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NSF Awards in Response to the September 11, 2001, Attacks

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ENGINEERING AWARDS

PI

Award

Institution

Title

Blatchley

BES 0210350

Purdue University

SGER: Inactivation of Biological Warfare Agents by Physical Disinfectants

Gurol

BES 0206861

San Diego State University

SGER: Application of Gaseous Ozone for Inactivation of Bacterial Spores

Mainelis

BES 0212007

Rutgers University

SGER: Inactivation of Airborne Microorganisms Using Electrical Fields: a Feasibility Study

Parlange

BES 0211625

John Hopkins University

SGER: Measurements of Particle Emissions from the World Trade Center Site in New York City

Pereira da Cunha

BES 0233463

University of Maine

SGER: Detection of Bioterrorism-linked Microbial Pathogens Using Surface Acoustic Wave Liquid Sensors

Tepper

BES 0229026

Virginia Commonwealth University

SGER: Biosensing in the Gas Phase: A New Approach Based on Imprnted Nanoparticles of a Linear Polymer

Wei

BES 0228143

Purdue University

SGER: Antibody-cunjugated Nanoparticle Films as Spectroscopic Sensors of Chemical Agents

Astaneh

CMS 0139542

University of California Berkeley

SGER: World Trade Center Post-Disaster Reconnaissance and Perishable Structural Engineering Data Collection

Bloomquist

CMS 0139382

University of Florida

SGER: Infrastructural Damage Assessment Using Land-Based Laser Swath Mapping Technology

Frost

CMS 0139258

Georgia Institute of Technology

SGER: Digital Data Collection for Damage Assessment at World Trade Center

Garg

CMS 0228784

Duke University

SGER: A Multi-sensor-fused Intelligent Biomimetic Microrobot

Grigg

CMS 0139878

Colorado State University

Condition and Security Indicators for Interdependent Infrastructure Systems

Harrald

CMS 0139309

George Washington University

SGER: Observing and Documenting the Inter-Organizational Response to the 9/11 Terror Attacks

Harrald

CMS 0219953

George Washington University

Terrorism and Corporate Crisis Management: The Strategic Effect of the September 11 Attacks

Hendrickson

CMS 0223255

Carnegie Mellon University

Analyzing Critical Infrastructure Dependicies: Secruity and Survivability Effects in the Service Sector

Holguin-Veras

CMS 0205188

CUNY City College

SGER: Impacts of Extreme Events on Passenger Travel Behavior

Lee

CMS 0240691

SUNY Buffalo

US-PRC Workshop on Protection of Urban Infrastructure and Public Facilities Against Natural and Manmade Disasters

Lindell

CMS 0219155

Texas A&M University

Develop an Evacuation Management Decision Support System

Mileti

CMS 0139024

University of Colorado Boulder

Natural Hazards Research Application and Information Center (supplement)

Miller-Hooks

CMS 0218621

Pennsylvania State University

Emergency Preparedness Planning and On-Line Evacuation of Large Buildings

Mowrer

CMS 0139568

University of Maryland

SGER: World Trade Center Post-Disaster Fire Reconnaissance and Perishable Data Collection

Murphy

CMS 0229809

University of South Florida

SGER: Adaptive Shoring for Robot-assisted Search and Rescue

O'Rourke 

CMS 0207266

Cornell University

SGER: Improved Security And Management Of Underground Infrastructure Systems: Lessons Learned From September 11, 2001

Phillips

CMS 0229389

Jacksonville State University

Organization-based Post Disaster Sheltering and Housing of Low Income and Minority Groups

Reid

CMS 0238991

National Academy of Engineering

Management of Precursors (w/DMII and SBE)

Rosenbloom

CMS 0215588

University of Southern California

Digital Government: Responding to the Unexpected (workshop through CISE)

Rubin

CMS 0231624

Claire Rubin & Assoc.

SGER: Analysis of Major Terrorist Disasters Affecting the U.S. (1988-2001)

Sozen

CMS 0204537

Purdue University

SGER: Gathering and Archiving Data on the Response of a Reinforced Concrete Building Subjected to Impact and Fire Loads

Stehr

CMS 0234100

Washington State University

The Implementation of Disaster Assistance in New York in the Aftermath of September 11: The Dynamics of Multiorganizational Response

Wallace

CMS 0139306

Rensselaer Polytechic Institute

SGER: Impact of World Trade Center Disaster on Critical Infrastructure Interdependence

Yeh

CMS 0213686

University of Washington

International Travel Grant to Support U.S. Involvement in HAZARDS-2002

Zimmerman

CMS 0203371

New York University

Workshop on Research Related to the World Trade Center Disaster

Zimmerman 

CMS 0204660 

New York University

SGER: Urban Infrastructure Services in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from September 11th

Zimmie

CMS 0226864

Rensselaer Polytechic Institute

SGER: Surface Blast Effects on Embankments and Dikes

Barat

CTS 0233582

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Terahertz Imaging System for Sensing of Chemical and Biological Agents

Janata 

CTS 0207142 

Georgia Institute of Technology

The New Challenges of Chemical and Biological Sensing (Workshop: January 9-10, 2002; funded through CHE in MPS)

Auerbach

DMI 0215158

EMTEL

SBIR Phase I: Remote Radio Frequency Measurements for Pipeline Monitoring - FloWatch911

Berg

DMII 0226831

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

SGER: Exploratory Research to Define Streamlining Opportunities for Construction Permitting in Disaster Recovery

Bier

DMII 0228204

U of Wisconsin, Madison

Optimal and Near-Optimal Resource Allocation for Information Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Dong

DMI 0212035

NanoTek, Inc.

SBIR Phase I: Nanofabricated Gas Chromatography Column-Oven System

Drukier

DMII 0214853

BioTraces Inc.

SBIR Phase I: New Methods for Detecting Bioterrorism

Farquharson

DMII 0214280

RTA

SBIR Phase I: Anthrax Detector for Mail Sorting Systems

Fernandez

DMII 0215192

Ciencia Inc.

SBIR Phase I: Biosensor for Label-free, Real-time Monitoring of Environmental Pathogens

Forbes

DMII 0215159

VTK

SBIR Phase I: Flexible Displays fro Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Applications

Hunter

DMII 0214847

Physical Sciences Inc.

SBIR Phase I: Fast Response Sensor for Airborne Biological Particles

Jacobson

DMII 0114499 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Collaborative Research: Aviation Access Control Security Systems

Kittrell

DMI 0215008

KSE Inc.

SBIR Phase I: Homeland Security: Photocatalytic Destruction of Air-Borne Bacteria

Kobza 

DMII 0114046 

Texas Tech University

Collaborative Research: Aviation Access Control Security Systems

Kosal

DMII 0215088

ChemSensing

SBIR Phase I: Colorimetric Sensor for Real-Time Detection of Nitroaromatic Explosives

Li

DMII 0213614

Genex Technologies, Inc.

SBIR Phase I: A Novel Large Depth of Field and High Resolution Imaging Scanner

Meisner

DMI 0213982

Titan

SBIR Phase I: Ultra-sensitive Charge-coupled Device (CCD) Technology: A Photon Counting Camera

Mlcak

DMII 0215119

Boston MicroSystems, Inc.

SBIR Phase I: Rapid Reagent-less Multi-channel Biological Agent Detector

Morton

DMII 0228419

U of Texas Austin

Stochastic Network Interdiction Models for Homeland Security

Nelson

DMII 0215147

Aerodyne Research

SBIR Phase I: Development of a High Precision, Autonomous Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Detector for Methane and Nitrous Oxide

Rindova

DMII 0218029

University of Maryland, College Park

SGER: Evolving Dynamic Capabilities in Times of Dramatic Environmental Change

Schafer

DMII 0228246

Johns Hopkins University

Optimal Structural System Design for Catastrophic Unforeseen Events

Schlueter

DMII 0215299

Intellicon

SBIR Phase I: Preventive, Corrective, and Emergency Control for Equipment Outages Producing Voltage Collapse and Blackout

Thompson

DMI 0216574

RealTronics

SBIR Phase II:  A High Frequency Beam Steered Electromagnetic Impulse Radar to Locate Human Targets Through Opaque Media

Vispute

DMI 0215175

Blue Wave

SBIR Phase I: Low Cost Visible Blind Ultra Violet Photodetectors on Glass and Polyimide

Wallace

DMII 0228402

Rensselaer Polytech Institute

Disruptions in Independent Infrastures

Worsnop

DMII 0215061

Aerodyne Research

SBIR Phase I: Development of a Time of Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer for Atmospheric Aerosol Analysis

Zhang

DMII 0131228 

JunTech, Inc.

SBIR Phase II: A New Digital Video Surveillance System

Lee

EEC 0139621

MCEER at SUNY Buffalo 

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (supplement)

Grimes

ECS 0225346

Pennsylvania State University

Integrated Sensing: Integrated Smart-sensor Networks for Monitoring Aqueous Environments

SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES AWARDS

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Barrett

BCS 0204431

Boston College

SGER: Mechanisms of Resilience in the Face of On-Going Threat

Bearman

SES 0140024

Columbia University

SGER: Narrative Networks: The World Trade Center Tragedy

Birnbaum

SES 0202448

California State University Fullerton 

SGER: Effects of Terrorism on Judgments and Decisions Concerning Civil Liberties

Bonanno

BCS 0202772

Columbia University

SGER: The Costs and Benefits of Self-Enhancement: Coping with the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center

Bozorgmehr

SES 0140271

CUNY Graduate School

SGER: How Support Organizations Respond to Crises: Middle Eastern and South Asian American Organizations in the Aftermath of September 11

Brewer

SES 0201511

George Washington University

SGER:  Crisis and Confidence

Burkhardt

SES 0218007

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dissertation Research: Reimagining Anthrax: Constructing the Threat and Science of Biological Warfare at Fort Dietrick, 1943-1969

Conway

BCS 0139292

University of Illinois Chicago

A Test of Flashbulb Memory: Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Goodwin

BCS 0203970

Purdue University

SGER: American Identity Under Siege: Re-categorization at Ground Zero

Huddy

SES 0201650

SUNY Stonybrook

SGER: The Dynamic, Multi-Faceted Effects of Threat on U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy Attitudes

Inglehart

SES 0140566

University of Michigan

SGER: Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Traumas of Modernization?

Jenkins-Smith

SES 0234119

Texas A&M University

SGER: Public Responses to Terrorism

Krantz

SES 0136872

Columbia University

Understanding and Improving Protective Decision Making

Lecci

BCS 0204846

University of North Carolina Wilmington

SGER: A Social Cognitive Model for Processing Health Risk Information About Anthrax Fears

Lerner

SES 0201525

Carnegie Mellon University

SGER: Emotional and Cognitive Carry Over from the September 11 Attacks

Lustick

SES 0218397

University of Pennsylvania

ITR: Development and Applications of the PS-I Computational Modeling Platform for Problems of Ethnic Conflict, Globalization, State Stability and Terrorism

Moaddel

SES 0139908

Eastern Michigan University

SGER: A Post-Crisis Analysis of the Attitudes and Value Orientations of the Islamic Publics in Egypt, Iran and Morocco

Moore

SES 0201149

University of Connecticut

SGER: Terror, Immigration, and Civil Liberties in the United States

Morrow-Jones

BCS 0202231

Ohio State University

SGER: The Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks on American Metropolitan Household Decisions to Stay in the Same Residence, to Remodel, or to Move

Moskowitz

BCS 0213693

Lehigh University

Control over Stereotype Activation by Preconscious and Temporary Goals

O'Loughlin

BCS 0203087

University of Colorado Boulder

SGER: The Impacts of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and Response on Russian Geopolitical Culture

Rasinski

SES 0139964

National Opinion Research Center

SGER: Public Response to a National Tragedy

Richardson

BCS 0200619

Association of American Geographers

SGER: The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism: A Research Agenda for the Discipline

Rosenbloom

SBE 0215588

University of Southern California

Digital Government: Responding to the Unexpected (workshop through CISE)

Rubinstein

BCS 0129762

Syracuse University

Dissertation Research: Defending the Homeland: The Cultural Construction of U.S. Defense in Everyday Practice

Rubinstein

BCS 0129762

Syracuse University

Dissertation Research: Defending the Homeland: The Cultural Construction of U.S. Defense in Everyday Practice

Schuman

SES 0206472

University of Michigan

SGER: Collective Memories Over The Life Course

Silver

SES 0214143

Michigan State University 

Attack on American Civil Liberties Trade-offs, and Ethnic Tolerance: Panel Survey

Silver

BCS 0211039

University of California Irvine

SGER: Coping with Community-based Traumatic Events: National Response to September 11, 2001

Silver 

SES 0140541

Michigan State University 

SGER: The Attack on America, Civil Liberties Trade-offs and Ethnic Tolerance 

Silver

BCS 9910223

University of California Irvine

SGER: Coping with Community-based Traumatic Events: The Columbine High School Shootings and the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (supplement)

Skitka

SES 0210053

University of Illinois Chicago

SGER: Understanding Political Intolerance: A Test of Deonance Theory

Thompson

BCS 0233978

Pomona College

SGER: Restoring Assumptions of Safety and Control Following the 2001 Terrorist Attacks

Wayment

BCS 0202652

Northern Arizona University

SGER: Predicting Affective Reactions to Collective Loss

Weisband

SES 0218304

University of Arizona

The Role of Technology on Work Practices in Police Departments

Williams

SES 0220979

Massachusetts Institute Technology

SGER: Workshop: Rethinking Technology After September 11 (March 2002)

BIOLOGY AWARDS

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Cantley

MCB 0209454

Beth Israel, Harvard

SGER: Discovery of Substrates and Inhibitors of the Anthrax Lethal Factor using Peptide Libraries

Fraser 

MCB 0202304 

The Institute for Genomic Research

Genomic Diversity of Bacillus Anthracis Strains

COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AWARDS

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Ammar

EIA 0131079

West Virginia University

Digital Government: Automated Dental Identification

Bhargava

IIS 0209059

Purdue University

Formalizing Evidence and Trust for User Authorization

Blumenthal

ANI 0238609

NAS

Telecommunications Research and Development

Dawes

EIA 0221927 

SUNY Albany

SGER: Turning to Digital Government in a Crisis: Coordinating Government Business and Non-Profit Services in Response to the World Trade Center Attacks of September 11, 2001

DeFanti

EIA 0224306

University of Illinois Chicago

CISE Research Resources: Matching Advanced Visualization and Intelligent Data Mining to High-performance Experimental Networks

Fan

IIS 0208539

U of North Carolina Charlotte

A Novel Approach to Video Database Indexing via Semantic Classification

Goldberg

IIS 0204758

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

SGER: The Impact of Breakdowns of Physical Infrastructure on Social Networks

Hou

ANI 0221357

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Data Centric Sensor Networks

Markowsky

ANI 0210619

University of Maine

ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYSIZE, ANY SIGNAL: Scalable Remote Information Sensing and Communications Systems

Murphy

EIA 0224401

University of South Florida

CISE Research Resources: R4: Rescue Robots for Research and Response

Rosenbloom

EIA 0215588

University of Southern California

Digital Government: Responding to the Unexpected (workshop with CMS and SBE)

Sastry

CCR 0239511

University of California Berkeley

Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection:  September 23-24, 2002; Leesburg, VA

Sekar

CCR 0208877

SUNY Stony Brook

A New Approach for Securing Systems Using Automated Adaptive Intrusion Response

Silverstein

CCR 0208830

University of Virginia

Adaptive Digital Signal Processing for Spatial and Temporal Sampled Coherent Imaging Systems

Singh

ANI 0125728

Portland State University

Using Smart Antennas for Ad Hoc Networking

Sirer

EIA 0203449

Cornell University

CRCD: The Ad Hoc Classroom: Integrating Emerging Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies into Mainstream Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Curricula

GEOSCIENCES AWARDS

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Freiman

EAR 0229030

United Engineering Foundation

Conference: Risk-based Decision Making in Water Resources X

Olsen

OCE 0210001

University of Massachusetts Boston

SGER: Exploratory Research on the Environmental Impact of the World Trade Center Attack on Sediment Quality and Dynamics in New York Harbor

MATH & PHYSICAL SCIENCES AWARDS

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Clarke

CHE 0139876

Purdue University

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Rapid Reactions in Solution

Collins

CHE 0211065

Carnegie Mellon University

SGER: Activated Hydrogen Peroxide Detoxification of Chemical-Biological Warfare Agents

Fenselau

CHE 0223645

University of Maryland College Park

Analytical Chemistry for Homeland Defense and National Security, ACS Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002

Janata

CHE 0207142

Georgia Institute of Technology

The New Challenges of Chemical and Biological Sensing (Workshop: January 9-10, 2002; funded with CTS in ENG)

Lehmann

CHE 0228797

Princeton

SGER: An Optical Fiber Resonator for Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopic Detection and Measurement of Trace Species

Becchetti

PHY 0214631

University of Michigan

2002 Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, Ann Arbor, May 21-23, 2002

Friedman

DMS 0204029

Stanford University

Topics in Predictive and Descriptive Data Mining

Wang

CHE 0209707

New Mexico State University

Characterization of DNA-linked Nanoparticle Networks for Advanced Genetic Testing

Zoski

CHE 0210315

Georgia State University

GOALI: Addressable Multielectrode Arrays Based on Membrane Templates: Fabrication, Characterization and Instrumentation

Lewis

CHE 0213589 (CHE 0228141)

Caltech

Supplement:  Achieving Molecular Level Control over the Chemical, Electrochemical, and Electrical Properties of Crystalline Si Surfaces

Lopez

CHE 0230818

U. New Mexico

SGER: Fluorescence Lifetime-Based Measurements of Biosensor Arrays Using Closed Loop Auto-Oscillating Systems

Majda

CHE 0079225 (CHE 0228639)

U. California-Berkeley

Supplement: Dynamics of Lateral Processes at the Air/Water Interface

Penner

CHE 0111557 (CHE 0229434)

U. California-Irvine

Supplement: Chemical Sensors Based on Electrodeposited Metal Nanowires

Rabolt/Chase

CHE 0228839

U. Delaware/Dupont

SGER: Ultra-Fast Infrared Spectroscopy Using a Focal Plane Array for the Real Time Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents

Sadik

CHE 0210968

SUNY Binghamton

SGER: Molecular Design of Intelligent Sensors for Selected Chemical Warfare Agents Using Support Vector machines

Solouki

CHE 0228971

U. Maine

SGER: Improving Performance Characteristics of Hyphenated Preconcentrator GC Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry: A "Gold Standard" for Sensor Development

Weidman

DMS 0215714

National Academy of Sciences

The Role of Mathematical Sciences in Homeland Defense

EDUCATION & HUMAN RESOURCES AWARDS

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Kennedy

HRD 0236753

Morgan State University

Infrastructure Building to Develop a Center for Biological and Chemical Sensors Research

LaBar

ESI 0206350

Liberty Science Center

Skyscraper: Achievement and Impact - A Permanent Exhibition

OFFICE OF INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES AWARDS

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Richardson

OIA 0236908

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Shaping Science and Technology to Serve National Security

Rippen

OIA 0234636

Rand Corporation

Data, Information and Recommendations Regarding Emergency Worker Safety and Health During Disaster Responses - CDC-NIOSH

AWARDS THROUGH THE NSF-FUNDED NATIONAL HAZARDS CENTER

For details on these awards, see the National Hazards Center site.

Cutter

QR #153

University of South Carolina

Assessing the Use of Geographical Information Technology in Responding to the September 11 Terrorist Attack in New York City

Eads

QR #152

University of Colorado Boulder

Marginalized Groups in Times of Crisis: Identity, Needs and Response

Edwards

East Carolina University

Social Capital and Advocacy Organization Response to a Suddenly Imposed National Disaster

Gillham

University of Colorado Boulder

Non-Profit Sector Responses to a Terrorist Attach While Preparing for Mass Demonstrations in Washington DC, September 2001

Grant

QR #157

University of Akron

Downing of the UA Jet in PA: "Terrorism in Shanksville": A Study in Preparedness and Response

Hays

University of Colorado Boulder

The Role of Police Organizations During a Domestic Terrorist Attack

LeDuc

QR #149

University of Oregon

Evaluation of Intergovernmental Communication in a Post Disaster Environment

Lowe

QR #144

University of Colorado Boulder

Community Response in Terrorist Disasters

Michaels

QR #141

University of Colorado Boulder

How Communications Technology Firms Responded in the Immediate Aftermath of the September 11, 2001 Explosions

O'Brien

QR #150

California State University at Stanislaus

Institutional Warning Response Following the World Trade Center Attack

Peek-Gottschlich

QR #156

University of Colorado Boulder

Ethnic Issues on University Campuses Following An Act of Terrorism: Middle Eastern Student Preparation and Response

Rodrigue

QR #146

California State University Long Beach

Patterns of Media Coverage of The Terrorist Attacks on The United States In September of 2001

Rubin

QR #140

George Washington University

The Events of Sept. 11, 2001: Immediate Ramifications for Federal Policy  ($500 travel supplement)

Sattler

Western Washington University

Psychological Reactions following the Terrorist Attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Simpson

QR #148

University of Louisville

An Examination of the Process and Nature of Victim Identification Immediately Following the World Trade Center Collapse

Sutton 

QR #147

University of Colorado Boulder

Role of Faith Communities’ Responses to Terrorist Attacks in New York City

Weber

QR #155

University of North Texas, Denton

Public/Private Communication and Cooperation after a Recent Disaster Event: An Assessment of Coordination

 
 
     
 

 
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