The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for July and August. 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, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Heterogeneous Teams of Autonomous Vehicles: Advanced Sensing and Control”; Office of Naval Research, $220,000.

CARRYL BALDWIN, assistant professor of psychology, “Graduate Student Researchers Program - Jennifer May”; NASA Langley Research Center, $24,000.

KATHERINE BUCHER, professor, and GAIL DICKINSON, assistant professor, educational curriculum and instruction, “Distributed School Library Media Graduate Program in Virginia”; Institute of Museum and Library Services, $594,709.

KENT E. CARPENTER, associate professor of biological sciences, “World Conservation Union Global Marine Species Assessment Coordinator”; World Conservation Union, $217,930.

SUSHIL K. CHATURVEDI, professor of mechanical engineering, “Planning Grant: Simulation and Visualization Enhanced Engineering Education”; National Science Foundation, $19,000.

CAROL L. CONSIDINE, assistant professor of engineering technology, “Engineering Economy Model for Valuing Utility Privatization Opportunities – Phase III”; Engineering and Environment Inc., $7,909.

GREGORY A. CUTTER, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “The Study of Redox Conditions in the Dniester River”; U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation, $6,000.

DANIEL M. DAUER, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Benthic Biological Monitoring of the Elizabeth River - Year 6”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $40,464.

HANI E. ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program – Chris Garcia”; NASA Langley Research Center, $24,000.

MARJY FRIEDRICHS, research assistant professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Primary Productivity Analysis and Predictions from an Assimilative Biogeochemical Ocean General Circulation Model”; NASA, $106,873.

LAUREL S. GARZON, associate professor of nursing; STACEY B. PLICHTA, associate professor of community and environmental health; and CAROLYN RUTLEDGE and RICHARDEAN BENJAMIN-COLEMAN, associate professors of nursing; “Educating Culturally Competent Nurse Practitioners in Virginia”; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $172,552.

EILEEN E. HOFMANN, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Eastern U.S. Continental Shelf Carbon Budget: Modeling, Data Assimilation and Analysis”; NASA, $83,857.

CYNTHIA M. JONES, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, and NATHAN SMITH, postdoctoral fellow, Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology, “What Is Causing Menhaden Recruitment Failure? Quantifying the Role of Striped Bass Prediction”; Virginia Marine Resources Commission, $76,186.

RAVINDRA P. JOSHI, professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Field Marshal - Phase II”; Calabazas Creek Research; $111,706.

ANDREY R. KASPAROV, associate professor of music, and FREDERICK BAYERSDORFER, arts assistant to the dean, “Contemporary Chamber Opera Production”; Virginia Commission for the Arts, $1,000.

AMANDA KINZER, assistant professor of communication and theatre arts, and FREDERICK BAYERSDORFER, arts assistant to the dean, “Third Annual Choreographers’ Showcase”; Virginia Commission for the Arts, $2,000.

MOUNIR LAROUSSI, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Cold Plasma Generator for Sterilization Applications”; Bioelectrics Inc., $51,454.

HAROLD G. MARSHALL, professor emeritus of biological sciences, and MARGARET MULHOLLAND, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “The Nutritional Physiology of Phytoplankton Mixotrophs and Their Ecological Significance”; National Science Foundation, $29,385.

JOHN R. MCCONAUGHA, associate professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Blue Crab Reproduction: Changes in Age at Maturity and Size Fecundity Relationship in a Reduced Population”; National Sea Grant College Program, $44,491.

RICK MCKENZIE, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Military and Para-Military Scenarios: Crowd Federate Architecture and Experiment”; Air Force Research Laboratory, $476,046.

ROLAND R. MIELKE, acting director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Cassatt Collage Simulations”; Cassatt Corp., $100,000. Also, “Allied Command Transformation”; NATO, $1,299.

MARGARET MULHOLLAND, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, and HAROLD G. MARSHALL, professor emeritus of biological sciences, “The Nutritional Physiology of Phytoplankton Mixotrophs and Their Ecological Significance”; National Science Foundation, $82,551.

DUC T. NGUYEN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, “A Mixed Direct-Iterative Parallel Solver with Domain Decomposition for Finite Element Applications in Acoustically Lined Ducts with Flows”; NASA Langley Research Center, $45,000.

VIRGINIA O’HERRON, university librarian, and FREDERICK BAYERSDORFER, arts assistant to the dean, “Composers Competition and Symposium on New Music”; Virginia Commission for the Arts, $1,000.

BRIAN PAYNE, chair of sociology and criminal justice, “Virginia Institute of Social Services Training Activities - Developing a Curriculum for Training Social Services Workers About Family Violence”; Virginia Commonwealth University, $57,777. Co-PIs are: DIANE CARMODY, associate professor of sociology and criminal justice; TANCY VANDECAR-BURDIN, associate director, Social Science Research Center;MELVINA T. SUMTER, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice; JONATHAN APPEL, assistant professor of educational curriculum and instruction; STACEY B. PLICHTA, associate professor of community and environmental health; and DOHEE KIM-APPEL, adjunct assistant professor of educational curriculum and instruction.

MICHAEL PEARSON, professor of English, and FREDERICK BAYERSDORFER, arts assistant to the dean, “The 26th Annual Literary Festival”; Virginia Commission for the Arts, $2,500.

ALEX POTHEN, professor of computer science, “Problems in Combinatorial Scientific Computing”; National Science Foundation, $200,000.

JERRY ROBERTSON, director of the Technology Applications Center, “Wheelchair Accessible Medical Examination Table Production Protocol”; Amadas Industries, $24,000.

ALAN H. SAVITZKY, professor of biological sciences, “Collaborative Research: Defensive Sequestration of Toad Toxins in the Asian Snake Rhapdophis Tigrinus”; National Science Foundation, $364,502.

KARL H. SCHOENBACH, director, and JUERGEN KOLB, associate research professor, Center for Bioelectrics, “Ultrawideband Antenna for Near-Field Operation in Tissue”; Bioelectrics Inc., $220,000.

DANIEL E. SONENSHINE, professor emeritus of biological sciences, “Endocrinology of Tick Reproduction: A New Perspective”; North Carolina State University, $60,495.

ANDREAS TOLK, senior research scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “NATO Pathfinder”; NATO, $127,490.

TANCY VANDECAR-BURDIN, associate director, Social Science Research Center, “Infant and Toddler Online Tracking System”; ODU, $36,581. Also, “2005 Adult Consumer Survey”; ODU, $14,987.

X. NANCY XU, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Probing Living Cellular Functions and Their Potential Environmental Impacts”; National Science Foundation, $10,000. Also, “Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Probing Living Cellular Functions and Their Potential Environmental Impacts”; National Science Foundation, $32,346.

JAEWAN YOON, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Development of Bilateral Data Transferability in VDOT Geotechnical Database Management System Framework”; Virginia Transportation Research Council, $75,000.

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