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  • Campus Contract and Grant Awards
  • Credits
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    September Contracts & Grants

    Speck, S., Denbaars, S.P. - Materials
    $200,000 - Cree Research, Inc.
    AlGaN - Based UV Detectors.
    Spera, F.J. - Institute for Crustal Studies
    $270,000 - Energy Dept.
    "Mesoscale Molecular Dynamics of Geomaterials:
    The Glass Transition, Long-Range Structure of Amorphous Silicates
    and Relation between Structure, Dynamics and Properties of Geomaterials
    at Elevated Temperature and Pressure."
    Srdanov, V.I., Bazan, G.C. - Chemistry & Biochemistry
    $248,275 - National Science Foundation
    "Photochemistry of Conjugated Polymer/Lanthanide Blends."
    Stucky, G.D., Ford, P.C. - Chemistry & Biochemistry
    $2,000,000 - GRT, Inc.
    "Integrated Process for Synthesizing Higher Value Products from Natural Gas Components."
    Su, J., Ibarra, O.H. - Computer Science
    $450,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Constraint Databases: Optimization Techniques and Applications."
    Suri, S. - Computer Science
    $400,000 - National Science Foundation
    "ITR/PE+SY: Collaborative Research 'Foundations of Electronic Marketplaces:
    Game Theory, Algorithms, and Systems'."
    Tirrell, M.V. (Chemical Engineering), Zasad-zinski, J.A. (Chemical Engineering) - California NanoSystems Institute
    $1,600,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Creating Nano-Environments by Control of Self-Assembly of Lipids,
    Proteins, Peptides and Surfaces."
    Washburn, L. (Geography) - Institute for Computational Earth System Science
    $48,412 - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    "An Examination of Small-Scale Coastal Eddies & Hazards of California
    Using an Integrated Multi-Sensor/In-Situ Approach."
    Weissglass, J., Ostwald, T. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $195,000 - UC California Science Project
    "South Coast Science Project."
    Wolski, R. - Computer Science
    $323,030 - National Science Foundation
    "CAREER: Effective Grid Programming with EveryWare and G-commerce."
    Wolski, R. - Computer Science
    $450,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Developing Performance Monitoring and Analysis Middleware Based
    on the Network Weather Service."
    Wolski, R. - Computer Science
    $169,002 - UC San Diego
    "NASA Information Power Grid - Year 4."