ResearchHighlights

March 2000

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Awards - November - December 1999

The list below includes all awards processed and reported to the Board of the Institutions of Higher Learning during the months of November and December 1999. The Office of Research congratulates all recipients. Thank you for your hard work.

Marjorie Holland, Biology
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Water Quality in Northern Mississippi Hill Land Streams in the DEC Project (Amendment No. 6),” $89,870.00.
Brian Barkdoll, Civil Engineering
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Geotechnical Evaluation of Cohesive Materials and Their Interaction with Riparian Zones (Amendment No. 3),” $124,912.00.
Mahmoud ElSohly, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences/National Center for Natural Products Research
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Development of Biologically Based Methods for Control of Cannabis (Amendment No. 1),”$39,024.00.
S. N. Prasad, Civil Engineering
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Predicting Infiltration and Incipient Ponding into Swelling and Cracking Soils (Amendment No. 2),” $18,000.00.
S. N. Prasad, Civil Engineering
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Transport of Sediment by Wave Power in Shallow Flow (Amendment No. 4),” $29,268.00.
Alice Clark, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences/National Center for Natural Products Research
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “NCNPR/NPURU: Development of Natural Products from Plants and Microbes for Replacement of Synthetic Pesticides (Amendment No. 4),” $12,761.00.
Daniel Schlenk, Pharmacology
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Approval of Drugs for Public Fish Production (Amendment No. 3),” $3,000.00.
Martha Chambless, Curriculum and Instruction
U. S. Department of Education/Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning for “The MENTOR Institute: Molding Excellent New Teachers of Reading/Writing (Supplement),” $12,000.00.
James Reidy, Physics and Astronomy
U. S. Department of Energy/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for “US CMS HCAL Subsystem with FermiLab,” $85,498.00.
Mahmoud ElSohly, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences/National Center for Natural Products Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse for “Production and Analysis of Cannabis (Amendment No. 10),” $30,000.00.
Rita Moraes, Charles Burandt, and Ikhlas Khan, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences/National Center for Natural Products Research, from U. S. Department of Agriculture, for “Development of Podophyllum Peltatum as an Alternative Crop for Small Farmers,” $140,000.00.
Charles Smith and Roger Avant, Electrical Engineering
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Mississippi State University for “Space Systems and Technology Studies,” $54,758.00.
Jim Reeves, National Food Service Management Institute
U. S. Air Force to for “Air Force Cooking Workshop,” $12,587.00.
John Seiner, National Center for Physical Acoustics
Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Inc. for “Active Control of Complex Weapon’s Bay Oscillations,” $39,930.00.
John Seiner, National Center for Physical Acoustics
U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/CALSPAN UB Research Center for “Air Breathing Missile Technologies for Advanced Interceptors and Air Defense Systems,” $562,325.00.
Kenneth Sufka, Psychology
Next Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for “Screening for Anxiolatic Properties of Novel Drug Candidates,” $4,532.00.
Joe Blackbourn, Curriculum and Instruction
U. S. Department of Education/Mississippi State University for “Project RESPONSE (Retraining Educators to Serve the Population Needing Special Education),” $49,170.00.
Mitchell Avery, Medicinal Chemistry
World Health Organization for “Design, Economic Synthesis and Testing of Non-Toxic, Orally Active Analogs of Artemisinin (Year 3),” $43,490.00.
Kenneth McGraw, Psychology
Mark Tew, Electrical Engineering
U. S. Department of Education for “Psychology Experiments on the Internet: Use of Shockwave Technology (Year 3),” $74,064.00.
Michael Vinson, Clinical Pharmacy Practice
National Library of Medicine/University of Mississippi Medical Center for “Mississippi Health Sciences Information Network Project (MisHIN)(Modification No. 4),” $300.00.
Robert Woolsey, Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute
Minerals Management Institute for “The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-98-CA-30904 Task Order 15123, Modification No. 3,” $52,677.00.
Robert Woolsey, Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute
Minerals Management Institute to for “The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-98-CA-30904, Modification No. 1 (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Development,” $171,457.00.
Robert Woolsey, Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute
Minerals Management Institute for “The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-98-CA-30904, Modification No. 1 (Geophysical Systems Development,” $164,010.00.
Gary Mooers, Social Work, Mitylene Arnold, Curriculum and Instruction
Anne Bomba, Family and Consumer Sciences
Mississippi State Department of Health for “UM Early Intervention Project,” $125,000.00.
Waheed Uddin, Civil Engineering
Mississippi Department of Transportation/Mississippi State University for “Implementation of Superpave Equipment in Materials Curriculum and Asphalt Pavement Research,” $125,000.00.
John Watson and Kathleen Sullivan, Educational Leadership
U. S. Department of Education/Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning for “1999-2000 Academic Service Programming Reading Assessment,” $37,200.00.
Henry Bass, National Center for Physical Acoustics
U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Acoustic Detection of Pests in Crops, Structures, Trees and Soils (Amendment No. 7),” $50,000.00.
Thomas Marshall, Physics and Astronomy
National Science Foundation for “The Electrical Evolution of Thunderstorms (Year 3),” $71,067.00.
Glenn Parsons, Biology
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for “Identification and Characterization of Shark Nursery Grounds of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Amendment No. 2),” $47,774.00.
Richard Raspet and Henry Bass, Physics and Astronomy
Office of Naval Research to for “A Study of Combined High Amplitude Acoustic Engines/Coolers (Amendment No. 8),” $166,000.00.
James Vaughan and Ellen Lackey, Mechanical Engineering
Alpha/Owens Corning for “Experimental Examination of Resin Adhesion and Properties-Extension Year 3,” $20,000.00.
James Vaughan and Ellen Lackey, Mechanical Engineering
Stepan Company to for “Examination of Release Agents, Polyester-Part III,” $4,000.00.
Jim Reeves, National Food Service Management Institute
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for “Develop Lessons and Workshop,” $19,536.00.
Charles Clark, Institute for Continuing Studies
Mississippi Department of Public Safety for “State Advisory Group Allocation,” $32,000.00.
Mahmoud ElSohly, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences/National Center for Natural Products Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse for “Production, Analysis and Distribution of Cannabis and Marijuana Cigarettes,” $837,155.00.
Jim Reeves, National Food Service Management Institute
Delaware Department of Public Instruction to for “Delaware Culinary Techniques Workshop,” $4,430.00.
Bonnie Krause, University Museums
Jitney Jungle Charitable Foundation for “Adoption of the African-American Traveling Trunk,” $2,910.00.
Larry Ridgeway, Financial Aid
U. S. Department of Education for “Financial Aid,” $3,290,353.00.
James Vaughan, Ellen Lackey
Jeffrey Roux, Mechanical Engineering
Werner Company for “Thermo-Kinetic Modeling of the Pultrusion Process, Part II,” $20,000.00.
John Daigle, Center for Wireless Communications
International Business Machines for “Quality of Service (QOS) Routing,” $45,000.00.
Marjorie Holland, Al Mikell
Cliff Ochs, Biology
National Science Foundation for “FSML: Facilities Development: Implementation of 1997 Planning Workshop Recommendations,” $99,500.00.
Stacy Holmes, School of Engineering
Lynne Geller, Institute for Continuing Studies
The Academy of Applied Science/U. S. Army for “2000 Mississippi Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium,” $16,870.00.
Henry Bass and Elizabeth Cauthen, National Center for Physical Acoustics
Office of Naval Research for “Physical Acoustics Summer School (Modification No. 2),” $45,200.00.
Henry Bass, National Center for Physical Acoustics
U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command for “Directed Research, Analysis, and Software Development for Aeroacoustically-Induced Vibration in Endoatmospheric Interceptors (Amendment No. 2),” $199,000.00.
Robert Derrow, National Center for Physical Acoustics
U. S. Department of Agriculture/Mississippi State University for “Practical Vitamin and Protein Nutrition, Fish Health, and Acoustics in Channel Catfish Farming (Modification No. 1),” $13,784.00
Ken Boutwell, University Teleproductions from Foundation for Public Broadcasting for “Mississippi Business Today,” $100,000.00.
Kathleen L. Sukanek, National Food Service Management Institute
Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning for “Cooperative Purchasing Workshops,” $19,583.00.
Michael Johansson, International Programs
NAFSA: Association of International Educators for “1999-2000 Korean Student Assistance Awards Program,” $2,500.00.
Michael Johansson, International Program
American Councils for International Education for “ACTR/ACCELS Students from the New Independent States (NIS),” $63,791.00.
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