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.

KORRIE ALLEN, assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling, “Alcohol Free Teens”; City of Portsmouth, $10,000.

IAN BARTOL, assistant professor of biological sciences, “Locomotive Role of Fins in the Brief Squid Lolliguncula Brevis”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $20,000.

STEPHEN BUELTMANN, research assistant professor of physics, “Construction and Testing of the Region 1 Prototype Drift Chamber for the CLAS 12 Detector”; Jefferson Lab, $28,385. Co-PIs are: SEBASTIAN KUHN, GAIL DODGE and LAWRENCE WEINSTEIN, professors of physics.

MICHAEL CORY and STEPHEN DEMOS, principal consulting engineers, Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center, “Lean Training and Implementation”; BAE Systems, $18,500. Also, “Lean Implementation DP29 Production Area”; L 3 Communications, $19,500.

GREGORY CUTTER, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Hall-Bonner 2007-08”; Hampton University, $111,352. Also, “Sampling Facility for U.S. Geotraces and Other Trace Element Biogeochemistry”; National Science Foundation, $431,950. Also, “Bioavailability of Metal Contaminants in Hudson River Sediments”; State University of New York, $53,741.

DANIEL DAUER, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Impaired Waters Assessment for Chesapeake Bay Benthos”; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $9,731.

FRANK DAY, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Belowground Plant Responses to Carbon Dioxide Enrichment in an Oak-Scrub Ecosystem in Central Florida”; Smithsonian Institution, $36,490.

GIANLUCA DE LEO, assistant professor of medical laboratory and radiation sciences, “Emergency Management Collaborative Education and Planning Tool”; Mymic LLC, $2,000.

HANI ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Renewal: Laser-assisted Preparation of Surface Nanocrystals and Thin Films”; U.S. Department of Energy, $133,983. Also, “Analytical Services on Polymer Packaging Materials”; Rampart Division of Print Pack Inc., $3,959.

ALEX GREENWOOD, assistant professor of biological sciences, “Forensics Analysis of the Distant Past: Population Genetics of the Wooly Mammoth (Mammuthus Primigenius) Using Variable Microsattelite Loci”; Jeffress Research Grants Programs, $25,000.

ALEXANDER GODUNOV, assistant professor of physics, “Shock Wave Model to Include Electronic Stopping Power for Calculating Fission Fragment Induced Sputtering of Pu Atoms”; Los Alamoss National Laboratories, $20,330.

MARK HAVEY, eminent scholar of physics, “Atomic Physics Investigations of Light Localization in High-density Ultracold 87RB Vapor”; National Science Foundation, $120,000.

KAAVONIA HINTON-JOHNSON, assistant professor of educational curriculum and instruction, “Tidewater Writing Project”; National Writing Project, $45,000.

EILEEN HOFMANN and JOHN KLINCK, professors of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Apalachicola Bay Oyster Modeling”; State University of New Jersey, $43,751.

CYNTHIA JONES, eminent scholar of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Sheepshead Population Dynamics in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia (Year 2)”; Virginia Marine Resources Commission, $65,777.

MOHAMMAD KARIM, vice president for research, “Virginia Space Grant Consortium Aerospace Research Scholarships/Fellowships, 2007-08”; Virginia Space Grant Consortium, $27,500.

SEBASTIAN KUHN, professor of physics, “Jefferson Lab Sabbatical”; Jefferson Lab, $24,642.

ROBIN LEWIS, professor of psychology, “Assistantship for Student in Virginia Consortium Program - Tidewater Child Development”; Virginia Department of Health, $3,750.

LI-SHI LUO, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, “Hypersonic Transition and Turbulence with Non-Equilibrium Thermo-Chemistry”; Texas Engineering Experiment Station, $59,977. Also, with YAN PENG and WEI LIAO, postdoctoral research associates, “Development and Implementation of Effective Multigrid Solvers for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations in 3D”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $53,000 and $7,000. Also, with ALI BESKOK, professor of aerospace engineering, “A Collaborative Proposal for Supporting U.S. Participation in the International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science”; National Science Foundation, $15,000.

KURT MALY, eminent scholar of computer science, “Support to Joint Systems Integration Command to Develop the Joint Command and Control (JC2) Scoreboard”; General Dynamics, $70,000.

MARGARET MULHOLLAND, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “ECOHAB”; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, $499,489. Also, “Collaborative Research: CO2 Control of Oceanic Nitrogen Fixation and Carbon Flow Through Diazotrophs”; National Science Foundation, $401,572.

STEVE MYRAN, research associate, Program for Research and Evaluation in Public Schools, and JACK ROBINSON, associate professor of early childhood, speech-language pathology and special education, “Special Education Research to Practice Collaboration Project with Northampton County Public Schools”; Virginia Department of Education, $170,985.

JAMES ONATE, assistant professor, and DAVID SWAIN, professor, exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, “Technical Highlights for Combine Testing with S &T”; Naval Special Warfare Development Group, $20,600.

CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD, associate professor of biological sciences, “Infant Health Education for College-aged Students”; March of Dimes, $2,980.

STACIE RINGLEB, research scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, and JAMES ONATE, assistant professor, and DAVID SWAIN, professor, exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, “Development and Validation of a Physical Performance Prediction Model”; Office of Naval Research, $251,000.

THOMAS ROYER and CHESTER GROSCH, professors, ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Freshwater Model”; North Pacific Research Board, $8,187.

CAROLYN RUTLEDGE, associate professor of nursing, “Attitudes of Family Practice Patients Toward Behavioral Treatments for Insomnia”; Eastern Virginia Medical School, $2,686.

MARY SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program at the NASA Glenn Research Center”; L.B. Johnson Space Flight Center, $17,400. Also, “Mission Management Initiative for Solar System Exploration”; NASA, $33,000. Also, “Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars - 2007 Sponsorships”; private sponsors, $8,983. Also, “Marshall Undergraduate Stipend Research Program”; NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, $34,800. Also, “Geospatial Technician Education Through Virginia Community Colleges: An Integrated Approach in the Commonwealth of Virginia”; $150,000. Also, “National Institute of Aerospace 5th Annual Educator Institute”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $39,306.

GARY SCHAFRAN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Operation and Optimization of the Ostara Crystallization Process at Durham Wastewater Treatment Plant, Portland, Ore.”; Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., $8,787.

CLETEUS SMITH and CATHERINE DONAGHY SMITH, instructors, early childhood, speech-language pathology and special education, “Building Environmental Stewardship into Pre-K and K Curriculum”; Chesapeake Bay Restoration Advisory Committee, $11,000.

JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, director of research, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “ARL Advanced Weapon Environment”; Army Research Office, $50,000. Also, the following awards from the Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia): “JT90 Department of the Joint Warfighting Center,” $218,195; “Calculation of Return on Investment,” $96,708; “Network Design and Optimization,” $47,066; “Joint Systems Integration Command,” $310,089; “Joint Warfighting Center,” $223,909; “Joint National Training Capability,” $146,993; “J-2,” $190,919; “J8 Operations and Maintenance,” $547,006; “JI Research and Development and Transformational Experimentation,” $!,289,362; “J6 Operations and Maintenance,” $212,080; “J6 Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnais-sance,” $291,904; “J6 Net-Centric Enterprise Services,” $124,773. Also, “Recertification”; U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, $156,443. Also, with ADRIAN GHEORGHE, Batten Chair in systems engineering, “Critical Infrastructure Resilience for the Hampton Roads Region”; Virginia Tech, $394,065. Also, with LEE BELFORE, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “A Technology Cluster Acceleration System for Hampton Roads, Va.”; Hampton Roads Partnership, $100,000. Also, with CATHERINE BANKS, director of academic affairs for modeling and simulation graduate programs, and JOHN ADAM, University Professors of mathematics and statistics, “Continued Population Dynamics Investigative Research to Support the Marine Corps Studies System Irregular Warfare Study”; U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, $93,166.

DANIEL SONENSHINE, professor emeritus of biological sciences, “Development of a Pherome-based Decoy Technology for Control of Cayenne Ticks in Trinidad”; University of Florida, $3,000.

HARRY TILLMAN, assistant professor of nursing, “Developing Strategies that Promote Evidence-based Practice and Research Utilization Within Nursing”; Sentara Hospitals, $20,000.

ANDREAS TOLK, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, and JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, director of research, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, the following awards from the Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia): “Crowd Battle Management Lab Standardization and Demonstration,” $72,238; and “Joint Event Data Initialization Services,” $45,456.

LINDA VAHALA, associate dean of engineering and technology, “Topics in Plasma Physics”; U.S. Department of Energy, $10,005.

LEPOSAVA VUSKOVIC, professor of physics, “Support for Continuing Research on the Effect of Microwave-generated Plasmas on Aerodynamic Flow”; NASA, $7,388. Also, “Spectroscopic Support for the Development of Microwave Surface Plasmas”; NASA Langley Research Center, $50,000.

JEREMY WIGGERT, research scientist, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Supplement to Development and Implementation of an Operational Harmful Algal Bloom Prediction System for Chesapeake Bay”; Chesapeake Research Consortium, $38,327.

WAYNE WOODHAMS, executive director, Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology, “Worcester County Summer Interns, 2007”; Worcester County, Md., $110,706.