URAF RECIPIENTS 2011-2012
| Summer Research Awards and Fellowships | |
| Arts and Humanities | |
| Roberto Padilla, II | War in the Times of Cholera: Conceptualizations of a Disease During the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1894-1895) |
| Parama Sarkar | The Indian Writer as Indo-Chic: Recent Trends in the Marketing and Cultural Consumption of Indian/South Asian Women's Writing |
| Ben Stroud | Uncertainty in the Borgias' Rome: Researching and Drafting Caput Mundi |
| William Barry Whittaker | Body Language: An International Collaborative Game |
| Social Sciences | |
| Mark Gleim | Does the Green Shoe Fit? Taking Steps to Ensure a Successful Green Marketing Strategy |
| Sachin Modi | Employment Compensation Level, Services Sourcing and Hospital Performance |
| Alexey Petkevich | Sources of Momentum in Bonds |
| Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering | |
| Liangbo Hu | A Numerical Model for Soil-Pipeline Interaction |
| Dragan Isailovic | Visible-Wavelength MALDI-MS Imaging Under Atmospheric Pressure |
| Rong Liu | Efficient Estimation of Error Distribution Function in Autoregressive Model |
| Brian Pietrosimone | Shifting Paradigms in Nonsurgical Knee Osteoarthritis Treatments |
| deArce-Koch Memorial Endowment Fund in Support of Medical Research and Development | |
| Deborah Chadee | MLK4 Beta Regulation of MAPK Signaling and Cell Invasion |
| Nicholas Chiaia & Bryan Yamamoto |
Neurotoxicity of Amphetamine Derivatives and Impact on Cortical Development |
| Viviana Ferreira | Properdin-Mediated Complement Activation on Platelets: Role in Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease |
| Jennifer Hill | Leptin Signaling in POMC Neurons Regulates HDL Cholesterol Metabolism |
| Donald Ronning | Understanding and Inhibiting Genome Structural organization in Mycobacteria |
| Biomedical Innovation Research Program | |
| Kenneth Hensley | Developing Small Molecules to Boost CRMP2 Function in Neurodisease |
| Stanislaw Stepkowski | Induction of Complete Tolerance to Islet Allografts in Type 1 Diabetic Recipients |
| Interdisciplinary Research Initiation Program | |
| Sridhar Viamajala Sasidhar Varanasi Kana Yamamoto Dragan Isailovic |
Fuels and Products from Alkaliphilic Microalgae |
| Michael Tevald Charles Armstrong Brian Pietrosimone Jason Levine Kafai Lai |
Power Training and Knee Osteoarthritis |
| Visiting Faculty Researcher Program | |
| Liangbo Hu | Investigating Seabed Soil-Pipe Interaction of Oil/Gas Pipelines |
| Ming-Cheh Liu | Biochemistry and Structural Biology of a Highly Conserved Brain Sulfotransferase |
| Viranga Tillekeratne | Characterization and Semisynthetic Modifications of Bioactive Cytochalasins |
| Eda Yildirim-Ayan | Novel Plasma Device for Cell Activation/Deactivation in 3D Tissue-like Microenvironment |
| Phase 0 SBIR/STTR Program | |
| Lingfeng Wang | Intelligent Control and Optimization of Geothermal Heat Pump Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings |
| Richard Becker | Algorithm Development for Satellite Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll-A, Cyanobacteria and Phosphorus |