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.

KEVIN ADAMS, research assistant professor, and CHARLES KEATING, professor, engineering management, “Systems of Systems Engineering Certificate Program”; Plexus Communications Group, $244,876.

COLIN BRITCHER, professor of aerospace engineering, “National Institute of Aerospace Acoustic NRA”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $176,174.

MARK BUTLER, professor of biological sciences, “Continuation of Lobster Modeling Larval Dispersal Project”; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, $5,000.

MARGARET CAMARENA, director of the Social Science Research Center, “Civic Engagement Evaluation”; W.K. Kellogg Foundation, $74,981.

MECIT CETIN, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, “Exploratory Methods for Truck Reidentification in a Statewide Network Based on Axle Weight and Axle Spacing Data to Enhance Freight Metrics”; Portland State University, $51,944.

JEREMIAH CREEDON, director of transportation research, and RAVI MUKKAMALA, professor of computer science, “Follow on a Task to NIA: T.O. 6121 - Next Generation ATC System Concepts and Performance Measurements”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $900,000.

ELLEN DIGGS, principal consulting engineer, Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center, “‘Measuring Up’ - An Evaluation and Assessment Project”; Community Mediation Center of Southeastern Virginia, $4,000.

FREDERICK DOBBS, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Do Marine Aggregates Facilitate Gene Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance in Nature?”; Old Dominion University, $50,183, $11,429 and $20,170. Co-PIs are: JIN WANG, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, and GARY SCHAFRAN, chair of civil and environmental engineering.

HANI ELSAYED-ALI, eminent scholar of electrical and computer engineering, “Scanning Electron Micro-scopy Studies of Sensor Electrodes”; Morphix Technologies, $1,500. Also, “Enhancement of Research Infra-structure in Support of the New Ph.D. Program in Materials Science and Engineering at NSU”; Norfolk State University, $25,000.

DAVID GAUTHIER, assistant professor of biological sciences, “Genetic Variability and Population Structure of Striped Bass Along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard”; Duke University, $11,423.

LESLEY GREENE, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Elucidating the Key Determinants of Protein Folding and Stability in the Death Domain Superfamily”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $10,000.

VICTORIA HILL, assistant research professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Crab Bowl 2009”; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, $7,294.

WALT HOOKS, operations manager for physics, “Southeastern Universities Research Association - Jefferson Lab Support”; Jefferson Lab, $328,232.

LISA HORTH, assistant professor of biological sciences, “Quantifying Cancer-Causing Human Papilloma Virus Strains in Hampton Roads Women”; Old Dominion University, $64,721.

CYNTHIA JONES, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Virginia Marine Resources Commission Finfish Population”; Virginia Marine Resources Commission, $309,108.

DREW LANDMAN, associate professor of aerospace engineering, “Continuation Proposal - Design of Experiments and Dynamic Testing”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $81,797.

WES LEWIS, senior lecturer of engineering technology, and JERRY ROBERTSON, director of the Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center, “Testing of Suicide Resistant Doors”; Norva Plastics Inc., $2,200.

JIANG LI, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Hybrid Texture Imaging and Molecular Biomarker Classification of Prostate Cancer Tumor Cells”; Old Dominion University, $800,000. Co-PIs are FREDERIC MCKENZIE, associate professor of ECE, and RAO CHAGANTY, professor of mathematics and statistics.

LI-SHI LUO, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, “Hypersonic Transition and Turbulence with Non-Equilibrium Thermo-Chemistry”; Texas Engineering Experiment Station, $35,473.

DEBRA MAJOR, professor of psychology, “Capitalizing on Opportunity: Barriers and Supports in the Growth and Retention of Women Undergraduates in Engineering and Computer Science”; Old Dominion University, $7,000.

KURT MALY, eminent scholar of computer science, “Supplement/Extension to Database Project - Hospice of Palm Beach County”; Hospice of Palm Beach County, $59,711. Also, “Supplement to Pearson Education Project”; Prentice Hall Business Publishing, $24,100.

JINGDONG MAO, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Unraveling the Structural Conundrum of Organic Nitrogen in Soil and Sediment Organic Matter Using Advanced Solid-State NMR: Insights into Formation Mechanisms of Stabilized Nitrogen”; National Science Foundation, $80,000.

HAROLD MARSHALL, Morgan Professor Emeritus of biological sciences, “Detection and Study of Harmful Algae, Including Pfiesteria”; Virginia Department of Health, $23,821.

PAULA MAZZER, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “A Metabolic of the Cytotoxic Effects of Diesel Exhaust Particles”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $20,000.

MICHAEL MCGINNIS, executive director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “IPA Renewal for John Kittle”; U.S. Joint Forces Command, $306,604. Also, “Alion DDr.&E’S R&D Requirements Integration Program - Analysis”; Alion Science and Technology Corp., $81,149. Also, “Modsim World 2009”; Center for Public Private Partnership, $142,331.

DUC NGUYEN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and GWEN LEE-THOMAS, assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling, “Collaborative Research: Development of New Prototype Tools and Adaptation and Implementation of Current Resources for a Course in Numerical Methods”; National Science Foundation, $84,128.

YIANNIS PAPELIS, research associate professor, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “R&D of Airborne Separation Assistance Systems and Concepts for Distributed Air Traffic Management”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $20,000.

BILLIE REED, executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, “Virginia Bonds Fund”; General Assembly of Virginia, $16 million.

STACIE RINGLEB, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, “Subagreement with A2T2 for Small Business Innovative Research Grant Proposal”; Advanced Anti-Terror Technologies Corp., $32,930. Co-PI is ANASTASIA RAYMER, professor of speech-language pathology. Also, “Development and Validation of a Physical Performance Prediction Model”; Office of Naval Research, $72,330. Co-PIs are: STEVE MORRISON, associate professor of physical therapy; ANDREAS TOLK, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering; and JAMES ONATE, assistant professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation.

MARY SANDY, director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, “Laszlo Adler Support for Non-Destructive Evaluation Sciences Branch”; NASA Goddard Space-flight Center, $6,000. Also, “NASA Langley Aerospace Summer Scholars Program Coordination”; National Institute of Aerospace Associates, $5,850.

JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, director of research, and CATHERINE BANKS, research assistant professor, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, “Modeling and Simulation Short Course”; North Atlantic Treaty Organization, $6,262.

MIN SONG, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, “Career: Distributed Broadcasting Protocols for Multi-Radio, Multi-Channel and Multi-Rate Ad Hoc Mesh Networking”; National Science Foundation, $11,600.

MICHAEL STACEY, research assistant professor, and RICHARD HELLER, executive director, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, “The Importance of Tumor Environment in Cancer Treatments”; Breeden-Adams Foundation, $22,500.

CYNTHIA TOMOVIC, professor of occupational and technical studies, and MILETA TOMOVIC, chair of engineering technology, “Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education”; Purdue University, $45,000.

STEPHEN TONELSON, professor of early childhood education, and CHERYL BAKER, senior lecturer of special education, “Visual Impairment Consortium”; George Mason University, $20,996.

LINDA VAHALA, associate dean of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, “Wireless Sensor Monitoring and Modeling Aircraft Health”; NASA Langley Research Center, $25,000. Also, “Topics in Plasma Physics”; U.S. Department of Energy, $10,000.

LEPOSAVA VUSKOVIC, professor of physics, “Contract NNL07AE36P 2nd Extension - Microwave Generated Surface Plasma”; NASA Langley Research Center, $30,000.

WAYNE WOODHAMS, deputy executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, “Renewable Energy Technology Conference and Exposition”; Worcester County, Md., $125,000.