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  • Campus Contract and Grant Awards

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

    November 2002

    ALDENDERFER, M.S. (Anthropology), Institute for Social,
    Behavioral, and Economic Research, $24,961, National Science
    Foundation, "High Risk Exploratory Research: Confirming an
    Upper Paleolithic Occupation of the Central Tibetan Plateau."
    APPELBAUM, R.P., DEGIULI, F., Sociology, $5,000,
    UC Institute for Labor and Employment, "The Development of
    Temporary Work in Italy or How Flexibility Becomes Routine."
    AWSCHALOM, D.D. (Physics), California Nano-Systems Institute,
    $330,000, U.S. Navy, "Biologically-Inspired Spintronics:
    Harvesting Photons and Self-Assembling Multifunctional
    Electronics."
    BAZAN, G.C. (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Mitsubishi Chemical
    Center for Advanced Materials, $240,000, Mitsubishi,
    "IRP5: Flexible Displays Fabricated by Processing the
    Active Materials from Solution."
    BECKER, L., Institute for Crustal Studies, $36,000,
    Johns Hopkins University, "Organic Synthesis in Hypervelocity
    Impacts."
    BILLECI, C.M., Arts & Lectures, $10,925,
    California Arts Council, Touring & Presenting Program.
    BLAES, O.M., Physics, $54,009, UC Los Alamos National
    Laboratory, "Angular Momentum and Energy Transport in
    Gamma-Ray Burst Accretion Flows."
    BURATTO, S.K. (Chemistry & Biochemistry),
    Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials,
    $280,000, Mitsubishi, "IRP4: Phosphors for Solid State
    Lighting and Quantum Dot LEDs."
    CARLSON, C.A. (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology),
    Marine Science Institute, $253,359, Virginia Institute of
    Marine Science, "Quantification and Modeling of DOC and DON
    Release in Marine Systems: A Study of Increasing Trophic
    Complexity."
    CHENG, K.T., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $37,125,
    UC MICRO, "Sequential Verification for RTL Design Using
    ATPG and Search Technologies."
    COLDREN, L.A., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $45,000,
    UC MICRO, "Opto-Electronic Wavelength Converter."
    DICKEY, T.D., Geography, $189,163, U.S. Navy,
    "High Resolution Time Series Measurements of Bio-Optical
    and Physical Variability in the Coastal Ocean as Part of
    HyCODE."
    FREDRICKSON, G.H., BANERJEE, S., Chemical Engineering,
    $75,000, UC Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Computational
    Studies of Statistical Field Theory Models of Soft Materials."
    GAUTIER, C.H. (Geography), O'HIROK, W.J., Institute for
    Computational Earth System Science, $660,000, Energy Dept.,
    "Understanding Radiative Processes in Realistic Cloud and
    Aerosol Distributions."
    GODDARD, J.H., BLANCHETTE, C.A., Marine Science Institute,
    $130,177, UC Davis, "Impacts and Control of an Invasive
    Seaweed in California Marine Protected Areas."
    HEEGER, A.J. (Physics), Center for Polymers & Organic Solids,
    $124,999, University of Washington, "Science & Technology
    Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology
    Research."
    HEGARTY, M., Psychology, $321,130, U.S. Navy,
    "ROLE: Internal and External Visualization in Complex Spatial
    Thinking."
    HERBST, D.B., Marine Science Institute, $162,000,
    California EPA Water Control Board, "Development of an
    Index of Biological Integrity for Streams of the Eastern
    Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe Basin Using Invertebrates and
    Algae as Indicators."
    HOFMANN, G.E. (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology),
    Marine Science Institute, $329,618, National Science Foundation,
    "Evolutionary Loss of the Heat Shock Response in Antarctic
    Fishes."
    HOFMANN, G.E. (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology),
    Whitmer, A.C., Marine Science Institute, $139,141,
    National Science Foundation, ADVANCE: Leadership Award.
    HOLDEN, P.A., Donald Bren School of Environmental
    Science & Management, $5,000, Southern California Coastal
    Water Research, "Comparative Evaluation of Microbiological
    Source Tracking Techniques."
    ILTIS, R.A., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $108,896,
    UC MICRO, "Fiber to Wireless LAN ­Enhancing Network
    Connectivity for Distributed Sensor and Communication
    Systems."
    JUERGENSMEYER, M. (Sociology), College of Letters & Science,
    $1,500 and $13,500, UC Institute of Global Conflict &
    Cooperation, Global & International Studies Program:
    IGCC Block/Activity Grants.
    KELLER, A.A., Donald Bren School of Environmental Science
    & Management, $49,999, UC Los Alamos National Laboratory,
    "Modeling Stochastic Multiphase Flow in Porous Media."
    KRAMER, E.J., Materials, $100,000, Semiconductor
    Research Corporation, "Structure and Fracture of Interfaces
    Strengthened by Adhesion Promoter Layers."
    KRAMER, E.J. (Materials), Mitsubishi Chemical Center for
    Advanced Materials, $300,000, Mitsubishi, "IRP1: Specialty
    Polyolefins."
    LEE, H., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $21,250,
    UC MICRO and $40,000, Sonatech, Inc., "Multi-Frequency
    Bistatic Backward Propagation Technique for High-Resolution
    Synthetic-Aperture Sonar Imaging."
    LONG, S.I., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $34,672,
    UC MICRO and $40,000, Nokia MobilePhones, Inc., "High
    Efficiency Switch-Mode Amplifiers for Portable and Base
    Station Applications."
    LUBIN, P.M., Physics, $83,840, UC Los Alamos National
    Laboratory, "Large Scale Optical Transient Survey: The TOSS
    Project."
    MAREK-SADOWSKA, M., Electrical & Computer Engineering,
    $2,812, UC MICRO, "Research on Physical Design."
    MAREK-SADOWSKA, M., Electrical & Computer Engineering,
    $20,250, UC MICRO, "Interconnect Planning for Hierarchical
    FPGA's."
    MAREK-SADOWSKA, M., Electrical & Computer Engineering,
    $16,875, UC MICRO, "Modeling, Testing and Diagnosing
    Deep Submicron Defects."
    MARTIN, C.L., Physics, $2,999, Space Telescope Science
    Institute, "An Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Survey of Star
    Forming Galaxies in the Local Universe."
    MARTIN, C.L., Physics, $50,000, UC Los Alamos
    National Laboratory, "SAGE Simulations of Primordial
    Dwarf Galaxies."
    MCFARLAND, E.W., Chemical Engineering, $80,427,
    Adrena, Inc., "Optimization of Photovoltaic Devices."
    MITRA, S.K., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $45,000,
    Philips/Polygram Corp. and $36,562, UC MICRO, "Efficient
    Image and Video Processing."
    ODETTE, G.R. (Mechanical & Environmental Engineering),
    Chemical Engineering, $200,000, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
    "Preparation of Deformation and Fracture Minibeam (DFMBs)
    and Other Specialized Specimens for the US JAERI
    Experiments."
    OLSEN, K.B., Institute for Crustal Studies, $49,984,
    UC Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Fully Non-linear
    Inversion of Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Propagation."
    PINE, D.J., Chemical Engineering, $308,990, National
    Science Foundation, "Colloidal Engineering of Photonic
    Materials."
    QUETIN, L.B., ROSS, R.M., Marine Science Institute, $96,000,
    Virginia Institute of Marine Science, "Long-Term Ecological
    Research on the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem: Climate Migration,
    Ecosystem Response and Teleconnections in an Ice-Dominated
    Environment."
    REICHMAN, O.J., (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology),
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis,
    $440,106, University of North Carolina, "An Information
    Infrastructure for Vegetation Science."
    ROBERTS, D.A., Geography, $27,000, UC Institute of Geophysics
    & Planetary Physics, "Spectral Unmixing of Multispectral
    Thermal Imager Data."
    SMITH, R.C. (Geography), Institute for Computational
    Earth System Science, $96,000, Virginia Institute of
    Marine Science, "Long-Term Ecological Research on the
    Antarctic Marine Ecosystem: Climate Migration, Ecosystem
    Response and Teleconnections in an Ice-Dominated
    Environment."
    SOLERI, D., Environmental Studies, $1,500,
    UC MEXUS, UC MEXUS Travel Grant.
    SPECK, J.S., Materials, $150,000, Cree Research,
    Inc., "AlGaN-Based UV Detectors."
    SPECK, J.S., NAKAMURA, S., Materials, $1,745,625,
    Cree Research, Inc., "Compact AIGaN-Based Emitters
    for Remote Bio-Agent Sensing."
    SRDANOV, V.I., Institute for Quantum Engineering,
    Science & Technology, $80,000, American Chemical Society,
    "F-Center Spin Glasses."
    STEMMER, S., Materials, $55,000, Semiconductor
    Research Corporation, "Atomic Scale Studies of High-k
    Gate Dielectrics: Interfaces, Phase Changes and Dielectric
    Properties."
    STEMMER, S., Materials, $110,000, North Carolina State
    University, "Atomic Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron
    Microscopy of Advanced Gate Dielectric Stacks."
    STROUSE, G.F. (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Center for
    Polymers & Organic Solids, $43,000, UC Los Alamos National
    Laboratory, "Theoretical and Magnetic Studies of Dilute
    Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Dots."
    STUCKY, G.D. (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Mitsubishi Chemical
    Center for Advanced Materials, $183,000, Mitsubishi,
    "IRP2: Organic-Inorganic Interpenetrating Polymeric Networks
    and Battery Materials."
    STUCKY, G.D. (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Mitsubishi Chemical
    Center for Advanced Materials, $200,000, Mitsubishi,
    "IRP3: Fullerenes for the Next Generation of Energy Device
    Materials."
    WANG, L.C., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $32,062,
    UC MICRO, "Sequential Equivalence Checking of Embedded
    Memories: Tools and Methodologies."
    WEISSGLASS, J., OSTWALD, T.J., Gevirtz Graduate School
    of Education, $47,259, UC Los Angeles, South Coast
    Science Project 02-03 (Advance).
    WILSON, D.S., Marine Science Institute, $52,886,
    Texas A&M University, Ocean Drilling Program Scientific
    Cruise 206.