Grants & Contracts for June 2014
June 23, 2014
The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for June 2014. 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 P. VERNIER, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, "Nanoelectropulse-Induced Changes in Cell Excitability: A Molecular Mechanism for Membrane Depolarization"; Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $15,000.
KAREEM AHMED, mechanical and aerospace engineering, "Interaction Physics of Deflagrated Methane Flame with Fluidic Flow for Pressure Gain Combustion"; American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, $110,000.
SHIZHI QIAN and KAREEM AHMED, mechanical and aerospace engineering, "Measuring Shear Stress with a Microfluidic Sensor to Improve Aerodynamic Efficiency"; American Nanofluidics, $37,500.
MICHAEL STACEY, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, "Army Support for Fundamental and Applied Bioelectrics Workshop 2014"; Army Research Office, $5,000.
JEROME C. BRINKER, ODU Business Gateway, "Catalina Cylinders 2014-53"; Catalina Cylinders, $2,400.
MIKE R. ROBINSON, CRAIG JORDAN and PETER FOYTIK, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "Base Microscopic Transportation Model"; City of Portsmouth, $142,000.
JOSHUA BEHR, RAFAEL DIAZ and BRIDGET GILES, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "Adaptation Response to Recurrent Flooding: Portsmouth Comprehensive Planning Support"; City of Portsmouth, $215,000.
VUKICA JOVANOVIC, engineering technology, "Supporting a Capability of CCAM: Product and Process Management Data Integration Through Digital Shop Floor Data Management"; Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, $28,790.
KAREEM AHMED, mechanical and aerospace engineering, "High Pressure Fuel Injection System for Low-Emission Clean Combusters"; Continental Automotive Systems, $95,375.
FREDERIC D. MCKENZIE, modeling, simulation and visualization engineering, "ECG-Based Stethoscope Tracking for Heart Auscultation Training: Summer 2014"; Eastern Virginia Medical School, $5,602.
ANDREA PARODI, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "IPE Course Involvement"; Eastern Virginia Medical School, $1,786.
JEROME C. BRINKER, ODU Business Gateway, "EOS Surfaces 2014-31"; EOS Surfaces, $25,000.
SANDEEP KUMAR, civil and environmental engineering, "Proposal for the Analysis of Biomass and Liquid Samples"; Fiberight LLC, $16,065.
EILEEN E. HOFMANN, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Contract for Expert Analysis"; Florida Department of Environmental Protection, $128,155.
JEROME C. BRINKER, ODU Business Gateway, "Genedge"; Genedge Alliance, $2,000.
DAVID GAUTHIER, biological sciences, MOHAMMAD ZUBAIR and DESH RANJAN, computer sciences, "Advanced Phylogenomics of the Human and Animal Pathogen Mycobacterium Marinum"; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $100,000.
WAYNE L. HYNES, biological sciences, "Exploring the Prevalence, Distribution, and Transmission Dynamics of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Southeastern Virginia"; JKTG Foundation, $25,150.
MICHELE WEIGLE and STEPHAN OLARIU, computer sciences, "CSR: Small: Collaborative Research: An Architecture for the Emergency Re-tasking of Wireless Sensor Networks (Alert)"; National Science Foundation, $16,000.
EILEEN E. HOFMANN, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Development of a Theoretical Basis for Modeling Disease Processes in Marine Invertebrates"; National Science Foundation, $20,884.
KHAN IFTEKHARUDDIN, electrical and computer engineering, "Collaborative Research: High Performance Cellular Simultaneous Recurrent Network Based Pattern Recognition"; National Science Foundation, $16,000.
JING HE, SHUIWANG JI, DESH RANJAN, MOHAMMAD ZUBAIR, computer sciences, "ABI Innovation: Advanced Informatics and Effective Algorithms to Enable Cryoem Protein Structure Prediction and Density Analysis"; National Science Foundation, $182,869.
NANCY X. XU, chemistry and biochemistry, "NIRT: Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Probing Living Cellular Functions and Their Potential Environmental Impacts"; National Science Foundation, $37,935.
NANCY X. XU, chemistry and biochemistry, "NIRT: Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Probing Living Cellular Functions and Their Potential Environmental Impacts"; National Science Foundation, $75,000.
KURT J. MALY, computer sciences, "Summer Research Workshop"; PES Institute of Technology, $27,750.
JEROME C. BRINKER, ODU Business Gateway, "Solo, Inc."; Solo Inc., $4,000.
HELEN CROMPTON, teaching and learning, "Verizon Mobile Learning Academy (VMLA)"; The National Academies, $18,000.
JOHN CATRAVAS, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, "Vascular Anti-Inflammatory Actions of HSP90 Inhibitors"; U.S. Public Health Service (NIH), $191,829.
ROBERT A. GABLE, communication disorders and special education, "JMU Content Teaching Academy for CLC State Meeting"; Virginia Department of Education, $82,684.
ERIC WALTERS, biological sciences, "The Effects of Urbanization on the Relationship Among Birds, Ticks, and Tick-Bourne Disease Pathogens"; Virginia Academy of Science, $1,250.
ERIC WALTERS, biological sciences, "Anatomy of an Invasion: The Effects of Host Preference on the Biogeography of Ticks"; Virginia Academy of Science, $1,250.
BARRY EZELL, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "Grant Scoring and Website DB for Proposal Submission"; Virginia Department of Emergency Management, $28,000.
