Lee D. Hoffer, Ph.D., research instructor of medical anthropology, recently received a two-year, $343,900 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, for research titled “Evaluating the Social Structure of a Local Heroin Market.” …
Two assistant professors of computer science and engineering, Christopher D. Gill, Ph.D., and Aaron D. Stump, Ph.D., recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards. The prestigious awards support “teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.” Gill’s $450,000 award is for his study, “Time and Event Based System Software Construction;” Stump’s $400,000 award supports his study, “Semantic Programming.” The awards are for five years. …
Michael R. Brent, Ph.D., professor of computer science and engineering, has received a two-year, $236,617 subcontract from the Danforth Plant Science Center for his study, “Ab Initio Gene Funding in Maize.”…
Raj Jain, Ph.D., visiting professor of computer science and engineering, was a keynote speaker at the 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, held in July in Fukuoka, Japan. Jain spoke on “Computer Networking: Recent Developments, Trends, and Issues.”…
Jonathan S. Turner, Ph.D., the Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering, and John W. Lockwood and Patrick J. Crowley, assistant professors of computer science and engineering, have received a three-year, $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for their study, “Development of a Diversified Router for Experimental Research in Networking.”…
Carrine Blank, Ph.D., assistant professor of earth and planetary science in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $40,246 grant from the University of Missouri-Rolla for research titled “Missouri Space Grant Consortium.”…
John R. Bowen, Ph.D., the Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $11,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for “Dissertation Research: The Socialization of Adult Welsh Language Learners.”…
Nancy Staudt, J.D., professor of law, has received a one-year, $64,869 grant from the National Science Foundation for a “Mid-Career Research Fellowship for Study in Law and Statistics.”…
Leeann E. Thornton, Ph.D., research associate in biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research titled “Biochemical and Physiological Analysis of Brassinosteroid-inactivating Cytochrome P450s That Module Plant Development.”…
Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $13,289 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Human Paleontology and Chronology of the Early Modern Humans From Pestera Muierii and Pestera Cioclovina, Romania.”…
Gudmundur Ulfarsson, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil engineering, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from Pennsylvania State University for research titled “Transportation Safety Evaluation Testbed.”…
Amy Q. Shen, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a three-year, $190,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her study, “Self-Powered Sensory Nerve System for Civil Structures Using Hybrid Forisome Actuators.” Shen is collaborating on the project with William F. Pickard, Ph.D., senior professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, and Rahmat Shoureshi, Ph.D., of the University of Denver. Shen also has received a $10,000 unrestricted gift from Procter & Gamble in continued support of her study of the formation of emulsion droplets inside micro-fluidic devices. …
Michael A. Swartwout, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a $48,597 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for research titled “Scarab/Bandit-C: Automated Object Interception and Robotic Servicing on a University Nanosatellite.”…
Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, gave The Kazuo Yamada Lecture at the Japanese Society of Electrocardiology meeting Oct. 7 in Toyama, Japan. The title was “Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia.” He also conducted a workshop on the ion-channel basis of cardiac arrhythmia at Nagoya University on Oct. 10.
Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., the Edward C. Dicke Professor of Engineering, gave a plenary talk at the U.S.-Korea Workkshop on Smart Structures Technologies, held in September in Seoul, Korea. Dyke also organized and hosted the 2004 International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, which was held in St. Louis and attended by 132 international participants.