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In academic year 2005-06, sponsors awarded $15,454,165 to SMU for direct and indirect costs of research and sponsored projects. Totals in previous years were $14,675,605 in 2004-05, $19,658,689 in 2003-04, and $13,752,118 in 2002-03.

Funding sources for the $15,454,165were federal agencies, $13,346,356 (86.4%); foundations, $1,152,456 (7.5%); corporations, $748,690
(4.8%) ; state and local governments, $82,528 (0.5%) ; and other, $124,135 (0.8%).

Dedman College received $9,583,820 in 7 awards; the School of Engineering, $3,428,675 in 40 awards; the School of Education and Human Development, $1,576,562 in eight awards; Dedman School of Law, $742,108 in one award; and Meadows School of the Arts, $18,000 in two awards. Nonacademic departments reporting to the Provost Office and others received a total of $105,000.

Of the 86 project directors/investigators, 52 received $100,000 or more in aggregate funding. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Alfredo Armendariz, Environmental and Civil Engineering, “Control of Workplace Diesel Exhaust Particulate, National Institutes of Health

John Attanasio, Law, “Rule of Law Forum, U.S. Small Business Administration

Bruce Ayati, Mathematics, “Computational Methods and Software for StructuredMultiscaleModels of Tumor Invasion, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Edward Biehl, Chemistry, “Investigation of Certain Aspects of Benzyne Chemistry and “Synthesis of New Poly-Sulfur-Nitrogen
Heterocycles via the Reaction of Trithiadiazapyne with Heterodienes,The Welch Foundation

David Blackwell, Geological Sciences, “Dixie Valley Nevada Geothermal System Report and “Geothermal Resource Studies, Department of Energy

Jerome Butler, Electrical Engineering, “Nano-Patterned, Phase Shift Insensitive, 2-Dimensional Photonic Lattice Out coupler for Grating
Surface Emitting Lasers, NSF

Jerome Butler and Marc Christensen, Electrical Engineering, “Quantum Well Intermixing for Reduction of Absorption, Air Force

Jerome Butler and Gary Evans, Electrical Engineering, “SMU Laser Diode Modeling Development, Northrop Grumman; and “Grating Out coupler and Quantum well Optimization for GSE Lasers, NSF

John Buynak, Chemistry, “Design and Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Medicinally Important Enzymes and “Rational and Combinatorial
Approaches to Protease Inhibition, The Welch Foundation

Marc Christensen, Electrical Engineering, “Quantum Cryptography STTR,
Photodigm Inc., Air Force; “Processing Arrays of Nygiost-Limited Observations to Produce abin Electro- Optic Sensor, Navy;
and “Quantum Encryption Phase II STTR/ Photodigm Inc., NSF

Marc Christensen and Jerome Butler, Electrical Engineering,
“Dispersion Guided Photonic Crystal Backgound, Photodigm Inc./Air Force

Scott Douglas, Electrical Engineering, “Source
Separation (also, Modification I), Central Intelligence Agency; “Launching the Texas Engineering Education Pipeline: Deploying
the Infinity Project Statewide, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Ping Gui, Electrical Engineering, and Jingbo Ye, Physics, “be U.S. Atlas Research Program: Empowering U.S. Universities for Discoveries at the Energy Frontier, NSF

Richard Gunst and William Schucany, Statistical Science, “Gulf War Illness Research Program, Department of Defense; “Biostatistical
Research Interns, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Eugene Herrin and Paul Golden, Geological Sciences,
“Ongoing Operations and Maintenance of the International Monitoring System Primary Seismic Array PS47 (NVAR) Located
Near Mina, NV USA (Subcontract between University of Mississippi and SMU), Army; “Operation and Maintenance of the TXAR Array,
Air Force; “The Operation and Maintenance of bree IMS Primary Seismic Arrays, Comprehensive Testban Treaty Organization

Richard Jones, Biological Sciences, “Polycomb-Group Genes and Gene Regulation,” National Institutes of Health

Ernest Jouriles and Renee McDonald, Psychology, “Domestic Violence and Child Aggression,” National Institutes of Health; “Family Violence and the
SMU Family Research Center” and “Project SUPPORT: Reducing Mental Health Problems Among Children Exposed to Domestic
Violence,” Department of Justice

Jeffery Kennington and Eli Olinick, Engineering Management, Information and Systems, “Discrete Optimization Models and Efficient Algorithms for Designing Reliable Optical Networks,” Navy

 
Funding Sources Distribution Of Funds
A Federal $13,346,356 (86.4%)
B Foundations $1,152,456 (7.5%)
C Corporations $748,690 (4.8%)
D State Local/$82,528 (0.5%)
E Other $124,135 (0.8%)
A Dedman College $9,583,820
B Engineering $3,428,675
C Education and Human
Development $1,576,562
D Law $742,108
E Provost Office $105,000
F Arts Local/$18,000


Radovan Kovacevic, Mechanical Engineering, “Collaborative Research Proposal for Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing,” NSF; “Development of Multi-Fabrication Manufacturing Technology,” National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; “Fellowship Program in Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing,” Department of Education

Paul Krueger, Mechanical Engineering, “Collaborative Research: Ontogenetic Changes in Swimming Squid: An Integrative Examination of Jet Structure and Muscular Mechanics (collaborating with New York Institute of Technology)” and “Hydro and Aerodynamic Pulsed Jet Micro propulsion,” NSF

Patricia Mathes, Institute for Reading Research, “NCEE-English Language
Acquisition Evaluation Research Program (Project ELLA),” Department of Education

Patricia Mathes, Jill Allor, and Ian Harris, Institute for Reading Research, “Maximizing Literacy Learning Among Children with Mild to Moderate Mental Retardation (ProjectMaximize),” Department of Education

Patricia Mathes and Deborah Diffily, Institute for Reading Research, “Texas Instruments Model Demonstration 2005-06,” Texas Instruments Foundation

Peter Moore, Vladimir Ajaev, Zhangxin Chen, Bruce Ayati, and Johannes Tausch, Mathematics, “Acquisition of Scientific Computing Equipment: Enhancing Research in Applied Mathematics and Computation,” NSF

Sukumaran Nair, Computer Science and Engineering, “Nano-Security Initiative with a Focus on Nano-Sensors,” Department of Commerce; “Traffic Engineering and Security for Metro- Ethernet,” Alcatel USA

William Orr, Biological Sciences, “bioredoxin Peroxidases, Oxidative Stress, and Aging” and “Glutathione, Oxidative Stress, and Aging,” National Institutes of Health

Geoffrey Orsak and Tammy Richards, Electrical Engineering, “To Create a Larger, More Diverse, and Better Prepared Pool
of Students Pursuing and Completing Engineering Degrees,” National Instruments Foundation; “To Create a Larger, More Diverse,
and Better Prepared Pool of Students Pursuing Math, Science, and Engineering Degrees,” Houston Indowment Inc.

Geoffrey Orsak and Betsy Willis, Electrical Engineering, “High Heels- High Tech Workshop,” Dallas Women’s Foundation

William Pulte, Literacy/Language Acquisition, “Master’s Program in Bilingual Education with Gifted and Talented Focus” and “Supplemental Certification in Bilingual Education,” Department of Education

Svetlana Radyuk, Biological Sciences, “The Role of Peroxiredoxins in Immunity and Aging,” National Institutes of Health

Dinesh Rajan, Electrical Engineering, “Power efficient design of wireless networks with delay guarantees,” NSF

Lawrence Ruben, Biological Sciences, “TRACK Regulates Cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei,” National Institutes of Health

David Son, Chemistry, “NewMulti- Purpose Reagents for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers and Macrocycles” and “Multidentate Tioether and Ethynylpyridine Ligands for Supramolecular Assembly, ”The Welch Foundation

Jerrell Stracener, Stephen Szygenda, and Richard Barr, Engineering Management, Information and Systems, and Mitchell Jornton, Computer Science and Engineering, “Re-engineering Not-for-profit Technical Organizations for Transition to Market- Driven Enterprises: Strategies, Models, and Application to the Technical Information Center,” Army

Jerrell Stracener and Stephen Szygenda, EMIS, and Mitchell Jornton, CSE, “Product Development Process Improvement Research,” Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Ryszard Stroynowski, Physics, “High Energy Physics (Experimental),” Department of Energy;“ The U.S. Atlas Research Program: Empowering U.S. Universities for Discoveries at the Energy Frontier,” NSF; “ATLAS
Commissioning Maintenance and Operations” and “G-Link System,” Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC

Ryszard Stroynowski and Ping Gui, Physics, “Development of Fast Optical Data Links (Memorandum of Understanding between SMU and U.S. ATLAS Project Office
for Upgrade R&D for April through September 2005),” Department of Energy

Ryszard Stroynowski and Fredrick Olness, Physics,
High Energy Physics (beory),” Department of Energy Brian Stump, Geological Sciences, “Field Studies to Quantify Natural and
Man-Induced Events in NE China and Korea Using Seismic and Infrasound Observations” and “Seismic Acoustic Monitoring
(AF/AFTAC),” Air Force

Brian Stump and Christopher Hayward, Geological Sciences, “Seismic and Infrasound Energy Generation and Propagation at Local and Regional Distances: Active Experiments in the Western United States,” Air Force

Steven Vik, Biological Sciences, “Interactions of Membrane Proteins” and “Analysis of Super complexes of Membrane- Bound Enzymes,”The Welch
Foundation; “Structure-Function Studies of E. coli Fo-ATPase,” National Institutes of Health; “Quinone Binding Sites Complex
I and their Possible Role in Disease,” American Heart Association

Pia Vogel, Biological Sciences, “be Stator Subunits of the
ATP Synthase,” NSF; “Investigating the Structure and Functions of the Nucleotide Binding Sites of the Ryanodine Receptor
Using ESR and Photo affinity Approaches,” American Heart Association

James Waddle, Biological Sciences, “Longevity
and Metabolism Mediated by Fasting,” National Institutes of Health

R. Hal Williams, Research and Graduate Studies, “Graduate
Research Fellowship Program (for three students),” NSF

Patty Wisian-Neilson, Chemistry, “Cyclic Phosphazenes,” The Welch Foundation

Jingbo Ye, Physics, and Ping Gui, Electrical Engineering, “be U.S. Atlas Research Program: Empowering U.S. Universities for Discoveries at the Energy Frontier,” NSF

Compiled by Larry Smith,
Director of Research and Technology