Vermuri Balakotaiah
"Heat, Mass & Momentum Transfer Studies in High Reynolds Number Wavy
Films at Normal and Reduced Gravity Conditions," NASA-JSC RUG, 1995-1996,
$42,695.
"Studies of Heat and Mass Transfer, Flow Patterns and Flow
Characteristics in the Entry Region of Two-Phase flows in Reduced Gravity,"
Co-Investigator: L. Nguyen; NASA-Lewis GSRP Fellowship Grant, 1996-1999, $66,000
"Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flows in Microgravity: Experimental and
Theoretical Investigation of the Annular Flow." NASA-Lewis Research Center,
1996-2000, $320,000.
Edgar Bering
"Development of A Thermal Plasma Moment Analyzer Based on a Superconducting
Line (2-D) Dipole Electromagnet." NASA, Aug. 19, 1996; submitted.
G. Ron Chen
"A Fuzzy Expert System for Fault Management of Water Supply and Recovery in
the ALSS Project." Principal Investigator: J. Li; NASA JSC, Intelligent
Systems Division, 1995-1997, $100,000.
"A Fuzzy Logic Based Expert System Design for Water Supply and Recovery
in Spacecraft Life Support Systems." Co-Principal Investigator: J. Li; NASA,
1996-1998, $324,574; (pending).
"Fuzzy Logic Package for Thermal Instruments and Manufacture Process
Controls." Co-Principal Investigator: H. A. Malki; Dow Chemical Company,
1995-1996, $10,000.
"Robust Optimal Digital Control of Uncertain Multi-Rate Sampled-Data
Systems." Principal Investigator: L. S. Shieh; U.S. Army Research Grant
Program, 1994-1996, $180,000.
Albert M. K. Cheng
"Optimization of Real-Time Rule-Based Expert Systems," NSF Research
Award, 1996-1999, $236,313.
"Real-Time Multimedia Communication," NSF, 1997-2000, $180,000; in
preparation.
William E. Fitzgibbon
"Conference on High Speed Flowfields," Co-Principal Investigator: R.
Glowinski; National Science Foundation, $7970
"Simulation of Compressible High Speed Flowfields: Testcase
Development," Co-Principal Investigator: R. Sanders; NASA, $35,000.
George E. Fox
"An Advanced Approach to Simultaneous Monitoring of Multiple Bacteria in
Space." Principal Investigator: M. L. Eggers, Co-Investigators: G. E. Fox,
M. Hogan, and R. Willson M. NASA, 1995-1997, $914,858; (subcontract).
"The Cyanobacterial Genome: A Window on Early Evolution." Principal
Investigator: W. R. Widger; NASA, 1996-1998, $300,405; (pending).
"Microbial Monitoring with Artificial Stable RNAs."
Co-Investigator: R. Willson; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996-1999,
$335,701; (pending).
"Ribosomal RNA Evolution and Microbial Phylogeny." NASA, 1992-1996,
$276,000.
"5S rRNA/Ribosomal Protein L18 Interaction: The Basis for RNA
Stability." Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board ARP, Jan. 1, 1996-Dec.
31, 1997, $117,600.
Thomas J. Hebert
"Object Tracking and Pose Estimation Using Optical Correlators." NASA
RUG Program, 1996, $55,420; (submitted).
"Quantification of Muscle Volume Using MRI." Baylor College of
Medicine, 1996-1997, $11,300.
"Segmented Attenuation Correction for Positron Emission Tomography Using
a Spatially-Variant Finite Mixture Model with Constraints." Positron
Corporation, 1996-1997, $22,900.
Ben H. Jansen
"Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis of Pre- and Post-Flight EMG," KRUG Life
Sciences, Inc., Sept. 11, 1994-Jan. 27, 1995, $7,146; NASA/JSC, July 30,
1996-June 30, 1997, $60,000.
Heidar A. Malki
"Adaptive Fuzzy PID Controllers Development for Environment Pollution
Control." Co-Principal Investigator: G. R. Chen; Environmental Institute of
Houston, 1995, $14,907.00.
"Development of a Neuro-Fuzzy Based Oil/Gas Producibility Model."
Energy Lab, 1996, $6,350.00.
"Fuzzy Logic Package for Thermal Instruments and Manufacture Process
Controls." Principal Investigator: G. R. Chen; Dow Chemical Company,
1995-1996, $10,000.
"A Heuristic Approach to Determine the Gains of a Fuzzy PID
Controllers." LGIA, 1996, $2,000.00.
"Material Synthesis Using Neural Networks." Co-Principal
Investigator: A. Bensouala; PEER, 1996-1997, $5,000.00.
Stephen E. Morse
"Depth Perception and Oculomotor Function in Virtual Reality and
Telepresence Environments." Co-Investigator: B. Jiang; NASA/JSC, Oct. 1996;
submitted.
John C. Watson
"Default Controller Unit for Reducing Traffic Congestion."
Environmental Institute of Houston, 1995-1996, $3,142.
"Optimizing SCADA Communication Systems for Energy Management."
Energy Lab, 1994-1995, $4,242.
"Reduced Atmospheric Pollution Through Optimized Traffic Control."
Environmental Institute of Houston, 1994-95, $3,652.
"Remote Electric Metering Using Spread Spectrum Radio." Energy Lab,
1995-1996, $3,556.
"UNIX Operating Systems and Shell Program Development Laboratory."
IBM UNIX Laptop Computer Donation, 1996, $80,000 (awarded eight laptops).
William R. Widger
"Studies on the Mode of Action of Bicyclomycin." Principal
Investigator: H. Kohn; National Institutes of Health, June 1994-May 1998,
$740,000.
"The Cyanobacterial Genome: A Window on Early Evolution."
Co-Investigator: G. E. Fox; NASA, 1996-1998, $300,405; pending.
Larry C.Witte
"Studies on Two-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer at Normal and Microgravity
Conditions." Co-Investigator: V. Balakotaiah; NASA RUG Program, Jan. 1996,
$77,680; not awarded.