The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for January and February. 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.

VIJAYAN ASARI, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Pose and Lighting Invariant Face Location Algorithm”; U.S. Department of Defense, $67,690.

JULIAN ASHFORD, adjunct assistant professor, and CYNTHIA JONES, professor, biological sciences, “Collaborative Research: Age Estimation of Toothfish in Support of Radiometric Age Validation of Otoliths”; National Science Foundation, $40,683.

ELIZABETH AUSTIN-MINOR, assistant professor, and KENNETH MOPPER, professor, chemistry and biochemistry, “Effects of Photodegradation on the Composition Optical Properties and Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuaries”; National Science Foundation, $498,896.

DAVID J. BURDIGE, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Quantifying Rare Earth Element Transport in Aquifers Using Field, Laboratory and Numerical Approaches: Field and Laboratory Experiments”; University of Texas, Arlington, $80,819.

FRANK T. BYRUM, chief scientist at the Bank of America Entrepreneurial Center, “Persys Architectural Framework Design/Development” Center for Innovative Technology, $45,000.

KENT E. CARPENTER, associate professor of biological sciences, “Chesapeake Bay Zooplankton Monitoring Program”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $56,000.

ANDREW R. CASIELLO, assistant vice president; M’HAMMED ABDOUS and JUNE RITCHIE, instructional designers; and HUSAM M. SAOUDI, instructional technology specialist, Office of Distance Learning, “Joint Forces Staff College Project”; Northrup Grumman, $953,320.

SHERI COLBERG-OCHS, assistant professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, “Physical Activity, Nitric Oxide and Neurovascular Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes”; American Diabetes Association, $100,000.

GREGORY A. CUTTER, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Collaborative Research: A Linked Initiative for Developing Minority Doctoral Scholars in Ocean Sciences”; National Science Foundation, $107,144.

FRANK P. DAY, professor of biological sciences, “Long-term Ecological Research on Disturbance, Succession and Ecosystem State Change at the Virginia Coast Reserve: LTER IV – Subcontract: Vegetation Monitoring on the Hog Island Chronosequence”; University of Virginia, $10,000.

JOHN R. DONAT, associate professor of biological sciences, “Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (Virginia Water Control Board), $427,296.

HANI E. ELSAYED-ALI, professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Time-resolved Election Diffraction Studies of Surface Reactions”; U.S. Department of Energy, $375,000.

JENNIFER J. FOSS, director of the Yon Student Health Center, “House Party”; Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, $7,000.

ROBERT A. GABLE, eminent scholar, and STEPHEN W. TONELSON, professor, early childhood, speech language pathology and special education, “Virginia Department of Education, King William County Schools and Old Dominion University Collaborative Functional Behavioral Assessment Training Project”; Virginia Department of Education, $25,000.

JOSEPH J. GROSEL, program manager, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, eight awards from the Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia): “Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Support,” $49,577; “Joint Experimentation Directorate/Joint Futures Lab Support,” $73,506; “JTASC/JW500 Support,” $97,555; “Joint National Training Center Support,” $196,939; “J9 Joint Experimentation JCDE Support,” $46,248; “Joint C41SR Battle Center Support,” $180,814; “J61 Joint C41SR and Joint BWC2 Support,” $243,558; and “J86 Joint Interoperability and Integration Support,” $367,707.

MOOL C. GUPTA, director of the Applied Research Center, “Modify Diamond-like Amorphous Carbon to Crystalline Structure”; Center for Innovative Technology, $4,000. Also, “Modeling of Electromagnetic Shielding Properties of Polymeric Materials Containing Conducting Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes”; NASA Langley Research Center, $90,000.

JEFFREY Y. HARLOW, director of the Social Science Research Center, “Individual Child Data Form Data Analysis Project”; WESTAT Inc., $6,000. Also, “Ready to Read”; City of Norfolk, $5,000. Also, “Incumbent/Dislocated Worker Skill Shortage II Demonstration Evaluation”; Tidewater Community College, $9,345. Also, “Infant Toddler Online Tracking System”; Virginia Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, $408,467.

LAURA J. HARRELL, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Career: Toward Efficient Evolutionary Algorithm Methodologies for Surface Water Systems Management”; National Science Foundation, $400,641.

CHARLES B. KEATING, associate professor, and RALPH V. ROGERS JR., professor, engineering management, “A System of Systems Engineering Analysis of Integrated Port Security for the Virginia Port Authority”; Virginia Port Authority, $47,500.

DAVID C. MARLETT, assistant professor of business administration, “Review of Government and Private Flood Insurance Rating Systems Utilized Worldwide”; Bradley University, $10,350.

GAYLE B. MCCOMBS, assistant professor of dental hygiene, “A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of Doxycycline 20 mgs Twice a Day Versus Placebo on the Bleeding and Spotting in Women After Insertion of a Levonorgestrel Implant”; Eastern Virginia Medical Authority, $45,676.

RICK MCKENZIE, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Quantifying Success of Prostate Surgery: New Protocol Development and Statistical Comparison”; Foundation for Specialized Surgery, $10,800.

MICHAEL E. MELO, director of Troops to Teachers, and PAUL L. HEINE, associate dean of the Darden College of Education, “Troops to Teachers”; Virginia Department of Education, $100,000.

GEORGE F. OERTEL, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “The Effect of Hydro-hypsography on Morphodynamics and Hydrodynamics in Coastal Lagoons”; University of Virginia, $10,000.

MIKEL D. PETTY, research professor, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Joint Simulation System Testing Support”; Commander, Operational and Test Evaluation Force, $1,600. Also, “JEXP H001 – Modeling and Simulation Database Support”; General Dynamics, $74,320.

MARY L. SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “VSGC’s Proposal to Provide a Space Grant Administrative Coordinator to Support the National Space Grant Program at NASA Headquarters”; NASA Headquarters, $130,032. Also, “Support of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program”; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, $480,750.

DANA K. SAVIDGE, research assistant professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Shelf-edge Circulation on the West Antarctic Peninsula: An Analysis Utilizing Existing Data and Regional Model Output”; National Science Foundation, $75,718.

KARL H. SCHOENBACH, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Conference Publications – Bioelectrics Workshops”; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, $1,950.

RUTH B. SMITH, executive director of the Research Foundation, “JFCOM IPA JP - John Klevecz”; U.S. Joint Forces Command, $323,200.

SURENDRA N. TIWARI, eminent scholar of mechanical engineering, “Two- and Three-dimension Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Analyses of Tapered/Coldworked Fasteners and Residual Strength Analyses of Stiffened Panels”; NASA Langley Research Center, $89,841.

LINDA L. VAHALA, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Development of MHD Algorithms on Type-II Quantum Computers”; Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $30,000.

DEBORAH A. WALLER, associate professor of biological sciences, “GRA Services of John Mathews; Core Program Course Entitled “The History of Life”; Harvard University, $2,550.

LARRY WEINSTEIN, associate professor; GAIL E. DODGE, associate professor; ANDREAS KLEIN, professor; CHARLES HYDE-WRIGHT, professor; SEBASTIAN E. KUHN, associate professor; and PAUL E. ULMER, associate professor, physics, “From Quarks to Nuclei”; U.S. Department of Energy, $535,000.

DENNY T. WOLFE JR., professor of educational curriculum and instruction, and KAREN P. ERIKSEN, adjunct instructor of educational leadership and counseling, “Give Kids Their Chance”; First Presbyterian Church, $1,750.