The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for May and June. 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.

JULIAN ASHFORD, adjunct professor, and CYNTHIA M. JONES, eminent scholar, ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “A Randomised Sampling Program to Obtain, Effort Harvest and Harvest Composition Data from the Recreational Fishery for Blue Crabs in Maryland”; Maryland Department of Natural Resources, $254,998.

CARRYL BALDWIN, assistant professor of psychology, “Functional hearing Ability Within the Context of Driving”; U.S. Public Health Service (including National Institutes of Health), $61,846.

CRAIG A. BAYSE, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Understanding the Role of SE ... N,O Interactions in the Activity of Selenoproteins and Their Mimics”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $10,000.

ROBERT Q. BERRY, assistant professor of educational and curriculum instruction, and SUZANNE D. DOVIAK, lecturer of mathematics and statistics, “Tidewater Team to Improve Middle School Mathematics – A Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant”; College of William and Mary, $51,102.

COLIN P. BRITCHER, professor of aerospace engineering, and OSCAR R. GONZALEZ, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Further Development of a Magnetic Suspension and Balance System for the Princeton/Office of Naval Research High Reynolds Number Testing Facility”; Office of Naval Research, $33,939.

ROBERT W. CASE, associate professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, “National Youth Sports Program, Virginia Beach Site” and “National youth Sports Program, Norfolk Site”; National Collegiate Athletic Association, $60,000 and $61,000.

GREGORY A. CUTTER, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “A Linked Initiative for Developing Minority Doctoral Scholars in Ocean Sciences”; Hampton University, $86,650.

DONALD D. DAVIS, professor of psychology, “Collaborative Research: Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment Enhancing Retention of Women and Minorities in Computer Science”; National Science Foundation, $12,000. Also, with JANIS SANCHEZ-HUCLES, professor, and DEBRA A. MAJOR, associate professor, psychology, “Collaborative Research: Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment Enhancing Retention of Women and Minorities in Computer Science”; National Science Foundation, $136,672.

CHANDRA R. DESILVA, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, “The Sacred and the Secular: Tolerance and Conflict in Democratic Life”; Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, $3,000.

HANI E. ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Acquisition of Scanning Electron Microscope”; Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $123,663.

HAROLD M. FAMILANT, senior research scientist, Applied Research Center, “Improved Polymer to Polymer Adhesion Project”; NASA Langley Research Center, $6,000. Also, “Determine the Cause of ‘Bubbles’ Observed in a Milliken Broadloom Carpet”; Forensics Analysis & Engineering Corp., $5,000.

RYLAND GASKINS, senior research scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “CTA and Link Analysis Phase II”; Werner Anderson Inc., $6,050.

MARK D. HAVEY, eminent scholar of physics, “Localization of Light in High-density Ultracold Atomic Vapors”; National Science Foundation, $6,704. Also, “Research Experience for Undergraduates”; National Science Foundation, $4,000.

MOHAMMAD KARIM, vice president for research, “2005-06 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Scholarship and Fellowship Awards”; Virginia Space Grant Consortium, $33,500.

ROBIN J. LEWIS, professor of psychology, “Assistantship for Student in Virginia Consortium Program – Tidewater Child Development Center”; Virginia Department of Health, $6,500.

LI-SHI LUO, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, “Efficient Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows”; National Science Foundation, $80,000.

DEBRA A. MAJOR, associate professor of psychology, “Implementing a Pediatric Asthma Guideline in Adult Emergency Departments”; Eastern Virginia Medical School, $3,500.

ROLAND R. MIELKE, professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Joint Roadmap for the Aviation Ship Integration Center”; Northrop Grumman, $25,000.

MICHAEL L. NELSON and JOHAN BOLLEN, assistant professors of computer science, “Shared Infrastructure Preservation Models”; National Science Foundation, $111,300.

BRETT A. NEWMAN, associate professor, and COLIN P. BRITCHER, professor, aerospace engineering, “Energy Management in a SATS Environment”; Virginia SATSLAB Inc., $40,000.

ALEX POTHEN, professor of computer science, “Distance-K Graph Coloring Algorithms for Numerical Optimization”; National Science Foundation, $6,000.

MARY L. SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “Undergraduate Student Researchers Program – NASA Kennedy”; NASA, $5,000. Also, “Undergraduate Student Researchers Program – University of Alabama-Huntsville”; University of Alabama, $11,600 and $17,400. Also, “Space Grant Administrative Coordinator Position”; NASA, $143,126. Also, “Undergraduate Student Researchers Program – NASA Stennis”; NASA, $5,000.

GARY C. SCHAFRAN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Sandy River Reservoir Water Quality Studies”; Prince Edward County, Va., $25,507, and Town of Farmville, Va., $25,507. Also, with JAEWAN YOON, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Reservoir Control and Maintenance to Meet Production and Water Quality Goals”; AWWA Research Foundation, $437,500.

KARL H. SCHOENBACH, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Experimental Studies on the Effect of Ultrashort Electrical Pulses on Adipose Tissue”; The Innovation Factory, $435,200. Also, “Basic Studies on High Pressure Air Plasmas”; Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $49,936.

JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, project scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Advanced KM Research,” “Joint Integration and Interoperability,” C4ISR Plans and Policy Support,” “Joint System Integration Command Battle Center,” “Joint Warfare Force Center,” “RSCN,” “Joint Integration and Interoperability Support R&D,” “C4 Transformation” and “J28 ISR Support”; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $328,183, $809,784, $705,949, “286,687, $224,387, $151,824, $891,489, $162,182 and $78,849.

CHARLES I. SUKENIK, associate professor of physics, “Ultracold Alkali-Noble Gas Interactions”; National Science Foundation, $5,000.

ARNOLDO VALLE-LEVINSON, associate professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Coastal Observation II Project Support”; Center for Innovative Technology, $169,728.

WAYNE WOODHAMS, executive director, Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology, “Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology Summer 2005 Student Interns”; Worcester County, Md., $32,990.

X. NANCY XU, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry; CHRISTOPHER J. OSGOOD, associate professor of biological sciences; and HANI E. ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering; “Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Probing Living Cellular Functions and Their Potential Environmental Impacts”; National Science Foundation, $1.1 million.

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