Funded Projects and Pending Proposals

Extramurally Funded Projects

Title Sponsor Name PI Start Date End Date TotalCost
FROM SOURCES TO SINKS-A NOVEL ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF NITRATE LOADING IN GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE RUNOFF IN INDIANA WATERSHEDS SHOWALTER TRUST Michalski, Greg M 01-Jul-2006 30-Jun-2007 $75,000
REU: SUPPLEMENT: MUSES: LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND POLICY ASPECTS OF BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HUA, INEZ 15-May-2006 31-Aug-2008 $12,000
FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY IN Dept of Homeland Security SHELBY,CAROL,A 29-Jul-2005 28-Jul-2006 $49,296
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsored AMERICAN LIFT CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2007 $3,257
ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING GRADUATE PROGRAM COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE ENGEL,BERNARD,A 01-Sep-2005 31-Aug-2007 $128,000
USING SOCIAL INDICATORS TO IMPROVE ADOPTION OF LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN THREE MIDWESTERN WATERSHEDS COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE PROKOPY,LINDA,S 01-Sep-2006 31-Aug-2009 $600,000
WATERSHED-SCALE EVALUATION OF BMP EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCEPTABILITY. EAGLE CREEK WATERSHED, INDIANA COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE TURCO,RONALD,F,JR 15-Sep-2006 14-Sep-2009 $660,000
OUR TOWN: ENHANCING BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY / SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIPS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BANKS,MARGARET,KATHERINE 01-Sep-2003 31-Aug-2007 $130,000
OUR TOWN: ENHANCING BROWNFIELD'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY/SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIPS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BANKS,MARGARET,KATHERINE 01-Sep-2003 31-Aug-2007 $150,000
DEVELOPING ACTIVITIES FOR CONCEPTUALIZING CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SHEPARDSON,DANIEL,P 15-Aug-2006 31-Jul-2007 $149,467
SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF BIOTRANSFORMATION POTENTIALS OF COMMERCIAL MODEL FLUOROTELOMERS IN SOILS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION LEE,LINDA,S 15-Jul-2006 30-Jun-2009 $349,960
Resin Formulation Screening Evaluation Styrene and VOC Emissions American Composites Manufacturers Assoc CORSON, LYNN, A 15-Jan-2007 15-Mar-2007 $62,511
BIOTOWN PARNTERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN State Department of Agriculture SEAGER,THOMAS,P 01-May-2006 31-Aug-2006 $5,000
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-sponsored Dynaloy LLC CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2007 $2,000
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CRTK) Dynaloy LLC CORSON,LYNN,A 16-Oct-2006 31-Dec-2075 $1,000
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsered Car Care Packaging LLC CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2007 $2,059
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsored Impact Composite Technology Ltd CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Feb-2007 08-Feb-2007 $13,000
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsored TFX Plating Company CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2007 $1,906
AToL Collaborative Research: Resolving Mammalion Phylogeny Using Genomic Morphological Approaches. TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION BICKHAM, JOHN, W 01-Jan-2006 01-Sep-2011 $21,825
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsored TARPENNING-LAFOLLETTE CO., INC. CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2007 $4,162
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsored SWISS PLYWOOD CORPORATION CORSON, LYNN, A 01-Jan-2007 31-Dec-2007 $3,718
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CRTK) Heritage Products CORSON,LYNN,A 08-Nov-2006 31-Dec-2075 $1,000
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CRTK) ELMSTEEL CORSON,LYNN,A 01-Sep-2006 31-Dec-2075 $500
Technical Assistance Agreement Multi-Sponsored Dwyer Instruments, Inc. CORSON, LYNN, A 15-Dec-2006 28-Feb-2007 $2,250
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CRTK) Dwyer Instruments, Inc. CORSON,LYNN,A 01-Dec-2006 31-Dec-2075 $2,250
MUSES: INVESTIGATION OF THE LIFE CYCLE AND POLICY ASPECTS OF BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HUA,INEZ 01-Sep-2005 31-Aug-2008 $400,000
CONDUCTING EXTENSION AND OUTREACH FOR GREAT LAKES MONITORING, WATER QUALITY, AND LEGACY PROGRAMS NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADM MILLER,BRIAN,K 01-Oct-2005 30-Sep-2010 $2,009,332
HIGH-RESOLUTION FOSSIL FUEL EMISSION ESTIMATES IN SUPPORT OF NACP CO2 MEASUREMENTS AND ASSIMILATION SYSTEM NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN GURNEY,KEVIN,R 10-May-2006 09-May-2008 $374,896
MULTISENSOR / MULTISCALE ASSESSMENT OF URBAN IMPACTS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN BOWLING,LAURA,C 01-Feb-2006 31-Jan-2009 $599,183
III-CXT: Collab Res: Adv Learning and Integrative Knowledge Transfer Aproaches to Remote Sensing and Forecast Modeling for
Enhancing our Understanding
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CRAWFORD, MELBA, M 01-Jun-2007 31-May-2011 $590,019
Evaluating In Situ Permeable Caps as a RemedialAction Alternative for River Sediments - Field Test Cell Studies NiSource JAFVERT,CHAD,T 7/1/2007 6/30/2008 $128,509
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CRTK) GRABILL CABINET CORSON,LYNN,A 01-Sep-2006 31-Dec-2075 $1,716
Total $6,533,816


New Seed Projects Awarded:

The Center for the Environment is pleased to announce that $250,000 has recently been awarded for the second round of C4E seed grants. The nine projects selected for funding are:

  • Affirmative and Negative Motivations for Compliance in Emissions Trading Programs , PIs: Cason (Management) & Raymond (Political Science)

  • Evaluating Functional Diversity of Microbial Communities using Confocal Raman Microscopy and Spectroscopy , PIs: Irudayaraj (Ag & biological Engineering) & Konopka (Biology)

  • Positioning the Indiana Watershed Leadership Academy for National Recognition Through Innovative e-Learning Tools , PIs: Frankenberger (Ag & Biological Engineering), Broussard (Forestry), & Ladd (Ag & Bio Eng)

  • In-situ Nitrogen and Phosphorous Sensing Using Diode Laser Raman Spectroscopy , PIs: Sinfield (Civil Eng), Brouder & Schwab (Agronomy)

  • Nanoparticles in the Environment: Examining Exposure Pathways and Toxicological Effects , PIs: Nies (Civil Eng), Turco (Agronomy), & Sepulveda (Forestry)

  • Preliminary Analysis for In-Situ and Satellite based Particulate Matter (PM) mapping Capabilities for Environmental Air Quality Modeling and Impact Studies ., PIs: Niyogi (Agronomy & Earth & Atmospheric Science), Larry Biehl (PTO), Gilbert Rochon (PTO/LARS/ITaP/RCAC). Harshvardhan (EAS), Melba Crawford (LARS/AGRY)

  • Low Birth Weight and Drinking Water Quality: A Spatial Epidemiology Investigation , PIs: Ochoa-Acuņa, (Comparative Pathobiology and Civil Engineering), Frankenberger (Ag & Bio Eng), Hahn (State Chemist Office)

  • Efficacy of oral delivery of the anthelmintic pyrantel pamoate for eradication of Raccoon Roundworm ( Baylisascaris procyonis ) , PIs: Rhodes (Forestry), Miller (Forestry/Extension)

  • Quantifying Carbon Sequestrations across Indiana's Forest Landscapes , PIs: Shao (Forestry), Pope (Forestry), Michler (Forestry), Zhuang (Earth and Atmospheric Sci./ Agronomy) & Melba Crawford ( Agronomy, Civil, Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing)



Projects seeded by C4E

Title

Investigators

Carbon Exchanges Over the Organic Soils of the Kankakee Floodplain: Can Water Management Manage the Carbon Exchange?

R. Grant, L. Bowling, J. Frankenberger, C. Johnston, D. Niyogi, S. Weller.

Engaging Communities to Sustain Green Infrastructure that is Needed to Support Economic Development .

B. Miller, R. Farnsworth, L. DeBoer, C. Nolan, B. McCormick, M. Einstein, A. Archer, A. Zhalnin

From Genomics to Physiomics: Development of Tools for Environmental Assessment and Real-Time Sensing of Contaminants

M. Sepulveda, M. Kane, J. Adamec, M. Porterfield, H. Ochoa-Acuņa

Nanoporous Silicon Based Sensors and Sensor Arrays for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Air

C. Lu, A. Heber, A. Tao

Wireless Sensor Network for Spatial Observations of Environmental Properties

J. Evans, K. A. Cherkauer, M. Porterfield

Development of Multifunctional Nanoflow Microlaboratory Sensors for Bioanalytical and Environmental Sensors Devices (jointly supported with Bindley Biosciences)

M. Poterfield, J. Rickus

Living Laboratories on the Wabash Kim Wilson, Linda Prokopy, Laura Bowling,

Instrumentation for Trace Air Contaminants

A. Heber, Rich Grant

Graduate Student Residency: Indiana State Department of Agriculture

Thomas Seager

Conducting Proof of Concept Studies to Support Ecological Acoustics Research (EAR) at Purdue

Bryan C. Pijanowski, Kai Ming Li, Ness Shroff

Research, Outreach, Recruitment of Native American students: Kaibab Paiute Indian Reservation, Northern Arizona

Kerry Rabenold, Tim Filley, Ken Ridgway, Kevin Gibson, Steve Hallett, George Parker

Development of a Peptide Nucleic Acid Actinometer

Ernest R. Blatchley III, Donald E. Bergstrom, J. Paul Robinson

Support for ECO-Hub (jointly supported with Cyber Center )

M. Huber, D. Niyogi

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