The Research Foundation\u2019s fall 2009 Faculty Large Grants were announced recently.<\/p>\n
The goal of these awards is to help faculty in all disciplines move into a better position to apply for and receive extramural funding for their research and scholarly activities.<\/p>\n
For the 2009 Faculty Large Grant competition, the Research Advisory Council made 27 awards totaling more than $466,000.<\/p>\n
The proposals were peer reviewed by members of a review panel.<\/p>\n
The award recipients are:<\/p>\n
Andrei Alexandrescu, <\/strong>Molecular & Cell Biology, NMR Structure and Dynamics of Sma0113\/0114: A Model for Bacterial HWE Kinases and Their Protein Substrates<\/em>, $24,181<\/p>\n Alexandru Asandei, <\/strong>Chemistry, Gold Catalyzed Polymerizations<\/em>, $19,031<\/p>\n Peter Burkhard, <\/strong>Molecular & Cell Biology, Pilot Study to Design a Nanoparticle Avian Flu Vaccine<\/em>, $24,993<\/p>\n Ellen Carillo, <\/strong>English, Freewriting: Beyond Textbooks<\/em>, $4,277<\/p>\n Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, <\/strong>Pharmaceutical Science, Experimentally Validated Numerical Modeling of Electrostatic Effects in Granular Media<\/em>, $24,271<\/p>\n Kathleen Cienkowski, <\/strong>Communication Sciences, The Effects of Bandwidth Cut-off Frequency on Speech Intelligibility for Individuals with High Frequency Hearing Loss<\/em>, $9,400<\/p>\n Carl Coelho, <\/strong>Communication Sciences, Intensity of Treatment and Constraint-Induced Language Therapy for Chronic Aphasia<\/em>, $28,898<\/p>\n Joseph Crivello, <\/strong>Physiology & Neurobiology, The Molecular Mechanism of TBT Effects in Zebrafish<\/em>, $15,000<\/p>\n Mary Fischer, <\/strong>Sociology, Examining the Impact of the Housing Boom on Minority Neighborhood Access<\/em>, $17,776<\/p>\n Harry Frank, <\/strong>Chemistry, Role of Xanthophylls in Nonradiative Energy Dissipation in Photosynthesis (Sabbatical)<\/em>, $5,000<\/p>\n Yih-Woei Fridell, <\/strong>Allied Health Sciences, A UCP Model for Insulin Action and Calorie Restriction<\/em>, $23,924<\/p>\n Robin Adele Greeley, <\/strong>Art & Art History, Between Campesino and State: the Mexican Avant-garde and Images of the Nation, 1920-1950<\/em>, $1,745<\/p>\n Rainer Hebert, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, Exploratory Study of the Response of Amorphous Steels to Wear and Cavitation<\/em>, $11,874<\/p>\n Guillermo Irizarry, <\/strong>Institute of Puerto Rican & Latino Studies, Breaching Borders: Latina\/o Presence in Contemporary American Culture (Sabbatical)<\/em>, $3,097<\/p>\n Richard T. Jones, <\/strong>Physics, UV Laser Refurbishment for Milling Research-Grade Diamonds<\/em>, $13,500<\/p>\n Kyungseon Joo, <\/strong>Physics, Nucleon Resonance Studies<\/em>, $15,500<\/p>\n Colin Wayne Leach, <\/strong>Psychology, Morality and the Social Psychology of Self-evaluation<\/em>, $24,157<\/p>\n Yao Lin, <\/strong>Chemistry, A Pilot Study to Examine the Adsorption and Diffusion Behavior of Artificial Cellulosomes,<\/em> $29,104<\/p>\n Jeffrey McCutcheon, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, Electrospun Nanofiber Thin Film Composite Membranes for Engineered Osmosis Applications,<\/em> $23,994<\/p>\n William Mustain, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, Electrochemical Conversion of CO3-2 Anions for Power Generation and Removal of Atmospheric CO2<\/em>, $24,779<\/p>\n Ralf Schiffler, <\/strong>Mathematics, Cluster Algebras From Surfaces<\/em>, $5,814<\/p>\n Christine Simon, <\/strong>Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Using CAGT Genomic FLX Technology To Locate Microsatellites To Collect Preliminary Data For Tracking Gene Flow Across Species Boundaries<\/em>, $24,000<\/p>\n Boris Sinkovic, <\/strong>Physics, Spin-Resolved Electronic Structure of Sr2FeMoO6 Films<\/em>, $10,539<\/p>\n Jennifer Telford, <\/strong>Nursing Instruction, Capturing the Stories of UConn Alumni Nurse Veterans: An Oral History Project<\/em>, $21,833<\/p>\n Heather Turcotte, <\/strong>Political Science, Ontologies of Slavery, Geographies of Abolition: Petroleum, Political Asylum, and the Politics of Feminist Exchange<\/em>, $25,000<\/p>\n Lei Wang, <\/strong>Electrical & Computer Engineering, Developing Embedded DSP Systems Powered by Renewable Underwater Energy Sources<\/em>, $23,494<\/p>\n Jun Yan, <\/strong>Statistics, Semiparametric Methods for Spatial Extremes with Application to Extremal Peak Flow in Connecticut<\/em>, $11,747<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Research Foundation\u2019s fall 2009 Faculty Large Grants were announced recently. 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