Appendix G
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Grants in Armenia, 2002-2003
COOPERATIVE GRANTS PROGRAM (CGP)
2003A (Announced in August 2003)
Spectral and Kinetic Study of NOx Reactions with Metalloporphyrins
Tigran Stepan Kurtikyan, Institute of Applied Chemistry
Peter Campbell Ford, University of California, Santa Barbara
Grant Amount: $68,000
New Technology for the Treatment of Molybdenum Sulfide Concentrates
Kliment Yenok Hakobyan, Navro, Ltd.
Hong Yong Sohn, University of Utah
Grant Amount: $80,000
Development of Multivariate Multiple Sampling Charts for Statistical Quality Control
Viktor Karoevich Ohanyan, Yerevan State University
David Weihua He, University of Illinois, Chicago
Grant Amount: $52,000
Growth and Investigation of Nonlinear Optical Crystals of L-Arginine, Its New Derivative, and L-Histidine Salts
Aram Petryosan, Yerevan State University
Mikhail Antipin, New Mexico Highlands University
Grant Amount: $55,000
Dual-Frequency Active Elements for Compact Lasers Based on Periodically Poled LiNbO3:Er3+- Yb3+ Crystals
Edvard Pier Kokonyan, Institute for Physical Research
John Gruber, San Jose State University
Grant Amount: $67,000
2003 B (Announced in February 2004)
Study of Very High Energy Cosmic Rays and Gamma Rays with the Improved GAMMA Array at Mt. Aragats
Roman Martirosov, Yerevan Physics Institute
Lawrence Jones, University of Michigan
Grant Amount: $80,000
The Design and Development of a Device for Accurately Determining Post-mortem Duration
Robert Simonyan, UNESCO Chair—Life Sciences International Educational Center I
Howard Wachtel, University of Colorado, Boulder
Grant Amount: $65,000
2002 BILATERAL GRANTS PROGRAM
Category A
Assessing the Conservation Status of Armenian Vultures: Sentinels of Environmental Change
Karen Ernest Aghababyan, Institute of Zoology, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Keith L. Bildstein, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
Grant Amount: $26,850
Paleoecology and Paleo-radioecology of Lake Sevan, Armenia
Viktoria Levon Ananyan, Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies, Armenian
Academy of Sciences
William C. Burnett, Florida State University
Grant Amount: $29,300
Polarimetric, Active-Passive, Combined Measurements of Bare Soils, Wheat, and Herbaceous Vegetation at L-, C-, and X-Band Frequencies
Artashes Koryouni Arakelyan, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Ashtarak, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Alexander G. Voronovich, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Grant Amount: $27,420
Armenian National Strong Motion Network Development
Valery Grigory Arzumanyan, National Survey for Seismic Protection
Roger Borcherdt, United States Geological Survey
Grant Amount: $25,600
B-Quark Decays as a Test of the Standard Model
Hrachya Manvel Asatryan, Yerevan Physics Institute
Alexander Kagan, University of Cincinnati
Grant Amount: $28,800
Electromagnetic Processes with Charged Particle Beams and Transition/ Diffraction Radiation
Hamlet Karo Avetissian, Yerevan State University
Todd I. Smith, Stanford University
Grant Amount: $28,100
Introduction of Pharmacophore Groups into Biogenic Pyridines by Pyrimidine Recyclizations
Gevorg Danagulyan, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Alan Katritzky, University of Florida
Grant Amount: $28,150
Taxonomic Investigation of Armenian Grasses (Poaceae)
Eleonora Gabrielyan, Institute of Botany, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Mary Barkworth, Utah State University
Grant Amount: $27,400
Stochastic Implications of Combinatorial Integral Geometry
Ruben Victorovich Hambardzumyan, Institute of Mathematics, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Eric Grinberg, Temple University
Grant Amount: $26,000
Guide to Veterinary Parasitology in Armenia
Gurgen Hovnanyan, Institute of Zoology, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Dwight Bowman, Cornell University
Grant Amount: $26,640
Cold Atoms in an Optical Lattice
Artur Michael Ishkhanyan, Engineering Center, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Juha Javanainen, University of Connecticut
Grant Amount: $28,000
Intense Quasi-Monochromatic X-Ray Beams of Resonance Transition Radiation of 10-50 MeV Electrons and Their Application
Karo Asatour Ispiryan, Yerevan Physics Institute
J. Theodore Cremer, Adelphi Technology Inc.
Grant Amount: $22,120
Utility of Black Flies in Identifying Centers of Aquatic Diversity and Freshwater Impairment
Eugenie Ashotovna Kachvoryan, Institute of Molecular Biology, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Peter H. Adler, Clemson University
Grant Amount: $28,700
Study of Electrode-Induced Interface in Substrate-Electrode-PbZr1-xTixO3 Heterostructures
Yevgenia Kafadaryan, Institute for Physical Research, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Naijuan Wu, University of Houston
Grant Amount: $28,810
Kinetics of Rapid High-Temperature Reactions in Gasless Systems: Nonisothermal Conditions
Suren Levoni Kharatyan, Institute of Chemical Physics, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Arvind Varma, University of Notre Dame
Grant Amount: $29,570
Entangled Bright Light and Distant Atomic Ensembles for Quantum Communication
Gagik Yuri Kryuchkyan, Yerevan State University
Janos A. Bergou, City University of New York, Hunter College
Grant Amount: $24,450
Jets from Young Stars: Deciphering the Fossil Record of Star Birth
Tigran Yurievich Magakian, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenian Academy of Sciences
John Bally, University of Colorado, Boulder
Grant Amount: $28,700
Nonlinear Optics at Low-Light Level in Coherent Atomic Media
Yuri Panuiri Malakyan, Institute for Physical Research, Ashtarak
Dmitry Budker, University of California, Berkeley
Grant Amount: $25,230
Determination of the Energy Spectrum and Mass Composition of the Primary Cosmic Rays with the GAMMA Installation at Mt. Aragats, Armenia
Romen Martirosov, Yerevan Physics Institute
Lawrence W. Jones, University of Michigan
Grant Amount: $27,680
The Asymptotic Behavior of Toeplitz and Winer-Hopf Determinants with Singular Symbols and Their Applications
Levon Velikhani Mikayelyan, Yerevan State University
Estelle L. Basor, California Polytechnic State University
Grant Amount: $27,300
Chemically Activated Combustion Synthesis and Densification of Boron Nitride-Based Composite Materials
Lvoya Dadivanyan, Institute of Chemical Physics, Armenian Academy of Sciences
Jan A. Puszynski, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Grant Amount: $28,400
Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars with Superfluid Component
David Mher Sedrakyan, Yerevan State University
Matthew Benacquista, Montana State University
Grant Amount: $29,200
Investigation and Development of New Effective Methods and Apparatus for Measurement of Solar Cell Parameters
Ruben Vardanyan, State Engineering University of Armenia
Richard Ahrenkiel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Grant Amount: $28,084
Category B (Equipment)
Comparative Studies of Influence of Interstrand Cross-Links and Strongly Stabilized Sites Caused by Metal-Based Antitumor Compounds on DNA Structure, Stability, and Thermodynamic Properties
Samvel Garnic Haroutiunian, Yerevan State University
Roger Wartell, Georgia Institute of Technology
Grant Amount: $79,500
Oxo Transfer Reactions of Metalloporphyrin Nitro Complexes
Tigran Kurtikyan, Molecular Structure Research Center, Armenian Academy of Sciences
John Goodwin, Coastal Carolina University
Grant Amount: $79,400
Novel Photonic Materials Based on Poly(arylureas)
Shiraz A. Markarian, Yerevan State University
Frederick Lewis, Northwestern University
Grant Amount: $79,300
Development and Mass Production of the Ceramic PCBs [Printed Circuit Boards] for Preshower Detector of the CMS [Compact Muon Spectrometer] Experiment at LHC [Large Hadron Collider] (CERN [European Organization for Nuclear Research])
Albert M. Sirunyan, Yerevan Physics Institute
Vasken Hagopian, Florida State University
Grant Amount: $70,700
SOURCE: Provided by CRDF, June 2004.