The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in August 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP.<\/p>\n
Ammar, R.,<\/strong> Computer Science & Engineering Ammar, R.,<\/strong> Computer Science & Engineering Basu, A.,<\/strong> Chemistry Boggs, S.,<\/strong> Institute of Materials Science Bucklin, A.,<\/strong> Marine Sciences Bucklin, A.,<\/strong> Marine Sciences Bush, A.,<\/strong> Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Byrne, T.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Marine Sciences Carter, C.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Casa, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Kinesiology Casa, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Kinesiology Casa, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Kinesiology Casa, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Kinesiology Casa, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Kinesiology Chandy, J.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Electrical & Computer Engineering Chazdon, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Chazdon, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Choi, M.<\/strong>,<\/strong> School of Engineering, Office of Dean Christenson, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Civil & Environmental Engineering Civco, D.<\/strong>, <\/strong>Natural Resources & the Environment Colbert, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Educational Psychology Colwell, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Enderle, J.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Electrical & Computer Engineering Frisman, L.<\/strong>,<\/strong> School of Social Work Instruction & Research Greeley, R.,<\/strong> Art & Art History Hadden, K.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Pharmaceutical Sciences Herbert, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Electrical & Computer Engineering Huang, H.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Huey, B.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Chemical, Materials, & Biomolecular Engineering Karan, O.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Educational Psychology Kotha, S.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Kurz, B.<\/strong>,<\/strong> School of Social Work Instruction & Research Kuzovkina-Eischen, Y.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Plant Science Leadbeater, N.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Chemistry Legrand, A.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Plant Science Lu, T.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Lyon, E.<\/strong>,<\/strong> School of Social Work Instruction & Research Malla, R.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Civil & Environmental Engineering Mandoiu, I.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Computer Science & Engineering Mellone, B.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Molecular & Cell Biology Pescatello, L.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Kinesiology Quinn, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Psychology Shaw, L.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Chemical, Materials, & Biomolecular Engineering Shaw, M.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Chemical, Materials, & Biomolecular Engineering Shumway, S.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Marine Sciences Smith, W.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Physics Stwalley, W.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Physics Sugai, G.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Educational Psychology Suib, S.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Chemistry Sun, W.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Sung, C.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Sung, C.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Tang, J.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering Torgersen, T.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Marine Sciences Tufts, J.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Communication Sciences Tufts, J.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Communication Sciences Venkitanarayanan, K.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Animal Science Wagner, D.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Ward, E.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Marine Sciences Wargo Aikins, J.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Psychology Wilhelm, N.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Extension Worthley, T.<\/strong>,<\/strong> Extension The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in August 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP. Ammar, R., Computer Science & Engineering Developing and Reviewing the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Program of the Akhbar El-Yom Academy Akhbar El-Yom Academy, $195,000, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-5837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 15:35:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36540,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837\/revisions\/36540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5837"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=5837"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDeveloping and Reviewing the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Program of the Akhbar El-Yom Academy
\n<\/em>Akhbar El-Yom Academy, $195,000, 7\/09-7\/14<\/p>\n
\nDeveloping and Reviewing the Computer Science Undergraduate Program of the Akhbar El-Yom Academy
\n<\/em>Akhbar El-Yom Academy, $145,000, 7\/09-7\/13<\/p>\n
\nBiological Effects of DNA Adducts Formed by Nitroaromatic Compounds
\n<\/em>PHS\/NIH\/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $392,750, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nSurge Analysis in Hybrid System of Renewable Energy
\n<\/em>Vietnam Education Foundation, $33,100, 8\/09-9\/10<\/p>\n
\nR\/V Connecticut Charter by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute for MVCO Tower Maintenance
\n<\/em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, $24,272, 8\/09-9\/09<\/p>\n
\nR\/V Connecticut Charter by NOAA for Haskell Remotely Operated Vehicle Survey
\n<\/em>DOC\/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $12,136, 8\/09-10\/09<\/p>\n
\nPaleoecologic Gradient Analysis of the Frasnian\/Famennian Extinction and Recovery
\n<\/em>NSF\/GEO, $182,411, 9\/09-8\/11<\/p>\n
\nStructural Geology of the Forearc-Prism Transition: Constraints from IODP
\n<\/em>NSF\/GEO\/Consortium for Ocean Leadership, $71,001, 6\/09-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nMACAN: Merging Atomistic and Continuum Analysis of Nanometer Length-Scale Metal-Oxide Systems for Energy and Catalysis Applications
\n<\/em>European Union\/FP7, $65,708, 7\/09-6\/13<\/p>\n
\nAthletic Training Services: A Partnership with RHAM
\n<\/em>RHAM High School, Hebron, Conn., $22,267, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nAthletic Training Services: A Partnership with Windham High School
\n<\/em>Windham Public Schools, Windham, Conn., $26,944, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nAthletic Training Services: A Partnership with The Rectory School
\n<\/em>The Rectory School, Pomfret, Conn., $25,869, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nAthletic Training Services: A Partnership with Bloomfield High School
\n<\/em>Bloomfield Public Schools, Bloomfield, Conn., $15,943, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nAthletic Training Services: A Partnership with Select Physical Therapy (Rockville High School)
\n<\/em>Select Physical Therapy, $26,725, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nCI-ADDO-NEW: Characterizing Storage Systems with Application Dependent I\/O Traces
\n<\/em>NSF\/CISE, $86,284, 8\/09-7\/11<\/p>\n
\nSeed Predation at Test Sites of Phyllostomid Fruit Bats May Mask Their Impact in Forest Regrowth
\n<\/em>Bat Conservation International, Inc., $4,500, 6\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nUS-Mexico Workshop on Neotropical Secondary Forest Regeneration: Morelia, Mexico, November 2009
\n<\/em>NSF\/OD, $39,028, 9\/09-8\/10<\/p>\n
\nCurriculum Development and Assessment for Engineering Undergraduate Programs of the Future University, Egypt
\n<\/em>Future University, $275,000, 8\/09-8\/13<\/p>\n
\nDevelopment and Evaluation of a Dual Purpose Bridge Health Monitoring and Weigh-in-Motion System for a Steel Girder Bridge
\n<\/em>DOT\/Federal Highway Administration\/Connecticut Department of Transportation, $140,062, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nLong Island Sound’s Changing Salt Marshes: A Remote Sensing Analysis of Sea Level Rise and Possible Salt Marsh Migration
\n<\/em>Nature Conservancy, $36,000, 9\/09-3\/10<\/p>\n
\nCounseling Psychology Internship \u2013 Carissa Fricano
\n<\/em>Ledyard Public Schools, Ledyard, Conn., $13,500, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nCollaborative Research: Extending Lifemapper to Enable Macroecological Research
\n<\/em>NSF\/BIO, $151,415, 8\/09-7\/11<\/p>\n
\nClinical Engineering Internship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
\n<\/em>Massachusetts General Hospital, $146,892, 8\/09-5\/14<\/p>\n
\nEvaluation of Advanced Supervision and Intervention Support Team (ASIST)
\n<\/em>Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, $84,970, 9\/09-8\/10<\/p>\n
\nVisiting Associate Professorship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
\n<\/em>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $50,725, 8\/09-2\/10<\/p>\n
\nSynthesis and Evaluation of Vitamin D3 Analogues as Inhibitors of the Oncogenic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
\n<\/em>American Cancer Society Inc.\/University of Connecticut Health Center, $30,000, 7\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nTechnologies and Research for Advanced National Security of Intermodal Transportation
\n<\/em>DHS\/Department of Homeland Security, $220,000, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nA New Characteristic Length Scale on Surfaces
\n<\/em>NSF\/ENG, $280,000, 8\/09-7\/12<\/p>\n
\nMaterials World Network: Nanoscale and Nanosecond Resolved Switching in Phase Change Memories
\n<\/em>NSF\/MPS, $312,000, 8\/09-7\/12<\/p>\n
\nCounseling Psychology Internship \u2013 Elizabeth Santos
\n<\/em>Stafford Public Schools, Stafford, Conn., $14,036, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nDevice for Tooth Cleaning in the Disabled
\n<\/em>NSF\/ENG, $220,000, 9\/09-8\/11<\/p>\n
\nNuturing Parenting Groups
\n<\/em>PHS\/Department of Health & Human Services\/Children\u2019s Trust Fund, $14,800, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nWillow Biomass Crop Feedstock Development Plan for the Northeast and Midwest U.S.
\n<\/em>DOE\/Department of Energy\/University of South Dakota, $20,000, 1\/09-9\/10<\/p>\n
\nCAREER: Developing Microwave Heating as a Tool for Synthetic and Mechanism Chemistry
\n<\/em>NSF\/MPS, $575,000, 8\/09-7\/14<\/p>\n
\nCoordination and Implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs in Connecticut
\n<\/em>USDA\/CSREES, $87,990, 8\/09-8\/10<\/p>\n
\nCollaborative Research: Petascale Computing, Visualization, and Science Discovery of Turbulent Sooting Flames
\n<\/em>NSF\/OD, $262,437, 9\/09-8\/12<\/p>\n
\nProgram Assessment
\n<\/em>Central Area Health Education Center Inc., $9,089, 6\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nInvestigation on Mechanics of Longitudinal Joint Failure in Pavement: Effects of Joint Density and Temperature
\n<\/em>GM2 Associates Inc., $15,000, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nIII: Small: Collaborative Research: Reconstruction of Haplotype Spectra from High-Throughput Sequencing Data
\n<\/em>NSF\/CISE, $275,257, 9\/09-8\/12<\/p>\n
\nIdentification of Pathways Responsible for Centromere Inheritance in Drosophila
\n<\/em>American Cancer Society Inc.\/University of Connecticut Health Center, $30,000, 7\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nContingency Management for Promoting Weight Loss in University Students
\n<\/em>PHS\/NIH\/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute\/University of Connecticut Health Center, $111,885, 7\/09-5\/11<\/p>\n
\nEgo Depletion as a Potential Consequence of Weight Stigma
\n<\/em>Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, $1,000, 7\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nFunctionally Graded Orthopedic Implants via the Slurry Mixing and Dispensing Process
\n<\/em>NSF\/ENG, $330,000, 9\/09-8\/12<\/p>\n
\nStability of a Binary Polymer Mixture
\n<\/em>Gerber Scientific, Inc.\/Gerber Coburn, $41,367, 7\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nCollaborative Research: Phenotypic Plasticity in Feeding: Ontogenetic Solutions to Scaling Limitations
\n<\/em>NSF\/BIO, $313,029, 9\/09-8\/12<\/p>\n
\nSympathetic Cooling and Collisions of Atomic and Molecular Ions with Ultracold Atoms
\n<\/em>NSF\/MPS, $260,000, 8\/09-7\/12<\/p>\n
\nFormation and Applications of Ultracold Molecules
\n<\/em>NSF\/MPS, $400,000, 8\/09-7\/12<\/p>\n
\nCenter on State Implementation and Scaling-Up of Evidence-Based Practice (SISEP)
\n<\/em>ED\/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services\/University of North Carolina, $651,581, 5\/09-9\/12<\/p>\n
\nElectrochemical Activation of CO2 with Protons to Form Fuels Via Solar Radiation
\n<\/em>Honda R&D Americas Inc., $119,999, 6\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nEngineering Analysis of Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
\n<\/em>PHS\/NIH\/National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, $123,584, 8\/09-8\/13<\/p>\n
\nMURI: Generation of Comprehensive Surrogate Kinetic Models and Validation Database for Simulating Large Molecular Weight Hydrocarbon Fuels-UConn Component
\n<\/em>DOD\/Air Force Office of Scientific Research\/Princeton University, $761,500, 8\/09-4\/12<\/p>\n
\nAutoignition Chemistry of Gasoline Surrogates Relevant to Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Operating Conditions
\n<\/em>NSF\/ENG, $299,999, 9\/09-8\/12<\/p>\n
\nDynamic Analysis of IBR-type Structures
\n<\/em>United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney, $20,000, 6\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nAir-Derived Noble Gases in Sediments: Sites and Mechanisms for Trapped Components
\n<\/em>DOE\/Department of Energy, $105,023, 5\/09-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nSupporting Technology and Test Methods for Hearing Loss Prevention and Fitness for Duty
\n<\/em>DOD\/Navy, $111,933, 8\/09-8\/11<\/p>\n
\nEnabling Technology for Prediction of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Incidence and Economic Cost
\n<\/em>DOD\/Navy\/Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory\/Science Applications International Corp., $28,522, 5\/09-8\/09<\/p>\n
\nInvestigating the Potential of Natural Antimicrobials for Treating Bovine Mastitis
\n<\/em>USDA\/CSREES, $150,000, 9\/09-8\/11<\/p>\n
\nConnecticut Pollinator (Bee and Moth) and Grassland Invertebrates Survey
\n<\/em>Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, $53,593, 5\/09-4\/10<\/p>\n
\nCollaborative Research: Microscopic Islands: Modeling the Theory of Island Biogeography for Aquatic Pathogens Colonizing Marine Aggregates
\n<\/em>NSF\/BIO, $624,146, 9\/09-8\/13<\/p>\n
\nChild Adjustment to Parental Combat Deployment: Risk and Resilience Models
\n<\/em>DOD\/Army\/MedicalResearch and Materiel Command, $204,244, 9\/09-3\/11<\/p>\n
\n2009 4-H Volunteer Initiative Grants
\n<\/em>National 4-H Council, $2,000, 6\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nForest Legacy Administration \u2013 UConn GIS and Spatial Component
\n<\/em>USDA\/Forest Service\/Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, $20,000, 7\/09-9\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"