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.

THOMAS ALBERTS, professor of aerospace engineering, and JEREMIAH CREEDON, director of transportation research, “Sustaining Funds for Maglev Research”; Old Dominion University, $6,100.

KORRIE ALLEN, assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling, “Character First”; city of Portsmouth, $144,562.

ROBERT ASH, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering, “ESMD Exploration Senior Design Project”; Virginia Space Grant Consortium, $5,250.

LARRY ATKINSON, eminent scholar, and MARGARET MULHOLLAND, associate professor, ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Coastal Observation II Project”; Center for Innovative Technology, $27,460.

HAN BAO, professor of mechanical engineering, “An Integrated and Extensible Cost Evaluation and Simulation System”; Intelligent Automation Inc., $70,000.

SEBASTIAN BAWAB, associate professor of mechanical engineering, “Mass Flow Stress Analysis”; Teledyne, $4,937.

ALI BESKOK, professor of aerospace engineering, “A Nonconforming Spectral Element Method for Electro-osmotically-induced Microfluidic Mixing”; National Science Foundation, $21,947.

COLIN BRITCHER, chair of aerospace engineering, “The Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research”; Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, $1,042,000. Also, “Measurement and Assessment of Flow Quality in Wind Tunnels”; Complere Inc., $13,949.

MARGARET CAMARENA, director of the Social Science Research Center, “Youth Services Survey for Families - 2007”; Virginia Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, $25,000.

SHERI COLBERG-OCHS, associate professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, “Exercise Timing and Maximal Glycemic Benefits for Type 2 Diabetic Individuals”; Lifescan Inc., $9,750. Co-PIs are SCOTT SECHRIST, associate professor, and THOMAS SOMMA, chair, medical laboratory and radiation sciences, and DAVID SWAIN, professor of ESSPER.

NANCY COOLEY, vice provost for distance learning, “Cultural Competency Curriculum Development and Live Training for Naval Expeditionary Combat Command”; ITA International Inc., $532,191.

Co-PIs from the office are: HEATHER HULING, director of planning and development; DAVID CHASE, director of military distance learning; and ABDOUS M’HAMMED, director of the Center for Learning Technology.

JEREMIAH CREEDON, director of transportation research, and RAVI MUKKAMALA, professor of computer science, “Evaluation and Analysis of Airspace Systems Operational Improvement Concepts”; Logistics Management Institute, $120,000.

DANIEL DAUER, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Benthic Biological Monitoring of the Lower Chesapeake Bay - 2007” and “PI Data Analysis Time – Update of Status and Trends in Water Quality and Living Resources of the Chesapeake Bay - 2007”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $205,941 and $16,748. Co-PIs are JOHN DONAT, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and HAROLD MARSHALL, professor emeritus of biological sciences.

FRANK DAY, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Long-term Monitoring of Vegetation Dynamics on Hog Island Chronosequence”; University of Virginia, $60,000.

GIANLUCA DE LEO, assistant professor of medical laboratory and radiation sciences, “Software to Assess Readiness and Train Medical Support Operations Teams”; Mymic LLC, $25,000.

SHIRSHAK DHALI, chair of electrical and computer engineering, “Biological and Chemical Deployable Nanosensors for Homeland Security Applications Based on Silicon-on-Insulator Technology Platform”; Old Dominion University, $75,000. Co-PIs are: HELMUT BAUMGART, professor of ECE; JULIE ZHILI HAO, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; SACHARIA ALBIN, professor of ECE; and JOHN COOPER, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

JOHN DONAT, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Virginia DEQ – Water Quality Monitoring Component Data Collection”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $547,258.

HANI ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Material and Thin Film Characterization Task”; Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, $25,000.

RYLAND GASKINS, senior research scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Support to the Joint Test and Evaluation Methodology and Joint Test and Evaluation”; Scientific Research Corp., $49,947.

STEVEN GRAY and OSCAR GONZALEZ, associate professors of electrical and computer engineering, “Design and Analysis of Recoverable Flight Control Systems for Harsh Environments via the Spider Architecture”; NASA, $1,251,841.

BARBARA HARGRAVE, associate professor of biological sciences, “Platelet Activation Using Nanosecond Pulse Electric Fields”; Old Dominion University, $80,000. Co-PIs are: RICHARD NUCCITELLI, research associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; RAVINDRA JOSHI, professor of ECE; and JUE ZHANG, visiting assistant professor, Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics.

PATRICIA HENTOSH, professor of medical laboratory and radiation sciences, “Modeling and Testing Complex Interactions of Chromatin-associated Proteins in Cancer Cells”; Old Dominion University, $78,000. Co-PIs are: SOPHIE THOMPSON, associate professor of MLRS; DENNIS PEFFLEY, professor of MLRS; and PATRICK HATCHER, professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

WALT HOOKS, physics operations manager, “Southeastern Universities Research Association - Jefferson Lab Support”; Jefferson Science Associates LLC, $41,580, $3,619 and $226,926.

LISA HORTH, assistant professor of biological sciences, “Linking Behavior to Genetics: Is Pheromone Receptor Molecular Genetic Variation Associated with Differences in Male Mating Behavior in Two Live-bearing Fish Species?”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $10,000.”

ASAAD KHATTAK, professor of civil and environmental engineering, “ITS Decision Enhancements: Developing Case-based Reasoning Modules for High-impact Technologies”; University of California, $44,000.

JUERGEN KOLB, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Nanosecond Pulse Generators for Cancer Studies”; University of Missouri, $17,300.

DREW LANDMAN, associate professor of aerospace engineering, “A Design of Experiments Approach to Deck Flow Characterization on an Aircraft Carrier Geometry”; Naval Air Systems Command, $11,999.

LI-SHI LUO, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, “Hypersonic Transition and Turbulence with Non-equilibrium Thermo-chemistry”; Texas Engineering Experiment Station, $49,923.

KURT MALY, eminent scholar of computer science, “U.S. Joint Forces Command”; General Dynamics, $88,891. Also, “Development of a Database for Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center to Track Expeditionary Missions and Personnel”; ITA International Inc., $94,980. Also, “Integration and Engineering Services”; Raytheon Aircraft Co., $29,926.

JINGDONG MAO, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Influence of Tillage, Crop Residue and Nitrogen Managements on the Molecular Structures of Soil, Organic Matter and Organic Nitrogen Forms Investigated by Advanced Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $20,000.

HAROLD MARSHALL, professor emeritus of biological sciences, “Phytoplankton Monitoring Component and Primary Productivity Data Collection”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $117,930.

MICHAEL MCGINNIS, executive director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Extension of IPA of Guy Cofield”; Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force, $236,250.

TIMOTHY MOTLEY, visiting professor of biological sciences, “DNA and Phytochemical Fingerprinting of Actaea Species”; Lehman College, CUNY, $45,624.

MICHAEL NELSON, assistant professor of computer science, “Career: Self-preserving Digital Objects”; National Science Foundation, $540,754.

BRETT NEWMAN, associate professor of aerospace engineering, “Maxflyer Propulsion Subsystem”; Near Space Systems Inc., $36,212.

AHMED NOOR, William E. Lobeck Professor of aerospace engineering, “ODU-Intellisis Corp. Partnership for Defining Advanced IT Knowledge Repository and Training Environment for Health Science”; Intellisis Corp., $15,000.

GEORGE OERTEL, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Effect of Basin Hypsography and Other Spatial Attributes on Repletion and Flushing in Coastal Bays”; University of Virginia, $15,000.

BRIAN PAYNE, chair of sociology and criminal justice, “Quality of Life Indicators Among Elderly Persons: Measuring and Mapping the Interrelationships Between Health, Transportation Needs, Happiness, and Economics and Mistreatment”; Old Dominion University, $74,998. Co-PIs are: TANCY VANDECAR-BURDIN, associate director, Social Science Research Center; CHARLIE TURNER, associate professor of economics; RANDY GAINEY and RUTH TRIPLETT, associate professors of sociology; RICHARDEAN BENJAMIN, associate professor of nursing; CARRYL BALDWIN, assistant professor of psychology; and ELIZABETH MONK-TURNER, professor of sociology.

JERRY ROBERTSON, director of the Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center, “VATPDC at ODU - FY 2007”; Center for Innovative Technology, $25,000.

MARY SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “Airport Design Competition for Universities”; Federal Aviation Administration, $150,558. Also, “Virginia Space Grant/State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Scholarships, 2006-07”; SCHEV, $170,000. Also, “Undergraduate Student Researchers Program”; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, $2,367,087.

KARL SCHOENBACH, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, and DENNIS PEFFLEY, professor of medical laboratory and radiation sciences, “A New Combination Therapy for Cancer Treatment – Subnanosecond Electrical Pulse Treatment of Electro-sensitized Tumors; “Breeden-Adams Foundation, $30,000.

ELIZABETH SMITH, research assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Blue Crab Bow 2007”; Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, $7,500.

JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, director of research, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “USSOCOM Support - Tampa”; Coherent Systems International Inc., $8,972. Also, “TCAOA ALT 4 Prototype Phase II”; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $196,504. Also, “Naval Surface War Fighting Center Support”; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $1,464,802.

MIN SONG, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Career: Distributed Broadcasting Protocols for Multi-radio, Multi-channel and Multi-rate Ad Hoc Mesh Networks”; National Science Foundation, $399,998.

ANDREAS TOLK, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, “TEC - JBML”; George Mason University, $75,000. Also, “Network Centric Enterprise Services – STG Support Master”; STG Inc., $300,000. Also, with JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, director of research, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Air Operations Battle Management Language”; Gestalt LLC, $50,000.

MARTHA WALKER, associate professor of physical therapy, “Virtual Reality in Gait Rehabilitation”; Old Dominion University, $75,000. Co-PIs are: BONNIE VAN LUNEN, assistant professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation; JESSICA CROUCH, assistant professor of computer science; GEORGE MAIHAFER, associate professor of physical therapy; and GIANLUCA DE LEO, assistant professor of medical laboratory and radiation sciences.

BRIAN WARD, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Development of a New Generation of Diamond-coated Thermometers to Extend Small-scale Oceanic Measurements of Temperature”; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, $206,882.

JEREMY WIGGERT, research scientist, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Development and Implementation of an Operational Harmful Algal Bloom Prediction System for Chesapeake Bay”; Chesapeake Research Consortium, $37,030.