| Contract and Grant Awards in December
Ahn, Joonhong, ERSO, $58,757, Mitsubishi, "Study of Multi-Scale Safety Performance Model for HLW Repository."
Baker, Robin, COEH/LOHP, $408,000, State of California Dept of Industrial Relations, "Worker Training Program (WOSHTEP)."
Baker, Robin, COEH/LOHP, $246,576, UCLA, "Improve Health and Safety Conditions for Youth and Immigrant Workers in California."
Banfield, Jill F., Earth & Planetary Science, $1,920,911, NSF, "Comprehensive Genomic Analysis of Salt-Impacted Microbial Communities in Their Environmental Context."
Bates, Michael N., Public Health, $2,394,142, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "Effects of Long-Term Low Level Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure."
Berck, Peter, Agricultural & Resource Economics, $16,039, California Energy Commission, "Macroeconomic Impact Study."
Bergman, Lowell, Journalism, $25,000, Nathan Cummings Foundation, "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation."
Brewer, Eric A., ERSO, $40,000, JPL, "JPL Core Engineering Support for DARPA DTN Project, Phase 2."
Chapple, Karen, IURD, $26,430, Urban Habitat Program, "The Richmond Regional Equitable Development Initiative (REDI)."
Colford Jr., John M., Public Health, $50,000, Institute for Public Health and Water Research, "Long-Term Outcomes Following a Solar Water Disinfection Intervention in Rural Guatemala."
Crawford, Patricia, CNR, $19,555, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Kaiser-Permanente Med. Centers, "Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Equipment Grant."
De Pater, Imke, Center for Integrative Planetary Science, $69,372, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Quit Winking: Jupiter Opens Its Other Eye."
Deakin, Elizabeth A., UC Transportation Center, $10,000, Federal Highway Administration, "World Conference on Transportation Research 2007."
D'Esposito, Mark, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, $66,666, UCSB, "Arts Education and Its Impact on the Brain and Enhanced Learning in Other Knowledge Domains."
D'Esposito, Mark, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, $103,496, UCSB, "fMRI Research Via Database Mining, Management."
Dow, William H., Public Health, $20,346, UCSF, "Allostatic Load and SES in Costa Rica."
Doyle, Fiona M., ERSO, $320,000, NSF, "Development of Microfluidic Reactor for Continuous Production of Monosized Nanocrystals."
Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $13,703, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Sweeping Away the Dust: Reliable Dark Energy with an Infrared Hubble Diagram."
Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $32,628, Space Telescope Science Institute, "A Survey for Supernovae in Massive High-Redshift Clusters."
Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $70,105, Space Telescope Science Institute, "SHOES-Supernovae, HO, for the Equation of State of Dark Energy."
Filippenko, Alexei V., Astronomy, $86,047, Space Telescope Science Institute, "The Local Environments of Supernovae."
Garbelotto, Matteo, ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $200,000, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, "Studies on the Epidemiology of Sudden Oak Death."
Grossman, Jeffrey, BNNI, $198,000, Purdue University, "Network for Computational Nanotechnology."
Hanemann, W Michael, Agricultural & Resource Economics, $16,000, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, "Federal State Market News Service Microfilm Preservation Project."
Hearst, Marti, IBER, $580,819, NSF, "DHB: Large-Scale Analysis of Computer-Mediated Social Relationship."
Hellman, Frances, Physics, $23,221, UC Davis, "Consortium for Materials Properties Research in the Earth Sciences (COMPRES)."
Horowitz, Roberto, ITS, $157,207, Caltrans, "Ramp Metering Design Tools and Field Test Implementation of Queue Control."
Horvath, Arpad, ITS, $550,000, Henry Luce Foundation, "Sustainable Engineering through Green Design, Manufacturing, and Social Infrastructures."
Isacoff, Ehud, MCB, $1,350,160, California Institute of Technology, "FIBR: How do Brains Regulate Simple Motor Actions to Generate Complex Behaviors?"
Johnson, George C., Professional Development Program, $50,000, UC Irvine, "California LSMP Phase IV."
Kalas, Paul, Astronomy, $79,791, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Closure on the IRAS Big Four: A High Contrast Study of Epsilon Eridani's Dust Belt in Scattered Light."
Kalas, Paul, Astronomy, $89,529, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Coronagraphic Polarimetry of HST-Resolved Debris Disks."
Kalas, Paul, Astronomy, $130,855, Space Telescope Science Institute, "An Efficient ACS Coronagraphic Survey for Debris Disks around Nearby Stars."
Kalas, Paul, Astronomy, $141,740, Space Telescope Science Institute, "ACS Imaging of Fomalhaut: A Rosetta Stone for Debris Disks Sculpted by Planets."
Kammen, Daniel M., Institute of the Environment, $1,112,827, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, "Urban Sustainability Initiative."
King, C. Judson, Center for Studies in Higher Education, $50,000, Carnegie Corporation, "CSHE@50: A Reflection and Prospectus on Globalization and Higher Education."
Komvopoulos, Kyriakos, ERSO, $351,116, Intel Corporation, "Determination of Nanomechanical Properties and Responses to External Impacts of Pattern Structures on Advanced Optical Masks."
Levine, David I., IAS, $28,841, Agence Francaise De Development, "SEGA and AFD Identification Study for an Impact Evaluation of the SKY Insurance Program in Cambodia."
Li, Song, QB3, $1,856,171, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, "Tissue Engineered Nanofibrous Vascular Graft."
Li, Weidong, Astronomy, $63,649, Space Telescope Science Institute, "A Snapshot Survey of the Sites of Recent, Nearby Supernovae."
Lin, Robert P., SSL, $12,935, University of Michigan, "Technology Development Effort for Heliospheric Composition Instrument."
Lipman, Timothy E., ITS, $121,521, Rochester Institute of Technology, "Implications of Greenhouse Gas Policy Instrument on Material Flows - A Life Cycle Approach Integrating Engineering, Public Policy, and Market Behavior."
Lu, Sangwei, Public Health, $37,395, North Carolina State University, "Proteomic Analysis of Immunodominant Antigens of Salmonella."
Majumdar, Arunava, ERSO, $125,002, Intel Corporation, "Hotspot Adaptive Thermal Spreader (HATS)."
Packard, Richard E., Physics, $299,650, ONR, "Aharonov-Bohm Phase Shifts in Neutral Matter."
Pearson, P. David, Education, $73,043, UCLA, "CAP Literacy Training/CA Science Project Teacher Retention Program."
Pempel, T. J., IEAS, $108,357, Academy of Korean Studies, "Proposal to Strengthen Korean Studies Program and Activities at the University of California, Berkeley and in the Region."
Ragland, David, ITS, $165,070, Caltrans, "Evaluation of Traffic and Environment Effects on Skid Resistance and Safety Performance of Rubberized Open Graded Asphalt Concrete."
Romanowicz, Barbara A., Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, $123,437, Stanford University, "SAFOD Data Handling at the Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC)."
Romanowicz, Barbara A., Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, $75,252, UNAVCO, Inc., "PBO Nucleus: Support for an Integrated Geodetic Network in the Western U.S.."
Sankrit, Ravi, SSL, $8,094, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Resolving the Non-Radiative Shock in SN 1006."
Sastry, S Shankar, ERSO, $25,000, Northrop Grumman Corporation, "See and Avoid for Rotorcraft UAVs."
Sastry, S Shankar, ERSO, $15,000, Robert Bosch Corporation GMBH, "Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems Participation Agreement."
Schaffer, David, QB3, $500,000, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, "Biophysical Dynamics in the Regulation of Tissue Morphogenesis."
Sengupta, Raja, ITS, $1,931,965, Caltrans, "CICAS Urban and Suburban Assisted Left-Turn (USUAL) System."
Shaiken, Harley S., Center for Latin American Studies, $20,000, Institute of Medical Research, "IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowship in Support of Mr. Daniel Coronell Castaneda."
Shaiken, Harley S., Center for Latin American Studies, $125,000, Rockefeller Foundation, "The U.S.-Mexico Future's Forum."
Silver, Michael A., Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, $68,907, Lundbeck Foundation, "Physiological and Pharmacological Analysis of Cortical Networks during Sustained Visuospatial Attention."
Silver, Whendee L., ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences, $5,000, USDA Forest Service, "Understand Climate Change in Tropical Forests - a Workshop Proposal to Discuss Large-Scale Manipulative Experiments."
Skabardonis, Alexander, ITS, $250,000, Caltrans, "SPRINTER Rail Project - Grade Crossing/Traffic Signal Optimization Study."
Stover, Eric, Human Rights Center, $100,000, Peninsula Community Foundation, "Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect."
Valentine, James, Museum of Paleontology, $42,282, University of Chicago, "From the Lab Bench to the Classroom: Supporting Evolution Education Through Partnership and Technology."
Wang, May-Choo, Public Health, $30,612, Alameda County, "Assessment of Needs and Perceived Benefits of Meals on Wheels Participants in Alameda County."
Yang, Peidong, Chemistry, $38,000, Max Kade Foundation, "Novel Thermoelectrical Nanostructured Materials."
Zabin, Carol A., IIR, $30,000, San Francisco Foundation, "Solving the Direct Support Staffing Crisis in Developmental Disabilities in CA: The PEO."
Zilberman, David, Agricultural & Resource Economics, $3,000, Cotton Inc., "Biotechnology and Cotton."
Zilberman, David, Agricultural & Resource Economics, $3,000, Cotton Inc., "Energy, Biofuels, and the Economics of Cotton."
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