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

    July 2002

    ANTONUCCI, R.R., OGLE, P., Physics, $53,448,
    Smithsonian, "Probing the Hot AGN Outflow in NGC 4151."
    AWSCHALOM, D.D. (Physics), California NanoSystems
    Institute, $4,382,334, Defense Advanced Research
    Projects Agency, Center for Nanoscience Innovation
    for Defense (CNID).
    BILDSTEN, L., Physics, $309,410, National Science
    Foundation, "Probing the Deep Interiors of Accreting
    White Dwarfs Through Studies of Their Non-Radial
    Oscillations."
    BLUMENTHAL, D.J., Electrical and Computer Engineering,
    $1,224,684, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
    "On-Chip Integration of Advanced Wavelength and Switching
    Functions for Robust Analog/Digital WDM Networks."
    BRUICE, T.C., Chemistry, $2,655,286, Public Health Service,
    "Biochemical Mechanisms Enzymes, Cancer, and Models."
    BUTLER, A.A. (Chemistry), Marine Science Institute,
    $58,663, UC Sea Grant College Program,
    "Molecular Approaches in Marine Pharmacology."
    CARLSON, J.M., Physics, $449,928, James S. McDonnell
    Foundation, "Complexity and Robustness."
    CHURCH, R.L., Geography, $65,000, California Department
    of Transportation, "Translating GIS Street Network
    Files for Use with Paramics."
    DAUGHERTY, P.S., Chemical Engineering, $1,046,766,
    Public Health Service, "Combinatorial Optimization
    of Protein Biosensors."
    DAWSON, D.R., Marine Science Institute, $50,000,
    Agriculture Dept., "Fuel Reduction, Product Utilization,
    and Low-Impact Forest Management in an Ecological
    Reserve at the Urban/Wildland Interface."
    ENGLE, J.M., Marine Science Institute, $76,000, UC
    Santa Cruz, "Coordination of Database Development,
    Protocol Standardization, and Regional Activities
    Between Minerals Management Service and Others in the
    Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Network."
    EVANS, A.G., Materials, $463,701, U.S. Navy,
    "Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
    on the Science Underpinning Prime Reliant Coatings."
    EVANS, A.G., ZOK, F.W., Materials, $1,500,000,
    Harvard University, "Mechanisms and Mechanics
    Governing Blast Mitigation in Naval Structures."
    FISHER, M.P., Physics, $381,000, National Science
    Foundation, "Strongly Correlated Low-Dimensional
    Systems."
    GREEN, J.L., DIXON, C.N., Gevirtz Graduate School of
    Education, $24,500, UC Office of the President,
    "Connecting K-12 Teachers and Students with UC
    Academic Forums: Researching Professional
    Development and Student Learning."
    HESPANHA, J., Electrical and Computer Engineering,
    $306,066, Honeywell, Inc., "Probabilistic Mapping
    and Distributed Cooperative Mission Planning."
    HILL, N.A., Materials, $180,106, Energy Dept.,
    "Design of the First Ferromagnetic Piezoelectric."
    HODGES, S.A., Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
    $45,000, National Science Foundation, "Analysis of
    Speciation Mechanisms in an Adaptive Radiation."
    JIMERSON, S.R., Gevirtz Graduate School of Education,
    $81,000, County of Santa Barbara, Challenge II Year 4.
    JONES, C., ROBERTS, D.A. (Geography), Institute for
    Computational Earth System Science, $55,000,
    Agriculture Dept., "High-Resolution Real-Time Forecasts
    for Southern California: Applications to Wildfires
    Management."
    KELLER, A.A., Bren School of Environmental Science
    & Management, $138,364, California Water Control
    Board, Santa Clara TMDL Consensus Process.
    KENDALL, B.E., MCAUSLAND, C., Bren School of
    Environmental Science & Management, $18,000,
    California EPA Environmental Health Hazard, "Assessment
    of Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors on Fall-Run
    Chinook Salmon in Dry Creek (Sacramento and Placer
    Counties)."
    KNAPP, R.A., Marine Science Institute, $78,827,
    UC Berkeley, "Amphibian Disease Dynamics in a
    Fragmented Landscape."
    KURIS, A.M., Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
    $15,352, Coastal Resources Alliance, "Preliminary
    Studies of Nonchemical Ghost Shrimp Control to Avoid
    Harm and Promote Spartina Bio-Control Populations."
    LAL, R., Neuroscience Research Institute, $1,286,000,
    Public Health Service, "Structure, Activity &
    Physiological Role of Hemichannels."
    LEAL, L.G., Chemical Engineering, $285,000,
    National Science Foundation, "Viscoelastic and
    Surfactant Effects on the Deformation, Breakup
    and Coalescence of Drops in Flow."
    LI, M., Computer Science, $201,430, National
    Science Foundation, "Kolmogorov Complexity
    and Its Applications."
    MACDONALD, N.C. (Mechanical & Environmental
    Engineering), California NanoSystems In stitute,
    $2,169,999, Ohio State University, "Optical True
    Time Delay Based on Recirculating (White) Cell and
    Micromirror Technology."
    POLANCO, T., KYRATZIS, A., Gevirtz Graduate School
    of Education, $15,000, UC Linguistic Minority
    Research Institute, "The Effects of Preschool
    and Kindergarten Experiences on Developing Early
    Scholastic and Self-Regulatory Competencies in Socially
    and Economically Disadvantaged Young Children."
    PUTNAR, M., Mathematics, $17,700, National
    Science Foundation, "Quadrature Domains
    and Related Topics."
    RAY, M.K., Orfalea Family Children’s Center, $31,000,
    California Department of Education, 2001-2002
    CDE Food Program Account.
    SASSEEN, T.P., CORDOVA, F.A., Physics, $28,051,
    Smithsonian, "A Combined Chandra/XMM Attack
    on the Astrophysics of the Hard X-Ray Background."
    SCALAPINO, D.J., Physics, $396,000, National
    Science Foundation, "Physics of Strongly
    Interacting, Many-Electron Systems."
    SHIMIZU, C.P., Asian American Studies, $5,000,
    UC Irvine, "The Fact of Asian Women."
    SMITH, R.C., Institute for Computational Earth
    System Science, $53,350, National Science Foundation,
    "Optical Environmental of the Western Antarctic
    Peninsula (WAP) Region."
    SYLVESTER, A.G. (Geological Sciences), Institute
    for Crustal Studies, $8,000, Interior Dept.,
    "Geologic Mapping of the Big Pine and Pine
    Mountain Faults: A Rotated Microplate Boundary
    in Southern California."
    THEOFANOUS, T.G., Chemical Engineering, $90,000,
    UC Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
    "Effective-Field Modeling of Rayleigh-Taylor Mixing."
    WEISSGLASS, J., Gevirtz Graduate School of Education,
    $50,000, UC Los Angeles, California Mathematics Project:
    Regional Site Support for Summer 2003 Flagship Institutes.
    YANG, H.T., BRUCH, J.C., Mechanical & Environmental
    Engineering, $24,000, NASA, "Determining
    Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials
    Using Nanoindentation and a Finite Element Method."
    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".