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 ATKINSON, eminent scholar of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Phased Deployment and Operation of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System”; State University of New Jersey, $319,999.

ALI BESKOK, professor of aerospace engineering, “A Microfluidic Approach for Separation and Concentration of Bacterial Spore from Milk and Juices”; Texas A&M University, $60,480.

SHANNON BOWLING, assistant professor of engineering management, “Mitre Phase II Funding”; Mitre Corp., $129,998. Co-PIs are: DAVID EARNEST, assistant professor of political science and geography; CHARLES KEATING, professor of engineering management; RAFAEL LANDAETA, assistant professor of engineering management; LARRY LEE, associate professor of mathematics and statistics; and GHAITH RABADI, assistant professor of engineering management.

THOMAS EIDSON, research professor of aerospace engineering, “Tasks Related to High Performance Water Craft R&D Laboratory”; CDI Marine, $25,000.

HANI ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Deposition of Thin Metal Oxide Films”; AVAR Inc., $2,539. Also, “Analytical Work for Surface Characterization”; Black Laboratories LLC, $3,000. Also, “LDAR Receiver System – Continuation of Task Order 6072”; NASA, $65,671.

ROBERT GABLE, eminent scholar, and STEPHEN TONELSON, professor, early childhood, speech-language pathology and special education, “2007-08 VDOE/T-TAC Continuation for Virginia’s Department of Education Training/Technical Assistance Centers”; Virginia Department of Education, $871,798.

ALEX GREENWOOD, assistant professor of biological sciences, “The Role of Endogenous Retroviruses in Prostate Cancer”; ODU, $80,585.

CYNTHIA JONES, eminent scholar of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Renewal – Finfish Aging and Sheepshead Population”; Virginia Marine Resources Commission, $284,244.

RAVINDRA JOSHI, University Professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Modeling of the ILC and CLIC Polarized Electron Sources”; Jefferson Lab, $26,000.

KAREN KARLOWICZ, assistant professor of nursing, “The Impact of Incontinence Experiential Learning on Professional Nursing Practice”; Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates, $20,000.

MICHELLE KELLEY, professor of psychology, “Parent Training and Couples Therapy for Drug Abuse” and “Children of Drug Abusing Fathers”; State University of New York, $46,040 and $14,801.

ASAAD KHATTAK, professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Primary and Secondary Incident Management: Predicting Durations in Real-Time”; Virginia Transportation Research Council, $169,837.

KURT MALY, eminent scholar of computer science, “Dominion Enterprises Security”; Dominion Enterprises, $20,200.

DAVID NETHERTON, senior lecturer of occupational and technical studies, “Planned Activities for the Virginia Assistive Technology System Eastern Regional Site Operated by ODURF”; Virginia Assistive Technology System, $79,000.

YIANNIS PAPELIS, research associate professor, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, and GINGER WATSON, associate professor of educational curriculum and instruction, “Technical Evaluation of Synthetic Textures Generation Algorithms”; Diamond Visionics, $21,000.

BILLIE REED, executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, “Launch Support Services for USAF?AFRL TACSAT 3 Mission”; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, $573,832. Also, “TACSAT 3 Launch Site Crane, Leased Equipment and Logistics Support”; NASA Goddard, $75,576. Also, “NASA IPA Agreement for Joseph Casas”; NASA, $410,509. Also, “Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation Contract - Joe Casas”; Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation Inc., $17,162. Also, “Refurbish Launch Stand WFF”; Orbital Science Corp., $1,900.

MARY SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “A Student Effort on Determining the Effect of ‘Designing in’ Airworthiness and Reliability on the Development of a Small Unmanned, Flight Vehicle for the Large Event Surveillance Mission”; NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, $175,363. Also, “Engaging Blind Students in the Geosciences”; TERC, $21,910.

MARK SCERBO, professor of psychology, “Applying Automaticity Theory to Simulator Training to Enhance Operative Performance”; Carolinas Medical Center Union, $2,500.

YUZHONG SHEN and JIANG LI, assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering, and SHEILA FLANAGAN, program manager, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Alhat Hazara Detection Avoidance Modeling and Simulation Architecture”; Loyola Enterprises, $18,744.

ELIZABETH SMITH, research assistant professor, ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Chesapeake Bay Observing System User Workshop”; Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, $20,223.

MICHAEL STACEY, research associate professor, Reidy Bioelectrics Center, “Norfolk Foundation - Pectus Excavatum Study”; Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, $68,057.

ANDREAS TOLK, associate professor of engineering management, “MSG-048 Coalition Battle Management Language”; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, $13,000. Also, with MICHAEL MCGINNIS, executive director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Simulation Roadmap for Program Executive Officer Soldier and Marine Corps Systems Command”; Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center (Philadelphia), $70,000. Also, with SHEILA FLANAGAN, director of administration, VMASC, “Support of Army Test and Evaluation Command: Data Management and Architectures”; STG Inc., $24,999.

Correction: On the “Grants and Contracts” page in the December issue, the wrong PI was listed for the “Crowd Modeling” proposal, funded by Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center. The PI for this award is John Sokolowski, director of research for VMASC.