University of California, Irvine, CA

 
 

Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (BES) 

  • Nano-Structured Biomimetic Polymeric and Hybrid Materials for Advanced Mechanical Properties

  • Optical Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Molecular Adsorbates and Anisotropic Ultrathin Films

  • Spin Polarized Electron Probes and Magnetic Nanostructures

  • Glasses, Noise and Phase Transitions

  • First Principles Exploration for the Origin of Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

  • Understanding Foam Rheology from the Microscopic to the Macroscopic Scale

  • Neutron Scattering Studies of Rare Earth Valence Fluctuation Compounds

  • Excitation and Thermal Transport in Quantum Magnets

Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, & Biosciences Division (BES) 

  • Membrane Bioenergetics of Salt Tolerant Organisms

  • Theory and Simulation of Nonlinear X-Ray Spectroscopy of Molecules

  • Optical Spectroscopy at the Spatial Limit

  • First Principles Investigations and Simulations for Growth and Catalytic

  • Time-Resolved Single-Molecule Chemical Imaging Studies of Interfacial Electron Transfer

  • Advancing Chemistry with F Elements

Office of High Energy Physics (HEP)

  • A Research Program in Neutrino Physics, Cosmic Rays, and Elementary Particles

Research Division (FES) 

  • Theoretical Studies of Drift-Alfven and Energetic-Particle Physics in Fusion Plasmas

  • Fast-Ion Studies in the Large Plasma Devices

  • Kinetic Studies of Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulences in High-Beta Plasmas

  • Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, 2000--Massively Parallel Kinetic Simulations of Alfven Turbulences

  • Center for Gyrokinetic Particle Simulations of Turbulent Transport in Burning Plasmas

  • Beam Ion Studies in NSTX

  • SciDAC - Center for Plasma-Edge Simulation

  • Fast-Ion D-Alpha Diagnostics for NSTX

  • Instabilty Control on a Singed Z-Pinch

Medical Sciences Division (BER)  

  • Low Dose Suppression of Neoplastic Transformation in vitro

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Suppression of Neoplastic Transformation by Low Doses of Low LET Radiation

Climate Change Research Division (BER)  

  • Impacts on CCN Properties of Nitrate Aerosols Due to Exposure to Irradiated VOC-NOx Mixtures

 

*Total Amount Funded by the Office of Science for FY06 ($ in thousands): $5,830