Partial List of External Grants Awarded to Faculty in 2001
Listed by most recent date of award.
| Award Recipients | Nancy Mills, Chemistry |
| Funding Agency | National Science Foundation |
| Award Amount | $103,710 |
| Date of Notification | 12/26/01 |
| Period of Award Activity | 6/1/02 to 4/30/04 |
| Purpose of Award | To establish a Regional NMR Site at Trinity University |
| Other Details | With the purchase of a Varian Mercury 300 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer, we have created a regional NMR site by which six two- and four-year colleges and universities in the San Antonio region with no previous access to NMR instrumentation have easy and effective access to one which is housed at and maintained by Trinity University. |
| Award Recipients | Dan Spiegel, Physics |
| Funding Agency | American Chemical Society |
| Award Amount | $40,600 |
| Date of Notification | 11/9/01 |
| Period of Award Activity | 9/1/02 - 8/31/05 |
| Purpose of Award | Type B Research Grant from Petroleum Research Fund |
| Other Details | Spatially Periodic Forcing of Chemical Systems Using Laser-Induced Gratings. |
| Award Recipients | Thomas Gardner, Geosciences |
| Funding Agency | Keck Foundation |
| Award Amount | $57,960 |
| Date of Notification | 11/1/01 |
| Period of Award Activity | 6/1/02-5/31-03 |
| Purpose of Award | Late Neogene and Quaternary tectonics and landscape evolution along the southeastern Australian passive margin, Cape Liptrap, Australia |
| Other Details |
| Award Recipients | Bert Chandler, Chemistry. |
| Funding Agency | American Chemical Society |
| Award Amount | $35,000. |
| Date of Notification | 11/9/01 |
| Period of Award Activity | 9/1/02 - 8/31/04 |
| Purpose of Award | Type G Starter grant from Petroleum Research Fund |
| Other Details | Dendrimer Templates for Size and Composition. |
| Award Recipients | Bert Chandler & Michelle Bushey, Chemistry |
| Funding Agency | National Science Foundation |
| Award Amount | $72,000 |
| Date of Notification | September 7, 2001 |
| Period of Award Activity | 10/1/01 - 7/31/04 |
| Purpose of Award | To purchase a Chemisorption-Physisorption Surface Area and Pore Size Analyzer. |
| Other Details | This equipment will be used to fully characterize new supported bimetallic catalysts. In addition, student researchers at this predominantly undergraduate institution will be exposed to fundamental concepts of solid state and materials chemistry. |
| Award Recipients | Dan Spiegel, Physics |
| Funding Agency | National Science Foundation |
| Award Amount | $116,811 |
| Date of Notification | 8/27/01 |
| Period of Award Activity | 9/1/01 - 8/31/04 |
| Purpose of Award | To enhance the undergraduate research environment. |
| Other Details | RUI: Forced Rayleigh scattering on heterogeneous liquid crystals: Directional solidification at forced wavevectors. |