• Nanosystems Complex's Plans Take Shape
  • Trims of UC Budget May Total $162 Million
  • Deposits Show Campus Diversity Is Increasing
  • UCOP: Retirement Plan Enhanced
  • Senate Names Teaching Awardees
  • Staff Uphold Excellence
  • UC Regents Endorse Higher-Ed, K-12 Bonds
  • Stairwell to the Sand
  • Summer Sessions Returns with Unit Fee Cap, Employee Discount
  • Alumni Group Hosts Awards Banquet June 1
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  • Campus Contract and Grant Awards
  • Campus Notes
  • Credits
  • Campus Contract and Grant Awards

    Data provided by the Office of Research. "()" represent investigators' home departments when those are different from the administering unit.

    April 2002

    AONO, T., HASEGAWA, T. - History
    $3,000 - UC Berkeley
    "Britain in the Twin Crises and the Changing Atlantic
    Alliance 1961-63."
    BAMIEH, B. - Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
    $5,000 - U.S. Air Force
    The Mohammed Dahleh Symposium.
    BILLECI, C.M. - Arts and Lectures
    $5,000 - James Irvine Foundation
    James Irvine Foundation California Presenters Initiative.
    BILLECI, C.M. - Arts and Lectures
    $25,000 - James Irvine Foundation
    James Irvine Foundation California Presenters Initiative.
    BISCH, D.H. - Mathematics
    $335,021 - National Science Foundation
    "Subfactors and Symmetry."
    BOWERS, M.T. - Chemistry
    $830,470 - National Science Foundation
    "Gas Phase Ion Chemistry: Conformation and Energetics
    of Biopolymers and Solvated Salt Crystals."
    CLEGG, D.O. (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology) -
    Neuroscience Research Institute
    $50,000 - American Health Assistance Foundation
    "Regulation of Drusen Formation and Degradation in AMD."
    DEMING, T.J. (Materials) - Materials Research Laboratory
    $274,235 - Geltex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    "Preparation of Polyamino Acids for
    Pharmaceutical Applications."
    DENBAARS, S.P., NAKAMURA, S. - Materials
    $39,000 - University of Tsukuba
    "Growth and Optical Characterization of ALGaInN Structures."
    GOSSARD, A.C., SPECK, J.S. - Materials
    $450,000 - Rockwell International Corporation
    "Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Devices."
    HEEGER, A.J. (Physics), MOSES, D. - CPOS
    $608,856 - U.S. Air Force
    ""Plastic" Optoelectronics: Injection Lasers
    Fabricated from Soluble Semiconducting Polymers."
    HERBST, D.B. - Marine Science Institute
    $5,000 - Mono Lake Foundation
    "Mono Lake Alkali Fly Population Production Monitoring
    for 2001-2002: A Proposal for Continued Ecological
    Monitoring at Mono Lake."
    HONG, S., HO, H. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $23,300 - Spencer Foundation
    "Direct and Indirect Longitudinal Effects of Parental
    Involvement on Student Achievement:
    Multi-group Latent Growth Modeling Across Ethnic Groups."
    HU, E.L. (Electrical and Computer Engineering),
    KRAMER, L. (Quantum Institute) - California
    Nanosystems Institute
    $320,000 - National Science Foundation
    REU Site - Internships in Nanosystems Science,
    Engineering and Technology.
    HUISGEN-ZIMMERMAN, B. - Mathematics
    $10,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Conference on Representations of Algebras and Related Topics."
    JORDAN, M.A. - Neuroscience Research Institute
    $89,728 - Eisai Research Institute
    "Proposal for Continuation of Study on the Mechanism
    of Action of Synthetic Halichondrin Analogs."
    JUERGENSMEYER, M. (Sociology) -
    College of Letters and Science
    $15,468 - UC Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation
    Canadian Center for Foreign Policy Development
    Conference on Religion and Violence.
    KELLER, A.A. - Donald Bren School of
    Environmental Science and Management
    $2,000 - CAL EPA Office of the Secretary
    Santa Clara TMDL Consensus Process.
    KNELLER, B. - Institute for Crustal Studies
    $66,000 - CONOCO, Inc.
    "Three-Dimensional Heterogeneity of Submarine
    Channel-Levee Systems: Lithofacies Geometry,
    Architecture and Process."
    LANGER, J.S. - Physics
    $299,598 - Energy Dept.
    "Theories of Strongly Nonequilibrium Phenomena,
    Especially Deformation and Fracture in Solids."
    LEGRADY, G. (Art Studio) - Music
    $10,000 - UC Digital Media Innovation Program
    "Seeing the Forest: Maximizing the Value of
    Digital Arts-Industry Collaborations."
    LEVI, C.G. - Materials
    $309,116 - U.S. Navy
    "Enhancing the Environmental Durability of Thermal
    Barrier Systems: Roles of Constitution and Microstructure."
    LEW, J. (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) -
    Neuroscience Research Institute
    $150,000 - CAL Department of Health
    "Role of Cdk5 in Alzheimer’s Disease:
    Substrate Specificity and Cellular Targets."
    LOOMIS, J.M., BEALL, A.C. - Psychology
    $607,813 - U.S. Air Force
    "Visual Control of Locomotion."
    LOVE, M.S. - Marine Science Institute
    $9,607 - UC Sea Grant College Program
    "Creating an Internet-Accessible Video
    Library of Pacific Coast Fishes."
    LOW, D.A. - Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
    $291,903 - Public Health Service
    "DNA Methylation and Pili Gene Regulation."
    MACKIE, D.M. - Psychology
    $1,126,426 - Public Health Service
    "Intergroup Emotions, Prejudice and Discrimination."
    MAZER, S.J. (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology),
    HUFFORD, K.M. - Marine Science Institute
    $22,750 - SRS Technologies
    "Rare Plant Community Restoration: Native Grasslands
    on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County,
    California."
    ODETTE, G.R. (Mechanical and Environmental Engineering),
    LUCAS, G.E. - Chemical Engineering
    $255,000 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    "Nano-Composited Steels for Nuclear Applications."
    RAY, M.K. - Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
    $1,444 - CAL Department of Education
    Instructional Materials.
    REICHMAN, O.J. (Marine Science Institute),
    ANDELMAN, S.J. (Marine Science Institute) -
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
    $450,000 - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
    "Postdoctoral Training in the Management of Environmental
    Information: A Proposal to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."
    RINKER, R.G. (Chemical Engineering) - College of Engineering
    $232,138 - UC MESA
    Continuing MESA Program (MESA Schools Program/MSP).
    ROOF, W.C. - Religious Studies
    $179,795 - State Dept.
    "Religion in the U.S.: Pluralism and Public Presence."
    ROTHMAN, J.H. (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology),
    DERRY, W.B. (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)
    Neuroscience Research Institute
    $1,475,397 - Public Health Service
    "Function of the p53 Tumor-Suppressor in C. Elegans."
    ROTHSTEIN, S.I. - Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
    $48,000 - U.S. Air Force
    Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and Neotropical
    Riparian Bird Monitoring Project.
    RUMBERGER, R.W. (Education) - Gevirtz Graduate School of
    Education
    $22,176 - UC California Policy Research Center
    "The Characteristics of Effective Elementary
    Schools for California Latino Students."
    SMITH, S.T. (Anthropology) - Institute for Social,
    Behavioral, and Economic Research
    $19,700 - Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research
    The UCSB Dongola Reach Expedition.
    SWEENEY, S.H., KYRIAKIDIS, P. - Geography
    $74,937 - Southern California Association of Governments
    "Sub-county Population and Household Projections
    for SCAG Sub-regions, Cities and Unincorporated
    Areas to 2025."
    THEOFANOUS, T.G. - Chemical Engineering
    $385,000 - NASA
    "The Limits of Coolability in Thermal Systems for
    Space Applications."
    VANDENBERG, C.A. (Molecular, Cellular and
    Developmental Biology) -
    Neuroscience Research Institute
    $1,144,038 - Public Health Service
    "PDZ Interactions and Inward Rectifier K Channel Function."
    YANG, H.T. - Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
    $260,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Generic Sensing Modules Development and Hierarchical
    Technology for Civil and Mechanical Systems."
    ZWICK, R. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $10,000 - UC Berkeley
    "The Validity of University of California Admissions
    Criteria: An Analysis within Campuses, Cohorts, and
    Student Groups."