Iowa Space Grant Consortium's

SEED GRANTS

1. Significance of Structural Mode Shape Uncertainty in Predicting Robust Flutter Margin

   Principal Investigator:	Frank R. Chavez	Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
   $8,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

2. Acoustic Manipulation of Objects in Water

   Principal Investigator:	J. Adin Mann	Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University Mann's Home Page, Project Home Page
   $6,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

3. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data as Input for Spatial Analysis of Carbonate Sediment Accumulation Patterns: A Feasibility Test

   Principal Investigator:	Eugene C. Rankey	Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
   $8,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

4. Long Life Power Source

   Principal Investigator:	Howard R. Shanks	Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University
   $8,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

5. Using Satellite Imagery to Measure Relationships Between Water Quality and Landuse Change in the Watersheds of Iowa Lakes

   Principal Investigator:	Michael E. Emch	Geography, University of Northern Iowa
   $10,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

6. Telerobotics over the Internet

   Principal Investigator:	Mark A. Fienup	Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa Fienup's Home Page
   $6,250 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

7. Establishment of a Computational Sciences Laboratory

   Principal Investigator:	Paul A. Gray	Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa Gray's Home Page
   $10,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

8. Kinematics for Digital Humans: Spacecraft Occupant Analysis Toolkit (SOAT)

   Principal Investigator:	Karim Abdel-Malek	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa Abdel-Malek's Home Page
   $10,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

9. Toroidal Plasma Analyzer

   Principal Investigator:	William R. Paterson	Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa Space Plasma Physics Particles and Imaging Research Group
   $7,300 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

10. Thermal Analysis of Spaceflight Instrumentation

    Principal Investigator:	John B. Sigwarth	Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa Space Plasma Physics Particles and Imaging Research Group
    $7,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

11. Investigation of Heat and Mass Transport and Thermal Stresses in Engineered Tissue Cryopreserved in Terrestrial and Microgravity Environments

    Principal Investigator:	H. S. Udaykumar	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa Udaykumar's Home Page
    $10,000 Award		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

1. Assessing Pilot Performance in Flightdecks Equipped with Synthetic Vision Information Systems

   Principal Investigator:	Thomas Schnell	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa Schnell's Home Page, Center for Computer Aided Design
   Co-Investigator:	Tim Etherington	Rockwell Collins
   $30,000 Grant		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

2. Advancing the State of the Art in Flight Simulation Via the Use of Synthetic Environments: Year 2

   Principal Investigator:	Frank R. Chavez	Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
   Co-Investigator:	James E. Bernard	Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University Bernard's Home Page
   Co-Investigator:	Mike Sellberg	Senior Director of Production, Engineering Animation, Inc.
   $30,000 Grant		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

3. The Relationship Between Telomeres, Telomerase, Reptilian Lifespan, and Reptilian Tissue Regeneration

   Principal Investigator:	James L. Christiansen	Biology, Drake University
   Co-Investigator:	Eric R. Henderson	Zoology & Genetics, Iowa State University Henderson's Home Page
   Co-Investigator:	James C. Johnson	Johnson's Home Page
   $30,000 Grant		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

4. Human Control of Cooperative Robots Working on Mars: Implementing JPL's CAMPOUT Robot Control Architecture on UNI's Swarm Robots to Develop New Control Techniques

   Principal Investigator:	Geb Thomas	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa GROK Lab
   Co-Investigator:	Mark A. Fienup	Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa Fienup's Home Page
   Co-Investigator:	Paul A. Gray	Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa Gray's Home Page
   $29,935 Grant		TECHNICAL REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File)

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Last Update: 15 June 2007