| Research Advocate, February/March 2007 |
Contract and Grant Awards in January and February
January Awards
| Principal Investigator |
Campus Unit |
Award |
Sponsor Agency |
Project Title |
| Almeida, Rodrigo |
ESPM: Organisms and Environment |
$174,179 |
California Department of Food and Agriculture |
Biology of the Xylella Fastidiosa-Vector Interface |
| Barnes, Lucinda |
BAM/PFA |
$12,500 |
NEA |
Whispering Sidewalks DVD |
| Barrett, Katharine |
Botanical Garden |
$10,000 |
East Bay Community Foundation |
Garden Education for Children and Families |
| Bayen, Alexandre M. |
ITS |
$115,719 |
Caltrans |
Optimal Sensor Requirements |
| Cassidy, Michael J. |
ITS |
$63,697 |
Caltrans |
On-Ramp Metering and Commuter Delay: A Before and After Study |
| Cole, Robert W. |
CAL Performances |
$10,000 |
E. Nakamichi Foundation |
Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin and Europa Galante |
| Cole, Robert W. |
CAL Performances |
$30,000 |
Zellerbach Family Foundation |
2006-07 School Time Programs |
| Cole, Robert W. |
CAL Performances |
$35,000 |
Zellerbach Family Foundation |
2007 AileyCamp |
| Demmel, James W. |
ERSO |
$69,375 |
University of Tennessee |
Reliable and Scalable Software for Linear Algebra Computation on High End Computers |
| Dracup, John |
ERSO |
$31,250 |
UC CIEE |
Enhanced Analysis as Preparatory Material for the 2008 Governor’s Study |
| Dreger, Douglas S. |
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory |
$65,000 |
USDI Geological Survey |
Validation of 3D Velocity Structure in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| Dreger, Douglas S. |
ERSO |
$11,460 |
California Department of RA Conservation |
Seismic Strong-Motion Measurement and Dissemination |
| Firestone, Mary K. |
ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences |
$109,484 |
UCSC |
C-N Interchange in the Rhizosphere: Sensitivity to Temperature and Water Dynamics |
| Freeman, John H. |
IMIO |
$499,827 |
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
Small Grants Project in Entrepreneurship |
| Freeman, John H. |
IMIO |
$124,940 |
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
Research Dissemination Program |
| Furco, Andrew |
Education |
$1,200 |
University of Maryland |
Opportunities for Political and Civic Engagement |
| Gold, Thomas B. |
IAS |
$375,000 |
Henry Luce Foundation |
The Future of China Studies |
| Griffiths, Thomas L. |
ICBS |
$23,000 |
SRI International |
Task Order 008: Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Observes (CALO) |
| Hanemann, W Michael |
Public Policy |
$75,000 |
California EPA Air Resources Board |
Improving the Carbon Dioxide Emission Estimates from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels in California |
| Horowitz, Roberto |
ITS |
$100,000 |
Caltrans |
System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for Loop Fault Detection |
| Iglesia, Enrique |
Chemistry |
$753,737 |
BPNL |
Chemical Transformations at Complex Interfaces |
| Jeanloz, Raymond |
Earth and Planetary Science |
$157,554 |
DOE Albuquerque Operations Office |
Recreating Planetary Core Conditions of OMEGA, Techniques to Produce Denses States of Matter |
| King, Tsu-Jae |
ERSO |
$247,434 |
Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. |
Nano-Electro-Mechanical Non-Volatile Memory (NEMory) Technology |
| Kondolf, George Mathias |
CEDR |
$17,250 |
UCSB |
Scope of Work, Upper Owens River Channel Surveys |
| Kondolf, George Mathias |
IURD |
$40,461 |
California Department of RA Water Resources |
Planning Charrettes for the Future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta |
| Kuriyan, John |
MCB |
$1,273,796 |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
Structural Studies of Processive DNA Replication |
| Kyle, Amy D. |
Public Health |
$15,000 |
San Francisco Foundation |
Using Biomonitoring in Environmental Public Health |
| Leonard, Thomas C. |
Public Health Library |
$662,677 |
California EPA Environmental Health Hazard Assessment |
Public Health Library - Occupational and Environmental Health Library Agreement |
| Leone, Stephen R. |
Chemistry |
$178,000 |
DAF AFOSR |
Ultrafast High Harmonic, Soft X-Ray Probing of Molecular Dynamics |
| Lewis, Vernard |
ESPM: Organisms and Environment |
$258,084 |
California Department of Consumer Affairs |
Assessment of Devices and Techniques for Improving Inspection and Evaluation of Treatments for Inaccessible Drywood Termite Infestations |
| Lieberman, Michael A. |
ERSO |
$28,000 |
UC MICRO |
Control of Peripheral Plasma in Confined Dual Frequency Capacitive Discharges for Microelectronics Processing |
| Lindow, Steven E. |
Plant and Microbial Biology |
$136,787 |
California Department of Food and Agriculture |
Assessment of the Process of Movement of Xylella Fastidiosa within Susceptible and Resistant Grape Varieties |
| Maboudian, Roya |
Chemical Engineering |
$25,000 |
Stanford University |
Center on Interfacial Engineering for Microelectromechanical Systems |
| Machen, Terry E. |
MCB LSA |
$20,000 |
Cystic Fibrosis Research,Inc. |
Flagellin-Stimulated CI and Fluid Secretion and Inflammation |
| Madanat, Samer M. |
ITS |
$205,000 |
Caltrans |
Statewide Travel Times-Busiiness Case and Technology Deployment |
| Madanat, Samer M. |
ITS |
$25,000 |
Inductive Signature Technologies, Inc. |
PeMS Interface to Automatic Vehicle Classification (AVC) System |
| Mao, Samuel |
ERSO |
$37,901 |
University of Central Florida |
Fundamental Physical and Chemical Processes in Ultrafast Laser Materials Interactions |
| Melis, Anastasios |
Plant and Microbial Biology |
$326,050 |
XL TechGroup, Inc. |
Renewable Generation of Volatile Hydrocarbon Biofuels |
| Midanik, Lorraine T. |
Social Welfare |
$70,000 |
Stuart Foundations |
California Connected by 25 Initiatives |
| Midanik, Lorraine T. |
Social Welfare |
$50,000 |
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation |
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Professional Development Fund |
| Moehle, Jack P. |
ERSO |
$3,600,002 |
NSF |
NEESR-GC: Mitigation of Collapse Risk in Vulnerable Concrete Buildings |
| Moritz, Max |
CNR |
$9,250 |
USDA Forest Service |
Evaluating Approaches to Mapping Burn Probabilities for a Quantitative Wildland Fire Risk Analysis Framework |
| Pearson, P David. |
Education |
$44,000 |
Spencer Foundation |
Ninth Retreat of Deans/Directors Participating in the Spencer Foundation’s Research Training Grant Program |
| Piazza, Thomas L. |
SRC |
$557,986 |
California EPA Air Resources Board |
Indoor Environmental Quality and HVAC Survey of Small and Medium Size Commercial Buildings |
| Pisano, Albert P. |
ERSO |
$450,000 |
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc |
The Center for MEMS/NEMS Interfacial Physics |
| Pister, Kristofer S J. |
ERSO |
$15,000 |
UC Discovery Grant-Electron Manufacturing and New Material |
BSAC Research Review |
| Quigley, John M. |
IBER |
$30,000 |
UC Labor and Employment Research Fund |
Housing, Commuting and Working Families: Affordability Conditions in Metropolitan Areas |
| Ragland, David |
ITS |
$137,618 |
Caltrans |
Seamless Travel: The Importance of Class I Bike Routes in Journey-to-Work Trips. Pedestrian/Bicycle Survey and Research to Support the California |
| Ragland, David |
ITS |
$111,384 |
Caltrans |
Identifying Factors that Determine Bicycle and Pedestrian-Involved Collision Rates and Affect Bicycle and Pedestrian Demand at Multi-Lane Roundabouts |
| Ragland, David |
ITS |
$122,383 |
Caltrans |
Evaluate the Causes of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Traffic Fatalities and Injuries, and Establish Appropriate Countermeasures for Use in California |
| Ragland, David |
ITS |
$99,047 |
Caltrans |
Reduce Accidents Involving Driver Fatigue |
| Russell, Stuart J. |
ERSO |
$13,000 |
SRI International |
Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Observes (CALO) |
| Russell, Stuart J. |
ERSO |
$39,000 |
SRI International |
Task Order 010: Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Observes (CALO) |
| Samuelson, Pamela |
Law |
$700,000 |
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
Support Research of the Effects of Patent Law and Policy on Entrepreneurial Activity |
| Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. |
ERSO |
$125,000 |
United Microelectronics Corporation |
Constraint-Driven Methodology for IP-Based Design of Mixed Signal Systems Including RF Components |
| Sarpong, Richmond |
Chemistry |
$630,000 |
NSF |
CAREER: New Advances in Five-Membered Ring Formation for Complex Molecule Synthesis |
| Sastry, S Shankar |
ERSO |
$49,420 |
ESCHER Research Institute |
Software and Systems Test Track, Phase I |
| Shaheen, Susan A. |
ITS |
$241,102 |
Caltrans |
An Evaluation of the Consequences and Effectiveness of Using Highway Changeable Message Signs for Safety Campaigns |
| Shaheen, Susan A. |
ITS |
$255,243 |
Caltrans |
Seamless Door-to-Door Travel: Smart Transit Parking Pilot Project in Conjunction with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and the Bay |
| Shaheen, Susan A. |
ITS |
$75,000 |
Caltrans |
Exploratory Field Test of Early Fleet Niches for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles and Fueling Infrastructure |
| Skabardonis, Alexander |
ITS |
$124,655 |
Caltrans |
Evaluation of Open Road Electronic Toll Collection for California Applications |
| Sum, Juliann |
IIR |
$83,875 |
California Department of Industrial Relations |
Technical Support to Clarify and Streamline Workers’ Compensation Rights and Procedures |
| Townes, Charles H. |
SSL |
$398,130 |
DOD ONR |
Infrared Spatial Interferometry |
| Wawrzynek, John |
ERSO |
$37,895 |
UC CIEE |
Network Agility and Service Management for Demand-Response Sensor Networks |
| Wunderer, Cornelia |
SSL |
$5,281 |
Smithsonian Institute |
Chandra TOO Observation of the Blazar 3C279 in High State as Part of Multifrequency Campaign |
| Ying, Yu-Wen |
Social Welfare |
$5,000 |
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation |
Depression as a Culture-Bound Syndrome: Adapting the CES-D for Screening Depression in Chinese Americans |
February Awards
| Principal Investigator |
Campus Unit |
Award |
Sponsor Agency |
Project Title |
| Alter, Robert B. |
Jewish Graduate Studies |
$20,000 |
Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation |
Jewish Studies Funding Support |
| Arens, Edward A. |
CEDR |
$10,000 |
Alameda County |
Assessing Building Performance Using Web-Based Surveys |
| Arens, Edward A. |
CEDR |
$2,500 |
Engineered Interios Group |
Participation Agreement between the Regents of the University of California and Engineered Interiors Group |
| Arens, Edward A. |
CEDR |
$110,000 |
General Services Administration |
Development of an Energy Performance Database for UFAD Installations |
| Arens, Edward A. |
CEDR |
$172,000 |
General Services Administration |
Managing Building Performance Using Web-Based Surveys |
| Arens, Edward A. |
CEDR |
$1,000 |
Moseley Architects |
Assessing Building Performance Using Web-Based Surveys |
| Arens, Edward A. |
CEDR |
$1,000 |
PJCarew Consulting |
Assessing Building Performance Using Web-Based Surveys |
| Barrett, Katharine |
Botanical Garden |
$60,000 |
Alameda County Office of Education |
Garden Aerobics and Botany on Your Plate |
| Bayen, Alexandre M. |
ERSO |
$125,000 |
Stanford University |
Integrating Collision Avoidance and Tactical Air Traffic Control Tools |
| Bickel, Peter J. |
Statistics |
$163,397 |
DOD National Security Agency |
NSASAG: Statistical Advisory Group Research Effort to Solve NSA Probability and Statistical Problems |
| Cain, Bruce |
IGS |
$80,000 |
James Irvine Foundation |
For the Institute of Governmental Studies to Produce and Disseminate Research on the Effects of Nesting State Assembly and Senate Seats Through |
| Clark, Douglas S. |
Chemical Engineering |
$145,000 |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
Self-Reporting and Detoxifying Material Based on Extremophilic Proteins |
| Coates, John D. |
Plant and Microbial Biology |
$209,701 |
University of Iowa |
NIRT: Nanoparticle Fe as Reactive Constituent in Air, Water, and Soil |
| Cohen, Ronald C. |
Chemistry |
$579,341 |
NSF |
Oxidation Processes in Forest Canopies and Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Nitrogen Oxides |
| Cole, Robert W. |
Cal Performances |
$20,000 |
NEA |
2007 Masters Series |
| Crysler, C Greig |
Architecture |
$30,000 |
UC Labor and Employment Research Fund |
Building the Workers’ Public Sphere: Urban Space and Class Relations in San Francisco’s Mission District, 1906-1970 |
| Dernburg, Abby |
MCB |
$161,911 |
National Center for Research Resources |
The Characterization of the Synapsis Checkpoint in C. Elegans Meiosis |
| Dubon, Oscar |
ERSO |
$26,608 |
DOD Naval Post Graduate School |
Development of an Imaging Transport Instrument for Materials Research and Education |
| Ellman, Jonathan A. |
Chemistry |
$500,000 |
NIH National Center for Research Resources |
600 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Solution-State NMR |
| Epstein, Edwin M. |
IAS |
$115,659 |
National Archives and Records Administration |
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years (1890-1919) |
| Fortmann, Louise P. |
CNR |
$25,000 |
USDA Forest Service |
U.S. Community Forestry Research Fellowship Program |
| Furco, Andrew |
Education |
$20,000 |
Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Charitable Foundation, Inc. |
Evaluation of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award (JRCPA) Program |
| Goldstein, Allen Hyman |
ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences |
$102,412 |
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc. |
Two-Dimensional Chromatography of Atmospheric Aerosols: A New In-Situ Instrument |
| Gong, Xiaohua |
Optometry |
$1,900,000 |
National Eye Institute |
Cataractogenesis, Connexin Mutants and Genetic Modifiers |
| Guendelman, Sylvia R. |
Public Health |
$30,000 |
UC Labor and Employment Research Fund |
Balancing Work and Family: The Relationship Between Pre and Postpartum Maternity Leave Arrangements and Breastfeeding |
| Hansen, Mark |
ITS |
$373,843 |
University of Maryland |
Capacity Scenarios for Dynamic, Stochastic Models for Managing Air Traffic Flows |
| Harvey, Allison |
Psychology |
$24,850 |
University of Pittsburgh |
Affect Regulation and Adolescent Brain Maturation |
| Heilbron, John |
History of Science and Technology |
$150,000 |
Andrew W Mellon Foundation |
Physics and History |
| Huelsenbeck, John P. |
Integrative Biology |
$465,674 |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
Extending Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis |
| Huwe, Terence K. |
IIR |
$33,000 |
UC Labor and Employment Research Fund |
Digitization of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, Proceedings and Papers, Phase I |
| Ivry, Richard |
Psychology |
$80,831 |
UCSB |
Functional Substrates of Long-Term Motor Learning |
| Jacobs, Kenneth A. |
IIR |
$13,600 |
University of Illinois |
The Hidden Public Cost of Low-Wage Work: Replication in Three States |
| Jaffee, Dwight M. |
Fisher Center for Real Estate |
$12,000 |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
Workshop on Globalization and the Real Estate Industry |
| Jernigan, J. Garrett |
SSL |
$29,896 |
LLNL |
Analysis of Iron Data from EBIT Using the Photon Clean Method |
| Joseph, Anthony D. |
ERSO |
$19,000 |
University of Southern California |
Diplomat: DETER Integrated Plan for Operations and Maintenance Transition |
| Joyce, Rosemary |
Anthropology |
$15,000 |
UCSB |
Microcosms: Objects of Knowledge |
| Klein, Daniel |
ERSO |
$500,000 |
NSF |
CAREER: Discriminative, Syntactic Machine Translation |
| Levi, Dennis |
Optometry |
$1,900,000 |
National Eye Institute |
Limiting Factors in Normal and Amblyopic Spatial Vision |
| Li, Gang |
SSL |
$98,381 |
California Institute of Technology |
Modeling and Observations of Solar Energetic Particle Spectral Breaks |
| Mahin, Stephen A. |
ERSO |
$340,000 |
University of Washington |
International Hybrid Simulation of Tomorrow’s Braced Frames |
| Moehle, Jack P. |
ERSO |
$500 |
BL Schmid Consulting Structural Engineering |
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Participation Agreement |
| Moehle, Jack P. |
ERSO |
$500 |
John A. Martin & Associates, Inc. |
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Participation Agreement |
| Moehle, Jack P. |
ERSO |
$500 |
Kleinfelder, Inc. |
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Participation Agreement |
| Moritz, Craig |
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology |
$280,002 |
NSF |
An Integrative Approach to Understanding Speciation in Salamanders of the Ensatina Eschscholtzii Complex |
| Mossel, Elchanan |
Statistics |
$100,000 |
Office of Naval Research |
Combinatorial Statistics on Trees and Networks |
| Nazaroff, William W. |
IESE |
$300,000 |
State of California EPA Air Resources Board |
Ultrafine Particle Concentration in Schoolrooms and Homes |
| Olsson, Martin C. |
CPAM |
$96,852 |
NSF |
Algebraic Stacks and Their Applications |
| Radke, Clayton J. |
Chemical Engineering |
$454,175 |
Alcon Laboratories |
Improved Safety and Comfort in Soft-Contact Lens Wear with Care Solutions |
| Rine, Jasper D. |
MCB |
$49,856 |
Amgen |
Genetic Analysis of Cancer Target Orthologs |
| Romanowicz, Barbara A. |
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory |
$20,000 |
IRIS Research Institute for Seismology |
To Develop an Open-Source Field Computer for Geophysical Stations |
| Rubinsky, Boris |
ERSO |
$8,300 |
UC MEXUS |
Non-Invasive Detection of the Health Status of Biological Tissues by Electromagnetic Induction Spectroscopy |
| Sandberg, Mark B. |
Scandinavian |
$52,131 |
Nordic Council of Ministers |
Mapping Nordic Literary Culture |
| Sastry, S. Shankar |
ERSO |
$300,000 |
Scientific Systems Company, Inc. |
Pilot-Directed Computer Assisted Helicopter Formation Flying |
| Satariano, William |
Public Health |
$7,617 |
Medical University of South Carolina |
SIP 8-06: Prevention Research to Promote and Protect Brain Health |
| Seshia, Sanjit A. |
ERSO |
$400,000 |
NSF |
CAREER: Robust Reactive System through Verification and Learning |
| Simms, Ellen |
Integrative Biology |
$809,169 |
NSF |
Mechanisms Maintaining Cooperation in Rhizobial Populations |
| Sinclair, Alistair J. |
ERSO |
$330,000 |
NSF |
Approximate Counting, Statistical Physics and Computation |
| Spear, Robert C. |
Environmental Health Sciences |
$75,000 |
Marisla Foundation |
Building Green Chemistry Capacity in California |
| Stamper-Kurn, Dan |
Physics |
$195,000 |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
Operation and On-Chip Integration of Cavity-QED Based Detectors for Single Atoms and Molecules |
| Stevens, Harriette |
LHS |
$135,000 |
West Contra Costa Unified School District |
Advanced Placement Initiative Program |
| Stover, Eric |
Human Rights Center |
$16,000 |
Nathan Cummings Foundation, Inc. |
Guantanamo and Its Aftermath: A Study of Detainees Released from U.S. Custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| Tilley, T. Don |
Chemistry |
$527,000 |
NSF |
Investigation of Metal-Element Multiple Bonding and New Methods for Metal-Mediated Bond Activations |
| Voss, Kim |
Sociology |
$30,000 |
UC Labor and Employment Research Fund |
Strategic Response to Organizational Crisis/Opportunity: The Transformation of U.S. and Canadian Unions, 1933-1955 |
| White, Richard M. |
ERSO |
$250,000 |
wiSpry, Inc. |
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement |
| Whitebook, Marcy |
IIR |
$200,000 |
David and Lucile Packard Foundation |
Research and Policy Activities on California’s Early Care and Education Workforce, 2007 |
| Wildsoet, Christine France |
Optometry |
$84,311 |
Eidactics Visual Biosimulation |
LabOS’ Closed-Loop, Protocol-Driven, Data Acquisition and Experiment Control |
| Wilson, Mark |
Education |
$100,000 |
Vanderbilt University |
Supporting the Development of Model Based Reasoning |
| Wu, Ming |
ERSO |
$150,000 |
Hewlett-Packard |
Optical MEMS for Free Space Photonic Interconnect |
| Zhang, Xiang |
ERSO |
$250,000 |
UCLA |
The Center for Systemic Control of Cyto-Networks |
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