Vargas, Claudio B., LHS, $27,000, UCOP, "Bay Area Science Project."

Wachs, Martin, ITS, $26,631, ICF Inc., "Research for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning, Metropolitan-Level Transportation Funding Sources."

Weinstein, Rhona S., Psychology, $5,000, American Psychological Association, Inc., "Advances in Theory and Research on Family Development and Family-Based Prevention and Policy: A Festschrift in Honor of Philip A. Cowan."

Werblin, Frank S., MCB, $196,840, DARPA, "Investigation of Retinal Prosthetics Parameters Using Te NRL Microelectrode Array."

Werthimer, Dan, SSL, $189,979, Cornell University, "GALFA Spectrometer."

White, Martin, Theoretical Astrophysics Center, $245,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Weak Gravitational Lensing Theory."

Wirth, Brian, ESRC, $48,000, LLNL, "Damage Accumulation and Mechanical Properties in Molybdenum Alloys."

Wunderer, Cornelia, SSL, $200,000, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, "Quartz Laue Lenser for Gamma-Ray Astronomy - A Deeper Look into the Fires of Creation."

You, Clare, Institute of East Asian Studies, $140,000, Koret Foundation, "Projects of the Center for Korean Studies."