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Recent Grants

External grants and contracts promote funding to support scholarly faculty as they engage in research and creative activity. Grants provide funding to promote the general good, whereas contracts allow a specific donor to influence a project and incorporate a request for service.

The following is a list of College of Science and Technology faculty and staff who have recently earned external grants of $20,000 or more:

	Michelle Steinhilb (Biology)
	Ahmet Ugur (Computer Science)
	Claudia B. Douglass (Biology and Science-Math Technology Center)
	Koblar A. Jackson (Physics)
	Valeri G. Petkov (Physics)
	Martin Baxter (Geography)
	Kathleen C. Benison (Geology)
	Sidney W. Graham (Mathematics)
	Roger Y. Lee (Computer Science)
	Janet M. Miller (Biology)
	Sven S. Morgan and James Student (Geology)
	Mihai Horoi (Physics)
	Martin A. Baxter (Geography)
	George Kaminski (Chemistry)
	Michael J. Libbee (Geography)
	Jonathan Kelty (Biology)
	Koblar A. Jackson (Physics)
	Sivaram Narayan (Mathematics)
	Thomas M. Gehring (Biology)
	Valeri G. Petkov (Physics)
	Eric W. Linton (Biology)
	Joseph E. Finck (Physics)
	Mihai Horoi, Marco Fornari, Koblar A. Jackson, Stanley Hirschi (Physics) and Leigh Orf (Geography)
	Jennifer Schisa (Biology)

Recipients of Recent Grants

Michelle Steinhilb (Biology)

Examining Tau Proteolysis in Neurodegenerative Disease

National Institutes of Health

Ahmet Ugur (Computer Science)

Predictors of Inappropriate Therapy Delivery by Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Children

Boston Scientific

Claudia B. Douglass
(Biology and Science-Math Technology Center)

2007-2008 Science-Math Technology Center

Michigan Department of Education

Koblar A. Jackson (Physics)

Computational Nanophotonics: Modeling Optical Interactions and Transport in Tailored Nanosystem Architectures

U.S. Department of Energy

Valeri G. Petkov (Physics)

Mixed Glass Former Cation and Anion Effects on Glass Structures, Properties, and Dynamics: An International Collaborative Materials World Network Proposal

National Science Foundation

Martin Baxter (Geography)

Enhancing the Use of IDV and GEMPAK in Undergraduate Research
and Education

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Kathleen C. Benison (Geology)

Collaborative Research: The Evolution of Extremely Acid Lakes and Groundwaters in Western Australia

National Science Foundation

Sidney W. Graham (Mathematics)

Problems on Sieve Methods in Number Theory

National Science Foundation

Roger Y. Lee (Computer Science)

Embedded Software Development for Digital Convergence Using MDA

Ubiquitous Computing Center

Janet M. Miller (Biology)

In Hydrocephalus, Do Alterations in Gene Expression Lead to Equivalent Changes in the Corresponding Protein Level?

Seeking Techniques Advancing Research in Shunts

Sven S. Morgan and James Student (Geology)

Collaborative Research and RUI: Investigation of the Effects of CO2-H2O Fluids on the Deformation of Quartzite and Marble in the EJB Aureole, California

National Science Foundation

Mihai Horoi (Physics)

Low-Energy Nuclear Physics National HPC Initiative: Building a Universal Nuclear Energy Density Functional

U.S. Department of Energy

Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Astrophysics and Mesoscopic Physics

U.S. Department of Energy

Martin A. Baxter (Geography)

Variability of the Influence of Convection on Conveyor Belts: Development of Conceptual Models and Forecast Methodologies

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

A Proposal for a UCAR Visiting Scientist Position at COMET

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

George Kaminski (Chemistry)

Protein Simulations with a Fast Polarizable Force Field

National Institutes of Health

Michael J. Libbee (Geography)

The Geography and History Project: Developing a National
Resource Base

National Geographic Society Education Foundation

Binsfield Endowment 2006-2007

National Geographic Society Education Foundation

Jonathan Kelty (Biology)

Function and Expression of Connexins in the Pre-Botzinger Complex

National Institutes of Health

Koblar A. Jackson (Physics)

Computational Nanophotonics: Modeling Optical Interactions and Tailored Nanosystem Architectures

U.S. Department of Energy

Sivaram Narayan (Mathematics)

EMSW21-MCTP: Long-term Undergraduate Research Experience

National Science Foundation

Thomas M. Gehring (Biology)

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Livestock Guarding Dogs for Reducing Wolf Depredations on Cattle on Farms in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Farmers Conserving Wildlife: Integrating Livestock Guarding Dogs to Reduce Predation and Disease Transmission

Animal Welfare Institute

Integrating and Evaluating Livestock Guarding Dogs for Reducing Wolf Human Conflicts on Michigan Farms

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Valeri G. Petkov (Physics)

Structure of Nanocrystals

National Science Foundation

Eric W. Linton (Biology)

Analyzing the Euglenoid Plastid Genome

National Science Foundation

Joseph E. Finck (Physics)

An RUI Project to Investigate the Neutron Drip Line Using the
Neutron Array

National Science Foundation

Mihai Horoi, Marco Fornari, Koblar A. Jackson, Stanley Hirschi, Leigh Orf
(Physics and Geography)

Acquisition of a Cluster of Advanced Symmetric Multiprocessing High Performance Scientific Calculations

National Science Foundation

Jennifer Schisa (Biology)

Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Germ Granule Components in
C. Elegans

National Institutes of Health

Jon Kelty, an assistant professor of biology, is in the midst of a three-year project to study the electrical reactions that control breathing. Kelty is interested in learning about the connections in the brain that control a gasp and other breathing patterns in hopes of better understanding a host of human breathing disorders, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. HIs research, funded by a $191,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, may provide direction to research on such disorders.

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