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Awards & Honors

Rebecca Schapp and Karen Kienzle of the DeSaisset Museum have received a one-year award from the Lannan Foundation providing $10,000 to support "Evri Kwong: Pretend Everything is Okay Exhibit Catalogue" for an exhibition of the artists work beginning 27 September 08.

Betty Young (Physics) has received $31,492 from Lockheed Martin to support "Aluminum Manganese TES Development for Large Scale Arrays of Microcalorimeters." This is the final year of funding on a three year subcontract award. The Lockheed Martin award is funded by NASA-Goddard. The award with this amendment totals $102,801.

Patrick Hoggard (Chemistry) has received a three-year award from the National Science Foundation that provides $195,000 to support "RUI: Near-UV and Visible Light Photocatalysis of Halocarbon Degradation by Metal Complexes." Halocarbons arise as disinfection byproducts and are present in many municipal water supplies at concentrations higher than those established by EPA guidelines. One goal of this research project is to find a compound that can heterogeneously decompose halocarbons in water. If decomposition can be demonstrated, this may point the way toward a practical method to remove PCB's from water. This research also will provide education and training in photochemical techniques to a number of undergraduate students.

Geoffrey Bowker (Center for Science, Technology and Society) has received a one-year award from the National Science Foundation that provides $18,395 to support "Towards a Virtual Organization for Data Cyberinfrastructure."

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Geoffrey Bowker (CSTS) and Eben Kirksey have received a two-year award from the National Science Foundation that provides $83,989 to support "The Tropical Rain Forest as a Boundary Object: An Ethnography of Multiple Collectives and Social Worlds."

Justen Whittall (Biology) has received a two-year award from the National Science Foundation that provides $352,493 to support "RUI Collaborative Research IPY: Flower Color Evolution in the Arctic: Integrating Genomic Research and Undergraduate Education in Polar Environments."

Keith Warner (Environmental Studies) has received year 2 funding from the National Science Foundation that provides $39,549 to support "Managing Risk in the Public Interest: How Ethics and Values Shape Biological Control Practice and Policy." The award with this amendment totals $70,902.

Christopher Kitts (Mechanical Engineering) has received second year funding of $55,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to support "The OBSIDIAN Nanosatellite Project." The award with this amendment now totals $110,000. SCU's Robotic Systems Laboratory will develop the OBSIDIAN (Orbiting Biological Study using In situ Diagnostics Implemented via an Autonomous Nanosatellite) nanosatellite mission as part of the AFOSR University Nanosatellite Program. OBSIDIAN is a single nanosatellite that will be developed by SCU undergraduate and graduate students as part of a comprehensive educational program.

Leslie Gray (Environmental Studies) has received second year funding of $41,731 from the National Science Foundation to support "RUI: Cotton, Poverty and the Environment in Africa." The award with this amendment now totals $88,967.

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