2002 Annual Report
Grants
Investigator |
Title |
Agency |
Dates |
Amount |
| Sara Hendrickson Kris Koenig Andrew Berge | Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program | Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program | 7/1/2001-6/30/2002 | $5,100 |
| Amy Finseth Brian Hoese | Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program | Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program | 7/1/2002-6/30/2003 | $3,350 |
| Mrinal Bhattacharya Peter Raynor | Use of Vegetable Oils in Metalworking Fluid Formulations | USDA-CSREES | 12/1/2000-11/30/2003 | $120,000 |
| Kim Stelson Mrinal Bhattacharya Vaughan Voller | Accelerated Technology Transfer for Starch-based Plastics | Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources | 7/1/2001- 6/30/2003 | $90,000 |
| Mrinal Bhattacharya | Processing and Process Modeling of Extrusion Cast Films/Sheets from Agriculture Materials | USDA-CSREES | 9/15/1999-9/30/2003 | $180,000 |
| Mrinal Bhattacharya | Biodegradable Polymers from Soy Flour/Proteins | Urethane Soy Systems | 7/27/2000- | $116,498 |
| Jonathan Chaplin | Biosensor Development | AgriChem, Inc. | 9/1/2002-8/31/2004 | $78,123 |
| James Anderson David Gustafson | Model Decentralized Wastewater | North CarolinaState/USDA | 2/1/2001-3/31/2003 | $25,000 |
| David Gustafson Sara Christopherson | Foundation: Onsite Sewage Treatment | Private Gifts | 4/1/1999- | $9,300 |
| Richard Koelsch Frank Humenik Larry Jacobson et al. | Livestock Environment Issues Curriculum Development and Implementation Project | University of Nebraska/USDA CSREES | 1/1/1999-9/30/2002 | $7,500 |
| Larry Jacobson | Evaluation and Implementation of OFFSET (Odors from Feedlot Setback Estimation Tool) in Selected Minnesota Counties | Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station | 7/1/2000-6/30/2003 | $100,000 |
| Larry Jacobson Albert Heber Yuanhui Zhang John Sweeten Steve Hoff Jerry Baughman | Aerial Pollutant Emissions from Animal Confinement Buildings | USDA/IFAFS | 9/15/2001-9/14/2004 | $2,150,000 |
| Larry Jacobson David Schmidt Susan Wood | Development of Methods to Measure Dust (PM10) and Ammonia Emissions from Minnesota Pig Facilities | National Pork Board | 5/1/2001-10/30/2002 | $15,000 |
| Larry Jacobson Susan Wood David Schmidt et al. | Site Selection of Animal Operations Using Air Quality Criteria | North CarolinaState/USDA | 1/15/2000-1/31/2004 | $15,000 |
| John Sweeten Larry Jacobson Albert Heber David Schmidt et al. | Odor Mitigation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | Texas A&M/USDA | 1/15/2000-1/31/2004 | $2,500 |
| Larry Jacobson | Particulate Matter (PM10), Hydrogen Sulfide, Ammonia, and Odor Emissions from MinnesotaPig Farrowing Facilities | Minnesota Pork Producers Association | 5/15/2002-9/1/2003 | $20,561 |
| Jose Bicudo Larry Jacobson | Air Quality and Emissions from Livestock and Poultry Production/Waste Management Systems | North CarolinaState/USDA | 1/1/2002-1/31/2004 | $4,000 |
| Kevin Janni Jun Zhu Vernon Oraskovich | Dairy Milkhouse Wastewater Treatment | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 9/7/2002-9/30/2005 | $192,852 |
| Kevin Janni et al. | Milkhouse Wastewater Treatment Monitoring | Minnesota Extension Service | 7/1/2001-12/31/2003 | $5,000 |
| Kevin Janni David Schmidt | Assistant Extension Engineer - Manure Management Systems | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 12/7/1999-6/30/2002 | $110,000 |
| Kevin Janni | Swine Extension Specialist | Minnesota Pork Producers Association | 1/1/1999- | $33,334 |
| Kevin Janni Sara Christopherson | Wright County Milkhouse | Gifts | 7/1/2001- | $6,000 |
| John Nieber Aleksey Sheshukov | Modeling Coupled Processes in Freezing Porous Media | NATO Science Programs | 9/21/2001-9/20/2003 | $10,821 |
| John Nieber | hitewater Watershed "Paired-Watershed Monitoring Project | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 9/21/2000-9/30/2002 | $60,000 |
| Carl Rosen Satish Gupta Craig Sheaffer John Nieber | Environmental Monitoring Study Lamb-Weston/RDO Frozen | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 1/1/2001-3/31/2004 | $308,000 |
| Satish Gupta John Nieber Gary Sands Bruce Wilson | National Needs Fellowships in Water Science | USDA-CSREES | 10/1/1997-9/30/2002 | $162,000 |
| John Nieber | Development of Wastewater System Evaluation Methods | Headwaters Rural Utility Association | 5/23/2002-5/13/2003 | $18,920 |
| John Nieber | Aquifer-Atmosphere Decadal | Nasa National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 7/1/1998-6/30/2002 | $250,000 |
| John Nieber | Geomorphic Characteristics of Drainage Ditches in Southern Minnesota | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 6/17/2002-6/30/2005 | $40,606 |
| John Nieber | Whitewater Watershed "Paired-Watershed" Monitoring Project | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 1/1/2002-9/30/2004 | $48,500 |
| Roger Ruan | Converting Minnesota Biomasses including DDGS to Biopolymers | USDA-CSREES | 4/1/2002-3/31/2004 | $43,370 |
| Roger Ruan | Non-Thermal Disinfection of Blood Using Non-thermal Plasma | Sota Tec Fund | 7/1/2002-6/30/2003 | $105,610 |
| Roger Ruan Tom Yang | Value-Added Technologies for Utilization of Crop Byproducts and Residues in Hawaii | US Department of Defense | 3/9/2001-3/9/2003 | $560,000 |
| Roger Ruan Paul Chen | Non-thermal Discharge Plasma System for Liquid Pasteurization and Sterilization | Sota Tec Fund | 6/1/2000-12/31/2002 | $209,007 |
| Roger Ruan Paul Chen | Evaluation of Fibrous Byproducts/Residues for Making Bio-Polymers | Agricultural Utilization Research Institute | 7/1/2001-6/30/2002 | $15,088 |
| Roger Ruan | Food Engineering | Private Gifts | 12/15/97- | $77,938 |
| Lowell Busman Gary Sands | Agricultural Drainage Research and Education Project | Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council | 9/15/2000-1/31/2003 | $100,300 |
| Gary Sands | Reducing Crop Losses from Excess Water in Northwest Minnesota with Subsurface Tile Drainage | Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station | 7/1/2000-6/30/2003 | $160,000 |
| Gary Sands David Mulla Steven Taff | Feasibility of Controlled Drainage in Southern Minnesota | U of M Water Resource Center/Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station | 3/1/1999-2/28/2003 | $50,318 |
| Gary Sands | Foundation gifts - Water Resources-Sands | Private Gifts | 1/24/2000- | $15,750 |
| Gary Sands Jochum Wiersma | Determining the Feasibility of Subsurface Tile Drainage for Improving Wheat Yield and Profitability in Northwest Minnesota | Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council | 1/1/2000-12/31/2002 | $45,030 |
| Gerald Miller James Baker Gary Sands Bruce Wilson Ali Saleh | Use of Research and Modeling Information in Community-Based Watershed Planning | Iowa State University/US Department of Agriculture | 9/15/2000-9/14/2003 | $150,000 |
| Gary Sands Jerry Wright | COAFES Priority Assessment Drainage & Water Workshop | Minnesota Extension Service | 7/1/2002-6/30/2003 | $13,871 |
| Michele Schermann Ruth Rasmussen | valuation of Web-Based Course "A Nurse's Guide to Children's Agricultural Safety | Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation | 9/30/20029/29/2003 | $15,000 |
| David Schmidt | Model Certification Training Program | Purdue University/USDA | 1/14/20001/31/2004 | $6,075 |
| David Schmidt | Assistant Extension Engineer | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | 5/20/20026/30/2003 | $110,000 |
| John Shutske Michele Schermann | Minnesota AgrAbility Project | USDA-CSREES | 4/1/1995-3/31/2002 | $420,500 |
| John Shutske | RRIS II Ag Injury | CDC/Natl Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | 9/30/20009/29/2003 | $29,239 |
| Ian Greaves John Shutske Michele Schermann | Education Research Training Center - Agricultural Safety and Health | CDC/Natl Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | 7/1/2001-6/30/2002 | $29,239 |
| John Shutske Michele Schermann | Minnesota AgrAbility Project | USDA-CSREES | 5/1/2002-4/30/2006 | $276,000 |
| John Shutske Michele Schermann | Linear Program Model to Determine Downtime Losses | Marshfield Medical Foundation/CDC Prime | 9/30/2000-9/29/2002 | $24,049 |
| John Shutske Michele Schermann | Engineering and Technology Based Farm Injury Control Systems | Marshfield Medical Foundation/CDC Prime | 9/30/2000-9/29/2002 | $37,336 |
| John Shutske Michele Schermann | Adapting NAGCAT for Ethnic Communities: A Research Mode | CDC/Natl Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | 9/30/2000-9/29/2003 | $590,436 |
| John Shutske Michele Schermann | Partners for Farm Safety and Health | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | 1/25/2000-4/29/2002 | $100,000 |
| Anu Subramanian | Production of Preparative Zirconia for Spray Drying | Zirchrom/NIH | 3/1/2000-2/28/2002 | $227,282 |
| William Wilcke Colleen Cannon | Using Temperature and Humidity to Control Indian Meal Moth Larvae in Stored Grain Facilities | Ohio State University / Anderson Research Fund | 1/1/2002-12/31/2003 | $40,000 |
| William Wilcke | State Sustainable Ag Professional Development Program | University of Nebraska/USDA CSREES | 7/1/2001-6/30/2003 | $19,000 |
| William Wilcke | State Sustainable Ag Professional Development Program | University of Nebraska/USDA CSREES | 7/15/2002-12/31/2004 | $19,000 |
| William Wilcke | State Sustainable Ag Professional Development Program | University of Nebraska/USDA CSREES | 8/15/2000-8/14/2002 | $19,000 |
| Bruce Wilson | Erosion Risk Prediction Tool | Minnesota Department of Transportation | 10/1/2002-9/30/2004 | $100,000 |
| Bruce Wilson Anita Thompson | The Impact of Roughness Elements on Reducing the Shear Stress Acting on Soil Particles | Minnesota Department of Transportation | 5/12/2000-2/28/2002 | $34,000 |
| Bruce Wilson Brad Hansen | Characteristics of Erosion Control Measures and Their Impacts on Erosion | Minnesota Department of Transportation | 10/18/1999-4/30/2002 | $100,000 |
| Jerry Wright Dave Wildung | Irrigated Blueberry and Organic Production Practices | Central Region Sustainable Partnership | 3/1/2001-6/30/2002 | $9,500 |
| David Wildung Jerry Wright | Organic Blueberry Production | Minnesota Department of Agriculture | 4/17/2000-1/18/2002 | $17,145 |
| Jerry Wright | Irrigation Research | Private Gifts | 7/1/1998- | $4,750 |