New Grant and Contract Awards

The following researchers received a new grant or contract since the 21st Scire edition. Award amounts are totals expected for the entire funding period. The list does not include supplements, modifications or other changes to existing grants or contracts. For awards that have more than one investigator, the first faculty member listed is the principal investigator.

*Indicates additional information and description concerning this project is included in this edition of Scire. Look for a brief synopsis of each new or continuing project under 'A Glimpse into the Future.' It is our goal to offer with each upcoming edition of Scire a taste of the research that faculty, graduate and undergraduate students are currently involved in. We hope to encourage incoming students at all levels to seek out the faculty and area of their interest to take full advantage of the educational opportunities that Old Dominion University and the College of Sciences has to offer.

Julian Ashford, adjunct assistant professor of biological sciences, and Cynthia M. Jones, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Population Spatial Structure and Stage-Specific Connectivity of the Toothfishes Dissostichus Eleginoides and D. Mawsoni;" National Science Foundation, $441,363.

Jay A. Austin, research assistant professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Cross-Shelf Transport and Alongshelf Exchange Processes in Regions of Multiple Mesoscale Fronts;" Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, $100,297.

Carryl Baldwin, assistant professor of psychology, "Functional Hearing Ability within the Context of Driving," U. S. Public Health Service (including NIH), $61,945.

Craig A. Bayse, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Understanding the Role of Se…N, O Interactions in the Activity of Selenoproteins and Their Mimics: A Theoretical Study;" Jeffress Research Grants Program, $30,000.

Mark J. Butler and Andrew S. Gordon, professors of biological sciences, "Hard-Bottom Dynamics in the Florida Keys: Monitoring and Targeted Research;" National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $51,443.

Kent E. Carpenter, associate professor of biological sciences, "Marine Protected Area GAP Analysis: Caribbean GIS Database;" World Conservation Union, $9,982. Also, "ODU/Eastern Central Atlantic Guide;" Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, $30,000.

CCPO (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography), "Seasonal and International Variability of Physical-Biological Coupling in the Bering Sea;" North Pacific Research Board, $191,158.

Roland A. Cooper, assistant professor of biological sciences, "Toxicity of Artemisinin in the Human Malaria Parasite;" U. S. Public Health Service (including NIH), $264,528. Also, "Alkylation of Proteins by the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin;" Jeffress Research Grants Program, "30,000.

Glenn F. Cota, research professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "(High Latitude) Bio-Optical Algorithm Development and Validation;" Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, $8,000.

Gregory A. Cutter, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "A Linked Initiative for Developing Minority Doctoral Scholars in Ocean Sciences;" Hampton University, $30,222.

Dennis A. Darby, professor, Gregory A. Cutter, professor, and Jens F. Bischof, research assistant professor, ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Collaborative Research: Trans Arctic 2005 Expedition for Development of a Pan-Arctic Stratigraphy and Paleoclimate Record;" National Science Foundation, $168,443.

Daniel M. Dauer, eminent scholar of biological sciences, John R. Donat, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Harold G. Marshall, professor emeritus of biological sciences, "2003 Update of Status and Trends in Water Quality and Living Resources of the Chesapeake;" Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $15,315.

*Frank P. Day, professor of biological sciences, "Long-Term Ecological Research on Disturbance, Succession and Ecosystem State Change at the Virginia Coast Reserve - Subcontract: Vegetation Monitoring on the Hog Island Chronosequence;" University of Virginia, $10,000. Also, "Belowground Plant Responses to Carbon Dioxide Enrichment in an Oak-Scrub Ecosystem in Central Florida;" Smithsonian Institute, $219,818.

Frederick C. Dobbs, associate professor, and Martina A. Doblin and Lisa A. Drake, research assistant professors, ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Identifying, Verifying and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices for NOBOB (no ballast on board) Vessels (Great Lakes Protection Fund Proposal);" University of Michigan Department of Parks and Recreation, $147,703.

John R. Donat, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program;" Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, $478,557.

Alexander Godunov, research assistant professor of physics, "Support at Los Alamos National Laboratories;" Los Alamos National Laboratories, $50,000.

Andrew S. Gordon, professor, and Harold G. Marshall, professor emeritus, biological sciences, "The Detection and Study of Harmful Algae;" Virginia Department of Health, $4,545. Also, with Mark J. Butler, professor of biological sciences, "Hard-Bottom Dynamics in the Florida Keys: Monitoring and Targeted Research;" National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $23,558.

Chester E. Grosch, professor of computer science, "Studies in Forced and Time-Varying Turbulent Flow;" NASA Langley Research Center, $50,000.

Barbara Y. Hargrave, and Christopher Osgood, associate professors of biological sciences, "Development of a Mouse Model to Investigate Gender Differences in Drug-Induced Cardiovascular Disease;" Jeffress Research Grants Program, $30,000.

*Mark D. Havey, eminent scholar of physics, "Localization of Light in High-Density Ultracold Atomic Vapors;" National Science Foundation, $419,300.

Eileen E. Hofmann and John M. Klinck, professors, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Biogeochemical Processes in the Ross Sea: A Modeling Approach;" National Science Foundation, $397,293. Also, "Eastern U. S. Continental Shelf Carbon Budget: Modeling, Data Assimilation and Analysis;" NASA Headquarters, $83,857. Also, with John M. Klinck, "Continued Hydographic Studies and Analysis in Support of the U. S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program;" National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $24,997.

Cynthia M. Jones, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, and Robert F. Dias, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "How Seagrass Beds Support Healthy Fish Growth: A Study of Trophic Structure in the Chesapeake Bay Using Stable Isotopes;" Virginia Marine Resources Commission, $69,996. Also, Cynthia M. Jones and Zhongxing Chen, adjunct assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "How Essential Fish Habitat Influences Population Structure for Spotted Sea Trout, Cynoscion Nebulosus, with Special Emphasis in Chesapeake Bay;" Virginia Graduate Marine Science Consortium, $78,702.

Hideaki Kaneko, professor of mathematics and statistics, "A Posteriori Error Analysis for Hierarchical Finite Element Method for Heat Conduction in Multilayered Plates;" NASA Langley Research Center, $75,000.

R. Bowen Loftin, director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Rick McKenzie, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Mark W. Scerbo, associate professor of psychology: "National Center for Collaboration in Medical Modeling and Simulation;" Eastern Virginia Medical School, $600,000.

Debra A. Major, associate professor of psychology, "Implementing a Pediatric Asthma Guideline in Adult Emergency Departmants;" Eastern Virginia Medical School, $17,292.

Kurt J. Maly, eminent scholar, and Mohammad Zubair, professor, computer science, "Tools for Extracting Metadata and Structure from Defense Technical Information Center Documents;" Defense Technical Information Center, $50,000. Also, "Digital Library Grid;" Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, $74,250. Also, with Ravi Mukkamala, professor of computer science, "IBM Faculty Award;" IBM, $40,000.

*Harold G. Marshall, professor emeritus of biological sciences, and Perry M. Duncan, associate professor of psychology, "The Detection and Study of Harmful Algae;" Virginia Department of Health, $250,000.

*Michael L. Nelson, assistant professor of computer science, "Digital Library Grid;" Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, $47,750.

Nora Noffke, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in the Pongola and Witwatersrand Supergroups, South Africa;" National Science Foundation, $113,061.

Bryan E. Porter, associate professor of psychology, and Jeffrey Y. Harlow and Tancy Vandecar-Burdin, director and associate director, Social Science Research Center, "A Community Assessment of Drinking and Driving Predictors: Alcohol Outlets and Socioeconomic Factors;" Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, $1,500.

Alan H. Savitzky, associate professor of biological sciences, "SGER: Sequestrations of Dietary Toxins in Toad- and Mollusk-Eating Snakes;" National Science Foundation, $139,728.

Mark W. Scerbo and James P. Bliss, associate professors, and Peter J. Mikulka and Frederick G. Freeman, professors, psychology, "Measuring Task-related and Unrelated Thought Processes;" Office of Naval Research, $36,000.

Elizabeth A. Smith, research assistant professor, Center of Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Virginia's Access and Mid-Atlantic Geospatial Consortium Remote Sensing of Virginia's Natural Resources for Education;" Virginia Space Grant Consortium, $23,196.

Daniel E. Sonenshine, professor emeritus of biological sciences, "Bioassays to Determine an Effective Lethal Attractant Bait for Controlling Triatome Bugs;" IPM Technologies Inc., $22,202.

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, associate professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "A Harmful Algal Bloom Observing System for Coastal Regions Using a Surface Autonomous Vehicle;" Center for Innovative Technology, $99,955.

Leposava Vuskovic, professor of physics, and Svetozar Popovic, research scientist, aerospace engineering, "Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generator Research and Development;" NASA Langley Research Center, $92,961.

Larry Weinstein, professor; Paul E. Ulmer, associate professor; Gail E. Dodge, associate professor; Sebastian E. Kuhn, professor; and Charles Hyde-Wright, professor, physics, "Renewal: From Quarks to Nuclei;" U. S. Department of Energy, $560,000.

G. Richard Whittecar, associate professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Hydrogeologic Site Assessment and Monitoring - Wetland Creation Site, Weanack Port Facility, Charles City County, Va;" Virginia Tech, $10,000.

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