Department of Defense Awards Grants to Support Research Equipment at 75 Colleges By SARAH J. REESE
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday that it plans to award $27-million in grants to support defense research at 75 colleges and universities. The awards will finance equipment to be used in current or future research. The department anticipates that the awards will range from $50,000 to $665,000, with an average of $215,000.
The principal investigators, institutions, and project descriptions follow:
* Matthew H. Alford, University of Washington at Seattle, moored profiling system
* Dana Anderson, University of Colorado, atom-optics testbed and vacuum-cell system
* Alexander A. Balandin, University of California at Riverside, high-resolution micro-Raman spectroscopy
* John S. Baras, University of Maryland at College Park, high-speed modeling and simulation testbed for networked systems
* Michael Bass, University of Central Florida, equipment for research on novel two-dimensional and true three-dimensional displays
* Jennifer T. Bernhard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, research on low-profile radiators in nonperiodic wide-band arrays
* Abhijit Bhattacharyya, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, probe station and driver for characterizing microelectro-mechanical systems
* Kenneth Birman, Cornell University, scalable-mission information systems
* Jeffrey Bons, Brigham Young University, instrumentation for low-pressure turbine separation control
* Kenneth Brentner, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, parallel computers for large-scale particle simulation methods
* April Brown, Duke University, streak camera for photoluminescence of wide-bandgap structures
* Arnold Burger, Fisk University, electrodynamic gradient system for semiconductor crystal growth
* Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada at Reno, equipment for investigating radio-frequency and microwave bioeffects
* Noel T. Clemens, University of Texas at Austin, particle image velocimetry for study of shock-induced turbulent separation
* Jonathan D. Cohen, Princeton University, computing environment for computational modeling of brain functions
* Terrence J. Collins, Carnegie Mellon University, instrumentation for research on novel, potent, nontoxic chemical material
* James Dickens, Texas Tech University, ultrafast imaging system
* David Dinges, University of Pennsylvania, instrumentation for investigating sleep loss and jet lag
* Dana D. Dlott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy of nanoenergetic materials
* Thomas G. Dobie, University of New Orleans, vibration testing system for human factors and materials research
* William Alan Doolittle, Georgia Institute of Technology, materials development and performance characterization
* David R. Dowling, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, hydrodynamic sound source localization system
* Eric T. Eisenbraum, State University of New York at Albany, nanostructural coatings for defense applications
* Harindra J. Fernando, Arizona State University, stereoscopic particle velocimetry system for flow measurements
* Harold Fetterman, University of California at Los Angeles, polymer-optical equipment systems
* David M. Fratantoni, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, autonomous glider operation
* Peretz P. Friedmann, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, main-rotor test stand for active control of vibration and noise
* Thomas Gallagher, University of Virginia, optical and millimeter-wave double-resonance spectroscopy
* Leonid Glebov, University of Central Florida, femtosecond laser for photo-thermo-refractive glass
* William A. Goddard III, California Institute of Technology, multiscale modeling for material optimization and design
* David Goldhaber-Gordon, Stanford University, investigation of gated electronic nanostructures
* Philip Goode, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 63-inch solar telescope
* H. Thomas Hahn, University of California at Los Angeles, characterization system for polymer nanocomposites
* Matthew J. Hawkins, University of Delaware, acoustically quiet system for Cape Henlopen replacement vessel
* Sophia E. Hayes, Washington University in St. Louis, polarized and detected nuclear magnetic resonance for semiconductor study
* Robert E. Hebner, University of Texas at Austin, hysteresisgraph system
* Joan M. Henson, Montana State University, equipment for research on fungal-plant mutualism
* Richard Holz, Utah State University, atomic force microscopy system
* Bruce M. Howe, University of Washington at Seattle, Seagliders
* Daniel R. Ilgen, Michigan State University, team structure and adaptability in changing situations
* Stephen Jacobs, University of Rochester, surface metrology for precision aspheric and conformal optics
* Anil K. Jain, Michigan State University, pattern recognition and image processing
* William E. Johns, University of Miami, Doppler current meters for coastal and marginal sea research
* Eric Johnson, University of Central Florida, tunable antenna-coupled uncooled infrared focal-plane arrays
* Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University, magneto-thermo-mechanical testing of magnetic-shape memory materials
* John F. Kearney, University of Alabama at Birmingham, flow cytometer for development studies on B. anthracis spore-ligand interactions
* Wolfgang Ketterle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, quantum-degenerate gases
* Lyon King, Michigan Technological University, ground-testing apparatus for investigating condensable propellants
* Sanjay Krishna, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, femtosecond mid-infrared pump-probe spectroscopy system
* William A. Kuperman, University of California at San Diego, autonomous underwater vehicle
* Andrew Kurdila, University of Florida, vision-based control
* Ming-Jun Lai, University of Georgia, analysis of scattered interpolation methods
* Donald W. Landry, Columbia University, instrument for small-molecule discovery research
* Ming C. Lin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, physically based interaction with massive data sets
* Curtis A. Link, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, rapid deployment three-dimensional seismic data acquisition system
* Chung-Chiun Liu, Case Western Reserve University, photoplotter for microprocessing of sensors, micro-fuel cells, and microbatteries
* Yicheng Lu, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, ultraviolet optical-characterization system for zinc oxide-based materials
* Gerald Lukovsky, North Carolina State University, processing chamber instrumentation for soft X-ray photoemission spectroscopy
* Gary A. Maddux, University of Alabama at Huntsville, advanced visualization display for weapons-system training
* Alexei A. Maradudin, University of California at Irvine, laser interferometric surface profilometer
* Jon-Paul Maria, North Carolina State University, instrumentation for high-frequency and high-temperature impedance analysis
* John T. Markert, University of Texas at Austin, scanning-tunneling microscope for magnetic-resonance-force microscopy
* Sandra P. Marshall, San Diego State University, networked eye-tracking apparatus
* Pino Martin, Princeton University, equipment for studying turbulent hypersonic flows
* Michael V. Mascagni, University of Florida, distributed and grid computing
* Dimitri N. Mavris, Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborative visualization environment for complex system design
* Michael Mendillo, Boston University, imaging science instrumentation
* James A. Mercer, University of Washington at Seattle, acoustic research
* Matthew Miller, Cornell University, mechanical loading, synchrotron X-ray diffraction system
* John R. Morris, Virignia Tech, reactions of chemical-warfare agent simulants on surfaces
* John F. Muth, North Carolina State University, pulsed laser deposition system
* John Nees, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, laser-target system for studies of relativistic nonlinear optics
* Keith A. Nelson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, equipment for semiconductor coherent control
* Richard Neu, Georgia Institute of Technology, elevated temperature fretting apparatus
* Daniel Neumark, University of California at Berkeley, zero-electron kinetic energy and velocity-map imaging spectroscopy
* Arogyaswami J. Paulraj, Stanford University, radio propagation measurement system and computer cluster
* Donald J. Perkey, University of Alabama at Huntsville, system for retrieving surface parameters for the atmospheric boundary layer
* Nasser Peyghambarian, University of Arizona, optical fiber lasers
* Shashi Phoha, University of Pennsylvania, surveillance sensor networks: operational testbed
* Christophe Pierre, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, scanning laser vibrometry system
* Stephen Pope, Cornell University, system for simulating turbulence and combustion
* John Price, University of Colorado, molecular rotor characterization: ultra-high vacuum dielectric spectrometer
* James Rankin, Ohio University at Athens, light detecting and ranging navigation and surveillance system
* Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, swash sensor array
* Laura Ray, Dartmouth College, instrumentation for communication and hearing protection
* Asok Ray, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, instrumentation for complex systems failure collaboratory
* Richard F. Riesenfeld, University of Utah, five-axis high-speed machining
* Patrick Roblin, Ohio State University at Columbus, nonlinear radio-frequency research instrumentation
* Donald O. Rockwell, Lehigh University, high-resolution stereo and orthogonal imaging system
* James M. Sabatier, University of Mississippi, tilt sensor vibration measurement system
* S. Shankar Sastry, University of California at Berkeley, adaptive coordinated networks of multimodel, multiagent teams
* Laura Schaefer, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, visualization equipment for investigating turbulent combustion
* John R. Scully, University of Virginia, characterization of multifunctional corrosion-resistant coatings
* Sudipta Seal, University of Central Florida, plasma processing for nanoparticles to bulk materials
* John H. Seinfeld, California Institute of Technology, atmospheric research instrumentation in support of Twin Otter aircraft
* Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, instrumentation for all-solid-state optical cryocooler systems
* Thomas R. Shrout, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, digital ultrasound research
* Marek Skowronski, Carnegie Mellon University, studies of degradation of wide-bandgap devices
* Mani B. Srivastava, University of California at Los Angeles, heterogeneous air- and ground-based autonomous systems
* Andrew J. Steckl, University of Cincinnati, measuring dopant composition for rare-earth-doped electroluminescent devices
* Frederick Stern, University of Iowa, towing-tank maneuvering test flow-map measurement system
* Carlos R. Stroud, University of Rochester, quantum states of light using electromagnetically induced transparency
* Scott D. Sudhoff, Purdue University, genetic optimization processing array
* Bryan H. Suits, Michigan Technological University, magnetic-resonance explosive detection
* Shelton Taylor, University of Virginia, instrumentation for understanding of nonchromate inhibitors
* Eric J. Terrill, University of California at San Diego, autonomous ocean profilers for extreme weather
* Gregory N. Tew, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, characterizing macromolecular samples for self-assembly and nanotechnology
* Lang Tong, Cornell University, mobile wireless and sensor network testbed
* Michael S. Triantafyllou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, flow visualization apparatus for flow-induced vibrations
* Charles Tseng, Purdue University, equipment for bio-effects research
* Vladimir Tsukruk, Iowa State University, near-field optical and atomic-force microscope
* Stanislav Uryasev, University of Florida, decision-making network-analysis system
* Daniel van der Weide, University of Wisconsin at Madison, measurement system for electronic terahertz sensing
* Richard Van Duyne, Northwestern University, instrumentation for multidimensional spectroscopy, sensing, and microscopy
* John F. Vesecky, University of California at Santa Cruz, high-frequency radar instrumentation
* Stephan Von Molnar, Florida State University, fabrication and characterization of spin electronic devices
* Gilbert C. Walker, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, tunable infrared laser for use in infrared near-field microscopy
* Scott C. Weaver, University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, automated sequencing for biological defense research
* William P. Weber, University of Southern California, rheometric dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer
* Tomasz Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dynamic test system for studying fracture due to explosive and impact loads
* Peter F. Worcester, University of California at San Diego, low-frequency, broadband, high-efficiency, underwater acoustic sources
* Robert Mark Worden, Michigan State University, protein production for biosensors, biocatalysis, and fuel cells
* Ya-Hong Xie, University of California at Los Angeles, topographic and spectroscopic imaging of self-assembled quantum dots
* Yang Yang, University of California at Los Angeles, instrumentation for studying surface characterization of organic electronics