Grants 2002

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External Grants Awarded to Faculty in 2002

Award Recipient	Michelle Bushey, Chemistry.
Funding Agency	American Chemical Society/ Petroleum Research Fund
Award Amount	$50,000
Date of Notification	12/15/02
Period of Award Activity	1/1/03 - 8/31/06
Purpose of Award	Undergraduate research in chemistry and bio-chemistry.
Other Details	Porous Polymer Monoliths for Capillary Electrochromatography

Award Recipient	Richard Reed, Anthropology and Sociology.
Funding Agency	Texas Council for the Humanities
Award Amount	$4,710
Date of Notification	12/11/02
Period of Award Activity	1/1/03 - 4/1/03
Purpose of Award	Working with the Witte Museum and the Museo Americano, Trinity will sponsor discussions and performances of the corridos of Lydia Mendoza.
Other Details	La Voz de la Londra: Rediscovering Women's Voice in Corrido

Award Recipient	Scott Chapman, Mathematics.
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation
Award Amount	$12,426
Date of Notification	11/22/02
Period of Award Activity	6/1/03 - 6/14/03
Purpose of Award	To enable 6 undergraduates to undertake collaborative research in Austria.
Other Details	The Trinity-Graz Mathematics Project: An International Research Experience on Zero-Sum Problems for Undergraduates in Austria

Award Recipient	Scott Chapman, Allen Holder, Julio R. Hasfura-Buenaga & Vadim Ponomarenko. Mathematics.
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation
Award Amount	$71,197
Date of Notification	11/20/02
Period of Award Activity	6/1/01 - 5/31/04
Purpose of Award	Renewal: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Mathematics
Other Details	Research areas include Abstract Algebra, Difference Equations, Discrete Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Programming, Combinatorics, and Number Theory.

Award Recipient	Department of Chemistry.
Funding Agency	The Welch Foundation
Award Amount	$120,000
Date of Notification	11/12/02
Period of Award Activity	6/1/03 - 5/31/06
Purpose of Award	To support faculty research and to provide opportunities for students to study chemistry in less structured ways.
Other Details	Each year, 7 undergraduates will receive scholarships to pursue 10-week research projects in chemistry.

Award Recipient	Paul Kelleher, Education.
Funding Agency	The Meadows Foundation
Award Amount	$225,000
Date of Notification	11/11/02
Period of Award Activity	8/1/03 - 7/31/05
Purpose of Award	Professional development for San Antonio teachers.
Other Details	Mentoring for first year teachers to improve retention rates; professional development labs in schools; training and support for teachers to apply for National Board certification

Award Recipient	Chris Pursell, Chemistry.
Funding Agency	The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Award Amount	$60,000
Date of Notification	10/30/02
Period of Award Activity	6/1/03 - 5/31/07
Purpose of Award	Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Other Details	Heterogeneous Chemistry on solid films of nitric acid, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide.

Award Recipient	Michelle Bushey, Chemistry.
Funding Agency	The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Award Amount	$100,000
Date of Notification	10/22/02
Period of Award Activity	8/1/03 - 7/31/05
Purpose of Award	Scholar-Fellow Award for research and mentoring.
Other Details	Porous Polymer Monoliths for Capillary Electrochromatography

Award Recipient	Brooks Hill & Tim Francis, Speech and Drama.
Funding Agency	The Ann Bradshaw Stokes Foundation
Award Amount	$5,000
Date of Notification	7/29/02
Period of Award Activity	8/1/02 - 5/31/03
Purpose of Award	To purchase theater equipment
Other Details	To help modernize the department's lighting system.

Award Recipient	Fred Loxsom, Physics.
Funding Agency	Associated Colleges of the South (Environmental Program.)
Award Amount	$1,740
Date of Notification	7/21/02
Period of Award Activity	9/1/02 - 5/31/03
Purpose of Award	To develop a physics course on global sustainable development.
Other Details	Collaboration with Barry Allen in the Environmental Studies Dept. at Rollins College.

Award Recipient	Paul Kelleher, Education.
Funding Agency	Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Award Amount	$15,000
Date of Notification	6/27/02
Period of Award Activity	9/02 - 3/04
Purpose of Award	To enable Trinity Faculty from all disciplines to offer seminars for area K-12 teachers.
Other Details	Teachers as Scholars grant.

Award Recipient	Claudia Stokes, English.
Funding Agency	The Gilder-Lehrman Institute
Award Amount	$2,000
Date of Notification	6/23/02
Period of Award Activity	7/1/02 - 8/1/02
Purpose of Award	For study of the Brander Mathews collection at the Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Archive.
Other Details	This research is part of a book project: The Production of American Literary History, 1880-1915

Award Recipient	Robert Blystone, Biology.
Funding Agency	U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Award Amount	$100,000
Date of Notification	6/15/02
Period of Award Activity	7/1/02 - 4/30/05
Purpose of Award	To research the effects of microwave radiation on live tissue. 4 Trinity undergraduates will be involved in this research.
Other Details	Part of a larger project at Brooks Air Force Base.

Award Recipient	John D. Spence, Chemistry.
Funding Agency	American Chemical Society
Award Amount	$35,000
Date of Notification	5/9/02
Period of Award Activity	9/1/02 - 8/31/04
Purpose of Award	To support faculty research with undergraduate students.
Other Details	Research on: Azacalix[4]arenes: Nitrogen-Bridged Analogs of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene

Award Recipient	Carl Leafstedt, Music.
Funding Agency	National Endowment for the Humanities
Award Amount	$5,000
Date of Notification	4/15/02
Period of Award Activity	6/1/02-8/1/02
Purpose of Award	Research in Music History
Other Details	Study of Bartok in America, 1940-45.

Award Recipients	PI: David Ribble, Biology. CO-PI: Mark Brodl, Lawrence Espey, Brenda Rushing, & Nelson Young, Biology.
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation
Award Amount	$102,142
Date of Notification	4/15/02
Period of Award Activity	8/1/02 -8/1/05
Purpose of Award	Major Research Instrumentation
Other Details	Multi-User equipment: for Image-acquisition instrument.

Award Recipients	Don Miller, Biology & William Webster (TU undergraduate.)
Funding Agency	Council on Undergraduate Research
Award Amount	$3,500
Date of Notification	3/15/02
Period of Award Activity	5/1/02 - 6/30/02
Purpose of Award	To involve undergraduate students in significant research.
Other Details	Project on the evolution of social behaviors; study of aphids.

Award Recipients	Don Miller, Biology & John Greene, Physical Plant.
Funding Agency	Associated Colleges of the South/ Rasmussen Foundation.
Award Amount	$1,400.
Date of Notification	2/28/02
Period of Award Activity	5/1/02 - 6/30/02
Purpose of Award	To establish an ACS Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability
Other Details	Expands and studies the campus recycling program in tandem with Centre College, KY.

Award Recipients	Nancy Mills, Chemistry. Bill Kurtin, Chemistry. Mark Brodl, Biology. Michelle Bushey, Chemistry. Jon King, Biology. John Spence, Chemistry. Ned Young, Biology.
Funding Agency	Merck Corporation/ American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Award Amount	$60,000
Date of Notification	2/15/02
Period of Award Activity	5/1/02 to 4/30/05
Purpose of Award	To formalize research collaboration between Chemistry and Biology.
Other Details	The grant involves three different projects, each of which will be overseen by one pair of scientists. Funds are for student stipends, supplies, housing, and travel to meetings.

Award Recipients	Jeff Lawson & Allen Holder, Mathematics.
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation/ Intermath
Award Amount	$10,000
Date of Notification	1/15/02
Period of Award Activity	6/1/02 - 6/1/05
Purpose of Award	Curriculum Reform in Mathematics
Other Details	Combined Grant for Mathematics and Engineering

Award Recipients	Barbara MacAlpine, Library.
Funding Agency	National Endowment for the Humanities
Award Amount	$1,000
Date of Notification	1/10/02
Period of Award Activity	2/1/02- 8/31/02
Purpose of Award	To enable the traveling "Frankenstein" exhibition to come to Trinity.

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