IGERT Funded Projects
By Institution

The following is a list of awarded projects for the IGERT program. You may read the abstract for each award by clicking on the name of the Principle Investigator (PI). You may also go to the project Web site by pointing your mouse at the name of the institution.

Institution: Arizona State University
PI: Stuart Fisher
Project Title: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training in Urban Ecology
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Arizona State University
PI: Jiping He
Project Title: Neural and Musculoskeletal Adaptation in Forms and Function
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Arizona State University
PI: Neal Woodbury
Project Title: Optical Biomolecular Devices: From Natural Paradigms to Practical Applications
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Boston University
PI: Charles DeLisi
Project Title: Graduate Research Training in Bioinformatics
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Boston University
PI: Claudio Rebbi
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Approach to the Integration of High Performance Computing in Science Education
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Brandeis University
PI: Eve Marder
Project Title: Quantitative Approaches to Neuroscience: From Molecules to Behavior
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Brown University
PI: Mark E. Johnson
Project Title: Learning and Action in the Face of Uncertainty: Cognitive, Computational and Statistical Approaches
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
PI: Kathleen M. Carley
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Training Program in Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
PI: David Touretzky
Project Title: Cross-Disciplinary Training in the Neural Basis of Cognition
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Case Western Reserve University
PI: Roy E. Ritzmann
Project Title: Training Program in Neuro-mechanical Systems
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: City University of New York
PI: Daniel L. Akins
Project Title: Nanostructural Materials and Devices
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: City University of New York
PI: Morton M. Denn
Project Title: Multiscale Phenomena in Soft Materials
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Clarkson University
PI: Thomas Holsen
Project Title: Environmental Manufacturing Management
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Colorado State University
PI: Richard A. Davis
Project Title: Program for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, and Statistics (PRIMES)
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Columbia University
PI: Lorenzo M. Polvani
Project Title: A Joint Graduate Program in Applied Mathematics and the Earth and Environmental Sciences
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Cornell University
PI: Steven H. Strogatz
Project Title: Program in Nonlinear Systems
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Cornell University
PI: Louis A. Derry
Project Title: Integrated Graduate Training and Research in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Drexel University
PI: Yury Gogotsi
Project Title: Nanoscale Engineering and Science: A New Educational Model Combining Two Universities
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Duke University
PI: Robert L. Clark
Project Title: Biologically Inspired Materials and Material System Training
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
PI: Mark Hay
Project Title: Signals in the Sea
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
PI: Marie C. Thursby
Project Title: An Integrated Approach to Technological Innovation
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: George Washington University
PI: Bernard Wood
Project Title: Integrative Human Evolutionary Biology
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Harvard University
PI: William J. Wilson
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Harvard University
PI: N. Michele Holbrook
Project Title: Integrated Training Progream in Biomechanics
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Iowa State University
PI: Daniel F. Voytas
Project Title: Computational Molecular Biology Training Group
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Johns Hopkins University
PI: Paul Smolensky
Project Title: Problem-centered Research Training: Integrating Formal and Empirical Methods in the Cognitive Science of Language
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Lehigh University
PI: S. David Wu
Project Title: Training Program in Manufacturing Logistics
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Louisiana State University
PI: Paul Russo
Project Title: Teaching Craft for Macromolecular Creativity
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PI: Daniel E. Hastings
Project Title: IGERT: Assessing the Implications of Emerging Technologies
Year Awarded: 2003

Institution: Michigan State University
PI: Fred Dyer
Project Title: A Unified Approach to Sequential Decision-Making in Cognitive Science
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Michigan Technological University
PI: John W. Sutherland
Project Title: IGERT: Achieving Environmental, Industrial, and Societal Sustainability via the Sustainable Futures Model
Year Awarded: 2003

Institution: Montana State University
PI: David M. Dooley
Project Title: Education and Research Training in Structure and Function of Complex Biological Systems
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: North Carolina State University
PI: Barbara Sherry
Project Title: Integrative Graduate Training in Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Northwestern University
PI: Stephen Davis
Project Title: Dynamics of Complex Systems in Science and Engineering
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Northwestern University
PI: Leon Keer
Project Title: Virtual Tribology System: Future Engineers and Future Powertrain Virtualization Technology
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Ohio State University
PI: L. James Lee
Project Title: Molecular Engineering of Microdevices (MEMD)
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: Oklahoma State University
PI: Michael Soderstrand
Project Title: Advanced Graduate Training in Photonics Research
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Oregon State University
PI: Martin Fisk
Project Title: Earth's Subsurface Biosphere: Coupling of Microbial, Geophysical, and Geochemical Processes
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Pennsylvania State University
PI: Susan L. Brantley
Project Title: Biogeochemical Research Initiative for Education
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Pennsylvania State University
PI: James Anderson
Project Title: Consortium for Education in Many-Body Applications
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Princeton University
PI: Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Project Title: Program in Integrated Computer and Application Sciences
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Purdue University
PI: Nicholas A. Peppas
Project Title: Training Program on Therapeutic and Diagnostic Devices
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Purdue University
PI: Daniel Kovenock
Project Title: Innovation Realization Laboratory: Integrating Science and Engineering with Economics and Management
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Rice University
PI: Larry McIntire
Project Title: Program in Cellular Engineering
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: SUNY-Buffalo
PI: David M. Mark
Project Title: Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training in Geographic Information Science
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: SUNY-Buffalo
PI: Alexander Cartwright
Project Title: Biophotonics Materials and Applications
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Texas Technological University
PI: Kishor Mehta
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Program in Wind Science and Engineering
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
PI: Amelia K. Ward
Project Title: Freshwater Graduate Studies Integrating Ecology, Hydrology, and Geochemistry in Regions with Contrasting Climates
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of Alaska-Fairbanks
PI: Terry Chapin
Project Title: Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training in Regional Resilience and Adaptation
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Arizona
PI: Michael Tabor
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Training at the Interface of Biology, Mathematics and Physics
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of Arizona
PI: Michael Nachman
Project Title: Evolutionary, Computational, and Molecular Approaches to Genome Structure and Function
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Arizona
PI: John W. Olsen
Project Title: Archaeological Sciences: An Integrated Approach To Human Use of Ancient Landscapes
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Arkansas
PI: Leonard W. Schaper, Jr.
Project Title: Electronic Education, High Performance Miniaturized Electronic Devices
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of California-Berkeley
PI: Daniel Rokhsar
Project Title: Physical Biosciences: From Molecular Machines to Neural Imaging
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of California-Davis
PI: Patricia Mokhtarian
Project Title: Transportation Technology and Policy Program
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of California-Davis
PI: Alexandra Navrotsky
Project Title: Nanophases in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Univeristy of California-Davis
PI: Richard Grosberg
Project Title: Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From Science to Society
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of California-Los Angeles
PI: Allan J. Tobin
Project Title: NeuroEngineering Training Program
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of California-Los Angeles
PI: Fred Fox
Project Title: Training Program in Bioinformatics
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of California-Los Angeles
PI: Fred Wudl
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Graduate Materials Creation Training Program
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of California-San Diego
PI: Terry Sejnowski
Project Title: Graduate Training Program in Computational Neurobiology
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of California-San Diego
PI: Susan L. Shirk
Project Title: Public Policy and Nuclear Threats: Training the Next Gerneration
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of California-Santa Barbara
PI: David Pine
Project Title: Advanced Optical Materials
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of California-Santa Barbara
PI: Charles Kolstad
Project Title: Integrated Training Program in Economics and Environmental Science
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of California-Santa Barbara
PI: Bangalore S. Manjunath
Project Title: Digital Multimedia: Graduate Training Program in Interactive Digital Multimedia
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of California-Santa Barbara
PI: Linda Petzold
Project Title: Computational Science and Engineering with Emphasis on Multiscale Problems in Fluids and Materials
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder
PI: Dana Z. Anderson
Project Title: Graduate Training in Optical Science and Engineering
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder
PI: James White
Project Title: Graduate Training in Carbon, Climate and Society
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of Central Florida
PI: Guifang Li
Project Title: Optical Communidations and Networking
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Delaware
PI: Mary J. Wirth
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Biotechnology
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Florida
PI: Daniel J. Zarin
Project Title: Working Forests in the Tropics
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Idaho
PI: Nilsa Bosque-Perez
Project Title: Ecosystem Management in Tropical and Temperate Regions: Integrating Education in Sustainable Production and Biodiversity Conservation
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Kentucky
PI: Leonides G. Bachas
Project Title: Integrated Sensing Architectures
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of Maine
PI: Barbara B. Knowles
Project Title: Predoctoral Training in Functional Genomics of Model Organisms
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
PI: M. David Curtis
Project Title: Molecularly Designed Electronic, Photonic, and Nanostructural Materials
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
PI: James A. Teeri
Project Title: Biosphere - Atmosphere Research and Training
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
PI: Jeffrey MacKie-Mason
Project Title: Socio-technical Infrastructure for Electronic Transactions
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
PI: Scott E. Page
Project Title: Structure, Adaptation, and Performance in Economic and Political Institutions
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
PI: Timothy J. Ebner
Project Title: Integrative Graduate Training of Neuroscientists and Computational/Physical Scientists
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
PI: Uwe Kortshagen
Project Title: Nanoparticle Science and Engineering
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Missouri-Rolla
PI: Mariesa L. Crow
Project Title: Variable Speed Electromechanical Drive Systems
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of New Mexico
PI: Wolfgang Rudolph
Project Title: Cross-disciplinary Optics Research and Education
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Oregon
PI: John H. Postlethwait
Project Title: Integrated Training in the Evolution of Development
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of Oregon
PI: David Johnson
Project Title: Doctoral Training at the Interface of Chemistry and Physics: New Materials for Electronics and Optics through Control of Nanoscale Structure
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Southern California
PI: Joseph S. Devinny
Project Title: Urban Environmental Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Doctoral Education Program
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of South Florida
PI: Shekhar Bhansali
Project Title: Sensory Knowledge-based Interface Science (SKINS)
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Tennessee-Knoxville
PI: Peter Liaw
Project Title: Materials Lifetime Science and Engineering
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Texas-Austin
PI: Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Project Title: A New Pathway for Multi-Disciplinary Graduate Education in Optical Molecular Bio-Engineering
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of Texas-Austin
PI: David Hillis
Project Title: Computational Phylogenetics and Applications to Biology
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Utah
PI: Robert Roemer
Project Title: Extremely Small Scale Thermal-Fluid Systems
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of Utah
PI: James Keener
Project Title: Cross-Disciplinary Training in Mathematical Biology
Year Awarded: 2002

Institution: University of Virginia
PI: Ian Harrison
Project Title: Science and Engineering of Laser Interactions with Matter
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: University of Washington
PI: James T. Staley
Project Title: Astrobiology: Life in and beyond Earth's Solar System
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: University of Washington
PI: Viola Vogel
Project Title: Nanotechnology
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: University of Washington
PI: Gordon Bradley
Project Title: Integrative Graduate Education in Urban Ecology
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: University of Washington
PI: Gretchen Kalonji
Project Title: IGERT: Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Environment
Year Awarded: 2003

Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
PI: Peter J. Nowak
Project Title: Human Dimensions of Social and Aquatic System Interactions
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Vanderbilt University
PI: Sankaran Mahadevan
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Training in Reliability and Risk Engineering, Analysis, and Management
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
PI: Scott Midkiff
Project Title: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training in Advanced Networking
Year Awarded: 2000

Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
PI: Judy Riffle
Project Title: Macromolecular Science and Infrastructure Engineering
Year Awarded: 2001

Institution: Virginia Polytecnic Institute and State University
PI: Susan E. Duncan
Project Title: Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences: Oxidative Processes
Year Awarded: 2003

Institution: Washington State University
PI: James N. Petersen
Project Title: Integrative Education of the Next Generation of Environmental Scientists and Engineers
Year Awarded: 1999

Institution: Wayne State University
PI: Gregory W. Auner
Project Title: Smart Sensors and Integrated Devices
Year Awarded: 1998

Institution: Wayne State University
PI: William Hase
Project Title: Interdisciplinary Traineeship in High Performance Computing Applications
Year Awarded: 2000