Iowa Space Grant Consortium's

1999 Funded Research

SEED GRANTS

  1. Evaluation of Landsat Imagery and Aerial Photography for Mapping Plant Communities

    Principal Investigator: Thomas E. Rosburg Biology, Drake University
    Rosburg's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  2. Effects of Temperature on the Spectroscopic Shifts of Organic Molecules Dissolved in Water

    Principal Investigator: Mark F. Vitha Chemistry, Drake University
    Vitha's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  3. Enhancement of Material Performance of Space Composites

    Principal Investigator: Pal A. Molian Mechanical Engr., Iowa State University
    Molian's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  4. Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: An Exploratory Research Project

    Principal Investigator: U. Sunday Tim Agricultural and Biosystems Engr., Iowa State University
    Tim's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  5. A Priori Testing of a Subgrid Scale Model in Buoyancy Driven Flow

    Principal Investigator: Ching-Long Lin Mechanical and Industrial Engr., University of Iowa
    Lin's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  6. Evaluating the Interaction Between Geologists and the Marsokhod Robot During Its Field Test, February 1999

    Principal Investigator: Mark K. Reagan Geoscience, University of Iowa
    Reagan's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  7. Generation of Th1 Versus Th2 Immune Responses Under Microgravity

    Principal Investigator: Lisa A. Beltz Biology, University of Northern Iowa
    Beltz's Home Page
    $10,000 Award

  8. Vacuum Assisted Process for Producing Castings in a Microgravity Environment

    Principal Investigator: Scott R. Giese Industrial Technology, University of Northern Iowa
     
    $10,000 Award

COOPERATIVE GRANTS

  1. Studies of Hypothermia in Melanomacrophages

    Principal Investigator: James L. Christiansen Biology, Drake University
    Co-Investigator: Mark R. Ackermann Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University
    Ackermann's Home Page
    Co-Investigator: James C. Johnson Microbiology and Immunology, Des Moines University
    Johnson's Home Page
    $30,000 Grant

  2. Use of Remote Sensing to Quantify the Impact of Plant Disease Epidemics on Plant Biomass and Productivity in Natural and Agricultural Systems

    Principal Investigator: Forrest W. Nutter, Jr. Plant Pathology, Iowa State University
    Nutter's Home Page
    Co-Investigator: John P. Basart Electrical and Computer Engr., Iowa State University
    Co-Investigator: Thomas R. Rosburg Biology, Drake University
    Rosburg's Home Page
    $22,400 Grant


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Last Update: 15 June 2007