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0513777 | This project aims to develop an Endoscopic Multimedia Information System (EMIS) to capture high quality endoscopy videos, analyze the captured videos, and provide efficient access to the content of these videos. The project will develop a new capturing system for endoscopy videos designed for patient's privacy and is n... | [
"Advances in video technology are being incorporated into today's healthcare practice.",
"Various types of endoscopes are used for different medical procedures.",
"A rapidly expanding number of formerly open surgical procedures are being converted to endoscopic procedures.",
"Endoscopy videos are not systemat... | [
"Develop an Endoscopic Multimedia Information System (EMIS) to capture high quality endoscopy videos, analyze the captured videos, and provide efficient access to the content of these videos.",
"Develop a new capturing system for endoscopy videos designed for patient's privacy, non-disruptive to endoscopic proced... | 2,005 | IIS | CSE | SEI: Collaborative Research: Endoscopic Multimedia Information System (EMIS) | |
9408019 | 9408019 Watson The sagebrush tribe, Anthemideae, of the sunflower family is the focus of extensive molecular phylogenetic analyses by Dr. Linda Watson of the University of Oklahoma, to acquire new data for taxonomic and genealogical study. Data from restriction enzyme mapping and gene sequencing of chloropl... | [
"The Anthemideae is a tribe of the sunflower family.",
"The Anthemideae tribe consists of approximately 1740 species.",
"The Anthemideae tribe is widespread.",
"There is an existing morphology-based phylogenetic tree for the Anthemideae tribe.",
"The Anthemideae is an economically and ecologically important... | [
"Conduct extensive molecular phylogenetic analyses on the Anthemideae tribe.",
"Collect data from restriction enzyme mapping and gene sequencing of chloroplast DNA from representatives of the Anthemideae species worldwide.",
"Assess mutational differences among species and genera of the Anthemideae tribe.",
"... | 1,994 | DEB | BIO | Phylogeny of Tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae): Molecular and Morphological Data | |
0218313 | A central tenet of evolutionary biology is that natural selection leads to
adaptation. Studies of house finches in Montana and Alabama have
documented that indeed, these birds have rapidly adapted to the local
environment, despite having colonized these highly ecologically distinct
areas only in the last few deca... | [
"Natural selection leads to adaptation.",
"House finches in Montana and Alabama have rapidly adapted to local environments.",
"House finches colonized Montana and Alabama only in the last few decades.",
"Local adaptations in house finches include different sizes and shapes for males and females.",
"Changes ... | [
"Test whether female allocation of hormones (testosterone and prolactin) varies across laying order and how it affects offspring growth and development.",
"Examine if allocation of specific nutrients (carotenoids and lipids) varies across laying order and its impact on offspring growth and development.",
"Inves... | 2,002 | IOS | BIO | Evolution of Maternal Effects in a Model Avian System | |
0106696 | We are attempting to show that equilibrium iron-isotope fractionations among simple iron-bearing complexes and Fe metal can be accurately calculated using a combination of force-field modeling together with available measurements of vibrational frequencies from infrared and Raman spectroscopy. This is important becaus... | [
"Equilibrium iron-isotope fractionations can be calculated using force-field modeling and vibrational frequency measurements.",
"High-precision iron isotope measurements have been made on natural materials and between species in aqueous solution and those bound to ion-exchange resins.",
"Preliminary results hav... | [
"Show that equilibrium iron-isotope fractionations can be accurately calculated using force-field modeling and vibrational frequency measurements.",
"Complete an oxygen and radiogenic isotope study of granitic plutons in Nevada and Utah.",
"Complete the understanding of oxygen isotope patterns in phenocrysts an... | 2,001 | EAR | GEO | Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Studies of Igneous Rocks and Associated Hydrothermal Alteration | |
1923707 | Marine protected areas can help recover a region's marine biodiversity and fisheries resources. This work will develop a systems-based model that spans multiple disciplines, including conservation biology, sociology, and political science, to holistically evaluate marine protected area effectiveness. Oriented towards ... | Marine protected areas can help recover a region's marine biodiversity and fisheries resources. However, establishing effective protected areas remains a challenge both ecologically and socially. In most marine systems, basic patterns and interactions between biological and social variables remain poorly understood. T... | [
"Marine protected areas can help recover a region's marine biodiversity and fisheries resources.",
"Establishing effective protected areas remains a challenge both ecologically and socially.",
"In most marine systems, basic patterns and interactions between biological and social variables remain poorly understo... | [
"Develop a systems-based model spanning multiple disciplines to holistically evaluate marine protected area effectiveness.",
"Build a framework to quantify and qualify feedbacks within reef-based, marine, socio-ecological systems.",
"Investigate the relationship between ecosystem health, fisheries targets, and ... | 2,019 | DEB | BIO | CNH2: Socio-Ecological Feedbacks of Marine Protected Areas: Dynamics of Small-Scale Fishing Communities and Inshore Marine Ecosystems |
9818704 | This grant provides continued support for the operation, maintenance and development of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (IRM) at the University of Minnesota. The IRM is a cost-effective means for providing the U.S. and international geoscience, materials science and physics communities with access to both a knowledge ... | In terms of outreach, the IRM has been, and continues to be, perhaps the premier training ground for graduate students in applications of rock magnetic techniques to studies in tectonics, geomagnetic field behavior and paleoclimatology. State-of-the-art research and development at the IRM finds widespread dissemination... | [
"The IRM is a cost-effective means for providing access to a unique knowledge base and analytical arsenal.",
"Rock magnetic techniques developed at IRM are used by faculty at Minnesota and international geoscientists.",
"Techniques have been developed to identify biogenic magnetic minerals in marine samples.",
... | [
"Continued operation, maintenance, and development of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (IRM) at the University of Minnesota.",
"Application of rock magnetic techniques for low temperature, nondestructive characterization of magnetic mineral recorders.",
"Improvement of techniques for accurate measurement of pal... | 1,998 | EAR | GEO | Continuation of a Facility: Institute for Rock Magnetism |
0207407 | The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) is funding the drilling of a 2km hole in the Chicxulub impact crater on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. NSF is funding US investigators to analyze core samples from the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP). The Chicxulub crater is one of the worl... | [
"The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) is funding the drilling of a 2km hole in the Chicxulub impact crater on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.",
"NSF is funding US investigators to analyze core samples from the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP).",
"The Chicxulub crater is ... | [
"Determine the age of the Chicxulub impact.",
"Search for evidence of multiple impacts.",
"Investigate environmental and biotic consequences of the impact(s).",
"Analyze CSDP core samples to determine age, biostratigraphy, faunal turnover, and paleoenvironment of deposition based on planktic and benthic foram... | 2,002 | EAR | GEO | Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project: Age and Environmental Consequences of the Chicxulub Impact Event | |
0320976 | 0320976
Geiss
Major Research Instrumentation Porgram (MRI) support will be used to acquire basic rock-magnetic instrumentation consisting of a JR-6A automated dual speed spinner magnetometer, a KLY-3 static Kappabridge, and a Magnon International AF demagnetizer. The instruments will allow undergraduate students at Tr... | [
"The MRI support will be used to acquire specific rock-magnetic instrumentation.",
"The acquired instruments will allow undergraduate students at Trinity College and neighboring institutions to analyze rock and sediment specimens.",
"The equipment will be used for studies in rock- and environmental magnetism.",... | [
"Study of loessic soils from the Great Plains.",
"Paleomagnetic investigations of Triassic basalts.",
"Multi-proxy paleoclimate studies of lake sediments from Connecticut and Alaska."
] | 2,003 | EAR | GEO | Acquisition of Equipment for Rock-Magnetism Laboratory Upgrade | |
9103530 | The principal investigator will study the chemical compositions of fluid inclusions using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence techniques. Precise fluid inclusion analyses will eventually enable well-constrained pressure-volume-temperature and thermodynamic modeling of rock-fluid systems. Ultimately this will provide geologi... | [
"Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence techniques can be used to study the chemical compositions of fluid inclusions.",
"Precise fluid inclusion analyses can enable well-constrained pressure-volume-temperature and thermodynamic modeling of rock-fluid systems.",
"Fluid inclusion analysis can provide tools for unravelin... | [
"Study the chemical compositions of fluid inclusions using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence techniques.",
"Develop well-constrained pressure-volume-temperature and thermodynamic modeling of rock-fluid systems based on fluid inclusion analyses.",
"Create tools for geologists to unravel the geologic history of rock... | 1,991 | EAR | GEO | RUI: Analysis of Synthetic Fluid Inclusions in Quartz by Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence | |
9423339 | Many biological systems can be adequately treated by assuming there is homogeneous mixing and reducing the system to a differential equation. In some systems, however, the spatial arrangement of individuals and stochastic effects are important. The principal investigators will use stochastic spatial models to ex... | [
"Many biological systems can be adequately treated by assuming homogeneous mixing and reducing the system to a differential equation.",
"In some biological systems, spatial arrangement of individuals and stochastic effects are important.",
"There is an unexpectedly low fraction of heterozygotes for t haplotypes... | [
"Use stochastic spatial models to explore the unexpectedly low fraction of heterozygotes for t haplotypes in the common house mouse.",
"Investigate the dynamics of hybrid zones which are maintained by heterozygote unfitness using stochastic spatial models.",
"Examine attempts at using a virus to control the spr... | 1,994 | DBI | BIO | Stochastic Spatial Models | |
0710713 | The Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) is an interdisciplinary project that partners high-tech industry, cutting edge research, and inventive education to meet needs in astronomy, remote sensing, and other technology industries in Hawaii. The UCSC Center for Adaptive Optics, University of Hawaii-Maui Community College, ... | [
"The Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) is an interdisciplinary project partnering high-tech industry, research, and education.",
"The AWI aims to meet needs in astronomy, remote sensing, and other technology industries in Hawaii.",
"The project involves collaboration between UCSC Center for Adaptive Optics, Uni... | [
"Integrate aspects of Native Hawaiian culture, inquiry-based learning, and other innovative teaching practices into a new electro-optics engineering technology program at Maui Community College.",
"Establish a collaboration of scientists, engineers, and educators to support the tech pipeline and design and teach ... | 2,007 | AST | MPS | Collaborative Research: Akamai Workforce Initiative | |
9101341 | The plate boundary between the Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates appears to have the fastest known spreading rate on East Pacific Rise. The lack of transform faults suggests that a possible threshold spreading rate above which the classic spreading center/transform fault configuration is not stable. A proposed GLOR... | [
"The plate boundary between the Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates has the fastest known spreading rate on East Pacific Rise.",
"There is a lack of transform faults in this area.",
"There may be a threshold spreading rate above which the classic spreading center/transform fault configuration is not stable."
... | [
"Conduct a GLORIA/hydrosweep survey of the area between the Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates.",
"Determine the present geometry of the plate boundary area.",
"Investigate the tectonic evolution of the area over the past 4.8 million years."
] | 1,991 | OCE | GEO | GLORIA Investigation of the Fastest Spreading Segment of theGlobal Seafloor Spreading System | |
0811642 | The PLASMA project lays the ground work for a new generation of dense linear algebra libraries that achieve the fastest possible time to an accurate solution on multicore systems by efficiently using all the processors that such systems make available. To work within this design space and leverage the power of million ... | [
"The PLASMA project aims to create a new generation of dense linear algebra libraries for multicore systems.",
"PLASMA researchers have shown that algorithms like Cholesky, LU and QR factorizations can be expressed as algorithms by tiles.",
"Expressing algorithms by tiles improves parallel performance on multic... | [
"Explore new, highly parallelizable algorithms for a broad range of linear algebra operations.",
"Extend the concept of algorithms by tiles to a broader range of linear algebra algorithms.",
"Develop high-level abstractions for algorithm description that make task dependencies explicit.",
"Create a programmin... | 2,008 | CCF | CSE | CPA-ACR-T: PLASMA: Parallel Linear Algebra Software for Multiprocessor Architectures | |
0352557 | All cells need to communicate with their environment in order to survive. Bacteria employ two-component regulatory systems to accomplish this objective. The simplest systems consist of a sensor kinase, responsible for sensing an environmental change and a response regulator, whose output is altered in response to the s... | The goal is to contribute to the training of the nation's scientists and inspire young people to become interested in science. After visiting the lab, an eighth-grader wrote: "I really enjoyed learning from you about E. coli. I had no idea that studying E. coli could lead to curing different diseases." The lab particip... | [
"All cells need to communicate with their environment in order to survive.",
"Bacteria employ two-component regulatory systems for environmental communication.",
"The simplest two-component systems consist of a sensor kinase and a response regulator.",
"The EnvZ/OmpR system consists of EnvZ as the sensor and ... | [
"Understand how OmpR regulates gene expression.",
"Identify the signal that EnvZ senses.",
"Investigate how the signal is transmitted across the membrane and to OmpR.",
"Examine the orientation of OmpR while bound to its target DNA using cysteine-substitutions and cross-linkers.",
"Conduct a systematic exam... | 2,003 | MCB | BIO | The Role of EnvZ and OmpR in Osmoregulation |
1461264 | Student participants in the Marquette University (MU) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site, "Computation Across the Disciplines," form a research cohort for a 10-week summer program designed to tackle a variety of interdisciplinary, open research questions. Each student works closely with a faculty mentor ... | [
"Marquette University hosts a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site called 'Computation Across the Disciplines'.",
"The program is a 10-week summer program.",
"Students work with faculty mentors from the Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science department.",
"The program focuses on recruiting ... | [
"Develop tools for managing high-performance computing infrastructure.",
"Model oceanographic and volcanic fluid flows.",
"Build novel embedded computer systems.",
"Analyze the impact of species loss in a complex ecological food web.",
"Discover biologically important pathways for gene regulation.",
"Pred... | 2,014 | OAC | CSE | REU Site: Computation Across the Disciplines | |
1035627 | Tens of thousands of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient. This project proposes to design a self sustaining, wireless structural monitoring system. The novel low-power Flash FPGA-based hardware platform and the corresponding software architecture offer a radically new approach to CPS design. A soft multi-co... | The technology will indicate structural problems before they become critical potentially saving human lives and averting late and extensive repairs. The impact of the vibration harvesting technique and the soft multi-core architecture will go beyond structural monitoring. A separate soft core dedicated to each software... | [
"Tens of thousands of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient.",
"Bridges tend to vibrate due to wind and dynamic load conditions.",
"Current energy harvesting techniques capture less energy than the proposed device.",
"A soft multi-core platform with dedicated single-threaded soft processor cores ena... | [
"Design a self-sustaining, wireless structural monitoring system.",
"Develop a novel low-power Flash FPGA-based hardware platform and corresponding software architecture.",
"Create a soft multi-core platform for flexible power management in CPS design.",
"Develop a novel vibration-based energy harvesting devi... | 2,010 | CNS | CSE | CPS: Medium: Self-Sustaining CPS for Structural Monitoring |
0706928 | The objective of this project is the analysis of wave propagation in networks of thin waveguides. Problems of this type cannot be solved explicitly and are poorly amenable to computational methods because of the complicated 3-dimensional geometrical structure of such a network. The goal of the project is to develop met... | The project will provide mathematical background for the investigation of information flows in complex optical networks. In particular, it will provide an efficient tool to construct necklace type devices for synchronizing the work of very fast optical elements and much slower electronics. The results and the methods t... | [
"Problems of wave propagation in networks of thin waveguides cannot be solved explicitly.",
"These problems are poorly amenable to computational methods due to complicated 3-dimensional geometrical structure.",
"The quantum graph is the limit of the network as the diameter of the waveguides tends to zero.",
"... | [
"Develop methods to reduce the 3D problem to a simpler 1D problem on the quantum graph.",
"Conduct asymptotic analysis of scattering solutions, spectrum, and resolvent for the Helmholtz equation for all frequencies.",
"Analyze possible mechanisms for slowing down wave packages in optical networks.",
"Study st... | 2,007 | DMS | MPS | Wave Propagation and Scattering in Networks of Thin Waveguides |
1128954 | This project at East Tennessee State University provides opportunities for Students to gain skills in biology and math through full participation in the research process. A major component of the Collaborative Research on the Arthropod Way of Life CRAWL program is long-term immersion in a research project, involving e... | The Undergraduate Biomathematics Program supported by NSF at the East Tennessee State Unvisersity provides opportunities to engage undergraduates in meaningful interdisciplinary research experiences. The CRAWL program aims to generate a research culture in biology and math at ETSU by building an infrastructure that wil... | [
"The project is based at East Tennessee State University.",
"The program is called Collaborative Research on the Arthropod Way of Life (CRAWL).",
"CRAWL involves students in every stage of the scientific process.",
"The program emphasizes the hypothetico-deductive approach to problem-solving.",
"The program... | [
"Study spatiotemporal dynamics of intraspecific interactions (aggression in spiders and flies, communication in honey bees).",
"Investigate the neurohormonal underpinnings of arthropod behaviors.",
"Explore the ecological implications of arthropod behaviors.",
"Develop and apply mathematical models to biologi... | 2,011 | DMS | MPS | UBM-Group: Collaborative Research on the Arthropod Way of Life (CRAWL): Interdisciplinary Training in Mathematical Biology |
1244534 | The carboxysome is a microcompartment that, in cyanobacteria and chemoautotrophic bacteria, plays an important role as a component of the Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms of these organisms. However, the pathway for assembly of the carboxysome is not well understood, and in order to simplify this problem the assembly of... | The uptake of carbon dioxide by bacteria is important for our understanding of the global carbon cycle and the impacts of climate change, and knowledge of the carboxysome is relevant to our ability to engineer organisms to produce biofuels. Training opportunities will be provided for graduate and undergraduate students... | [
"The carboxysome is a microcompartment in cyanobacteria and chemoautotrophic bacteria.",
"The carboxysome plays an important role in the Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms of cyanobacteria and chemoautotrophic bacteria.",
"The pathway for carboxysome assembly is not well understood.",
"The uptake of carbon dioxi... | [
"Study the assembly of the Halothiobacillus neapolitanus carboxysome in Escherichia coli.",
"Extend understanding of carboxysome assembly, structure, and function.",
"Provide insight into how cyanobacteria and chemoautotrophic bacteria regulate carbon dioxide fixation.",
"Provide training opportunities for gr... | 2,012 | MCB | BIO | Towards an Assembly Pathway for the Carboxysome, the Prototype Bacterial Organelle. |
1438385 | The overarching goals of this project are to: (1) build a fundamental framework for understanding the behavior of ligand-functionalized metal nanoclusters as electrocatalysts and (2) leverage this understanding to create electrocatalysts by design. The team will explore the roles of metal type, nanocluster size, ligand... | Plants do a wonderful job of converting gases like carbon dioxide and nitrogen into products like cellulose and nutrients. The reactions are driven by sunlight and provide a critical balance to life - including oxygen in the atmosphere and our food supply. In the last century, man is responsible for significant changes... | [
"Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have risen by about 30% in the last century.",
"More than 50% of the world population now relies on man-made fertilizers for food.",
"There are no commercial processes that can duplicate the ability of nature to use sunlight, atmospheric gases and water to make fuels, plastics... | [
"Build a fundamental framework for understanding the behavior of ligand-functionalized metal nanoclusters as electrocatalysts.",
"Create electrocatalysts by design.",
"Explore the roles of metal type, nanocluster size, ligand chemistry and their behavior in electrolytic reactions.",
"Explore reduction pathway... | 2,014 | CBET | ENG | GOALI: Engineered Metal-Ligand Interfaces for Selective Electrochemical Reactions |
0235548 | 0235548
Sundaresan
The control of cell division is an important feature of development in multicellular organisms. In higher plants, both the timing and the plane of cell division are regulated and responsive to developmental cues. Although there are extensive studies showing that the cytoskeleton is important in exe... | [
"The control of cell division is an important feature of development in multicellular organisms.",
"In higher plants, both the timing and the plane of cell division are regulated and responsive to developmental cues.",
"The cytoskeleton is important in executing the decision to divide in a predetermined plane."... | [
"Examine how plant development has been affected by the toz mutation, including the extent to which patterning and cell specification have been perturbed by the defect in cell division planes.",
"Study toz mutant cells to determine possible functions of TOZ in the organization of the plant cytoskeleton for mitosi... | 2,002 | IOS | BIO | Function of the Arabidopsis Gene TORMOZ in Cell Division and Development | |
8516876 | This research develops a micromechanically based constitutive theory for polycrystalline ceramic materials. The theory is consistent with the microstructure of the material and the kinetics of the microstructural changes. The theory will, therefore, allow for a systematic study of ways in which the microstructure (i.e.... | [
"Polycrystalline ceramic materials have a specific microstructure.",
"Microstructural changes in ceramics follow certain kinetics.",
"Microstructure influences the mechanical performance of ceramic materials.",
"Crack growing resistance in ceramics depends on grain size."
] | [
"Develop a micromechanically based constitutive theory for polycrystalline ceramic materials.",
"Study how microstructure (grain size, distribution, defects, surface flaws) influences mechanical performance of ceramics.",
"Investigate the dependence of crack growing resistance on grain size in ceramics.",
"Ex... | 1,985 | CMMI | ENG | Constitutive Theory for Polycrystalline Ceramics | |
8804369 | The recent discovery of isologs to the nuclear-coded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase has led to the hypothesis that these polypeptides play a role in the modulation of cytochrome c oxidase activity and that this modulation is affected by a differential expression of their genes in response to environmental (or develop... | Cellular energy production is necessary for the growth and division of cells and cytochrome c oxidase is a key component in the respiratory chain, a multienzyme complex. Mitochondrial oxidative phosphoylation is capable of supplying more than 95% of the total ATP requirement in respiring encaryotic cells. The respirato... | [
"Isologs to the nuclear-coded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase have been recently discovered.",
"Preliminary studies suggest mutant cells carrying only Vb produce cytochrome c oxidase molecules with higher in situ turnover numbers than those carrying only Va.",
"Cytochrome c oxidase is a key component in the re... | [
"Test the hypothesis that isologs play a role in modulating cytochrome c oxidase activity in response to environmental or developmental signals.",
"Study the two isologs Va and Vb for subunit V of yeast cytochrome c oxidase.",
"Examine the effects of Va and Vb on the binuclear reaction center in holocytochrome ... | 1,988 | MCB | BIO | Function of Subunit Isologs in Cytochrome c Oxidase |
9522134 | The proposed project is focused on developing a detailed understanding and quantitative models of the physics and fundamental mechanisms of cyclic fatigue damage and crack advance in monolithic ceramics at elevated temperatures. The central aim of the present study is to characterize and model the cyclic fatigue behavi... | With the scientific understanding gained, this work is intended to provide guidelines for the design of improved microstructures and compositions for flaw-tolerant ceramics with optimal combinations of low-temperature toughness and elevated-temperature resistance to subcritical fatigue-crack growth. | [
"Cyclic fatigue damage and crack advance occur in monolithic ceramics at elevated temperatures.",
"Ceramics exhibit cyclic fatigue behavior at high homologous temperatures.",
"Damage and crack advance mechanisms can be examined in both air and vacuum environments.",
"Ultrahigh temperature (up to 1800C) creep ... | [
"Develop detailed understanding and quantitative models of cyclic fatigue damage and crack advance in monolithic ceramics at elevated temperatures.",
"Characterize and model the cyclic fatigue behavior of ceramics at high homologous temperatures.",
"Examine damage and crack advance mechanisms in both air and va... | 1,995 | DMR | MPS | Elevated Temperature Cyclic Fatigue Behavior In Monolithic Ceramics |
0217552 | Two methods, discriminant analysis of Fourier transform mid-range and near infrared spectra, have been developed as high throughput approaches to identifying mutations in plant cell wall polysaccharide components and wall architecture.
These methods will be employed to identify in insertion tagged populations of maiz... | [
"Two methods have been developed to identify mutations in plant cell wall components and architecture.",
"The methods are based on discriminant analysis of Fourier transform mid-range and near infrared spectra.",
"A systematic protocol has been devised to categorize defects in wall structure and architecture.",... | [
"Identify a broad range of mutants involved in plant cell wall biogenesis and alteration during growth and development.",
"Use maize lines with Mu-insertions and Arabidopsis lines with T-DNA tags for forward and reverse screens.",
"Generate plants with genetically defined variation in wall composition and archi... | 2,002 | IOS | BIO | Identification and Characterization of Cell Wall Mutants in Maize and Arabidipsis using Novel Spectroscopies | |
0342805 | The prime objective of this exploratory project is to demonstrate that metal-oxide-metal spliced (MOMS) nanowires can be synthesize, and that they can be assembled into nanoelectronic circuits on substrates with metal contact-pad electrodes for nanosensor applications. The structure of these novel MOMS nanowire compris... | [
"MOMS nanowires comprise metal nanowire (Pt; 50-100 nm diameter; 1-100 um long) with a small segment (50-100 nm wide) replaced by a sensor oxide (SnO2).",
"MOMS nanowire nanosensors are likely to have unprecedented sensitivity and selectivity.",
"The high-surface area Nanoscale SnO2 provides highly responsive g... | [
"Demonstrate that metal-oxide-metal spliced (MOMS) nanowires can be synthesized.",
"Demonstrate that MOMS nanowires can be assembled into nanoelectronic circuits on substrates with metal contact-pad electrodes for nanosensor applications.",
"Explore the potential of assembling MOMS nanowires into arrays of high... | 2,003 | ECCS | ENG | SGER: Engineered Nanowires and Devices | |
0308583 | This 3-year award to Duke University provides support for technical services during NSF-funded programs on R/V Cape Hatteras, a 135' general purpose research vessel operated by the Duke-UNC Oceanographic Consortium (DUNCOC) as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. DUNCO... | [
"R/V Cape Hatteras is a 135' general purpose research vessel.",
"R/V Cape Hatteras is operated by the Duke-UNC Oceanographic Consortium (DUNCOC).",
"DUNCOC is part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet.",
"The award is for a 3-year period.",
"The award is given to... | [
"Support seagoing research projects.",
"Maintain, calibrate and provide shared-use research instrumentation for qualified users."
] | 2,003 | OCE | GEO | Oceanographic Technical Services 2003-2005, R/V Cape Hatteras | |
1211142 | Protected areas such as national and state parks and nature reserves play a vital role in biological conservation. They also strongly affect human societies because they entail economic costs and confer social benefits through recreation and provision of natural resources. While numerous studies have focused on how t... | This project is specifically intended to help policy makers and land managers increase the economic efficiency and ecological effectiveness of protected areas. The research will be done in close collaboration with The Natural Conservancy, the largest non-governmental land trust in the U.S. Partnership with this and o... | [
"Protected areas play a vital role in biological conservation.",
"Protected areas affect human societies through economic costs and social benefits.",
"Little research has been done on designing reserves to minimize costs and maximize benefits to local residents or society.",
"The central and southern Appalac... | [
"Investigate how reserve design affects both the natural system within a reserve and the human system outside it.",
"Examine how the costs of delivering improvements in the ecological objectives of protected areas respond to their size.",
"Combine econometric analyses of land acquisitions with analyses of conse... | 2,012 | DEB | BIO | CNH-Ex: The Influence of the Size of Protected Areas on Their Ecological and Economic Effectiveness |
0624627 | Deep-sea seamounts provide benthic habitat in otherwise pelagic realms. Distance, physical oceanography, and life history strategies of seamount fauna combine to make seamounts "islands in the sea." These submerged islands provide model systems to study evolution, endemism, and speciation in the marine environment, jus... | [
"Deep-sea seamounts provide benthic habitat in otherwise pelagic realms.",
"Seamounts act as 'islands in the sea' due to distance, physical oceanography, and life history strategies of seamount fauna.",
"Seamounts provide model systems to study evolution, endemism, and speciation in the marine environment.",
... | [
"Identify and elucidate the extent of co-evolutionary relationships and dispersal processes of four pairs of seamount coral and epifaunal associate species through phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies.",
"Address whether the New England and Corner Rise Seamounts are promoting the formation of sub-species.",
... | 2,006 | OCE | GEO | Collaborative Research: Stepping Stones Across the Atlantic: Co-evolution and Dispersal of Deep-Water Corals and Their Associates on NW Atlantic Seamounts | |
0535112 | In spoken dialog systems, interpreting user speech input is still a significant challenge due to limited speech recognition and language understanding performance. This problem is further amplified if a user has an accent or is speaking in a noisy environment. However, previous research has shown that, in multimodal ... | The technologies to be developed in this interdisciplinary project can be applied to many applications such as virtual training systems where users can see the interface and talk to the computer system at the same time. The technologies will benefit a variety of diverse users, and particularly individuals who are unab... | [
"Interpreting user speech input is still a significant challenge in spoken dialog systems due to limited speech recognition and language understanding performance.",
"The problem of speech interpretation is amplified if a user has an accent or is speaking in a noisy environment.",
"Fusing two or more informatio... | [
"Investigate the role of eye gaze in human machine conversation, particularly in salience modeling for robust spoken language understanding.",
"Improve spoken language understanding in conversational interfaces through a new salience-based framework.",
"Better understand the role of eye gaze in human language p... | 2,005 | IIS | CSE | Eye Gaze in Salience Modeling for Robust Spoken Language Understanding |
1834324 | A longstanding problem in the design of cyber-physical systems is the inability and ineffectiveness in coping with software and hardware evolutions over the lifetime of a design or across multiple versions in the same product family. The objective of this project is to develop a systematic framework for designing exten... | The project's broader significance and importance are (1) enabling engineers to cope with continual changes in cyber-physical design components or operating conditions, thereby significantly reducing redesign and re-verification cost, (2) providing a general framework for designing extensible systems that is applicable... | [
"Many cyber-physical systems today are one-off designs -- systems designed without future changes in mind.",
"A longstanding problem in the design of cyber-physical systems is the inability and ineffectiveness in coping with software and hardware evolutions over the lifetime of a design or across multiple version... | [
"Develop a systematic framework for designing extensible cyber-physical systems that can enable efficient and correct updates with minimal redesign and re-verification efforts.",
"Create a new and unified framework that optimizes system extensibility by addressing both functional correctness and platform feasibil... | 2,018 | CCF | CSE | CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: A Framework for Extensibility-Driven Design of Cyber-Physical Systems |
9415282 | This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Program will provide partial support for the International Conference of Carbon Dioxide Utilization (I.C.C.D.U.) to be held at the University of Oklahoma, April 30-May 4, 1995. Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas is co-chair of the organizing committee and a member ... | [
"This is the third International Conference of Carbon Dioxide Utilization, with previous meetings held in Italy and Japan.",
"This is the first such meeting to be held in the United States.",
"Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas is co-chair of the organizing committee and a member of the international scientific committee.... | [
"Exchange of latest research and development findings pertaining to the utilization of carbon dioxide.",
"Exploration of new developments in using carbon dioxide as a feedstock for industrial chemicals production.",
"Investigation of new technologies for carbon dioxide fixation.",
"Research on the utilization... | 1,994 | CHE | MPS | International Conference of Carbon Dioxide Utilization (April 30 - May 4, 1995) | |
8418392 | While integer programming problems are known to be hard (NP-hard) in general, there is a great practical need to solve such problems. In the last decade or so, operations researchers have looked at integer programming problems from a computational complexity viewpoint and a polynomial time algorithm was devised for any... | [
"Integer programming problems are known to be hard (NP-hard) in general.",
"There is a great practical need to solve integer programming problems.",
"A polynomial time algorithm was devised for integer programming problems with any fixed number of dimensions.",
"The approach involved solving a well-defined pr... | [
"Devise more efficient algorithms for lattice problems.",
"Apply these algorithms to solve integer programming problems.",
"Apply these algorithms to solve other combinatorial optimization problems."
] | 1,984 | ECCS | ENG | Lattice Algorithms and Their Applications to Combinatorial Optimization | |
1248242 | A plasmaspheric plume is a region of dense cold ionospheric plasma extending outward into the magnetosphere from the nominal location of the plasmapause. It has a limited width in azimuth. This study will use and improve the dynamic-fluid-kinetic-plasmasphere-ionosphere (DyFKPI) model. This model combines self-consiste... | While the research is rather narrowly focused on the structure and impact of the plasma plumes the resulting formulas will be valuable in other studies of magnetospheric physics. The grant will support a graduate student. | [
"A plasmaspheric plume is a region of dense cold ionospheric plasma extending outward into the magnetosphere from the nominal location of the plasmapause.",
"Plasmaspheric plumes have a limited width in azimuth.",
"The DyFKPI model combines a fluid based model of the ionosphere with a particle based model of th... | [
"Use and improve the dynamic-fluid-kinetic-plasmasphere-ionosphere (DyFKPI) model.",
"Determine the density distributions of electrons and ions (H+, He+, and O+) along plume magnetic field lines.",
"Provide formulas to determine the density along the flux tube.",
"Quantify the plasmaspheric plasma mass delive... | 2,012 | AGS | GEO | Simulation Studies of Plasmaspheric Plume Density Structure/Ion Composition and Plume Plasma Transport to Dayside Magnetopause and Polar Cap |
0556020 | The powerful computational, experimental and analytical techniques available to engineering researchers in the 21st century will allow geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineers for the first time to model and understand the extremely complex and important phenomenon of swelling of clays. The swelling response of expa... | [
"Swelling of clays is an extremely complex and important phenomenon.",
"Swelling response of expansive clays and development of swelling pressure is a result of complex clay-water interactions.",
"Swelling behavior in expansive clays causes tremendous damage to infrastructure in the United States and around the... | [
"Model the influence of interactions of clay particle-particle, clay-fluid, and interlayer on swelling characteristics in expansive clays.",
"Develop models bridging molecular level clay-fluid interactions to macroscale response of swelling clays using a hierarchical multiscale modeling approach.",
"Use molecul... | 2,005 | CMMI | ENG | Modeling Effect of Molecular Interactions on Evolution of Microstructure and Swelling and Swelling Pressure Responses in Montmorillonite Expansive Clays | |
9020408 | This is a theoretical study of the dynamic processes shaping mantle flow beneath mid-ocean spreading centers. Three dimensional numerical models of flow beneath a spreading center will be constructed to try to explain observed bulls-eye gravity anomalies along slow-spreading ridges and their absence along intermediate ... | [
"Bulls-eye gravity anomalies are observed along slow-spreading ridges.",
"Bulls-eye gravity anomalies are absent along intermediate and fast spreading ridges.",
"Melting has irreversible effects on shaping the density structure of the mantle.",
"Mantle rheology is dependent on spatial factors, temperature, an... | [
"Construct three-dimensional numerical models of flow beneath a spreading center.",
"Attempt to explain observed bulls-eye gravity anomalies along slow-spreading ridges.",
"Attempt to explain the absence of bulls-eye gravity anomalies along intermediate and fast spreading ridges.",
"Include the irreversible e... | 1,990 | OCE | GEO | Three-Dimensional Upwelling Beneath A Mid-Ocean Ridge | |
0920196 | At the molecular level, new proteins have typically been thought to evolve by subtle tweaks of existing proteins, not by radical changes. New genomic data, however, are challenging this traditional view. Genomes are, in fact, dynamic and saltational; genes arise, evolve, and die much more rapidly than previously though... | Improving our understanding of what new genes do, how they arose, or why they emerged will give insight into how organisms genetically respond to environmental pressures. It is increasingly clear that man-made environmental change presents a challenge to all living things, including humans. New genes may be one type of... | [
"New genomic data are challenging the traditional view of protein evolution.",
"Genomes are dynamic and saltational.",
"Genes arise, evolve, and die more rapidly than previously thought.",
"Drosophila are uniquely suited for studies on new gene functions and origins.",
"Scientists have a deep understanding ... | [
"Determine how new genes are formed in Drosophila.",
"Identify the genetic mechanisms underlying the origination of new genes in Drosophila.",
"Investigate how organisms genetically respond to environmental pressures.",
"Explore how genetic potential has been and can be realized in response to environmental c... | 2,009 | MCB | BIO | Collaborative Proposal: De Novo Genes in Drosophila: Functions, Origins, and Polymorphisms |
0916584 | This project studies optimal deployment patterns in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which are those patterns that achieve desired coverage and connectivity requirements with the fewest sensor nodes. The project comprehensively studies them in both theoretical and practical settings for WSNs in 2- and 3-dimensional spa... | This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Deployment is a fundamental issue in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In many missions today, sensors are deployed deterministically in a planned manner. Instances include airport/harbor monitoring, intruder tracking on go... | [
"Deployment is a fundamental issue in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs).",
"In many missions today, sensors are deployed deterministically in a planned manner.",
"Optimal deployment patterns achieve desired coverage and connectivity requirements with the fewest sensor nodes.",
"Knowledge of optimal deployment p... | [
"Explore optimal deployment patterns for 1-coverage and k-connectivity in 2-dimensional space.",
"Explore optimal deployment patterns for connected m-coverage (m > 1) in 2-dimensional space.",
"Explore optimal deployment patterns for connected coverage in 3-dimensional space.",
"Establish theoretical foundati... | 2,009 | CNS | CSE | NeTS: Small: Connected Coverage of Wireless Sensor Networks in Theoretical and Practical Settings |
9303479 | The principal investigator will study embeddings of Cauchy-Riemann manifolds, and their deformations. This subject has ramifications in perturbation theory and singularity theory. He will also study loop spaces on Cauchy-Riemann manifolds in complex geometry. | [
"Embeddings of Cauchy-Riemann manifolds and their deformations have ramifications in perturbation theory and singularity theory.",
"Loop spaces on Cauchy-Riemann manifolds are relevant to complex geometry."
] | [
"Study embeddings of Cauchy-Riemann manifolds.",
"Study deformations of Cauchy-Riemann manifolds.",
"Investigate loop spaces on Cauchy-Riemann manifolds in complex geometry."
] | 1,993 | DMS | MPS | Mathematical Sciences: Research in Several Complex Variablesand Applications | |
9314674 | The potential of osmium isotopic ratios of marine sediments as a geochemical tracer was demonstrated by Pegram et. al. (1992). They showed that there has been a large increase in the 187 Os/186 Os ratio of osmium leached from Pacific red clays over the past 58 million years. They proposed that the leachable osmiu... | [
"Pegram et. al. (1992) demonstrated the potential of osmium isotopic ratios of marine sediments as a geochemical tracer.",
"There has been a large increase in the 187 Os/186 Os ratio of osmium leached from Pacific red clays over the past 58 million years.",
"Leachable osmium is hydrogenous in origin and reflect... | [
"Evaluate the spatial and temporal variability of osmium in sea water by analyzing the hydrogenous (leachable) fraction of marine carbonate sediments.",
"Elucidate the processes that control osmium isotope ratios in the oceans on various time scales.",
"Lay the groundwork for the use of osmium as a tracer for w... | 1,993 | OCE | GEO | Osmium Isotopes as a Paleoweathering Tracer | |
9200230 | The project is to address the area of human-computer interaction. The program will involve bringing ten students (five men and five women) to the university for a ten week period, with follow up in the academic year. The students will be from Nebraska and immediately surrounding areas, with the majority from institutio... | [
"The project addresses human-computer interaction.",
"The program will bring ten students to the university.",
"The student group will consist of five men and five women.",
"The program duration is ten weeks with follow-up in the academic year.",
"Students will be from Nebraska and surrounding areas.",
"T... | [
"Conduct research in the area of human-computer interaction.",
"Explore opportunities for graduate study in the field of human-computer interaction."
] | 1,992 | EIA | CSE | REU SITE: Human-Computer Interaction | |
9903095 | 9903095
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The least understood component of the hydrologic cycle in arid environments is ground water recharge, which is controlled by climate, soils, and vegetation. Lysimeter data support the hypothesis that ground water recharge in arid regions may be more common than previously thought, but high concentra... | [
"Ground water recharge is the least understood component of the hydrologic cycle in arid environments.",
"Ground water recharge is controlled by climate, soils, and vegetation.",
"Lysimeter data suggests ground water recharge in arid regions may be more common than previously thought.",
"High concentration of... | [
"Test the hypothesis that on the La Mesa and Las Canas surfaces in New Mexico, locations with negligible recharge resulting from diffuse recharge mechanisms are intermixed with spots that produce considerable recharge caused by localized recharge and preferential flow.",
"Investigate if low chloride concentration... | 1,999 | EAR | GEO | Collaborative Research: Recharge Enhancement Through Indurated Calcic Horizons? | |
1420255 | This research seeks both to understand the patterns and mechanisms of the diffusion of misinformation on social media and to develop algorithms to automatically detect misinformation as events unfold. Taking a novel and transformative approach, this project aims to utilize the collective intelligence of the crowd - the... | [
"Individuals increasingly utilize social media to disseminate, search for and curate event-related information during natural disasters and other hazard events.",
"Eyewitness accounts of event impacts can be shared by those on the scene in a matter of seconds.",
"The spread of misinformation via social media wa... | [
"Characterize the dynamics of misinformation flow online during crisis events.",
"Develop a machine learning strategy for automatically identifying misinformation by leveraging the collective intelligence of the crowd.",
"Identify distinctive behavioral patterns of social media users in both spreading and chall... | 2,014 | IIS | CSE | CHS: Small: Detecting Misinformation Flows in Social Media Spaces During Crisis Events | |
8916046 | Professor Stuart Rice is supported by a grant from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program to continue his theoretical research involving dynamical selectivity of molecular processes, particularly those which are related to product formation in chemical reactions. Such studies will help in the development o... | [
"Professor Stuart Rice is supported by a grant from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program.",
"The research involves dynamical selectivity of molecular processes.",
"The research is particularly related to product formation in chemical reactions.",
"The Tannor-Rice scheme exists for controlling t... | [
"Continue theoretical research involving dynamical selectivity of molecular processes.",
"Develop experimental techniques to influence the course of chemical reactions using pulsed laser excitation.",
"Refine and extend the Tannor-Rice scheme for controlling product formation selectivity in chemical reactions."... | 1,989 | CHE | MPS | Studies of Dynamical Selectivity | |
9505932 | The PI will continue to use 6 unpowered submarine telephone Pacific cables and add 3 new ones to study the deep electrical structure of the earth, improve our understanding of the ocean's response to wind forcing, space physics, and the dynamo mechanism in the earth's core, as well as investigate the mid-mantle electri... | [
"The PI has been using 6 unpowered submarine telephone Pacific cables for research.",
"3 new submarine cables will be added to the existing 6.",
"Submarine cables can be used to study the deep electrical structure of the earth.",
"Submarine cables can be used to study the ocean's response to wind forcing.",
... | [
"Study the deep electrical structure of the earth.",
"Improve understanding of the ocean's response to wind forcing.",
"Investigate space physics.",
"Investigate the dynamo mechanism in the earth's core.",
"Investigate the mid-mantle electrical structure of the Pacific basin."
] | 1,995 | EAR | GEO | Planetary Scale Geoelectric Measurements Using Abandoned Submarine Cables | |
0600830 | Hacking's research focuses on moduli spaces of algebraic surfaces.
These spaces are known to have complicated singularities in
general. However, Hacking proposes to describe fundamental
examples which are well-behaved and understand the many new
phenomena which do not occur for moduli of curves. Jointly with
Keel and T... | Algebraic geometry is the study of algebraic varieties, i.e.,
spaces defined by polynomial equations. Many of the spaces arising
in nature are algebraic varieties, so algebraic geometry is
important in theoretical physics. A moduli space is a space
parametrising all varieties of a given topological type. Moduli
spaces ... | [
"Moduli spaces of algebraic surfaces have complicated singularities in general.",
"Hacking has shown that the moduli space of curves is rigid (cannot be deformed).",
"Moduli spaces of curves have been intensively studied and are of fundamental importance in many contexts.",
"Moduli spaces of surfaces are poor... | [
"Describe fundamental examples of well-behaved moduli spaces of algebraic surfaces.",
"Understand new phenomena that do not occur for moduli of curves.",
"Describe natural compactifications of the moduli spaces of del Pezzo surfaces (jointly with Keel and Tevelev).",
"Construct an explicit example of deformat... | 2,006 | DMS | MPS | Moduli problems in algebraic geometry |
1202833 | This proposal will test the series of hypotheses that bats use adaptive beamforming for echolocation and that this adaptive beam provides more tracking information than a stationary transmit beam. The project will use a combination of biological, behavioral, acoustic, engineering, signal processing and statistical tech... | As part of the project, the postdoctoral fellow will create a bioacoustic curriculum on the biological, physiological, and ecological characteristics of bats that includes acoustic files and spectrograms and students will be encouraged via inquiry-based approaches to create bioacoustic experiments and mathematically in... | [
"Bats use echolocation for tracking.",
"The big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) uses echolocation.",
"A high-resolution, multi-element microphone array can measure echolocation beams from bats.",
"The Cramér-Rao Lower Bound can be used to determine tracking accuracy for transmit beams."
] | [
"Test the hypothesis that bats use adaptive beamforming for echolocation.",
"Test the hypothesis that adaptive beams provide more tracking information than stationary transmit beams.",
"Investigate adaptive beamforming in the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus).",
"Measure echolocation beams from stationary and ... | 2,012 | DBI | BIO | NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2012 |
0615347 | This project aims to assist the development of future embedded systems by automating the optimization process, thus allowing system developers to focus on functionality and spend much less time worrying about resource constraints such as limited memory or power. In particular, the project is creating a reusable optimiz... | Embedded systems have historically executed on primitive hardware and consequently have had limited functionality. Hardware developments have led to much more powerful platforms, and industrial and consumer demands have led to more powerful applications. This in turn has resulted in the delivery and use of systems that... | [
"Embedded systems have historically executed on primitive hardware with limited functionality.",
"Hardware developments have led to more powerful platforms for embedded systems.",
"Industrial and consumer demands have led to more powerful applications for embedded systems.",
"Many embedded systems now contain... | [
"Create a reusable optimization framework for entire embedded systems (applications, library programs, and operating system kernel).",
"Develop techniques to ensure complete knowledge of application/kernel interactions using profiling and static analysis.",
"Optimize embedded systems to reduce code size, execut... | 2,006 | CNS | CSE | CSR---EHS: A Framework for Optimizing Embedded Systems |
0902882 | This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
Does global warming increase the vigor of the hydrological cycle? This question forms the overall research theme of this study, which investigates the role of hydrological cycle feedbacks in climate change using a combinat... | [
"Global warming may increase the vigor of the hydrological cycle.",
"The early Paleogene, particularly the Early and Middle Eocene Climatic Optima and the Eocene-Oligocene transition, were periods of extreme climate.",
"Proxy reconstructions and Earth System Models can be used to investigate climate change.",
... | [
"Investigate the role of hydrological cycle feedbacks in climate change.",
"Examine if global warming is associated with poleward extension of the Hadley circulation and subtropical dry zones.",
"Study if mid-latitude storm tracks move poleward, carrying precipitation, water vapor, and latent heat.",
"Analyze... | 2,009 | OCE | GEO | Collaborative Research: Integrating proxies and Earth System Models to elucidate water cycle dynamics:Did global warming cause an enhanced hydrological cycle in the Eocene? | |
1907700 | This award provides support for planning, organization and execution of a proposal-writing workshop to assist young faculty attending joint 47th Society of Manufacturing Engineers North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) and the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2019). The atte... | [
"The award supports a proposal-writing workshop at the 47th SME NAMRC and ASME MSEC 2019.",
"The workshop is designed for young faculty and graduate students aspiring to academic careers.",
"Quality proposals result in quality research, knowledgeable faculty, and a well-trained workforce.",
"Advanced manufact... | [
"Identify approaches for successful research and education in addressing technological and scientific challenges in advanced manufacturing.",
"Help potential principal investigators write and submit quality proposals to NSF.",
"Foster partnerships and stimulate meaningful research collaborations among young and... | 2,019 | CMMI | ENG | Workshop/Collaborative Research: NSF Proposal Writing Workshop at 47th SME NAMRC and ASME MSEC; Erie, Pennsylvania; June 10, 2019 | |
9116956 | The problem of fluid flow within the Earth's core, and its resulting dynamo-generating capability, will be investigated from a new point of view, relying on a specific model of the fully developed flow in the core driven by compositionally buoyant fluid released at the base of the outer core as the iron-rich inner core... | [
"The Earth's core contains fluid flow.",
"The Earth's core has dynamo-generating capability.",
"The inner core of the Earth is iron-rich and continues to solidify.",
"The outer core releases compositionally buoyant fluid at its base.",
"The outer layer of the inner core is partially molten.",
"The Earth's... | [
"Investigate fluid flow within the Earth's core from a new perspective.",
"Study a specific model of fully developed flow in the core driven by compositionally buoyant fluid.",
"Examine the nature of flow driven by small-scale compositionally buoyant plumes and blobs in a rotating, electrically conducting fluid... | 1,991 | EAR | GEO | Study of Buoyant Hydromagnetic Flow in Rotating Fluids | |
0222879 | This is a collaborative project involving University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Boston University. The project will build, deploy, test and package a middleware-oriented distributed account management system. The system supports the information exchange between grid-enabled systems that are necessary to impl... | [
"This is a collaborative project involving University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Boston University.",
"The ability to manage user accounts, provide access control over resources, manage allocations and generate usage reports in a distributed fashion is critical to the expansion of the grid.",
"The prop... | [
"Build, deploy, test and package a middleware-oriented distributed account management system.",
"Implement distributed account management, resource allocation, usage accounting, and monitoring functions in a heterogeneous grid environment.",
"Couple the system to a grid transactions system to form a completely ... | 2,002 | OAC | CSE | Collaborative Research: Distributed Account Management Middleware | |
2102232 | With the support of the Chemical Catalysis program in the Division of Chemistry, Professor Scott E. Denmark at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will conduct research to develop new methods for selective difunctionalizations of alkenes. Addition to alkenes and other unsaturated compounds is among the oldes... | [
"Addition to alkenes and other unsaturated compounds is among the oldest and most reliable transformations in organic chemistry.",
"Controlling reaction selectivity remains a challenge in organic chemistry.",
"There is a growing number of complex natural products, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical compounds cont... | [
"Develop new methods for selective difunctionalizations of alkenes.",
"Address challenges in the design of enantioselective difunctionalization processes through a mechanism-based approach.",
"Provide an alternative approach to alkene functionalization rooted in Main Group redox catalysis.",
"Construct the me... | 2,021 | CHE | MPS | Leveraging Main-Group Redox Catalysis for Enantioselective Alkene Difunctionalization | |
1550501 | This award provides funds for an early career development exercise using the Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin. The training will include a series of half-day, mini-courses on various aspects of Alvin dive operations, cruise planning and execution, and strategies for crafting successful Alvin proposals. The mini-courses wil... | [
"The award provides funds for an early career development exercise using the Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin.",
"The training includes a series of half-day, mini-courses on Alvin dive operations, cruise planning and execution, and proposal strategies.",
"Participants will have the opportunity to take part in a hal... | [
"Explore how participants' specific research objectives can be accomplished with Alvin.",
"Gain an appreciation for the field of view from the submersible during simulated dives.",
"Understand the time it takes to conduct manipulations for sampling and sensor/experiment deployment.",
"Learn about the responsi... | 2,015 | OCE | GEO | Alvins New Users Workshop | |
9014601 | The objective of this research is the development of a marine boundary layer model, which includes turbulent exchange, radiation, and teh micorphysical structure of low (stratocumulus) clouds, to investigate the diurnal evolution of these clouds which form along the coast of California. | [
"Low (stratocumulus) clouds form along the coast of California.",
"Marine boundary layer includes turbulent exchange, radiation, and microphysical structure of low clouds.",
"Stratocumulus clouds exhibit diurnal evolution."
] | [
"Develop a marine boundary layer model that includes turbulent exchange, radiation, and microphysical structure of low clouds.",
"Investigate the diurnal evolution of stratocumulus clouds along the coast of California using the developed model."
] | 1,990 | AGS | GEO | The Role of Radiation in the Diurnal Variations of the Marine Stratus Near the Shoreline | |
1054150 | The separation of CO2 from light gases is a very important environmental and energy issue. The state-of-the-art process for the purification of CO2 uses amine adsorption, which is a complex, and costly approach. Membrane separation technology is far less expensive and requires less energy consumption. Although polymeri... | A parallel objective of this proposal is to effectively integrate the proposed research activities with education and outreach programs to provide significant educational opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate and community levels. The educational outreach of the proposed career plan spans from a dual level cours... | [
"The state-of-the-art process for the purification of CO2 uses amine adsorption, which is complex and costly.",
"Membrane separation technology is less expensive and requires less energy consumption than amine adsorption.",
"Polymeric and zeolite membranes can separate CO2 from light gases.",
"Zeolitic imidaz... | [
"Demonstrate the potential of ZIFs as membranes for the separation of CO2 from light gases.",
"Establish a fundamental science program for the rational design of ZIF membranes for CO2 purification from light gases.",
"Develop chemical synthesis strategies to modify the pore structure and functionality of ZIF me... | 2,010 | CBET | ENG | PECASE: Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membranes. Novel Materials for Carbon Dioxide Capture. |
9113073 | This proposal seeks funds to acquire a research microscope, computer, and digitizer to continue research into siliceous microfossils. The equipment will be used initially for a shore-based study associated with Ocean Drilling Program Leg 138 to the east Pacific to study silicoflagellates and minor microorganism groups.... | [
"The proposal is for acquiring a research microscope, computer, and digitizer.",
"The equipment will be used for studying siliceous microfossils.",
"The initial study is associated with Ocean Drilling Program Leg 138 to the east Pacific.",
"The study will focus on silicoflagellates and minor microorganism gro... | [
"Study changes in silicoflagellate skeletal morphology during the Miocene and Pliocene.",
"Compare changes in silicoflagellate skeletal morphology to changes in the surrounding environment.",
"Investigate other siliceous microfossil groups, such as sponge spicules.",
"Conduct a shore-based study associated wi... | 1,991 | OCE | GEO | RUI: Acquisition of a Microscope and Associated Equipment for the Study of Siliceous Microfossils | |
1649199 | The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Iowa State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas at El Paso, Michigan State University, University of Georgia and University of California, Los Angeles will lead this Design and Development Launch Pilot to build the foundation for a national alliance that will pr... | The full participation of all of America's STEM talent is critical to the advancement of science and engineering for national security, health and prosperity. Our nation is advancing knowledge and practices to address a STEM achievement and the graduation gap between undergraduate STEM students who are women and men, ... | [
"The project is led by seven universities: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Iowa State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas at El Paso, Michigan State University, University of Georgia and University of California, Los Angeles.",
"The project is created by members of the Center for the Integr... | [
"Build the foundation for a national alliance to prepare new national STEM faculty able to use evidence-based teaching, mentoring and advising practices.",
"Deepen the preparation of future STEM faculty in teaching, mentoring and advising practices that promote the success of undergraduates who are women and URMs... | 2,016 | RISE | GEO | Collaborative Research: CIRTL INCLUDES - Toward an Alliance to Prepare a National Faculty for Broadening Success of Underrepresented 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Students |
9701745 | 9701745 CARLSON Snails placed in the subfamily Nassariinae represent a significant portion of present-day snail diversity. Hundreds of living species are known; in addition, hundreds of species appear in a fossil record of at least 60 million years in age. The geneaology (phylogenetic history) of nassariine gastr... | [
"Snails in the subfamily Nassariinae represent a significant portion of present-day snail diversity.",
"Hundreds of living nassariine species are known.",
"Hundreds of nassariine species appear in a fossil record of at least 60 million years in age.",
"The genealogy (phylogenetic history) of nassariine gastro... | [
"Reconstruct the phylogenetic history or family tree of the subfamily Nassariinae.",
"Combine analysis of shell and anatomical traits with a comparative analysis of the fossil history of nassariine species.",
"Obtain representatives of each major nassariine group from museum collections and examine them for inf... | 1,997 | DEB | BIO | Dissertation Research: The Effect of Stratocladistics on the Phylogenetic Analysis of Nassariine Gastropods | |
1041775 | This RAPID (Rapid Response) project is a collaborative effort by scientists from University at Buffalo (UB), the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks (UAF-GI) and University to make an attempt to model the ash dispersal due to the volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, that has wreaked... | [
"The Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption in Iceland has disrupted European aviation since April 14, 2010.",
"The volcanic ash plume is considered a serious hazard to aircraft, potentially damaging jet engines and abrading airplane leading edges.",
"Past Eyjafjallajokull eruptions have lasted for over one year.",... | [
"Model the ash dispersal from the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption.",
"Use ensemble forecasting to develop probabilistic ash cloud maps at different times.",
"Hindcast the motion of the Eyjafjallajokull ash cloud from April 14, 2010, using the 'Puff' simulation code.",
"Determine output variability due to u... | 2,010 | EAR | GEO | RAPID RESEARCH: Particle Trajectories in Volcanic Plumes: Tracking the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull Plume |
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