RESEARCH &

CREATIVE ACTIVITY

2006 Major Sponsored Program

AND Faculty Awards
for Research & Creative Activity

OFFICE OF RESEARCH & GRADUATE STUDIES

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN
 3 Awards of $3 million or more
13 Awards of $1 million to $2,999,999
19 Awards of $200,000 to $999,999
47 Career and K Awards
50 Arts and Humanities Awards of $50,000 or more
53 Arts and Humanities Awards of $5,000 to $49,999
54 Patents Issued
56 Intellectual Property Licences
59 Creative Works in Fine and Performing Arts
63 Books
69 Recognitions and Honors
75 Glossary of Federal Agency Abbreviations

On the Cover: A photo illustration of UNL’s Diocles Laser, a

100-terawatt, ultra-fast laser with the highest combination
of peak and average power of any laser in the United States.
 Chancellor Harvey Perlman and Vice Chancellor Prem Paul

This is the fifth annual “Major Sponsored Program and Faculty

Awards for Research and Creative Activity” report. This booklet
highlights the successes of University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty
during 2006. The funding sources, projects and investigators on
major grants and sponsored program awards received during
the year are listed, as well as patents issued; published books
and scholarship; fellowships and other recognitions; intellectual
property licenses; and performances and exhibitions in the fine
and performing arts. This impressive list grows each year and I am
pleased to present evidence of our faculties’ accomplishments.

During FY2005-06, we achieved a funding milestone — UNL faculty

attracted $104.6 million in external funding to the institution. This
is the first time we exceeded $100 million and this in fact tripled
the comparable figure achieved ten years ago.

How have we reached this success? We have worked to closely

integrate our research priorities with our established programs
of excellence building on each success. We zealously foster
interdisciplinary research and collaborations with public and
private partnerships, thus expanding our economic development
efforts by working with business and industry. And we celebrate
our achievements and recognize that excellence attracts
excellence.

This booklet reports only the largest dollar amounts as reported

through our Office of Sponsored Programs. However, the majority
of our research and creative activity is conducted by single
investigators and scholars who are pioneering new frontiers
across all fields. Many faculty obtain funding at levels below the
significantly high thresholds set for inclusion in this report. This in
no way diminishes their scholarly contributions and we are proud
of all faculty achievement.

Thank you for your interest and support of research at UNL. We

are on the move!

Prem S. Paul
Vice Chancellor for Research and
Dean of Graduate Studies
 AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE
Active awards in 2006
* Indicates new in 2006

Allen, David Engineering

Blast Wave Absorbing Structures:
an Experimental & Modeling Program
$7,500,000 DOD-Army Research Laboratory
6/25/04 – 6/24/09
David Allen, dean of the College of
Engineering and professor of engineering
mechanics, with funding from the Army
Research Laboratory-Weapons and Materials
Research Directorate, directs a collaborative
effort focused on development of new
materials and technologies relevant to blast
mitigation and weapons detection. The program includes 24 UNL
faculty from six different departments—civil engineering, structural
engineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, electrical
engineering, engineering mechanics and mechanical engineering—
working on 15 multidisciplinary projects. The projects have the
common objective of providing new materials and technologies for
blast mitigation, mine detection and pathogen detection.

Banerjee, Ruma Biochemistry

Redox Biology Center
$10,190,697 DHHS-NIH-NCRR
9/30/02 – 8/31/07
Ruma Banerjee, George Holmes University
professor of biochemistry in the Institute
of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is
the director of the Redox Biology Center.
The center was established in 2002 with
a grant from the National Institutes of
Health as a Center of Biomedical Research
Excellence. The center’s researchers investigate how cells maintain
a reduction-oxidation balance, a process called redox homeostasis,
and study links between redox homeostasis and diseases such as
cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and cataracts.
The center’s research will provide important advances in the
understanding of redox regulation, comprising aspects of cellular
aging and controlled cell death.

Cassman, Kenneth Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences,

Agronomy and Horticulture
* Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences
$5,000,000 Nebraska Public Power District
Paul, Prem Vice Chancellor for Research and
4/1/06 - 3/31/2011 Dean of Graduate Studies
Kenneth Cassman directs the Nebraska
Center for Energy Sciences Research,
a collaboration between UNL and the
Nebraska Public Power District. The
center was established in April 2006 with
NPPD’s five-year, $5 million commitment
to support energy research that produces
new technologies, processes and systems that provide new or

AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

significantly enhanced renewable energy sources, improves the Fromm, Michael Center for Biotechnology
quality of life and boosts economic opportunity. The center fosters A Protein Interaction Database for Rice Protein Kinases
interdisciplinary collaboration among UNL faculty and with other $6,057,747 NSF
research institutions, public-sector agencies, and private sector 9/1/02 – 8/31/07
companies with similar interests. The center supports both basic Michael Fromm, director of the Center for
and applied research and has a broad mandate to explore a range Biotechnology and a professor of agronomy
of renewable energy opportunities (including biofuels, wind and and horticulture in the Institute of Agriculture
solar energy), as well as opportunities for energy conservation. and Natural Resources, is the Plant Genome
Research Center’s principal investigator.
Cotton, Dan Cooperative Extension The center was established in 2002 with a
eXtension—The Transformation of Cooperative Extension grant from the National Science Foundation
$6,800,000 (through 12/31/07) National Association of State and involves scientists from six universities. Research at the center
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges focuses on protein kinases of plants, in particular those of cereal
10/1/04 - 12/31/09 crops. Protein kinases are enzymes that affect the way plants react
Dan Cotton directs the eXtension Initiative, to their environments. Manipulating kinases could provide a means
an Internet-based land-grant university of regulating the tolerance of plants to disease and environmental
education and information system. UNL stresses, such as drought and temperature extremes.
is the lead institution in this multi-year Metabolite Signaling Center
project, which partners with the University $4,057,419 NSF-EPSCoR
of Kentucky and North Carolina State 2/1/04 - 1/31/07
University. This is a collaborative effort of Metabolite Signaling Center scientists examine the influence of
the nation’s 107 land-grant universities and the U.S. Department dietary molecules on human biology. They study the molecular
of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education and response to metabolites using primarily genomic technologies
Extension Service to develop content and technology for the to better understand the influence of chemicals in food on
eXtension project. eXtension is a virtual educational environment human and animal growth and development, an emerging area
that provides science-based, objective information. Users may of critical importance for Nebraska’s economy. One goal of the
take advantage of learning opportunities and interact with the research is development of agricultural products with value-added
expertise available from the land-grant university system. compositional changes that have beneficial effects on human
health. It is among the first centers in the country to focus on
Epstein, Michael Special Education and effects of plant metabolites on gene expression and development
Communication Disorders in the consuming organism. Researchers use genomics
Center for Behavior and Reading technologies such as microarrays, genome sequences, cell-based
$4,498,231 Dept. of Education bioassays and whole animal physiological studies.
10/1/01 – 9/30/07
Michael Epstein, William Barkley Professor Goddard, Stephen Computer Science
of special education and communication and Engineering
disorders, and co-investigator Ron Nelson, Drought Risk, Impact and Mitigation Information System
associate research professor of special $6,407,473 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA-FCIC
education and communciation disorders, Wilhite, Donald School of Natural Resources
have established the Center for Behavior and 9/1/05 – 9/30/08
Reading in the Center for At-Risk Children’s Stephen Goddard, associate professor
Services to focus on implementing and evaluating reading and of computer science and director of
behavior intervention programs for school-aged children. The aim UNL’s Laboratory for Advanced Research
of their research is to assess the overall and intervention-specific Computing, is principal investigator in a
effects of various programs on school, staff, child and family $6.4 million joint effort by climatologists
levels. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and computer scientists to bring cutting-
and involves seven participating schools in Lincoln’s public school edge computer science technologies to
system. Stephen Goddard agricultural producers’ age-old decision-
making processes. The three-year
partnership agreements are between
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk
Management Agency, UNL’s Department
of Computer Science and Engineering and
the UNL-based National Drought Mitigation
Center. A separate $1 million cooperative
Donald Wilhite agreement, directed by Donald Wilhite,
professor in the School of Natural Resources and director of the

 

AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

National Drought Mitigation Center, will support continued work Lewis, Jim Mathematics
on a tool that uses satellite technology and climate information to Math in the Middle Institute Partnership
detect vegetation stress on the ground for a much more detailed $5,000,000 NSF
view of drought’s scope and potential impact. Ruth Heaton Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Thomas McGowan Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Harwood, David Geosciences Barbara Jacobson Lincoln Public Schools
ANDRILL: Investigating Antarctica’s Role in 8/1/04 – 7/31/09
Cenozoic Global Environmental Change Jim Lewis, professor of mathematics; Ruth
$12,978,160 NSF Heaton, associate professor of teaching,
Levy, Richard Geosciences learning and teacher education; Tom
6/1/05 – 5/31/10 McGowan, professor of teaching, learning
David Harwood, professor of geosciences, and teacher education; and Barbara
leads an international team of scientists Jacobson, curriculum director for Lincoln
drilling beneath the Antarctic ice pack Public Schools, are co-leaders of a $5 million
to unearth geological strata that could project titled the Math in the Middle Institute Partnership. The goal
hold ancient clues to contemporary is to create the next set of leaders in middle school mathematics
global warming trends. The National who will mentor peers and offer challenging courses to their
Science Foundation has awarded $12.9 students. During the five years of the project, about 120 teachers
million to a consortium of five U.S. universities headed by UNL will participate in three in-residence summer sessions, four non-
and Northern Illinois University. Dubbed ANDRILL (ANtarctic resident academic semesters and take 10 courses created by math
geological DRILLing), the project is administered by the ANDRILL and pedagogy experts. Middle school is a gateway to high school
Science Management Office headquartered at UNL. ANDRILL success, and efforts to improve middle school learning, especially
is backed by more than $30 million in funding, including $9.7 in mathematics, show benefits at later stages in students’
million in previous and ongoing national agreements to support academic careers.
operations and nearly $8 million from the other countries to
support scientific research. Other members of the U.S. consortium Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
making up the American portion of the ANDRILL program are Process Research & Development of Antibodies as
Florida State University, Ohio State University and the University of Countermeasures for C. Botulinum Neurotoxin
Massachusetts Amherst. The project also includes scientists from $10,627,000 DOD-Army Medical Research
Germany, Italy and New Zealand. 3/1/02 – 2/10/07
Michael Meagher, Donald F. Othmer
Jose, H. Douglas Agricultural Economics Professor of chemical and biomolecular
North Central Risk Management Education Center engineering, is the director of the Biological
$3,600,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Process Development Facility. The facility
9/15/04 – 9/14/08 provides clients with process research and
The North Central Risk Management early manufacturing of new therapeutic
Education Center provides program molecules for human clinical testing. The
leadership and coordination for risk facility is also involved in the development of vaccines against
management education in the North Central biological warfare agents and products that can be used as
Region (Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, therapeutic countermeasures to treat people who have been
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, exposed to biological agents. Department of Defense funding has
Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota and led to the building of new laboratories that give the Biological
Wisconsin). It is one of four Risk Management Education Centers Process Development Facility new capabilities in mammalian cell
in the United States. They were established in 2001 to provide risk culture process research and development.
management education for agricultural producers to help them Fast-Track Production of a Heptavalent Botulinum Vaccine
develop knowledge, skills and tools needed to make informed risk $6,799,173 DynPort Vaccine Company
management decisions for their operations. 9/1/03 – 2/28/08
Meagher is also collaborating with DynPort Vaccine Co., the
University of Colorado, and the U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Disease to develop a vaccine that protects
against botulinum neurotoxin, a lethal agent that could be used for
bioterrorism. The goal is to develop vaccines that protect against
five subtypes of the toxin within the next one to two years and to
develop a vaccine for the other two types within five years. The
new vaccines could eliminate the threat of botulism as a weapon of
mass destruction.

 

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Laurence Rilett Civil Engineering Sheridan, Susan Educational Psychology
* Region 7 University Transportation Center Parent Engagement and Learning Birth to Five
$6,225,000 Department of Transportation—Research and $5,087,110 DHHS-NIH-NICHD
Innovative Technology Administration Edwards, Carolyn Psychology
2007 – 2010 9/26/03 – 9/30/08
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Susan M. Sheridan, Willa Cather professor of
Research and Innovative Technology educational psychology, and co-investigator
Administration has designated UNL’s Mid- Carolyn Edwards, Willa Cather professor
America Transportation Center as a regional of psychology and family and consumer
University Transportation Center. MATC is a sciences, are leading a team of researchers
consortium with UNL as the lead institution from UNL and UNMC in a school-readiness
with regional partners Kansas State project funded by three federal agencies.
University, University of Kansas, University of Missouri-Rolla and The team will launch and evaluate a comprehensive, community-
Lincoln University of Missouri. The Nebraska Department of Roads based early education program for children aged 0-5. The goal is
and the Kansas and Missouri Departments of Transportation also to increase children’s readiness for school by teaching parents to
are key partners. Laurence Rilett, Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in build an effective relationship with their children at home and to
engineering and technology in UNL’s civil engineering department, be active participants in their children’s learning when they enter
directs the center. Its focus is “improving safety and minimizing school. The program is designed to enhance children’s cognitive,
risk associated with increasing multi-modal freight movement behavioral and socioemotional well-being, which together set the
on the U.S. surface transportation system.” MATC will focus on stage for school readiness.
safety research related to rural transportation. Key safety research
areas include traffic control, animal crashes, safer at-grade Tomkins, Alan Public Policy Center
railway crossings and work zones and the development of more Community-Based & Faith-Based Organization Partners in an
effective and economical roadside crash barriers. The university Integrated System of Behavioral Health Care in Nebraska
transportation centers program supports transportation research, $3,504,226 DHHS-Admin for Children & Families
education and technology transfer that promote scientific 9/30/02 – 3/31/06
innovations in a variety of transportation modes and disciplines. Alan Tomkins, director of the Public Policy
Region 7 serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. It is one of Center and professor of psychology and
10 regional university transportation centers in the nation. law, is leading a project funded by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Sellmyer, David Center for Materials Research The goal is to enhance and expand the
Materials Research Science & Engineering capacity of community- and faith-based
Center; Nanomagnetic Structures organizations to provide high-quality services
$5,491,000 NSF as part of an integrated system of behavioral health care to rural
9/1/02 – 8/31/08 and urban communities. Among the hoped-for outcomes is to
David Sellmyer, George Holmes address the problem of insufficient resources by tapping into the
Distinguished Professor in the department extensive network of community- and faith-based organizations
of physics and astronomy at UNL, leads the who offer behavioral health care services. The project will be a
Materials Research Science and Engineering model for other states to emulate in coordinating and integrating
Center. The center was established in 2002 these groups into an effective delivery system.
with a grant from the National Science
Foundation and involves scientists from the Velander, William Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
departments of physics and astronomy, chemistry and mechanical cGMP Recombinant FIX and Oral Hemophilia B Therapy
engineering, and the School of Biological Sciences. MRSEC projects $9,794,346 DHHS-NIH-NHLBI
focus on fabricating and studying new magnetic structures and Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
materials at the nanometer scale. The research has applications Van Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
in advanced computing and data storage, handheld electronic 9/6/05 – 8/31/10
devices, advanced sensors and future medical technologies. William Velander, Donald R. Voelte Jr.
and Nancy A. Keegan Endowed Chair in
engineering, is principal investigator in a
partnership funded by a $9.9 million grant
from the National Institutes of Health/
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
The goal is to develop an abundant, pure,
safe and effective therapy for Hemophilia B using recombinant
human coagulation proteins produced in the milk of transgenic
pigs. The project builds on innovative bioengineering technologies

 

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pioneered by Velander that enable improved intravenous and novel Wood, Charles Biological Sciences
oral delivery of hemophilic factors to patients. Hemophilia B is a Nebraska Center for Virology
congenital bleeding disorder that causes pain, crippling injuries $10,354,057 DHHS-NIH-NCRR
and early death. It can be treated by Factor IX, a blood protein, 9/26/05 – 4/30/10
but the costs are prohibitive and most patients do not receive it. Charles Wood, Lewis Lehr/3M University
Velander’s project isolates Factor IX in the milk of transgenic pigs. Professor of biological sciences, is the
Production and Purification of Fibrinogen Components director of the Nebraska Center for Virology.
for Production Fibrin Sealant of Hemostatic Dressing The center, funded by the National Institutes
$5,398,990 DOD-Army Medical Research of Health, combines the expertise and
Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering facilities of Nebraska’s leading biomedical
Van Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering research institutions: UNL, the University
Inan, Mehmet Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University. Center
8/1/05 – 10/31/08 research addresses pathogenic and therapeutic aspects of some
Velander is also leading a project, funded by the Department of of the most devastating viral and neuroimmune disorders facing
Defense, to develop processes to produce recombinant fibrinogen the global community, including AIDS, HIV-associated cancers,
and other blood proteins for bandages and implant devices, and Alzheimer’s disease and chronic infections caused by herpes
to conduct research and clinical trials on their effectiveness. viruses and a new class of infectious agents called prions.
The fibrinogen bandage is a potentially life-saving technology Kaposi’s Sarcoma & Human Herpesvirus in Africa
for patients who lose large amounts of blood. When applied, $3,036,741 DHHS-NIH-Nat Cancer Institute
the bandage immediately begins clotting the wound, stemming Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, Kaposi’s sarcoma has
blood loss. The technology could be used in battlefield or other become the most frequently diagnosed pediatric cancer in
applications where patients are hemorrhaging. Fibrinogen sub-Saharan Africa. It is associated with Human Herpesvirus 8
technology could also play a role in helping develop implantable (HHV-8) and Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV). The project
devices with increased biological compatibility. Fibrinogen made looks to understand how these viruses are transmitted to children
from human plasma is scarce and expensive; Velander has by studying children in Lusaka, Zambia. The goal is to establish
developed a process for producing it from transgenic cattle bred the rates of transmission and to identify virologic, immunologic
with a human gene that enables them to produce fibrinogen. and ethnographic risk factors that predispose children to HHV-8
infection. It is anticipated that the information could be used to
Whitbeck, Les Sociology develop intervention strategies.
Cultural Resilience of Rural & Remote Ojibwe Families
$3,138,960 DHHS-NIH-NIMH Yohe, John IANR-Intl Programs
Hoyt, Dan Sociology International Sorghum/Millet Collaborative
7/1/02 – 6/30/07 Research Support Program (INTSORMIL)
Ojibwe Pathways Through the High School Years $36,990,000 U.S. Agency for International Development
$3,262,793 DHHS-NIH-NIDA 7/1/96 – 6/30/06
Johnson, Kurt Sociology $9,000,000
Park, Mingue Sociology * 9/30/06 – 9/29/11
Hoyt, Dan Sociology John Yohe, associate professor in the
9/3/05 – 6/30/12 department of agronomy and horticulture,
Les Whitbeck, professor of sociology, directs the International Sorghum/Millet
is coordinating two major projects. The (INTSORMIL) Collaborative Research Support
National Institute of Mental Health is funding Program. INTSORMIL is a collaborative
a five-year project to identify precursors of international organization that supports
mental disorders and to evaluate cultural research focused on improving nutrition
risks and protective factors among a and increasing income in developing countries and the United
population of pre-teen Native children in the States. Scientists from U.S. land grant universities collaborate
Upper Midwest area. A second project, funded by the National with scientists in host countries in the development of technology
Institute on Drug Abuse, is a five-year project to investigate risk to improve production and utilization of sorghum and millet and
and resilience for early onset substance use and abuse among pre- facilitate natural resource management. Their work is done in
teen Native children in the same region. Africa, Eurasia, Latin America and the United States.

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 Awards of $1 Million to $2,999,999
Active awards in 2006
* Indicates new in 2006

Banerjee, Ruma Biochemistry

Cystathionine Beta Synthase & Hyperhomocysteinemia
$1,177,264 DHHS-NIH-NHLBI
Mechanism of Methylmalonyl-CoAMutase: A Radical Enzyme
$1,023,449 DHHS-NIH-NIDDK
Regulation of Homocysteine-dependent Redox Homeostasis
$1,531,581 DHHS-NIH-NIDDK

Barycki, Joseph Biochemistry

* Structural Insights into Redox Homeostasis
$1,093,775 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS

Buckendahl, Chad Educational Psychology

Evaluation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
$2,398,258 Dept. of Education
Davis, Susan Educational Psychology

Caldwell, Robert School of Natural Resources

Thematic Soil Mapping for Site-Specific Management
$1,025,000 Dept. of Agriculture-IFAFS
Dobermann, Achim Agronomy and Horticulture
Adamchuk, Viacheslav Biological Systems Engineering
Ferguson, Richard Agronomy and Horticulture

Cerutti, Heriberto Plant Science Initiative

RNA-Mediated Silencing: Mechanisms and
Biological Roles in Chlamydomonas
$1,042,852 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS

Chen, Bing School of Engineering Technology

SPIRIT: Silicon Prairie Initiative on Robotics in IT
$1,170,488 NSF

Cotton, Dan Cooperative Extension

* New Technologies for Ag Extension (eXtension)
$1,425,600 Department of Agriculture-CSREES

DeKraai, Mark Public Policy Center

Child Mental Health SIG
$1,629,313 Nebraska Dept. Health and Human Services

Diamond, Judy University of Nebraska State Museum

Explore Evolution
$2,851,409 NSF

Doll, Elizabeth Educational Psychology

Inspiring Inquiry: Science Instruction Model for
Teachers in Rural, Culturally Diverse Schools
$1,261,684 Dept. of Education
Bruning, Roger Educational Psychology
Bonnstetter, Ron Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Horn, Christy Educational Psychology

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Dzenis, Yuris Engineering Mechanics Goddard, Stephen Computer Science and Engineering
NIRT: Manufacturing of Novel Continuous Climate & Soil Risk Information System
Nanocrystalline Ceramic Nanofibers $1,212,056 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA
$1,095,200 NSF Wilhite, Donald School of Natural Resources
Zeng, Xiao Cheng Chemistry Hubbard, Kenneth School of Natural Resources
Feng, Ruqiang Engineering Mechanics
Turner, Joseph Engineering Mechanics Green, Jordan Special Education and
Larsen, Gustavo Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Communication Disorders
Early Speech Motor Development
Eccarius, Malinda Special Education and $1,779,288 DHHS-NIH-NIDCD
Communication Disorders
Mountain-Prairie Upgrade Partnership Hoagland, Kyle School of Natural Resources
$1,155,054 Dept. of Education DNR Ground Water Management and
Protection Act Service Agreement
Espy, Kimberly Associate Vice Chancellor for $1,500,000 Dept. of Natural Resources
Research and Graduate Studies
* Prenatal Tobacco Exposure: Perinatal and Genetic Risks Hubbard, Kenneth School of Natural Resources
$1,242,130 DHHS-NIH-NIDA Services of the NOAA Regional Climate Centers
Wiebe, Sandra Office of Research $2,065,032 Dept. of Commerce-NOAA

Faller, Ronald Civil Engineering Jones, Vicky Northeast Research & Extension Center
Evaluation & Field Installation of Steel Tube & Northeast Nebraska Paraprofessional Ladder Project
Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier $1,976,095 Dept. of Education
$1,045,913 Indianapolis Racing League Lopez, William Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Holloway, Jim Civil Engineering
Reid, John Mechanical Engineering Josiah, Scott NE State Forest Service
Rohde, John Civil Engineering Cooperative Forestry Program
Sicking, Dean Civil Engineering $1,342,785 Dept. of Agriculture-FS

Farrell, Michael University Television Kamil, Alan Biological Sciences

* IPY: Engaging Antarctica Landmarks, Bearings and Way-Finding
$1,168,014 NSF $1,338,934 DHHS-NIH-NIMH
Diamond, Judy University of Nebraska State Museum Mechanisms of Visual Search and Attention
$1,029,062 DHHS-NIH-NIMH
Farritor, Shane Mechanical Engineering Bond, Alan Biological Sciences
Track Stability Assessment & Data Transmission
$1,681,506 Dept. of Transportation-FRA Koszewski, Wanda Nutrition and Health Sciences
Turner, Joseph Engineering Mechanics Building Nebraska Families
Nelson, Carl Mechanical Engineering $2,226,983 Ne Dept. of Health & Human Serv
Jones, Elizabeth Civil Engineering Birnstihl, Elizabeth IANR-Cooperative Ext
Khattak, Aemal Civil Engineering Schnepf, Marilynn Nutrition and Health Sciences
Sharif, Hamid School of Engineering Technology Nutrition Education Program
Rilett, Laurence Civil Engineering $1,280,914 Ne Dept. of Health & Human Serv
Birnstihl, Elizabeth IANR Cooperative Extension
Gladyshev, Vadim Biochemistry Schnepf, Marilynn Nutritional and Health Sciences
Functions of Mammalian Thioredoxin Reductases
$1,181,148 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra Physics and Astronomy
Selenoprotein as a Target for Cancer Prevention GK-12: Project FULCRUM-Building Partnerships
$1,356,161 DHHS-NIH-NCI $1,572,817 NSF
Methionine Sulfoxide Reduction, Selenium and Aging Dussault, Patrick Chemistry
$1,256,826 DHHS-NIH-NIA Kirby, Roger Physics and Astronomy
* Identity & Functions of Selenoprotein Genes Track 2, GK-12: Project Fulcrum: Phase II
$1,138,800 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS $1,987,732 NSF
Kirby, Roger Physics and Astronomy

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Lou, Marjorie Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Snow, Greg Physics and Astronomy
Protein-Thiol Mixed Disulfide in Cataractogenesis The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project
$1,721,697 DHHS-NIH-Natl Eye Institute $1,374,005 NSF
Claes, Daniel Physics and Astronomy
Lu, Yongfeng Electrical Engineering
Multi-Laser-Beam Open-Atmosphere Surface Umstadter, Donald Physics and Astronomy
Coating Techniques Based on Precursor Excitation, * Research & Development of a High-Power-Laser-Driven
Photodissociation and Controlled Cooling Electron Accelerator Suitable for Applications
$2,999,970 DOD-Office of Naval Research-MURI $1,250,029 DOD-DARPA
Wang, Xinwei Mechanical Engineering Banerjee, Sudeep Physics and Astronomy

Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Van Etten, James Plant Pathology
Process Research and Development of Antibodies as DNA Replication & Gene Expression of Chlorella Viruses
Countermeasures for C. Botulinum Neurotoxin $1,233,472 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS
$2,877,000 DOD-Army Space and Missile Defense Command Dunigan, David Plant Pathology
Therapeutic Agents & Vaccines against Biological Warfare Kang, Ming Plant Pathology
$2,905,899 DOD-Army Medical Research Zhang, Yuanzheng Plant Pathology
Schlegel, Vicki Food Science and Technology Agarkova, Irina Plant Pathology
Zhang, Wenhui Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Gurnon, James Plant Pathology
Wu, Joey Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
* Purification of proPRT-201 and Production of Reference Standard Verma, Shashi School of Natural Resources
$1,126,678 Proteon Therapeutics Great Plains Regional Center for Global Environmental Change
$2,214,769 Dept. of Energy/NIGEC
Nelson, J. Ron Special Education and Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture
Communication Disorders $1,139,462 Kansas State University
Portales a Aprender Leer (PAL) Knops, Johannes Biological Sciences
$2,687,442 Dept. of Education Arkebauer, Timothy Agronomy and Horticulture
Carbon Sequestatrian in Dryland & Irrigated Agroecosystems
Parkhurst, Lawrence Chemistry $1,250,000 Dept. of Energy
Assembly Mechanisms of TBP–Nucleated Complexes Cassman, Kenneth Agronomy and Horticulture
$1,115,504 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS Knops, Johannes Biological Sciences
Hubbard, Kenneth School of Natural Resources
Perez, Lance Electrical Engineering Arkebauer, Timothy Agronomy and Horticulture
* Strengthening Transitions into Engineering Program Dobermann, Achim Agronomy and Horticulture
$1,648,354 NSF Yang, Haishun Agronomy and Horticulture
Ballard, John Engineering Walters, Daniel Agronomy and Horticulture
Suyker, Andrew School of Natural Resources
Ragsdale, Stephen Biochemistry Ginting, Daniel Agronomy and Horticulture
Enzymology of Reductive Acetyl-CoA Pathway
$1,235,700 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS Viljoen, Hendrik Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
* A Rational Design of a Platform for de novo Gene Synthesis
Robertson Jr., Vaughn Student Affairs $1,369,548 DHHS-NIH-NCRR
* UNL Educational Talent Search Subramanian, Anu Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
$2,042,795 Dept. of Education
Walker, Judy Mathematics
Sheridan, Susan Center on Children, Youth, EMSW21-MCTP: Nebraska Mentoring
Families and Schools through Critical Transition Points
Evaluation of Efficacy of CBC for Addressing Disruptive $2,500,000 NSF
Behaviors of Children-at-Risk for Academic Failure Marley, Tom Mathematics
$1,368,067 Dept. of Education
Glover, Todd Center on Children, Youth, Families and Schools Wedin, David School of Natural Resources
Sand Hills Biocomplexity: Integrating
Simpson, Melanie Biochemistry Biogeophysical Processes Across Space and Time
Role of Hyaluronan Matrix in Prostate Cancer Progression $1,794,730 NSF
$1,074,629 DHHS-NIH-Nat Cancer Institute Loope, David Geosciences

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Weeks, Donald
Development of Dicamba-Resistant Crops
Biochemistry Awards of $200,000 - $999,999
Active awards in 2006
$2,500,000 Monsanto Co. * Indicates new in 2006
Whitbeck, Les Sociology Admiraal, David Civil Engineering
Great Plains Cultural Ways Mental Health Careers Program Low-Cost Energy Dissipation at Culvert Exits
$1,514,284 DHHS-NIH-NIMH $201,856 Ne Dept. of Roads
Moore, Helen Sociology

White, Lynn Sociology Albrecht, Julie Nutrition and Health Sciences

Entrepreneurial Center Development for
Infertility: Pathways & Psychosocial Outcomes Food & Textile Small Scale Business in Tajikistan
$2,559,414 DHHS-NIH-NICHD $256,000 Dept. of State-BECA
McQuillan, Julia Sociology Prochaska-Cue, Kathy Family and Consumer Sciences
Wilcke, William IANR-Research Alfano, James Plant Pathology
North Central Regional Sustainable Agriculture Isolation & Characterization of Pseudomonas Type III Effectors
Research & Education Program – SARE that Suppress Programmed Cell Death in Eukaryotes
$2,707,719 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES $375,000 NSF
Wilcox, Brian Center on Children, Families and the Law Alexander, Dennis Electrical Engineering
Midwest Child Care Research Consortium * Ultrafast Laser Interaction Processes
$1,200,000 DHHS-Admin for Child & Families for Libs & Other Sensing Technologies
Torquati, Julia Family and Consumer Sciences $600,000 University of Central Florida
Wilhite, Donald School of Natural Resources Alfano, James Plant Science Initiative/Plant Pathology
Rangeland and Forage Geospatial Decision * Secretion Signals & Type III Chaperones in
Support System for Drought Risk Management Pseudomonas Syringae Type III Secretion System
$1,023,038 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA $430,000 NSF
* Suppression of Innate Immunity by
Wood, Charles Biological Sciences ADP Ribosyltransferase Type III Effectors
Programs in HIV & AIDS Assoc Diseases/Malignancies $360,106 DHHS-NIH-NIAID
$2,130,669 DHHS-NIH-Fogarty Intl Center
Evolution of Clade C HIV-1 in Infected Children Allen, Craig School of Natural Resources
$1,586,250 DHHS-NIH-NICHD * Monitoring, Mapping & Risk Assessment for
Research Training in Comparative Viral Pathogenesis Non-Indigenous Invasive Species in Nebraska
$1,223,242 DHHS-NIH-NIAID $325,081 Nebraska Environmental Trust
Vaccination against Intrapartum HIV Clade C Transmission Merchant, James School of Natural Resources
$959,278 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute * Cross-Scale Structure & Scale Breaks in Complex Systems
$248,986 James S. McDonnell Foundation
Yamamoto, Catherine Student Affairs
Upward Bound Program–Northeast Nebraska Allen, David Engineering Mechanics
$1,338,496 Dept. of Education * U.S.-Brazil Dual-Degree in Infrastructure &
Student Support Services Program Sustainability Engineering Program
$1,889,008 Dept. of Education $208,211 Dept. of Education-FIPSE
Inter-University Program for Human Resources Training in
Zempleni, Janos Nutrition and Health Sciences Computational Mechanics
Vitamin-Dependent Modifications of Histones $203,904 Dept. of Education-FIPSE
$1,000,877 DHHS-NIH-NIDDK

Zhang, Luwen Center for Virology Anderson, Mark Geosciences

* Atmospheric Conditions Associated with Sea Ice
* Oncogenic Properties of Interferon Regulatory Factor 7 Characteristics over Arctic Ocean during Melt Season
$1,145,961 DHHS-NIH-Nat Cancer Institute $208,699 NASA

Asard, Han Biochemistry

Physiological Functions & Biochemical
Properties of Plant Cytochromes b561
$386,084 NSF

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Atkin, Audrey Biological Sciences Basolo, Alexandra Biological Sciences
Wild-Type PPR1 mRNA Decay by Behavioral Plasticity in Preexisting Receiver Bias
Yeast Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Pathway $366,000 NSF
$403,219 NSF Effects of Sexual Selection & Prediation on a
Moriyama, Etsuko Plant Science Initiative Genetic Polymorphism for Body Size
$519,721 NSF
Avramov, Luchezar Mathematics
Homology & Cohomology over Commutative Rings Batelaan, Herman Physics and Astronomy
$356,322 NSF Matter Optics with Intense Laser Light
$424,997 NSF
Avramova, Zoya Biological Sciences
ATX1, Epigenetic Regulator of Plant Development Becker, Donald Biochemistry
$442,500 NSF Spectroelectrochemistry of the Novel PutA Flavoprotein
$785,540 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS
Azizinamini, Atorod Civil Engineering * MRI: Acquisition of Beckman XL-I Analytical Ultracentrifuge
Simple for Dead-Continuous for Live Load System $284,160 NSF
with Partial Pre-Fabricated Deck System
$242,038 Ne Dept. of Roads Belli, Robert Gallup Research Center
Development of Design Tools for Steel Bridge Systems, Verbal Behaviors in Computerized Lifecourse Surveys
Simple for Dead Loads & Continuous for $414,430 DHHS-NIH-Nat Inst Aging
Superimposed Dead Load & Live Loads
$226,306 Ne Dept. of Roads Bellows, Laurie Graduate Studies
Steel Box System Monitoring of N-2 over I-480 Bridge Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program
$292,244 Ne Dept. of Roads $960,172 Dept. of Education
IBRC 2002 Project
$240,000 Ne Dept. of Roads Belot, John Chemistry
GOALI: Chemical Factors Affecting Metal-Organic
Baenziger, P. Stephen Agronomy and Horticulture Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors
Developing Winter Wheat with Improved Fusarium Head Blight $365,000 NSF
Tolerance by Conventional and Transgenic Approaches
$260,603 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS Benson, Andrew Food Science and Technology
Mitra, Amit Plant Pathology Functional Consequences of Genome
Watkins, John Plant Pathology Evolution in Listeria Monocytogenes
Clemente, Thomas Agronomy and Horticulture $261,515 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
Baltensperger, David Panhandle Research and Extension Center Genome Biology of Francisella Tularensis Populations
Genetic Basis of Agronomic Traits $391,459 DHHS-NIH-NIAID
Controlled by Chromosome 3A in Wheat
$390,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Berkowitz, David Chemistry
Eskridge, Kent Statistics New Approaches to Catalyst Screening & Development
Dweikat, Ismail Agronomy and Horticulture $423,000 NSF
Development of Cystathionine Beta-Synthase Inhibitors
Balkir, Sina Electrical Engineering $214,500 American Heart Association
* All Solid-State Wireless Sensor Network for
Nuclear Proliferation Detection Beukelman, David Special Education and
$417,191 Dept. of Energy Communication Disorders
Hoffman, Michael Electrical Engineering Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Center on Communication Enhancement
Barletta, Raul Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences $379,992 Duke University Medical Center
Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
Colony-Morphology Attenuated Mutant Bevins, Rick Psychology
$270,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Acquired Appetitive Properties of Nicotine
$902,065 DHHS-NIH-NIDA
Barker, Bradley Center on Children, Youth, Families
and Schools/4-H State Office Billesbach, David Biological Systems Engineering
* Robotics & GPS/GIS in 4-H: Workplace Skills for the 21st Century Development & Field Testing of a Rapidly Deployable
$864,139 NSF Carbon Dioxide Flux Management System
Adamchuk, Viacheslav Center on Children, Youth, Families $443,594 Dept. of Energy-Berkeley Nat Lab
and Schools/Biol Syst Engr

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Blum, Paul Biological Sciences Cantrell, Randolph Center for Applied Rural Innovation
Gene Silencing & Catabolite Repression in the * Relocation to the Buffalo Commons: Marketing Approach to
Archaeon Sulfolobus Solfataricus Understand Residential Decisions among Migrants
$413,380 NSF $220,387 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
Burkhart-Kriesel, Cheryl Panhandle Research
Bobaru, Florin Engineering Mechanics and Extension Center
* Adaptivity in Peridynamics for Composite Plates Johnson, Bruce Agricultural Economics
$203,965 Dept. of Energy–Sandia National Laboratories
Carlo, Gustavo Psychology
Bond, Alan Biological Sciences Parenting & Sociocognitive Correlates of Prosocial Behaviors
Mechanisms of Social Cognition in Mexican American & European American Children
$540,260 DHHS-NIH-NIMH $339,283 NSF
Kamil, Alan Biological Sciences
Virtual Ecology: Experimental Tests of Carr, Timothy Nutrition and Health Sciences
Evolution in Predator-Prey Systems * Method for Enhancing the Cholesterol-Lowering
$461,000 NSF Property of Plant Sterol & Stanol Esters
Kamil, Alan Biological Sciences $500,000 Beef Products Inc

Brand, Jennifer Center for Materials Research Cerutti, Heriberto Biological Sciences/Plant Science Initiative
Boron Carbide Semiconductor Films Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Chlamydomonas & Arabidopsis
$347,826 DOD-Battelle $400,000 NSF
* Novel Rare-Earth Semiconductors for * Histone Modifications & Transcriptional
Solid-State Neutron Detectors Silencing in Chlamydomonas
$450,000 DOD-Defense Threat Reduction Agency $448,235 NSF
Belashchenko, Kirill Physics and Astronomy
Dowben, Peter Physics and Astronomy Chollet, Raymond Biochemistry
Molecular/Biochemical Investigations of PEPC
Buckendahl, Chad Educational Psychology (and its novel ser/thr-Kinase) and SuSy (Nodulin-100),
Consulting Services/Assist Oklahoma Commission 2 Phosphorylated Metabolic Enzymes in Plants
for Teacher Preparation $749,024 NSF
$367,160 Oklahoma Office of Public Affairs
Claes, Daniel Physics and Astronomy
Bulling, Denise Public Policy Center Experimental High Energy Physics
Hospital Preparedness — Bioterrorism $573,000 NSF
$250,000 Ne Dept. of Health and Human Services Snow, Gregory Physics and Astronomy

Burbach, Mark School of Natural Resources Clemente, Thomas Biotechnology/Plant Science

Integrated Real-Time Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network to Initiative/Agronomy and Horticulture
Support Drought Impact Assessment and Mitigation Programs Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic
$403,293 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA Transformation of Wheat & Soybeans
Ramamurthy, Byrav Computer Science and Engineering $345,537 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS-BRDC
From Proplastid to Chloroplast: Understanding Plastid
Burson, Dennis Animal Science Differentiation in Maize by Microarray & Proteome Analysis
Listeria Monocytogenes Controls in Ready to Eat Meat Products $389,225 Cornell University
$599,732 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Research in Nebraska on Improved
Thippareddi, Harshavardhan Food Science and Technology Soybean Oil for Biodiesel Fuel
$491,000 Dept. of Energy
Cady, Daniel Cooperative Extension * Functional Analysis of Soybean Genes
Nebraska Technology Transfer Center at UNL through Transposon Mutagenesis
$377,100 Ne Dept. of Roads $328,000 United Soybean Board/Smith/Bucklin
* Development of Tools for Rating Bridges Specht, James Agronomy and Horticulture
& Application to State Bridges
$414,421 Ne Dept. of Roads Comfort, Steven School of Natural Resources
Azizinamini, Atorod Civil Engineering Field-Scale Demonstrations of Innovative Remediation
Techniques for Contaminated Soil and Water
$994,100 Environmental Protection Agency

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Costello, Don Computer Science and Engineering Dwyer, Matthew Computer Science and Engineering
GAANN Fellowships for Computer Science & Engineering Software Model Checking for Embedded Systems
$500,000 Dept. of Education $239,560 Kansas State University
Program Analysis Techniques to Support
Daly, Edward Educational Psychology Dependable RTSJ Applications
School Psychology Leadership Specialization in $207,519 NSF
Response-to-Intervention Research & Systems Change Elbaum, Sebastian Computer Science and Engineering
$800,000 Dept. of Education Goddard, Stephen Computer Science and Engineering
McCurdy, Merilee Educational Psychology Rothermel, Gregg Computer Science and Engineering
Sheridan, Susan Educational Psychology * Finite-State Verification for High-Performance Computing
Kunz, Gina Educational Psychology $300,000 NSF

DiMagno, Stephen Chemistry Dzenis, Yuris Engineering Mechanics

Hydrogen for Fuel Cells Fundamentals of Fabrication of
$966,000 DOD-Office of Naval Research Nanofiber Assemblies by Electrospinning
Takacs, James Chemistry $372,000 NSF
Berkowitz, David Chemistry Farritor, Shane Mechanical Engineering
Hydrogenase and Alkane Functionalization Catalysts Novel Continuous Carbon Nanofibers for the
$599,748 DOD-Office of Naval Research Next Generation Lightweight Structural Nanocomposites
Redepenning, Jody Chemistry $258,543 DOD-Air Force Off of Sci Rsch
* Next Generation Super Carbon Fiber
Dowben, Peter Center for Materials Research $317,127 Hexcel Corporation
Surface Chemistry of Adsorbates on Crystalline Polymers * Nanoengineered Interfaces
$690,000 NSF $250,002 NSF
* Modeling-Based Control of Electrospinning Process
Drummond, Wayne Architecture $275,000 NSF
Neighborhoods in Transition: Community Outreach Partnerships
$388,914 Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Eccarius, Malinda Special Education and
Parsons, Gerald Agricultural Leadership/Education Communication Disorders
Carranza, Miguel Sociology Mountain Prairie Upgrade Partnership - Early Childhood
Cantarero, Rodrigo Community and Regional Planning $781,642 Dept. of Education
Waite, Michelle Chancellor’s Office Marvin, Chris Special Education and Communication Disorders
Larrick, Steven Architecture
Fritz, Susan Agricultural Leadership/Education Eckhardt, Craig Chemistry
* Experimental Investigation of the Role of Defects in
Du, Liangcheng Chemistry Detonation Sensitivity of Energetic Materials
* Biosynthesis of Mycotoxin Fumonisins: Characterization of $600,000 DOD-Office of Naval Research
Enzymes for Vicinal Diol & Tricarballylic Ester Formation * A Study of the Mechanochemistry of Carbamazepine Polymorphs
$284,667 NSF $227,200 Pfizer Inc/PGRD Groton Labs

Ducharme, Stephen Center for Materials and Elbaum, Sebastian Computer Science and Engineering
Nanoscience/Physics and Astronomy ITR/SW: Collaborative Research: A New Generation of
* Nanostructure-Designed Dielectric Material for Scalable, Cost-Effective Regression Testing Techniques
High-Energy-Density Capacitors $251,018 NSF
$586,000 DOD-DEPSCoR ITR: Dependable End-User Software
* Ferroelectric Polymer Langmuir-Blodgett Films for $211,294 NSF
Nonvolatile Random-Access Memory Applications
$240,000 NSF Engen-Wedin, Nancy Teaching, Learning
and Teacher Education
Indigenous Roots Teacher Education Program
$704,730 Dept. of Education
McGowan, Thomas Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

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Epstein, Michael Special Education and Gitelson, Anatoly School of Natural Resources
Communication and Disorders * Land Cover Land Use Change Effects on Surface
Leadership Training in Emotional Disturbance Disorders Water Quality: Integrated MODIS & SeaWiFS Assessment
$590,854 Dept. of Education of Dnieper & Don River Basins
Postdoctoral Training in Emotional & Behavioral Disorders $597,799 NASA
$471,512 Dept. of Education
Randomized Clinical Trial of Wraparound Services for Gladyshev, Vadim Biochemistry
Elementary School Students in School Settings Identity of Terminator & Selenocysteine UGA Codons
$538,266 Dept. of Education $789,237 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS

Espy, Kimberly Vice Chancellor for Research Glover, Todd Center on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
and Graduate Studies *Establish a State-Wide Response-to-Intervention
* Executive Function Development in Preschool Children Consortium for Training & Evaluation
$962,343 DHHS-NIH-NIMH $253,864 Ne Dept. of Education
Wiebe, Sandra Office of Research Daly, Edward Center on Children, Youth, Families
and Schools/Educational Psychology
Fabrikant, Ilya Physics and Astronomy McCurdy, Merilee Center on Children, Youth, Families
Collision Processes Involving Low-Energy Electrons and Schools/Educational Psychology
$215,000 NSF
Goddard, Stephen Computer Science and Engineering
Faller, Ronald Civil Engineering Energy-Aware CPU & I/O Scheduling for
* Development of a New Precast Concrete Embedded, Real-Time Systems
Bridge Railing System (2006-2008) $200,000 NSF
$229,820 Ne Dept. of Roads
Bielenberg, Robert Civil Engineering Goedert, James Construction Systems
Reid, John Mechanical Engineering * Rebuilding New Orleans
Tadros, Maher Civil Engineering $293,660 Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Bernstein, Stuart Construction Systems
Franco, Juan Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Holmes, William Construction Systems
NU Directions: Program to Reduce High-Risk Drinking Morcous, George Construction Systems
$468,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Schwer, Avery Construction Systems
Major, Linda Student Affairs
Goodman, Richard Food Science and Technology
Fritz, Sherilyn Geosciences * Assessing the Potential Allergenicity of
Lake Titicaca Drilling Project Proteins Introduced by Genetic Engineering
$314,167 NSF $450,000 Environmental Protection Agency
Chen, LingYun Food Science and Technology
Gardner, Scott School of Biological Sciences Schlegel, Vicki Food Science and Technology
Worm-Web: Georeferencing Computerized Data & Linking Taylor, Stephen Food Science and Technology
Databases in the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology
$420,107 NSF Gosselin, David School of Natural Resources
Hosier, Aaron Information Services * Earth Science Institute for Elementary Educators
$233,606 NASA
Gaskell, C. Martin Physics and Astronomy Bonnstetter, Ronald Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei
$435,611 NSF Graef, George Agronomy and Horticulture
Sclerotinia Resistance Enhanced by
Gay, Timothy Physics and Astronomy Accumulation of QTL Transgenic Approaches
Polarized Electron Physics $301,142 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS
$662,002 NSF Clemente, Thomas Agronomy and Horticulture
Steadman, James Plant Pathology
Gibson, Robert Biological Sciences
GAANN Greve, Vickie Northeast Research and Extension Center
Fellowship for Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at UNL Communities Together Can
$625,000 Dept. of Education $523,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Swanson, Douglas Cooperative Extension

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Hage, David Chemistry Hergert, Gary Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Chromatographic Automation of Immunoassays * Enhancing Irrigation Management Tools & Developing
$959,749 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS a Decision Support System for Managing Limited
* Chromatographic Studies of Functional Proteomics Irrigation Supplies for the High Plains
$779,787 DHHS-NIH-NIDDK $885,093 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA-FCIC
Burgener, Paul Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Harbison, Gerard Chemistry Lyon, Drew Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Structure & Dynamics of DNA Hairpins Martin, Derrel Biological Systems Engineering
$845,363 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS Pavlista, Alexander Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Supalla, Raymond Agricultural Economics
Harnisch, Delwyn Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Urrea Florez, Carlos Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Nebraska Assessment Cohorts (NAC05/06) & Nebraska Yonts, C. Dean Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Leadership for Learning Cohorts (NLL05/06) * Demonstrate & Adapt Remote Sensing Technology to Produce
$200,000 Ne Dept. of Education Consumptive Water Use Maps for the Nebraska Panhandle
$239,951 Dept. of Agriculture-NRCS
Harris, Steven Plant Science Initiative/Plant Pathology Baltensperger, David Panhandle Research and Extension Center
* Autophagy in Fungal Hyphae: Functional Berger, Aaron Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Genomic & Mechanical Strength Studies DeBoer, Karen Panhandle Research and Extension Center
$201,907 University of Maryland-Baltimore Hla, Aung Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Lyon, Drew Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Harshman, Lawrence Biological Sciences Pavlista, Alexander Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Identification of Genes & Proteins that Regulate Stress Resistance Yonts, C. Dean Panhandle Research and Extension Center
$505,985 DOD-DEPSCoR
* Comparative Functional Genomics of Drosophila Obesity Heusel, Gary Student Involvement
$516,548 Cornell University Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education
* Molecular Evolution of Genes Expressed in $469,903 Corporation for National Service
D. melanogaster Sperm Storage Structures
$283,213 NSF Hoagland, Kyle School of Natural Resources
Moriyama, Etsuko Plant Science Initiative * Solving Complex Issues in Nebraska:
* Quantitative Genomics of Sexual Dimorphism Modeling the Western Platte River Valley-Phase ll
$212,434 University of California-Davis $347,200 Environmental Protection Agency
Fritz, Sherilyn Geosciences
Hay, DeLynn IANR-Cooperative Ext
North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Holmes, Mary Anne Geosciences
Professional Development Program—FY 2005 * Building a Community of Women Geoscience Leaders
$910,283 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES $228,774 NSF

Hebets, Eileen Biological Sciences Holz, John School of Natural Resources

Searle Scholar: Exploring Neural Basis of Classification of Nebraska Streams and Rivers:
Complex Behavior in Amblypygids Phase l Data Assessment, Collection and Analysis
$240,000 Chicago Community Trust/Searle Scholar $287,853 Nebraska Dept. of Environmental Quality
Hoagland, Kyle School of Natural Resources
Hein, Gary Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Biologically Intensive Areawide IPM of Horn, Christy Educational Psychology
Russian Wheat Aphid & Greenbug Building Accepting Campus Communities
$516,594 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS $945,171 Dept. of Education

Henry, Christopher Biological Systems Engineering Hu, Qi (Steve) School of Natural Resources
Livestock Producer Environmental Assistance Project Engaging Agricultural Communities in Great Plains of US with
$600,000 Ne Environmental Trust Applications & Development of Climate Prediction & Information
* Development of Alternative Technologies $436,424 Dept. of Commerce-NOAA
for Small Livestock Producers
$221,881 Ne Dept. of Environmental Quality Hunt, Robert University of Nebraska State Museum
Gross, Jason Biological Systems Engineering * Renovation & Computerization of University of Nebraska
Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
$315,839 NSF
Voorhies, Michael University of Nebraska State Museum

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Hutkins, Robert Food Science and Technology Jones, Elizabeth Civil Engineering
Food Safety: Life-Long Learning through Teacher Training ITS Resource, Research & Educational
$400,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Activities at Peter Kiewit Institute
Durso, Lisa Food Science and Technology $921,414 Ne Dept. of Roads
Rupnow, John Food Science and Technology
Thippareddi, Harshavardhan Food Science and Technology Jones, Erick Industrial and Management
Whipple, Georgianna Food Science and Technology Systems Engineering
Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution at UNL
Hygnstrom, Scott School of Natural Resources $256,000 NSF
Development of Spatially Explicit Models of Wildlife Diseases
$330,930 Dept. of Agriculture-APHIS Jose, H. Douglas Agricultural Economics
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
Ianno, Natale Electrical Engineering $705,000 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA
* Nano-Material Science
$531,500 NSF-EPSCoR Josiah, Scott NE State Forest Service
Turner, Joseph Engineering Mechanics Community Enhancement Program
$350,000 Ne Dept. of Roads
Inan, Mehmet Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering * NRCS-Technical Service Provider Project
Expression of Chimeric Antibody in Pichia pastoris $334,304 Dept. of Agriculture-NRCS
$297,562 Research Corporation
Kelling, Clayton Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Inderbitzen-Nolan, Heidi Psychology Role of Nonstructural Proteins in Pestivirus Virion Assembly
Etiological Factors in Adolescent Social Phobia $289,116 DHHS-NIH-NIAID
$614,387 DHHS-NIH-NIMH
Kennedy, Patricia Marketing
Jaecks, Duane Physics and Astronomy Socially Constituted Food Consumption of Adolescents
Mass Dependent Effects in Correlated Motion of $350,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Massive Coulomb Interacting Particles McGarvey, Mary Economics
$717,500 NSF Stanek-Krogstrand, Kaye Nutrition and Health Sciences

Jameson, Mary Liz University of Nebraska State Museum Keown, Jeff Animal Science
Monography & Phylogeny of New World Scarabaeoid Beetles Trilateral Curriculum Modification &
$755,300 NSF Rural Community Information Delivery
Ratcliffe, Brett Entomology $209,157 Dept. of Education-FIPSE

Jiang, Hong Computer Science and Engineering Kim, Yong Rak Civil Engineering
* SAM^2 Toolkit: Scalable & Adaptive Metadata Restricted-Zone Requirements for Superpave Mixes
Management for High-End Computing Made with Local Aggregate Sources in Nebraska
$602,326 NSF $269,350 Ne Dept. of Roads
Wang, Jun Computer Science and Engineering Azizinamini, Atorod Civil Engineering
Material Selection & Design Consideration for
Johnson, Ron School of Natural Resources Moisture Damage of Asphalt Pavement
Common Sense Conservation of $225,527 Ne Dept. of Roads
Endangered Species-Tern and Plover Azizinamini, Atorod Civil Engineering
$222,513 Nebraska Environmental Trust
Koelsch, Richard Biological Systems Engineering
Jones, Clinton Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences * Heartland Integrated Water Quality Coordination Initiative
Functional Analysis of biCPO $250,470 Iowa State University
$349,500 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Wortmann, Charles Agronomy and Horticulture
Zhang, Yange Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Regulation of the Latency-Reactivation Cycle by the Kostelnik, Marjorie Education and Human Sciences
Bovine Herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) Latency Related (LR) Gene Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
$319,600 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES $300,000 Bernard Osher Foundation
* Functional Analysis of Proteins Encoded by the Bovine Eversoll, Deanna Education and Human Sciences
Herpesvirus 1 Latency Related Gene Aguilar, Deanna Education and Human Sciences
$374,475 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES

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Krull, Dean Agronomy and Horticulture Loope, David Geosciences
* Managing Irrigation Systems Today & Tomorrow Paleometeorological Records from
$501,671 Central Platte NRD Sand Dunes & Eolian Sand Stones
Benham, Brian Agronomy and Horticulture $262,570 NSF
Ferguson, Richard Agronomy and Horticulture
Louda, Svata Biological Sciences
Langell, Marjorie Chemistry Single vs. Multiple Insect Herbivore Guild
Surface Chemistry of Rock Salt & Spinel 3D Transition Interactions in Canada Thistle Dynamics
Metal Oxides Tailored by Structural & Compositional Methods $408,760 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
$425,000 NSF Insect Herbivore Guild Interactions &
Tall Thistle Population Dynamics
Ledder, Glenn Mathematics $369,999 NSF
* UBM: Research for Undergraduates in
Theoretical Ecology (RUTE) Lu, Yongfeng Electrical Engineering
$905,000 NSF Laser-Assisted Fabrication of
Deng, Bo Mathematics Large-Scale 3-D Photonic Bandgap Structures
Gibson, Robert Biological Sciences $350,000 DOD-DEPSCoR
Loladze, Irakli Mathematics Wang, Xinwei Mechanical Engineering
Louda, Svata Biological Sciences Fabrication of Photonic Bandgap Structures in Si &
Ge Substrates Using Laser-Assisted Nanoimprinting
Lee, Kevin Physics and Astronomy of Self-Assembled Nanoparticles
ClassAction: Model Rapid-Feedback & $210,238 DOD-Air Force Off of Sci Rsch
Dynam Formative Assess System Magnetic Confinement of Plasmas in Laser-Induced Breakdown
$359,768 NSF Spectroscopy for Improved Sensitivity & Accuracy
Schmidt, Edward Physics and Astronomy $249,306 Dept. of Energy
Development of Interactive Simulation Environments * Self-Integration of Carbon-Nanotube Sensors
for Inquiry Astronomy Teaching in Functional Integrated Circuits
$336,572 NSF $240,000 NSF
Schmidt, Edward Physics and Astronomy * MRI: Development of Multifunctional
Nanoscale Measurement System
Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra Physics and Astronomy $220,000 NSF
Magnetic Properties of Disordered Rare-Earth Nanostructures Alexander, Dennis Electrical Engineering
$420,000 NSF Ducharme, Stephen Physics and Astronomy
Shield, Jeff Mechanical Engineering Wang, Xinwei Mechanical Engineering
* Magnetic Cluster States in Nanostructured Materials
$450,000 Dept. of Energy-EPSCoR Mackenzie, Sally Plant Science Initiative
Machinery of Mitochondrial Recombination in Higher Plants
Li, Jiangyu Engineering Mechanics $494,080 NSF
* Ferroelectric Polymer Nanocomposite Film/Langmuir-Blodget Christensen, Alan Biological Sciences
$267,335 NSF Mitochondrial Sorting & Inheritance in Arabidopsis
Ducharme, Stephen Physics and Astronomy $303,000 NSF
Nuclear-Organellar Interactions
Lindquist, John Agronomy and Horticulture Involving AtMSH1 in Arabidopsis
* Contribution of Fusarium lateritium to Weed $360,000 Dept. of Energy
Suppressive Soils & Weed Abundance Strategy for the Transgenic Induction of
$366,186 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Crop Plants
Drijber, Rhae Agronomy and Horticulture $404,858 Dept. of Agriculture-BRDC
Yuen, Gary Plant Pathology * Training Graduate Students in Plant Breeding using
Crop Drought Tolerance Improvement as a Model
Liou, Sy-Hwang Physics and Astronomy $200,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
Nanometer-Size Magnetic Devices Fromm, Michael Plant Science Initiative
$236,000 DOD-DEPSCoR

Liu, Mingsheng Architectural Engineering

* CC at Mutual of Omaha - Phase lll
$210,319 Omaha Public Power District

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Mamo, Martha Agronomy and Horticulture Nickerson, H. Doak NE State Forest Service
Pollution & Economic Decision Support Tool for Impaired * Restoring the Pine Ridge Forest Ecosystem
Watershed Management Plans in Eastern Nebraska $300,000 Ne Environmental Trust
$335,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Helmers, Glenn Agricultural Economics Noureddini, Hossein Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ginting, Daniel Agronomy and Horticulture * Reduction of Phosphorus from Ethanol
Wortman, Charles Agronomy and Horticulture By-Product used as Livestock Feed
$210,781 Nebraska Corn Board
Martin, Alex Agronomy and Horticulture
IWM Implementation: A Regional Approach Oglesby, Robert Geosciences
$766,718 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES * Evaluating the Role of Global Snow Cover on Seasonal to
Interannual Predictability of Temperature & Precipitation
Martin, Derrel Biological Systems Engineering $598,216 NASA
Modeling and Field Experimentation to Determine
Effects of Land Terracing-Republican River Basin (CESU) Orr, John Mathematics
$359,800 Dept. of Interior-BR Evolution of Advanced Electronic Educational Support Material
Food & Agricultural Sciences National Needs $408,752 Brownstone Research Group
Graduate Fellowship Grants Program
$276,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Orti, Guillermo Biological Sciences
RCN: DeepFin Will Advance the Phylogeny of “Fishes”
McQuillan, Julia Sociology $500,000 NSF
* Infertility: Pathways & Psychosocial Outcomes
$229,420 Pennsylvania State University Pattnaik, Asit Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Analyses of Virulence & Attenuation
Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Determinants of PRRSV using Reverse Genetics
Recombinant Type E Botulinum Neurotoxin Vaccine $320,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
$345,756 DynPort Vaccine Company Osorio, Fernando Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Swanson, Todd Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering VSV RNA Transcription and Replication
* Optimization of Phytase Production in Pichia Pastoris $996,128 DHHS-NIH-NIAID
$372,874 Syngenta
Inan, Mehmet Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Perez, Lance Electrical Engineering
* Proteon Fermentation Protocol Selection * Self-Configuration & Localization in
$351,091 Proteon Therapeutics Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks
$548,807 DOD-DEPSCoR
Miller, Nancy Textiles, Clothing and Design Goddard, Stephen Computer Science and Engineering
Collaborative Research on Small Business Network
Creation and Outcomes for Change and Innovation Peters, Ed School of Natural Resources
$230,011 NSF Nebraska Statewide Stream Inventory
$329,967 Ne Game & Parks Commission
Mitra, Amit Plant Pathology
Efficient Gene Silencing by Intrinsic Direct Pilson, Diana Biological Sciences
Repeats: Mechanism & Utilization Transgenic Virus Resistant Squash: Ecological Effect
$390,000 NSF $314,877 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Morris, T. Jack Biological Sciences
Morris, T. Jack Biological Sciences
The Role of a Host Protein (TIP) in the Resistance Platt, Stephen Mechanical Engineering
Response of Arabidopsis to Turnip Crinkle Virus Infection * In Vivo Robotic Camera System for Laparoscopic Surgery
$360,000 Dept. of Energy $394,550 DHHS-NIH-NIBIB
Qu, Feng Biological Sciences Farritor, Shane Mechanical Engineering

Moxley, Rodney Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Powell, Larkin School of Natural Resources
Influence of Enterotoxins on Virulence and * Productivity and Biology of Ducks
Colonization of Porcine Intestine by E.coli Nesting in the Sandhills of Nebraska
$270,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP $824,969 Ne Game & Parks Commission
Role of A/E Proteins in E.Coli:0157:H7 in
Intestinal Colonization of Adult Cattle
$370,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP

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Ragsdale, Stephen Biochemistry Rilett, Laurence Civil Engineering
Enzymology of Methanogenesis: Mechanism Development of State of the Art Traffic
of Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase Micro-Simulation Model for Nebraska
$420,000 Dept. of Energy $222,896 Ne Dept. of Roads
Biochemistry of the Anaerobic Jones, Elizabeth Civil Engineering
Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Aromatics * Intelligent Transportation System Deployment Project
$435,000 NSF $831,942 Ne Dept. of Roads
Jones, Elizabeth Civil Engineering
Rajca, Andrzej Chemistry Khattak, Aemal Civil Engineering
Organic Polymers with Magneto-Dielectric Properties
$308,608 DOD-Air Force Off of Sci Rsch Robertson, Brian Mechanical Engineering
Ducharme, Stephen Physics & Astronomy Development of a Novel Inorganic Dielectric
Very High-Spin Polyradicals & Chiral Pi-Conjugated Systems Barrier Layer for Magneto-Resistive Junctions
$555,000 NSF $400,000 NSF
Doudin, Bernard Physics and Astronomy
Rajurkar, Kamlakar Industrial and Management Dowben, Peter Physics and Astronomy
Systems Engineering
Analysis & Gap Monitoring for Improving Rohde, John Civil Engineering
Micro EDM Performance-Supplement Midwest States Regional Pooled Fund Program-Yr 16
$202,500 NSF $535,000 Ne Dept. of Roads
Yu, Zuyuan Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Sicking, Dean Civil Engineering
Reid, John Mechanical Engineering
Ramamurthy, Byrav Computer Science and Engineering Faller, Ron Civil Engineering
Secure Group Communication over Wired & Wireless Networks
$349,990 NSF Rothermel, Gregg Computer Science and Engineering
Variyam, Vinod Computer Science and Engineering CRI: Community Resource to Support Controlled
Experimentation with Program Analysis and Testing Techniques
Ratcliffe, Brett Entomology $874,636 NSF
A Faunistic Survey of the Dynastinae of Elbaum, Sebastian Computer Science and Engineering
Honduras, Nicaragua & El Salvador Dwyer, Matthew Computer Science and Engineering
$342,842 NSF * ITR: Dependable End-User Software
$345,933 Oregon State University
Redepenning, Jody Center for Materials Research
Chemically Modified Nano-Electrodes Rupp, Gary Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
for Magnetoelectronics Applications * Biosecurity Practices/Wholesome Food
$390,000 NSF $249,792 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Binek, Christian Physics and Astronomy Griffin, Dee Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Sokolov, Andrei Physics and Astronomy Smith, David R Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Reichenbach, Stephen Computer Science and Engineering Samal, Ashok Computer Science and Engineering
SEI: Information Modeling for * Building Knowledge Discovery & Information Fusion
Comparative Visualizations & Analyses Tools for Collaborative Systems to Adaptively
$351,428 NSF Manage Uncertain Hydrological Resources
$552,100 NSF
Reid, John Mechanical Engineering Chen, Xun-Hong School of Natural Resources
Investigating the Use of Small Diameter Soh, Leen-Kiat Computer Science and Engineering
Softwood as Guardrail Posts Tomkins, Alan Public Policy Center
$280,000 Dept. of Agriculture-FS Zellmer, Sandra College of Law
Faller, Ronald Civil Engineering
Saraf, Ravi Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Reid, Robert Special Education and Communication Disorders Nanodevice for Imaging Normal Stress Distribution with
* Leadership Training in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Application in Sensing Texture and Feel by Touching
$620,006 Dept. of Education $272,156 NSF

Schacht, Walter Agronomy and Horticulture

Grasslands Ecological Monitoring System
$608,880 Dept. of Agriculture-RMA-FCIC

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Scheffler, Marilyn Special Education and Sicking, Dean Civil Engineering
Communication Disorders Identification of Vehicular Impact Conditions
Project PROMOTE Associated with Serious Ran-Off-Road Crashes
$797,184 Dept. of Education $634,521 Natl Coop Hwy Rsch Prog
Sanger, Dixie Special Education and Communication Disorders Khattak, Aemal Civil Engineering
Project Support: Speech-Language Jones, Elizabeth Civil Engineering
Pathologists Supporting Literacy Instruction Improved Procedures for Safety Performance
$800,000 Dept. of Education Evaluation of Roadside Features
Sanger, Dixie Special Education and Communication Disorders $833,940 Natl Coop Hwy Rsch Prog
* Project Re-entry: Preparing Speech-Language Reid, John Mechanical Engineering
Pathologists to Serve Students with Traumatic Brain Injury Rohde, John Civil Engineering
$800,000 Dept. of Education Faller, Ronald Civil Engineering
Hux, Karen Special Education and Communication Disorders
Siegfried, Blair Entomology
Sellmyer, David Physics and Astronomy A Site Specific Field Corn IPM Program that
* Fundamental & Magnetic-Hardening Studies of Incorporates Transgenic Technology
Advanced Nanocomposite Magnets $283,913 Pennsylvania State University
$270,000 Dept. of Energy * Quantifying Risk Factors for Evolution of European
Corn Borer Resistance to Cry1F Expressing Corn Hybrids
Shank, Nancy Public Policy Center $346,845 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Bridging the Gap: Information &
Referral Database Interoperability Simpson, Melanie Biochemistry
$600,000 Dept. of Commerce-NTIA Role of Hyaluronan in Prostate Cancer Progression
$326,250 DOD-Army Medical Research
Shapiro, Charles Northeast Research and Extension Center
Improving Organic Farming Systems Sincovec, Richard Computer Science and Engineering
across Nebraska Agroecosystems MRI: Acquisition of High Performance Computing &
$762,949 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Data Visualization for Scientists & Engineers
Baltensperger, David Panhandle Research and Extension Center $500,000 NSF
Brandle, James School of Natural Resources Jiang, Hong Computer Science and Engineering
Francis, Charles Agronomy/Horticulture Ramamurthy, Byrav Computer Science and Engineering
Knezevic, Stevan Northeast Research and Extension Center Seth, Sharad Computer Science and Engineering
Wright, Robert Entomology Swanson, David Computer Science and Engineering
Johnson, Ron School of Natural Resources
Smith, Andrew University of Nebraska State Museum
Shea, Patrick School of Natural Resources Scarab Biodiversity of Southern South America
* Targeting Watershed Vulnerability & Behaviors Leading to $300,000 NSF
Adoption of Conservation Management Practices Ocampo, Federico University of Nebraska State Museum
$570,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Burbach, Mark School of Natural Resources Smith, David R. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Lynne, Gary Agricultural Economics Intervention Strategies to Reduce
Martin, Alexander Agronomy and Horticulture Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 in Beef Feedyards
Milner, Maribeth Agronomy and Horticulture $500,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
Erickson, Galen Animal Science
Sheridan, Susan Educational Psychology Hinkley, Susanne Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Leadership Training in Interdisciplinary Collaboration Klopfenstein, Terry Animal Science
$800,000 Dept. of Education Moxley, Rodney Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Shield, Jeffrey Mechanical Engineering Snow, Gregory Physics and Astronomy

The Effect of Long-Range Dumbbell Ordering on the Properties & * GAANN Fellowships for Physics at UNL
Microstructures of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets $380,016 Dept. of Education
$340,000 NSF
Somerville, Greg Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
* Environmental Regulation of
Staphylococcus epidermidis PIA Synthesis
$367,000 DHHS-NIH-NIGMS

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Soukup, Rodney Electrical Engineering Storz, Jay Biological Sciences
Electronic Devices of Germanium Carbide * Test of Adaptive Divergence across Altitudinal
$270,000 NSF Gradients: Population Genomics of Deer Mice
Ianno, Natale Electrical Engineering $492,000 NSF

Specht, James Agronomy and Horticulture Stubbendieck, James Great Plains Studies
Elevating Protein Content in the North Central Farm Viability, Farmland Preservation and Smart Growth
USA Soybean-Growing States $308,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
$642,199 Iowa State University-NCSRP Esseks, J. Dixon Great Plains Studies
Graef, George Agronomy and Horticulture
* Genetic Mapping & Application of SNP DNA Markers in Soybean Subramanian, Anu Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
$291,391 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS Prep Zirconia Aggregates/Adsorbents in Bioseparations
$270,131 NSF
Spreitzer, Robert Biochemistry
Role of the Rubisco Small Subunit Swanson, David Computer Science and Engineering
$748,000 Dept. of Energy US CMS Tier 2 Center
* Rubisco Phylogenetic Engineering $761,000 University of California-Los Angeles
$202,383 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Bloom, Kenneth Physics and Astronomy
Dominguez, Aaron Physics and Astronomy
Srisa-an, Witawas Computer Science and Engineering * MRI: Acquisition of Affordable Shared-Memory Computing &
Building Scalable & Adaptive Garbage Collector for Server Systems Scalable Storage for Scientists & Engineers
$281,000 NSF $300,000 NSF
Elbaum, Sebastian Computer Science and Engineering
Tadros, Maher Civil Engineering
Starace, Anthony Physics and Astronomy * Class C Fly Ash in Concrete Pavement
Dynamics of Few-Body Atomic Processes $321,379 Ne Dept. of Roads
$996,337 Dept. of Energy
* Strong Field & Ultrafast Atomic and Molecular Processes Takacs, James Chemistry
$210,000 NSF Novel Cyclization Reactions for Organic Synthesis
$422,500 NSF
Steadman, James Plant Pathology
Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program Taylor, Steve Food Science and Technology
$394,481 Michigan State University * Food Allergen Database
* Resistance Improvement of Bean thru Multi-Site $346,406 Various Industries
Screening & Pathogen Characterization Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance
$204,650 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS $462,110 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Allergenicity Evaluation of Isinglass
Steffen, David Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences $417,610 Various Industries
* Johne’s Disease Testing
$208,000 Ne Dept. of Agriculture Thippareddi, Harshavardhan Food Science and Technology
Understanding and Controlling Listeria Monocytogenes
Stentz, Terry Construction Management Transmission through Ready-to-Eat Meat Products
Human Factors in Railway Operation $222,270 Colorado State University
$301,250 Dept. of Transportation-FRA HACCP Assistance for Small & Very Small Processors with
Jones, Elizabeth Civil Engineering Development & Validation of Safe Meat Chilling Processes
Rilett, Laurence Civil Engineering $599,916 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Khattak, Aemal Civil Engineering Wang, Lijun Biological Systems Engineering
Riley, Michael Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Weller, Curtis Biological Systems Engineering
Jones, Erick Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Burson, Dennis Animal Science
* Analytic Study of Acute Extremity Lacerations in Meat Packing HACCP Training & Research to Assist Meat Processors with
$293,690 Harvard School of Public Health Process Deviations for Lethality & Stabilization
$495,640 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES
Stone, Julie Plant Science Initiative/Biochemistry * Improving Safety of Shell Eggs & Egg Products by
* Role of Transcriptional Regulator in Addressing Critical Research Needs for Salmonella
Programmed Cell Death & Plant Development Enteritidis & Salmonella spp
$240,000 Dept. of Energy $599,951 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP
Froning, Glenn Food Science and Technology
Subbiah, Jeyamkondan Biological Systems Engineering

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Thomas, Steven School of Natural Resources Verma, Shashi School of Natural Resources
* FIBR: Linking Genes to Ecosystems * Carbon Sequestration and Global Climate Change
$307,189 University of California-Riverside $941,161 Dept. of Energy-EPSCoR
Knops, Johannes Biological Sciences
Tiller, Dale School of Engineering Technology Cassman, Kenneth Agronomy and Horticulture
Converging Redundant Sensor Network
Information for Improved Building Control Vidaver, Anne Plant Pathology
$327,000 Dept. of Energy-Natl Energy Tech Molecular Characterization of
Henze, Gregor School of Engineering Technology Clavibacter iranicus & Related Species
$318,742 Dept. of Agriculture-ARS
Torquati, Julia Family and Consumer Sciences
Evaluation of Promising Models and Delivery Viljoen, Hendrik Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Approaches to Child Care Provider Training Vortex-Tube Based Thermocycler w/Intelligent Software
$305,393 Iowa State University $350,636 DHHS-NIH-Nat Ctr Rsch Resources
Wilcox, Brian Center on Children, Families and the Law Gogos, George Mechanical Engineering
Raikes, Helen Center on Children, Families and the Law
Wagner, William Biological Sciences
Trainin, Guy Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Communication of Direct Mating Benefits to Females
* Arts Linc $301,283 NSF
$261,674 Lake Elsinore USD
Waldren, Vernon Southeast Research and Extension Center
Tsymbal, Evgeny Physics and Astronomy * HUD Omaha Lead Site
Theory of Electronic Magnetic & Transport $300,000 Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Properties of Nanoscale Magnetic Junctions
$300,000 NSF Walstad, William Economics
Jaswal, Sitaram Physics and Astronomy Interactive Teaching in Undergraduate Economic Courses
* Multiscale Modeling of Magnetic Nanocontacts $674,928 NSF
$200,751 Seagate Technology
Wang, Jun Computer Science and Engineering
Uiterwaal, Kees Physics and Astronomy CSR-PDOS: Energy-Efficient,
Inside a Focused Laser Beam: Molecular Dynamics High-Performance Storage Array Systems
$442,001 NSF $260,000 NSF

Umstadter, Donald Physics and Astronomy Wang, Xinwei Mechanical Engineering

Ion Acceleration with High Intensity Lasers Sub-Surface Structural Damages
$401,277 NSF in Laser-Assisted Surface Nanostructuring
* Laser Produced Coherent X-Ray Sources $249,999 NSF
$270,000 Dept. of Energy Lu, Yongfeng Electrical Engineering

Weeks, Donald Biochemistry

Van Etten, James Plant Pathology Development of Herbicide-Resistant Plants for
Center for Innovation in Membrane Protein Production Environmentally-Safe Production Energy & Biomass Crops
$428,684 Univ of California-San Francisco $232,000 Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
Dunigan, David Plant Pathology
Weisz, Victoria Center on Children, Families and the Law
Variyam, Vinod Computer Science and Engineering Nebraska State Court Improvement
Studies in Computational Complexity Theory $861,502 Supreme Court of Nebraska
$200,000 NSF
Weldon, Robert Biological Sciences
Vasa, Stanley Special Education and Intracellular Targeting of HIV Gag Proteins
Communication Disorders $393,825 DHHS-NIH-NIAID
Project NETS: Nebraska Educational Transition Specialists
$798,624 Dept. of Education
Scheffler, Marilyn Special Education and
Communication Disorders

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Weller, Curtis Biological Systems Engineering Wilson, Brent Mechanical Engineering
Purification Process Influences on Structural & Development of Improved Product Performance
Nutritional Function of Grain Sorghum through Optimization & Modeling of
$338,000 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP Engineering Materials Processing & Function
Carr, Timothy Nutrition and Health Sciences $341,179 Brenco/Amsted Industries
Schlegel, Vicki Food Science and Technology
Cuppett, Susan Food Science and Technology Wilson Jr., Robert Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Hwang, Keum Taek Industrial Ag Products Center * Assessing the Long Term Viability of Roundup Ready
Wang, Lijun Biological Systems Engineering Technology as a Foundation for Cropping Systems
$880,000 Monsanto Co.
Whitbeck, Les Sociology
Shonga Ska: Sacred Horse Society Drug Prevention Program Witkowski, John Northeast Research and Extension Center
$433,944 DHHS-NIH-Nat Inst Drug Abuse Integrated Network for Tribal College Community
Watershed Natural Resources Education
White, Brett Animal Science $237,105 Iowa State University
Transcriptional Regulation/Porcine GnRH Receptor Gene
$287,193 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Woldt, Wayne Biological Systems Engineering
* Advancing Onsite Wastewater Treatment in Nebraska
White, Joseph Sociology $259,742 Ne Dept. of Environmental Quality
Developing an Alcohol Prevention Program with the Dakota Skipton, Sharon Southeast Research and Extension Center
$384,059 DHHS-NIH-NIAAA
Hoyt, Dan Sociology Wood, Charles Biological Sciences
Whitbeck, Les Sociology * AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank
Godfrey, Joyzelle Sociology $320,442 George Washington University

Wiegand, Roger Mathematics Woodward, Gordon Mathematics

GAANN Fellowship Program: Mathematics at UNL Increasing Participation in Computer Science, Engineering, &
$633,360 Dept. of Education Mathematics through NSF Scholarships at UNL
Pitts, David Mathematics $400,000 NSF
Walker, Judy Mathematics Ballard, John Engineering & Technology
Walker, Mark Mathematics Ramamurthy, Byrav Computer Science and Engineering
Bellows, Laurie Graduate Studies Goddard, Steve Computer Science and Engineering
Lee, Kevin Arts & Sciences
Wiener, Richard Psychology Nebraska REU in Applied Mathematics
REU Site: Psychology and Law $223,987 NSF
$269,280 NSF Rebarber, Richard Mathematics
Jury Bias in Criminal Cases: Sexual Assault,
Homicide and Generic Prejudice Wortmann, Charles Agronomy/Horticulture
$233,883 NSF Integrated Approach to Reduced Risk of Phosphorus
Pollution of Surface Waters in Crop-Livestock Based
Wilhite, Donald School of Natural Resources Managed Ecosystems of the Midwest
Drought Monitoring, Planning & Mitigation $235,839 Nebraska Corn Board
$495,371 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Erickson, Galen Animal Science
Mitigation & Preparedness Technologies for the US Schulte, Dennis Biological Systems Engineering
$589,996 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES Franti, Tom Biological Systems Engineering
* Estimating the Impacts of Complex Climatic Events: Jose, H. Douglas Agricultural Economics
Drought in Colorado, Nebraska & New Mexico
$300,000 Dept. of Commerce-NOAA Yamamoto, Catherine Student Affairs
Upward Bound–Lincoln
Willis, Mary Anthropology and Geography $938,496 Dept. of Education
Anterior Dentition and Restoration Among Nuer Upward Bound Math/Science Project
and Dinka Refugees from Sudan $891,664 Dept. of Education
$227,459 The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation
Yang, Yiqi Textiles, Clothing and Design
Resistance of Sulfur Dyed Fabrics to Oxidative
Bleaching & Acidic Tendering: Improvement & Application
$300,618 Procter & Gamble

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Yoder, Ronald Biological Systems Engineering
Nebraska AgrAbility
Career and K Awards
Active awards in 2006
$800,000 Dept. of Agriculture-CSREES * Indicates new in 2006
Baquet, Alan Agricultural Economics
NSF CAREER Grants
Zempleni, Janos Nutrition and Health Sciences National Science Foundation CAREER grants are awarded only to
* Biotin Affects Cytokine Metabolism untenured junior faculty. NSF emphasizes that the grants recognize
$409,586 Dept. of Agriculture-NRICGP research and education “of the highest quality and in the broadest
* Epigenetic Effects of Biotin on Activation of sense.” CAREER grants are unique in requiring a four- to five-year
Endogenous Viral Sequences plan for the scientist’s development as both a researcher and an
$401,959 DHHS-NIH-NIEHS educator.
Zeng, Xiao Cheng Chemistry Adams, Stephanie
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Crystallization and Interfacial Properties of Silicon Designing Effective Teams in the Engineering
$235,000 Dept. of Energy Classroom for the Enhancement of Learning
ITR: Multiscale Treatment of Systems with Strong Heterogeneities $623,918 NSF
$715,121 NSF
Diestler, Dennis Agronomy and Horticulture Becker, Donald
Feng, Ruqiang Engineering Mechanics Biochemistry
Spectrochemical Studies of Novel PutA
Zera, Anthony Biological Sciences Flavoprotein
Enzymatic and Molecular Bases of Trade-Offs in $314,250 NSF
Lipid Metabolism that Underlie Life History Trade-Off
$423,682 NSF Binek, Christian
Harshman, Lawrence Biological Sciences Physics and Astronomy
Morph-Dependent Cyclic JH Titer in a Wing-Polymorphic * Education & Research on Nanoscale Spintronic
Insect: Adaptive Significance & Underlying Causes Systems & Heterostructures
$321,626 NSF $500,000 NSF
Harshman, Lawrence Biological Sciences
Physiological & Molecular Causes of Genetic Bloom, Kenneth
Variation/Covariation in Endocrine Regulation Physics and Astronomy
$372,000 NSF * Top-Quark Physics, Computing & Software at
Large Hadron Collider
Zhang, Luwen Center for Virology $550,000 NSF
Interferon Regulatory Factor 7 and NPC
$393,855 DHHS-NIH-NIAID Choueiry, Berthe
Computer Science and Engineering
Zlotnik, Vitaly Geosciences Detecting Interchangeability Relations in
* Mechanisms Producing Variation in Lake Salinity in Constraint Satisfaction Problems and Exploiting
Dune Environments: Nebraska Sand Hills them in Problem Solving and Interactions with
$219,958 NSF Users
Fritz, Sherilyn Geosciences $600,000 NSF
Swinehart, James School of Natural Resources
Dominguez, Aaron
Physics and Astronomy
* Superior Silicon Tracking & Discovery as CMS
& D0
$550,000 NSF

Elbaum, Sebastian
Computer Science and Engineering
Leveraging Field Data to Test Pervasive Systems
$412,594 NSF

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 Gursoy, Mustafa K Awards
Electrical Engineering National Institutes of Health K Awards provide support for
CAREER: Energy-Efficient Wireless intensive development experiences in one of the biomedical,
Communications under Channel Uncertainty behavioral or clinical sciences leading to research independence.
$400,000 NSF Candidates for these awards normally must have a research
or health-professional doctorate and postdoctoral research
Orti, Guillermo experience at the time of application. The proposed career-
Biological Sciences development experience must be in a research area new to the
Molecular Systematics of Ray-Finned Fishes applicant and/or one in which an additional supervised research
$533,295 NSF experience will substantially add to the applicant’s research
capabilities. Candidates must provide a plan for achieving
independent research support by the end of the award, and must
Perez, Lance be willing to spend a minimum of .75 FTE conducting research and
Electrical Engineering career development during the award three-, four-, or five-year
Channel Coding for Satellite and Mobile project period.
Communications
$269,880 NSF Angeletti, Peter
Biological Sciences
Scott, Stephen Maintenance of Human Papilloma Virus Genes
Computer Science and Engineering $613,512 DHHS-NIH-NCI
Making Exponential-Time Learning Algorithms
Efficient
$299,952 NSF DiLillo, David
Psychology
Wang, Lily Family Functioning of Adults Maltreated as
School of Engineering Technology Children
Integrating Time-Variant Source Directivity into $670,826 DHHS-NIH-NIMH
Architectural Acoustic Auralizations
$401,376 NSF Kiviniemi, Marc
Psychology
Affect & Decision Making for Cancer-Related
Behaviors
$535,692 DHHS-NIH-NCI

Sayood, Khalid
Electrical Engineering
Identification of Biological Materials of Unknown
Origin
$764,005 DHHS-NIH-NIBIB

Tyler, Kimberly
Sociology
Neglect and Abuse Histories Among Homeless
Young Adults
$659,525 DHHS-NIH-NIMH

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 Arts and Humanities Awards fundraising is completed, the $2 million establishes an endowment
at the University of Nebraska Foundation, the proceeds of
$50,000 or more which provide permanent annual operating funding for the Walt
Active awards in 2006 Whitman Archive. The Whitman Archive is an electronic research
* Indicates new in 2006 and teaching tool that makes Whitman’s huge body of work easily
and conveniently accessible. Whitman amassed a huge volume
Cahan, David History of work during his life. Some 70,000 manuscripts are housed in
A Biography of Hermann von Helmholtz about 80 locations, although the bulk is known to be in just five
$102,868 NSF libraries. But the logistics of finding these various documents, let
1/1/05 – 12/31/07 alone assessing and comparing their relevance and content, are
David Cahan, Charles Bessey Professor daunting. The Archive allows scholars to search the entire body
and professor of history, is writing a full- of Whitman’s writings and scholarship on those works and offers
scale, definitive biography of Hermann von scholarly analysis.
Helmholtz (1821-1894), one of the major The Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive
figures of modern science. The biography $200,000 National Endowment for the Humanities
will provide a fresh account of Helmholtz’s 5/1/03 – 4/30/06
personal life within the context of his family, Price is also part of a project to produce The Walt Whitman
schooling and friends, and portray and analyze his working life Hypertext Archive, which will build on, enhance and contextualize
as a scientist—principally as a physiologist and physicist, but also the 22-volume Collected Writings of Walt Whitman by publishing a
as a leader in other fields (chemistry, mathematics, psychology comprehensive on-line Walt Whitman archive website. The project
and meteorology), all within the context of German science. It will involves encoding all materials in the Collected Writings and
show how he represented the aims, results and image of science editing, encoding, linking and annotating all remaining materials,
to the educated but otherwise non-scientific classes of Europe and including the vast archive of Whitman’s poetry manuscripts.
America. It also will show the implications of contemporary science
that he drew for the fine arts, medicine, industry and society at Walter, Katherine Libraries
large. The extensive use of correspondence means the work will be Interoperability of Metadata Standards for
the first new modern biography of Helmholtz as well as one of the Digital Thematic Research Collections
most detailed biographies of a scientist ever published. $169,651 Institute of Museum and Library Services
11/1/05 – 10/31/07
Kooser, Ted English Price, Kenneth English
American Life in Poetry Project Bolin, Mary Libraries
$125,000 Poetry Foundation Barney, Brett Libraries
1/1/05 – 12/31/07 Katherine Walter, chair of special collections
The Poetry Foundation, in partnership and preservation and professor of libraries,
with the Library of Congress, supports is principal investigator on a team hoping to
the American Life in Poetry project, an develop guidelines that will serve as a model
initiative of Ted Kooser, the Poet Laureate for the integration of standards used by
Consultant in Poetry to the Library of scholarly digital projects and could influence
Congress. American Life in Poetry is a future development. Metadata integration is
free weekly column for newspapers and an important but yet unattained goal for digital thematic research
online publications featuring a poem written by a contemporary collections, which employ standards for transcriptions, digital
American poet, chosen by Kooser, with a brief introduction written images, finding aids and administrative records. These standards
by Kooser. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry. The have been developed by different communities. The Metadata
Poetry Foundation funds the project, with administrative support Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) shows promise
provided by the UNL English Department, where the project office as a means of integrating various standards, but no testing of
is located. METS has been done using digital thematic research as a model;
thus ad hoc and idiosyncratic solutions have sprung up, with
Price, Kenneth English various unreliable results. UNL will create a METS profile to test
Walt Whitman Archive its reliability and also submit the package to two digital library
$500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities systems at Brown University and the University of Virginia.
8/1/05 – 3/31/09 Benjamin A. Botkin Collection-Preservation/Access
Ken Price, professor of English and Hillegass $97,435 National Endowment for the Humanities
Chair of 19th Century American Literature, is 7/1/01 – 6/30/06
principal investigator for a $500,000 We the Walter is also using a National Endowment for the Humanities
People Challenge Grant from the National grant to preserve a vast collection of materials from the Benjamin
Endowment for the Humanities. The award A. Botkin Collection of Applied American Folklore and microfilming
is contingent on UNL acquiring a 3-1 match it to improve its accessibility to scholars and the public. Botkin
of $1.5 million in the next four years. When was national folklore editor of the Federal Writers Project and

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chief of the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song.
The collection adds to the understanding of this discipline in Arts and Humanities Awards
development and it consists of 8,000 books, 447 linear feet of $5,000-$49,999
archival materials and 700 recordings. The project preserves 291 Active awards in 2006
linear feet on microfilm and also preserves 200 sound recordings * Indicates new in 2006
made by Botkin himself.
Implementation Grants for Special Projects— Brooke, Robert English
Journals of Lewis and Clark Online Edition Voices from Young Citizens: Writing from Rural Nebraska
$222,177 National Endowment for the Humanities Youth Involved in Place Conscious Education
Dunham, Gary University Press $8,100 Nebraska Humanities Council
9/1/03–8/31/05
Walter and Gary Dunham, University of Nebraska Press director, Dunham, Gary University Press
are using a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to Moravian Springplace Mission among the Cherokees
create an on-line edition of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark $20,000 National Historic Publications and Records
Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, UNL professor emeritus of Publication of “Beaver Steals Fire”
history. The interdisciplinary team is drawn from the UNL Libraries, $6,000 Montana Committee for Humanities
the University of Nebraska Press, and the Center for Great Plains
Studies. The site will also feature supplementary texts relating to Engen-Wedin, Nancy Lied Center for Performing Arts
Euro-American and Native perspectives on the Lewis and Clark * ArtsReach
expedition, images, and audio files of poet William Kloefkorn $41,500 Nebraskans for the Arts
reading selected passages. Online searchability will make the * Umonhon Cultural Arts Program
website a useful resource for scholars and the general public. The $11,250 Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
project is timed to coincide with the bicentennial commemoration
of Lewis and Clark’s expedition. Handa, Rumiko Architecture
Spirit of Design: Multidisciplinary,
Multimedia Database and Website
$12,000 Graham Foundation
Potter, James Architecture

Randolph, Ladette University Press

* Access to Artistic Excellence: International Translations
$25,000 National Endowment for the Arts

Steger, Paul Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film

* Nebraska Repertory Theatre Statewide
$7,210 Nebraska Arts Council

Walter, Katherine University Libraries

Quilt Index National Leadership Project
$20,000 Michigan State University
Crews, Patricia Textiles, Clothing and Design
Homestead — Broken Bow Microfilming Project (CESU)
$20,000 Dept. of Interior-NPS
Edwards, Rick Economics

Weiss, Wendy Textiles, Clothing and Design

* Hillestad Textiles Gallery
$5,285 Friends of the Hillestad Textiles Gallery

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 PATENTS ISSUED IN 2006 Weeks, Donald
Biochemistry
Recognition for faculty who received patents
UNL faculty indicated in red Title: Methods and Materials for Making and Using Transgenic
Dicamba-Degrading Organisms
Alfano, James Description: Dicamba resistant crops
Biological Sciences Date: March 2, 2006
Title: DNA Molecules and Polypeptides of Pseudomonas Syringae No. 558,838
HRP Pathegenicity Island and Their Uses Country: Republic of Korea
Description: Novel pharmaceutical targets
Date: September 5, 2006 Date: March 9, 2006
No. 7,102,059 No. 528,010
Country: United States Country: New Zealand

Jorgensen, James Date: April 4, 2006

Electrical Engineering No. 7,022,896
Title: Sound Generating Apparatus for Use with Gloves and Similar Country: United States
Articles
Description: Cheer gloves Date: September 12, 2006
Date: May 2, 2006 No. 7,105,724
No. 7,038,575 Country: United States
Country: United States

Klopfenstein, Terry J.
Animal Science
Title: Rumen Inert Oil
Description: Ruminant feed
Date: 1/3/2006
No. PI9609476-1
Country: Brazil

Oleynikov, Dmitry; Farritor, Shane Michael ; Hadzialic, Adnan;

Platt, Stephen
Mechanical Engineering
Title: Microrobot for Surgical Applications
Description: Miniature surgical robot
Date: May 9, 2006
No. 7,042,184
Country: United States

Redepenning, Jody
Chemistry
Title: Electrolytic Deposition of Coatings for Prosthetic Metals and
Alloys
Description: Bone-like coating for prosthetics
Date: 3/21/2006
No. 7,014,749
Country: United States

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 2006 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSES Licensee: Gayland Ward Seed Co. Inc.
Description: Atlas brm-12 variety of forage sorghum
UNL faculty indicated in red Inventors: Funnell, Deanna ; Grant, Richard; Oliver, Amanda;
Pedersen, Jeffrey; Toy, John
Licensee: Apath Department: Agronomy and Horticulture, Plant Pathology
Description: Influenza plasmids
Inventor: Donis, Rueben Licensee: GC Image
Department: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Description: Software for processing data from comprehensive
two-dimensional gas chromatography
Licensee: Arrow Seed Co. Inc. Inventor: Reichenbach, Stephen
Description: Beefmaker variety of intermediate wheatgrass Department: Computer Science
Inventors: Baltensperger, David D. ; Nicholson, R.A.; Reece,
Patrick ; Schuman, G.; Vogel, Kenneth Licensee: Intellectual Ventures
Department: Agronomy and Horticulture Description: Communications, memory and circuitry technologies
Inventors: Algrain, Marcello C.; Bandyopadhyay, Supriyo; Ehlers,
Licensee: Arrow Seed Co. Inc. Doug; Hardt, Stephen L.; Hoffman, Michael ; Nguyen, Lim ; Sayood,
Description: Bonanza variety of big bluestem grass Khalid ; Zhu, Quiming
Inventors: Anderson, Bruce ; Klopfenstein, Terry; Mitchell, Robert ; Department: Computer and Electronics Engineering, Computer
Vogel, Kenneth Science, Electrical Engineering
Department: Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science
Licensee: Laursen, Daniel
Licensee: Bauer, Dennis Description: Beefmaker variety of intermediate wheatgrass
Description: Beefmaker variety of intermediate wheatgrass Inventors: Baltensperger, David D. ; Nicholson, R.A.; Reece,
Inventors: Baltensperger, David D. ; Reece, Patrick ; Vogel, Patrick ; Schuman, G.; Vogel, Kenneth
Kenneth ; Schuman, G.; Nicholson, R.A. Department: Agronomy and Horticulture
Department: Agronomy and Horticulture
Licensee: Nebraska Surgical Solutions, Inc.
Licensee: Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation Description: Surgical miniature robotic device
Description: Technology related to male sterility in plants Inventors: Oleynikov, Dmitry; Farritor, Shane Michael ; Hadzialic,
Inventors: Abdelnoor, Ricardo Vilela; Mackenzie, Sally Adnan; Platt, Stephen
Department: NRI Center for Biotechnology Department: Mechanical Engineering
Licensee: Blooms of Bressingham Licensee: The Seed Company
Description: Sweet Joanne penstemon hybrid Description: Varieties of high protein soybeans, high sucrose
Inventors: Lindgren, Dale Tennis ; Todd, Kim soybeans, and high yield soybeans
Department: Agronomy and Horticulture Inventor: Graef, George
Department: Agronomy and Horticulture
Licensee: Cereplast Inc.
Description: Water resistant degradable foam, biodegradable Licensee: Star Seed Inc.
polymers Description: Bonanza variety of big bluestem grass
Inventors: Biby, Gerald D.; Chinnaswamy, Rangaswamy; Fang, Qi ; Inventors: Anderson, Bruce ; Klopfenstein, Terry; Mitchell, Robert ;
Hanna, Milford A. Vogel, Kenneth
Department: Biological Systems Engineering, Industrial Ag Department: Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science
Products Center
Licensee: Star Seed Inc.
Licensee: DTL Controls, LLC Description: Goldmine variety of big bluestem
Description: Air flow conductors Inventors: Anderson, Bruce ; Klopfenstein, Terry; Mitchell, Robert ;
Inventor: Liu, Mingsheng Vogel, Kenneth
Department: Architecture Department: Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science
Licensee: E-Tech Licensee: Stock Seed Farm
Description: Conductive concrete overlay for bridge deck de-icing Description: Bonanza variety of big bluestem grass
Inventors: Chen, Bing ; Nguyen, Lim ; Tuan, Christopher Inventors: Anderson, Bruce ; Klopfenstein, Terry; Mitchell, Robert ;
Department: Civil Engineering, Computer and Electronics Vogel, Kenneth
Engineering Department: Agronomy and Horticulture, Animal Science

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Licensee: Todd Valley Farms
Description: NE-KYB-05-001 variety of Kentucky bluegrass CREATIVE WORKS IN
Inventors: Riordan, Terrance P. ; Shearman, Robert C. ; Wit Jr., FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
Leonard A. Faculty who created, performed or produced creative works
Department: Agronomy and Horticulture in fine and performing arts, nationally or internationally

Bailey, John R. School of Music
Performer, invited recital for the National Flute Association
national convention, Flute and Piano Works of Theodor Blumer,
Pittsburgh, Pa., with Laura Silverman, pianist, University of Akron.
Conductor, The American Flute Orchestra tour in Russia, Latvia,
and Estonia.

Barnes, Paul E. School of Music

Performer, recording of American Piano Concertos, Albany, N.Y.
Performer, recording of Philip Glass Piano Concerto No. 2 (After
Lewis and Clark) , New York, N.Y.
Author, sheet music, Orphee Suite for Piano, London, U.K.

Brown, Joann Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education

Artist, mixed media image, The Interconnectness Of All, Ink People
Gallery, Eureka, Calif.

Bybee, Ariel School of Music

Soloist, Thirteenth American Music Festival, Chinese government.

Chang-Barnes, Ann School of Music

Performer, piano, world premiere concert, St. Petersburg, Russia,
of newly arranged works of Astor Piazzolla for piano and cello
quartet, with the Rastrelli Cello Quartet.
Performer, piano, International Fortepiano Forum, Poeke, Belgium.

Clinton, Mark K. School of Music

Performer, piano, guest soloist with the Prince George’s
Philharmonic, College Park, Md.
Performer, piano, 2006 Ameropa International Chamber Music
Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, with Min Kwon, piano; John
Lindsey, violin; Karen Becker, cello; and French mezzo-soprano
Anne Donnadieu.
Performer, piano, guest artist at the 2006 Illinois Chamber Music
Festival, with Julieta Mihai, violin; John Lindsey, violin; Lisa Nelson,
viola; Nina Gordon, cello; Amy Flores, cello.

Eklund, Peter A. School of Music

Conductor, 200-voice honor choir with performances in Italy,
France, Germany, Austria
Conductor, international convention in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Fritz, Dana Art & Art History

Artist, photography, Garden Views: the Culture of Nature,
University Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan.
Artist, photography, Back to Nature, Contemporary Artists Center,
North Adams, Mass.

Fuelberth, Rhonda J. School of Music

Performer, peer-reviewed performance, University Women’s Chorale
appearance, MENC National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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intellectual property licenses creative works in fine and performing arts

Hanrahan, Kevin School of Music Trout, Barbara L. Textiles, Clothing & Design
Performer, guest artist voice recital, Pune, India, with Priya Palekar, Artist, silk dress, In the Spirit of the Deertailed Dress, Russell Hill
soprano; Roberta Swedien, piano. Rogers Galley, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas.
Performer, voice recital, Die Schöne Müllerin, Mumbai, India, with Artist, exhibited headpiece in multimedia, Empress Bonnet,
Robert Swedien, piano. Creative Grand Crossings, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Artist, multi-component neckpiece, Priestess Collar, Celebration:
Horvay, Martha Textiles, Clothing & Design Spiritual Exhibit, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Artist, collage, Washing Dishes and Gazing West, A.I.R. Gallery,
New York, N.Y. Weiss, Wendy R. Textiles, Clothing & Design
Artist, set for an outdoor performance, Curlers, Smoky Hill River
James, Michael F. Textiles, Clothing & Design Festival, Salina, Kan.
Artist, quilts, Night Sky 1, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Mass.; Artist, handwoven naturally dyed silk fabric mounted on wood,
Material Things, The Sawmill Gallery, James Madison University, Invitation, The Space of Change, District of Columbia Art Center,
Harrisonburg, Va., with Frankie Flood, Denise Pelletier, Laura Washington, D.C., with Jay Kreimer.
Strand; Smoke Signals, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Material Artist, textile, sound and movement installation, Ground Shift,
Difference: Soft Sculpture and Wall Works from Midwest Washington D.C., with Jay Kreimer.
Collections, Chicago Cultural Center, Hanging in the Balance
and At or Near the Surface, Fifth International Fiber Biennial, White, Darryl A. School of Music
Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, Pa.; At or Near the Artist, panelist adjudicator, National Foundation for Advancement
Surface, Explorations II: Quilts by the Faculty of the Quilt Surface in the Arts, Miami, Fla.
Design Symposium, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio; Sky/ Performer and lecturer, director of the Clifford Brown/Stan Getz
Wind Variations 2, Studio Art Quilt Associates: The Creative Force, All-Stars, Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, Calif.
Fall International Quilt Market and International Quilt Festival, Featured artist in a jazz performance, American Jazz Museum,
Houston, Texas; The Nature of Truth (The Truth of Nature) , Tied Blue Room, Kansas City, Missouri.
Together: Textile Art in the 21st Century, Chandler Center for the Performer and lecturer, performances at Lincoln Center and
Arts, Chandler, Ariz.; exhibited quilts using various techniques, the Conference Main Stage, International Association for Jazz
Michael James Studio Quilts, La Linguella Cultural Arts Center, Educators Conference, New York, N.Y.
Portoferrario, Italy; Quilts from the Collection of Penny Nii, Gualala
Arts, Gualala, Calif.; Abstraction No. 6: Afterimage, Embassy of Williams, Sandra M. Art & Art History
the United States of America, Seoul, South Korea; Recent Work Artist, The Seven Mysteries, solo exhibition of mixed media, Crystal
in Digital Textiles, Festival of Quilts, National Exposition Center, Lake, Ill. and Ashland, Ore.
Birmingham, U.K.
Solo exhibit, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wis., included five new
works and loaned works from the International Quilt Study Center
collection. The exhibition was featured in the June/July 2006 issue
of American Craft Magazine. Home Economics, entered into the
permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum.

Kendall, Gail M. Art & Art History

Artist, ceramics, Woodfire Conference Invitational Exhibition,
University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Ariz.
Artist, ceramics, Art School At Old Church, pottery exhibition,
Demarest, N.J.

Shomos, William H. School of Music

Artist, stage director for Nevada Opera’s Die Zauberflaute by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Stage director for Nevada Opera’s Summer Festival production of
Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Artist, stage director for La Musica Lirica’s production of Il
Campanello by Gaetano Donizetti, Novafeltria, Italy.

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 BOOKS
Recognition for faculty who have written books
UNL faculty indicated in red

Andrews, Larry
Language Exploration and Awareness 3rd Ed. ; Mahwah, N.J.,
Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006. (Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education)

Archer, J. Clark; Lavin, Stephen J.; Martis, Kenneth C.; Shelley,

Fred M.
Historical Atlas of US Presidential Elections, 1788-2004 ;
Washington, D.C., Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006.
(Anthropology & Geography)

Avolio, Bruce J.; Luthans, Fred

The High Impact Leader ; New York, N.Y., McGraw Hill, 2006.
(Management)

Bauer, Grace; Kane, Julie, eds.

Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative
Responses to Everette Maddox ; New Orleans, La., Xavier Review
Press, 2006. (English)

Bauer, Grace
Beholding Eye ; Cincinnati, Ohio, Custom Words, 2006. (English)

Beaver, Gregory L.
PEAR Installer Manifesto ; London, U.K., Packt Publishing, 2006.
(School of Music)

Berens, Charlyne
Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward ; Lincoln, Neb., University of
Nebraska Press, 2006. (Journalism & Mass Communications)

Bicknell-Holmes, Tracy; Logan-Peters, Kay

External Review for Promotion and Tenure ; Washington, D.C.,
Association of Research Libraries, 2006. (University Libraries)

Bryant, Miles
Horse Smiling and Other Moments Recollected in Nebraska ;
Lincoln, Neb., B Street Press, 2006. (Educational Administration)

Burnett, Amy N.
Teaching the Reformation: Ministers and Their Message in Basel,
1529-1629; New York, N.Y., Oxford University Press, 2006. (History)

Burnett, Amy N.; Goodburn, Amy; Savory, Paul; Bernstein, Daniel

Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios and the
Peer Review of Teaching ; Bolton, Mass., Anker, 2006. (History,
English, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering)

Burnett, Stephen G; Bell, Dean Phillip, eds.

Jews, Judaism and the Reformation in Sixteenth Century Germany ;
Leiden, Netherlands, Brill, 2006. (Classics & Religious Studies,
History)

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Carr, Thomas M. Grady, Marilyn L.
Voix des abbesses du Grand Siècle: la prédication au féminin 194 High-Impact Letters for Busy Principals: A Guide for Handling
à Port-Royal ; Tubingen, Germany, Gunter Narr Verlag, 2006. Difficult Correspondence, 2nd Ed. ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., Corwin
(Modern Languages & Literatures) Press, 2006. (Educational Administration)

Dalla, Rochelle L. Grange, William

Exposing the “Pretty Woman” Myth: A Qualitative Investigation Historical Dictionary of German Theater; Lanham, Md., The
of Street-Level Prostituted Women ; Lanham, Md., Lexington Scarecrow Press, 2006. (Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film)
Publishers, Inc., 2006. (Family & Consumer Sciences)
Gruhl, John; Welch, Susan; Comer, John; Rigdon, Susan M.
DeFrain, John D.; Olson, David H. American Government, 10th Ed. ; Belmont, Calif., Thomson
Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths, 5th Ed. ; Wadsworth, 2006. (Political Science)
New York, N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 2006. (Family & Consumer Sciences)
Hamann, Ted; Meltzer, Julie
DeFrain, John D.; Dahl, Susan; Campbell, John S. Multi-Party Mobilization for Adolescent Literacy in a Rural Area: A
We Cry Out: Living with Developmental Disabilities ; Lincoln, Neb., Case Study of Policy Development and Collaboration ; Providence,
iUniverse, 2006. (Family & Consumer Sciences) R.I., Education Alliance at Brown University, 2006. (Teaching,
Learning & Teacher Education)
DeFrain, John D.; Lodl, Kathleen A.; Brand, Gail L.; Fenton, Ann
M.; Friesen, Jeanette L.; Hanna, Janet S. Hamann, Ted; Meltzer, Julie
Family Treasures: Creating Strong Families ; Lincoln, Neb., Meeting the Needs of Adolescent English Language Learners for
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension, 2006. (Family & Literacy Development and Content Area Learning, Part Two: Focus
Consumer Sciences) on Classroom Teaching and Learning Strategies ; Providence, R.I.,
Education Alliance at Brown University, 2006. (Teaching, Learning
Digman, Lester A. & Teacher Education)
Strategic Management: Competing in the Global Information
Age, 8th Ed. ; Mason, Ohio, Thomson Custom Solutions, 2006. Harnisch, Delwyn L.; Kimpton, P.
(Management) Scale Your Way to Musical Assessment: The Ultimate Guide to
Creating a Quality Music Program ; Downers Grove, Ill., Music
Dixon, Wheeler Winston, ed. Performance Assessment Experts Inc., 2006. (Teaching, Learning &
American Cinema of the 1940s ; New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers Teacher Education)
University Press, 2006. (English)
Hefle, Susan L.; Koppelman, Stef J., eds.
Dixon, Wheeler Winston Detecting Allergens in Foods ; Cambridge, U.K., Woodhead
Visions of Paradise ; New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, Publishing Ltd, 2006. (Food Science & Technology) Dr. Hefle died in
2006. (English) August of 2006.

Driskell, Judy A.; Wolinsky, Ira, eds. Honey, Maureen

Sports Nutrition: Vitamins and Trace Elements, 2nd Ed. ; Boca Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance,
Raton, Fla., CRC Press, 2006. (Nutrition & Health Sciences) 2nd Ed., revised and expanded; New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers
University Press, 2006. (English)
Edwards, Richard, ed.
Nebraska 1875: Its Advantages, Resources, and Drawbacks ; Hope, Debra A.; Heimberg, Richard G.; Turk, Cynthia L.
Lincoln, Neb., University of Nebraska Press, 2006. (Economics) Therapist Guide for Managing Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-
Behavioral Therapy Approach ; New York, N.Y., Oxford, 2006.
Gladyshev, Vadim N.; Hatfield, Dolph L.; Berry, Marla J., eds. (Psychology)
Selenium: Its Molecular Biology and Role in Human Health ; New
York, N.Y., Springer, 2006. (Biochemistry) Housh, Terry J.; Housh, D. J.; deVries, H.A.
Applied Exercise and Sport Physiology, 2nd Ed. ; Scottsdale, Ariz.,
Grady, Marilyn L.; Brock, Barbara Holcomb Hathaway Publishers, 2006. (Nutrition & Health Sciences)
Developing a Teacher Induction Plan; A Guide for School Leaders ;
Thousand Oaks, Calif., Corwin Press, 2006. (Educational Hutkins, Robert W.
Administration) Microbiology and Technology of Fermented Foods ; Ames, Iowa,
Blackwell-IFT Press, 2006. (Food Science & Technology)
Grady, Marilyn L.; Brock, Barbara
From First Year to First Rate, 3rd Ed. ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
Corwin Press, 2006. (Educational Administration)

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Isernhagen, Jody C. Raikes, Helen H.; Whitmer, Jane M.
Portraits of Excellence Year Five Report, Comprehensive Evaluation Beautiful Beginnings: A Developmental Curriculum for Infants and
of Nebraska School Based Teacher-Led Assessment and Reporting Toddlers. ; Baltimore, Md., Brookes Publishing Company, 2006.
System (STARS) ; Lincoln, Neb., Nebraska Department of Education, (Family & Consumer Sciences)
2006. (Educational Administration)
Ratcliffe, Brett C.; Cave, Ronald D.
Jameson, Mary Liz; Ratcliffe, Brett C., eds. The Dynastine Scarabs of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador
Scarabaeoidea in the 21st Century: a Festschrift Honoring Henry (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) ; Lincoln, Neb., University of Nebraska
F. Howden ; Athens, Ga., Coleopterists Society, 2006. (Museum, State Museum, 2006. (Museum, Entomology)
Entomology)
Reid, Robert; Lienemann, Torri
Kaul, Robert B.; Sutherland, David M.; Rolfsmeier, Steven R. Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities ; New
The Flora of Nebraska ; Lincoln, Neb., School of Natural Resources, York, N.Y., Guilford, 2006. (Special Education & Communication
UNL, 2006. (Museum) Disorders)

Kooser, Ted; Cox, Steve Ritchie, Joy S.; Ronald, Kate

Writing Brave and Free ; Lincoln, Neb., University of Nebraska Teaching Rhetorica: Theory, Pedagogy, Practice ; Portsmouth, N.H.,
Press, 2006. (English) Boynton/Heineman, 2006. (English)

Krone, Kathleen J.; Putnam, Linda L., eds. Ruser, Kevin; Lubken, Deanna
Organizational Communication ; London, U.K., SAGE Publications, Nebraska Chapter 7 Consumer Bankruptcy Manual ; Lincoln, Neb.,
2006. (Communication Studies) Law College Education Services, 2006. (Law)

Lee, Sang M.; Olson, David L. Sayood, Khalid

Introduction to Management Science, 3rd Ed. ; Cincinnati, Ohio, Introduction to Data Compression 3rd Ed. ; New York, N.Y., Elsevier,
Thomson Publishers, 2006. (Management) 2006. (Electrical Engineering)

Lepard, Brian Schniederjans, Marc J.; Schniederjans, Ashlyn M.; Schniederjans,

Section 482 Allocations: Judicial Decisions and IRS Practices ; Dara G.
Washington, D.C., Bureau of National Affairs, 2006. (Law) Outsourcing Management Information Systems ; Hershey, Pa., Idea
Group Publishing, 2006. (Management)
Luthans, Fred; Youssef, Carolyn M.; Avolio, Bruce J.
Psychological Capital ; New York, N.Y., Oxford University Press, Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S., eds.
2006. (Management) Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark and the Making
of America ; Charlottesville, Va., University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Moshman, David (History)
The Daughters of the Plaza de Mayo ; New York, N.Y., iUniverse,
2006. (Educational Psychology) Sellmyer, David J.; Skomski, Ralph, eds.
Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures ; Berlin, Germany, Springer,
Murphy, Linda L.; Spies, Robert A.; Plake, Barbara S., eds. 2006. (Physics & Astronomy)
Tests in Print VII ; Lincoln, Neb., Buros Institute of Mental
Measurements, 2006. (Educational Psychology) Sellmyer, David J.; Liu, Yi; Shindo, D., eds.
Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials ; Berlin, Germany,
Olson, David L.; Shi, Yong Springer, 2006. (Physics & Astronomy)
Introduction to Business Data Mining ; New York, N.Y., McGraw-
Hill/Irwin, 2006. (Management) Siau, Keng L., ed.
Advanced Topics in Database Research Vol. 5 ; Hershey, Pa., Idea
Rack, Frank R.; Rothwell, R. Guy; Ribes, Alfonso; Tsintzouras, Group Publishing, 2006. (Management)
George; Damaskinos, Savas; Dixon, A.E.; Freifeld, Barry;
Kneafsey, T.J.; Chen, Q.; Balcom, Bruce Spencer, Nicholas
New Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis ; London, U.K., After Utopia: The Rise of Critical Space in Twentieth Century
Geological Society Publishing House, 2006. (Geosciences) American Fiction ; Lincoln, Neb., University of Nebraska Press,
2006. (English)
Rader, Benjamin G.
American Ways: A History of American Cultures, 2nd Ed. ; Belmont, Steinweis, Alan E.
Calif.; Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. (History) Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany ;
Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2006. (History)

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Steinweis, Alan E.; Gassert, Philipp, eds.
Coping with the Nazi Past: West German Debates About Nazism
2006 RECOGNITIONS AND HONORS
Faculty who have been elected to or who have
and Generational Conflict, 1955-1975 ; New York, N.Y., Berghahn received national or international honors
Books, 2006. (History)

Taylor, Stephen L., ed. Braake, Myron Plant Pathology (Emeritus)

National Academy of Science Membership
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 51; San Diego,
Calif., Academic Press, 2006. (Food Science & Technology) Kooser, Ted English
U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
Woody, Robert H.; Lehmann, Andreas C.; Sloboda, John A.
Psychology for Musicians: Understanding and Acquiring the Skills ; Splinter, William Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum;
New York, N.Y., Oxford University Press, 2006. (School of Music) Biological Systems Engineering (Emeritus)
National Academy of Engineers Membership
Zellmer, Sandra B.; Laitos, Jan; Wood, Mary; Cole, Daniel
Natural Resources Law; St. Paul, Minn., Thomson/West, 2006. (Law) Van Etten, James Plant Pathology
National Academy of Science Membership

Abbott, Douglas A. Family & Consumer Sciences

Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Fulbright Foundation

Albrecht, Julie Nutrition & Health Sciences

President’s Volunteer Service Award, President’s Council on Service
and Civic Participation

Anderson, John Economics

Contributor to the Economic Report of the President, President’s
Council of Economic Advisers

Archer, J. Clark Anthropology & Geography

Lavin, Stephen J. Anthropology & Geography
Best Single Volume Reference in Humanities and Social Sciences
for 2006 for the Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 1788-
2004, CQ Press

Banerjee, Ruma Biochemistry

Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Thiol-based Redox
Regulation and Signaling

Barnes, Paul E. School of Music

Best Performance Production for the world premier television
production of Phillip Glass Piano Concerto No. 2 (After Lewis and
Clark) , National Educational Telecommunications Association

Behrendt, Stephen C. English

Senior Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies

Bevins, Rick A. Psychology

Fellow, American Psychological Association

Braithwaite, Dawn O. Communication Studies

Brommel Award for Family Communication Scholarship, National
Communication Association

Bryant, Miles Educational Administration

2006 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Research in
Leadership Education

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Carr Jr., Thomas M. Modern Languages & Literatures Harveson, Robert M. Plant Pathology
Chevalier, Ordre des Palmes academiques, French government Blue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Cassman, Kenneth G. Agronomy & Horticulture Harvey, F. Edwin Natural Resource Sciences
2006 Agronomic Research Award, American Society of Agronomy Fellow, Geological Society of America

Coble, Parks M. History Hayden-Roy, Priscilla A. Modern Languages & Literatures

Andrew Mellon Fellowship for Senior Scholars, Institute for Humboldt Fellowship - Continuation Grant, Alexander von
Advanced Study, Princeton Humboldt Foundation

Crawford, Sidnie W. Classics & Religious Studies Hefle, Susan L. Food Science & Technology
W.F. Albright Service Award, The American Schools of Oriental Special Achievement, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
Research Dr. Hefle died in August of 2006.

Cupp, Andrea S. Animal Science Hoagland, Kyle D. Natural Resource Sciences

2006 New Investigator Award, Society for the Study of President-Elect, National Institutes for Water Resources
Reproduction
Housh, Terry Nutrition & Health Sciences
DeFrain, John D. Family & Consumer Sciences Educator of the Year, National Strength and Conditioning
Research Scientist, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Peoples Association
Republic of China
Hoy, Roger M. Biological Systems Engineering
Digman, Lester A. Management President’s Leadership Citation, American Society of Agricultural
Paisitanand, Sineenead Management and Biological Engineering
Lee, Sang M. Management
2006 Best Paper Award, Managing Knowledge Capabilities for Hudgins, Jerry L. Electrical Engineering
Strategy Implementation Effectiveness, 2006 Western Decision William M. Portnoy Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Sciences Annual Meeting Engineers Industry Applications Society

Ducey, Mary Ellen Libraries Jacobs, Margaret D. History

Price, Kenneth M. English Arrell Morgan Gibson Prize, Western History Association
Walter, Katherine L. Libraries
Barney, Brett Libraries Joekel, Ronald G. Educational Administration
Pytlik Zillig, Brian L. Libraries International Exemplary Leader, International Chair Academy
Jewell, Andrew W. Libraries Phi Delta Kappa International; 20th Century Exemplary Leader, Phi
C.F.W. Coker Award, Society of American Archivists Delta Kappa International

Eckhardt, Craig J. Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy Koelsch, Richard K. Biological Systems Engineering,
Fulbright Senior Fellow, U.S. Fulbright Commission Animal Science
Presidential Citation, American Society of Agricultural and
Eversoll, Duane Natural Resource Sciences Biological Engineering
Fellow, Geological Society of America Blue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural and
Biological Engineering
Gentry, James Marketing
Baker, Stacey Marketing Kunc, Karen Art & Art History
Rittenberg, Terri Marketing Printmaker Emeritus Award, The Southern Graphics Council
2006 Charles C. Slater Memorial Award for Best Article, Journal of
Macromarketing Levin, Carole History
NEH Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library, National
Gladyshev, Vadim Biochemistry Endowment for the Humanities
Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Thiol-based Redox Regulation
and Signaling Lyons, William H. Law
Regent, American College of Tax Counsel
Graybill, Andrew R. History Managing Editor, The Tax Lawyer
Vernon Carstensen Award, Agricultural History Society
James H. Bradley Fellowship, Montana Historical Society

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RECOGNITIONS and honors RECOGNITIONS and honors

Mayo, ZB Agricultural Research Division, Entomology Siau, Keng L. Management
Honorary Member, Entomological Society of America Ranked as one of the top e-commerce researchers, Business
Research Yearbook, Vol. 13
Moeller, Aleidine Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education Outstanding Service Award, International Federation for
Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Information Processing
Education, American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages Faculty Award, IBM

Niemeyer, Shirley Textiles, Clothing & Design Smith, Victoria History, Ethnic Studies
Distinguished Service Award, Housing Education and Research Book Award for No One Ever Asked Me: The World War II
Association Memories of an Omaha Indian Soldier, Army Historical Foundation

Nierman, Glenn E. School of Music Soukup, Rodney J. Electrical Engineering

Elected President of North Central MENC and Member of the Elected to the Administrative Committee, Institute of Electrical and
MENC National Executive Board, MENC--The National Association Electronic Engineers Education Society
for Music Education
Souto, Francisco Art & Art History
Olson, David L. Management International Award, 6th British International Print Exhibition,
Best Enterprise Information Systems Educator Award, International Gracefield Arts Centre, United Kingdom
Federation of Information Processing TC8 International Conference Selected Prize, 12th International Biennial Print and Drawing
on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems Exhibition, R.O.C. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Honorable Mention, 7eme Mondial de L’Estampe et de la Gravure
Patterson, Dean J. Electrical Engineering Originale Triennale de Chamalieres, France
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Ex aequo Prize, 5-a Bienala Internationala de Grafica Mica, Cluj,
Romania
Prochaska-Cue, M. Kathleen Family & Consumer Sciences
President’s Volunteer Service Award, President’s Council on Service Steinweis, Alan E. History
and Civic Participation Finalist, National Jewish Book Awards, Jewish Book Council

Ragsdale, Stephen W. Biochemistry Stump, Jordan M. Modern Languages & Literatures

Paper of the Week, Journal of Biological Chemistry Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the French
Elected Member, American Academy of Microbiology, American government
Society of Microbiology
Trout, Barbara Textiles, Clothing & Design
Rajurkar, Kamlakar Industrial & Management Systems Honorable Mention, Handweavers Guild of America
Engineering
Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing Award, Association Van Vleck, L. Dale Animal Science
of Manufacturing Technology Distinguished Achievement in Agriculture Award, International
Gamma Sigma Delta
Ratcliffe, Brett C. Museum, Entomology
Outstanding Paper of the Year Award, Coleopterists Society Verma, Shashi B. Natural Resource Sciences
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology, American
Schneiderjans, Marc J. Management Meteorological Society
Fellow, Institute of Decision Sciences
Vigna, Diane Textiles, Clothing & Design
Schubert, Mathias M. Electrical Engineering Achievement in Service Award, National Association of Extension
Chair, International Conference Series on Low Energy 4-H Agents
ElectroDynamics in Solids
Ludwig-Genzel-Award, International Conference series on Low Wang, Lijun Biological Systems Engineering
Energy Electrodynamics in Solids Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and
Biological Engineering
Shepard, Neil T. Special Education & Communication Disorders
Honors of the Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Weller, Curtis L. Biological Systems Engineering
Association Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and
Biological Engineering

White, Tyler G. School of Music

Honorable Mention, Rudolf Nissim Prize Competition, ASCAP
Foundation

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RECOGNITIONS and honors RECOGNITIONS and honors

Willborn, Steven L.
Chair, U.S. Branch, International Society for Labor and Social
Law Glossary of Federal Agency Abbreviations
Security Law USAID United States Agency for International Development
Winkle, Kenneth J. History CNS Corporation for National Service
Distinguished Lecturer, 2005-08, Organization of American
Historians USDA United States Department of Agriculture
Distinguished Book Award for Atlas of the Civil War, Society for ARS Agricultural Research Service
Military History BRDC Biotechnology Research and Development
Corporation
Woollam, John A. Electrical Engineering CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education
Fellow, American Vacuum Society & Extension Service
ERS Extension Research Service
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities English FAS Foreign Agriculture Service
Invited to display information about the Journals of Lewis and FS Forestry Service
Clark Expedition Online and the Walt Whitman Archive for NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
Humanities Advocacy Day, National Humanities Alliance NRICGP National Research Initiative Competitive
Grant Program
Zellmer, Sandra Law RMA Risk Management Agency
Senior Specialist, Fulbright Foreign Scholar SARE Sustainable Agricultural Research
Member, World Conservation Union Commission on Environmental and Education Program
Law
DOC Department of Commerce
Zlotnik, Vitaly A. Geosciences EDA Economic Development Administration
Fellow, Geological Society of America NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

DOD Department of Defense

Army Corps of Engineers
Army Research Office
DEPSCoR Defense Experimental Program to
Stimulate Cooperative Research
Naval Research Laboratory
Office of Naval Research
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

DEd Department of Education

FIPSE Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education
GAANN Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need

DOE Department of Energy

EPSCoR Experimental Program to Stimulate
Cooperative Research
NIGEC National Inst for Global Environmental Change
Sandia National Laboratories

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DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
ACF Administration for Children and Families
CDC Centers for Disease Control
NIH National Institutes of Health
Fogarty International Center
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCRR National Center for Research Resources
National Eye Institute
NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institute on Aging
NIAID National Institute on Allergy &
Infectious Diseases
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
NIDCD National Institute on Deafness
& Communication Disorders
NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes,
Digestive & Kidney Disease
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIGMS National Institute on General
Medical Sciences
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health

HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development

DoI Department of Interior

BR Bureau of Reclamation
FWS Fish & Wildlife Service
GS Geological Survey
NPS National Park Service

DoT Department of Transportation

Federal Highway Administration

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

IMLS Institute of Museum & Library Services

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
John Stennis Space Center
Lewis Research Center
Wallops Flight Facility

NCHRP National Cooperative Highway

Research Program

NEA National Endowment for the Arts

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities

NSF National Science Foundation

EPSCoR Experimental Program to
Stimulate Cooperative Research

NSA National Security Agency

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