The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for November and December. 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.

LARRY P. ATKINSON, eminent scholar of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Community Planning for Ocean Observations, Long-term Services and Observatory”; National Science Foundation, $369,907.

JAMES P. BLISS, associate professor of psychology, “Tactical and Strategic Plan for NASA Flightdeck Display Research – Issues and Approach”; NASA Langley Research Center, $150,000.

FRANK P. DAY, professor of biological sciences, “Non-destructive Sampling of Total Root Systems in the Open-top Chamber CO2 Experiment”; Smithsonian Institution, $25,000.

MARTINA A. DOBLIN, research assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Investigation of Toxic Raphidophyte Population Dynamics Using Molecular and Physiological Tools”; University of Delaware, $104,342.

ROBERT A. GABLE, eminent scholar of early childhood, speech-language pathology and special education, “Positive Behavioral Supports Initiative”; Virginia Department of Education, $217,900.

JOSEPH J. GROSEL, program manager, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Bridge for 2950000, Contract #N00140-98-D-H182”; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $68,950 and $79,795.

MOOL C. GUPTA, director of the Applied Research Center, “Acoustic Memory in Lithium Niobate and Domain Structures”; National Science Foundation, $65,000.

JEFFREY Y. HARLOW, director of the Social Science Research Center, “TCC Advanced Technology Center Project”; Tidewater Community College, $9,974.

CYNTHIA M. JONES, professor of biological sciences; STEPHEN BOBKO, lab manager, Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology; and DAYANAND N. NAIK, professor of mathematics and statistics; “Support for Facilities to Provide Finfish Aging for Virginia Catches and Application of Virtual Population Analysis to Provide Management Advice”; Virginia Marine Resources Commission, $228,320.

CHARLES B. KEATING, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, “Management Assessment - Establishing Collaboration Nexus Among the ADL Initiative”; Concurrent Technologies Corp., $8,427. Also, with RALPH V. ROGERS JR., former professor, NINA MUN, assistant professor, and ANDRES A. SOUSA-POZA, assistant professor, EMSE, “Center for System of Systems Engineering Excellence”; Concurrent Technologies Corp., $354,808.

JAMES F. LEATHRUM JR., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Configurable Port Simulation - Software Upgrade and Maintenance”; Loyola Enterprises, $130,123.

YUPING LIU, assistant professor of marketing, “One-to-One Interactive Marketing”; Outsite Networks, $2,400.

R. BOWEN LOFTIN, director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Joint National Training Center Support”; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $249,950. Also, with RICK MCKENZIE, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; LEE A. BELFORE II, associate professor of ECE; and MARK W. SCERBO and JAMES P. BLISS, associate professors of psychology; “National Center for Collaboration in Medical Modeling and Simulation”; Eastern Virginia Medical School, $299,555.

KEVIN MCCLESKEY, general manager and SFS program manager, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “COMOPTEVFOR Support” and “Continuation of Oracle Financial Implementation Support - COMOPTEVFOR”; Science Applications International Corp., $8,006 and $31,982.

ROLAND R. MIELKE, professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Cryogenics Training Course Enhancement”; Intelligent Decision Systems, $77,204.

NINA MUN and GHAITH RABADI, assistant professors of engineering management and systems engineering, “Flow Management Research for Sentara Leigh Hospital”; Sentara Hospitals, $10,000.

RICHARD OVERBAUGH, associate professor of educational curriculum and instruction, “Bringing Space and the Planet Mars to the Fourth Grade Classroom Using NASA Resources”; NASA Langley Research Center, $24,000.

BILLIE M. REED, executive director, and WAYNE WOODHAMS, deputy executive director, Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority and the Virginia Space Flight Center, “Falcon/SLV Program - Phase 1”; Lockheed Martin, $13,415.

JERRY B. ROBERTSON, director of the Technology Applications Center, and OKTAY BAYSAL, acting dean of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology, “Norfolk SPCA - Children’s Museum Project”; Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, $33,090.

MARY L. SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “VAX Magic (Virginia Access: Middle Atlantic Geospatial Information Consortium)”; George Mason University, $116,484. Also, “NASA - Undergraduate Student Research Program”; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, $989,485.

KARL H. SCHOENBACH, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Ultraviolet Generation by Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas”; Ultraviolet Sciences Inc., $32,768.

ELIZABETH A. SMITH, research assistant professor, and ANNE WEST-VALLE, outreach coordinator, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Blue Crab Bowl: The Virginia Competition of the National Ocean Science Bowl”; Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, $7,500.

RUTH B. SMITH, executive director of the Research Foundation, “IPA - Francis A. Roberts”; U.S. Joint Forces Command, $264,712.

JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, project scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulations Technical Development”; General Dynamics, $282,005.

MONA TERNUS, assistant professor of nursing, “Air Force Aeromedical Nursing Post September 11, 2001”; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, $237,499.

SURENDRA TIWARI, eminent scholar of mechanical engineering, “NASA Cooperative Agreement NCCI-03002”; NASA Langley Research Center, $300,000.

STEPHEN W. TONELSON, professor of early childhood, speech-language pathology and special education; ROBERT A. GABLE, eminent scholar of ECSLPSE; CHERYL S. BAKER, lecturer of ECSLPSE; and JANE HAGER, associate dean of the Darden College of Education; “Commonwealth Special Education Endorsement Program 2003”; Virginia Department of Education, $25,000.

NANCY X. XU, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Real-time Molecular Study of Bystander Effect Using Living Cell Imaging and Nanoparticle Optics”; University of Texas Health Science Center, $31,250.

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