Research Advocate Funding Guide, November 1998
Sponsored Projects Office, University of California, Berkeley

Contract and Grant Awards in September and October

Agogino, Alice M., ESRC, $800,000, NSF, “Expanding the National Engineering Education Delivery System As the Foundation for An On-Line Engineering Education Community.”
Agogino, Alice M., ESRC, $200,000, NSF, “Test-Bed Digital Library for Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education.”
Astaneh-Asl, Abolhassan, ITS, $179,999, NSF, “Seismic Studies of Innovative and Traditional Composite Shear Walls.”
Austin, Michael J., Social Welfare, $49,998, .Santa Clara County, “Best Practices in Concurrent Planning for Timely Permanency.”
Bailey, Ian L., Optometry, $95,743, State of Calif. Dept. of Health and Welfare, “Low Vision Assistive Device Program.”
Baker, Robin, LOHP, $28,113, State of Calif. Dept. of Industrial Relations, “Training in Various Air Sampling and Respiratory Protection Classes.”
Baker, Robin, LOHP, $120,000, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “Young Worker Outreach Project.”
Baker, Robin, LOHP, $74,000, State of Calif. Dept. of Health and Welfare, “Lead-Safe Schools Education and Training Project.”
Baker, Robin, LOHP, $89,700, State of Calif. Dept. of Industrial Relations, “Assess Needs and Explore Methods for Improving Notices Sent to Injured Workers.”
Baldwin, Bruce G., University/Jepson Herbaria, $15,000, Homeland Foundation, “Sierra Nevada Plants: Wildflowers to Trees.”
Bell, Alexis T., College of Chemistry, $1,000,000, National Center for Research Resources, “Extramural Research Facilities Construction.”
Berck, Peter, Agricultural and Resource Economics, $25,619, State of Calif. Dept. of Finance, “Dynamic Revenue Analysis Model Elements to Interstate and International Trade.”
Berger, Stanley A., ESRC, $968,672, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, “Vascular Biomechanics.”
Bertozzi, Carolyn R., Chemistry, $75,212, Gryphon Sciences, “Methods for the Chemical Synthesis of Glyco-Proteins.”
Bertozzi, Carolyn R., Chemistry, $50,006, UC STAR Biotechnology Program, “Methods for the Chemical Synthesis of Glycoproteins.”
Bloom, Joan R., School of Public Health, $963,525, National Cancer Institute, “Young Breast Cancer Survivors: a Population Based Cohort.”
Bogy, David B., ESRC, $200,000, NSF, “Scattering of Surface Acoustic Waves by Bi-Material Junctions: Theory and Experiment.”
Briggs, Cheryl J., Integrative Biology, $294,878, NSF, “.The Effects of Dispersal on the Population Dynamics and Parasitoid Diversity of a Multiparasitoid-Host System.”
Buchanan, Bob B., Plant and Microbial Biology, $18,522, Novartis Pharmaceutical, “Allergenicity Potential of a Transgenic Corn Line Using the Atopic Dog Model.”
Buffler, Patricia A., LOHP, $384,863, EPA, “Development of Environmental Health Indicators for the U.S.”
Campos, Joseph, IHD, $31,358, NSF, “Self Produced Locomotion and Perceptual/Emotional Development in Infancy.”
Campos, Joseph, IHD, $3,700, San Francisco State University Foundation, “An Experimental Approach to Studying the Effects of Self-Produced Locomotion on Perceptual Development in Infancy.”
Cande, W. Zacheus, MCB, $762,977, NSF, “An Integrated Map of Cytological, Genetic and Physical Information of Maize.”
Canny, John F., ERL, $74,829, NSF, “Tele-Embodiment: A Project Joining Robotics, HCI and Social Psychology.”
Carmichael, Ian S., LHS, $49,042, NSF, “AFGE: Student Geoscience Research Opportunities.”
Carmichael, Ian S., LHS, $249,931, LBNL, “Hands-On Universe Informal Science Education CD-ROM.”
Clark, Douglas S., Chemical Engineering, $255,000, NSF, “LEXEN: Microbial Adaptation to High Temperature and Pressure.”
Clark, Douglas S., Chemical Engineering, $10,000, Naval Research Laboratory, “Silazymes—Rugged, High Capacity Enzyme-Mimetic Catalysts: A Technical Overview.”
Clarke, John, Physics, $21,700, UC Irvine, “Submicron Arrays as Models of Physical Systems.”
Colford Jr., John M., Public Health, $310,624, Water Environment Research Foundation, “Determination of Health Risks Associated with Beneficial Uses of Biosolids.”
Comerio, Mary C., IURD, $349,736, FEMA, “The Economic Benefits of a Disaster Resistant Community.”
Connelly, John, History, $29,903, Spencer Foundation, “Higher Education in Eastern Europe, 1945-56.”
Culler, David E., ERL, $1,699,711, NSF, SimMillenium: A Large-Scale System of Systems Organized as a Computational Economy of Systems for Simulation and Modeling.”
Dan, Yang, MCB, $35,000, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “Sloan Research Fellowship.”
De Pater, Imke, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, $28,000, UC Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, “Statistical Analysis of Trailed Star Images Used to Search for Comet Occultations.”
Devalois, Karen K., Psychology, $7,400, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, “Human Visual Information Processing.”
Dornfeld, David A., ESRC, $300,000, NSF, “Process Monitoring and Development for Chemical Mechanical Polishing.”
Eichengreen, Barry J., IIS, $49,000, Ford Foundation, “Toward a New Financial Architecture.”
Erdem, Tulin, IBER, $178,157, NSF, “Collaborative Research on Consumer Decision-Making and Marketing Strategy in Experience Goods.”
Falcone, Roger W., Physics, $28,920, LLNL, “Advanced X-Ray Diagnostics.”
Fenves, Gregory L., EERC, $25,000, DOE, “Seismic Mitigation Options for Transformer Bushings.”
Ferrari, Mauro, EEHSL, $168,972, Boehringer Mannheim GMBH, “Micromachined Albumin Retention Membranes, with Controlled Glucose Diffusion Rates.”
Ferrari, Mauro, EEHSL, $100,000, National Center for Research Resources, “Microfabricated Multifunctional Cell Culture Arrays.”
Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $12,500, Space Studies Institute, “Measuring Black Hole Masses in Broad-Lined AGNs.”
Fortmann, Louise P., ESPM, $245,000, USDA, “Claiming Rural Places: the Impacts of Migrations and Markets on Resource Access and Control.”
Freedman, Sarah W., Education, $15,000, Spencer Foundation, “Practitioner Research and Mentoring Grant.”
Gallant, Jack L., Psychology, $35,000, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “Neural Computation or Higher Vision.”
Gertler, Paul J., IBER, $537,944, National Institute on Aging, “Leadership in Aging Research and Teaching.”
Getz, Wayne M., ESPM , $32,074, NSF, “A Computational Analysis of Olfactory Processing in the Insect Antennal Lobes.”
Gilbert, Gregory S., ESPM, $37,475, Novartis Pharmaceutical, “Molecular Analysis of Tropical and Temperate Leaf Litter Fungi.”
Gilbert, Gregory S., ESPM, $180,576, NSF, “Collaborative Research: The Role of Plant-Pathogen Interactions in Explaining and Constraining Natural Enemies Hypothesis.”
Gilbert, Neil, Social Welfare, $2,700,000, DHHS Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, “National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center.”
Gin, Douglas, Chemistry, $60,000, American Chemical Society, “Heterogeneous Catalysis Studies with the Cross-Linked Inverted Hexagonal Phase: Organic Analogs to Molecular Sieves.”
Goodman, Corey S., MCB, $1,600,000, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, “Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program.”
Graham, James R., Astronomy, $22,000, Space Telescope Science Institute, “HST Observations of a Galaxy at Z=5.34.”
Haegerstrom-Portnoy, Gunil, Optometry, $9,932, UC Systemwide, “Topography of Retinal Responses and Visual Sensitivity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.”
Hake, Sarah, Plant and Microbial Biology, $1,020,682, Stanford University, “Maize Gene Discovery, Sequencing, and Phenotype Analysis.”
Hammel, Eugene A., IIS, $72,910, National Institute on Aging, “Heritability of Longevity in Historical Peasant Europe.”
Harte, John, ERG, $48,000, Compton Foundation, “The Energy and Environmental Implications of the Next Stage in the Demographic Transition.”
Hayashi, Patrick, Academic Preparation and Articulation, $2,062,552, DOED, “Talent Search/Educational Guidance Center.”
Hearst, John E., Chemistry, $13,012, LBNL, “DNA Topology and Photosynthetic Apparatus.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $33,050, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Sensor-Friendly Highways: Investigation of Progressive Roadway Changes to Facilitate Deployment of AHS.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $78,086, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Real-Time Extension of the SHIFT Simulation Environment.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $170,867, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Development and Performance Evaluation of AVCSS Deployment Sequences to Advance from Today’s Driving Environment to Full Automation.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $123,457, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Scalable Vehicle-Roadside Control Instrumentation Scheme with Infrastructure Assisted Merging Demonstration.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $79,278, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “GPS-Based Error-Correction of Gyro-Free Inertial Navigation Systems.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $35,470, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Advanced Braking Methods for Longitudinal Control of Commercial Heavy Vehicles.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $19,527, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Benefits of Real-Time Signal Control.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $54,135, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Assessing Opportunities for Intelligent Transportation Systems in California’s Passenger Intermodal Operations and Services.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $47,687, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, User, Economic, and Institutional Evaluation of “Smart” Car Sharing.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $43,816, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, Integrating a Comprehensive Moda Emissions into ATMIS Transportation Modeling Frameworks.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $48,205, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, Development of a Cost-Effective Surveillance System in Caltrans District 4.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $50,000, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, Integration of GPS-Aided INS into AVCSS.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $39,590, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Investigation of Vehicles as Probes Using Cellular Phones and the Global Positioning System.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $75,003, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Dynamic Origin/Destination Estimation Using True Section Densities.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $74,343, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “An Investigation in the Use of Inductive Loop Signatures for Vehicle Classification.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $73,674, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Human Driver Models for Smart AHS.”
Hedrick, John Karl, ITS, $65,000, State of Calif. Dept. of Transportation, “Development and Implementation Vehicle-Centered Fault Diagnostic and Management System for the Extended PATH-AHS Architecture.”
Hellerstein, Joseph M., ERL, $235,000, NSF, “CONTROL for Data-Intensive Processing.”
Hellerstein, Marc, Nutritional Sciences, $451,200, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, “Advancing the Measurement of T Cell Kinetics.”
Hout, Michael, Survey Research Center, $97,000, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, “Educational Stratification in the Private Sector.”
Howe, Linda K., ITS, $597,480, State of California Office of Traffic Safety, “Enforcement and Engineering Analysis.”
Howe, Linda K., ITS, $389,902, State of California Office of Traffic Safety, “Safety Through Maintenance and Construction Zones.”
Hu, Teh-Wei, School of Public Health, $27,051, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, “The Use and Effects of Health Information.”
Ivry, Richard, Psychology, $44,481, Emory University, “Functional Substrates of Sequential Movement in Humans.”
Jackson, Andrew O., Plant Biology, $241,200, DOE, “Protein and RNA Interactions Involved in the Pathogenesis of Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus.”
Jeanloz, Raymond, Geology & Geophysics, $29,018, LLNL, “Ultra-High Pressure Melting Studies.”
Jeanloz, Raymond, Geology & Geophysics, $29,000, LANL, “Magnesioustite at Deep Mantle Conditions.”
Jeanloz, Raymond, Geology & Geophysics, $29,708, LLNL, “Quasi-Static Simulation of High Pressure and Temperature Dynamic Experiments.”
Jeanloz, Raymond, Geology & Geophysics, $22,000, LLNL, “High Pressure Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nitrides.”
Kachru, Shamit, Physics, $35,000, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “Sloan Foundation Fellowship.”
Kastenberg, William E., EEHSL, $158,375, LLNL, “Nuclear Fuel Cycle Studies.”
Kim, Sung-Hou, Chemistry, $1,076,531, National Cancer Institute, “Structure and Function In Molecular Communication.”
Kim, Sung-Hou, Chemistry, $46,295, LBNL, “Purification and Crystallization Techniques for Small Self-Cleaving RNAs and Non-Cleaving Mutants.”
Kim, Sung-Hou, Chemistry, $66,675, LBNL, “Experimental Crystallization Procedures for Proteins and Nucleic Acids.”
Komvopoulos, Kyriakos, ESRC, $338,636, NSF, “Basic Studies of the Effects of Microfabrication, Environment, and Cyclic-Loading on the Long Term Durability of Thin-Film Microstructures.”
Komvopoulos, Kyriakos, ESRC, $60,532, NSF, “Basic Research on the Dependence of Structure and Nano-Mechanical Properties of Ultra-Thin Protective Overcoats on Processing.”
Lancaster, Lewis R., Center for Western European Studies, $536,848, Lilly Endowment, “Electronic Atlas of North American Religion.”
Landis, John D., IURD, $40,000, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, “The Extent and Causes of Sprawl in California.”
Leary, Julie A., Chemistry, $450,000, NSF, “Acquisition of a Fournier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer.”
Lester Jr., William A., Chemistry, $6,450, LBNL, “Quantum Chemistry.”
Liepmann, Dorian, ERL, $1,273,060, DARPA, “Concerning Mixing and Processing of Complex Biological Fluids in Micro Flumes.”
Ligon, Ethan, Agricultural and Resource Economics, $142,000, USDA, “Quality Measurement and Risk Sharing in Contracts for Fruits and Vegetables.”
Linn, Marcia F., School of Education, $1,840,000, NSF, “KDI: Science Controversies On-Line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE).”
Malik, Jitendra, ERL, $1,700,000, NSF, “Adaptive Sensing and Control of Large Systems under Uncertainty with Application to Metropolitan Area Freeways.”
McCusker, James K., Chemistry, $35,000, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.”
McKone, Thomas Edward, Public Health, $195,000, EPA, “Exposure and Toxicity-Based Measures of Potential Human Health and Ecological Impacts of Industrial Releases to Air, Soil.”
Miller, William H., Chemistry, $22,309, LBNL, “Chemical Dynamics: Theory of Atomic and Molecular Collisions Processes.”
Mishler, Brent D., University/Jepson Herbaria, $13,073, State of Calif. Military Dept., “Plant Identification and Verification, Camp Roberts and San Luis Obispo.”
Moskowitz, Joel M., Public Health, $75,000, Association of Schools of Public Health, “Diabetes Surveillance in Minority Populations.”
Muller, Richard S., ERL, $650,000, NSF, “Industry/University Cooperative Research Center: Self-Sufficient Partnership for Research—BSAC & UC Davis.”
Nacht, Michael, Public Policy, $20,000, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, “Sino-American Conference.”
Nazaroff, William W., EEHSL, $26,404, LBNL, “Dynamic Behavior of Particles and Vapors in Buildings.”
Nishiizumi, Kunihiko, SSL, $26,809, LLNL, “Cosmogenic Nuclide Systematics in Olivine and Calcite.”
Niyogi, Krishna K., Plant Biology, $120,000, USDA, “Molecular Genetics of Nonphotochemical Quenching in Photosynthesis.”
Norgaard, Richard B., ERG, $47,614, Pew Memorial Trust, “Fundamental Issues in the Economics of Climate Change.”
Orenstein, Joseph W., Physics, $315,000, NSF, “Terahertz Charge Dynamics In Oxide Films and Heterostructures.”
Oswald, William J., EEHSL, $1,149,000, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, “Irrigation Drainage Water Treatment for Selenium Removal: Panoche Drainage District Demonstration Facility.”
Pace, Norman R., Plant Biology, $150,379, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, “Molecular Survey of Microbes in Human Tuberculosis.”
Pace, Norman R., Plant and Microbial Biology, $416,066, NSF, “LEXEN: Analysis of Hyperthermophilic Microbial Ecosystems Using Ribosomal RNA Sequences.”
Packard, Richard E., Physics, $600,000, NSF, “Quantum Fluids Research.”
Pagni, Patrick J., ESRC, $89,994, National Institute of Standards & Technology, “Brand Propagation of Post-Earthquake Conflagrations.”
Peterson, Per F., ESRC, $120,455, LLNL, “Beam Line Clearing and Direct-Drive Target Injection.”
Phillips, Norman E., Chemistry, $25,000, LBNL, “Low-Temp Research.”
Pines, Alexander, Chemistry, $40,000, LBNL, “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.”
Prausnitz, John M., Chemical Engineering, $10,624, LBNL, “Molecular Thermodynamics for Phase Equilibria.”
Raymond, Kenneth N., Chemistry, $23,896, LBNL, “Actinide Sequestering Agents.”
Rice, John A., Statistics, $25,850, LLNL, “Detection of Occultations.”
Riley, Lee W., Public Health, $150,400, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, “A Peptide-Based Salmonella Vaccine Delivery System.”
Riley, Lee W., Public Health, $451,200, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, “Peptide-Based Delivery of HIV Immunogen.”
Russell, Stuart J., ERL, $1,200,000, NSF, “KDI: Learning Complex Motor Tasks in Natural and Artificial Systems.”
Sands, Timothy D., ERL, $100,000, NSF, “Assembly of Functionally-Enhanced MEMS by Laser Liftoff and Transfer of Epitaxial Piezoelectric Thin Films.”
Sands, Timothy D., ERL, $2,700, Civilian Research and Development Foundation for Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, “Thin Films on Metal Oxide Layers.”
Segal, Steven P., Social Welfare, $2,080,000, ADAMHA, “Center for Mental Health Services, Process and Outcome in Board-Run Self-Help Agency Drop-Ins.”
Shanks, J. Merrill, Social Sciences Computing Lab, $2,500,000, Bureau of the Census, “Software Licensing Development and Support for the Computer Assisted Survey Execution System Cases.”
Sheng, Paul S.-P., ESRC, $50,000, NSF, “Green Machining Incremental Planner, a Distributed Environmental Advisor for Mechanical Components and Machining Systems.”
Siegmund, Oswald H. W., SSL, $135,247, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Opaque CsTe (RbTe) Photocathode Technology for Microchannel Plate Imaging Detectors.”
Silk, Joseph I., Theoretical Astrophysics Center, $1,400,000, NSF, “The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and Structure Formation in the Universe.”
Somorjai, Gabor A., Chemistry, $54,000, LBNL, “Surface Science and Catalysis.”
Spiller, Pablo T., IMIO, $12,500, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, “Symposium: Positive Political Theories of Business Strategy.”
Spinrad, Hyron, Astronomy, $6,865, Space Telescope Science Institute, “HST Imaging of the Two Most Distant Radio Galaxies.”
Stevens, Raymond C., Chemistry, $30,000, Physical Optics Corporation, “Cell Mimic Optical Waveguide Sensor.”
Sung, Zinmay Renee, Graduate Division, $1,249,684, DOED, “Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program.”
Sung, Zinmay Renee, Plant Biology, $301,072, NSF, “Repackaging the Corn Genome for Molecular Mapping.”
Tommelein, Iris D., ITS, $300,098, NSF, “Coordinating Specialists: A Challenge to the Quality Transformation of Construction Project Organizations.”
Tygar, J. Douglas, SIMS, $518,628, U.S. Postal Service, “Examining Electronic Metering Alternatives.”
Varaiya, Pravin P., ERL, $14,520, NSF, “Coordination and Control of Multiple Vehicles.”
Walrand, Jean C., ERL, $1,150,413, NSF, WebTP: A User-Centered Web Transfer Protocol.”
Weber, Eicke R., ERL, $8,302, LBNL, “Development of Techniques that Utilize Chemical, Mechanical, Electro-Chemical Thinning.”
Weisblat, David A., MCB, $36,500, Human Frontier Science Program Organization, “Cell Lineage and Segmentation in Leech Nervous System.”
Wenk, Hans-Rudolf, Geology & Geophysics, $20,000, LANL, “Four Circle Texture Goniometer.”
Williams, Evan, Chemistry, $521,515, NSF, “Energetics and Mechanisms of Large Biomolecules and DNA Duplex Dissociation by Tandem Fourier-Transform Mass Spectrometry.”
Zysman, John, IIS, $125,000, German Marshall Fund of the United States, “Recreating the Market: The Emerging Dynamics of Competition in an Electronic Era.”


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