2006-07 Research Grant Recipients

Dawna I. Ballard, Department of Communication Studies, College of Communication
Temporality Over Time: A Longitudinal Test of the Entrainment Perspective

Daniel I. Bolnick, Section of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Using Ancient DNA to Directly Document the Speed of Adaptation

Henry P. Ciolino, Department of Human Ecology, College of Natural Sciences
Inhibition of Renal Cancer Cell Growth by Dietary Isothiocyanates

Eugenia Costa-Giomi, School of Music, College of Fine Arts
Infants' Categorization of Melody

Alan H. Cowley, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences
A New Breed of Lanthanide Reagents and Catalysts

Molly Cummings, Section of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Is Sexual Selection Driving Color Pattern Diversification among Poison Frogs?

Diana K. Davis, Department of Geography & the Environment, College of Liberal Arts
Scorched Earth: The Problematic Environmental History that Defines the Middle East

Arturo DeLozanne, Section of MCDB, College of Natural Sciences
Purification and Molecular Analysis of Contractile Vacuoles from Dictyostelium

Leszek Demkowicz, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Fully Automatic hp-Adaptive Finite Elements for Coupled Elasticity/Acoustics

Lawrence E. Gilbert, Section of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Evolution and Genetics of Mimicry in Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

David B. Goldstein, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
The Use of Arbitrary Post-Collision Velocities in a Discrete Velocity Scheme for the Boltzmann Equation to Solve Micro-scale Flow Problems

Jeffrey M. Gross, Section of MCDB, College of Natural Sciences
Microarray Analysis of Zebrafish Eye Development

Hope H. Hasbrouck, School of Architecture
Defining a Modern Context for an Ancient Cultural Landscape

Alexander C. Huk, Section of Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
Neural Mechanisms of Memory during Decision Making: Simultaneous Neurophysiological Recordings and Behavioral Testing

Enamul Huq, Section of MCDB, College of Natural Sciences
Regulation of Gene Expression by the HLH Family of Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis

Gyeong S. Hwang, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Rational Design of Oxide Supported Bimetallic Nanocatalysts

John Kappelman, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
Kernet:Excavation of a Middle Pleistocene Acheulean Archaeological Site on Ethiopia's Northwestern Plateau

Izhar A. Khan, Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences
G Protein-coupled Receptor 54 and its Interactions with Three Gonadatropin-releasing Hormones in Fish

Kerry A. Kinney, Department of Civil, Architectural, & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Biodiesel Production from Microalgae on the Texas Gulf Coast

Mark Kirkpatrick, Section of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
A Genetic Analysis of Sexual Selection and Male Variation in the Platyfish

Desiderio Kovar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Microscale Cellular Materials with Non-uniform Structures

Hung-wen Liu, Medicinal Chemistry Division, College of Pharmacy
Study of Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of Human Proteins by Proteome Array Screening

Timothy J. Loving, Department of Human Ecology, College of Natural Sciences
Understanding the Stress of Passionate Love: Causes, Consequences, and Coping

Michael S. Mackert, Department of Advertising, College of Communication
Evaluating Websites for Low Literate and Low Health Literate Populations

Corrine McConnaughy, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
Research on the Effects of Gendered Identity Cues in Political Communication

Jason T. McConville, Pharmaceutics Division, College of Pharmacy
Investigation of Lung Dissolution Properties of Drugs and Macromolecules using a Novel Pulmonary Dissolution Testing Apparatus

Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram, School of Architecture
Roman Spaces: Conversations on the Eternal City & Contemporary Architecture

Nicholas A. Peppas, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Novel Nanodevices for Biomolecular Sensing

Stanley J. Roux, Section of MCDB, College of Natural Sciences
Labeling Approach to Identify Novel Receptor Regulating Plant Cell Growth

Maytal Saar-Tsechansky, Department of IROM, College of Business
Active Information Acquisition for Compliance Management

Bartholomew Sparrow, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
Making Public Opinion: The Politics of Polling and Media Reporting in the Decision to Attack Iraq

David S. Stein, Section of MCDB, College of Natural Sciences
Maternal Control of Drosophila Embryonic Dorsal-Ventral Axis

Harry L. Swinney, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
Laboratory Study of Fundamental Physics of Oceanic Internal Waves

Philip L. Varghese, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Surface Processing of Biopolymer Microparticles by Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges

Peter M. Ward, LBJ School of Public Affairs
The Rehabilitation of Consolidated Irregular Settlements in Latin American Cities: Towards a "Third Generation" of Public Policy Analysis

Harovel G. Wheat, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Electrochemical and Acoustic Emission Activity for Steel in Salt-Contaminated Concrete

Andrew Whinston, Department of IROM, College of Business
Efficient Firms, Inefficient Capital Markets: An Analysis of Financial Returns to Strategic Outsourcing Alliances and Subsequent Performance, 1995-2000

Ismail K. White, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
Research on the Limits of Black Racial Group Identification in American Politics

Wei-hsin Yu, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
The Making of Gender Inequality: Women, Work, and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan

Xiaojing Zhang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Near-field Scanning Optical MEMS Probe Tip with a Nano-meter Sized Light Emitting Diode