| Research Advocate, April 2007 |
Contract and Grant Awards in March
| Principal Investigator |
Campus Unit |
Award |
Sponsor Agency |
Project Title |
| Aaron, Holly L. |
CRL |
$15,000 |
UC Discovery Grant-Biotechnology |
Advanced Imaging Workshop. |
| Allen, Richard M. |
BSL |
$70,751 |
NSF |
Collaborative Research: Making the San Andreas Fault at the Mendocino Triple Junction. |
| Anderson, Deborah W. |
Linguistics |
$229,200 |
NEH |
Universal Scripts Project. |
| Backer, Donald C. |
RAL |
$16,336 |
Cornell University |
Internation Program of Discovery and Study of New Pulsars. |
| Baldocchi, Dennis |
ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences |
$499,798 |
NSF |
RCN: The FLUXNETGlobal Network Assessing Spatial-Temporal Variability of Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor and Energy Fluxes Between the Terrestrial. |
| Bale, Stuart |
SSL |
$807,243 |
NASA |
STEREO/WAVES: Phase E Data Analysis. |
| Bell, Alexis T. |
Chemistry |
$4,700,000 |
ChevronTexaco Corporation |
Preparation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Catalysts for the Strategic Generation and Utilization of Hydrogen in Petroleum Refining. |
| Boering, Kristie A. |
Chemistry |
$22,391 |
UC IGPP |
Measurements and Analysis of Post-Bomb Era 14Co2 from Stratosphere for Atmospheric Dynamics and Carbon Cycle Applications. |
| Buffler, Patricia A. |
Public Health |
$28,270 |
Northern California Cancer Center |
Exposure Insights Using GIS in a Case-Control Study. |
| Burgmann, Roland |
BSL |
$50,000 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
Earthquake Potential in the San Francisco Bay Area from PS-InSAR Measurements. |
| Chapple, Karen |
IURD |
$19,148 |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation |
Surveying San Francisco Merchants in Five San Francisco Commercial Districts. |
| Chu, Steven |
QB3 |
$1,500,000 |
NSF |
In Vitro and In Vivo Single Molecular Experiments of Biological Systems. |
| Cicero, Carla |
MVZ |
$490,929 |
NSF |
Ornithological Collection Improvement Project (Phase I), Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. |
| Coburn, Wayne |
SSL |
$10,846 |
NASA |
Target of Opportunity Observations of Known and Unknown X-Ray Pulsating Transients in Outburst. |
| Crawford, Patricia |
CNR |
$384,000 |
Group Health |
CHI School Surveys. |
| Crawford, Patricia |
Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology |
$126,827 |
UCD |
Family Fitness: Child Care, Healthy Eating and Activity. |
| Dan, Yang |
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute |
$87,400 |
UCSD |
The Temporal Dynamics of Learning. |
| Duesberg, Peter H. |
MCB |
$125,200 |
Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation |
The Chromosomal Basis of Cancer-Specific Drug Resistance. |
| Edelman, Lauren B. |
CSLS |
$51,543 |
NSF |
Collaborative Research: School Rights - Law and the Dynamics of Everyday School Life. |
| Edley Jr., Christopher |
Law |
$300,000 |
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund |
Opportunity Pillars: Prop 209 Reform, Research and Policy, and Educational Equity. |
| Farrell, Alexander E. |
ERG |
$60,000 |
Energy Foundation |
A Study of the California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard. |
| Fleming, Sharon |
CNR |
$125,381 |
UCD |
YMCA Centered Nutrition Education. |
| Frampton, Mary L. |
Law |
$30,000 |
Walter S. Johnson Foundation |
Community University Research and Action for Justice (CURAJ). |
| Fuller, Bruce C. |
Education |
$50,000 |
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation |
Strong Standards, Weak Finance, Shrinking Opportunity - Revitalizing School Reform with Resources. |
| Garriga, Gian |
MCB |
$1,330,000 |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes |
Neuronal Migration in C Elegans. |
| Garriga, Gian |
MCB |
$1,024,791 |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes |
Genes Controlling Asymmetric Cell Divisions during C. Elegans Development. |
| Gilbert, Neil |
Center for Child and Youth Policy |
$25,000 |
Zellerbach Family Foundation |
National Conference on Parent/Child Relationships in Families Affected by Parental Substance Abuse, HIV and/or Incarceration. |
| Griffiths, Thomas L. |
ICBS |
$114,234 |
NSF |
Collaborative Research: Knowledge Transmission Through Iterated Learning. |
| Grossman, Jeffrey |
QB3 |
$50,000 |
LLNL |
Detection of Noble Gases. |
| Halekas, Jasper S. |
SSL |
$144,313 |
NASA |
Lunar Surface Charging and Dust Transport During Extreme Space Weather Events. |
| Hansen, Mark |
ITS |
$32,500 |
DOT FAA |
Validation of Airport Capacity Models. |
| Harris, Eva |
Public Health |
$2,525,850 |
International Vaccine Institute |
Pediatric Cohort Study of Dengue Transmission in Nicaragua. |
| Howe-Steiger, Linda K. |
ITS |
$340,000 |
Caltrans |
CA-Local Technical Assistance Program. |
| Hull, Arthur |
SSL |
$293,166 |
NASA |
High-Altitude Auroral Zone Plasma Field Controllers and Consequences of Auroral Acceleration Processes. |
| Hurford, Gordon |
SSL |
$160,180 |
NASA |
Statistical Survey of Hard X-Ray Footpoints in Solar Flares. |
| Hurley, Kevin |
SSL |
$177,534 |
NASA |
Interplanetary Network Catalogs of the Localizations of Konus-WIND and BeppoSAX-GRBM Gamma-Ray Bursts. |
| Hurley, Kevin |
SSL |
$15,000 |
NASA |
Integral Key Program Investigation of SGR1806-20 after the Giant Flare. |
| Iglesia, Enrique |
Chemical Engineering |
$63,566 |
Nanostellar, Inc. |
Fundamental Studies of the Mechanism and Structural Requirements for CO Oxidation on Noble Metal Nanoclusters. |
| Keasling, Jay |
QB3 |
$30,476 |
LBNL |
Cellulose Conversion to Hydrocarbons Fuels (39-12). |
| Keasling, Jay |
QB3 |
$70,000 |
SNL |
Synthetic Engineering of a Bacterium for the Production of Ethanol from C5 and C6 Sugars. |
| Kirchner, James W. |
Earth and Planetary Science |
$130,937 |
NSF |
Climatic and Erosional Effects on Chemical Weathering Rates, Measured Using Steep Climatic Gradients in Mountainous Terrain. |
| Knight, Robert T. |
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute |
$1,662,500 |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
Attention, Orientation and Human Prefrontal Cortex. |
| Koehl, Mimi A. |
IB |
$375,000 |
NSF |
QEIB: Energetic Cost of Burrowing. |
| Komvopoulos, Kyriakos |
ERSO |
$535,590 |
Siemens |
Wear Analysis on Diaphragms and Blade Ring of Gas Turbines. |
| Krauss-Varban, Dietmar |
SSL |
$75,000 |
NASA |
The Earth-Moon-Mars Radiation Exposure Module. |
| Kremen, Claire |
ESPM: Organisms and Environment |
$38,713 |
Xerces Society, Inc. |
Restoring Pollination Function on Farms and Ranches in California's Central Valley: Promoting Agricultural Sustainability Through Innovations in Pollinator Conservation Practices. |
| Kriegsfeld, Lance J. |
Psychology |
$1,258,785 |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
Control of Reproduction by an Inhibitory RFamide Peptide. |
| Le Grande, Harry |
Housing and Dining Services |
$30,000 |
UCOP |
University of California Solano College-Bound Partnerships. |
| Leonard, Thomas C. |
Public Health Library |
$8,750 |
State of California EPA Environmental Health Hazard Assessment |
Continuation of Occupational and Environmental Health Library Agreement. |
| Licht, Paul |
Botanical Garden |
$15,500 |
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service |
Baker's Larkspur and White Sedge Recovery. |
| Lie, John |
IAS |
$50,000 |
Scholar Ship LLC |
Academic Stewardship Agreement. |
| Lin, Liwei |
ERSO |
$150,000 |
Siemens |
Nanostructure Based Gas Sensor. |
| Lin, Liwei |
ERSO |
$156,022 |
UCI |
Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF3) Center. |
| Malik, Jitendra |
ERSO |
$57,011 |
LBNL |
High Throughput Identification and Structural Characterization of Protein Complexes in Desulfovibrio Vulgaris (39-11). |
| Marletta, Michael |
QB3 |
$1,119,669 |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
Specificity and Control of Signaling by S-Nitrosation. |
| Martin, G. Steven |
MCB |
$195,723 |
Philip Morris U.S.A. |
The Biology of Chromosomal Amplification at 8q24 in Cancer. |
| McFadden, James P. |
SSL |
$310,349 |
NASA |
Testing the Dual-Lobe Reconnection Model as the Source of the Cold Dense Plasma Sheet Using FAST Data, Cluster Data, and Simulations. |
| McKoy, Deborah |
IURD |
$30,000 |
American Institute of Architects |
California School Construction Disparities with the Nation. |
| McKoy, Deborah |
IURD |
$150,000 |
Walter and Elise Haas Fund |
Community and Educational Leadership Partnership (CELP) Project. |
| Miller, William H. |
Chemistry |
$180,000 |
DOD ONR |
Semiclassical Approximations for Polyatomic Molecules. |
| Minkler, Meredith A. |
Public Health |
$25,000 |
W.K. Kellogg Foundation |
From Publication to Public Action: Developing and Implementing a Communications Strategy on CBPR and Healthy Public Policy. |
| Moritz, Craig |
MVZ |
$570,304 |
NSF |
The Grinnell Project: Using a Unique Historical Record to Document Responses of Mammals and Birds to 100 Years of Climate Change. |
| Moritz, Max |
CNR |
$39,070 |
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Promoting Ecological Sustainability through Wildfire Management Practices. |
| Mosalam, Khalid |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
$35,000 |
LBNL |
Seismic Study of Structural Insulated Panel System, Connections and Materials (39-17). |
| Muller, Richard S. |
ERSO |
$250,000 |
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. |
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement. |
| Muller, Richard S. |
ERSO |
$250,000 |
Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement. |
| Muller, Richard S. |
ERSO |
$250,000 |
Qualcomm, Inc. |
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center participation Agreement. |
| Nadeau, Robert |
BSL |
$149,000 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
UCB Borehole Network: Northern Hayward Fault Network (NHFN), High Resolution Seismic Network (HRSN-Parkfield) Dated September 11, 2006, Revised. |
| Ngai, John |
FGL |
$67,815 |
LBNL |
Eric Van Name for the Berkeley Cancer Genome Center (39-13). |
| Niknejad, Ali M. |
ERSO |
$25,000 |
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. |
Low Noise 90nm/65nm CMOSmm-Wave Circuits. |
| O'Rourke, Dara James |
ESPM: Society and Environment |
$44,150 |
NCIIA |
Sustainable Consumption Action Network. |
| Peterson, Per F. |
ERSO |
$63,000 |
University of Nevada |
HTHX Project. |
| Pisano, Albert P. |
ERSO |
$160,000 |
University of Colorado System |
RADAR Absorption by Colloidal Surfaces. |
| Ragland, David |
Public Health |
$98,728 |
California Office of Traffic Safety |
Developing a Customized GIS Mapping Program for SWITRS Geocoding. |
| Ragland, David |
ITS |
$64,923 |
Caltrans |
Evaluate the Effectiveness of Ladder Style Crosswalks. |
| Rezakhanlou, Fraydoun |
CPAM |
$272,852 |
NSF |
Collective Behavior of Stochastic Systems. |
| Romanowicz, Barbara A. |
BSL |
$436,000 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
Operation of the Northern California Earthquake Management Center: Collaboration between UC Berkeley and the USGS Menlo Park. |
| Romanowicz, Barbara A. |
BSL |
$74,000 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
The BARD Continuous GPS Network: Monitoring Earthquake Hazards in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, a Collaboration between UCB. |
| Schor, Clifton M. |
Optometry |
$109,943 |
Bausch and Lomb |
Influence of Near (Reading) Spectacle Corrections on Binocular Eye Alignment: A Clinical Trial. |
| Shaiken, Harley S. |
IAS |
$10,000 |
Sandler Family Supporting Foundation |
Center for Latin America Studies for General Support. |
| Shewchuk, Jonathan |
ERSO |
$280,000 |
NSF |
Collaborative Research: Triangulating Manifolds of Low Dimension and Low Co-Dimension. |
| Skabardonis, Alexander |
ITS |
$25,000 |
Caltrans |
A Proposed RFID Field Integration with Smart Parking. |
| Speed, Terence P. |
FGL |
$89,101 |
LBNL |
Elizabeth Purdom for the Berkeley Cancer Genome Center (39-14). |
| Stanley, Cara |
SLC |
$30,000 |
UCOP |
Community Educators' Institute: A Community-Centric Approach to College Academic Preparation and Outreach Efforts. |
| Stojadinovic, Bozidar |
ERSO |
$186,676 |
Caltrans |
Pre-Stressed Structural Systems for Smart California Bridges (PRESS-Bridge): Exploratory Study. |
| Wang, May-Choo |
CNR |
$256,652 |
UCD |
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program. |
| Wang, May-Choo |
CNR |
$214,273 |
UCD |
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program. |
| Weir, Margaret M. |
IURD |
$3,200,000 |
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
Building Successful Regions. |
| Welsh, Barry Y. |
SSL |
$49,000 |
NASA |
The Local Interstellar Medium Legacy Project. |
| Weston, Donald P. |
IB |
$532,000 |
California EPA Water Resources Control Board |
Reducting Unexplained Toxicity to Protect Sediment Quality Associated with Irrigated Agriculture, Hereinafter Called Project. |
| White, Richard M. |
ERSO |
$250,000 |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Participation Agreement. |
| Willer, Robb |
IBER |
$25,696 |
NSF |
Collaborative Research: Status and the Organization of Collective Action. |
| Wilson, Mark |
Education |
$1,056,100 |
California Postsecondary Education Commission |
Continuing Development and Study of the Re-Designed Results Developmental Profiles (DRDP) - Revised (DRDP). |
| Wilson, Mark |
Education |
$624,400 |
U.S. Department of Education |
Berkeley Research Experience and Methodology (BREM) Program. |
| Yelick, Katherine A. |
ERSO |
$675,000 |
DOE Chicago Field Office |
Institute for Scalable Application Development Software: Proposal for a SciDAC Institute. |
| Zhou, Peter X. |
Library |
$150,000 |
Korea Foundation |
Acquisition of Collections on Korea. |
| Zucker, Robert S. |
MCB |
$1,623,825 |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes |
SNARE Protein Dynamics during Synaptic Transmission. |
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