University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Office of Science Program Office/Division and Research

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($ in thousands)

• LEEM Investigations of Clean Surfaces Driven by Energetic Ion Beams

• Cyanometallates, Their Cages, and Associated Host-Guest Behavior

• Quantitative Electron Nano-Crystallography

• Quantum Physics of Surface-Based Nanoscale Systems

• Strongly Driven Transformations in Materials

• Visualization and Qualification of Deformation Processes Controlling the Mechanical Response of Alloys in Aggressive Environments

• Intrinsic and Engineered Electronic Nanostructure in Transition Metal Oxides

• Chemistry of Complexes With Transition Metal-Heteroatom Bonds: Novel Insertion Chemistry and X-H Bond Activation

• Mechanistic Studies of Catalysis in Quinone Electron Transfer Using High-Resolution EPR

• Aqueous Geochemistry at High Pressures and Temperatures

• Field-Constrained Quantitative Model of the Origin of Microbial and Geochemical Zoning in a Confined Fresh-Water Aquifer

• Genetic Analysis of Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis in Methanosarcina Species

• Surface Interactions for Controlled Nuclear Fusion

• Study of Breakdown/Arcing in High Power RF Antennas

• LLD and SOL Interactions on NSTX

• Improvements in Representations of Cloud Microphysics for BBHRP and Models Using Data Collected during MPACE and TWP-ICE

• Structure and Function of Subsurface Microbial Communities Affecting Radionuclide Transport and Bio-Immobilization

• Chief Scientist for Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerial Vehicle Program (AAVP)

• Modeling Multiscale-Multiphase-Multicomponent Subsurface Reactive Flows Using Advanced Computing

• Influence of Wetting and Mass Transfer Properties of Organic Chemical Mixtures in Vadose Zone Materials on Groundwater Contamination by Nonaqueous Phase Liquids

• Use of ARM Products in Reanalysis Applications and IPCC Model Assessment

• Chromium Isotopes as Indicators of Hexavalent Chromium Reduction

• Optical Properties of Moderately-Absorbing Organic and Mixed Organic/Inorganic Particles at Very High Humidities

• Novel Catalytic DNA Biosensors for Radionuclides and Metal Ions

• Genomic Regulation of the Response of an Agroecosystem to Elements of Global Change

• Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer as a Control on the Coevolution of Ribosomal Proteins and the Genetic Code

• Meeting the Demand for Biofuels: Impact on Land Use and Carbon Mitigation

• Structure, Stabilized Phospholipid Vesicles

• A Thermodynamic Density-Functional Theory and High-Performance Code for Complex Materials with up to Multi-Million-Atom Unit Cells

• Programming Function via Soft Materials

• Gender Equity in Materials Science and Engineering at Universities and National Laboratories (Workshop)  - To be held May 18 - 20, 2008

• Nano-Oxide Photocatalysis for Solar Energy Conversion

• Quantum Materials at the Nanoscale

• Cathode Catalysis in Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cells: Mechanism, New Materials, and Characterization

• Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Response of Complex Alloys Under Prolonged Particle Irradiation

• Research on Elementary Particle Physics

• Center for Programming Models for Scalable Parallel Computing

• Enhancing the MPI Programming Model for Petascale Systems

*Total FY08 Funding for School ($ in thousands):

$11,414