Seed Grants 2002

In May 2002 ISSO awarded $90,000 to eight UH and 3 UHCL professors. The major of the funds support graduate research during the summer semester. Both new projects and expansions of existing projects are supported. Two of the investigators have not previously received ISSO funding. Reports on the 2002 projects will be included in the forthcoming 2003 ISSO report.

University of Houston

Modeling and Experimental Studies on Mass Transfer in Slug Flow in A Tubular Nitrifier for Use in Space

V. Balakotaiah, Chemical Engineering

High Intensity, Large Area, Energetic (10-100s eV) Neutral Beams

D. J. Economou, Chemical Engineering

Characterization of Evolving Bacterial Populations

George Fox, Biology and Biochemistry

Are Muscle Reflexes Modulated by Preparatory Neuromuscular Activation Levels?

Charles S. Layne, Health and Human Performance

Dielectric Responses of Living Organisms

John Miller, Physics and TcSAM

Calculations in Preparation for the ACCESS MIDEX Proposal

Lawrence Pinsky, Physics

Monitoring and Controlling Microbial Growth in aFood Processor Prototype

Clinton L. Rappole, Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Parallel Process Acquisition Concept: An Array of Superconducting Coils for Space and Clinical Applications

Jaroslaw Wosik, Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Houston—Clear Lake

Bayesian Analysis and Statistical Modeling of Venous Gas Emboli (VGE) Grade IV Onset in Hypobaric Environment

Raj S. Chhikara, Computing and Mathematics

Model-Based Control of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motor for Space Robotics

James B. Dabney, Computing and Mathematics

Nano-Structure Open-Framework Materials for Naofibers

Jack Y. Lu, Chemistry

Each investigator commits to submitting one or more proposals to an external funding agency, to publishing the results of the seed-grant study. The investigator also provides a report on the research to ISSO for inclusion in a report to the State of Texas.