UDRF RESEARCH GRANTS PRESENTED
TO 13 FACULTY MEMBERS
UDRF RESEARCH GRANTS PRESENTED
TO 13 FACULTY MEMBERS
The University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) awards for 2002-03, totaling $381,603, have been awarded to 13 faculty members:
Baidurya Bhattacharya, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, $29,957 for "The Role of Small-Scale Fluctuations in Material Behavior and Failure";
Jeremy S. Edwards, assistant professor of chemical engineering, $30,000 for "Novel Technology for Whole Cell Transcription Profiling";
Joseph M. Fox, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, $30,000 for "Asymmetric Synthesis with Strained Molecules";
Eric M. Furst, assistant professor of chemical engineering, $30,000 for "Microrheological and Micromechanical Approaches to Celluar Mechanics and Motility";
Deni S. Galileo, assistant professor of biological sciences, $30,000 for "Invasive Brain Tumors";
Javier Garcia-Frias, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, $29,984 for "Turbo-like Codes for Quantum Error Correction";
Nancy Getchell, assistant professor of health and exercise sciences, $29,825 for "Multilimb Coordination in Typically Developing Children";
John E. Gizis, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, $27,290 for "A Search for Young Brown Dwarfs and Isolated Giant Plants";
Kristi L. Kiick, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, $30,000 for "Production and Characterization of Genetically Engineering Artificial Glycoproteins";
Joel P. Schneider, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, $30,000 for "Methodology Toward Protein-Specific Luminescent Probes";
Christopher Sommerfield, assistant professor of marine studies, $29,999 for "High-Resolution Morphologic Analysis of the Lower Delaware Estuary Seafloor";
Mark E. Warner, assistant professor of marine studies, $24,570 for "Understanding Changes to Photosynthetic Capacity in Harmful Algal Blooms"; and
K. Eric Wommack, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences, $29,978 for "Exploratory Investigations of Virioplankton in Hydrothermal, Deep Sea Environments."
