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    Data provided by the Office of Research, Investigators' home departments are represented by the ( ) when they differ from the adminstering unit.

    September 2001
    Awschalom, D.D. (Physics) - Institute for Quantum Engineering, Science & Technology
    $700,000 - Cornell University
    "Spin Interactions and Spin Dynamics in Electronic Nanostructures."
    Awschalom, D.D. (Physics) - Institute for Quantum Engineering, Science & Technology
    $25,347 - University of Pittsburgh
    "Quantum Information Processing with Ferroelectrically
    Coupled Si/Ge Quantum Dots."
    Bazan, G.C., Srdanov, V.I. - Chemistry & Biochemistry
    $195,725 - National Science Foundation
    Photochemistry of Conjugated Polymer/Lanthanide Blends."
    Bento, A. - Bren School of Environment Science & Management
    $38,514 - UC Transportation Center
    "Using the Spatial Configuration of Cities to Estimate the Impact
    of Commuting Time on Hours of Work."
    Birnir, B., Ceniceros, H. - Mathematics
    $50,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Scientific Computing Research Environments for the
    Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS)."
    Blascovich, J.J., Beall, A. - Psychology
    $176,373 - National Science Foundation
    "Advanced Training Institute in Social Psychology:
    Immersive Virtual Environment Technology."
    Blau, S.D. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $180,000 - UC California Writing Project
    South Coast Writing Project.
    Blumenthal, D.J. - Electrical & Computer Engineering
    $510,000 - National Science Foundation
    "Nano-photonic Integration of Ultra-fast Optical Communications Systems."
    Brenner, M.E., Duran, R.P. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $160,248 - UC Office of the President
    "University-Community Consortium for the Educational
    Enhancement of California Youth."
    Brookman, L., Koegel, R.L. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $86,955 - National Institutes of Health
    "Parent Empowerment & Interventions for Children w/Autism."
    Chandrasekaran, S. - Electrical & Computer Engineering
    $46,778 - UC Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    "Fast Matrix Algorithms for PDEs and Integral Equations."
    Cheng, K.T., Marek-Sadowska, M. - Electrical & Computer Engineering
    $1,872,960 - UC Berkeley
    "Semiconductor Technology Focus Research Center:
    Design and Test for Gigascale Integration."
    Clarke, K.C. - Geography
    $6,367 - Interior Dept.
    "Census 2000 Updates to a Congressional District Cartogram."
    Clarke, K.C. - Geography
    $19,035 - Interior Dept.
    "Improvements and Refinements of the Cellular Automation Raines Model."
    Clarke, K.C. - Geography
    $30,000 - UC Office of the President
    "Integrated Modeling at LANL and UCSB: Urban Security and Urban Change."
    Cohen, D. - Electrical & Computer Engineering
    $199,200 - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    "Optical Properties of Bound Antigen Monolayers for Biomolecular Microsensors."
    Collins, N.L. - Psychology
    $287,006 - National Science Foundation
    "Social Support and Caregiving Processes in Intimate Relationships."
    Delmas, M. - Bren School of Environment Science & Management
    $15,866 - German Academic Exchange Service
    DAAD-UC Fellowship.
    Delmas, M. (Bren School of Environment Science & Management) - Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research
    $33,100 - UC Energy Institute
    "Environmental Strategies and Corporate Performance
    in the Electric Utility Sector: States Differences."
    Dickey, T.D. - Geography
    $149,621 - U.S. Navy
    "A Renewal of the Ocean-Systems for Chemical, Optical, and
    Physical Experiments (O-SCOPE) Program."
    Feinstein, S.C. (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology) - Neuroscience Research Institute
    $283,735 - National Institutes of Health
    "Tau and Microtubules in Cells: A Novel Functional Assay."
    Flacks, R. (Sociology) - Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research
    $33,200 - UC Berkeley
    Academic Experience Study.
    Flacks, R.(Sociology) - Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research
    $8,000 - UC Office of the President
    "Exploring the Dimensions of a New Labor Movement:
    The California Frontier 1995-2000."
    Fredrickson, G.H. (Chemical Engineering) - College of Engineering
    $1,469,109 - UC SMART
    "Design and Manufacturing of Materials and Devices
    for Optical and Electronic Applications."
    Frew, J. (Bren School of Environment Science & Management), Smith, T.R.
    (Computer Science) - Institute for Computational Earth System Science
    $449,265 - National Science Foundation
    "Textual-Geospatial Integration Services for the National SMETE Digital Library."
    Gerber, M.M., English, J.P. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $1,025,534 - Education Dept.
    "Bilingual Education: Training for All Teachers."
    Glassow, M. (Anthropology) - Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research
    $7,191 - Interior Dept.
    "Upgrade of Cultural Collections Owned by the Channel Islands National Park."
    Glassow, M. (Anthropology), Perry, J. (Anthropology) - Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research
    $9,671 - Interior Dept.
    "Archaeological Site Sensitivity Assessment and Establishment of Criteria
    for Identification and Treatment of Human Remains."
    Golledge, R.G. - Geography
    $54,527 - UC Transportation Center
    "Real-time Travel Data Collection System Augmented with Speech Interface."
    Gwinn, E.G. - Institute for Quantum Engineering, Science & Technology
    $50,000 - Commerce Dept.
    "Combining the Quantum Hall and ac Josephson Effects for Current Metrology."
    Hearsum, J.E., Young, M.D. - Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
    $21,000 - County of Santa Barbara
    "Tobacco Cessation for Special Populations."
    Hernandez, A.E. - Psychology
    $12,407 - UC MEXUS
    "Acquisition of Spanish Morphology in Mexico and the United States."
    Hernandez, A.E. - Psychology
    $5,000 - UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute
    "Predicting English Language Reading Skill Development Among
    English Language Learners."
    Homsy, G.M. - Mechanical & Environmental Engineering
    $150,000 - NASA
    "Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics: Fluid in Microgravity."
    Jellison, R.S., Melack, J.M. (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology) - Marine Science Institute
    $43,000 - California Water Control Board
    "Proposed Training Opportunity for Graduate Students and Summer Interns."
    Jimerson, S., Furlong, M.J. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $70,000 - County of Santa Barbara
    Repeat Offender Prevention Program.
    Johnson, L.V. - Neuroscience Research Institute
    $316,634 - UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
    "Smoking and the Pathogenesis of Macular Degeneration."
    Kemmerer, R.A. - Computer Science
    $20,000 - Xerox Corporation
    "Using Safe Areas of Computation to Improve Internet Security."
    Kennett, J.P. - Marine Science Institute
    $59,233 - American Chemical Society
    "Ecology & Stable Isotopic Composition of Modern Methane Seep Foraminifera:
    Santa Barbara, California."
    Koegel, R. - Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    $78,561 - County of Santa Barbara
    "Outreach and Early Intervention for Autism: First S.T.E.P.."
    Lange, F.F. - Materials
    $99,999 - National Science Foundation
    "Nano-Textured Surfaces: Super-Hydrophobicity and Liquid Adhesion."
    Lea, D.W. - Marine Science Institute
    $216,310 - National Science Foundation
    "Glacial-Interglacial Temperature and Salinity Changes in the Western
    Tropical Atlantic and Eastern Tropical Pacific."
    Levi, C.G., Bennett, T. (Mechanical & Environmental Engineering) - Materials
    $1,560,809 - National Science Foundation
    "Dynamics of Layered, Multifunctional Surfaces."
    Love, M.S. - Marine Science Institute
    $37,010 - California Artificial Reef Enhancement
    "A Proposal to Create a Website Devoted to Artificial Reef Ecology,
    Biology and Conflicts."
    Lubin, P.M. - Physics
    $35,000 - University of Wisconsin
    "Supplement: Fabrication of W band Amplifiers for a Polarimeter."
    Luyendyk, B.P., Wilson, D.S. - Institute for Crustal Studies
    $405,854 - National Science Foundation
    "Collaborative Research: Antarctic Cretaceous-
    Cenozoic Climate, Glaciation and Tectonics: Site Surveys for Drilling
    from the Edge of the Ross Sea Shelf."
    MacDonald, N.C. (Mechanical & Environmental Engineering) - California NanoSystems Institute
    $3,673,152 - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    "Mechanical Integration for Networked Telecommunications (MINT)."
    MacIntyre, S. - Marine Science Institute
    $439,946 - National Science Foundation
    "Turbulent Mixing, Internal Waves, and Intrusions:
    Effects on Resource Supply and Primary Productivity in Lakes."
    Madhow, U. - Electrical & Computer Engineering
    $38,106 - Motorola, Inc.
    "Interative Space-Time Codes for Mobile Radio."
    Madison, J.Y., Young, M.D. - Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
    $9,773 - California Department of Education
    Summer Food Service Program.
    Mayer, R.E. - Psychology
    $193,092 - U.S. Navy
    "Role of Cognitive Style in Learning from Multimedia Training."
    Melack, J.M. (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology), Schimel, J. (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology) - Institute for Computational Earth System Science
    $6,354,130 - National Science Foundation
    "Microbial and Hydrological Controls of Nitrogen Losses from Alpine and Chaparral
    Ecosystems During Seasonal Transitions."
    Melack, J.M. (Bren School of Environment Science & Management), Mertes, L.A.
    (Geography) - Institute for Computational Earth System Science
    $57,791 - UC Los Angeles
    "Applications and Validation of the SRTM DEM in the Amazon Basin."
    Michaelsen, J.C., Roberts, D.A. - Geography
    $136,362 - Interior Dept.
    "Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Variability in Sub-Saharan Africa."
    Nisbet, R.M. (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology) - Marine Science Institute
    $330,000 - National Science Foundation
    "QEIB: Modeling Population Dynamics and Trophic Interactions
    in Systems with Unidirectional Flow."
    O'Connor, M.I. - Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research
    $1,500 - UC MEXUS
    "The Role of Conversion to Evangelical Protestantism in
    the Development of Transnational Communities among Mixteco Indians."
    Ray, M.K. - Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
    $402,319 - Education Dept.
    U.S. Department of Education / CCAMPIS.
    Ray, M.K. - Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
    $6,096 - California Department of Education
    Operations Resource Grant.
    Reese, B.E. (Psychology), Neuroscience Research Institute
    $601,563 - National Institutes of Health
    "Dispersion Patterns of Retinal Neuroblasts."
    Reich, N.O., Bruice, T.C. - Chemistry & Biochemistry
    $286,490 - National Institutes of Health
    "The Relationship of Protein Dynamics to Enzyme Catalysis."
    Rice, W.R. (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology) - Marine Science Institute
    $406,593 - UC Riverside
    "The Origin of Barriers to Fertilization and Their Role in Speciation:
    From Populations to Proteins."
    Schimel, J.P. - Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
    $13,000 - University of Alaska
    "Bonanza Creek LTER Project."
    Shynk, J.J., Gerges, R. (Geography) - Electrical & Computer Engineering
    $57,002 - ThinkCom Solutions, Inc.
    "An Integrated System Telematics Architecture for Automobiles and Roads."
    Singh, A.K. - Computer Science
    $400,466 - National Science Foundation
    "A Middleware Testbed for Supporting Flexible Consistency and Mobility."
    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."