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Li Bai, of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, and Slobodan Vucetic of the Center for Information Science and Technology and the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at the College of Science and Technology, received a grant from the ExxonMobil Global Services Company for the project “Software Integration and Date Mining Methods for Oil Refinery System Using Mobile Agent Framework.” The award provides $40,000 for the period Dec. 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009.
Eric Borguet, of the Department of Chemistry at the College of Science and Technology, received a grant from the American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund for the project, “Acid Base Chemistry at the Aqueous-Mineral Interface.” The award provides $100,000 for the period beginning on Jan. 1, 2009 through Aug. 31, 2011.
Erik Cordes, of the Department of Biology at the College of Science and Technology, received a grant from TDI-Brooks International Inc. (whose prime award comes from the U.S. Department of the Interior) for the project, “Deepwater Program: Exploration and Research of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Natural and Artificial Hard Bottom Habitats with Emphasis on Coral Communities: Reefs, rigs and Wrecks.” The award provides $379,769 for the period Aug. 1, 2008 through July 31, 2012.
Nicholas Davates, of the Earth and Environmental Science Department at the College of Science and Technology, received a grant from Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. for the project “Evolution of hydraulic and mechanical properties of clay-rich faults rocks: MAOB Normal Fault System, Utah, USA.” The award provides $146,000 for the period Dec. 11, 2008 through May 1, 2010.
Isaak Pesenson, of the Mathematics Department at the College of Science and Technology, received a grant from the California Institute of Technology (whose prime award comes from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency). The project is “A Framework for regularizing hyperspectral images-image processing, spectral domain dimension reduction, visualization and quality assessment.” The award provides $56,830 for the period Sept. 9, 2008 through Sept. 8, 2010.
Scott M. Rawls, assistant professor of pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy and research professor at the Center for Substance Abuse Research, received a $250,000 grant from Aug. 1, 2008 through 2011 for the project “Antibiotics: An unexpected effect on glutamate function in the brain” from the National Institutes of Health.
Bradford B. Wayland, of the Chemistry Department at the College of Science and Technology, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the project “Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbon.” The award provides $130,000 for the period Dec. 15, 2008 through Dec. 14, 2009.
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