Awards
July and August 2000
The list below includes all awards processed and reported to the Board of the Institutions of Higher Learning during the months of July and August 2000. The Office of Research congratulates all recipients. Thank you for your hard work.
- Charles Alexander, Mathematics
Lucile McCook, Biology - National Science Foundation/Jackson State University for “Mississippi Alliance or Minority Participation (Year 4),” $80,986.
- Maribeth Stolzenberg, Physics and Astronomy
- National Science Foundation/POWRE for “POWRE: Using Total Lightening Data for Storm-scale Research,” $69,017.
- Bob Woolsey, Mississippi Mineral Resource Institute
- Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant for “BALLAST WATER TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: Acoustic Screen Filtration for Control of Nonindigenous Species in Ballast Water,” $12,600.
- Steve Brewer, Biology
- Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant College for “Anthropogenic Euthrophication of Salt Marsh Communities: Interactions between Environmental Stress and Nutrient Addition,” $9,876.
- Raju Mantena, Mechanical Engineering
- Sound Alliance-Dow Automotive for “High-strain Rate and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Various Densities of Static-mix Betafoam,” $19,750.
- Raju Mantena, Mechanical Engineering
- DOW Automotive for “High-Strain Rate and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of 24 PCF Static-Mix BETAFOAM,” $20,000.
- Peter Sukanek, Chemical Engineering
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration for “Mississippi NASA EPSCoR Preparatory Grant Proposal (Supplement),” $225,000.
- Dale Nagle, Pharmacognosy
- The American Society of Pharmacognosy Foundation for “Discovery of New Angiogensis Inhibitors to Treat Cancer,” $2,500.
- Maurice Eftink, Chemistry
- U.S. Department of Education for “Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need: Chemistry,” $102,000.
- Maurice Eftink, Chemistry
- National Science Foundation for “Multi-Dimensional Studies of Protein Folding (Year 2),” $135,000.
- Atef Elsherbeni, Electrical Engineering
- Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) for “ACES Electronic Publication Pilot Project, Phase II,” $13,295.
- David Hargrove, Psychology
- East Mississippi State Hospital for “Clinical Psychology Training Program Between East Mississippi State Hospital and The University of Mississippi, Department of Psychology,” $20,000.
- Joe Blackbourn, Curriculum and Instruction
- Mississippi State University/U. S. Department of Education for “Project RESPONSE (Retraining Educators to Serve the Population Needing Special Education),” $49,170.
- Hank Bass, National Center for Physical Acoustics
- United Nations Prepatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization for “UN Proposal-Infrasound Stations-IS53 Eielson, IS56 Newport, IS57 Pinon Flat, IS58 Midway Island, and IS60 Wake Island,” $98,000.
- Ken Gilbert, National Center for Physical Acoustics
- U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for “Acoustic Technology Research: New and Innovative Ideas for Advanced Technology Exploitation,” $300,000.
- Terry Panhorst, Geology & Geological Engineering
- U.S. Department of Interior-U.S. Geological Survey EDMAP Program for “Geologic Mapping of Keownville, Mississippi Quadrangle,” $8,960.
- Charles Clark, Continuing Studies
- MS Department of Environmental Quality for “Summer Institute Environmental Education for Teachers and Ecology Day Camp,” $6,000.
- Alice Clark, National Center for Natural Products Research
- U. S. Department of Agriculture for “NCNPR/NPURU: Development of Natural Products from Plants and Microbes for Replacement of Synthetic Pesticides, Amendment 5,” $10,140.
- Mark Hamann, Pharmacognosy
- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Novel Approaches to the Characterization of Antiinfective Agents (Year 3),” $91,908.
- Mahmoud ElSohly, National Center for Natural Products Research
- U. S. Agency for International Development/Funds via Foreign Relations Coordination Unit, Egypt for “Appropriate Quality Control Procedures of Herbal Drugs in Egypt,” $40,000.
- Jay Johnson, Sociology and Anthropology
- National Endowment for the Humanities for “The Chickasaws: Economics, Politics, and Social Organization in the Early Eighteenth Century,” $74,995.
- David Graves, Chemistry
- National Institutes of Health for “Topoisomerase Targeting Agents: Chemistry to Chemotherapy (Symposium),” $2,000.
- David McCaffrey, Pharmacy Administration
- Saint Anthony Educational Foundation, Incorporated for “Opportunities and Challenges Associated with the Implementation of Pharmaceutical Care in Mississippi,” $5,000.
- Brian Barkdoll, Civil Engineering
- U. S. Department of Agriculture for “Geotechnical Evaluation of Cohesive Materials and Their Interaction with Riparian Zones,” $275,353.
- James Chambless, School of Education
- Mississippi Department of Education for “University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program,” $1,154,207.
- James Chambless, School of Education
- Mississippi Department of Education for “University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program,” $1,154,207.
- Marc Slattery, Pharmacognosy/National Center for Development of Natural Products/Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Perry Institute for Marine Science for “Marine Biotechnology: Antimicrobial Natural Products from Cave Sponges,” $17,749.
- Daniel Geller, Political Science
- National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research on Updating the Militarized Interstate Dispute Data Set,” $25,565.
- P. David Rogers, Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- Ortho Biotech, Inc. for “Molecular Mechanisms of Azole Antifungal Resistance,” $3,000.
- Bob Lantrip, Mississippi Small Business Development Center
- U. S. Department of Energy/Oak Ridge National Laboratory for “Mississippi Small Business Development Center Inventors Conference,” $2,000.
- Jeanni Atkins, Journalism
- Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, Inc. for “Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information,” $10,161.
- Dawn Wilkins, Computer and Information Science
- National Science Foundation for “POWRE: Computational Methods to Support Molecular Biology Applications,” $74,745.
- Jane Logan, National Food Service Management Institute
- Virginia Department of Education for “Virginia Choice: Procurement Guidance for School Nutrition Professionals,” $77,599.
