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Research and Creative ActivityJanuary-December 2010Major Sponsored Programsand Faculty Awardsfor Research and Creative ActivityOffice of Research andEconomic DevelopmentUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln

3 Awards of $3 million or more23 Awards of $1 million to $2,999,99933 Awards of $200,000 to $999,99974 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Awards83 Early Career Awards86 Arts and Humanities Awards of $50,000 or more91 Arts and Humanities Awards of $5,000 to $49,99993 Startups94 License Agreements97 Option Agreements98 Creative Activity100 B ook s105 Recognitions and Honors112 GlossaryOn the Cover: At UNL, discoveries, knowledge and new technologies growfrom great ideas for addressing today’s complex challenges. Producingenough food with limited water supplies as the world’s populationalmost doubles in the next 40 years is one of the most critical of thesechallenges. The Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at theUniversity of Nebraska is a global research, education and policy analysisinstitute committed to innovative solutions that will help the worldsustainably grow more food using less water.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman and Vice Chancellor Prem PaulThis ninth annual “Major Sponsored Programs and Faculty Awardsfor Research and Creative Activity” booklet highlights the successesof University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty during 2010. It lists thefunding sources, projects and investigators on major grants andsponsored program awards received during the year; publishedbooks and scholarship; fellowships and other recognitions; startupsand intellectual property licenses; and performances and exhibitionsin the fine and performing arts.This impressive list grows each year and I am pleased to presentevidence of our faculty’s accomplishments. Large grants in a diverserange of fields—from water, food, energy and human health, to mathand science education, digital humanities and nanotechnology—enable UNL faculty to address important challenges facing Nebraska,our nation and the world. Our external research funding reflects theirachievements, reaching a new record total of $139 million in fiscalyear 2010, a 14 percent increase over the previous year.With an eye to the future, we are enhancing and expanding ourstrengths by vigorously pursuing interdisciplinary initiativesnecessary for tackling today’s complex issues. We are cultivatinginnovative collaborations across disciplinary, institutional, state andnational boundaries to solve global challenges, address nationalneeds and enhance Nebraska’s economy. And we are partnering withbusiness, industry and entrepreneurs to ensure that we maximize thesocial, economic and environmental benefits of UNL research.I invite you to read about our faculty’s accomplishments in thisbooklet and envision the power of UNL’s innovative and collaborativeresearch, scholarship and creative activity to solve problems andcreate opportunities for Nebraska, the nation and the world.Thank you for your interest in and support for research and creativeactivity at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln!Prem S. PaulVice Chancellor for Research andEconomic Development

AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MOREActive awards in 2010* Indicates new in 2010Allen, CraigNatural ResourcesIGERT: Resilience and AdaptiveGovernance in Stressed Watersheds$3,116,173 NSF8/15/09 – 7/31/14Fritz, SherilynEarth and Atmospheric SciencesSamal, AshokComputer Science and EngineeringTyre, RichardNatural ResourcesTomkins, AlanPublic Policy CenterWildlife ecologist Craig Allen, with a grantfrom the National Science Foundation’sIntegrative Graduate Education andResearch Traineeship Program, known asIGERT, will lead an innovative,interdisciplinary graduate educationprogram to prepare future scientists,policymakers and natural resource managers to addressincreasingly complex global water issues. The five-year grant willfund an education project focused on resilience and adaptivegovernance in stressed watersheds. Doctoral students from manydisciplines across the natural, computational and social scienceswill study resilience and adaptive management strategies forstressed watersheds in the U.S. and Eastern Europe. The programwill integrate scientific, socioeconomic and legal aspects involvedin studying and managing complex systems of people and nature.Becker, DonaldBiochemistryRedox Biology Center$10,202,043 NIH-NCRR8/1/07 – 7/31/12Donald Becker, professor of biochemistry inthe Institute of Agriculture and NaturalResources, is the director of the RedoxBiology Center. Established in 2002 with agrant from the National Institutes of Healthas a Center of Biomedical ResearchExcellence, the center received a competitiverenewal grant in 2007 to support it through 2012. The center’sresearchers investigate how cells maintain a reduction-oxidationbalance, a process called redox homeostasis, and study linksbetween redox homeostasis and diseases such as cancer,cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and cataracts. Thecenter’s research will provide important advances in theunderstanding of redox regulation, comprising aspects of cellularaging and controlled cell death.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE3

Chandra, NamasEngineering MechanicsArmy-UNL Center for Trauma Mechanics$3,261,250 DoD-ARO10/1/08 – 9/30/10Namas Chandra, Elmer Koch Professor ofEngineering Mechanics, received a grantfrom the Army Research Office to create theUNL Center for Trauma Mechanics. Thecenter focuses on the effects of blast waveson the head and brain of a fully equippedsoldier in the field. The project studies wavepropagation effects on the skull and brain especially under mildtraumatic brain injury (TBI) pressure loading conditions. The workof the center will be instrumental in improving understanding ofTBI and may lead to design of more effective protection systemsthat shield soldiers from the combined effects of both blast wavesand impact.Cotton, DaneXtensionNational eXtension Project$13,270,000 Association of Public10/1/04 – 12/31/13 and Land-Grant UniversitieseXtension: The Transformation of Cooperative Extension$5,961,221 USDA-CSREES8/15/07 – 8/14/12Dan Cotton directs the eXtension Initiative,an Internet-based Cooperative ExtensionService education and information system.UNL is the lead institution in this multi-yearproject, which partners with the University ofKentucky, North Carolina State Universityand Virginia Tech University. This is acollaborative effort of the nation’s 107 land-grant universities andthe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research,Education and Extension Service to develop content andtechnology for the eXtension project. eXtension is a virtualeducational environment that provides science-based, objectiveinformation. Users may take advantage of learning opportunitiesand interact with the expertise available from the land-grantuniversity system by visiting www.extension.org.4AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

DeKraai, MarkPsychology/Public Policy CenterChild Mental Health State Infrastructure Grant$3,129,313 Nebraska Departmentof Health and Human Services4/1/05 – 9/30/10Gallagher, KennethSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersThe Nebraska Department of Health andHuman Services is supporting a five-yearproject directed by Mark DeKraai of UNL’sPublic Policy Center to build on majorbehavioral health system reform efforts todevelop systems of care specifically forchildren (age birth to 5; youth; youth withco-occurring disorders; substance abuse; transition age youth).The project aims to individualize service models for children andyouth, establish culturally and linguistically appropriate practices,and form a coalition for an integrated, family-centered system forchildren and families.DiLillo, DavidPsychology* Sexual Revictimization: Emotional and Psychosocial Mechanisms$3,135,821 NIH-NICHD7/15/10 – 6/30/15Hoffman, LesaPsychologyThe National Institute of Child Health andHuman Development is supporting the workof psychologist David DiLillo to study theproblem of “revictimization” – thephenomenon in which women who sufferedabuse during childhood or adolescence areup to 10 times more likely to be sexuallyvictimized again as adults. This multi-site project will examine theprocesses that link early maltreatment to adult revictimization, inparticular focusing on mechanisms related to psychopathology,sexual risk taking and alcohol use. Drawing on recent theoreticaland empirical findings, DiLillo’s team proposes that difficultiesregulating emotions stemming from early abuse create underlyingrisk factors for the more immediate predictors of revictimization.Together, these findings will permit the testing of a comprehensivemodel of revictimization.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE5

Ells, Mark Center on Children, Families and the LawMidwest Child WelfareTechnical Assistance Implementation Center$8,695,645 DHHS-ACF9/1/08 – 9/29/13Graef, Michelle Center on Children, Families and the LawA five-year, $8.7 million grant from the U.S.Department of Health and Human ServicesChildren’s Bureau has helped establish theMidwest Child Welfare Technical AssistanceImplementation Center. The new center willprovide long-term consultation and supportto child service agencies and tribes inNebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri,Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. It will partner with state andtribal child welfare agencies to assess their inner workings andidentify broad changes that could help them operate moreefficiently and effectively to serve families and children; identifyobstacles to helping families; build the capacity of state and tribalchild welfare systems; and work toward significant changes toimprove outcomes for children and families involved with thesesystem. The ultimate goal is to ensure all children have safe, stableand permanent homes. Co-leaders of the project are Mark Ells andMichelle Graef of the Center on Children, Families and the Law.Espy, Kimberly AndrewsPsychologyExecutive Function Development in Preschool Children$3,270,348 NIH-NIMH8/26/09 – 5/31/14Wiebe, SandraPsychology/Research andEconomic DevelopmentSheridan, Susan Educational Psychology/Nebraska Center forResearch on Children, Youth, Families and SchoolsCarlo, GustavoPsychologySchutte, AnnePsychologyWith support from the NIH National Instituteof Mental Health, Kim Espy, Charles BesseyProfessor of Psychology, will continue herresearch into executive control in children,which has been shown to be a precursor tochildhood externalizing disorders (includingADHD). The objective of this project is todetermine how executive control relates to later functionaloutcomes, the next step toward clinical application. Espy’sresearch will elucidate the fundamental mechanisms that go awryin childhood psychopathology and identify precursors for use infuture work to tailor preventive interventions to those who stand tobenefit most.6AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Farritor, ShaneMechanical EngineeringTrack Stability Assessment & Data Transmission$3,534,439 DOT-FRA9/17/04 – 12/31/11Turner, JosephEngineering MechanicsNelson, CarlMechanical EngineeringWith more than $3 million in support fromthe Department of Transportation’s FederalRailroad Administration, associate professorof mechanical engineering Shane Farritorand colleagues are continuing to developtechniques to assess track stability andrelated high-speed wireless communicationto improve the safety of railroad operations. This funding supportsresearch in three different areas of railroad track safety: 1)real-time measurement of track modulus from a moving car,leading to preventative maintenance strategies that relate trackmodulus data to specific track problems; 2) study of themeasurement of rail longitudinal stress, to help reduce rail failure;and 3) study of the use of electrical energy from passing trains topower an efficient warning light system at grade crossings that arenot equipped with warning light systems due to the lack ofelectrical infrastructure, thus reducing accidents at these “passive”grade crossings.Goddard, Stephen Computer Science and EngineeringDrought Risk, Impact and Mitigation Information System$6,407,473 USDA-RMA-FCIC9/1/05 – 8/31/10Wilhite, DonaldNatural ResourcesStephen Goddard, professor and chair of thecomputer science department and director ofUNL’s Laboratory for Advanced ResearchComputing, is principal investigator in a $6.4million joint effort by climatologists andcomputer scientists to bring cutting-edgecomputer science technologies to agriculturalStephen Goddard producers’ age-old decision-makingprocesses. The three-year partnershipagreements are between the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s RiskManagement Agency, UNL’s Department ofComputer Science and Engineering and theUNL-based National Drought MitigationCenter. A separate $1 million cooperativeDonald Wilhite agreement, directed by Donald Wilhite,professor in the School of Natural Resources and director of theNational Drought Mitigation Center, supports continued work on atool that uses satellite technology and climate information todetect vegetation stress on the ground for a much more detailedview of drought’s scope and potential impact.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE7

Harwood, DavidEarth and Atmospheric SciencesANDRILL: Investigating Antarctica’s Rolein Cenozoic Global Environmental Change$12,978,160 NSF6/1/05 – 5/31/10Levy, RichardEarth and Atmospheric SciencesDavid Harwood, professor of earth andatmospheric sciences, leads an internationalteam of scientists drilling beneath theAntarctic ice pack to unearth geologicalstrata that could hold ancient clues tocontemporary global warming trends. TheNational Science Foundation awarded $12.9million to a consortium of five U.S. universities headed by UNL andNorthern Illinois University. Dubbed ANDRILL (ANtarcticgeological DRILLing), the project is administered by the ANDRILLScience Management Office headquartered at UNL. ANDRILL isbacked by more than $30 million in funding, including $9.7 millionin previous and ongoing national agreements to supportoperations and nearly $8 million from the other countries tosupport scientific research. Other members of the U.S. consortiummaking up the American portion of the ANDRILL program areFlorida State University, The Ohio State University and theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst. The project also includesscientists from Germany, Italy and New Zealand.Hogan, TiffanySpecial Education andCommunication Disorders* Language Bases of Skilled Reading Comprehension$4,344,886 ED-IES through The Ohio State University7/1/10 – 6/30/15Bovaird, JamesEducational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsNelson, J. RonSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersA UNL team led by Tiffany Hogan in theDepartment of Special Education andCommunication Disorders will collaboratewith researchers at The Ohio StateUniversity, University of Kansas and ArizonaState University to study the language basesof skilled reading comprehension in 4- to8-year-old children. The UNL researchers will work with localschool districts to assess reading comprehension in approximately300 children aged 4 to 8. They also will work with other teams todevelop instructional materials and procedures to improve readingcomprehension and will then examine the effectiveness of thosematerials and procedures. The primary goal is to determine thefeasibility and efficacy of instruction focused on basic andhigher-order language skills for improving children’s readingcomprehension in the short- and long-term.8AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Jose, H. DouglasAgricultural EconomicsNorth Central Risk Management Education Center$3,506,736 USDA-CSREES11/15/09 – 11/14/12The North Central Risk ManagementEducation Center provides programleadership and coordination for riskmanagement education in the North CentralRegion (Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota andWisconsin). It is one of four risk management education centers inthe United States. They were established in 2001 to provide riskmanagement education for agricultural producers to help themdevelop knowledge, skills and tools needed to make informed riskmanagement decisions for their operations.Josiah, ScottNebraska State Forest ServiceCooperative Forestry Program$3,151,115 USDA-FS10/1/09 – 9/30/14Scott Josiah, as director of the NebraskaForest Service, has received more than $3.1million from the U.S. Department ofAgriculture through the U.S. Forest ServiceState and Private Forestry Program, whichassists in implementing cooperative stateforestry programs. The Nebraska ForestService improves lives by protecting, enhancing and utilizingNebraska’s tree and forest resources by providing statewidetechnical assistance and financial support in five major programareas: Wildland Fire Protection, Forest Stewardship, CommunityForestry and Sustainable Landscapes, Forest Health, and ForestProduct Marketing and Utilization. Working with wide array offederal, state and local government partners, volunteer firedistricts, non-profits, communities, landowners and businesses,these programs protect life, property and tree and forest healthstatewide.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE9

Lewis, JimMathematics/Center for Science,Mathematics and Computer Education* Nebraska NOYCE: NSF Mathematics Teachingand Master Teaching Fellows Program$3,000,000 NSF9/1/10 – 8/31/16Fowler, David Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationKauffman, DouglasEducational PsychologyPapick, IraCenter for Science, Mathematics andComputer Education/MathematicsSmith, WendyCenter for Science, Mathematics andComputer EducationSwidler, Scott Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationA team led by Jim Lewis, Aaron DouglasProfessor of Mathematics and director ofUNL’s Center for Science, Mathematics andComputer Education, has secured a six-year,$3 million grant from the National ScienceFoundation to improve math education. Thegrant is through NSF’s Robert Noyce TeacherScholarship program, which aims to encourage talented science,technology, engineering and mathematics majors andprofessionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers in“high-need” classrooms. The new math program will cover tuition,fees and a stipend for 16 students who are pursuing master’sdegrees from the Department of Teaching, Learning and TeacherEducation and certification to teach math for grades 7-12.Fellowship recipients also will receive a supplementary stipendfrom UNL while they teach for four years in a high-need schooldistrict. The grant also will provide professional development andstipends for 24 strong, master’s-degree-holding, K-12 teachers whocommit to teaching in a high-need district for five years. Theselected “master teaching fellows” will take courses that will givethem the skills they need to improve math education in theirschools and school districts. The program builds on previoussuccessful efforts to enhance mathematics teaching and learningin Nebraska schools, including the Math in the Middle Institute andNebraskaMATH.NebraskaMATH$9,235,407 NSF1/1/09 – 12/31/13Heaton, RuthMcGowan, ThomasStroup, WalterEdwards, CarolynPapick, IraJacobson, BarbaraTeaching, Learning and Teacher Education/Center for Science, Mathematics andComputer EducationTeaching, Learning and Teacher EducationStatisticsPsychology/Child, Youth and Family StudiesMathematics/Center for Science,Mathematics and Computer EducationLincoln Public SchoolsJim Lewis, professor of mathematics; Ruth Heaton, associateprofessor of teaching, learning and teacher education; ThomasMcGowan, professor of teaching, learning and teacher education;Carolyn Edwards, professor of psychology; Ira Papick, professorof mathematics; and Barbara Jacobson, curriculum director forLincoln Public Schools, are directing NebraskaMATH, a statewide10AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Multi-Laser-Beam Open-Atmosphere SurfaceCoating Techniques Based on Precursor Excitation,Photodissociation and Controlled Cooling$5,014,954 DoD-ONR-MURI3/15/05 – 7/31/10Zeng, Xiao ChengChemistryWith support from the Department of Defense, Yongfeng Lu isconducting a five-year study to investigate a new process to deposita diamond or diamond-like coating on surfaces to create thermalbarriers and increase corrosion protection. He is developing acoating technique that employs multiple laser beams to deposit thecoating at room temperature in an open atmosphere – a significantimprovement over conventional coating techniques that requirelow vacuum and high temperature. The resulting process will bemore energy-efficient, improve the quality of materials on which thecoating is deposited and minimize thermal stress.Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering* Therapeutic Countermeasures against the Botulinum Neurotoxinin Support of USAMRIID Botulinum Therapeutic Program$3,875,000 DoD-DTRA8/16/10 – 8/15/13Michael Meagher, Donald L. OthmerProfessor of Chemical and BiomolecularEngineering, directs the Biological ProcessDevelopment Facility, which provides clientswith process research and early manufactureof new therapeutic molecules for clinicaltesting. Supported in part by funding fromthe Department of Defense, the BPDF also develops vaccinesagainst biological warfare agents, as well as products that can beused as therapeutic countermeasures to treat people who havebeen exposed to biological agents.* Process Research, Development andManufacturing of 5P12 RANTES$3,793,418 Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research3/1/10 – 3/31/12Van Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringMintaka Foundation for Medical Research is supporting theBPDF’s development of a process to produce a cream containing5P12-RANTES, a protein widely considered to be one of the mostpromising candidates for use as a topical HIV prevention agent.12AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Paul, PremResearch and Economic DevelopmentNebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research$5,000,000 Nebraska Public Power District11/24/09 – 3/31/16The Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research is acollaboration between UNL and the Nebraska Public PowerDistrict. The center was established in April 2006 to supportenergy research that produces new technologies, processes andsystems that provide new or significantly enhanced renewableenergy sources, improves the quality of life and boosts economicopportunity. The center fosters interdisciplinary collaborationamong UNL faculty and with other research institutions, publicsectoragencies and private sector companies with similarinterests. The center supports both basic and applied researchand has a broad mandate to explore a range of renewable energyopportunities (including biofuels, wind and solar energy), as well asopportunities for energy conservation.ADVANCE-Nebraska: An Institutional Approach to Hiring,Retaining, and Promoting Women STEM Faculty at theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln$3,801,443 NSF9/1/08 – 8/31/13Holmes, Mary AnneEarth and Atmospheric SciencesMcQuillan, JuliaSociologyManderscheid, DavidArts and SciencesFritz, SusanInstitute of Agricultureand Natural ResourcesChandra, NamasEngineeringThe National Science Foundation funds ADVANCE-Nebraska, aprogram intended to significantly increase the gender diversity ofthe UNL faculty, especially in the science, technology, engineeringand mathematics (STEM) fields. The ADVANCE office, led byprogram director Mary Anne Holmes, professor of practice ofearth and atmospheric sciences, coordinates recruitment andretention-enhancing activities, disseminates information tothe campus and the academic community at large, and servesas liaison for the many groups engaged in diversity-focusedactivities on campus. Other ADVANCE efforts include initiativesrelated to flexible work arrangements to accommodate work-lifeissues of faculty; development of a dual career partner program;training programs to minimize the influence of bias on decisionmakingprocesses; and informal networking through professionaldevelopment workshops and retreats. The five-year, $3.8 milliongrant is from NSF’s ADVANCE program, which aims to increaseparticipation and advancement of women in academic science andengineering careers.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE13

Pope, KevinNatural ResourcesAngler Behavior in Response to ManagementActions on Nebraska Reservoirs$3,147,776 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission1/1/09 – 12/31/13Kevin Pope, assistant unit leader-fisheries ofthe Nebraska Cooperative Fish and WildlifeResearch Unit and associate professor in theSchool of Natural Resources, with supportfrom the Nebraska Game and ParksCommission, will document the currentparticipation levels of anglers in Nebraska’slentic systems. In particular, participation levels of generic anglinggroups will be quantified among specific water bodies, and amodel will be developed to describe generic angler participation(spatial and temporal) within a region. Such a model will helpmanagers better determine appropriate lake-specific managementobjectives, given the dynamic nature of angler participation, andwill be important for increased effectiveness of angler recruitmentand retention activities throughout the Midwest.Rilett, LaurenceCivil Engineering/Nebraska Transportation CenterRegion 7 University Transportation Center$7,629,000 DOT-RITA10/1/06 – 6/30/12The U.S. Department of Transportation’sResearch and Innovative TechnologyAdministration has designated UNL’sMid-America Transportation Center (MATC)as a regional university transportationcenter. MATC is a consortium with UNL asthe lead institution with regional partnersKansas State University, University of Kansas, University ofMissouri-Rolla and Lincoln University of Missouri. The NebraskaDepartment of Roads and the Kansas and Missouri Departmentsof Transportation also are key partners. Laurence Rilett, Keith W.Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology in UNL’s civilengineering department, directs the center. Its focus is “improvingsafety and minimizing risk associated with increasing multi-modalfreight movement on the U.S. surface transportation system.”MATC will focus on safety research related to rural transportation.Key safety research areas include traffic control, animal crashes,safer at-grade railway crossings and work zones, and thedevelopment of more effective and economical roadside crashbarriers. The university transportation center program supportstransportation research, education and technology transfer thatpromote scientific innovations in a variety of transportation modesand disciplines. Region 7 serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri andNebraska. It is one of 10 regional university transportation centersin the nation.14AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Rothermel, Gregg Computer Science and Engineering* Safeguarding End-User Military Software$3,975,935 DoD-AFOSR9/1/10 – 8/31/14Cohen, MyraComputer Science and EngineeringDwyer, MatthewComputer Science and EngineeringElbaum, SebastianComputer Science and EngineeringSarma, AnitaComputer Science and EngineeringSrisa-An, WitawasComputer Science and EngineeringA team of University of Nebraska–Lincolnsoftware engineering researchers, headed byGregg Rothermel, has received a nearly $4million grant from the U.S. Air Force’s Officeof Scientific Research for a project to helpfind and fix faults in modern military systems.Military systems are a complex assembly ofhardware systems, software systems and human beings allinteracting to achieve an overall mission objective. The goal ofUNL’s ESQuaRed team (Laboratory for Empirically-based SoftwareQuality Research and Development), part of the Department ofComputer Science and Engineering, is to develop methods formodeling how people interact with software and hardwarecomponents and with each other in order to analyze the quality ofthe system as a whole. The information obtained as a result will beused to improve the dependability and safety of the systems.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE15

Sellmyer, DavidPhysics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and Nanoscience* Research and Develop Nanoscale Magnetoelectronic,Sensor and Energy Materials and Devices$5,864,300 DoD-ARO9/24/10 – 9/23/13Cheung, Chin LiChemistryLiou, Sy-HwangPhysics and AstronomyShield, JeffreyMechanical EngineeringSkomski, RalphPhysics and AstronomyZeng, Xiao ChengChemistry/Physics and AstronomyDavid Sellmyer, professor of physics andastronomy, and colleagues in the NebraskaCenter for Materials and Nanoscience, havereceived funding from the Army ResearchOffice to support several efforts of highcurrent interest in nanoscience andnanotechnology: 1) magnetoelectronic andsensor materials and devices, 2) nanomaterials for energyapplications, and 3) development of a nanofabrication andcharacterization facility to support related research. Goals of thefirst project are to develop a high-sensitivity magnetoresistivesensor for both DC and high-frequency-band EMI magnetic fieldmapping; investigate new magnetic semiconductor systems forroom-temperature spintronic applications; and research thefabrication of nanodot arrays for magnetic logic and informationprocessingoperations. Research on nanomaterials for energysystems will involve fabrication of new nanomagnets forapplications in motors and hybrid vehicles, as well as research onnanoparticles and nanoclusters on oxide structures likely to haveapplications in energy production and environmental science. Thethird general area of this project involves the purchase andinstallation of a variety of state-of-the-art nanofabrication andcharacterization tools to be housed in the new NIST ARRAsupportedNanoscience Metrology Facility.Cooperative Agreement to Research and DevelopHigh-Sensitivity Nanosensors for Defense Applications$4,260,001 DoD-ARO9/25/09 – 9/24/12Liou, Sy-HwangPhysics and AstronomySkomski, RalphPhysics and AstronomyLai, RebeccaChemistryDussault, PatrickChemistryThe Department of Defense’s Army Research Office also supportsresearch to develop high-sensitivity nanosensors for defenseapplications. The key to improving the sensitivity of the magneticsensors is to understand and control sources of noise and tounderstand the fundamental limitations due to both noise and signal.This research will provide clear pathways for applications developersto improve signal and reduce noise and lead to development ofnew materials for improving future sensors. In particular, there isconsiderable room for improvement in ferromagnetic materials. Theproject has important applications in the areas of homeland security,health care, information technology and nanotechnology.16AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Sheridan, SusanEducational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsNebraska Center for Research on Rural Education (R2Ed)$9,997,852 ED-IES7/1/09 – 6/30/14Glover, ToddNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsKunz, GinaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsNugent, GwenNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsBovaird, JamesEducational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsSteckelberg, Allen Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationTrainin, GuyTeaching, Learning and Teacher EducationSusan Sheridan, George Holmes UniversityProfessor of Educational Psychology, headsthe National Center for Research on RuralEducation, the only one of its kind in the U.S.,funded by a five-year grant from the U.S.Department Education’s Institute ofEducation Sciences. The center conductscutting-edge rural education research to improve student learningin reading, science and math. Researchers identify how to bestprovide professional development for teachers to infuse state-ofthe-artinstructional strategies in their classrooms and enhancestudent learning. Research on rural education is limited and thecenter will provide the infrastructure, leadership and expertise tofocus on unique rural needs.Parent Engagement and Learning Birth to Five$5,077,441 NIH-NICHD9/26/03 – 7/31/10Edwards, CarolynPsychologySusan Sheridan and co-investigator Carolyn Edwards, WillaCather Professor of Psychology, are leading a team of researchersfrom UNL and UNMC in a school-readiness project funded bythree federal agencies. The team will launch and evaluate acomprehensive, community-based early education program forchildren aged 0-5. The goal is to increase children’s readinessfor school by teaching parents to build an effective relationshipwith their children at home and to be active participants intheir children’s learning when they enter school. The programis designed to enhance children’s cognitive, behavioral andsocioemotional well-being, which together set the stage for schoolreadiness.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE17

Swanson, DavidComputer Science and EngineeringUS CMS Tier 2 Center$3,445,767 NSF through UCLA5/1/05 – 12/31/11Bloom, KennethPhysics and AstronomyDominguez, AaronPhysics and AstronomyDavid Swanson, research associate professorof computer science and engineering, directsthe Holland Computing Center, which hosts aUS CMS Tier 2 computing site, funded by theNational Science Foundation’s US CompactMuon Solenoid (CMS) Research Programthrough a subcontract with UCLA. KenBloom and Aaron Dominguez, both associate professors of physicsat UNL, are collaborating with Swanson and HCC staff to analyzedata from particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at theEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva,Switzerland. UNL researchers are involved in one of the two largestexperiments. CMS is designed to investigate a wide range ofphysics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensionsand particles that could make up dark matter. The experimentcreates so much data that a ‘tiered’ hierarchy of computingfacilities has been created to analyze it; UNL is a member of thathierarchy, hosting a subset of the data.Tsymbal, EvgenyPhysics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanoscienceMaterials Research Science & Engineering Center:Quantum Spin$6,321,899 NSF9/1/08 – 8/31/14Grouverman, AlexeiPhysics and AstronomyEvgeny Tsymbal, professor of physics andastronomy at UNL, leads the MaterialsResearch Science and Engineering Center(MRSEC). The center was established in 2002with a grant from the National ScienceFoundation and involves scientists from theDepartments of Physics and Astronomy,Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering, and the School ofBiological Sciences. MRSEC projects focus on fabricating andstudying new magnetic structures and materials at the nanometerscale. The research has applications in advanced computing anddata storage, handheld electronic devices, advanced sensors andfuture medical technologies.18AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Umstadter, DonaldPhysics and AstronomyHigh-Energy Laser for Detection,Inspection, & Non-Destructive Testing$4,846,860 DoD-AFOSR5/15/08 – 5/14/11Banerjee, SudeepPhysics and AstronomyShadwick, BradleyPhysics and AstronomyWith support from the Department ofDefense Air Force Office of ScientificResearch, Donald Umstadter, Leland andDorothy Olson Professor of Physics andAstronomy, will complete construction of ahigh-energy laser system at the UNL ExtremeLight Laboratory capable of delivering a peakpower of 1 petawatt. This project is critical to the development andperformance of laser-driven radiation sources used for detection,inspection and non-destructive testing. The most immediate resultwill be a dramatic increase in the brightness and quality of thelaser-driven electron beams and x-rays, with applications fordetecting cracks in aging critical components and detectingspecial nuclear materials through large thicknesses of shielding.Tunable, Monoenergetic Gamma-Ray Sourcefor Identification of Embedded SNM$3,904,359 DHS-DNDO3/1/07 – 8/31/11Banerjee, SudeepPhysics and AstronomyWith support from the Department of Homeland SecurityDomestic Nuclear Detection Office, Donald Umstadter isdeveloping an x-ray source capable of distinguishing differenttarget materials embedded in thick shielding, including specialnuclear materials (SNM), and determining the target’s size, shapeand isotopic composition. By allowing rapid scanning of a largenumber of cargo containers, and enabling spot inspections onland and sea, this system would provide early detection capability,and so greatly reduce the threat from SNM. As such, it has thepotential to radically improve current cargo screening capabilitiesand transform the national security environment.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE19

Velander, William Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringcGMP Recombinant FIX and Oral Hemophilia B Therapy$9,587,071 NIH-NHLBI9/6/05 – 8/31/11Van Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringWilliam Velander, Donald R. Voelte Jr. andNancy A. Keegan Endowed Chair inEngineering, is principal investigator in apartnership funded by a $9.9 million grantfrom 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 recombinanthuman coagulation proteins produced in the milk of transgenicpigs. The project builds on innovative bioengineering technologiespioneered by Velander that enable improved intravenous and noveloral delivery of hemophilic factors to patients. Hemophilia B is acongenital bleeding disorder that causes pain, crippling injuriesand early death. It can be treated by Factor IX, a blood protein, butthe costs are prohibitive and most patients do not receive it.Velander’s project isolates Factor IX in the milk of transgenic pigs.Production and Purification of Fibrinogen Componentsfor Production Fibrin Sealant of Hemostatic Dressing$5,398,990 DoD-AMR8/1/05 – 8/30/10Van Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringWilliam Velander is also leading a project, funded by theDepartment of Defense, to develop processes to producerecombinant fibrinogen and other blood proteins for bandages andimplant devices, and to conduct research and clinical trials on theireffectiveness. The fibrinogen bandage is a potentially life-savingtechnology for patients who lose large amounts of blood. Whenapplied, the bandage immediately begins clotting the wound,stemming blood loss. The technology could be used in battlefieldor other applications where patients are hemorrhaging. Fibrinogentechnology could also play a role in helping develop implantabledevices with increased biological compatibility. Fibrinogen madefrom human plasma is scarce and expensive; Velander hasdeveloped a process for producing it from transgenic cattle bredwith a human gene that enables them to produce fibrinogen.Whitbeck, LesSociologyOjibwe Pathways Through the High School Years$3,121,678 NIH-NIDA9/3/05 – 6/30/12Johnson, KurtSociologyLes Whitbeck, John G. Bruhn Professor ofSociology, is coordinating a seven-yearproject, funded by the National Institute onDrug Abuse, to investigate risk and resiliencefor early onset substance use and abuseamong pre-teen Native children in the UpperMidwest.20AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Wood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyNebraska Center for Virology$5,565,196 NIH-NCRR9/16/10 – 7/31/15Charles Wood, Lewis Lehr/3M UniversityProfessor of Biological Sciences, is thedirector of the Nebraska Center for Virology.The center, funded by the National Institutesof Health, combines the expertise andfacilities of Nebraska’s leading biomedicalresearch institutions: UNL, the University ofNebraska Medical Center and Creighton University. Centerresearch addresses pathogenic and therapeutic aspects of some ofthe most devastating viral and neuroimmune disorders facing theglobal community, including AIDS, HIV-associated cancers,Alzheimer’s disease and chronic infections caused by herpesviruses and a new class of infectious agents called prions.Kaposi’s Sarcoma & Human Herpesvirus in Africa$3,599,105 NIH-NCI7/16/10 – 4/30/15Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, Kaposi’s sarcoma hasbecome the most frequently diagnosed pediatric cancer insub-Saharan Africa. It is associated with Human Herpesvirus 8(HHV-8) and Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus. The project seeksto understand how these viruses are transmitted to children bystudying children in Lusaka, Zambia. The goal is to establishthe rates of transmission and to identify virologic, immunologicand ethnographic risk factors that predispose children to HHV-8infection. It is anticipated that the information could be used todevelop intervention strategies.Yohe, JohnAgronomy and Horticulture/International Sorghum and MilletCollaborative Research Support ProgramInternational Sorghum/Millet CollaborativeResearch Support Program (INTSORMIL)$12,900,000 USAID9/30/06 – 9/29/11Heinrichs, ElvisEntomology/INTSORMILJohnsen, Carolyn Journalism and Mass CommunicationsStruthers, AmyJournalism and Mass CommunicationsJohn Yohe, associate professor in theDepartment of Agronomy and Horticulture,directs the International Sorghum/Millet(INTSORMIL) Collaborative Research SupportProgram. INTSORMIL is a collaborativeinternational organization that supportsresearch focused on improving nutrition andincreasing income in developing countries and the United States.Scientists from U.S. land grant universities collaborate withscientists in host countries in the development of technology toimprove production and utilization of sorghum and millet andfacilitate natural resource management. Their work is done inAfrica, Eurasia, Latin America and the United States.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE21

Transfer of Sorghum & Millet Production,Processing & Marketing Technologies Program in Mali$5,250,000 USAID10/1/07 – 9/30/12John Yohe, with support from the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment, is directing this project designed to improvesorghum and millet farmers’ productivity and incomes intargeted areas of Mali by moving sorghum and millet productiontechnologies onto farmers’ fields, linking farmers’ organizationsto food and feed processors, and commercializing processingtechnologies. Ultimately, the project’s goal is to improve the supplychain from the farm level to the consumer.Interdisciplinary TeamInfrastructure for the Enhancement of SystemsBiology Research & Development at UNL$4,329,877 NSF7/1/07 – 7/31/10This grant supports multi-campus collaborative research betweenbiologists and engineers for creating a strategic researchniche in epigenetics – the study of heritable changes in genefunctions not associated with changes in DNA sequence. Muchof what comprises the complexity of multi-cellular organisms isprogrammed within the network of interacting molecules – protein,RNA and DNA – known collectively as chromatin. Engineersare creating nano-devices for delivering molecules into cells forbetter understanding the role of chromatin in cell function and itsresponse to the environment.22AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE

Awards of $1 Million to $2,999,999Active awards in 2010* Indicates new in 2010Alfano, JamesPlant Pathology/Center for Plant Science InnovationSuppression of Innate Immunity byADP Ribosyltransferase Type III Effectors$1,804,617 NIH-NIAIDAzizinamini, AtorodCivil Engineering/Nebraska Transportation CenterBridges for Service Life Beyond 100 Years: Innovative Systems$1,999,637 NAS-TRBTadros, MaherCivil EngineeringBarker, Bradley4-H Youth DevelopmentScale-UP: National Robotics in 4-H:Workforce Skills for the 21st Century$2,498,908 NSFNugent, GwenNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsAdamchuk, ViacheslavBiological Systems EngineeringBarycki, JosephBiochemistryStructural Insights into Redox Homeostasis$1,065,673 NIH-NIGMSBecker, DonaldBiochemistryRole of Proline in Redox Homeostasis and Apoptosis$1,092,209 NIH-NIGMSMechanistic Studies of Functional Switchingin the PutA Flavoprotein$1,215,139 NIH-NIGMSBellows, LaurieGraduate StudiesMcNair Scholars Project and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln$1,125,000 EDBlack, PaulBiochemistry* Research for Developing Renewable Biofuels from Algae$1,903,000 DOEVan Etten, JamesPlant PathologyWeeks, DonaldBiochemistryBloom, KennethPhysics and Astronomy* Searching for and Discovering New Physicsat the Large Hadron Collider, the Tevatron, and in Cosmic Ray$1,960,000 NSFClaes, DanielPhysics and AstronomyDominguez, AaronPhysics and AstronomyKravchenko, IlyaPhysics and AstronomySnow, GregoryPhysics and Astronomy$1 MILLION — $2,999,99923

Blum, PaulBiological SciencesValue-Added Products from Renewable Biofuels$1,968,000 DOECassman, KennethAgronomy and HorticultureBond, AlanBiological SciencesMechanisms of Social Cognition$1,465,500 NIH-NIMHKamil, AlanBiological SciencesBulling, DenisePublic Policy CenterNebraska Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention$1,500,000 Nebraska Department ofHealth and Human ServicesCady, DanielExtensionDevelopment of Tools for Rating Bridges& Application to State Bridges$1,155,292 Nebraska Department of RoadsAzizinamini, AtorodCivil EngineeringCerutti, HeribertoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationRNA-Mediated Silencing: Mechanisms andBiological Roles in Chlamydomonas$1,020,169 NIH-NIGMSChandra, NamasEngineering Mechanics* Effect of Protective Devices on Brain Trauma Mechanicsunder Idealized Shock Wave Loading$2,300,000 DoD-AROFeng, RuqiangEngineering MechanicsGu, LinxiaMechanical EngineeringLim, Jung YulEngineering MechanicsNegahban, MehrdadEngineering MechanicsNelson, CarlMechanical EngineeringTurner, JosephEngineering MechanicsChen, BingComputer and Electronics EngineeringSPIRIT^2.0 Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT$2,999,963 NSFCotton, DaneXtension* Supporting Military Families and Youth Partnership$2,500,000 USDA-NIFACupp, AndreaAnimal ScienceRole of VEGF in Testis Morphogenesis$1,063,552 NIH-NICHDWeber, JohnAnimal ScienceWhite, BrettAnimal Science24$1 MILLION — $2,999,999

Diamond, Judy University of Nebraska State MuseumOmaha Science Media Project:Improving Science Literacy through Media Experiences$1,471,768 NSF through Omaha Public SchoolsStruthers, AmyJournalism and Mass CommunicationsAngeletti, PeterBiological SciencesWorld of Viruses$1,266,290 NIH-NCRRWood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyDiRusso, ConcettaBiochemistry/Nutrition and Health Sciences* High Throughput Screens for Fatty Acid Uptake Inhibitors$1,305,687 NIH-NIDDKBlack, PaulBiochemistryDvorak, BruceNatural ResourcesDNR Ground Water Management andProtection Act Service Agreement$1,500,000 Nebraska Department of Natural ResourcesDzenis, YurisEngineering MechanicsNIRT: Nanomanufacturing and Analysis ofActive Hierarchical Nanofilamentary Nanostructures$1,000,000 NSFZeng, Xiao ChengChemistryFeng, RuqiangEngineering MechanicsTurner, JosephEngineering MechanicsPoser, SusanLaw/Center for the Teachingand Study of Applied EthicsTomkins, AlanLaw/Public Policy CenterEccarius, MalindaSpecial Education andCommunication Disorders* Mountain Prairie Upgrade Partnership-Itinerant$1,199,400 EDBovaird, JamesNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsWelch, GregNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsEisloeffel, DeborahStudent InvolvementMidwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education$1,411,709 CNSMajor, LindaStudent InvolvementEpstein, MichaelSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersOn the Way Home: A Family-Centered AcademicReintegration Intervention Model$1,443,284 EDTorkelson-Trout, AlexandraSpecial Education andCommunication Disorders$1 MILLION — $2,999,99925

Espy, Kimberly AndrewsPsychologyPrenatal Smoking and the Substrates ofDisruptive Behavior in Early Life$2,130,842 NIH-NIDAWiebe, SandraPsychologyFarrell, MichaelUniversity TelevisionIPY: Engaging Antarctica$1,246,068 NSFDiamond, JudyUniversity of Nebraska State MuseumFarritor, ShaneMechanical Engineering* Robots for Telesurgery Research$1,485,000 DoD-AMR through UNMCGoddard, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringNelson, CarlMechanical EngineeringPerez, LanceElectrical Engineering* Supporting Surgical Options in Space$1,350,000 NASA through UNMCGoddard, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringNelson, CarlMechanical EngineeringPerez, LanceElectrical EngineeringFritz, SusanAgricultural Research DivisionNorth Central Regional Sustainable AgricultureResearch & Education Program – SARE$2,707,719 USDA-CSREESGreen, JordanSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersBulbar Motor Deterioration in ALS$2,370,005 NIH-NIDCDEarly Speech Motor Development$1,754,412 NIH-NIDCDHeinrichs, ElvisEntomology/INTSORMIL* Identification and Release of Brown Midrib (BMR) SorghumVarieties to Producers in Central America and Haiti$1,100,000 USAIDHubbard, KennethNatural ResourcesRegional Climate Services Support in the High PlainsRegion: The High Plains Regional Climate Center$1,812,692 DOC-NOAAHygnstrom, ScottNatural ResourcesDevelopment of Spatially Explicit Models of Wildlife Diseases$1,002,945 USDA-APHISJones, DavidBiological Systems EngineeringStrengthening Transitions into Engineering Program$1,993,942 NSFBallard, JohnIndustrial and ManagementSystems EngineeringPerez, LanceElectrical Engineering26$1 MILLION — $2,999,999

Kirby, RogerPhysics and AstronomyTrack 2, GK-12: Project Fulcrum: Phase II$1,987,732 NSFClaes, DanielPhysics and AstronomyKnoche, LisaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsRural Language and Literacy Connections (Rural LLC)$2,741,563 EDRaikes, HelenChild, Youth and Family StudiesKoszewski, WandaNutrition and Health SciencesSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-ED)$1,461,061 Nebraska Department ofHealth and Human ServicesBirnstihl, ElizabethExtensionSchnepf, MarilynnNutrition and Health SciencesLee, JaekwonBiochemistryMechanistic Insights into Cellular Metal Detoxification$1,394,293 NIH-NIEHSMechanistic Insights into Homeostatic Copper Ion Acquisition$1,056,632 NIH-NIDDKLi, MingPsychology* Behavioral Mechanisms of Antipsychotic Action$1,447,532 NIH-NIMHLi, QingshengBiological Sciences* The Early Events Determining SIV Rectal Transmission$1,273,641 NIH-NIDDKLou, MarjorieVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesProtein-Thiol Mixed Disulfide in Cataractogenesis$2,105,780 NIH-NEIMackenzie, SallyBiological Sciences/Agronomy and Horticulture/Center for Plant Science InnovationTRMS: An Integrative Study of Plant Mitochondrial Biology$1,420,753 NSFChristensen, AlanBiological SciencesElthon, ThomasAgronomy and HorticultureWang, DongStatisticsMarley, TomMathematicsEMSW21-MCTP: Nebraska Mentoringthrough Critical Transition Points$2,225,689 NSFWalker, JudyMathematicsDonsig, AllanMathematics$1 MILLION — $2,999,99927

Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringTechnical Transfer and cGMP Production of a Trivalent Vaccine$2,302,839 Industry clientUSAMRAA CGMP Production Contract #1$2,164,301 DoD-AMRVan Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringMendoza-Gorham, JoanStudent AffairsClassic Upward Bound$1,250,000 EDUpward Bound Math/Science Program$1,000,000 EDPaul, PremResearch and Economic DevelopmentGreat Plains National SecurityEducation Consortium (GP-NSEC)$1,200,000 DoD-NGIAAdenwalla, ShireenPhysics and AstronomyLeSueur, JamesHistoryMcMahon, PatricePolitical ScienceWedeman, AndrewPolitical ScienceWood, SimonClassics and Religious StudiesWeissinger, EllenEducational PsychologyPedersen, Jon Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education/Center for Science, Mathematics andComputer Education* UNL Science Scholars Program$1,194,387 NSFBonnstetter, Ron Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationClaes, DanielPhysics and AstronomyGosselin, DavidNatural ResourcesHeng-Moss, TiffanyEntomologyLewis, Elizabeth Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationSwidler, Scott Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationRedepenning, JodyChemistryBioceramic Bones for Battlefield Traumas$1,358,000 DoD-AMRRobertson Jr., VaughnStudent AffairsUNL Educational Talent Search$2,091,823 EDRutenbeck, KathyStudent AffairsUpward Bound-Northeast Nebraska$1,458,320 EDSchaefer, MatthewLawUniversity of Nebraska College of LawSpace & Telecommunications Law Program:Filling a National Need, Advancing the Field$1,717,370 NASAWillborn, StevenLawLeiter, RichardLaw28$1 MILLION — $2,999,999

Scott, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringAn Extensible Semantic Bridge betweenBiodiversity and Genomics$1,371,121 NSFSoh, Leen-KiatComputer Science and EngineeringHenninger, ScottComputer Science and EngineeringJameson, Mary Liz University of Nebraska State MuseumMoriyama, EtsukoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationSellmyer, DavidPhysics and Astronomy* Beyond Rare Earth Magnets$1,197,462 DOE-Ames LaboratoryShield, JeffreyMechanical EngineeringSkomski, RalphPhysics and AstronomyShapiro, CharlesNortheast Researchand Extension CenterImproving Organic Farming Systems and AssessingTheir Environmental Impacts across Agro-Ecoregions$1,419,710 USDA-CSREESBrandle, JamesNatural ResourcesFrancis, CharlesAgronomy and HorticultureKnezevic, Stevan Northeast Research and Extension CenterSchlegel, VickiFood Science and TechnologyWright, RobertEntomologyWortmann, CharlesAgronomy and HorticultureBernards, MarkAgronomy and HorticultureHergert, Gary Panhandle Research and Extension CenterFerguson, RichardAgronomy and HorticultureQuinn, JohnNatural ResourcesLyon, DrewPanhandle Research and Extension Center$1 MILLION — $2,999,99929

Sheridan, SusanEducational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and Schools* A Randomized Trial of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC)in Rural Educational Settings:Efficacy for Elementary Students with Disruptive Behaviors$2,999,994 ED-IESBovaird, JamesEducational PsychologyGlover, ToddNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsKunz, GinaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsDevelopment of a Three-Tiered Model in Early Interventionto Address Language and Literacy Needs of Children at Risk$1,499,511 ED-IESKnoche, LisaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsIhlo, TanyaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsEvaluation of Efficacy of CBC for Addressing DisruptiveBehaviors of Children-at-Risk for Academic Failure$1,368,067 EDGlover, ToddNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsShi, JonathanDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionAdvanced Decentralized Water/EnergyNetwork Design for Sustainable Infrastructure$1,249,995 EPAZhang, TianCivil EngineeringBerryman, CharlesDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionShen, ZhigangDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionStansbury, JohnCivil EngineeringAlahmad, MahmoudDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionLi, HaorongDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionSchwer, AveryDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionLau, Siu KitDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionSimpson, MelanieBiochemistryRole of Hyaluronan Matrix in Prostate Cancer Progression$1,084,884 NIH-NCISomerville, GregVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical Sciences* Citric Acid Cycle Regulation ofExopolysaccharide Synthesis in Staphylococci$1,416,624 NIH-NIAIDPowers, RobertChemistry30$1 MILLION — $2,999,999

Spreitzer, RobertBiochemistryRole of the Rubisco Small Subunit$1,166,500 DOEStarace, AnthonyPhysics and AstronomyDynamics of Few-Body Atomic Processes$1,456,554 DOEStorz, JayBiological SciencesMechanisms of Hemoglobin Adaptationto Hypoxia in High-Altitude Rodents$1,371,197 NIH-NHLBIMoriyama, HideakiCenter for BiotechnologyTsymbal, EvgenyPhysics and Astronomy* Cyberinfrastructure-Enabled Computational Nanosciencefor Energy Technologies$2,587,878 NSFSwanson, DavidComputer Science and EngineeringVan Etten, JamesPlant PathologyDNA Replication & Gene Expression of Chlorella Viruses$1,215,694 NIH-NIGMSDunigan, DavidPlant PathologyKang, MingPlant PathologyAgarkova, IrinaPlant PathologyGurnon, JamesPlant PathologyVerma, ShashiNatural ResourcesCarbon Sequestration in Dryland & Irrigated Agroecosystems$2,364,500 DOECassman, KennethAgronomy and HorticultureKnops, JohannesBiological SciencesHubbard, KennethNatural ResourcesArkebauer, TimothyAgronomy and HorticultureWalters, DanielAgronomy and HorticultureSuyker, AndrewNatural ResourcesViljoen, Hendrik Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringA Rational Design of a Platform for de novo Gene Synthesis$1,312,056 NIH-NCRRSubramanian, Anuradha Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringVortex-Tube Based Thermocycler w/Intelligent Software$1,068,925 NIH-NCRRGogos, GeorgeMechanical EngineeringWeeks, DonaldBiochemistryDevelopment of Dicamba-Resistant Crops$2,550,000 Monsanto Co.Whitbeck, LesSociologyResilience through the High School Years$2,634,499 NIH-NIMH$1 MILLION — $2,999,99931

Wilhite, DonaldNatural ResourcesRangeland and Forage Geospatial DecisionSupport System for Drought Risk Management$1,023,038 USDA-RMAWilson, MarkBiochemistry/Nebraska Center for Redox Biology* Redox Regulation of DJ-1 Function$1,350,526 NIH-NIGMSWood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyPrograms in HIV & AIDS Assoc Diseases/Malignancies$2,376,315 NIH-FICResearch Training in Comparative Viral Pathogenesis$1,308,669 NIH-NIAIDVaccination against Mucosal HIV Clade C Transmission$1,026,274 NIH-DFCIYamamoto, CatherineStudent AffairsStudent Support Services Program$2,559,875 EDZempleni, JanosNutrition and Health SciencesBiotin Deficiency Impairs Silencing ofRepeat Regions and Retrotransposons$1,227,020 NIH-NIDDKZhang, LuwenBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyOncogenic Properties of Interferon Regulatory Factor 7$1,105,123 NIH-NCI32$1 MILLION — $2,999,999

Awards of $200,000 - $999,999Active awards in 2010* Indicates new in 2010Admiraal, DavidCivil EngineeringLow-Cost Energy Dissipation at Culvert Exits$201,856 Nebraska Department of RoadsAlbrecht, JulieNutrition and Health SciencesFood Safety for Diverse Families with Young Children$554,302 USDA-NIFAAlexander, DennisElectrical EngineeringUltrafast Laser Interaction Processesfor Libs & Other Sensing Technologies$702,784 DoD-ARO through University of Central FloridaAlfano, JamesPlant Pathology/Center for Plant Science InnovationSecretion Signals & Type III Chaperones inPseudomonas Syringae Type III Secretion System$440,000 NSFDissecting the Function of HrpJ & HrpK – Two Type III SecretedProteins Required for Injection of Effectors into Plant Cells$398,500 USDA-NRICGPAllen, CraigNatural Resources* Nebraska Wetland Conditions Assessment:An Intensification Study in Support of the 2011 National Survey$338,250 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission* NCFWRU: Adaptive Managementfor Nebraska Legacy Program Goals$200,000 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionFontaine, JosephNatural ResourcesMissouri River Mitigation: Implementation of AmphibianMonitoring and Adaptive Managementfor Wetland Restoration Evaluation$601,886 DOI-GSAnderson, MarkEarth and Atmospheric SciencesDevelopment of Northern HemisphereSnow & Ice Climate Data Records$213,461 NASA through Rutgers UniversityAvramov, LuchezarMathematicsCohomology and Structure of Commutative Algebras$260,667 NSFAvramova, ZoyaBiological SciencesLipid-Signaling and Epigenetic Regulations in Arabidopsis:Are Myotubularins the Link?$462,000 NSF$200,000 — $999,99933

Azizinamini, AtorodCivil EngineeringNaBRO-POSCO Cooperative Research Plan inBridge and Material Research$225,204 Research Institute of Industrial Science & TechnologyComprehensive Evaluation of Fracture Critical Bridges$286,348 Nebraska Department of RoadsSimple for Dead-Continuous for Live Load Systemwith Partial Pre-Fabricated Deck System$242,038 Nebraska Department of RoadsFolded Plate Technology: Research, Design & Monitoring$445,000 Nebraska Department of RoadsDevelopment of Field Data for Effective Implementationof Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Procedure$315,252 Nebraska Department of RoadsNegahban, MehrdadEngineering MechanicsBaenziger, P. StephenAgronomy and HorticultureDeveloping Small Grains CultivarsOptimally Suited for Organic Production$755,937 USDA-NRICGPFlores, RolandoFood Science and TechnologyWegulo, StephenPlant PathologyRussell, WilliamAgronomy and HorticultureShapiro, CharlesAgronomy and HorticultureSchlegel, VickiFood Science and TechnologyWehling, RandyFood Science and TechnologyKnezevic, Stevan Northeast Research and Extension CenterHein, GaryPanhandle Research and Extension CenterLyon, DrewPanhandle Research and Extension CenterBalkir, SinaElectrical EngineeringAll Solid-State Wireless Sensor Network forNuclear Proliferation Detection$417,191 DOEHoffman, MichaelElectrical EngineeringBarker, Bradley4-H Youth Development4-H Robotics: Engineering for Today and Tomorrow$496,025 USDA-CSREES-National 4-H HeadquartersRobotics & GPS/GIS in 4-H: Workplace Skills for the 21st Century$864,139 NSFAdamchuk, ViacheslavBiological Systems EngineeringBarletta-Chacon, OfeliaVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical Sciences* Essentiality of Mycobacterium tuberculosis D-alanine Racemase$394,965 NIH-NIAIDBarletta, RaulVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesPowers, RobertChemistry34$200,000 — $999,999

Bartelt-Hunt, ShannonCivil Engineering* Fate and Bioavailability of Steroids in Aquatic Sediment$220,050 NSFSnow, DanielNatural ResourcesBasolo, AlexandraBiological SciencesBehavioral Plasticity in Preexisting Receiver Bias$390,000 NSFBasset, Gilles Agronomy and Horticulture/Biochemistry/Center for Plant Science InnovationPhylloquinone Biosynthesis in Plants:Enzyme Discovery and Pathway Flux Control$440,356 NSFBatelaan, HermanPhysics and AstronomyCoherent Electron Control$473,000 NSFBaumert, JosephFood Science and Technology* Comparison of Gnotobiotic and Conventional Micefor Predicting the Allergenic Potential ProteinsIntroduced into Genetically Engineered Plants$423,546 EPAGoodman, RichardFood Science and TechnologyPeterson, DanielFood Science and TechnologyBecker, DonaldBiochemistry* Coordination of Functions by Proline Metabolic Proteins$402,000 NIH-NIGMS through University of Missouri-ColumbiaREU Site: Training in Redox Biology$252,250 NSFStone, Julie Biochemistry/Center for Plant Science InnovationBenson, AndrewFood Science and TechnologyPyrosequencing and Community Profiling forRisk Assessment in Leafy Greens$370,927 USDA-NRICGPWalter, JensFood Science and TechnologyHutkins, RobertFood Science and TechnologyBerens, Charlyne Journalism and Mass CommunicationsCarnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education$250,000 Carnegie Corporation of New YorkBerkowitz, DavidChemistryStereocontrolled Total Synthesis of(-)-Picropodophyllin Analogues$500,000 Stockbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc.Beukelman, DavidSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersRehabilitation Engineering ResearchCenter on Communication Enhancement$534,990 ED through Duke University Medical Center$200,000 — $999,99935

Bevins, RickPsychologyAltering Nicotine Reward through Conditioning$339,446 NIH-NIDABilder, ChristopherStatisticsDisease Detection and Prevalence Estimationthrough Informative Group Testing$713,250 NIH-NIAIDBillesbach, DavidBiological Systems EngineeringDevelopment & Field Testing of a Rapidly DeployableCarbon Dioxide Flux Management System$607,405 DOE-Berkeley National LabBischoff, RichardChild, Youth and Family StudiesImproving Training in Rural Mental Health Carethrough the Innovative Use of Technology andthe Application of Collaborative Care Models$455,062 USDA-CSREESSpringer, PaulChild, Youth and Family StudiesReisbig, AllisonChild, Youth and Family StudiesBlum, PaulBiological SciencesUranium Mobilization by Extremely Thermoacidophilic Archaea$513,000 DoD-DTRA through North Carolina State UniversityREU Site: Integrated Development of Bioenergy Systems$279,592 NSFCerutti, HeribertoBiological SciencesBiohydrogenesis in the Thermotogales$525,000 DOE through North Carolina State UniversityBobaru, FlorinEngineering Mechanics* Predictive Models for Dynamic Brittle Fracture and Damageat High-Velocity Impact in Multilayered Targets$257,020 DoD-AROAdaptivity in Peridynamics for Composite Plates$305,278 DOE–Sandia National LaboratoriesBrand, Jennifer Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/Nebraska Center forMaterials and NanoscienceNovel Rare-Earth Semiconductors forSolid-State Neutron Detectors$767,293 DoD-DTRABelashchenko, KirillPhysics and AstronomyDowben, PeterPhysics and AstronomyDirect Energy Conversion withHeteroisomeric Boron Carbide Diode Devices$238,398 CIABrisson, JenniferBiological SciencesContrasting Environmental andGenetic Controls of Alternative Phenotypes$782,884 NIH-NIEHS36$200,000 — $999,999

Brown, DeborahBiological Sciences* Vaccine Strategies that Target Cytolic CD4 T Cells to the Lung$401,110 NIH-NIAIDBrown, MaryNatural ResourcesAdvancing Tern and Plover Common SenseConservation into the Future$270,000 Nebraska Environmental TrustBulling, DenisePublic Policy Center* Developing Nebraska’s Homeland Security Planning Capacity$324,195 DHS through Nebraska Military Department-NEMA* Tri-County Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Planning$200,000 DHS through Nebraska Military Department-NEMADevelopment of Nebraska’sHomeland Security Planning Capacity$385,987 DHS through Nebraska Military Department-NEMACady, DanielExtensionNebraska Technology Transfer Center at UNL$817,522 Nebraska Department of RoadsCahoon, EdgarBiochemistry/Center for Plant Science Innovation* Development of Bio-Based Lubricantsin a Dedicated Industrial Oilseed Crop$500,000 USDA-NIFAClemente, ThomasAgronomy and Horticulture/Center for Biotechnology/Center for Plant Science InnovationProbing the Metabolic and Physiological Significance ofSphingolipid Long-Chain Base Desaturation in Plants$550,500 NSFBiochemical Genomics:Quizzing the Chemical Factories of Oilseeds$695,986 NSF through Washington State UniversityCenter for Metabolic Channelingfor Enhanced Biofuel Systems$583,645 DOE through Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterBioCassava Plus$234,325 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation throughDonald Danforth Plant Science CenterMetabolic Profiling to Understand the Biochemical Basisfor Genetic Enhancement of Soybean$200,000 Nebraska Soybean BoardCantrell, Randolph Center for Applied Rural InnovationMarketing Rural Communities to Attract and Retain Workers$498,558 USDA-NRICGPBurkhart-Kriesel, CherylPanhandle Researchand Extension Center$200,000 — $999,99937

Carlo, GustavoPsychology* An Ecological Model of Latino Youth Development$315,000 NSFBuhs, EricEducational PsychologyCarranza, MiguelSociology/Institute for Ethnic StudiesCrockett, LisaPsychologyDe Guzman, MariaChild, Youth and Family StudiesCarr, TimothyNutrition and Health SciencesRegulation of Cholesterol Absorption byPlant Sterol & Stanol Esters$466,915 USDA-NRICGPCassman, KennethAgronomy and HorticultureDemonstration/Validation of a DynamicReal-Time Decision Support System forIrrigation Management with Limited Water Supply$230,537 Nebraska Corn BoardDobermann, AchimAgronomy and HorticultureWalters, DanielAgronomy and HorticultureYang, HaishunAgronomy and HorticultureIrmak, SuatBiological Systems EngineeringKranz, William Northeast Research and Extension CenterShapiro, Charles Northeast Research and Extension CenterTarkalson, David West Central Research and Extension CenterCerutti, HeribertoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationHistone Modifications & TranscriptionalSilencing in Chlamydomonas$448,235 NSFChen, Xun-HongNatural ResourcesDevelopment of Groundwater Flow Modelin the Lower Platte North NRD Area$220,458 Lower Platte North NRDCheung, Chin LiChemistryBoron Coatings for Scalable Solid-State Neuron Detectors$400,000 DOE-Livermore National LaboratoryCi, SongComputer and Electronics EngineeringIHCS: ARMS: A Novel Adaptive Configurable Multi-CellBattery System for Power-Aware Electronics$299,626 NSFAlahmad, MahmoudDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionSharif-Kashani, Hamid Computer and Electronics EngineeringClaes, DanielPhysics and AstronomyExperimental High Energy Physics$573,000 NSFSnow, GregoryPhysics and AstronomyBloom, KennethPhysics and AstronomyDominguez, AaronPhysics and Astronomy38$200,000 — $999,999

Clemente, ThomasAgronomy and Horticulture/Center for Plant Science Innovation/Center for BiotechnologyNecessary Resources to Aid in the Translationof Genomics Information into Applied Technologies$459,396 NSF through University of GeorgiaFunctional Analysis of Soybean Genesthrough Transposon Mutagenesis$532,229 United Soybean Board/SmithBucklinSpecht, JamesAgronomy and HorticultureComfort, StevenNatural ResourcesField-Scale Demonstrations of Innovative RemediationTechniques for Contaminated Soil and Water$994,100 EPAConley, DennisAgricultural Economics* Developing Economic Improvementsthrough Cooperative Businesses in Rural Nebraska$224,982 USDA-RDBurkhart-Kriesel, CherylPanhandle Research andExtension CenterNarjes, CharlotteCenter for Applied Rural InnovationDaly, EdwardEducational PsychologySchool Psychology Leadership Specialization inResponse-to-Intervention Research & Systems Change$800,000 EDMcCurdy, MerileeEducational PsychologySheridan, SusanEducational PsychologyKunz, GinaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsDe Ayala, RafaelEducational Psychology* GAANN Fellowship Program for Educational Psychology$525,060 EDAnsorge, CharlesEducational PsychologyBellows, LaurieGraduate StudiesBovaird, JamesEducational PsychologyGeisinger, KurtEducational PsychologyDeKraai, MarkPsychology/Public Policy Center* Transformation Transfer Initiative (TTI)Peer Support Training Implementation$221,000 Nebraska Department ofHealth and Human ServicesEvaluation of Public Engagement Demonstration Projectson Pandemic Influenza (E-PEDPPI)$348,716 DHHS-CDCBulling, DenisePublic Policy Center$200,000 — $999,99939

DiMagno, StephenChemistryAnhydrous Fluoride Salts$420,000 NSFNew Approaches to Catalyst Screening & Development$435,000 NSFDiRusso, ConcettaNutrition and Health Sciences/BiochemistryHigh Throughput Screens for Fatty Acid Uptake Inhibitors$325,983 NIH-NIDDKBlack, PaulBiochemistryDominguez, AaronPhysics and AstronomyPIRE: Collaborative Research with the Paul Scherrer Instituteand Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule onAdvanced Pixel Silicon Detectors for the CMS Detector$549,947 NSF through University of KansasCenter for ResearchBloom, KennethPhysics and AstronomyDowben, PeterPhysics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanosciencePolymer Interface Induced Spin and Dipole Ordering$484,478 NSFDoped Boron Carbide Polymers: Fundamental Studies of aNovel Class of Materials for Enhanced Radiation Detection$225,000 DoD-DTRA through University of North TexasDrijber, RhaeAgronomy and HorticultureDeveloping Technologies to Improve Soil & Nutrient Management$291,000 USDA-ARSDucharme, Stephen Physics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanoscienceRational Design of Molecular FerroelectricMaterials and Nanostructures$449,054 DOETakacs, JamesChemistryNanostructure-Designed Dielectric Material forHigh-Energy-Density Capacitors$586,000 DoDFerroelectric Polymer Langmuir-Blodgett Films forNonvolatile Random-Access Memory Applications$240,000 NSFDuppong Hurley, KristinSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersTreatment Implementation and Mental Health Outcomesfor Youth in Residential Care$510,300 NIH-NIMHEpstein, Michael Special Education and Communication Disorders40$200,000 — $999,999

Dussault, PatrickChemistryDetection of Emerging Classes of Explosives$950,000 DoD-DARPACerny, RonaldChemistryDiMagno, StephenChemistryHage, DavidChemistryHarbison, GerardChemistryRedepenning, JodyChemistryDirected Reactions of Carbonyl Oxides:A New Approach to Ozonolysis$365,000 NSFDweikat, IsmailAgronomy and HorticultureCharacterization of Nitrogen UseEfficiency in Sweet Sorghum$390,000 DOEClemente, Thomas Biotechnology/Agronomy and Horticulture/Center for Plant Science InnovationWeeks, DonaldBiochemistryDwyer, Matthew Computer Science and Engineering* Differential Symbolic Execution:Supporting Evolution of High-Assurance Software$674,959 NASA through UNOElbaum, SebastianComputer Science and EngineeringFinite-State Verification for High-Performance Computing$300,000 NSFCSR-EHS Predictable Adaptive ResidualMonitoring for Real-time Embedded Systems$515,950 NSFGoddard, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringElbaum, SebastianComputer Science and EngineeringDzenis, YurisEngineering MechanicsNanoengineered Interfaces$250,002 NSFModeling-Based Control of Electrospinning Process$275,000 NSFEccarius, MalindaSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersMountain Prairie Upgrade Partnership - Early Childhood$781,642 EDMarvin, ChrisSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersEfting, ArisNatural ResourcesFremont Lake #20 Alum Treatment Evaluation Project$201,700 Nebraska Department of Environmental QualityBarrow, TaddNatural ResourcesHoagland, KyleNatural Resources$200,000 — $999,99941

Elbaum, Sebastian Computer Science and EngineeringEnhancing the Dependability of Complex Missionsthrough Automated Analysis$548,852 DoD-AFOSRDwyer, MatthewComputer Science and EngineeringT2T: A Framework for Amplifying Testing Resources$491,688 NSFDwyer, MatthewComputer Science and EngineeringEngen-Wedin, Nancy Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education/Lied Center for Performing ArtsIndigenous Roots Teacher Education Program$704,730 EDMcGowan, Thomas Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationEpstein, MichaelSpecial Education andCommunication and DisordersEvaluation of Family Reunification Program$271,881 Father Flanagan’s Boys’ HomeLeadership Training in Emotional Disturbance Disorders$601,733 EDDuppong Hurley, KristinSpecial Education andCommunication and DisordersTorkelson-Trout, AlexandraSpecial Education andCommunication and DisordersEskridge, KentStatistics* GAANN Fellowship Program for Statistics$393,795 EDBatman, ReneeGraduate StudiesBellows, LaurieGraduate StudiesBilder, ChristopherStatisticsBlankenship, ErinStatisticsParkhurst, AnneStatisticsStroup, WalterStatisticsWeissinger, EllenEducational PsychologyZhang, ShunpuStatisticsFabrikant, IlyaPhysics and AstronomyElectron-Molecule Collisions in Different Environments$240,000 NSF42$200,000 — $999,999

Faller, RonaldCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityWisconsin DOT Roadside Safety Research Program FY 2010$601,736 Nebraska Department of RoadsSicking, DeanCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityReid, JohnMechanical EngineeringDevelopment of a New Precast ConcreteBridge Railing System$229,820 Nebraska Department of RoadsBielenberg, RobertCivil EngineeringReid, JohnMechanical EngineeringTadros, MaherCivil EngineeringDevelopment of an Economical GuardrailSystem for Use on Gabion Walls$450,000 DOT-FHWASicking, DeanCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityRohde, JohnCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityReid, JohnMechanical EngineeringFarritor, ShaneMechanical EngineeringRobotic Devices to Support Long-Term Human Space Flight$675,000 NASA through UNOFlores, RolandoFood Science and TechnologyMidwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance$340,764 USDA-CSREESFontaine, JosephNatural Resources* Assessing Landscape Constraintson Habitat Management of Upland Birds$243,845 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionPowell, LarkinNatural ResourcesFranti, ThomasBiological Systems EngineeringHeartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative$571,988 USDA-CSREES through Iowa State UniversityWortmann, CharlesAgronomy and HorticultureFromm, MichaelAgronomy and Horticulture/Center for BiotechnologyMRI: Acquisition of High Capacity DNA Sequencing System$714,750 NSFGardner, ScottBiological Sciences/University of Nebraska State MuseumMongolia Vertebrate Parasite Project$627,491 NSFEnabling Access to Priority Taxa for Biodiversity Studiesin the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology$523,847 NSFJimenez-Ruiz, Francisco University of Nebraska State Museum$200,000 — $999,99943

Gay, TimothyPhysics and AstronomyMRI: Development of a Rubidium Spin Filteras a Source of Polarized Electrons$290,000 NSFBatelaan, HermanPhysics and AstronomyUiterwaal, KeesPhysics and AstronomyPolarized Electron and Photon Physics$385,000 NSFGeisinger, KurtEducational Psychology* Technical Support for the Development and Deliveryof the Hawaii Alternate Assessment$593,103 Keystone Alternate Assessment DesignChin, Tzu-YunEducational PsychologyFoley, BrettEducational PsychologyGiesler, LorenPlant PathologyImproving Management of Soybean Cyst Nematodethrough Extension Demonstration and Outreach$292,000 North Central Soybean Research ProgramGitelson, AnatolyNatural ResourcesA Satellite-Based Quantification of Carbon Exchangeof the Dominant Ecosystem (Maize-Soybean) in theNACP Mid-Continent Intensive (MCI) Region$496,124 NASAVerma, ShashiNatural ResourcesSuyker, AndrewNatural ResourcesLand Cover Land Use Change Effects on SurfaceWater Quality: Integrated MODIS & SeaWiFS Assessmentof Dnieper & Don River Basins$598,130 NASAGlover, ToddNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsState-Wide Response-to-InterventionConsortium for Training & Evaluation$432,243 Nebraska Department of EducationIhlo, TanyaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsGoddard, Stephen Computer Science and EngineeringCRI: IAD: Towards Cyber-Physical Computing at Scale: A Life-SizeExperimental Facility for Applied Sensor Networks Research$200,000 NSFCi, SongComputer and Electronics EngineeringPeng, DongmingComputer and Electronics EngineeringSharif-Kashani, Hamid Computer and Electronics EngineeringHudgins, JerryElectrical EngineeringGogos, GeorgeMechanical Engineering* Innovative Propane Flaming Technology for Crop Production$274,000 Propane Education and Research CouncilKnezevic, Stevan Northeast Research and Extension Center44$200,000 — $999,999

Goodman, RichardFood Science and TechnologyDifferentiating Biologically Relevant from Irrelevant IgE Bindingto Food Antigens for Improved Risk Assessment and DiagnosticStudies Using a Humanized Rat Basophil Cell Line (RBL 30/25)$372,340 EPASiddanakoppalu, PramodFood Science and TechnologyFood Allergen Database$679,742 Various IndustriesAssessing the Potential Allergenicity ofProteins Introduced by Genetic Engineering$450,000 EPASchlegel, VickiFood Science and TechnologyTaylor, StephenFood Science and TechnologyGosselin, DavidNatural Resources* Global Climate Change Education:Research Experiences, Modeling and Data$349,973 NASABonnstetter, Ron Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationLow, RussanneNatural ResourcesOglesby, RobertEarth and Atmospheric Sciences/Natural ResourcesOnline Master’s Degree in Applied Science Education$540,345 Toyota USA FoundationBonnstetter, Ronald Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationStrand, BillieExtended Education and OutreachGraef, GeorgeAgronomy and HorticultureQuality Traits Regional Tests$231,646 United Soybean Board/Smith/BucklinSoybean Breeding and Genetic Research for Nebraska$208,544 Nebraska Soybean BoardSpecht, JamesAgronomy and HorticultureGrouverman, AlexeiPhysics and Astronomy* Nanoscale Resistive Switching Behaviorof Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions$750,000 DOETsymbal, EvgenyPhysics and Astronomy* Nanoscale Studies of Pyroelectric and Thermoelectric Phenomena$600,000 DOEDucharme, StephenPhysics and Astronomy* Materials World Network:Critical Scaling of Domain Dynamicsin Ferroelectric Nanostructures$314,950 NSFGursoy, MustafaElectrical EngineeringEnergy Efficiency in Wireless Communicationsunder Queuing Constraints$335,856 NSFVelipasalar, SenemElectrical Engineering$200,000 — $999,99945

Hage, DavidChemistryChromatographic Automation of Immunoassays$946,982 NIH-NIGMSChromatographic Studies of Functional Proteomics$756,640 NIH-NIDDKHallbeck, M. SusanIndustrial and ManagementSystems EngineeringVA Engineering Research Center$450,409 VA Medical Center-OmahaSavory, Paul Industrial and Management Systems EngineeringHarris, StevenPlant Pathology/Center for Plant Science InnovationAutophagy in Fungal Hyphae: FunctionalGenomic & Mechanical Strength Studies$417,852 NSF through University of Maryland-BaltimoreHarshman, LawrenceBiological SciencesComparative Functional Genomics of Drosophila Obesity$516,548 NIH-NIDDK through Cornell UniversityMolecular Evolution of Genes Expressed inD. melanogaster Sperm Storage Structures$295,213 NSFMoriyama, EtsukoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationGenome Biology of Innate Immunity: Genetic Dissection ofDrosophila melanogaster Responses to Bacillus Infection$452,163 DoDBenson, AndrewFood Science and TechnologyKachman, StephenStatisticsHarvey, F. EdwinNatural ResourcesInvestigation of the Role of Rainwater Basin Wetlands inContributing to the Functions of Groundwater Recharge, WaterQuality Improvement, and the Wildlife Habitat, Including anAssessment of the Impact of Sediment on These Functions$386,520 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionHabitat Conservation Plan for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetleand the Eastern Saline Wetlands of Nebraska$380,000 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionHay, DeLynnExtensionNorth Central Region Sustainable AgricultureProfessional Development Program—FY 2005$910,283 USDA-CSREES46$200,000 — $999,999

Hayes, MichaelNatural ResourcesDrought Mitigation, Nebraska Project$558,401 USDA-NIFASvoboda, MarkNatural ResourcesKnutson, CodyNatural ResourcesWardlow, BrianNatural ResourcesDeveloping Seasonal Predictive Capability forDrought Mitigation Decision Support System$311,000 NASA through University of Illinois,Urbana-ChampaignSvoboda, MarkNatural ResourcesKnutson, CodyNatural ResourcesSittler, MeganNatural ResourcesTransitioning the Drought ImpactReporter into an Operational System$445,257 DOC-NOAAEstimating the Impacts of Complex Climatic Events:Drought in Colorado, Nebraska & New Mexico$300,000 DOC-NOAADeveloping a Drought Preparedness Framework for TribalGovernments: Moving from Crisis to Risk-Based Management$609,539 DOI-BIAKnutson, CodyNatural ResourcesSvoboda, MarkNatural ResourcesHeemstra, JillNortheast Researchand Extension CenterEngaging Young Farmers and Ranchersin Environmental Management Education$644,408 USDA-CSREESHein, GaryEntomologyNational Needs Fellow: Integrated Practitionersfor Tomorrow’s Sustainable Agricultural Systems$234,000 USDA-CSREESLagrimini, MarkAgronomy and HorticultureSteadman, JamesPlant PathologyBrewer, GaryEntomologyHenry, ChristopherBiological Systems EngineeringLivestock Producer Environmental Assistance Project$600,000 Nebraska Environmental TrustDevelopment of Alternative Technologiesfor Small Livestock Producers$221,881 Nebraska Department of Environmental QualityGross, JasonBiological Systems Engineering$200,000 — $999,99947

Hergert, GaryPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterEnhancing Irrigation Management Tools & Developinga Decision Support System for Managing LimitedIrrigation Supplies for the High Plains$249,999 USDA-RMA-FCICBurgener, Paul Panhandle Research and Extension CenterLyon, DrewPanhandle Research and Extension CenterMartin, DerrelBiological Systems EngineeringPavlista, Alexander Panhandle Research and Extension CenterSantra, Dipak Panhandle Research and Extension CenterSupalla, RaymondAgricultural EconomicsDemonstrate & Adapt Remote Sensing Technology to ProduceConsumptive Water Use Maps for the Nebraska Panhandle$239,951 USDA-NRCSBaltensperger, David Panhandle Research and Extension CenterBerger, Aaron Panhandle Research and Extension CenterDeBoer, Karen Panhandle Research and Extension CenterHla, AungPanhandle Research and Extension CenterLyon, DrewPanhandle Research and Extension CenterPavlista, Alexander Panhandle Research and Extension CenterYonts, C. Dean Panhandle Research and Extension CenterHibbing, JohnPolitical ScienceDHB: Identifying the Biological Underpinningsof Political Temperaments$587,068 NSFEspy, Kimberly AndrewsPsychology/Research andEconomic DevelopmentSmith, KevinPolitical ScienceDodd, MichaelPsychologyWiebe, SandraPsychology/Research andEconomic DevelopmentHigley, LeonNatural Resources* Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Proceduresto Estimate Postmortem Intervals$483,323 DOJ-National Institute of JusticeHoffman, LesaPsychologyVisual Attention in Aging: Bridging Experimentaland Psychometric Approaches$322,745 NIH-NIAHogan, TiffanySpecial Education andCommunication DisordersThe Lexicon and Phoneme Awareness$429,156 NIH-NIDCDHolmes, Mary Anne Earth and Atmospheric SciencesBuilding a Community of Women Geoscience Leaders$228,774 NSF48$200,000 — $999,999

Horn, Christy Equity, Access and Diversity ProgramsBuilding Accepting Campus Communities$976,900 EDBruning, RogerEducational PsychologySydik, JeremyEquity, Access and Diversity ProgramsHu, Qi (Steve)Natural Resources* Development of a Northern HemisphereGridded Precipitation DatasetSpanning the Past Half Millennium for AnalyzingInterannual and Longer-Term Variability in the Monsoons$529,501 DOC-NOAAFeng, SongNatural ResourcesOglesby, RobertEarth and Atmospheric SciencesUnderstanding and Predicting Tropical andNorth Atlantic SST Forcing on Variations inWarm Season Precipitation over North America$292,000 DOC-NOAAOglesby, RobertEarth and Atmospheric SciencesFeng, SongNatural ResourcesHuang, JinsongMechanical Engineering* Highly Sensitive, Low CostOrganic Photodetector Based Photomultiplication$200,000 DoD-DTRAHudgins, JerryElectrical Engineering* A Roadway Wind/Solar Hybrid PowerGeneration and Distribution System:Towards Energy-Plus Roadways$999,504 DOT-FHWAJones, ElizabethCivil EngineeringQiao, WeiElectrical EngineeringRilett, LaurenceCivil EngineeringSharma, AnujCivil EngineeringHutkins, RobertFood Science and TechnologyAssessing and Enhancing Stabilityof Prebiotics in Processed Foods$444,920 USDA-NRICGPWehling, RandyFood Science and TechnologySchlegel, VickiFood Science and TechnologyHygnstrom, ScottNatural Resources* Outdoor U Program$226,655 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionIanno, NataleElectrical Engineering* In-Situ Selenization of Copper Indium Boron Selenide (CIBS)Solar Cell Absorber Materials$467,400 DOE through University of Nebraska at KearneySoukup, RodneyElectrical EngineeringIrmak, AyseNatural Resources/Civil Engineering* CPNRD Mapping Evapotranspirationwith High Resolution Satellite Data$325,789 Central Platte NRD$200,000 — $999,99949

Irmak, SuatBiological Systems EngineeringQuantifying Evaporation, Crop Evapotranspiration,and the Water Balance for Tilled and Untilled Fields$679,160 Nebraska Department of Natural ResourcesIrmak, AyseNatural ResourcesRundquist, DonaldNatural ResourcesEisenhauer, DeanBiological Systems Engineeringvan Donk, SimonBiological Systems EngineeringZoubek, Gary Southeast Research and Extension CenterRees, Jennifer Southeast Research and Extension CenterSiekman, Darrel Southeast Research and Extension CenterVanDeWalle, Brandy Southeast Research and Extension CenterYoder, RonaldBiological Systems EngineeringMeasurement of Growing Season Actual CropEvapotranspiration and Crop Coefficients, and DormantSeason Evaporative Losses for Key Vegetation Surfacesin the Central Platte Natural Resources District$492,564 Central Platte NRDIrmak, AyseBiological Systems EngineeringMartin, DerrelBiological Systems Engineeringvan Donk, SimonBiological Systems EngineeringVerma, ShashiNatural ResourcesIyengar, SrikanthMathematicsDerived Categories of Complete Intersectionsand Hochschild Cohomology$210,528 NSFJiang, HongComputer Science and Engineering* Turbo Button: A Semantically Smart Flash Memory Layerfor Internet-Scale Storage Systems$471,631 NSFCSR: Small: ProActive:A RAID Protection Activator for High Availability$474,739 NSFHECURA: A New Semantic-Aware Metadata Organizationfor Improved File-System Performance andFunctionality in High-End Computing$344,552 NSFSAM^2 Toolkit: Scalable & Adaptive MetadataManagement for High-End Computing$602,326 NSF50$200,000 — $999,999

Jones, ClintonVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesAnalysis of Viral Factors that Regulate theBovine Herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) Latency Reactivation Cycle$375,000 USDA-CSREESFunctional Analysis of biCPO$375,000 USDA-NRICGPDoes HSV-1 Latency Associated Transcript (LAT)Encode a Protein?$402,122 NIH-NIAIDJones, ElizabethCivil EngineeringU.S.-Brazil Dual Degree in Infrastructure &Sustainability Engineering Program$208,211 ED-FIPSEJosiah, ScottNebraska State Forest ServiceForest Legacy Program: Pine Ridge Project$500,000 USDA-FSPine Ridge Stewardship and Legacy Project:Ferguson Property Acquisition$240,000 Nebraska Environmental TrustExpansion of Hazelnut Production, Feedstock andBiofuel Potential Through Breeding forDisease Resistance and Climatic Adaption$389,224 USDA-CSREES through Oregon State UniversityAdams, DennisNatural ResourcesHanna, MilfordIndustrial Agricultural Products CenterNRCS-Technical Service Provider Project$575,026 USDA-NRCSHazardous Fuels Reduction: Pine Ridge$250,000 USDA-FSKamil, AlanBiological SciencesOperant Research on Episodic Memory in an Animal Model$405,625 NIH-NIMHBond, AlanBiological SciencesKim, Yong RakCivil EngineeringAsphalt Research Consortium$425,000 DOT-FHWA through Texas A&MResearch FoundationLayer Moduli of Nebraska Pavements for the New Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG)$255,367 Nebraska Department of RoadsKnutson, CodyNatural ResourcesDevelopment of a Drought Decision Support Portal for theRepublican River Basin of Colorado, Nebraska & Kansas$223,524 DOC-NOAASvoboda, MarkNatural Resources$200,000 — $999,99951

Koelsch, RichardBiological Systems Engineering/ExtensionNebraska EIPM-CS Coordination Program$223,305 USDA-CSREESWright, RobertEntomologyBernards, MarkAgronomy and HorticultureOgg, ClydeAgronomy and HorticultureKamble, ShripatEntomologyGaussoin, RochAgronomy and HorticultureBaxendale, FredEntomologyStreich, AnneAgronomy and HorticultureYonts, C. Dean Panhandle Research and Extension CenterHygnstrom, ScottNatural ResourcesBradshaw, Jeffrey Panhandle Research and Extension CenterJackson, TamraPlant PathologyTimmerman, AmyPlant PathologyReicher, ZacAgronomy and HorticultureKranz, WilliamNortheast Researchand Extension Center* Sustainable Energy Options for Rural Nebraska$500,000 DOEHay, FrancisBiological Systems EngineeringHudgins, JerryElectrical EngineeringIsom, LorenIndustrial Agricultural Products CenterKeshwani, DeepakBiological Systems EngineeringShelton, David Northeast Research and Extension CenterLackey, SusanNatural Resources* Developing Hydrogeologic Databases to Assistin Water Resources Management$459,600 Lower Elkhorn NRDEastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment LPNRD$476,668 Lower Platte North NRDAyers, JerryNatural ResourcesHanson, PaulNatural ResourcesJoeckel, RobertNatural ResourcesDeveloping Hydrogeologic Databases to Assistin Water Resources Management — UENRD$203,353 Upper Elkhorn NRDLaCost, BarbaraEducational AdministrationEnrollment Management Journal$210,000 Texas GuaranteedLangell, MarjorieChemistry* Metal Oxide Solid Solutions: Macroscopic to Nano-Scale$449,855 NSF* GAANN Fellowships in Chemistry: Research First at UNL$393,795 ED52$200,000 — $999,999

Ledder, GlennMathematicsUBM: Research for Undergraduates inTheoretical Ecology (RUTE)$905,000 NSFDeng, BoMathematicsGibson, RobertBiological SciencesLoladze, IrakliMathematicsLouda, SvataBiological SciencesLee, Ji-YoungNutrition and Health SciencesEvaluation of Athero-Protective Role of Blue-Green Algae$387,365 DHHS-NCCAMLenters, JohnNatural ResourcesRiparian Vegetation Impacts on WaterQuantity, Quality, and Stream Ecology$433,960 Nebraska Department of Natural ResourcesIstanbulluoglu, ErkanEarth and Atmospheric SciencesLesoing, GarySoutheast Researchand Extension Center* Nebraska Network for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers$202,397 Center for Rural AffairsConley, DennisAgricultural EconomicsLewis, Charlotte Center on Children, Families and the LawAnswers4Families/NRRS Database$204,586 Nebraska Department of Health and Human ServicesLi, HaorongDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction* Enterprise Plug n Play Diagnosticsand Optimization for Smart Buildings$617,013 Sensus Machine IntelligenceLu, YingComputer Science and EngineeringIntelligent Controls for Net-Zero Energy Buildings$475,750 DOECho, Yong KwonDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionPeng, DongmingComputer and Electronics EngineeringGoedert, JamesDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionCogdill, RobertEngineeringLi, MingPsychologyAnxiolytic Property of Atypical Antipsychotics$362,145 NIH-NIMHLi, XuCivil Engineering* Bioaccumulation of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonellain Produce after Irrigation Using Recycled Waters$500,000 USDA-AFRIBartelt-Hunt, ShannonCivil EngineeringHodges, LaurieAgronomy and HorticultureSnow, DanielNatural Resources$200,000 — $999,99953

Lindquist, JohnAgronomy and Horticulture* Crop-Wild Gene Flow in Sorghum and Relative Fitnessof the Shattercane x Sorghum F2 Population$300,000 USDA-NIFABernards, MarkAgronomy and HorticultureContribution of Fusarium lateritium to WeedSuppressive Soils & Weed Abundance$366,186 USDA-NRICGPDrijber, RhaeAgronomy and HorticultureYuen, GaryPlant PathologyLiou, Sy-HwangPhysics and Astronomy* High Sensitivity Magnetoresistive Sensorsfor Both DC and EMI Magnetic Field Mapping$650,000 DoD-Strategic EnvironmentalResearch Development ProgramAdvanced Probes for Characterizationsof Magnetic Nanostructures$539,998 DoDSellmyer, DavidPhysics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanoscienceSkomski, RalphPhysics and AstronomyLodl, KathleenExtensionNebraska CYFAR Sustainable Community Project$659,822 USDA-CSREESDe Guzman, MariaChild, Youth and Family StudiesLu, YingComputer Science and Engineering* CSR: Small: Energy Managementfor Heterogeneous MapReduce Data Centers$432,932 NSFSwanson, DavidComputer Science and Engineering54$200,000 — $999,999

Lu, YongfengElectrical Engineering* DURIP: Wavelength-Tunable CO2 Laserfor Resonant Energy Coupling in Multi-Energy Processing$266,407 DoD-ONRSynthesis of Crystalline Carbon Nitride bySimultaneous Vibrational and Electronic Excitations$255,771 NSFCoating and Patterning Diamond Films byLaser Resonant Bond Breaking in Polymer Precursors$259,384 NSFSelf-Integration of Carbon-Nanotube Sensorsin Functional Integrated Circuits$240,000 NSFTunable Photonic Bandgap Crystalswith Integrated Functionalities$330,000 DoD-AFOSRNear-Field-Controlled Nanoscale Coatingof Functional Thin Films for Nanodevices$240,000 NSFMackenzie, SallyBiological Sciences/Agronomy and Horticulture/Center for Plant Science InnovationNuclear Mechanisms that InfluenceMitochondrial Genome Stability$450,000 NSFChristensen, AlanBiological SciencesMontiel, Maria Arrieta Center for Plant Science InnovationNuclear-Organellar InteractionsInvolving AtMSH1 in Arabidopsis$810,000 DOETraining Graduate Students in Plant Breeding UsingCrop Drought Tolerance Improvement as a Model$599,999 USDA-NRICGPFromm, MichaelCenter for Plant Science InnovationMarston, TwigNortheast Researchand Extension CenterExtension and Educational Programs and Materials forSmall- and Medium-Sized Pork Operations$258,644 USDA-NRICGPMartin, DerrelBiological Systems EngineeringModeling and Field Experimentation to DetermineEffects of Land Terracing-Republican River Basin (CESU)$515,775 DOI-BR$200,000 — $999,99955

McCurdy, MerileeEducational PsychologyTraining School Psychologists in Response-to-InterventionImplementation and System Change$799,981 EDDaly, EdwardEducational PsychologyIhlo, TanyaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsKunz, GinaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsMcNulty, LawrenceEducational AdministrationIREX End of Conference Program/TEA Professional Development$263,347 International Research and Exchanges BoardMcQuillan, JuliaSociologyInfertility: Pathways & Psychosocial Outcomes$637,373 NIH through Pennsylvania State UniversityMeagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringDevelopment of a Fermentation Process for a Biotherapeutic$578,477 Industry clientStrain Development and Expression of Alpha-Galactosidase$438,097 Aperion Biologics Inc/CrossCart Inc.Manufacture of a Next Generation Vaccinefor Clinical Trial and Toxicity Testing$725,993 Industry clientMelvin, StevenWest Central Researchand Extension CenterIrrigation Management with Limited Water:A Farm Education Program$287,080 DOI-BRMartin, DerrelBiological Systems EngineeringCorr, Alan West Central Research and Extension Centervan Donk, Simon West Central Research and Extension CenterMerchant, JamesNatural ResourcesInitial Design and Implementation of the NebraskaGeospatial Data Sharing and Web Services Network$295,311 Nebraska Office of the Chief Information OfficerMitra, AmitPlant PathologyFunctional Map of Tomato Genome UsingDirect Repeat Induced Gene Silencing$301,000 USDA-NRICGPMoore, RaymondEngineeringStudents United in Classes, Community, Engineering,Service and Study Abroad$591,995 NSF56$200,000 — $999,999

Moriyama, EtsukoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationEfficient and Sensitive Mining System forG-Protein Coupled Receptors$577,014 NIH-NLMLarge-Scale Simultaneous MultipleAlignment & Phylogeny Estimation$223,215 NSFMorris, T. JackBiological Sciences* Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics$317,603 NIH through UNMCWood, CharlesBiological SciencesNegahban, MehrdadEngineering MechanicsEMME: US-EU Transatlantic Degree Program in EngineeringMechanics/Materials Engineering$407,997 EDChandra, NamasEngineering MechanicsNelson, J. RonSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersEffects of a Supplementary Vocabulary Intervention forStudents with Limited English Proficiency$694,884 EDNewman, IanEducational PsychologyNebraska Collegiate Consortium to Reduce High Risk Drinking$374,993 EDShell, DuaneEducational PsychologyNguyen, Lim Computer and Electronics EngineeringSelf-Encoded Spread Spectrum Modulation forRobust Anti-Jamming Communication$379,767 DoDJang, WonComputer and Electronics EngineeringNickerson, H. DoakNebraska State Forest ServiceRestoring the Pine Ridge Forest Ecosystem$300,000 Nebraska Environmental TrustNoureddini, Hossein Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringReduction of Phosphorus from EthanolBy-Product used as Livestock Feed$210,781 Nebraska Corn BoardNowak, AndrzejCivil Engineering/Nebraska Transportation CenterSHRP2 R19 Bridges for Service Life beyond 100 years:Service Limit States$293,118 Modjeski and MastersAzizinamini, AtorodCivil EngineeringOglesby, RobertEarth and Atmospheric SciencesEvaluating the Role of Global Snow Cover on Seasonal toInterannual Predictability of Temperature & Precipitation$598,216 NASA$200,000 — $999,99957

Osorio, FernandoVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Virus:Role of Viral Genes in Virulence/Attenuation$375,000 USDA-NRICGPPattnaik, Asit Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesPannier, AngelaBiological Systems* Engineering Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression Profilesin Cells Transfected with Nonviral Gene Delivery Vectors$307,808 American Heart AssociationPattnaik, AsitVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesGlycoproteins of Porcine Reproductive andRespiratory Syndrome Virus in Infection and Immunity$371,230 USDA-AFRIOsorio, Fernando Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesPaul, PremResearch and Economic Development* Nebraska Innovation Center (Whittier) to Renovate and Improvethe Whittier School for Use as the Nebraska Innovation Center$656,600 HUDPegg, MarkNatural Resources* Platte River Catfish Population Dynamics$530,321 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionEnvironmental Flows in the Niobrara River for Fish and Wildlife$779,254 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionMissouri River Sportfish Ecology and Management$401,210 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionSturgeon Management in the Platte River$801,000 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionPerez, LanceElectrical EngineeringSelf-Configuration & Localization inAd Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks$548,807 DoDGoddard, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringGAANN in Engineering & Assistive Technology$387,165 EDGoddard, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringPeterson, DanielFood Science and TechnologyAdaptive Immune Response to Symbiotic Bacteriaas a Mediator of Gut Homeostasis$379,890 NIH-NIAID58$200,000 — $999,999

Pickard, GaryVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesRetinal Neurons Afferent to the Circadian System$848,196 NIH-NEISollars, Patricia Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences5HT Presynaptic Inhibition of Retinal Input to the SCN$317,718 NIH-NINDSSollars, Patricia Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesPilson, DianaBiological SciencesTransgenic Virus Resistant Squash: Ecological Effect$314,877 USDA-CSREESMorris, T. JackBiological SciencesPope, KevinNatural ResourcesRecruitment of Walleye and White Bass in Irrigation Reservoirs$535,365 Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionPowell, LarkinNatural ResourcesAssessing Local & Regional Variability in Productivity & Fidelity ofGrassland Birds on National Park Service Units in the Great Plains$212,122 DOI-GSAllen, CraigNatural ResourcesPytlik Zillig, LisaEducational Psychology/Public Policy Center* Developing an Empirically-Based, Multi-Level,Social-Cognitive Model of Public Engagementin Science & Innovation Policy Development$471,180 NSFDzenis, YurisEngineering MechanicsMorris, T. JackBiological SciencesPardy, TedBiological SciencesTomkins, Alan Educational Psychology/Public Policy CenterTurner, JosephEngineering MechanicsQiao, WeiElectrical EngineeringIntelligent Optimal Mechanical Sensorless Control for Variable-Speed Wind Energy Systems Considering System Uncertainties$214,754 NSFRack, FrankEarth and Atmospheric Sciences/Antarctic Geological Drilling ProgramPromoting Environmental Literacy throughTeacher Professional Development Workshops andClimate Change Student Summits (C2S2)$694,093 DOC-NOAAHuffman, LouiseAntarctic Geological Drilling ProgramRajca, AndrzejChemistryHigh-Spin Nitroxide Diradical forBiomedical Imaging Applications$421,174 NIH-NIBIBRajca, SuchadaChemistryStable High-Spin Polyradicals & Chiral Pi-Conjugated Systems$508,191 NSF$200,000 — $999,99959

Rajurkar, KamlakarIndustrial and ManagementSystems EngineeringTheoretical and Experimental Study ofDebris Removal & Tool Wear in Micro-EDM$250,000 NSFModeling and Analysis of Material Removal andTool Wear in Micro Ultrasonic Machining$247,760 NSFRamamurthy, Byrav Computer Science and Engineering* Mobility First: A Trustworthy Mobility-Centric Architecturefor the Future Internet$300,000 NSFDynamic Optimized Advance Scheduling of Bandwidth Demands$449,976 DOERatcliffe, BrettEntomology/University of Nebraska State MuseumFaunistic Survey of Dynastinae of Mexico, Guatemala, & Belize$481,493 NSFRebarber, RichardMathematics* REU Site: Nebraska REU in Applied Math$324,492 NSFTenhumberg, BrigitteBiological SciencesReddy, N.R. JayagopalaVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesDelineating Autoimmunity in Post-Infectious Myocarditis$308,000 American Heart AssociationReid, JohnMechanical Engineering* Downstream Anchoring for MGS, Minimum EffectiveGuardrail Length for MGS, Short-Radius Guardrail w/Large Radii$415,471 Nebraska Department of RoadsBielenberg, RobertMidwest Roadside Safety FacilityFaller, RonCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityLechtenberg, KarlaMidwest Roadside Safety FacilitySicking, DeanCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityMidwest States Regional Pooled Fund Program$704,774 Nebraska Department of RoadsSicking, DeanCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityFaller, RonCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityReid, RobertSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersLeadership Training in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder$620,006 ED60$200,000 — $999,999

Rilett, LaurenceCivil EngineeringNebraska Transportation Center Seed Funding$300,000 Nebraska Department of RoadsDevelopment of State of the Art TrafficMicro-Simulation Model for Nebraska$222,896 Nebraska Department of RoadsJones, ElizabethCivil EngineeringIntelligent Transportation System Deployment Project$831,942 Nebraska Department of RoadsJones, ElizabethCivil EngineeringKhattak, AemalCivil EngineeringRobertson, Brian Mechanical Engineering/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanoscienceSpintronic Devices Enabled by Semiconducting Boron Carbide$299,998 NSFAdenwalla, ShireenNebraska Center forMaterials and NanoscienceDowben, PeterPhysics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanoscienceRohde, JohnCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety Facility* Universal Breakaway Steel Postfor the Three-Beam Bullnose Guardrail System$207,494 Nebraska Department of RoadsBielenberg, RobertMidwest Roadside Safety FacilityFaller, RonCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityReid, JohnMechanical EngineeringRothermel, Gregg Computer Science and Engineering* II-EN: Infrastructure Support for Software Testing Research$345,985 NSFCRI: Community Resource to Support ControlledExperimentation with Program Analysis and Testing Techniques$874,636 NSFElbaum, SebastianComputer Science and EngineeringDwyer, MatthewComputer Science and EngineeringRuser, KevinLaw* UNL-UNAM Rule of Law Partnership$449,384 American Council on Education-HEDBennett, RobertLawLenich, JohnLawLepard, BrianLawLyons, WilliamLawMoberly, RichardLawPierce, GlendaLawPoser, SusanLawSchmidt, StevenLawSchopp, RobertLawWillborn, StevenLaw$200,000 — $999,99961

Samal, AshokComputer Science and Engineering* Evaluation of GPS-Enabled Cell Phones and Laptopsfor Applications of Law Enforcement Patrolling Activities$294,516 DOJ-National Institute of JusticeRamirez, JuanPublic Policy CenterRosenbaum, DavidEconomics/Public Policy CenterTomkins, Alan Educational Psychology/Public Policy CenterBuilding Knowledge Discovery & Information FusionTools for Collaborative Systems to AdaptivelyManage Uncertain Hydrological Resources$601,816 NSFChen, Xun-HongNatural ResourcesSoh, Leen-KiatComputer Science and EngineeringTomkins, Alan Educational Psychology/Public Policy CenterZellmer, SandraLawSaraf, Ravi Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringElectronic Interfacing between a Living Cell and a Nanodevice:A Bio-Nano Hybrid System$900,000 DOENanodevice for Digital Imaging of Palpable Structure atHuman-Finger Resolution for Clinical Breast Examination$377,552 NIH-NIBIBScalora, MarioPsychologyPost-Secondary Institutions Safety Threat AssessmentTechnical Assistance Center$535,537 DHS through Nebraska Military Department-NEMAYardley, OwenUNL PoliceBulling, DenisePublic Policy CenterScheffler, MarilynSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersProject RTI: Building Capacity Togetherto Implement Response to Intervention$800,000 EDSanger, Dixie Special Education and Communication DisordersProject Re-entry: Preparing Speech-LanguagePathologists to Serve Students with Traumatic Brain Injury$800,000 EDHux, Karen Special Education and Communication Disorders62$200,000 — $999,999

Schubert, MathiasElectrical Engineering* STTR: THz Ellipsometer for Reflection-Mode Signature Acquisition$225,000 J.A. Woollam CompanyMRI: Development of an Optical Hall Effect Instrumentationfor Non-Contact Nanostructure Electrical Characterization$299,915 NSFLu, YongfengElectrical EngineeringHan, MingElectrical EngineeringSchubert, EvaElectrical EngineeringBinek, ChristianPhysics and AstronomyDucharme, StephenPhysics and AstronomyTsymbal, EvgenyPhysics and AstronomyShield, JeffreyMechanical EngineeringHofmann, TinoElectrical EngineeringSchwer, AveryDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction* Energy Conservation and Behavior Changethrough Real-Time Energy Monitoring$245,111 OPPD through UNOAlahmad, MahmoudDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionTiller, DaleDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionSellmyer, DavidPhysics and Astronomy/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanoscienceStudies of Artificially Structured Composite Magnets$718,000 DOEShadwick, BradleyPhysics and AstronomyWavebreaking and Particle Trapping in Collisionless Plasmas$561,840 DOEShank, NancyPublic Policy CenterSHNBHIN Improving Access Health IT$385,528 Health Partners InitiativeWestern Nebraska Health InformationExchange Network HIT RND Project$255,843 Chadron Community HospitalSharif-Kashani, Hamid Computer and Electronics Engineering* Research & Development - Development of a StandardCommunication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networkin Mobile Railroad Environment$250,000 DOT-FRAHempel, Michael Computer and Electronics EngineeringShea, PatrickNatural ResourcesTargeting Watershed Vulnerability & Behaviors Leadingto Adoption of Conservation Management Practices$570,000 USDA-CSREESBurbach, MarkNatural ResourcesLynne, GaryAgricultural EconomicsMartin, AlexanderAgronomy and HorticultureMilner, MaribethAgronomy and Horticulture$200,000 — $999,99963

Shearman, RobertAgronomy and HorticultureBuffalograss Breeding, Evaluation andManagement for Golf Course$232,500 U. S. Golf AssociationShelton, DavidNortheast Researchand Extension CenterImproving and Conserving Water ResourcesThrough Stormwater Management Educationfor Community Decision Makers of Today and Tomorrow$544,500 USDA-CSREESFeehan, Kelly Northeast Research and Extension CenterFranti, ThomasBiological Systems EngineeringRodie, StevenAgronomy and HorticultureSheridan, SusanEducational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsConsultation Based Interventions for Studentswith Social and Behavioral Concerns$599,694 EDGlover, ToddNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsBovaird, JamesEducational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsShield, JeffreyMechanical Engineering/NebraskaCenter for Materials and NanosciencePhase Transformations in Confined Nanosystems$450,000 DOEBelashchenko, KirillPhysics and AstronomyNovel Nanostructures for High-EnergyNanocomposite Permanent Magnets$264,319 NSFShulski, MarthaNatural Resources* Regional Climate Services Support in the High Plains Region$651,494 DOC-NOAAHubbard, KennethNatural ResourcesYou, JinshengNatural ResourcesSicking, DeanCivil Engineering* Adaptation of the SAFER Barrierfor Roadside and Median Applications$990,000 Nebraska Department of RoadsFaller, RonCivil Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety FacilityReid, JohnMechanical EngineeringEnhancement of Research Infrastructureat the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility$346,000 Nebraska Department of Roads64$200,000 — $999,999

Siegfried, BlairEntomologyAssessing the Risk of European Corn Borer Adaptationto Transgenic Bt Maize$400,000 USDA-NIFAEvaluating Bioactivity of Insecticidal Proteins AgainstEuropean Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)$220,000 Pioneer Hi-BredSimmons, MarkSoutheast Researchand Extension CenterOperation Military Kids$359,211 USDA-CSREES through Kansas State UniversitySleight, WeldonNebraska College ofTechnical AgricultureBiomass Energy System$360,000 Nebraska Environmental TrustSmith, DavidVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesNebraska Get Smart on Farm 2008/09 Contract$235,000 Nebraska Department ofHealth and Human ServicesSmyth, JoleneSociology/Gallup Research Center* Using Survey Methodology Research to Assistwith Design Improvements and/or the Redesign of SurveysRelated to Science, Engineering and Agriculture$200,000 USDA-NASSOlson, KristinSociology/Gallup Research CenterSnow, DanielNatural ResourcesEffects of Cattle Manure Handling & ManagementStrategies on Fate & Transport of Hormones$699,607 EPABartelt-Hunt, ShannonCivil EngineeringZhang, TianCivil EngineeringKranz, William Northeast Research and Extension CenterMader, TerryNortheast Research and Extension CenterShapiro, Charles Northeast Research and Extension CenterShelton, David Northeast Research and Extension Center$200,000 — $999,99965

Snow, GregoryPhysics and AstronomyThe Luminosity Measurement for theDZERO Experiment at Fermilab$410,352 DOEBloom, KennethPhysics and AstronomyClaes, DanielPhysics and AstronomyDominguez, AaronPhysics and AstronomyGAANN Fellowships for Physics at UNL$654,295 EDClaes, DanielPhysics and AstronomyDominguez, AaronPhysics and AstronomyUiterwall, CornelisPhysics and AstronomyBatelaan, HermanPhysics and AstronomyGay, TimothyPhysics and AstronomyAdenwalla, ShireenPhysics and AstronomySoh, Leen-KiatComputer Science and Engineering* CPATH CDP: Renaissance Computing:Concept Development and Planning$217,970 NSFMeyer, GeorgeBiological Systems EngineeringMoore, BrianMusicMoriyama, EtsukoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationRamsay, StephenEnglishSamal, AshokComputer Science and EngineeringScott, StephenComputer Science and EngineeringShell, DuaneEducational PsychologyThomas, WilliamHistoryiLOG: Embedding & Validating EmpiricalUsage Intelligence in Learning Objects$409,705 NSFSamal, AshokNugent, GwenComputer Science and EngineeringNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and SchoolsSoukup, RodneyElectrical EngineeringA Novel Variable Wide Bandgap Materialfor High Power, High Frequency Devices$368,008 DoDHudgins, JerryElectrical EngineeringIanno, NataleElectrical EngineeringSoundararajan, MadhavanBiochemistry* The Hunt for Green Every April:Factors Affecting Fitness in Switchgrass$202,976 USDA-ARSSpalding, RoyAgronomy and HorticultureEffectiveness of Irrigated Crop Management Practices inReducing Groundwater Nitrate Contamination$630,768 USDA-CSREESFerguson, RichardAgronomy and HorticultureMarx, DavidStatisticsSpalding, MaryNatural Resources66$200,000 — $999,999

Spaulding, WilliamPsychologyDecision Science in Rehabilitation$860,775 NIH-NIMHGarbin, CalvinPsychologySpecht, JamesAgronomy and Horticulture* Drought Stress Tolerance in Nebraska$222,681 USDA-ARSSpreitzer, RobertBiochemistryRubisco Phylogenetic Engineering$202,383 USDA-NRICGPSrisa-An, Witawas Computer Science and EngineeringCSR-PDOS: Memory Efficient Garbage CollectionFramework for Java Server Applications$300,000 NSFStansbury, JohnCivil EngineeringFeasibility of Integrating Natural and Constructed Wetlandsin Roadway Drainage System Design$255,562 Nebraska Department of RoadsMoussavi, MassoumCivil EngineeringZhang, TianCivil EngineeringStarace, AnthonyPhysics and AstronomyStrong Field & Ultrafast Atomic and Molecular Processes$279,000 NSFStaswick, PaulAgronomy and HorticultureDeciphering Novel Signaling Roles forAmino Acid Conjugates of Jasmonic Acid$249,969 NSFSteadman, JamesPlant Pathology* A Search for Improvement & Resistance in Common Beanthrough Multi-Site Screening & Pathogen Characterization$205,560 USDA-ARSStentz, TerryDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionHuman Factors in Railway Operation$590,000 DOT-FRAJones, ElizabethCivil EngineeringRilett, LaurenceCivil EngineeringKhattak, AemalCivil EngineeringRiley, Michael Industrial and Management Systems EngineeringAnalytic Study of Acute Extremity Lacerations in Meat Packing$616,052 Harvard School of Public HealthStockton, MatthewWest Central Researchand Extension CenterWhole-Farm Economic Biological Stochastic SimulationModel of Small to Medium Cow-calf Firms with Research,Teaching and Extension Modules$499,740 USDA-NRICGP$200,000 — $999,99967

Storz, JayBiological Sciences* The Mechanistic Basis of Parallel Evolution:Functional Analysis of Hemoglobin Polymorphism in Andean Ducks$378,104 NSFMoriyama, Hideaki Biological Sciences/Center for BiotechnologyStowell, RichardBiological Systems EngineeringAir Quality Extension & Education:Enhanced Learning Opportunities for AddressingAir Quality Issues in Animal Agriculture$498,562 USDA-NRICGPSubbiah, Jeyamkondan Biological Systems Engineering/Food Science and TechnologyImproving the Safety of Prepared, But Not Ready-To-EatMicrowavable Foods through Heat Transferand Pathogen Destruction Modeling$599,985 USDA-CSREESJones, DavidBiological Systems EngineeringThippareddi, Harshavardhan Food Science and TechnologySubramanian, AnuradhaChemical andBiomolecular EngineeringBiomimetic Nanofibrillar Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering$390,720 NIH-NIBIBLarsen, Gustavo Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringSvoboda, MarkNatural ResourcesNIDIS Portal Content Development and Help Desk Support$497,497 DOC-NOAADevelopment of a “Drought Ready Communities” Program$288,670 DOC-NOAASittler, MeghanNatural ResourcesSmith, KellyNatural ResourcesKnutson, CodyNatural ResourcesWoudenberg, DonnaNatural ResourcesIntegrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Datainto the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors$224,991 NASA-Goddard Space Flight CenterWardlow, BrianNatural ResourcesFuchs, BrianNatural ResourcesScott, SorenNatural ResourcesSwanson, DavidComputer Science and EngineeringOpen Science Grid Consortium$295,000 NSF through University of Wisconsin-MadisonTadros, MaherCivil EngineeringClass C Fly Ash in Concrete Pavement$321,379 Nebraska Department of RoadsImpact of Large 0.7 inch Strand on NU-I Girder and NUDeck$244,408 Nebraska Department of RoadsMorcous, GeorgeDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction68$200,000 — $999,999

Takacs, JamesChemistryLigand Scaffold Optimization forCatalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration$420,000 NSFTan, LiEngineering MechanicsSelf-Organized Nanolayers for Organic Thin-Film Transistors$387,463 NSFZeng, Xiao ChengChemistryBi-Functional Pentacene Monolayerfor Organic Field-Effect Transistors$299,410 DoDZeng, Xiao ChengChemistryTaylor, StephenFood Science and Technology* Primary and Secondary Prevention of Peanut and Tree Nut Allergy$200,000 USDA-ARSBaumert, JosephFood Science and TechnologyDetermination of Minimal Elicitation Dose forAlmond in Almond-Allergic Individuals$261,000 Almond Board of CaliforniaThippareddi, Harshavardhan Food Science and Technology* Food Safety Assistance for Small Meat and Poultry Processorsthrough Development and Implementationof Industry Best Practices$599,992 USDA-CSREESBurson, DennisAnimal ScienceEllis, JasonAgricultural Leadership,Education and CommunicationUnderstanding and Controlling Listeria MonocytogenesTransmission through Ready-to-Eat Meat Products$222,270 Colorado State UniversityImproving Safety of Shell Eggs & Egg Productsby Addressing Critical Research Needsfor Salmonella Enteritidis & Salmonella spp$599,951 USDA-NRICGPFroning, GlennFood Science and TechnologySubbiah, JeyamkondanBiological Systems EngineeringThomas, StevenNatural Resources* Dimensions: An Integrative Traits-Based Approachto Predicting Variation in Vulnerabilityof Tropical and Temperate Stream Biodiversity to Climate Change$290,229 NSFFIBR: Linking Genes to Ecosystems$467,335 NSF through University of California-RiversideThompson, DanielElectrical Engineering* UNO-NASA Space Grant:Satellite Contaminant Materials Research Program$593,979 NASA through UNOIanno, NataleElectrical Engineering$200,000 — $999,99969

Trainin, Guy Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationArts Linc$261,674 Lake Elsinore USDTurner, JosephEngineering Mechanics* Development of Improved Product Performancethrough Optimization and Modelingof Engineering Materials, Processing, and Function$283,770 Brenco/Amsted IndustriesShield, JeffreyMechanical Engineering* Ultrasonic Scattering for Measurement of Longitudinal Rail Stress$262,000 DOT-FRATyler, KimberlySociologySocial Networks, HIV Risk Behaviors & Homeless Youth$356,771 NIH-NIDATyre, RichardNatural ResourcesQuantifying Uncertainty in Missouri RiverAdaptive Management Processes$410,858 DOI-GSIstanbulluoglu, ErkanNatural ResourcesAllen, CraigNatural ResourcesUiterwaal, KeesPhysics and Astronomy* REU Site: Optics and Laser Physics$246,450 NSFBatelaan, HermanPhysics and AstronomyMolecules and Intense Light in a Photodynamical Test Tube$440,000 NSFInside a Focused Laser Beam: Molecular Dynamics$477,001 NSFUmstadter, DonaldPhysics and AstronomyResearch and Development of High PowerLaser Driven Electron Accelerator, Phase II$899,823 DoD-DARPABanerjee, SudeepPhysics and AstronomyShadwick, BradleyPhysics and AstronomyLaser Produced Coherent X-Ray Sources$795,000 DOEBanerjee, SudeepPhysics and AstronomyVan Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering* Structural Characterization of Recombinant Glycoproteins$250,000 Inspiration BiopharmaceuticalsVariyam, Vinodchandran Computer Science and EngineeringAF: Small: Studies in Nonuniformity,Completeness and Reachability$272,031 NSF70$200,000 — $999,999

Velipasalar, SenemElectrical EngineeringCSR-DMSS, SM: Cooperative Activity Analysisin Wireless Smart-Camera Networks (Wi-SCaNs)$300,000 NSFGursoy, MustafaElectrical EngineeringVerma, ShashiNatural Resources* Second Generation Biofuels:Carbon Sequestration and Life Cycle Analysis$500,000 DOEArkebauer, TimothyAgronomy and HorticultureCassman, KennethAgronomy and HorticultureLiska, AdamBiological Systems EngineeringWagner, WilliamBiological SciencesEffects of Predation by a Phonotactic Parasitoid on Maleand Female Reproductive Behavior in a Field Cricket$511,414 NSFWaller, StevenAgricultural Sciencesand Natural ResourcesAgriculture in the Classroom$370,912 Nebraska Foundation for Agricultural AwarenessWalstad, WilliamEconomics* Interactive Teaching in Undergraduate Economic Courses$674,928 NSFWang, DongStatisticsExpanding the Scope of Association Mapping in ImportantCrop Species with Methodology Development in Statistics$282,000 USDA-AFRIEskridge, KentStatisticsBaenziger, P. StephenAgronomy and HorticultureDweikat, IsmailAgronomy and HorticultureWang, JunEarth and Atmospheric Sciences* A Combined EOS Data and GEOS-Chem Modeling Studyof the Direct Radiative Forcing of Volcanic Sulfate Aerosols$315,500 NASARegional Air Quality and Climate Impactof Biomass-Burning Aerosols from Central America:An Analysis with EOS Data and Numerical Models$300,676 NASAWeeks, DonaldBiochemistry* LiT: Novel Bicarbonate Transporters in Chlamydomonas CO2-Concentrating Mechanism$546,000 NSFBailey, CherylBiochemistry$200,000 — $999,99971

Wegulo, StephenPlant Pathology* Regional Distribution and Host Range of Triticum Mosaic Virus,an Emerging Virus of Wheat,and Its Potential Impact on Wheat Production$621,284 USDA-NIFABaenziger, P. StephenAgronomy and HorticultureHein, GaryDoctor of Plant Health ProgramWiebe, MatthewVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical Sciences* BAF: an Intrinsic Host Defense Responsive to Foreign DNA$270,000 NIH-NIAIDWiebe, SandraPsychologyPrenatal Tobacco Exposure, Self Regulation,and Externalizing Behaviors in Early Childhood$403,781 NIH-NIDAEspy, Kimberly AndrewsPsychologyWiegand, RogerMathematicsGAANN Fellowship Program: Mathematics at UNL$523,436 EDLewis, JimMathematicsWalker, JudyMathematicsMeakin, JohnMathematicsBellows, LaurieGraduate StudiesWiener, RichardPsychologyREU Site: Psychology and Law$200,000 NSFSelf-referencing, Social Identity &Judgments of Sexual Harassment$302,364 NSFWilson Jr., RobertPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterAssessing the Long Term Viability of Roundup ReadyTechnology as a Foundation for Cropping Systems$945,000 Monsanto Co.Woldt, WayneBiological Systems EngineeringAdvancing Onsite Wastewater Treatment in Nebraska$259,742 Nebraska Department of Environmental QualitySkipton, Sharon Southeast Research and Extension CenterWood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyResearch and Training on HIV/AIDSNeuropathogenesis in Zambia$273,363 NIH-NIMHWoodward, GordonMathematicsNebraska REU in Applied Mathematics$251,823 NSFRebarber, RichardMathematics72$200,000 — $999,999

Wortmann, CharlesAgronomy and HorticultureIntegrated Approach to Reduced Risk of PhosphorusPollution of Surface Waters in Crop-Livestock BasedManaged Ecosystems of the Midwest$235,839 Nebraska Corn BoardErickson, GalenAnimal ScienceSchulte, DennisBiological Systems EngineeringFranti, TomBiological Systems EngineeringJose, H. DouglasAgricultural EconomicsXu, LisongComputer Science and Engineering* NeTS: Small: Internet Congestion Control Census$450,000 NSFDeogun, JitenderComputer Science and EngineeringLu, YingComputer Science and EngineeringYang, YiqiTextiles, Clothing and DesignResistance of Sulfur Dyed Fabrics to OxidativeBleaching & Acidic Tendering: Improvement & Application$300,618 Procter & GambleYoder, RonaldBiological Systems EngineeringEnhancing the Value of Water through Management Education$225,000 Nebraska Department of Natural ResourcesNebraska AgrAbility$797,000 USDA-CSREESBaquet, AlanAgricultural EconomicsZempleni, JanosNutrition and Health SciencesBiotin Sensing and Chromatin Remodelingby Holocarboxylase Synthetase$803,239 NIH-NIDDKBiotin Affects Cytokine Metabolism$409,586 USDA-NRICGPZera, AnthonyBiological SciencesEnzymatic and Molecular Bases of Trade-Offsin Lipid Metabolism that Underlie Life History Trade-Off$441,682 NSFHarshman, LawrenceBiological SciencesZlotnik, VitalyEarth and Atmospheric SciencesMechanisms Producing Variation in Lake Salinity inDune Environments: Nebraska Sand Hills$219,958 NSFFritz, SherilynEarth and Atmospheric SciencesSwinehart, JamesNatural Resources$200,000 — $999,99973

American Recovery andReinvestment Act (ARRA) AwardsThrough ARRA, or the Stimulus Act, the U.S. is investing in science,technology and engineering research and infrastructure to stimulate thenation’s economy and bolster its research capacity. These are the ARRAawards UNL faculty received through competitive grants from federalagencies in 2009 and 2010.* Indicates new in 2010Alfano, JamesPlant Pathology/Center for Plant Science InnovationEAGER: Plant Chromatin Remodeling in Responseto the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae$299,929 NSFAvalos, GeorgeMathematicsAnalysis, Computation and Controlof Coupled Partial Differential Equation Systems$182,898 NSFBarletta, RaulVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesIsolation and Verificationof Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mutant Strains$122,532 NIH-NIAID through Texas A&M UniversityBarletta-Chacon, OfeliaVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesBarycki, JosephBiochemistryStructural Insights into Redox Homeostasis: Supplement$333,085 NIH-NIGMSSimpson, MelanieBiochemistryBenson, AndrewFood Science and TechnologyGenetic Control over the Gut Microbiome Composition$997,732 NIH-NIDDKWalter, JensFood Science and TechnologyMoriyama, EtsukoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationBerkowitz, DavidChemistryAntibiotic Properties of Artificial Agonistsfor a Bacterial Riboswitch$38,950 NIH-NIGMS through Creighton UniversityBerryman, Charles Durham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction* Veterans Commissioning Training Programfor Commercial-Healthcare Facilities$405,741 DOEGrosskopf, KevinDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionShen, ZhigangDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction74ARRA Awards

Bevins, RickPsychologyAcquired Appetitive Properties of Nicotine$533,413 NIH-NIDABlack, PaulBiochemistryFatty Acid Transport in Eukaryotes$627,878 NIH-NIGMSDiRusso, Concetta Nutrition and Health Sciences/BiochemistryBlum, PaulBiological SciencesMetabolic Engineering Studies of Extreme Thermoacidophily$260,406 NIH through North Carolina State UniversityBrisson, JenniferBiological Sciences* Contrasting Environmental and Genetic Controlsof Alternative Phenotypes$11,800 NIH-NIEHSCartwright, Tamara Center on Children, Families and the Law* NE Management Information System$79,714 Nebraska Management Information SystemCenturion, MartinPhysics and Astronomy* Ultrafast Electron Diffraction from Aligned Molecules$600,000 DOEChandra, NamasEngineeringFactors that Facilitate or Inhibit Enrollmentof Domestic Engineering PhD Students: A Mixed Methods Study$149,851 NSFWeissinger, EllenEducational PsychologySmith, Michelle HowellGraduate StudiesCrabtree, KayBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyEpidemiology of HHV-8 Transmission in Lusaka, Zambia$63,468 NIH-NIAIDWood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyCurto, CarinaMathematicsStimulus Representation andSpontaneous Activity in Recurrent Networks$109,635 NSFDiamond, Judy University of Nebraska State MuseumWorld of Viruses Supplement to NIH-NCRR Grant$200,000 NIH-NCRRCottingham, IanComputer Science and EngineeringDugas, WilliamUniversity TelevisionWagler, AdamJournalism and Mass CommunicationsAngeletti, AnisaBiological SciencesARRA Awards75

Dominguez, AaronPhysics and Astronomy* MRI-R2: Development of a Pixel Detectorfor the Upgraded CMS Experiment$165,753 NSF through University of KansasCenter for ResearchBloom, KennethPhysics and AstronomyDu, LiangchengChemistryBiosynthesis of HSAF, an Antifungal Natural Productwith a Novel Mode of Action$49,028 NIH-NIAIDFrank, TracyEarth and Atmospheric SciencesAcquisition of a Carbon Analyzerto Support Research in Sedimentary Systems$31,036 NSFGay, TimothyPhysics and AstronomyPolarized Electron Physics$610,000 NSFGreen, JordanSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersEarly Speech Motor Development – Equipment$98,000 NIH-NIDCDGrosskopf, KevinDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction* Building a Green Economy: Nebraska WorkforceDevelopment in New and Emerging Industries$1,253,000 Nebraska Department of LaborBerryman, CharlesDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionNorton, TerriDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionShi, JonathanDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionHancock, Connie Panhandle Research and Extension Center* Nebraska Broadband Planning$498,022 Nebraska Public Service CommissionNarjes, CharlotteCenter for Applied Rural InnovationHanson, PaulNatural ResourcesREU Site: Dune Undergraduate Geomorphologyand Geochronology Project in Wisconsin$45,331 NSFLinking Loess Landforms and Eolian Processes$45,730 NSFHarris, StevenPlant Pathology/Center for Plant Science InnovationEvolutionary Genetics ofMorphogenetic Regulatory Systems in Fungi$392,796 NSF76ARRA Awards

Harshman, LawrenceBiological Sciences* Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics INBRE$242,092 NIH through UNMCHartke, StephenMathematicsComputerized Search for Combinatorial Objects$220,000 NSFHogan, TiffanySpecial Education andCommunication DisordersThe Lexicon and Phoneme Awareness$73,738 NIH-NIDCDJorgensen, StaciaSociology* Communities Putting Prevention to Work$134,806 Douglas County Health DepartmentMcQuillan, JuliaSociologyJose, H. DouglasAgricultural Economics* 2009 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers$655,000 USDA-NIFA through University of MinnesotaKaul, RobertUniversity of Nebraska State MuseumDevelopment of a Multi-Herbarium Web-Accessible Database ofthe Vascular Plants from the Missouri Plateau, U.S.A.$26,003 NSF through Black Hills State UniversityKnoche, LisaNebraska Center for Research onChildren, Youth, Families and Schools* Phase II Coaching Support Evaluation$56,322 Nebraska Children and Families FoundationKravchenko, IlyaPhysics and AstronomyUpgrade of CMS Level 1 Trigger by Addition ofPixel Detector Data, and Search for SM Higgs Boson at CMS$140,000 NSFKuszynski, CharlesNebraska Center for Virology* FACS Aria II Three Laser Special Order System$500,000 NIH-NCRRLi, YusongCivil EngineeringFate and Transport of Metal-BasedNanoparticles in the Subsurface$73,987 NSF through Tufts UniversityManderscheid, DavidArts and Sciences* High-Power Laser Science Collaboratory$1,825,345 NSFChandra, NamasEngineeringLu, YongfengElectrical EngineeringUmstadter, DonaldPhysics and AstronomyWedige, AlanFacilities ManagementARRA Awards77

Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering* Development of a Next Generation PA Vaccine, dmPA7909$1,507,529 Industry clientRecombinant Protein-based Adjuvant for Cellular Immunity$1,593,822 PharmaReview CorporationVan Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringMoriyama, EtsukoBiological Sciences/Center for Plant Science InnovationEfficient and Sensitive Mining Systemfor G-Protein Coupled Receptors$95,017 NIH-NLMNam, YunwooCommunity and Regional Planning* Nebraska Rural Health and Primary Care$30,000 Nebraska Department ofHealth and Human ServicesScholz, GordonCommunity and Regional PlanningNorton, TerriDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction* City Owned Facility Assessment and Energy Audit Component$160,871 City of OmahaSchwer, AveryDurham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and ConstructionNowak, AndrzejCivil EngineeringIRES Poland: Experience in Civil Infrastructure Systems$144, 108 NSFRilett, LaurenceCivil EngineeringSzerszen, MariaCivil EngineeringOthman, ShadiBiological SciencesRegenerative Elastography:Monitoring Soft Tissue Reconstruction$144,900 NIH-NIBIBPaul, PremResearch and Economic Development* Construction of a Nanoscience Metrology Facility$6,904,993 DOC-NISTNebraska Center for Virology Facility Expansion$8,000,000 NIH-NCRRWood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyPowers, RobertChemistryRevealing Functions forNewly Discovered Proteins by FAST-NMR$375,670 NIH-NIAIDCerny, RonaldChemistryHage, DavidChemistry78ARRA Awards

Qiao, WeiElectrical Engineering* A Nationwide Consortium of Universitiesto Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Educationby State-of-the-Art Laboratories$24,999 DOE through University of MinnesotaAsgarpoor, SohrabElectrical EngineeringHudgins, JerryElectrical EngineeringPatterson, DeanElectrical EngineeringQu, LilyanElectrical EngineeringOnline Nonintrusive Condition Monitoringand Fault Detection for Wind Turbines$380,398 DOEHudgins, JerryElectrical EngineeringRack, FrankEarth and Atmospheric Sciences/Antarctic Geological Drilling ProgramANDRILL Coulman High Project –Investigating Antarctica’s Role in CenozoicGlobal Environmental Change Phase 1 (Site Surveys)$2,684,370 NSFHarwood, DavidEarth and Atmospheric SciencesFischbein, StevenAntarctic Geological Drilling ProgramRilett, LaurenceCivil EngineeringNational Clean Diesel FundingAssistance Program Region 7 (1)$1,000,000 EPASaraf, Ravi Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringRegulating Current through aNanoparticle Necklace by Microorganism:A Transformative Technology for Biofuel Cells and Biosensors$391,056 NSFSchubert, MathiasElectrical EngineeringEffects of Polarization Fields andSurface Charge Layers on p-type Conductivity in In(Ga)N$231,857 NSFSellmyer, DavidPhysics and Astronomy* MRI-R2: Acquisition of FEG TEM/STEMfor Materials and Nanotechnology Research and Education$1,300,000 NSFCheung, Chin LiChemistryRobertson, BrianMechanical EngineeringSchubert, EvaElectrical EngineeringShield, JeffreyMechanical Engineering* High Energy Permanent Magnetsfor Hybrid Vehicles and Alternative Uses$674,998 DOE through University of DelawareShield, JeffreyMechanical EngineeringSkomski, RalphPhysics and AstronomyARRA Awards79

Shank, NancyPublic Policy Center* Health Information Technology Extension Program (HIT EP)Local Workforce Development Coordination$285,861 CIMRO of NebraskaShield, JeffreyMechanical EngineeringREU Site:Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Nanomaterialsand Nanoscience at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln$360,000 NSFEnders, SusanEngineering MechanicsSimpson, MelanieBiochemistryNebraska Center for Cellular Signaling$69,985 NIH-NCRR through UNMCSomerville, GregVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesAntibiotic Pressure and Selectionof TCA Cycle Mutants in Staphylococcus Epidermidis$82,497 NIH-NIAID through UNMCStorz, JayBiological SciencesMechanisms of Hemoglobin Adaptationto Hypoxia in High Altitude Rodents$220,774 NIH-NHLBIMoriyama, HideakiBiological SciencesSubramanian, AnuradhaChemical andBiomolecular EngineeringDesign and Evaluation of UltrasoundStimulation-Aided Bioreactor Configurations$533,941 NIH-NCRRTurner, JosephEngineering MechanicsTan, LiEngineering MechanicsFree-Standing All-Nanoparticle Thin Fibers:A Novel Building Block for Organic Photovoltaic Applications$300,002 NSFThompson, EricBureau of Business Research* Contributions to Research on the Green Economy$118,224 Nebraska Department of LaborFuess, ScottEconomicsToundykov, DanielMathematicsStabilization and Control in NonlinearStructural-Acoustics, Magnetic Imaging, and Elasticity$96,436 NSFTsymbal, EvgenyPhysics and AstronomyFRG: Switchable Two-Dimensional Materialsat Oxide Hetero-Interfaces$210,000 NSF through University of Wisconsin-Madison80ARRA Awards

Van Etten, JamesPlant PathologyDNA Replication and Gene Expression of Chlorella Viruses$144,281 NIH-NIGMSWeidner, TheodoreFacilities Management* UNL Energy Efficient Building Retrofits$347,050 Nebraska Energy Office* Scott Engineering Center ConvertConstant-Volume Dual Duct System to Variable-Volume$247,910 Nebraska Energy Office* Othmer Hall Room Occupancy Sensorsand Room Controls Upgrade$145,990 Nebraska Energy Office* Beadle Center, Bessey Hall, and Home Economics BuildingsUpgrade Fluorescent Lights$136,810 Nebraska Energy Office* UNL Hamilton Hall Energy Efficient Retrofits$92,240 Nebraska Energy OfficeWhitbeck, LesSociologyNovel Approaches to Understanding Mental Disorder,Substance Abuse and HIV-Risk Among Homeless Women$400,715 NIH-NICHDWood, CharlesBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyImmunofocusing for Kaposi’s Sarcoma-AssociatedHerpesvirus Neutralizing Epitopes$990,796 NIH-NCINebraska Center for Virology T1$998,839 NIH-NCRRVaccination Against Mucosal HIV Clade C Transmission$251,363 NIH-DFCINebraska Center for Virology$398,981 NIH-NCRRPrograms in HIV and AIDS-Associated Diseases/Malignancies$172,800 NIH-FICKaposi’s Sarcoma and Human Herpesvirus in Africa$149,600 NIH-NCIARRA Awards81

Zempleni, JanosNutrition and Health Sciences* Equipment for Biotin Sensing andChromatin Remodeling by Holocarboxylase Synthetase$60,000 NIH-NIDDKNovel Histone Biotinylation Sitesand Relationships to Other Epigenetic Marks$535,463 NIH-NIDDKZhang, ShunpuStatisticsA Computational Genotyping Systemfor Improved Influenza Surveillance$203,488 NIH through UNOZhang, LuwenBiological Sciences/Nebraska Center for VirologyModulation of Apoptosis by IRF-4 in EBV Transformation$545,682 NIH-NCIOncogenic Properties of Interferon Regulatory Factor 7$25,724 NIH-NCI82ARRA Awards

Early Career AwardsActive awards in 2010* Indicates new in 2010NSF CAREER GrantsNational Science Foundation CAREER grants are awarded onlyto untenured junior faculty. These grants recognize research andeducation “of the highest quality and in the broadest sense.”CAREER grants are unique in requiring a four- to five-year plan forthe scientist’s development as both a researcher and an educator.Binek, ChristianPhysics and AstronomyEducation & Research on Nanoscale SpintronicSystems & Heterostructures$500,000 NSFBloom, KennethPhysics and AstronomyTop-Quark Physics, Computing & Software atLarge Hadron Collider$550,000 NSFBrassil, ChadBiological Sciences* CAREER: How Temporal Fluctuations AlterIndirect Interactions in Duckweed-BasedCommunities and its Integration with a StudentReport Exchange$531,141 NSFCohen, MyraComputer Science and EngineeringConfiguration-Aware Testing Through IntelligentSampling to Improve Software Dependability$400,000 NSFDominguez, AaronPhysics and AstronomySuperior Silicon Tracking & Discoveryas CMS & D0$550,000 NSFElbaum, SebastianComputer Science and EngineeringLeveraging Field Data to Test Pervasive Systems$412,594 NSFEnders, AxelPhysics and AstronomySelf-Assembled Magnetic Nanostructures$408,850 NSFEarly Career Awards83

Frank, TracyEarth and Atmospheric SciencesExploring the Geologic Record of Major ClimateTransitions: Causes, Consequences, & Impactson the Evolution of Earth Systems$583,816 NSFGursoy, MustafaElectrical EngineeringCAREER: Energy-Efficient WirelessCommunications under Channel Uncertainty$400,000 NSFHebets, EileenBiological SciencesEvolution and Function of Complex Signaling inWolf Spider Genus Schizocosa$692,351 NSFKim, Yong RakCivil EngineeringResearch & Education on Advanced MultiscaleModeling-Analysis of Roadway Materials,Mixtures, & Infrastructure Systems$402,044 NSFLai, RebeccaChemistry* CAREER: Ligand-Induced Folding in Peptidesfor Biosensing Applications$455,000 NSFQiao, WeiElectrical Engineering* CAREER: Stochastic Optimization and CoordinatingControl for the Next-Generation Electric PowerSystem with Significant Wind Penetration$399,999 NSFSchubert, EvaElectrical EngineeringChiral Nanostructure Hybrid Materials forApplication in Terahertz Resonator and MagneticStorage Devices$400,000 NSFVuran, MehmetComputer Science and Engineering* CAREER: Bringing Wireless Sensor NetworksUnderground$418,760 NSFXu, LisongComputer Science and EngineeringStochastic TCP Friendliness: Exploring the DesignSpace of TCP-Friendly Traffic Control in Best-Effort Internet$400,000 NSF84Early Career Awards

K AwardsNational Institutes of Health K Awards support intensivedevelopment experiences leading to research independence in oneof the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences. The proposedcareer-development experience must be in a research area newto the applicant and/or one in which an additional supervisedresearch experience will substantially add to the applicant’sresearch capabilities. Candidates must provide a plan forachieving independent research support by the end of the award,and must be willing to spend a minimum of .75 FTE on researchand career development during the award project period.Angeletti, PeterBiological SciencesMaintenance of Human Papilloma Virus Genes$613,512 NIH-NCIPeterson, DanielFood Science and TechnologyAdaptive Immune Response to Symbiotic Bacteriaas a Mediator of Gut Homeostasis$379,890 NIH-NIAIDSayood, KhalidElectrical EngineeringIdentification of Biological Materials of UnknownOrigin$764,005 NIH-NIAIDYoung Investigator Research Program (YIP)The Department of Defense bestows its Young InvestigatorResearch Program (YIP) award on scientists and engineers atresearch institutions across the United States who have receivedPh.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and showexceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.The objective of the program is to foster creative basic research inscience and engineering, and enhance early career development ofoutstanding young investigators. Those selected receive the grantsover a three-year period.Cohen, MyraComputer Science and EngineeringJust-Enough-Testing: Adaptive Targeted Testing ofSoftware Product Lines$316,551 DoD-AFOSREarly Career Awards85

Arts and Humanities Awards$50,000 or moreActive awards in 2010* Indicates new in 2010Awakuni-Swetland, Mark Anthropology/Ethnic StudiesOmaha and Ponca Digital Dictionary$348,800 NEH9/1/08 – 8/31/11Walter, KatherineCenter for Digital Researchin the Humanities/LibrariesMark Awakuni-Swetland, assistant professorof anthropology, and colleagues are creatinga comprehensive Omaha and Ponca digitaldictionary that will be available online fornative communities, students, researchersand the public. The National Endowment forthe Humanities funds this work through ajoint NEH-National Science Foundation-Smithsonian Institution“Documenting Endangered Languages” initiative. It’s also a “Wethe People” project, a special NEH recognition for model projectsadvancing the study, teaching and understanding of Americanhistory and culture. This project will provide extensive informationon the Omaha and Ponca language and will be far more robustand usable than existing resources.Behrendt, StephenEnglishThe Aesthetics of British Romanticism, Then and Today$124,498 NEH10/1/09 – 9/30/10Stephen Behrendt, professor of English,received support from the NationalEndowment for the Humanities to offer a fiveweeksummer seminar for college teacherscalled “the Aesthetics of British Romanticism,Then and Today.” Participants examined thefactors that influenced literary judgments inRomantic-era Britain (c. 1780-1835) leading to the marginalizationor exclusion of women, working-class writers and others, andultimately sanctioning a limited and unrepresentative “canon” ofwriters. The seminar explored the complex relations among art,culture, class and socio-political rhetoric through historical andmodern perspectives that consider “art” as a negotiated groundamong its producers, consumers and commentators.86arts and humanities $50,000 or more

Engen-Wedin, Nancy Teaching, Learning and TeacherEducation/Lied Center forPerforming ArtsThe Teaching Artist Initiative (Nebraska)$50,000 Dana Foundation1/1/09 – 2/28/11Nancy Engen-Wedin, lecturer in theDepartment of Teaching Learning andTeacher Education and ArtsREACHcoordinator with the Lied Center forPerforming Arts, is using funding from theDana Foundation to support the NebraskaTeaching Artist Initiative. This program helpscommunity and teaching artists plan artist residencies for K-12students in Nebraska’s rural school districts.Graybill, AndrewHistory* A Mixture of So Many Bloods:A Family Saga of the American West$50,400 NEH8/1/10 – 7/31/11Andrew Graybill, associate professor ofhistory, has been awarded a prestigiousNational Endowment for the HumanitiesFellowship to support completion of his book,A Mixture of So Many Bloods: A Family Sagaof the American West, to be published in2012. The book follows five members of threegenerations of a mixed-blood Montana family from approximately1850 to 1950. Peoples of mixed ancestry spoke English andindigenous languages and helped smooth relations between nativepeoples and Anglo newcomers. After about 1870, with the arrivalof more white settlers and the development of mining and loggingindustries, many mixed-blood people were marginalized andpushed onto reservations. Using federal records, archived personalpapers, newspaper stories and clippings and catalogs frommuseum exhibits, Graybill has been able to recreate the history ofone remarkable family, which in turn tells the story of the evolvingAmerican frontier.Kooser, TedEnglishAmerican Life in Poetry Project$204,300 Poetry Foundation1/1/05 – 12/31/10The Poetry Foundation, in partnership withthe Library of Congress, supports theAmerican Life in Poetry project, an initiativeof Ted Kooser, the 2004-2006 Poet LaureateConsultant in Poetry to the Library ofCongress. American Life in Poetry is a freeweekly column for newspapers and onlinepublications featuring a poem written by a contemporary Americanpoet, chosen by Kooser, with a brief introduction written by Kooser.The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry. The PoetryFoundation funds the project, with administrative support providedby the UNL English department, where the project office is located.arts and humanities $50,000 or more87

Price, KennethEnglish/Center for DigitalResearch in the HumanitiesWalt Whitman’s Civil War Writings$300,000 NEH7/1/08 – 6/30/11Walt Whitman and Reconstruction$86,142 National Historical Publications9/1/10 – 8/31/11 and Records CommissionKen Price, professor of English and HillegassUniversity Professor of 19th CenturyAmerican Literature, is primary investigatorfor grants from the National Endowment forthe Humanities and the National HistoricalPublications and Records Commission. Withthese grants, the Walt Whitman Archive iscreating a comprehensive edition of the Civil War writings of WaltWhitman. The War profoundly shaped Leaves of Grass, the firstmasterpiece of American poetry, and Whitman extensivelydepicted and analyzed the Civil War in journals, notebooks, letters,essays, memoirs and manuscript drafts. The hundreds ofdocuments that give voice to Whitman’s experience of the war willbe electronically edited, arranged and published. In addition tomaking these documents freely available, this work will help tomodel for other scholars best practices in creating, publishing andsustaining electronic editions. The project will provide scholars andstudents a site where they can read, evaluate and experience a setof texts that provide unique insight into the American experience ofthe Civil War.Seefeldt, WilliamHistory/Center for DigitalResearch in the HumanitiesWilliam Cody Research Project$131,374 Buffalo Bill Historical Center7/1/09 – 8/31/12William Seefeldt, assistant professor ofhistory, has received support from theBuffalo Bill Historical Center to develop aseries of thematic digital datasets that canbe used to provide historical context for thecenter’s Cody Papers project. The digitaldatasets will include the rosters of thevarious Wild West shows from published programs and otherbusiness records and biographical sketches of the participants,including the Show Indians. They will be marked and encoded forinclusion in the larger Buffalo Bill digital archive collection hostedby BBHC. Other research projects may include a databasecontaining encoded full-text transcriptions of newspaper coverageof the tour stops throughout North America and Europe and ageospatial database of Cody’s travels and residences throughouthis lifetime that could be used to create maps and visualizations bydate or location.88arts and humanities $50,000 or more

Thomas, WilliamHistory/Center for DigitalResearch in the HumanitiesRailroads and the Making of Modern America—Tools for Spatio-Temporal Correlation, Analysis and Visualization$99,493 NEH1/1/10 – 3/31/11Ian CottinghamComputer Science and EngineeringStephen ScottComputer Science and EngineeringWith support from the National Endowmentfor the Humanities, history professor WilliamThomas plans to develop useful tools forspatio-temporal visualization of data on therailroad system and the relationships amongthem. Because the railroad “system” and itsspatio-temporal configuration appeardifferently from locality to locality and region to region, it’simportant to adjust how the system is “located” and “seen.” Byapplying data mining and pattern recognition techniques, softwaresystems can be created that dynamically redefine the way spatialdata are represented. Utilizing processes common to analysis incomputer science, researchers will develop a software frameworkthat allows these embedded concepts to be visualized and furtherstudied.Walter, KatherineUniversity Libraries/Center forDigital Research in the HumanitiescenterNet: Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Humanities$50,000 NEH9/1/09 – 8/31/11Katherine Walter, UNL Libraries chair ofdigital initiatives and collections, withsupport from the National Endowment forthe Humanities, is building a technicalinfrastructure and institutional frameworkthat will enable centerNet, a nascentinternational network of digital humanitiescenters, to play a vital role in developing both national andinternational cyberinfrastructure and become a stable, selfsupportingorganization. Included in the plan are a one-timeworldwide summit of digital humanities centers and funders todiscuss possible emergent programs. Through centerNet, digitalhumanities centers can collaborate and maximize their capacityfor sparking further innovation in the digital humanities.arts and humanities $50,000 or more89

National Digital Newspaper Program: Nebraska$563,012 NEH7/1/07 – 8/31/11Wunder, JohnJournalism and Mass CommunicationsMering, Margaret Center for Digital Research in the HumanitiesPytlik Zillig, Brian Center for Digital Research in the HumanitiesKatherine Walter, who co-directs UNL’s Center for Digital Researchin the Humanities, leads the Nebraska Digital Newspapers Project,through which about 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapersfrom 1880 through 1910 will be digitized for inclusion in theLibrary of Congress’ national “Chronicling America” website. UNL’sUniversity Libraries is partnering with the College of Journalismand Mass Communications and the Nebraska State HistoricalSociety on this “We the People” grant. Nebraska is one of ninestates selected in the early phases of this project, which eventuallywill include all 50 states. “We the People” grants recognize modelprojects that advance the study, teaching and understanding ofAmerican history and culture.Winkle, KennethHistory* Civil War Washington Collaborative Research$220,000 NEH7/1/10 – 6/30/13Lawrence, SusanHistoryPrice, KennethEnglishHistory professor Ken Winkle received athree-year, $220,000 collaborative researchgrant from the National Endowment for theHumanities to expand digital research onCivil War-era Washington, D.C., especially itspivotal role in the antislavery and civil rightsmovements. The Civil War Washingtonproject examines the war’s impact on the nation’s capital. Thegrant received “We the People” designation, which recognizesprojects that advance the study, teaching and understanding ofAmerican history and principles. The grant will enable researchersto study how race, slavery and emancipation changed the capital acentury and a half ago. Researchers will investigate how AfricanAmericans living in Washington during the Civil War gained theirfreedom, won the fight for the Union and against slavery andachieved legal equality.90arts and humanities $50,000 or more

Arts and Humanities Awards$5,000-$49,999Active awards in 2010* Indicates new in 2010Dreher, KwakiutlEnglish/Ethnic StudiesBlacks in Film Festival 2009$5,000 Woods Charitable FundElias Rowley, KristenUniversity of Nebraska PressLiterary Publishing at the University of Nebraska Press$20,000 NEAEngen-Wedin, Nancy Teaching, Learning and TeacherEducation/Lied Center forPerforming ArtsLied Center Community Engagement Touring Grant – MAAA$12,500 Mid-America Arts AllianceNebraska’s Rural Arts Education Initiative$25,000 NEAUmo n ho n Cultural Arts Program$15,000 Kennedy Center for Performing ArtsHanson, MarinInternational Quilt Study Center* Quilt Index Internationalization Collaborative Planning$9879 Michigan State UniversityCrews, PatriciaInternational Quilt Study CenterJewell, AndrewUniversity Libraries/Center forDigital Research in the HumanitiesThe Crowded Page$49,577 NEHOse, MaureenInternational Quilt Study Center* Lancaster County Visitor Improvement Fund -Marseille Exhibition Promotion$10,000 Lancaster CountyRichmond, JohnMusic* Recording Project Christopher Mark$6,000 Various Sources2010 Honors Jazz Weekend & Summer Camp$12,000 Berman Music FoundationHaar, OraMusicSeefeldt, WilliamHistory* Sustaining Digital History$49,116 NEHThomas, WilliamHistoryarts and humanities $5,000 — $49,99991

Stubbendieck, JamesAgronomy and Horticulture/Center for Great Plains Studies* Czech and Slovak Americans: International Perspectivesfrom the Great Plains$7,382 Nebraska Humanities CouncilWahlqvist, PetraLied Center for Performing Arts* Exploring New Perspectives on Diversitythrough World-Class Performances in Nebraska$25,000 NEA* Arts across Nebraska Extension$20,125 Nebraska Arts Council* Creative Campus Innovations Continuation$20,000 Association of Performing Arts PresentersWeiss, WendyTextiles, Clothing and Design* TSA Textile Exhibitions Outreach$8,300 Woods Charitable FundHillestad Textiles Gallery$5,285 Friends of the Hillestad Textiles GalleryYoon, Hye YungMusicCommissioning/USA Meet the Composer: Amerindia$10,000 Meet the ComposerSirota, JonahMusicFischer, RebeccaMusicBeaver, GregoryMusic92arts and humanities $5,000 — $49,999

NUtech Ventures connects innovators with the people and resourcesthey need to start companies, develop products and create jobs. Ifyou’re interested in starting a company, licensing your technologiesor securing developmental funding for your leading-edge research,we can help you connect with industry partners, entrepreneursand investors. Because we’re commercialization agents and notjust brokers of intellectual property, we represent your intereststo external partners. We add value to your research by enablinga fully collaborative process for joint creation, development andcommercialization so your technologies can change the world.We would like to recognize the following UNL inventors and creators whosetechnologies have formed the basis of UNL startup companies and licensingagreements with our industry partners in 2010.(UNL faculty and staff are indicated in red):2010 STARTUPSSong Ci, Jiucai Zhang, both Computer and Electronics EngineeringTechnologies: Non-uniform Cell Interaction Analysis in Terms ofSOC Modeling; An Enhanced Circuit-Based Model for Single-CellBattery; A Circuit-based Model of Multi-cell BatterySong Ci, Jiucai Zhang, Hamid Sharif-Kashani, all Computerand Electronics Engineering; Mahmoud (Moe) Alahmad Hamid,Durham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionTechnology: Adaptive Reconfigurable Battery: Method andApparatusDavid B. Marx, Statistics; Kendra Schmid; Ashok Samal, ComputerScience and EngineeringTechnology: Computer Algorithm to Assess Facial AttractivenessIsmail Dweikat, David Andrews, John Rajewski, all Agronomy andHorticulture; Linda PavlishTechnology: Nebraska Bioenergy Millet HybridStartups93

2010 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYLICENSE AGREEMENTSThomas E. Elthon, Agronomy and Horticulture; Lee McIntoshTechnology: Alternative Oxidase (AOX) Hybridoma Cell Line andSupernatant for Evaluation of Plant StressP. Stephen Baenziger, Agronomy and HorticultureTechnology: ‘Mace’ Hard Red Winter Wheat (3 licenses)Technology: ‘Settler CL’ Hard Red Winter Wheat (2 licenses)Technology: ‘Overland’ Hard Red Winter Wheat (2 licenses)Technology: NE441T TriticaleTechnology: Segregating Populations and Experimental LinesMichael E. Fromm, Agronomy and HorticultureTechnology: Drug Combination Formulation for Reducing FatKenneth G. Cassman, Daniel T. Walters, both Agronomy andHorticulture; Haishun Yang, Achim DobermannTechnology: Hybrid-Maize: A Simulation Model for Corn Growthand Yield (2 licenses)George L. Graef, Leslie Korte, Travis L. Wegner, all Agronomy andHorticulture; Dennis WhiteTechnology: Soybean Variety U07-135478RTechnology: Soybean Variety U01-390489Technology: Soybean Variety U03-300134Technology: Soybean Variety U06-627094Greg Dorn, P. Stephen Baenziger, Mitchell Montgomery, RichardLittle, all Agronomy and Horticulture; Jerry Bohlman, ChrisHoaglandTechnology: Genetic Materials in the UNL Wheat BreedingProgram (2 licenses)Technology: ‘McGill’ Hard Red Winter WheatTechnology: ‘Robidoux’ Hard Red Winter WheatMichael E. Fromm, Agronomy and Horticulture; Jess L. Miner,Animal ScienceTechnology: Method for Fat Loss in Mammals Using aCombination Including ProstaglandinsMichael E. Fromm, Agronomy and Horticulture; Jess L. Miner,Animal Science; Shan JiangTechnology: Method for Fat Loss in MammalsTechnology: Method for Fat Loss in Mammals: EffectiveCombinations Using ReceptorsTechnology: Method for Fat Loss in Mammals: EffectiveCombinations with StatinsP. Stephen Baenziger, Drew J. Lyon, Alexander Martin, allAgronomy and Horticulture; Mary J. ShipmanTechnology: ‘Infinity’ Hard Red Winter Wheat94license Agreements

Haorong Li, Durham School of Architectural Engineering andConstructionTechnology: Optimal Coordination Control and Soft Repair ofMulti-RTUViswas Ghorpade, Milford A. Hanna, both Biological SystemsEngineeringTechnology: Levulinic Acid Production via Reactive ExtrusionMilford A. Hanna, Biological Systems Engineering; Gerald Biby,Vesselin MiladinovTechnology: Production of Microcrystalline Cellulose FormAgricultural Residues by Reactive ExtrusionAtorod Azizinamini, Civil EngineeringTechnology: Girder System Employing Bent Steel PlatingDennis R. Alexander, Electrical Engineering; Stephen Vantassel,School of Natural ResourcesTechnology: Technical Information for a Cell Phone TriggeredAnimal TrapperJoseph A. Turner, Engineering MechanicsTechnology: System and Methods to Determine and MonitorChanges in Microstructural PropertiesBlair Siegfried, EntomologyTechnology: European Corn Borer Displaying Resistance toCRY1AB Bt ToxinBlair Siegfried, Entomology; Andre CrespoTechnology: A Cry1Ab Resistant Strain of the European CornBorer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)Richard Perk, School of Natural ResourcesTechnology: Supplemental Type Certificate for Piper SaratogaCamera PortsShane M. Farritor, Mechanical EngineeringTechnology: Measurement of Vertical Track Modulus using SpaceCurvesShane M. Farritor, Mechanical Engineering; Sheng LuTechnology: A Method for Identifying Trends in RepeatedMeasurements as Applied to Measurements of Railroad TrackQualityShane M. Farritor, Mechanical Engineering; Richard Arnold, ChrisNormanTechnology: Laser Measurement of Track Modulus from MovingRailcarRuben Donis, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;Ventzislaw VassilevTechnology: Method for Engineering the Genome of BVDV forVaccine Development and Analysis of Virus Replicationlicense Agreements95

Roger Simonsen, Derek Augustine, Dave DeFruiter, all IT Services,College of Business AdministrationTechnology: Surplus Sales Online Auction Web SiteScott E. Hygnstrom, School of Natural ResourcesTechnology: Distressed Deer NoisesDonald Rundquist, School of Natural ResourcesTechnology: Center for Advanced Land Management InformationTechnologies (CALMIT) SoftwareShane Farritor, Dmitry Oleynikov, Stephen Platt, Amy Lehman,all Mechanical Engineering; Jason Dumpert, Mark Rentschler,Adnan Hadzialic, Nathan Wood, Abigail VistyTechnology: Untethered, Radio-Controlled, Laparoscopic Video,Diagnostic, Surgical Miniature Robotic DeviceNicholas Pajerski, Justin Brouillette, both College of ArchitectureTechnology: Portable Laptop Stand96license Agreements

2010 OPTION AGREEMENTSSong Ci, Computer and Electronics Engineering; Mahmoud (Moe)Alahmad Hamid, Durham School of Architectural Engineering andConstruction; Reza Sharif-Kashani, Computer and ElectronicsEngineeringTechnology: Adaptive Reconfigurable Battery: Method andApparatusSong Ci, Jiucai Zhang, Computer and Electronics EngineeringTechnology: Method and Apparatus on Model-based Cell TrackingTechnology: Non-uniform Cell Interaction Analysis in Terms ofSOC ModelingTechnology: An Enhanced Circuit-Based Model for Single-CellBatteryTechnology: A Circuit-based Model of Multi-cell BatteryCarl A. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering; Xiaoli ZhangTechnology: System for Controlling Minimally Invasive SurgicalToolsTimothy Savage, Peter W. Stewart, Shane Kimbrough, JoelBrehm, Samantha Warriner, Charles Cihacek, Brett Baumert, allResearch Information Systems; Norman O. BraatenTechnology: NUgrantDonald Rundquist, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, both School of NaturalResources; Timothy J. Arkebauer, Anatoly Gitelson, bothAgronomy and HorticultureTechnology: Plant Stress Detection Method and InstrumentationSheila Scheideler, Animal Science; Jodi AshTechnology: Eggshell Derived Monocalcium and DicalciumPhosphateChin Li Cheung, Chemistry; Joseph BrewerTechnology: Rare-earth Based Low Work Function ElectrodesOption Agreements97

CREATIVE ACTIVITYFaculty who created, performed or produced creative works infine and performing arts and architecture, nationally or internationally,January-December 2010Submitted by faculty, chairs/heads or deansJohn R. BaileyMusicGuest artist, flute. Rochester Flute Association’s Annual Flute Fair,Rochester, NY.Guest artist, flute. Hot Springs Fall Flute Seminar, Hot Springs, AR.Conductor, International Flute Orchestra. Four-concert tour,Amsterdam and Maastricht, The Netherlands; Brussels and Ghent,Belgium.Conductor, National High School Honors Flute Choir. NationalFlute Association Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA.Carolyn BarberMusicConductor, New York All-State Wind Ensemble. Eastman Theatre,Rochester, NY.Conductor, Albert Roussel’s A Glorious Day repertoire presentationsession. College Band Directors National Association, NorthCentral Division Conference, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.Diane C. BargerMusicPerformer, Moran Woodwind Quintet. College Music SocietyNational Conference, Minneapolis, MN.Alisa S. BelflowerMusic/Johnny Carson Schoolof Theatre and FilmPerformer, cast recording of The Giver. NAMT Festival of NewMusicals, New York, NY.Michael BurtonTextiles, Clothing and DesignArtist, digital video, Channel. Long Beach Island Foundation for theArts and Sciences, Love Ladies, NJ.Artist, digital video, The Ancient Mariner. Digital Graffiti, AlysBeach, FL.Artist, digital video, The Ancient Mariner and Frequency.Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria.Anthony J. BushardMusicArtist, multimedia lecture, White Picket Harmonies: AaronCopland’s Influence on Thomas Newman’s Suburban Scoring.National Meeting of the Society of American Music, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada.Artist, multimedia lecture, White Picket Harmonies: AaronCopland’s Influence on Thomas Newman’s Suburban Scoring.National Meeting of the College Music Society, Minneapolis, MN.Artist, multimedia lecture, The Curious Case of Paseo Hall:Newspaper Coverage of the Kansas City Jazz Scene duringthe 1930s. National Meeting of the College Music Society,Minneapolis, MN.98creative Activity

Dana FritzArt and Art HistoryArtist, photography, Garden Views and Terraria Gigantica. TheGallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA.Artist, photography, Terraria Gigantica: The World Under Glass.Barnabee Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.Artist, photography, Terraria Gigantica: The World Under Glass.Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City ArtInstitute, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.Artist, photography, Terraria Gigantica: The World Under Glass.The Fourth Art on Paper, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, ToyotaCity, Aichi, Japan.Eric RichardsMusicComposer, Concerto for Trombone Quartet and Wind Ensemble.College Band Directors National Association SouthwestConference, Santa Fe, NM.Composer, Fantasy for Trumpet and Jazz Orchestra. Midwest Bandand Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL.Composer, Fantasia on Spring, River, Flower, Moon, Night.Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, NN, PRC.Composer, Freeflow. University of Denver, Denver, CO.Composer, Seventh Street Stomp. UNC Greeley Jazz Festival,Greeley, CO.University of Nebraska Brass QuintetMusicPerformance, Copernicus for Brass Quintet and Wind Band. PragueCastle, Prague, Czech Republic.Wendy WeissTextiles, Clothing and DesignArtist, fiber art, Landscape: Stand of Trees. Henan Art Museum,Zhengzhou, China.creative Activity99

BOOKSFaculty who wrote or edited books published January-December 2010UNL authors in redSubmitted by faculty, chairs/heads or deansCraig R. AllenNatural ResourcesEditor, with Lance Gunderson. Foundations of Ecological Resilience.New York, NY: Island Press.Mark L. BernardsAgronomy and HorticultureAuthor, with Roch E. Gaussoin, Agronomy and Horticulture; RobertN. Klein, West Central Research and Extension Center; StevanZ. Knezevic, Northeast Research and Extension Center; Greg R.Kruger, West Central Research and Extension Center; Drew J.Lyon, Panhandle Research and Extension Center; Zac J. Reicher,Agronomy and Horticulture; Lowell D. Sandell, Agronomy andHorticulture; Steve L. Young, West Central Research and ExtensionCenter; Robert G. Wilson, Panhandle Research and ExtensionCenter; Patrick J. Shea, School of Natural Resources; Clyde L. Ogg,Agronomy and Horticulture. 2011 Guide for Weed Management inNebraska. Lincoln, NE: The Board of Regents of the University ofNebraska.David BeukelmanSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersEditor, with David McNaughton. Transition Strategies forAdolescents & Young Adults Who Use AAC. Baltimore, MD: Paul H.Brookes Publishing Co.Brian H. BornsteinPsychologyEditor, with Richard L. Wiener, Psychology/Law. Emotion and theLaw: Psychological Perspectives. New York, NY: Springer.Dawn O. BraithwaiteCommunication StudiesEditor, with Juila T. Wood. Casing Interpersonal Communication:Case Studies in Personal and Social Relationships. Dubuque, IA:Kendall Hunt.David W. Brooks Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationAuthor, with Duane F. Shell, Educational Psychology; Guy Trainin,Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education; Kathleen W. Wilson,Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education; Douglas F. Kauffman,Educational Psychology; and Lynne M. Herr, Teaching, Learningand Teacher Education. The Unified Learning Model. New York, NY:Springer.Roger H. BruningEducational PsychologyAuthor, with Gregory J. Schraw and Monica M. Norby, Office ofVice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development. CognitivePsychology and Instruction, 5th ed. Lebanon, IN: Prentice-Hall.Enrique Martinez CelayaArt and Art HistoryAuthor. Enrique Martinez Celaya: Collected Writings andInterviews, 1990-2010. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.Author. The Blog: Bad Time for Poetry. Lincoln, NE: Whale and StarPress, distributed by University of Nebraska Press.100books

Dan D. CrawfordClassics and Religious StudiesAuthor. A Thirst for Souls: The Life of Evangelist Percy B. Crawford(1902-1960). Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press(Associated University Presses).Lisa J. CrockettPsychologyEditor, with Stephen T. Russell and Ruth K. Chao. Asian AmericanParenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships. New York, NY:Springer.Rochelle L. DallaChild, Youth and Family StudiesEditor, with Lynda M. Baker. Global Perspectives on Prostitutionand Sex Trafficking: Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania.Lanham, MD: Lexington Publishers, Inc.Edward DalyEducational PsychologyEditor, with G. Gimpel, R. Ervin and K. Merrell. The PracticalHandbook of School Psychology: Effective Practices for the 21stCentury. New York, NY: Guilford.John DeFrainChild, Youth and Family StudiesAuthor, with David H. Olson. Marriages and Families: Intimacy,Diversity and Strengths, 7th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill HigherEducation.Beth DollEducational PsychologyAuthor, with William Pfohl and Jina S. Yoon. Handbook of YouthPrevention Science. New York, NY: Routledge.Author, with Carol A. Doll. The Resilient School Library. Englewood,CO: Libraries Unlimited.Author, with K. Brehm. Resilient Playgrounds. New York, NY:Routledge.Patricia Fairchild4-H Youth DevelopmentAuthor, with Elizabeth Mulkerrin, Julie Anderson, Emily Brownand Jessi Krebs. Edited by Linda Ulrich, UNL Communicationsand Information Technology. Amphibians and You: A Look at theAmphibian Crisis, Leaders Guide and Student Workbook. Lincoln,NE: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.Odair A. FernandesEntomologyAuthor, with A.M. Cardoso and S. Martinelli. Integrated PestManagement for Tomatoes: Handbook of Pest Identification andControl Tactics. Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo: FUNEP.Daniel D. FogellNatural ResourcesAuthor, with Patricia (Trish) Freeman, Natural Resources/NebraskaState Museum. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles ofNebraska. Lincoln, NE: Conservation & Survey Division, School ofNatural Resources.books101

David S. HageChemistryAuthor, with James D. Carr, Chemistry. Analytical Chemistry andQuantitative Analysis. Boston, MA: Pearson/Prentice Hall.Author, with James D. Carr, Chemistry. Student Solutions Manual- Analytical Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis. Boston, MA:Pearson/Prentice Hall.David J. HansenPsychologyEditor, with Douglas W. Nangle. Practitioner’s Guide to EmpiricallyBased Measures of Social Skill. New York, NY: Springer.Priscilla A. Hayden-Roy Modern Languages and LiteratureAuthor. Sparta et Martha: Pfarramt und Heirat in derLebensplanung Hölderlins und in seinem Umfeld. Stuttgart:Thorbecke Verlag.Carolyn R. Johnsen Journalism and Mass Communications/Agricultural Leadership,Education and CommunicationEditor. Taking Science to the People: A Communication Primer forScientists and Engineers. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.Douglas KauffmanEducational PsychologyAuthor, with Kathy Wilson, Teaching, Learning and TeacherEducation. The Unified Learning Model: How Motivational,Cognitive, and Neurobiological Sciences Inform Best TeachingPractices. New York, NY: Springer.Istvan LadungaStatisticsEditor. Computational Biology of Transcription Factor Binding. NewYork, NY: Humana Press.Suping LuUniversity LibrariesEditor. A Mission under Duress: The Nanjing Massacre and PostmassacreSocial Conditions Documented by American Diplomats.Lanham, MD: University Press of America.Colleen E. MedillLawAuthor. Introduction to Employee Benefits Law: Policy and Practice,3rd ed. St. Paul, MN: West.Helen A. MooreSociologyAuthor. Schooling Girls: Queuing Women: Multiple Standpointsand Ongoing Inequalities. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.David L. OlsonManagementAuthor, with Sang M. Lee, Management. Convergenomics.Farnham, Surrey: Gower.Author, with Desheng Wu. Enterprise Risk Management Models.Heidelberg: Springer.Jon E. Pedersen Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationAuthor, with Samuel Totten. Teaching and Studying Social Issues.Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.102books

Allan C. PetersonMathematicsAuthor, with Walter G. Kelley. The Theory of Differential Equations:Classical and Qualitative. New York, NY: Springer.Larkin A. PowellNatural ResourcesAuthor. Farming with Wildlife: Conservation and Ecotourism onPrivate Lands in Namibia. Lincoln, NE: Lulu.Brett C. RatcliffeEntomologyEditor, with F.T. Krell. Current Advances in ScarabaeoideaResearch. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft.Guy ReynoldsEnglishSeries editor. Cather Studies Volume 8: Willa Cather: A Writer’sWorlds (eds. John J. Murphy, Françoise Palleau-Papin and RobertThacker). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.Steven N. RodieAgronomy and HorticultureAuthor, with Kim W. Todd, Agronomy and Horticulture; RichardK. Sutton, Agronomy and Horticulture; Kelly A. Feehan, SoutheastResearch and Extension Center; Andrew D. Szatko. NebraskaBioretention and Rain Garden Plants Guide. Lincoln, NE: The Boardof Regents of the University of Nebraska.David RussellElectrical EngineeringAuthor. Introduction to Embedded Systems. San Rafael, California:Morgan and Claypool.Marc J. SchniederjansManagementAuthor, with Dara G. Schniederjans. Topics in Lean Supply ChainManagement. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co.Author, with Jamie L. Hamaker. Information TechnologyInvestment, 2nd ed. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.Susan M. SheridanEducational PsychologyAuthor. The Tough Kid Social Skills Book. Eugene, OR: PacificNorthwest Publishing.Author. Social Skills for the Tough Kid: Tips and Tools for Parents.Eugene, OR: Pacific Northwest Publishing.Keng SiauManagementEditor, with John Erickson. Principle Advancements in DatabaseManagement Technologies: New Applications and Frameworks.Hershey, PA: IGI Global.Editor, with Roger Chiang. Systems Analysis and Design: People,Processes, and Projects. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.Robert A. SpiesBUROSEditor, with Janet F. Carlson, BUROS, and Kurt F. Geisinger,Educational Psychology. The Eighteenth Mental MeasurementYearbook. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.Jordan StumpModern Languages and LiteratureTranslator. The Collaborators, by Pierre Siniac. Champaign, Illinois:Dalkey Archive Press.books103

Susan SwearerEducational PsychologyEditor, with S.R. Jimerson and D.L. Espelage. Handbook of Bullyingin Schools: An International Perspective. New York, NY: Routledge.Jozsef SzilagyiNatural ResourcesAuthor, with Andras Szollosi-Nagy. Recursive StreamflowForecasting: A State-Space Approach. Abingdon, Oxford: Taylorand Francis.Zhenghong TangArchitectureEditor. Eco-City and Green Community: The Evolution of PlanningTheory and Practice. Hauppauge, NY: NOVA Science Publisher.Stephen L. TaylorFood Science and TechnologyEditor. Advances in Food & Nutrition Research, Vol. 59, 60, 61.London: Elsevier/Academic Press.Jorge D. VenecianoSheldon Memorial Art Galleryand Sculpture GardenEditor, with Rhonda K. Garelick, English. The Fabulous Harlequin:ORLAN and the Patchwork Self. Lincoln, NE: University ofNebraska Press.Mehmet C. Vuran Computer Science and EngineeringAuthor, with Ian F. Akyildiz. Wireless Sensor Networks. Hoboken,NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.William WalstadEconomicsAuthor, with Michael Salami. Teaching Innovations in Economics:Strategies and Applications for Interactive Instruction.Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing.Editor, with Michio Yamaoka. Comparative Studies on EconomicEducation in the Asia-Pacific Region. Tokyo: Shumpusha Publishing.Yan (Ruth) XiaChild, Youth and Family StudiesAuthor. Chinese Adolescents in Social Transition: ChineseAdolescents’ Decision-Making, Parent-Adolescent Communicationand Relationship. Dudweiler: Lambert Academic Publishing.104books

RECOGNTIONS AND HONORSFaculty who have been elected to honor academies or who receivednational or intenational honors or awards, January-December 2010Submitted by faculty, chairs/heads or deansBrian LarkinsAgronomy and Horticulture/Research and Economic DevelopmentNational Academy of SciencesWilliam Splinter Biological Systems Engineering, Emeritus/Larsen Tractor Test and Power MuseumNational Academy of EngineersJames Van EttenNational Academy of SciencesPlant PathologyKathleen P. AndersonAnimal SciencePartnership Award: Effective and Efficient Use of Resources,National Institute of Food and AgricultureCheryl BaileyBiochemistryEducation Fellow in the Life Sciences, National AcademiesDwayne BallMarketing2010 Charles C. Slater Best Article Award (with Ron Hampton andJulia Soulakova), Journal of MacromarketingJohn BarbutoAgricultural Leadership,Education and CommunicationBest Experiential Learning Paper, Eastern Academy ofManagementLloyd BellAgricultural Leadership,Education and CommunicationPresident, American Association for Agricultural EducationGary BergmanSoutheast Researchand Extension CenterNational Winner, Video Program Category for Lancaster County4-H Year in Review video, National Association of Extension 4-HAgentsDawn O. BraithwaiteCommunication StudiesPresident, National Communication AssociationGail BrandSoutheast Researchand Extension CenterCommunity Partnership Team Award, Guardianship Training,National Extension Association of Family and Consumer SciencesDennis R. BrinkAnimal SciencePresident, International Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society ofAgricultureRECOGNITIONS and honors105

Cheryl A. Burkhart-KrieselPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterInternet Education Technology Award, National ExtensionAssociation of Family and Consumer SciencesSusan Burzynski BullardAdvertisingFirst Place, Most Promising Professor, Association for Education inJournalism and Mass CommunicationChris CalkinsAnimal ScienceEducator of the Year, North American Meat Professors AssociationRandolph L. CantrellNebraska Rural InitiativeFriend of Community Development Award, CommunityDevelopment SocietyLeslie C. CarlsonMarketingBest Paper Award in the Marketing Research Track, Society ofMarketing AdvancesKim Rotzoll Award for Advertising Ethics and Social Responsibilityand the Best Reviewer Award, American Academy of AdvertisingDavid J. CochranIndustrial and ManagementSystems EngineeringFellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics SocietySteven ComfortNatural ResourcesHonorary Faculty Member, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou,ChinaScott CottonPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterMary Fran Myers Scholarship for Disaster Mitigation, NaturalHazards InstitutePatricia C. CrewsTextiles, Clothing and DesignFounding President’s Award, Textile Society of AmericaLory L. DanceSociology/Ethnic StudiesHedda Andersson Fellowship, Lund University (Sweden) HumanRights ProgramMeghan M. DavidsonEducational PsychologyResearch Award, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDR) International AssociationJeffrey L. DayArchitectureRising Star Award, Residential Architect MagazineFaculty Design Award for “House on Lake Okoboji,” Association ofCollegiate Schools of ArchitectureJohn D. DeFrainChild, Youth and Family StudiesNational Excellence in Extension Award, National Association ofState Universities and Land-Grant CollegesBeth DollEducational PsychologyPresidential Award, National Association of School Psychologists106RECOGNITIONS and honors

Bruce I. DvorakCivil Engineering/Biological Systems EngineeringFulbright, Czech Fulbright CommissionMatthew B. Dwyer Computer Science and EngineeringMost Influential Paper Award, International Conference onSoftware EngineeringImpact Paper Award, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)SIGSOFTMichael H. EpsteinSpecial Educationand Communication DisordersFulbright Scholar, Finland, Council for International Exchange ofScholarsRichard FergusonDepartment ofAgronomy and HorticultureWerner Nelson Award for Diagnosis of Yield Limiting Factors,American Society of AgronomyRolando A. FloresFood Science and TechnologyUSDA-ARS 2010 Technology Transfer Award, USDAUSDA-ARS Eastern Region Research Center Award of Excellence inTechnology Transfer, USDAConnie M. FrancisWest Central Researchand Extension CenterInternet Education Technology Award, National ExtensionAssociation of Family and Consumer SciencesRichard FunstonWest Central Researchand Extension CenterFirst Place, Excellence in Applied Animal Science Research,American Society of Animal Science, Western SectionKonstantinos GiannakasAgricultural EconomicsVisiting Professor, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania,GreeceWilliam M. GrangeJohnny Carson Schoolof Theatre and FilmHeidelberg University Guest Professor, German AcademicExchange ServiceRonnie D. GreenInstitute of Agricultureand Natural ResourcesPresident, American Society of Animal ScienceSanford L. GrossbartMarketingMost Frequently Cited Article in the Last Five Years (2005-2010),Journal of MacromarketingKevin G. HanrahanMusicBest Poster Paper Presentation, National Association of Teachersof SingingRECOGNITIONS and honors107

Jeffrey G. HartSoutheast Researchand Extension CenterNational Program of Distinction, “Diverse Youth-Adult Partnershipsin Rural Nebraska,” National 4-H HeadquartersPriscilla A. Hayden-Roy Modern Languages and LiteratureExecutive Board, Hölderlin Society (Germany)Tino HofmannElectrical EngineeringPaul Drude Award, International Conference on SpectroscopicEllipsometryMelissa J. HomesteadEnglish/Womens and Gender StudiesReese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of theBook in the Americas, American Antiquarian SocietyHoughton Mifflin Fellowship in Publishing History, HoughtonLibrary, Harvard UniversityRoger HoyBiological Systems EngineeringBlue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural andBiological EngineersRobert HutkinsFood Science and TechnologyFellow, Institute of Food TechnologistsSuat IrmakBiological Systems Engineering2010 ASABE Young Extension Worker Award, American Society ofAgricultural and Biological EngineersSearch for Excellence in Agriculture Award, National Association ofCounty Agricultural AgentsMargaret D. Jacobs History/Womens and Gender StudiesBancroft Prize for White Mother to a Dark Race: SettlerColonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Childrenin the American West and Australia, 1880-1940, ColumbiaUniversityRobert G. Athearn Book Award, Western History AssociationArmitage-Jameson Book Prize, Coalition of Western Women’sHistoryStacy JamesJournalism and Mass Communications2010 Distinguished Service Award, Association for Education inJournalism and Mass CommunicationsRobert JoeckelFellow, Geological Society of AmericaNatural ResourcesRodger K. JohnsonAnimal ScienceMaster of the Pork Industry Inductee, National Hog FarmerMagazineTimothy LemmonsNortheast Researchand Extension CenterNational Winner, Search for Excellence in Farm and RanchManagement, National Association of County Agricultural Agents108RECOGNITIONS and honors

Marjorie LouVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesVisiting Professor, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang UniversitySchool of Medicine, ChinaDrew LyonPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterCrop Science Extension Education Award, Crop Science Society ofAmericaFellow, Crop Science Society of AmericaRoger W. MandigoAnimal ScienceMeat Industry Hall of Fame Inductee, National Association ofMeat ProcessorsTwig MarstonNortheast Researchand Extension CenterOutstanding Service Award, Beef Improvement FederationMartin MassengaleAgronomy and Horticulture/Center for Grassland StudiesHall of Fame for Distinguished Accomplishments, AmericanBiographical InstituteRodney MoxleyMembership, Sigma XiVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesSharon NielsenWest Central Researchand Extension CenterBlue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural andBiological EngineersDavid L. OlsonManagementBest Paper Award (with co-author Jesse Staley), Conference onEnterprise Information Systems, Natal, Brazil, The InternationalFederation for Information ProcessingIrvin T. OmtvedtAnimal ScienceDistinguished Professional Animal Scientist Award, AmericanRegistry of Professional Animal ScientistsAnne ParkhurstTop Ten Cited Article, International Dairy JournalStatisticsGary PickardVeterinary Medicine andBiomedical SciencesKan Tong Po Visiting Professor, Hong Kong UniversityWei QiaoElectrical Engineering2010 Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award, IEEEIndustry Applications SocietyKamlakar P. RajurkarIndustrial and ManagementSystems EngineeringDr. Hideo Hanafusa Outstanding Investigator Award, InternationalSymposium on Flexible AutomationRECOGNITIONS and honors109

Brett C. Ratcliffe Entomology/Nebraska State MuseumHonorary Member, Coleopterists SocietyMichael W. RileyIndustrial and ManagementSystems EngineeringFulbright Award, The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship BoardDipak SantraPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterBest Paper Presentation, Association for the Advancement ofIndustrial CropsWalter H. SchachtAgronomy and HorticultureFulbright Scholar, The J. William Fulbright Foreign ScholarshipBoardJames SchildPanhandle Researchand Extension CenterBlue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural andBiological EngineersAnthony B. SchutzLaw2010 Professional Scholarship Award, American Agricultural LawAssociationSusan M. SheridanEducational PsychologyPresident, Society for the Study of School PsychologyWilliam D. SpauldingPsychologyMike S. Neal Award, American Psychological AssociationSusan M. SwearerEducational PsychologyFellow, Division 16, American Psychological AssociationStephen L. TaylorFood Science and TechnologyBram Rose Memorial Lectureship, Canadian Society of Allergy andClinical ImmunologyElizabeth A. Theiss-MorsePolitical ScienceRobert E. Lane Book Award, American Political Science AssociationHarriet S. Turner Modern Languages and Literature2011 Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovative Programs in theCategory of U.S.-Spain Academic Cooperation, Institute ofInternational EducationL. Dale Van Vleck Animal ScienceAgricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame Inductee, USDAAgricultural Research ServiceRuth VonderoheNortheast Researchand Extension CenterNational Winner, Community Partnership Award, NationalExtension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences110RECOGNITIONS and honors

Clarence E. Waters Durham School of ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction2010 Taylor Technical Talent Award, Illuminating EngineeringSociety of North AmericaPresident, Architectural Engineering InstituteCurtis L. WellerBiological Systems Engineering/Food Science and TechnologyExcellence in Teaching Award, American Association of CerealChemists (AACC) InternationalResearch Award, Gamma Sigma DeltaJohn WilsonNortheast Researchand Extension CenterTop Educational Crop Production Program in the Nation, NationalAssociation of County Agricultural AgentsCharles WortmannAgronomy and HorticultureAward of Excellence, American Society of AgronomyJohn R. WunderHistory/Journalism and Mass CommunicationsPresident, Western History AssociationZhiqiang XieElectrical EngineeringBest Poster Paper Award, International Congress on Applicationsof Lasers & Electro-OpticsRonald E. YoderBiological Systems EngineeringPresident, American Society of Agricultural and BiologicalEngineersRECOGNITIONS and honors111

Glossary of Federal Agency AbbreviationsCIACNSDHSDHHSDOCDoDDOEDOIDOJDOTEDEPAHUDCentral Intelligence AgencyCorporation for National ServiceDepartment of Homeland SecurityDNDO Domestic Nuclear Detection OfficeDepartment of Health and Human ServicesACF Administration for Children and FamiliesCDC Centers for Disease ControlNCCAM National Center for Complementary andAlternative MedicineDepartment of CommerceEDA Economic Development AdministrationNIST National Institute of Standards and TechnologyNOAA National Oceanic &Atmospheric AdministrationDepartment of DefenseAFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchAMR Army Medical ResearchARO Army Research OfficeDARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDTRA Defense Threat Reduction AgencyNGIA National Geospatial Intelligence AgencyONR Office of Naval ResearchDepartment of EnergyNIGEC National Institute forGlobal Environmental ChangeDepartment of InteriorBR Bureau of ReclamationFWS Fish & Wildlife ServiceGS Geological SurveyNPS National Park ServiceDepartment of JusticeDepartment of TransportationFRA Federal Railroad AdministrationFHWA Federal Highway AdministrationRITA Research and InnovativeTechnology AdministrationDepartment of EducationFIPSEFund for the Improvement ofPostsecondary EducationGAANN Graduate Assistance in Areas of National NeedIES Institute of Education SciencesEnvironmental Protection AgencyDepartment of Housing and Urban Development112glossary

IMLSNASNASANEANEHNIHNSANSFUSAIDUSDAInstitute of Museum & Library ServicesNational Academy of SciencesTRB Transportation Research BoardNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Institutes of HealthDFCI Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteFIC Fogarty International CenterNCI National Cancer InstituteNCRR National Center for Research ResourcesNEI National Eye InstituteNHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood InstituteNIA National Institute on AgingNIAID National Institute on Allergy &Infectious DiseasesNICHD National Institute of Child Health andHuman DevelopmentNIDCD National Institute on Deafness &Communication DisordersNIDDK National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive &Kidney DiseaseNIDA National Institute on Drug AbuseNIGMS National Institute on General Medical SciencesNIMH National Institute of Mental HealthNational Security AgencyNational Science FoundationUnited States Agency for International DevelopmentUnited States Department of AgricultureAFRI Agriculture and Food Research InitiativeARS Agricultural Research ServiceBRDC Biotechnology Research andDevelopment CorporationCSREES Cooperative State Research, Education &Extension ServiceERS Extension Research ServiceFAS Foreign Agriculture ServiceFCIC Federal Crop Insurance CorporationFS Forestry ServiceNASS National Agricultural Statustics ServiceNIFA National Institute for Food and AgricultureNRCS Natural Resources Conservation ServiceNRICGP National Research InitiativeCompetitive Grant ProgramRD Rural DevelopmentRMA Risk Management AgencySARE Sustainable Agricultural Research andEducation Programglossary113

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