Chad Perlyn, M.D., surgical resident in the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, has received a two-year, $60,000 grant from the American College of Surgeons to fund research in the field of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-3 and its relationship to craniofacial development and growth. …
Weixiong Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a one-year, $100,000 grant from the Monsanto Plant Science Program for a study titled “Genome-wide Identification of Stress Genes in Plants.” …
Jeremy D. Buhler, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a five-year, $757,133 National Science Foundation Career Award for research titled “New Technologies for Bio-sequence Comparison.” …
Cindy A. Grimm, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a five-year, $497,780 National Science Foundation Career Award for research titled “A Composition System for Computer Graphics.” …
William D. Richard, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a one-year, $125,000 grant from Envisioneering LLC for a project involving the development of a new three-dimensional ultrasound system for prostate imaging and radiation treatment planning. Richard has also received a donation of components and equipment from Xilinx. Valued at $250,000, Xilinx’s donation supports research as well as education. …
Murray F. Weidenbaum, Ph.D., the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor and honorary chairman of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, lectured March 5 at two Washington, D.C., think tanks: “The Changing Structure of the U.S. Defense Industry” to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and “Pros and Cons of Globalization” to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution. …
Kelvin A. Yamada, M.D., associate professor of neurology, has received a three-year, $573,750 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Hypoglycemia in the Developing Diabetic Brain.” …
Michael Young, graduate research assistant, has received a two-year, $42,000 predoctoral fellowship from the Heartland Affiliate Research Committee of the American Heart Association for research titled “Isolation and Characterization of Actin Patches from S. Cerevisiae.”