Seed for Success Awards - November 02, 2010
2010 Seed for Success AwardsThe Seed for Success Award is given in recognition of the accomplishments of single investigators and teams of investigators for their efforts in obtaining a $1 million dollar or more research grant. This year, an award dinner was held on November 02, 2010, to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of Purdue’s research community.Among the honorees were faculty members who had received college or school awards for outstanding research in 2010. Please access the Internal Awards here |
List of 2010 Seed for Success Awards |
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| Foods and Nutrition Program 2010 Angela R. Abbott; Karen L. Zotz from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration/U.S. Department of Agriculture $5,048,854 |
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| Department and Testing of Innovative Health Management Tools for Damage Detection, Evaluation, and Repair of the CH-53K Composite Rotor Blades and Structure. Douglas E. Adams; James M. Caruthers, Weinong W. Chen,Charles M. Krousgrill, Peter H. Meckl, R. Byron Pipes, Farshid Sadeghi, Thomas H. Siegmund, Ron Sterkenburg, Chin-Teh Sun, Jeffrey P. Youngblood from CACI International Inc $3,107,550. |
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| EFRI-HyBi : Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel Rakesh Agrawal; Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Nicholas C. Carpita, W. Nicholas Delgass, Maureen C. McCann, Fabio H. Ribeiro From National Science Foundation $2,000,000 |
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| IGERT: The Solar Economy IGERT (SEIGERT) Rakesh Agrawal; George Bodner, Brenda M. Capobianco, Hugh W. Hillhouse and Wallace E. Tyner from National Science Foundation $3,100,000 |
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| Interferon Alpha Regulation of Murine Erik S. Barton from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $1,850,944 |
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| Realistic Simulation of Jet Engine Noise Using Petaflop Computing Gregory A. Blaisdell; Zhiyuan Li, Anastasios S. Lyrintzis from National Science Foundation $1,291,668 |
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| Indiana Advanced Electric Vehicle Education and Training Consortium James M. Caruthers; John F. Burr, J. Eric Dietz, Steve Dunlop, Steve Shelby and Ron Steuterman from U.S. Department of Energy $6,135,839 |
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| State of Indiana Funded Activities for Midwest Institute of Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) James A. Cooper from James A. Cooper $1,102,200 |
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| Indiana University School of Medicine-Lafayette Gordon L. Coppoc from Indiana University School of Medicine $1,777,362 |
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| Innovative Methods in Membrane Protein Production for Structure Determination William A. Cramer; Jue Chen, Wen Jiang, Garth J. Simpson, Cynthia V. Stauffacher, Dinesh A. Yernool from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences $1,053,187 |
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| A Center for High Performance Buildings at the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories Patricia Davies; James E. Braun, Qingyan Chen, Daniel E. Hirleman, Larry Fusaro, Robert E. Olson from National Institute of Standards & Technology $11,750,000 |
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| Catalyst Design by Discovery Informatics W. Nicholas Delgass; Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, James M. Caruthers, Fabio H. Ribeiro, Kendall T. Thomson from U.S. Department of Energy $2,340,000 |
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| Benzoic Acid Biosynthesis in Plants Natalia Doudareva from National Science Foundation $1,042,558 |
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| NEESR-SG: Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems Shirley J. Dyke from National Science Foundation $1,046,483 |
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| VACCINE: Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments David S. Ebert; Mireille Boutin, William S. Cleveland, Timothy F. Collins, Edward J. Delp, Niklas Emanuel Elmqvist from U.S. Department of Homeland Security $1,684,999 |
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| Development of Nano Thermal Interface Materials Timothy Fisher; Suresh V. Garimella, Jayathi Y. Murthy, Xianfan Xu From Raytheon $2,185,654 |
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| Developing Talents and Improving Student Achievement Among Traditionally Underrepresented Populations Marcia L. Gentry; Luciana De Oliveira, Eric L. Mann, Rebecca L. Mann, Yukiko Maeda, Jean P. Peterson, Ala Samarapungavan Donna M. Fekete from U.S. Department of Education $2,243,965 |
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| TC: Medium: Security and Privacy Preserving Data Mining and Management for Distributed Domains Arif Ghafoor; Walid G. Aref, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid From National Science Foundation $1,192,870 |
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| Language Motor Relations in Children’s Speech Production Lisa A. Goffman; Anne Smith, Howard N. Zelaznik from PHS-NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders $1,741,227 |
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| INLTAP2010 John E. Haddock from Indiana Department of Transportation $1,229,458 |
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| Operating Grant for the Second Year Institute P-12 Engineering Research and Learning(INSPIRE) Kamyar Haghighi from S. D. Bechtel, Jr. $1,000,000 |
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| Hypercast Program Qingyou Han and Keith Bowman; David R. Johnson, Matthew J. M. Krane, Rodney W. Trice, Kevin P. Trumble from North American Die Casting Association $2,165,000 |
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| Walther Oncology Physical Sciences & Engineering Research Embedding Program Marietta L. Harrison; Joseph F. Pekny from Walther Cancer Institute Foundation Inc. $1,000,000 |
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| Integrated Genomewide Analysis of the ipl1 Kinase Signaling Network Tony R. Hazbun from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences $1,538,322 |
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| Effects of Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Robust Speech Coding Michael G. Heinz from PHS-NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders $2,156,977 |
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| Spray & Combustion of Gelled Hypergolic Propellants Stephen D. Heister; William E. Anderson, Osvaldo H. Campanella, Carlos M. Corvalan, Robert P. Lucht, Charles L. Merkle, Timothee Pourpoint, Paul E. Sojka, Steven F. Son from Army Research Office $1,250,000 |
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| L-type Ca2+ channel modulation of beta cell function Gregory H. Hockerman from PHS-NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $1,642,628 |
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| Control of Neural Organelle Transport Peter J. Hollenbeck from PHS-NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes $1,627,858 |
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| Core Technology Development Plan for Cyberonics Next-Generation Devices Pedro Irazoqui from Cyberonics, Inc $1,200,000 |
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| SoyMapII:Leveraging Untapped Genetic Diversity in Soybean–Amendment 1 Scott A. Jackson;Jianxin Ma from National Science Foundation $2,281,276 |
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| Prescription Drug Abuse in Club Subcultures: Contexts & Risks Brian C. Kell from PHS-NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse National Cancer Institute $3,026,205 |
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| Migration and Function of Th17 Cells in the Gut Chang H. Kim; Harm Hogenesch from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $1,670,758 |
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| Instant-On Simulation Delivery: Helping Teragrid Achieve its Wide and Open Strategic Goals Gerhard Klimeck; George B. Adams, Michael J. McLennan from National Science Foundation $1,426,404 |
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| Pancreas Transcription Factors and Disease Model Systems Stephen F. Konieczny from PHS-NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $1,311,316 |
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| Notch Regulation of Stem Cell Fate in Muscle Shihuan Kuang from PHS-NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases $1,906,250 |
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| A Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Facility at Purdue University Richard J. Kuhn from PHS-NIH National Center for Research Resource $14,902,414 |
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| Structure-Function Studies of Alpha-and Flaviviruses Richard J. Kuhn; Wen Jiang, Michael G. Rossmann from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $3,946,282 |
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| Improved Detection Techniques for Foodborne Pathogens Richard H. Linton; Bruce M. Applegate, Arun K. Bhunia, Michael R. Ladisch, Lisa J. Mauer from Agricultural Research Service $1,496,658 |
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| Development, and Engineering Command, Rapid and Accurate Pathogen Identification/Detection Philip S. Low; Yeong E. Kim, Ronald G. Reifenberger, Alexander Wei From U.S. Army Research $1,438,585 |
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| Network for Computational Nanotechnology Mark S. Lundstrom; George B. Adams, Gerhard Klimeck, Michael McLennan and Alejandro Strachan from National Science Foundation $3,648,333 |
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| Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Nanotransistors Mark S. Lundstrom; Muhammad A. Alam, Supriyo Datta, Gerhard Klimeck, Alejandro H. Strachan, Peide Ye from Massachusetts Institute of Technology $2,039,235 |
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| Center for the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Bioenergy (C3Bio) Maureen C. McCann; Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Rakesh Agrawal, Nicholas C . Carpita, Clint C.S. Chapple, W. Nicholas Delgass, Hilkka I. Kenttamaa, Nathan S. Mosier, Fabio H. Ribiero, Garth J. Simpson, Christopher J. Staiger, Daniel B. Szymanski, Kendall T. Thomson From U.S. Department of Energy $15,074,136 |
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| Advancing Afghan Agriculture Alliance Kevin T. McNamara; James M. Lowenberg-DeBoer from Agency for International Development $1,246,857 |
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| Biomarkers of Dietary Variables Commonly Misreported Megan A. McCrory; Carol J. Boushey, Stacey L. Mobley, Mario Ferruzzi from PHS-NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $1,143,006 |
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| Afternoons ROCK in Indiana Renee K. McKee from Indiana State Department of Health $1,194,111 |
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| Purdue University Establishment of the Indiana Health Information Technology Extension Center David R. McKinnis; Mary Ann Sloan, Steven M. Witz from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services $12,000,000 |
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| Advancing Afghan Agriculture Alliance Kevin T. McNamara from Agency for International Development $2,010,738 |
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| A Genetically Tractable Microalgal Platform for Advanced Biofuel Production John A. Morgan from Iowa State University $1,034,523 |
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| PRISM: Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity, and Survivability of Microsystems – Amendment 4 Jayathi Y. Murthy from U.S. Department of Energy $3,300,000 |
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| Adaptable Polymer Micelles for Tumor Targeting Kinam Park; Ji-Xin Cheng from PHS-CDC Centers for Disease Control $1,854,476 |
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| NEXTRANS: Integrated Solutions for Mobility, Safety and Infrastructure Srinivas Peeta from U.S. Department of Transportation $2,085,000 |
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| NMR Structure of Peptide and Protein Complexes Carol B. Post from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences $1,851,266 |
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| To Continue the Work of the State Utility Forecasting Group Paul V. Preckel; Douglas J. Gotham from Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission $1,298,974 |
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| George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Julio A. Ramirez; Saurabh Bagchi, Sean Brophy, Rudolf Eigenmann, Barbara Fossum, Thomas J. Hacker, Ayhan Irfanoglu, Tanu Malik, Santiago Pujol, Mete A. Sozen from National Science Foundation $20,000,000 multi-year award totalling $105 million |
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| Cancer Center Support Grant (CORE) Timothy L. Ratliff from PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute $1,165,056 |
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| Fat Dogs and Coughing Horses: Animal Contributions towards a Healthier Citizenry Timothy L. Ratliff; Sandra F. Amass, Wilella D. Burgess, Kauline S. Davis, Marcia L. Gentry, Rebecca L. Mann, John R. Staver from PHS-NIH National Center for Research Resource $1,334,422 |
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| Collaborative Research: ciHub, a Virtual Community to Support Research, Development,and Dissemination of Concept Inventories Teri Reed-Rhoads; Peter K. Imbrie, Johannes Strobel from National Science Foundation $1,064,603 |
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| APT: The Analytical Proteomics Team Fred E. Regnier; Jiri Adamec, John A. Springer from PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute $1,178,066 |
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| CDI-Type II: Cyber-enabled Engineering of Pharmaceutical Products Gintaras V. Reklaitis; Gary E. Blau, Michael J. Mclennan From National Science Foundation $1,932,768 |
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| Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) Fabio H. Ribeiro; Chelsey D. Baertsch, W. Nicholas Delgass, Eric A. Stach from Argonne National Laboratory $2,150,000 |
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| Emerging Technologies and Approaches to Minimize Discharges into Lake Michigan –
Module 3 of Phase 2 Ralph V. Rogers; Agbai Agwu Nnanna from BP America Inc $2,688,213 |
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| Structural Studies of Bacteriophage T4 Michael G. Rossmann; Siyang Sun from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $3,105,219 |
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| Quantitative Design of Experiments to Predictably Alter Intracellular Signaling Dynamics Ann E. Rundell; Gregery T. Buzzard, Marietta L. Harrison From National Science Foundation $1,216,337 |
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| TRMS: From Ionome to Genome: Mapping the Gene Networks Controlling Nutrient Content in Rice Grain David E. Salt; Ivan R. Baxter, Min Zhang from National Science Foundation $1,305,452 |
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| Prognostic Significance of Insufficient ADL Help on Health Outcomes/Utilization Laura P. Sands; Bruce A. Craig, Joseph Thomas from PHS-NIH National Institute on Aging $1,112,313 |
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| Tunable and Reconfigurable Optical Negative-Index Materials with Low Losses Vladimir M. Shalaev; Evgueni Nariminov from Army Research Office $1,052,215 |
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| Transformation Optical Metamaterials Vladimir M. Shalaev; Alexandra Boltasseva, Evgueni E. Narimanov from Duke University $2,152,964 |
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| Development, Improvement & Assessment of the Accuracy of Aircraft-Based Mass Balance Measurements of Integrated Urban Emission Fluxes of Greenhouse Gas Paul B. Shepson; Kevin R. Gurney from National Institute of Standards & Technology $1,500,000 |
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| Computational Analysis of Advanced Cooling Strategies for High-Efficiency and Long Service Life Turbines Tom I-P. Shih from Ames Laboratory $1,065,530 |
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| Experimental and Theoretical High Energy Physics Program Modification 44 Ian P. Shipsey; Virgil Barnes, Daniela Bortoletto, Thomas Clark, Wei Cui, John Finley, Ephraim Fischbach, Arthur Garfinkel, Matthew Jones, Sergei Khlebnikov, Luis Martin Kruczenski, Sherwin Love, David Miller, Norbert Neumeister, John Peterson from U.S. Department of Energy $1,903,500 |
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| NSF Stimulus Graduate Fellowship Research Program 2009-2012 M.J.T. Smith from National Science Foundation $1,000,000 |
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| Teragrid Extension: Bridging to XD Xiaohui Carol Song from University of Chicago $1,329,806 |
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| Development and Implementation of the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion David L. Stanley; Denver W. Lopp, James M. Thom from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base $1,356,000 |
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| Large-Scale Testing of SC Shield Building Components for Nuclear Power Plants Amit H. Varma from Westinghouse Electric Corporation $1,723,287 |
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| New Lilly/CICP Resource Network Grant Bill Walker and Brandon Sorge from Central Indiana Corporate Partnership $2,000,000 |
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| Comprehensive Mapping and Annotation of the E. Coli Transcriptome Barry L. Wanner; Michael R. Gribskov, Daisuke Kihara from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences $1,000,000 |
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| Calcium Metabolism in Mexican American Adolescents Connie M. Weaver; George P. McCabe from PHS-NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development $2,053,264 |
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| Supplemental Vitamin D and Functional Outcomes in Early Adolescence Connie M. Weaver; George P. McCabe from University of Georgia $1,077,209 |
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| Novel Ultrabroadband Photonic and Radio-Frequency Systems for Communications, Sensing and Countermeasures Andrew M. Weiner from Naval Post-Graduate School $4,214,174 |
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| Nano-modified Cement for High Strength Concrete with Improved Mechanical Performance and Blast Resistance William J. Weiss; Weinong W. Chen, Carol A. Handwerker, Eric A. Stach from Army Corps of Engineers $1,000,000 |
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| Nanoscale Optical Antenna Array for Controlled Massively Parallel Manufacturing of Nanowire Devices Modification 2 Bill Walker and Brandon Sorge from Central Indiana Corporate Partnership $2,000,000 |
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| Comprehensive Mapping and Annotation of the E. Coli Transcriptome Xianfan Xu; Minghao Qi, Eric A.Stach, Chen Yang from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center $1,422,587 |
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| Chinese Spirituality and Society Program: A Research and Training Initiative Fenggang Yang from John Templeton Foundation $1,998,426 |
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| Choroid Plexus as a Target in Metal-induced Neurotoxicity Wei Zheng; Yulia N. Pushkar from PHS-NIH National Institute of Environment Health Sciences $2,041,292 |
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| The Center for Computational Simulation and Visualization Project Chenn Qian Zhou from Department of Energy $4,757,500 |
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