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Initiatives in Digital
Technology: 2005–06 Funded Proposals
The Digital Technology Center
is pleased to announce that nine proposals were funded as part of its FYX
Digital Technology Initiative Program — call for proposals. The
list of funded proposals, including the PIs, and co-investigators is
available below.
This year forty-two proposals were received, of which nine involved
serious industrial collaborations. Of the forty-two proposals, nine
were funded totaling $220,000. Of the eight proposals that were funded
for more than $24,000, four of the proposals were for projects involving
direct and substantive industrial collaborations.
| Investigators |
Title |
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Victor H. Barocas
Biomedical Engineering
Jeffrey Jay Derby
Chemical engineering and Materials Science
Jennifer A. Maynard
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Caroline M. Wilmot
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics
Paul W. Todd
SHOT, Inc.
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Computer-Aided Protein Crystallization Design: X-ray crystallography is the tool of choice for structural analysis of biomacromolecules, especially proteins. more |
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Peter B. Bitterman
Medicine
Danhua Fan
Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Yunsha He
Computer Science
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Relational Database for Experimental Mouse Management: The mouse is a widely used mammalian model organism in biomedical research. more |
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Yang Da
Animal Science
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Computer tools for gene and QTL mapping analysis: Data analysis is a critical step to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting health and production traits in agricultural species. more |
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Lynda B.M. Ellis
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Lawrence P. Wackett
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Philip Judson
LHASA, Ltd.
Joanna Jaworska
Proctor & Gamble, Brussels
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Reasoning to Predict Fate of Chemicals in the Environment: The fate of chemicals in the environment is very important to society. more |
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Ellen K. Longmire
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Ivan Marusic
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Nikos Papanikolopoulos
Computer Science and Engineering
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Computer Vision Methods for Understanding Turbulent Flows: The proposed cross-disciplinary research unites experts in experimental fluid mechanics and computer vision to tackle the problem of understanding the eddy structure of turbulent flows. more |
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R. Rajamani
Mechanical Engineering
William Robbins
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Wireless Sensors and Estimation Algorithms for Interface Pressure Measurement in Clinical Plaster Cast Applications: Compartment Syndrome is a very serious complication that occurs in a cast due to swelling and can cause ischemia, necrosis and serious nerve injuries. more |
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John Riedl
Computer Science and Engineering
Joseph A. Konstan
Computer Science and Engineering
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Exploring Temporal Collaborative Filtering to Support Behavior Change: Collaborative filtering has proven effective in helping connect people to information, products, and services they find valuable. more |
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Shashi Shekhar
Computer Science and Engineering
Gordon E. Legge
Psychology
Loren Terveen
Computer Science and Engineering
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Indoor Navigation Aids for Visually Impaired People: Developing Cognitive and Computational Foundations: Full participation in modern society requires mobility. more |
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Nevin Dale Young
Plant Pathology
Elizabeth Shoop
Math & Computer Science
Steve Cannon
Plant Pathology
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Client-server tools for combining biological ontologies, genome sequence comparisons, and evolutionary data: Hundreds of genomes have been sequenced in the last ten years. more |
