Sponsored Projects Office, University of California, Berkeley

Research Advocate, June/July 2006

Contract and Grant Awards in May and June

Contract and Grant Awards in May

Agogino, Alice M., ERSO, $20,000, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators, "Seguro: Pesticide Protection and Warning System."

Allen, Richard M., Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, $7,906, Research Institute for Seismology, "New Insight into Major Fault Deformation in California."

Arons, Jonathan, TAC, $335,738, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Formation and Acceleration of Relativistic Winds from Pulsars and Magnetars."

Barcellos, Lisa F., Public Health, $163,052, UCSF, "Dissecting the HLA Contribution to Rheumatoid Arthritis."

Basri, Gibor, Astronomy, $32,870, Lockheed, "Flux Transport Simulations of Solar Irradiance Variation."

Benouar, Hamed, ITS, $553,750, Caltrans, "Innovative Transportation Deployment."

Bokor, Jeffrey, ERSO, $192,311, UC Discovery Grant, "Western Institute of Nanoelectronics."

Bokor, Jeffrey, ERSO, $113,526, UCLA, "Western Institute of Nanoelectronics."

Bokor, Jeffrey, ERSO, $50,255, UCLA, "Western Institute of Nanoelectronics."

Brady, Henry E., SRC, $131,080, UCSF, "Adult Asthma: Biology, Society and Environment."

Cerny, Joseph, Chemistry, $757,535, DOE, "Nuclear Reaction Measurements with Radioactive Beams and Targets."

Christensen, Karen S., IURD, $28,000, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, "Community and Educational Leadership Training (CELT) Project."

Coburn, Wayne, SSL, $18,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "A Search for Cyclotron Resonance Scattering Features in Transient Accreting X-Ray Pulsars."

Cole, Robert W., Cal Performances, $5,000, Citigroup, Inc., "2006 Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp."

Conboy, Irina, QB3, $329,019, National Institute on Aging, "Myogenic Potential of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Heterochronic Environments."

Conboy, Irina, QB3, $100,000, Stem Cell Research Foundation, "Role of TGF-Beta in Muscle Stem Cell Aging."

Consey, Kevin, BAM/PFA, $10,000, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund (incl Foundation), "General Operating Support."

Consey, Kevin, BAM/PFA, $100,000, Christensen Fund, "Rare Art."

Daane, Kent, ESPM: Insect Biology, $35,000, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, "Development of a Sustainable Management Program for the Vine Mealybug."

Daane, Kent, ESPM: Insect Biology, $40,000, State of California Department of Food and Agriculture, "Biological Control of the Vine Mealybug - Parasitoid Importation, Quarantine Studies and Field Evaluation."

Dubon, Oscar, ERSO, $26,190, DOD Naval Post Graduate School, "Development of an Imaging Transport Instrument for Materials Research."

Fairfax, Sally K., ESPM: Society and Environment, $8,000, UC Pacific Rim Research Program, "The Intersection of Marine Reserves and Fishing Rights in New Zealand: Property, Conservation, and Community."

Falcone, Roger W., Physics, $773,092, DOE Albuquerque Operations Office, "Dynamics of Material Under Extreme Conditions."

Fillingim, Matthew O., SSL, $271,329, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "A Comprehensive Study of Auroral Substorm Time Scales."

Finkel, Robert C., Earth and Planetary Science, $91,823, NSF, "Collaborative Research: How Constant are Fault Slip Rates in Time and Space? An Analysis of the North and East Anatolian Faults, Turkey."

Finkel, Robert C., Earth and Planetary Science, $46,027, NSF, "Support for GeoCA MS: An Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility for Earth Science Research."

Firestone, Mary K., ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $2,500 , LBNL, "Mesocosm Exploration - 37-1."

Gadgil, Ashok J., ERG, $20,000, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators, "Removing Arsenic from Bangladesh Drinking Water."

Geissler, Phillip L., Chemistry, $45,000, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, "Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship."

Givental, Alexander B., CPAM, $305,601, NSF, "Gromov-Witten Invariants and Symplectic Reduction."

Glaeser, Andreas M., MSE, $405,000, NSF, "A Combinatorial Approach to Grain Boundary Studies: Bicrystal Arrays via Lithographically Modulated Seed Growth."

Gong, Xiaohua, Optometry, $15,200, UCLA, "Alpha-Crystallin and Cataractogenesis."

Haiman, Mark, CPAM, $68,500, NSF, "Special Meeting: Recent Advances in Combinatorics, CRM Thematic Semester 2007."

Hansen, Mark, ITS, $20,000, Federal Aviation Administration, "UC Berkeley Strategy Simulator 2006."

Harvey, Allison, IPSR Institute for Personality and Social Research, $15,000, National Alliance for Res on Schizophrenia/Depression, "Sleep Disturbance, Emotion Regulation and Bipolar Disorder."

Head-Gordon, Teresa, QB3, $1,074,518, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Experimental/Computational Study of Protein Aggregation."

Hoffman, Darleane C., Chemistry, $750,000, DOE, "Neutron Induced Cross Section Measurements on Americium Isotopes."

Hudson Kam, Carla L., Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, $794,573, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, "Constraints on Learning from Inconsistent Input."

Hurley, Kevin, SSL, $23,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Target of Opportunity Observations of Active Soft Gamma Repeaters."

Jernigan, Garrett J., SSL, $320,000, LSST Corporation, "End to End Science Simulations for LSST."

Kammen, Daniel M., CNR, $15,000, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, "Energy Symposium: The Rosenfeld Effect."

Kammen, Daniel M., ERG, $400,000, Cal Public Utilities Commission, "CPUC-UC Energy and Water Resource Policy Internship and Visiting Scholars Program."

Keasling, Jay, QB3, $39,937, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, "To Raise Awareness of Issues of Potentially Dangerous Research in the Synthetic Biology Community."

Keasling, Jay, QB3, $131,500, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research, "Controlling Metabolic Pathways with RNA Aptamers."

Kirchner, James W., Berkeley Natural History Museums, $2,500, County of Placer, "ARC Orientation Program."

Kondolf, George Mathias, CEDR, $9,300, UCSB, "Impacts of Hot Creek Fish Hatchery on the Biotic Integrity of Hot Creek."

Krauss-Varban, Dietmar, SSL, $361,868, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "SEP Proton and Heavy Ion Acceleration: Advanced Multi-Scale Simulations."

Kremen, Claire, ESPM: Society and Environment, $10,000, Environ Foundation, "Pest Control Services from Natural Habitat near Farmland."

Kumar, Sanjay, QB3, $264,000, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, "Engineering Cell Shape and Mechanics in the Nervous System."

Kuriyan, John, MCB, $90,000, Oregon Health Sciences University, "Molecularly Targeted Therapy for Leukemia."

Lee, Edward A., ERSO, $156,000, DAF AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research, "Customizable and Extensible Modeling Framework."

Lemaux, Peggy, Plant and Microbial Biology, $35,656, University of Minnesota, "Barley Coordinated Agricultural Project."

Leonard, David K., IIS, $99,793, United Nations, "The Politics of Implementing Livestock Politics in Developing Countries that will Benefit the Poor."

Lindow, John, Scandinavian, $60,000, Government of Finland, "Teaching of Finnish Language and Culture at UC-Berkeley."

Liphardt, Jan T., Physics, $50,000 , UC Biotechnology Research and Education, "Model System to Study Translocation of Single Biopolymers Through Pores and Cavities in Biol. Molecular Machines."

Long, Jeffrey R., Chemistry, $250,000, General Motors Corp., "High-Stability Micorporous Organic and Metal-Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Storage."

Maslach, Christina, $10,000, Ford Foundation, "Living with Values Diversity and Conflict: A Skills Strategy for Promoting Productive Dialogues on Difficult Issues."

Miguel, Edward, Economics, $5,000, Russell Sage Foundation, "Stolen Children, Shattered Lives?."

Mishler, Brent D., University/Jepson Herbaria, $5,122, Nature Conservancy, "Hurner Parcel Botanical Inventory."

Mishler, Brent D., University/Jepson Herbaria, $25,000, Nature Conservancy, "Hamilton Range Botanical and Grassland Contract."

Montejano, David, ISSC, $13,750, Working Assets Funding Service, Inc., "Evaluating Alternative Strategies of Nonpartisan Voter Mobilization."

Muller, Richard S., ERSO, $250,000, Robert Bosch Corporation GMBH, "Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement."

Muller, Richard S., ERSO, $250,000, GlaxoSmithKline, "Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement."

Needell, Barbara, Social Welfare, $225,000, Stuart Foundations, "California Children's Services Archive Infrastructure Support."

Olander, Donald R., ERSO, $99,195, Electric Power Research Institute, "Compatibility of Hydride Fuel with Light-Water Reactor Components."

Padilla, Genaro, Young Musician's Program, $35,000 , Walter and Elise Haas Fund, "Young Musicians Program Operations Fund."

Pennypacker, Carlton R., SSL, $14,138, Palmdale School District, "Antelope Valley Math and Science Partnership (AVMSP) Program."

Pitts, Steven C., IIR, $25,000, Akonadi Foundation, "Beyond Wal-Mart: The Crisis of Bad Jobs in the Black Community and What to Do About It."

Quigley, John M., IBER, $15,000, Fannie Mae Foundation, "Fannie Mae Foundation UC Berkeley Roundtable."

Ray, Raka, IAS, $1,314,000, DOED, "National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Programs - South Asia Studies."

Reshetikhin, Nicolai Y., CPAM, $276,000, NSF, "Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras, Quantum Groups and Their Applications."

Rine, Jasper D., MCB, $295,890, Army Research Office, "Genetic Variation and Peak Performance Maintenance and Enhancement in the Armed Forces."

Sastry, S. Shankar, ERL, $156,900, Army Research Office, "Development of Scalable Swarms of Autonomous Vehicles for Highly Collaborative Mission Executions."

Sastry, S. Shankar, ERL, $185,000, Boeing Aerospace, "Certification Techniques for Advanced Flight Critical Systems."

Sastry, S. Shankar, ERSO, $47,800, Army Research Office, "Development of Targeting UAVs Using Electric Helicopters and Yamaha RMAX."

Schaffer, David, QB3, $54,543, Children's Research Institute, "Engineering AAV for Enhanced Retrograde Gene Delivery."

Schell, Orville, Journalism, $75,000, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, "China - U. S. Climate Change Forum."

Shaiken, Harley S., IAS, $731,500, DOED, "National Resource Center and FLAS Fellowship Programs Latin America Studies."

Silver, Whendee L., ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $602,859, NSF, "Iron Redox Biogeochemistry: Controls on Carbon and Phosphorus Cycling in Humid Tropical Forests."

Slater, Candace, Townsend Center for the Humanities, $50,000, Andrew W Mellon Foundation, "Townsend Mellon Strategic Working Group."

Slezkine, Yuri, Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, $994,000, DOED, "Comprehensive National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships-Slavic/East European/Eurasian."

Smith, Harold P., Public Policy, $9,996, Nuclear Threat Initiative, "Impact of Multi-Lateral Forensics on Nuclear Terrorism."

Stevens, Harriette, LHS, $38,000, San Francisco Foundation, "ACCESS Mathematics Enrichment Workshops for Students at the McClymonds Educational Complex."

Stojadinovic, Bozidar, ERSO, $172,238, Charles Pankow Foundation, "Corrugated Metal Shear Walls."

Suzuki, Yuri, ERSO, $349,069, NSF, "Spinel Structure Oxide Thin Films and Interfaces."

Tager, Ira B., Public Health, $241,190, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, "Fresno Asthmatic Children's Environment Study (FACES)."

Wang, May-Choo, CNR, $5,830, Chez Panisse Foundation, "Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) SLI Evaluation Planning."

Watts, Michael J., IAS, $1,128,000, DOED, "National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Programs - Africa Studies."

Weinstein, Alan D., CPAM, $12,782, NSF, "Conference and School in Poisson Geometry."

Welsh, Barry Y., SSL, $45,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "The Second GALEX Ultraviolet Variability (GUVV) Catalog."

Westphal, Andrew, SSL, $30,000, UCR, "IGPP Sponsored Sample Return Workshop (STARDUST)."

White, Richard M., ERSO, $250,000, Omron Corporation, "Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement."

Wood, David L., ESPM: Insect Biology, $55,000, USDA Forest Service, "Evaluation of Potential Lures to Detect and Monitor the Presence of Native Sirex Species in the Eastern and Western United States."

Wunderer, Cornelia, SSL, $52,160, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Using GRBs to Test Lorentz Invariance and Quantum Gravity."

Yang, Haw, Chemistry, $45,000, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, "Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship."

Zinoman, Peter B., IAS, $1,720,000, DOED, "National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Programs - Southeast Asia Studies."


Contract and Grant Awards in June

Allen-Diaz, Barbara H., Center for Forestry, $333,000, Dept of Cal RA Forestry, "Wildland Urban Interface/Forest and Range Assessment Studies."

Alter, Robert B., Jewish Graduate Studies, $450,000, Koret Foundation, "Jewish Studies: Graduate Fellowships, Judaica Collection/Program, and Undergraduate Program and Gen. Support."

Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa, ERSO, $60,000, UC Center for Water Resources, "Anaerobic Microbial Debromination of PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)."

Austin, Michael J., Social Welfare, $24,000, Zellerbach Family Foundation, "Bay Area Social Services Consortium."

Berry, William B., UGIS, $178,079, Aspire Public Schools, "Cal Prep Standard-based Middle School Science Curriculum."

Bloom, Joshua, Astronomy, $34,996, NASA, "PAIRITEL: Robotic IR Follow-up Engine for Swift."

Boggs, Steven, SSL, $25,000, NASA, "Position Annihilation and X-Ray Emission from SN1006."

Brady, Henry E., SRC, $110,000, UCSF, "2006 California Nurses Survey."

Brady, Henry E., SRC, $36,371, Stae of California Dept. of Industrial Relations, "Spinal Surgery Second Opinion Survey."

Brashares, Justin, ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $20,205, Wildlife Conservation Society, "Conservation Assessment of Lions and Other Wild Cats in Priority Areas of Ghana, West Africa."

Caldwell, Roy L., Museum of Paleontology, $436,000, NSF, "Building an Understanding of Science."

Chow, Fotini K., ERSO, $18,093, LLNL, "Event Reconstruction Algorithms."

Cohen, Ronald C., Anthropology, $25,000, Universitywide Aids Research Program, "HIV Risk Research and Homeless Sexual Minority Youth."

Consey, Kevin, BAM/PFA, $50,000, Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, "A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman's Formative Years."

Consey, Kevin, BAM/PFA, $30,000, NEA, "Closely Watched Films."

Crawford, Patricia, CNR, $38,148, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, "The California Plate and Childhood Obesity Prevention."

Dernburg, Abby, MCB, $550,000, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, "The Molecular Mechanism of Homology Recognition during Meiosis."

Dibble, Robert W., ERSO, $50,000, LLNL, "Development of HCCI 4 Cylinder Engine Fueled by Mixtures of Water in Ethanol."

Dodd, Richard S., ESPM: Forest Science, $33,000, USDA Forest Service, "Effects of Clone Size and Structure of Tanoak on Spread of Sudden Oak Death in California Forests."

Dorph, Rena, LHS, $18,088, McLean Hospital, "Informal Learning and Science in After-School: A Research Dissemination Project."

Doudna, Jennifer A., QB3, $6,786,284, NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Program in Virus Translational Control."

Feeley, Malcolm M., Center for the Study of Law and Society, $24,995, UC Irvine, "Reducing Litigation Exposure: An Evaluation of How the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Responds to Court Orders …"

Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $40,820, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Ground-Based Optical and Near-Infrared Studies of Swift Gamma Ray Bursts."

Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $14,450, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, "Timing Studies of the X-Ray Binary Populations in Globular Clusters."

Frampton, Mary L., Law, $15,000, Akonadi Foundation, "Criminal Justice Initiative."

Freeman, Ralph D., Optometry, $10,000, Mind and Life Institute, "Investigation of Attentional Modulation in Visual Cortex during Meditation."

Full, Robert J., Integrative Biology, $140,000, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, "Dynamic Locomotion on Challenging Substrates."

Garbelotto, Matteo, ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $45,728, USDA Forest Service, "Management of Phytophthora Ramorum in Tanoak and Oak Stands."

Garbelotto, Matteo, ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $61,920, USDA Pacific Southwest Forest/Range Experiment Station, "Sudden Oak Death and Pitch Canker Disease: Diagnostics and Pathogen Biology."

Garrett, Andrew J., Linguistics, $26,393, University of London, "Choguita Raramuri (Tarahumara) Documentation and Description."

Harley, Robert A., ITS, $271,463, State of California EPA Air Resources Board, "On-Road Measurement of Light-Duty Gasoline and Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Emission Trends."

Harris, Richard R., Center for Forestry, $7,000, Plumas Corporation, "Plumas County Fuels Reduction Outreach and Education Project."

Head-Gordon, Martin, Chemistry, $250,000 , Q-Chem, Inc, "New Parallel Correlated Electronic Structure Algorithms."

Horava, Petr, Physics, $300,000, NSF, "Research in String Theory."

Hurley, Kevin, SSL, $15,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Completing Swift GRB Energy Spectra with Konus and RHESSI."

Hurley, Kevin, SSL, $35,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Maintaining Swift in the 3rd Interplanetary Network."

Isacoff, Ehud, MCB, $516,107, Carnegie Mellon University, "Fluorescent Probes and Imaging for Networks Pathways."

Jeanloz, Raymond, Earth and Planetary Science, $8,031, LLNL, "Organic Chemistry at High Pressures and Temperatures."

Kalas, Paul, Astronomy, $91,578, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, "Multi Color Imaging of Two 1 Gyr Old Debris Disks within 20 pc of the Sun: Astrophysical Mirrors of Our Kuiper Belt."

Kammen, Daniel M., Institute of the Environment, $50,000, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, "BIE Summer 2006 Field Work in Africa and China."

Keasling, Jay, QB3, $65,000 , Genomatica, Inc, "Model-Driven Strain Engineering for Isoprenoid Drug Production."

Klein, Richard I., TAC, $343,454, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "The Formation of High Mass Stars."

Komvopoulos, Kyriakos, ERSO, $319,051, Intel Corporation, "Experimental, Analytical and Numerical Studies of Particle Generation in Electrostatic Chucking of Extreme Ultraviolet Masks."

Kopp, Jaine, LHS, $20,160, UC California Math Project, "Bay Area Mathematics Project (BAMP)."

Lin, Liwei, ERSO, $175,000, DOD Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, "3D Plastic Scanned Antenna."

Lindberg, David R., Museum of Paleontology, $32,715, NSF, "A Workshop to Focus on Strategies for Improving the Public Understanding of Science."

Lindberg, David R., Museum of Paleontology, $428,598, NSF, "Collaborative Proposal: The Paleontology Portal."

Lipman, Timothy E., ITS, $30,000, DaimlerChrysler AG, "F-Cell Fleet Study."

Luhmann, Janet, SSL, $160,343, NSF, "SHINE Postdoc: Extension of the Breakout Model to More `Realistic' Coronal Mass Ejections."

Mason, Mary Ann, Center for Child and Youth Policy, $375,510, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, "Federal Grants and the Academic Pipeline."

McCreary, Douglas, Center for Forestry, $10,000, USDA Pacific Southwest Forest/Range Experiment Station, "Sudden Oak Death Information Synthesis."

Merenlender, Adina, Center for Forestry, $35,000, Nature Conservancy, "Assessing the Effectiveness of Conservation Easements in California."

Nadeau, Robert, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, $61,905, USDI Geological Survey, "Investigation of Large Earthquake Triggering Associated with Non-Volcanic Tremor Activity at Parkfield, CA."

Nadeau, Robert, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, $154,255, NSF, "Analysis of Unusual Seismic Events and Constraints on the Active Tectonics and Rheology of the San Andreas Fault System: The Mendocino Triple Junction."

Nelson, Kara L., ERSO, $50,000, UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching, "Understanding the Causes and Effects of Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms."

Olshausen, Bruno, Optometry, $57,007, NSF, "SGER Collaborative Research: Hierarchical Models of Time-Varying Natural Images."

Pearson, P David, Education, $90,000, UC California Writing Project, "Bay Area Writing Project/CWP No Child Left Behind."

Pearson, P David, Education, $61,564, UC California Writing Project, "California Writing Project Statewide Office Program."

Peres, Yuval, Statistics, $330,000, NSF, "Invariant Point Processes, Fair Allocations, Random-Turn Games and Applications."

Pisano, Albert P., ERSO, $310,000, DOD Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, "Microgimbal Actuator Authority Study and Optimal Design."

Quataert, Eliot, TAC, $314,890, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "Feedback from Radiation Pressure in Starbursts and AGN Accretion Disks."

Ragland, David, ITS, $74,950, Caltrans, "Safe Routes to School (SR2S)."

Ragland, David, Public Health, $5,226,125, Cal Office of Traffic Safety, "UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center DUI Sobriety Checkpoints Minigrant Program."

Ragland, David, Public Health, $117,081, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, "The Effectiveness of Child Safety Seats in Reducing the Risk of Death: A Matched-Set Approach."

Ranney, Michael A., Education, $83,000, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, "A Proposal for a Basic Newswriting Course Module on Numerically Empirical Storytelling: Building Quantitative and Critical Analytic Awareness and."

Raulet, David, MCB, $1,847,919, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "Regulation and MHC-Dependence of Gamma Delta T Cells."

Robey, Ellen A., MCB, $1,871,870, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "Signals That Control Thymocyte Migration."

Scheffler, Richard, Health Policy and Administration, $150,000, California Dental Association Foundation, "Oral Health and Access to Care in California."

Schekman, Randy W., Vice Chancellor for Research, $2,447,970, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, "Human Stem Cell Training at U.C. Berkeley Children's Hospital at Oakland."

Scott, Kristin E., Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, $300,000, John Merck Fund, "Modulation of Taste Perception by Hunger."

Sedlak, David L., ERSO, $60,000, WateReuse Foundation, "Assessment of the Potential Presence of Chemical Contaminants in Water Produced by Desalination Systems."

Seshia, Sanjit A., ERSO, $209,690, Carnegie Mellon University, "Word-Level Modeling and Verification of Systems Using Selective Term-Level Abstraction."

Seto, Edmund, Public Health, $25,000, Cal EPA Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, "Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Children's Respiratory Health: Improving Est. of Exposure to Traffic Pollution."

Seto, Edmund, Public Health, $99,900, EPA , "Ground-Level Ozone Concentrations Based on Satellite Observations and Ground Surface Monitoring Data."

Skabardonis, Alexander, ITS, $290,094, Caltrans, "Tools for Operations Planning (TOPL)."

Sohn, Lydia, ERSO, $50,000, Army Research Office, North Carolina, "A Microfluidics Approach to Investigate Axon Guidance."

Sohn, Lydia, ERSO, $80,000, USDI, "On-Chip NMR."

Stevens, Harriette, LHS, $59,009, West Contra Costa Unified School District, "Lawrence Hall of Science Alliance for Collaborative Change in School Systems (ACCESS) Workscope for the WCCUSD GEAR-UP Partnership Proposal."

Tager, Ira B., Public Health, $25,000, Harvard University, "FAA ACE Airliner Cabin Environment Research, Project 3."

Tomlin, Claire, ERSO, $290,000, Vanderbilt University, "Human Centric Design Environments for Command and Control Systems: The C2 Wind Tunnel."

Varaiya, Pravin P., ITS, $350,000, Caltrans, "Travel Times on Changeable Message Signs in Districts 4 and 3."

Vargas, Claudio B., LHS, $21,530, UC California Science Project, "Bay Area Science Project."

Wacquant, Loic J D., IGS, $15,040, Russell Sage Foundation, "Proposal for a Conference on the Penal State."

Welter, Stephen C., ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $29,868, Pear Pest Management Research Fund, "Evaluation of Alternative Pheromone Dispensing Technologies in Pears."

Whitebook, Marcy, IIR, $118,000, Stone Foundation, "Leadership Curriculum."

Wintroub, Michael, Rhetoric, $40,000, ACLS, "ACLS Fellowship / Lost Dreams and Savage Empires: Going Native and Going French in the 17th Century Atlantic World."

Zabin, Carol A., IIR, $30,000, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, "Solving the Direct Support Staffing Crisis in Developmental Disabilities in California: The Professional Employer Organization."

Zakhor, Avideh, ERSO, $220,000, DOD, "Fast 3D Modeling of Urban Environments."

Zinoman, Peter B., History, $51,300, UC California History-Social Science Project, "California Subject Matter Projects Request for Proposal 2005-2008: NCLB Funding."


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