Faculty Grants 1997-1998
Copies of the full report are available to Middlebury faculty and staff from the Sponsored Research Office by email. Contact Franci Farnsworth (x5889) for more information.
Department/Program |
Faculty Member |
Sponsor |
Project Description or Title |
| Biology | Bult, Abel | NIH-AREA |
Research that will contribute to the understanding of circadian rhythms in mammals |
| Lloyd, Andrea | NSF |
Climate and the expansion of the boreal forest at latitudinal treeline (in Alaska) |
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| Lloyd, Andrea | VT-EPSCoR | Long-term forest dynamics in an uncut forest fragment in central Vermont (Battell Forest) | |
| Sheldon, Sallie | Lake Quabog Association |
Weevil addition to Lake Quabog, Massachusetts |
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| Sheldon, Sallie | Lake Garfield Association |
Weevil addition to Lake Garfield, Massachusetts |
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| Spatafora, Grace | NIH-FIRST |
Study of intracellular polysaccharide accumulation in Streptococcus mutans, the principal causative agent of human dental cavities |
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| Spatafora, Grace | NIH-Small Grant |
Investigating a role for iron in Streptococcus mutans-induced disease |
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| Trombulak, Stephen | Lintilhac Foundation |
Inventory and Monitoring of Vermont Reptiles and Amphibians |
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| Trombulak, Stephen | NECUSE | Research equipment for the environmental science program | |
| Watters, Christopher | NSF-ROA | Regulation of Calcium Entry in Cerebral Arteries (research with a colleague at UVM) | |
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Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Byers, Jeffrey | Pfizer Inc. |
Student research project, "Radical Aromatic Substitution at Arene Chromium Complexes" |
| Byers, Jeffrey | NSF-RUI; Petroleum Research Fund |
Research related to compounds that exhibit analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties |
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| Landino, Lisa |
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Funding to attend session on Biochemical Education at ASBMB meeting |
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| Landino, Lisa | VT-EPSCoR | Detection and Consequences of Oxidative Damage to Microtubule Proteins | |
| Chinese | Moran, Thomas | Center for Chinese Studies |
Research in China titled, "The Literature of Return: Landscape and Memory in Modern Chinese Literature" |
| French | Schwartz, Paula | Fulbright Scholar Program |
Research in France titled, "Gender, Politics, and Memory" |
| Geology | Manley, Patricia | NSF-ROA | Research with a colleague at University of California related to tectonic evolution of the Pacific-Australian-Antarctic Plate Circuit |
| History | Hart, William | Center for the Study of American Religion (Princeton); Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Knowledge, Identity, and Religious Change Among the Enslaved in 18th Century New York City |
| Hart, William | The Boston Athenaeum |
For the Good of Our Souls: Mohawk Authority, Accommodation, and Resistance to Protestant Evangelism, 1700-1780 |
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| History of Art & Architecture | Atherton, Cynthia | NEH Fellowship |
Research in India on the temple arts related to Krishna worship |
| Croft, Parker | Vermont Arts Endowment |
Production of artwork for an exhibit titled, "Folded Light" |
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| Interdepartmental: Physics/Geology | Prigo, Robert | Vermont Dept. of Education |
An institute for pre-college teachers—Wind, Water and Ice: Lake Champlain and its Basin |
| Japanese | Cavanaugh, Carole | Japan Foundation (Dartmouth) |
A symposium on Japanese film and narrative, held at Middlebury and Dartmouth |
| Stahl, David | Associated Kyoto Program at Doshisha University |
Research in Japan titled, "Ooka Shohei's Writings on the Pacific War" |
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| Math & Computer Science | Dickerson, Matthew | NSF-ROA |
Research with a colleague from Johns Hopkins studying efficiently computable techniques for determining if a manufactured object meets tolerance specifications |
| Peterson, William | NECUSE |
Workshop for Isolated Statisticians in New England (NEISM meeting) |
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| Scharstein, Daniel | VT-EPSCoR |
Study of the sensitivity of stereo vision algorithms to unmodeled imperfections in their input data |
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| Physics | Winkler, Frank | NASA |
Observing time on the ROSAT telescope to study Super Nova 1006 |
| Wolfson, Richard | NASA |
Mass Ejections from the Solar Corona |
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| Political Science | Leng, Russell | NSF-International |
A planning visit to New Zealand to initiate an investigation of mediation in militarized crises |
| Williams, Mark | Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Research in Latin America titled, "Political Stability and Institutional Change" |
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| Psychology | Velez-Blasini, Carlos | Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Alcohol Expectancies, Acculturation, and Postdrinking Sexual Inferences Among Native and Mainland Puerto Rican and U.S. Samples |
| Theatre/Film/Dance | Olsen, Andrea | American Council of Learned Societies |
Body and Earth: Contemplative Practice in Education (course development) |