Focus on Folks, 10/14/2005

Joseph Sai (environmental & civil engineering) has received $4,500 from The Texas Department of Transportation for "TXDOT Research Technical Assistance Panels".

Scott Henke (animal and wildlife sciences) has signed a Cooperative Agreement Award with The U.S. Department of the Navy, Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command for "Development of a Management Plan for Maritime Pocket Gophers at NAS Corpus Christi" for the amount of $43,160.

Zhanping You (environmental & civil engineering) has signed an Interagency Cooperation Contract with The Texas Department of Transportation for "DES111 Roadway Design" for the amount of $16,248.34.

Randall DeYoung (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has signed a Cooperative Agreement Award with the United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Wildlife Services/National Wildlife Research Center for “A Landscape-Genetic Approach to Assist Gray Fox Oral Rabies Vaccination Strategies in Texas” for the amount of $9,350.

Eliezer Louzada ( Citrus Center) has received $17,000 from the Texas Citrus Producers Board for “Development and Selection of New Citrus Scions and Rootstock Varieties for Texas.”

Lynne Goeglein-Porter (education) has signed an Intrasystem Cooperation Contract with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for “P-16 Educational Improvement Consortium High School Project (Rider 67)” for the amount of $70,782.

Mary L. Gonzalez (special programs) and Janis Van Buren (human sciences) received $89,528 from the United States Department of Education for “The Center for Young Children and Parent Training at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.”

Scott Henke (animal and wildlife science) has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/Wildlife Services (WS) for “Pseudorabies in Feral Hogs” for the amount of $46,000.

John Perez (biology) received $834,281 from the National Institutes of Health for “TAMUK Biomedical Research Program.”

Rebecca Davis (continuing education) and Tadeo Reyna (distance learning and continuing education) received $384,000 from the Texas Education Agency for “South Region Adult Education.”

Kuruvilla John (engineering), Hector Estrada (civil and architectural engineering), Ali Pilehvari (chemical and natural gas engineering) and Susan Brubaker (purchasing) received $195,563 from the National Science Foundation for “TAMUK-STEP: A Model for Students Success and Persistence.”

Allen Rasmussen (agriculture and human sciences) and Jamie Laurenz (animal and wildlife science) received $493,000 from the Department of Justice for “Safe and Healthy Children.”

Dolores Guerrero (psychology/sociology) has signed a contract with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for “Title IV-E Training Contract Social Work” for the amount of $76,998.

Leonard Brennan (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has signed a grant agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service for “Ecological and Economic Impacts of the Texas Coastal Prairie Conservation Initiative” for the amount of $74,680.

Scott Henke (animal and wildlife science) has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Wildlife Services for “Skunk Behavior and Ecology in Suburban and Urban Environments” for the amount of $46,000.

Venkatesh Uddameri (environmental engineering) has signed a Subcontract with the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station for “A Decision Support System to Develop Sustainable Groundwater Management Policies for a Multi-County Single Aquifer Systems” for the amount of $5,000.

John DaGraca ( Citrus Center) received $47,000 from the Texas Citrus Producers Board for “The Texas Citrus Budwood Certification Project 2005-2006.”

Farzad Deyhim (human sciences) has signed a Subaward Agreement with Kansas State University for “The Effects of Canola Oil on Improving Insulin Sensitivity in Normal and Diabetic Rats” for the amount of $15,000.

Apurba Bhattacharya (chemistry) received $202,405 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Texas Bridges to the Doctorate Yr. 3.”

Betty Black ( University College) has been selected president-elect of Texas Association for Developmental Education.

Carolyn W. Green ( System Center) traveled to Kingsville to attend a follow-up retreat.

Carolyn W. Green ( System Center) traveled to Corpus Christi to attend a College of Business retreat.

Carolyn W. Green ( System Center) traveled to Kingsville to attend a dean/chair training session.

Catherine Carroll (mathematics) traveled to College Station to attend a conference on dynamical systems at Texas A&M University.