OVPR Research & Creative Grant Recipients

Leszek Demkowicz

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Project Title: Fully Automatic hp-Adaptive Finite Elements for Coupled Elasticity/Acoustics

2006

Lawrence E. Gilbert

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Integrative Biology
Project Title: Evolution and Genetics of Mimicry in Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

2006

David B. Goldstein

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Project Title: The Use of Arbitrary Post-Collision Velocities in a Discrete Velocity Scheme for the Boltzmann Equation to Solve Micro-scale Flow Problems

2006

Hope H. Hasbrouck

College/School: School of Architecture
Department: School of Architecture
Project Title: Defining a Modern Context for an Ancient Cultural Landscape

2006

Enamul Huq

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Project Title: Regulation of Gene Expression by the HLH Family of Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis

2006

Gyeong S. Hwang

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Rational Design of Oxide Supported Bimetallic Nanocatalysts

2006

John Kappelman

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Anthropology
Project Title: Kernet: Excavation of a Middle Pleistocene Acheulean Archaeological Site on Ethiopia's Northwestern Plateau

2006

Izhar A. Khan

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Marine Science
Project Title: G Protein-coupled Receptor 54 and its Interactions with Three Gonadatropin-releasing Hormones in Fish

2006

Kerry A. Kinney

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Project Title: Biodiesel Production from Microalgae on the Texas Gulf Coast

2006

Desiderio Kovar

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Microscale Cellular Materials with Non-uniform Structures

2006

Hung-wen Liu

College/School: College of Pharmacy
Department: Medicinal Chemistry
Project Title: Study of Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of Human Proteins by Proteome Array Screening

2006

Corrine McConnaughy

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Government
Project Title: Research on the Effects of Gendered Identity Cues in Political Communication

2006

Jason T. McConville

College/School: College of Pharmacy
Department: Pharmaceutics
Project Title: Investigation of Lung Dissolution Properties of Drugs and Macromolecules using a Novel Pulmonary Dissolution Testing Apparatus

2006

Stanley J. Roux

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Project Title: Labeling Approach to Identify Novel Receptor Regulating Plant Cell Growth

2006

Maytal Saar-Tsechansky

College/School: McCombs School of Business
Department: Information, Risk, and Management
Project Title: Active Information Acquisition for Compliance Management

2006

Bartholomew Sparrow

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Government
Project Title: Making Public Opinion: The Politics of Polling and Media Reporting in the Decision to Attack Iraq

2006

David S. Stein

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Project Title: Maternal Control of Drosophila Embryonic Dorsal-Ventral Axis

2006

Philip L. Varghese

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Project Title: Surface Processing of Biopolymer Microparticles by Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges

2006

Peter M. Ward

College/School: LBJ School of Public Affairs
Department: LBJ School of Public Affairs
Project Title: The Rehabilitation of Consolidated Irregular Settlements in Latin American Cities: Towards a "Third Generation" of Public Policy Analysis

2006

Harovel G. Wheat

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Electrochemical and Acoustic Emission Activity for Steel in Salt-Contaminated Concrete

2006

Andrew Whinston

College/School: McCombs School of Business
Department: Information, Risk, and Operations Management
Project Title: Efficient Firms, Inefficient Capital Markets: An Analysis of Financial Returns to Strategic Outsourcing Alliances and Subsequent Performance, 1995-2000

2006

Ismail K. White

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Government
Project Title: Research on the Limits of Black Racial Group Identification in American Politics

2006

Wei-hsin Yu

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Sociology
Project Title: The Making of Gender Inequality: Women, Work, and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan

2006

Xiaojing Zhang

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Near-field Scanning Optical MEMS Probe Tip with a Nano-meter Sized Light Emitting Diode

2006

Harry L. Swinney

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Physics
Project Title: Laboratory Study of Fundamental Physics of Oceanic Internal Waves

2006