The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for June and July. Award amounts are totals expected for the entire funding period. The list does not include supplements, modifications or other changes to existing grants or contracts. For awards that have more than one investigator, the first faculty member listed is the principal investigator.

CARRYL BALDWIN and JENNIFER MORROW, assistant professors of psychology, "Project Pride"; Portsmouth Behavioral Healthcare Services, $10,000.

DAVID BURDIGE, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences; JOHN R. DONAT, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry; and ANDREW GORDON, professor of biological sciences; "Quantifying the Cycling of Toxic Metals and metal-complexing Ligands in a Major U.S. Naval Harbor (Elizabeth River, Va.)"; Office of Naval Research, $58,931, $52,407 and $38,662.

MARK BUTLER, professor, and ROBERT RATZLAFF, associate professor, biological sciences, "Epidemiological Studies on Spiny Lobsters, Panullirus Argus, Infected With a Pathogenic Herpes-like Virus"; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, $50,873.

ROBERT CASE, assistant professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, "National Youth Sports Program - Virginia Beach" and "National Youth Sports Program - Norfolk"; National Collegiate Athletic Association, $55,500 and $55,500.

CAROL CONSIDINE, assistant professor, PAUL KAUFFMAN, chair, and WES LEWIS, senior lecturer, engineering technology, "Beneficial Use Demonstration Project"; Center for Innovative Technology, $10,000.

MICHAEL CORY, manufacturing specialist with the Technology Applications Center, "Operations Assessment"; Avid Medical, $1,000.

GREGORY CUTTER, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Analysis of Stream Samples"; U.S. Department of the Interior, $4,250.

FRANK DAY, professor of biological sciences, "Belowground Plant Reponses to Carbon Dioxide Enrichment in an Oak Scrub Ecosystem in Central Florida"; Smithsonian Institution, $77,234.

MARTINA DOBLIN and LISA DRAKE, research assistant professors of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Yorktown Elementary School Outreach Project - Three Workshops"; York County, Va., $3,000.

CAROLYN DUNLAP, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, "English to Spanish Translation of Powerpoint Presentation #2"; NOVA Chemicals Inc., $415.

ANN GARGETT, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Doppler Turbulence Techniques for Ocean Observatories"; Rutgers University, $99,505.

OSCAR GONZALEZ and STEVEN GRAY, associate professors of electrical and computer engineering, "Hybrid Modeling and Analysis of Safety Critical Flight Control Systems"; National Science Foundation, $59,998.

MOOL GUPTA, director of the Applied Research Center, "NSF Industry Cooperative Research Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing"; Center for Innovative Technology, $30,000. Also, "Establish NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing"; National Science Foundation, $350,000. Also, with MOUNIR LAROUSSI, research associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, "Continuous Large Area (T=30-130NM) Lamp Technology for Advanced Photolithography"; Army Research Office, $70,000.

ROBYN HANNIGAN, formerly of chemistry and biochemistry; CYNTHIA JONES, professor of biological sciences; and Simon Thorrold, former associate professor of biological sciences; "Locating Essential Fish Habitat for Spotted Sea Trout, Cynoscion Nebulous, in Virginia"; National Sea Grant College Program, $80,000.

JEFFREY HARLOW, director of the Social Science Research Center, "Input and Analysis Costs - Library"; City of Virginia Beach, $2,000. Also, "Norfolk State University, City of Norfolk Permanency Planning Project"; Norfolk State University, $2,672. Also, with TANCY VANDECAR-BURDIN, associate director, , "Youth Survey" and "Babies Can't Wait"; Virginia Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, $17,617 and $186,238; and "Youth Opportunities Plan Evaluation"; Youth Opportunities Inc., $6,830.

JEN-KUANG HUANG, professor of mechanical engineering, "Modeling, Simulation and Analysis for Ship Roll Stimulation System Automatic Control Algorithm"; Craft Engineering Associates, $15,000.

CYNTHIA JONES, professor of biological sciences, "Monitoring Coral Reef Fish Utilization of Inshore Habitat in Florida Bay"; National Marine Fisheries Service, $15,000.

MICHELLE KELLEY, professor of psychology, "Brief Couples Therapy in Drug Abuse Treatment"; State University of New York, $40,990.

THOMAS LANG, program manager for the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "JFCOM J61 Support of C4ISR" and "JBC Program Support"; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $608,933 and $161,304. Also, with JOSEPH GROSEL, program manager, "IPA-OZOLEK-JFCOM Support," "J86/JI & I R&D Support" and "J864 ACTD R&D Support"; U.S. Joint Forces Command, $158,393, $190,000 and $50,000.

DEBRA MAJOR, associate professor of psychology; JOAN MANN, assistant professor of MIS/decision sciences; JANIS SANCHEZ-HUCLES, acting associate vice president for graduate studies; and DONALD DAVIS, associate professor of psychology; "Climate for Opportunity and Inclusion: Improving the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Women and Minorities in the IT Workplace"; National Science Foundation, $497,257.

KEVIN MCCLESKEY, general manager of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "JW500 Support - 2051" and "Composable Reconfigurable Environment for Acquisition, Training and Experimentation (CREATE)"; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $44,855 and $299,310.

MOUSTAFA MOUSTAFA, associate professor of engineering technology, "Modification of Design and CAD"; Nichols Filter Co., $1,025.

MARGARET MULHOLLAND, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Nutritional Factors Promoting Algal Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay"; Virginia Water Resources Research Center, $25,000.

BRETT NEWMAN, associate professor of aerospace engineering, "LIDAR-based Ride and Load Augmentation Flight Control"; Aero Tech Research, $80,000.

KEITH PARKINSON, manufacturing specialist for the Technology Applications Center, "Business Development Project"; Edward Matney, $650.

ANASTASIA RAYMER, associate professor of early childhood, speech language pathology and special education, "Treatment of Aphasia and Related Disorders"; University of Florida, $67,028.

BILLIE REED, executive director, and WAYNE WOODHAMS, deputy executive director, Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, "Co-Op Development of Dual-Use Space Access Capability at Wallops"; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, eight grants totaling $535,000.

JERRY ROBERTSON, director of the Technology Applications Center, "An Absolute Temperature and Thermal Character Measurement System"; Center for Innovative Technology, two grants totaling $24,750. Also, "Testing of a Diamond Marble Floor Grinder Prototype"; Commonwealth Supply, two grants totaling $3,000.

MARY SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, "NASA - USRP"; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, two grants totaling $90,600. Also, with SHARON WATERS, development and program specialist, "Three-year Project to Establish CTC in Inner-city Library in Newport News, Va., and Expand Existing CTC in Hampton, Va., Located Within ZEL Technologies"; U.S. Department of Education, $37,055.

KARL SCHOENBACH, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering; RAVINDRA JOSHI, professor of ECE; and NANCY XU, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry; "MURI - Subcellular Reponses to Narrowband and Wideband Radiofrequency Radiation"; Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $3 million.

JENNIFER SLATE, assistant professor of biological sciences, "Recent and Historical Environmental Change in Lake Drummond, Within the Great Dismal Swamp"; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $10,000.

RUTH SMITH, executive director of the Research Foundation, "IPA-OZOLEK-JFCOMM Support"; U.S. Joint Forces Command, $158,393.

ANDRES SOUSA-POZA, assistant professor, and CHARLES KEATING, associate professor, engineering management, "ISSO-90000 Price Fighter"; Resource Consultants Inc., $17,415.

CHARLES SUKENIK, assistant professor of physics, "International: U.S.-Korea Collaborative Research Planning Visit: Investigation of Optical Dipole Traps for Ultracold Atoms"; National Science Foundation, $6,806.

LEPOSAVA VUSKOVIC, professor, and SVETOZAR POPOVIC, research associate professor, physics, "Plasma Aerodynamics and Combustion"; NASA Langley Research Center, $90,000.

ROY WILLIAMS, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, "Formation and Decay of Disinfection Byproducts in the Distribution System"; American Water Works Association Research Foundation, $50,345. Also, "Phaeoacremonium Clamydosporum: The Active Agent in the Production of the Fungal Disease Black Goo in Young Grape Vines; the Characterization of Its Growth Pattern and Susceptibility of the Fungus to Various Phytoalexins"; Virginia Academy of Science, $1,000.

JAEWAN YOON, associate professor, and ISAO ISHIBASHI, professor, civil and environmental engineering, "Pilot Study of VDOT Geotechnical Database (GDBMS) for Third Hampton Roads Crossing Project (THRX)"; Virginia Transportation Research Council, $72,837.

STEPHEN ZAHORIAN, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and BOWEN LOFTIN, director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program - Acquisition of Collaborative High-Performance Computing and Visualization Cluster"; National Science Foundation, $306,000.

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