FY2005 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program Award Winners Page 1 of 2 Investigator Prime Institution State MURI # J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves University of California Santa Cruz CA 1 Vijay Kumar University of Pennsylvania PA 2 Michael B. Steer North Carolina State University NC 3 Lawrence Carin Duke University NC 3 Alice Healy University of Colorado CO 4 Training for the Networked Battlefield Robert W. Boyd University of Rochester NY 5 John A. Sidles University of Washington WA 6 P. Chris Hammel Ohio State University OH 6 Quantum Imaging Advancement of Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy to Single Nuclear Spin Detection Advancement of Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy to Single Nuclear Spin Detection Thomas F. Kuech University of Wisconsin Madison WI 7 Malcolm F. Nicol William A. Goddard Donald L. Thompson Hideo Mabuchi Michael Lanagan University of Nevada - Las NV Vegas California Institute of CA Technology University of Missouri MO Columbia California Institute of CA Technology Pennsylvania State PA University 8 8 8 MURI Title Cross Disciplinary Approach to the Modeling, Analysis And Control Control of Networked Autonomous and SemiAutonomous Vehicle Swarms Inspired by Nature Standoff Inverse Analysis and Manipulation of Electronic Systems (SIAMES) Standoff Inverse Analysis and Manipulation of Electronic Systems (SIAMES) Material Engineering of Lattice Mismatched Semiconductor Systems Enabling Science for Future Force Insensitive Munitions Enabling Science for Future Force Insensitive Munitions Enabling Science for Future Force Insensitive Munitions 9 Detection and Sensing Below the Shot Noise Limit 10 Novel Dielectric Materials for High Pulsed Power Capacitors Multi-Energy Processing Science Yongfeng Lu University of Nebraska Lincoln NE 11 Robert F. Beck University of Michigan MI 12 J. Ping Liu University of Texas Arlington TX 13 Umesh Mishra University of California Santa Barbara CA 14 Project Title Dynamic Ad-Hoc Wireless Network Scalable Swarms of Autonomous Robots and Mobile Sensors Standoff Inverse Analysis and Manipulation of Electronic Systems Standoff Inverse Analysis and Manipulation of Electronic Systems Training Knowledge and Skills for the Networked Battlefield Quantum Imaging: New Methods and Applications Single Nuclear Spin Detection Single Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope Realization and Integration of Large Lattice Mismatched Materials for Device Innovation: A Comprehensive Approach to the Underlying Science and Practical Application Effect of Defects on Mechanisms of Initiation and Energy Release in Energetic Molecular Crystals The Fundamental Chemistry and Physics of Munitions Under Extreme Conditions General, Unified, Multiscale Modeling to Predict the Sensitivity of Energetic Materials Quantum Metrology with Atomic Systems: Principles and Implementations Unconventional Dielectric Materials and Structures for Ultrahigh-Performance Pulsed Power Capacitors Multi-Laser-Beam Open-Atmosphere Surface Coating Techniques Based on Precursor Excitation, Photodissociation and Controlled Cooling Optimal Vessel Maneuvering in Evolving Nonlinear Wave Fields Real-time Sensing, Prediction, and Response to Evolving Nonlinear Wave Fields Materials Manufacturing Processes, Interface Control, and Reliability of Nanostructure-Enhanced Devices for Synthesis and Processing of Nanocomposite Energy Conversion and Realization of High Permanent Magnets Performance Systems Gallium Nitride (GaN) Based mm-Wave Sources The Millimeter-Wave Initiative for Nitride Electronics * The awarding offices are the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Funding Agency ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO ONR ONR ONR ONR ONR ONR FY2005 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program Award Winners Page 2 of 2 Investigator Prime Institution State MURI # Andrew T. Jessup University of Washington WA 15 CA Dmitry Budker Anthony G. Evans University of California Berkeley University of California Santa Barbara Project Title Funding Agency Exploitation of the Coherent Structures in River and Estuarine Flows for DoD Operations in Denied Areas Remote Sensing and Modeling of Coherent Structures in River and Estuarine Flows ONR 16 Magnetic Detection Science and Technology Laser Addressed Atomic Micromagnetometers ONR CA 17 Revolutionary Approaches to Hypersonic Materials (RAHM) Revolutionary Materials for Hypersonic Flight ONR MURI Title Jeffrey A. Bilmes University of Washington WA 18 Radically New Approaches for Robust Speech-to-Text Human-Like Speech Processing Ron Schrimpf Vanderbilt University TN 19 Radiation Effects on Emerging Electronic Materials and Devices Tresa. M. Pollock University of Michigan MI 20 Alexander H. Levis George Mason University VA 21 Whitman A. Richards Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 21 G. Charles Dismukes Princeton University NJ 22 IL 23 GA 24 Ayre Nehorai Ari Glezer University of Illinois Chicago Georgia Institute of Technology Radiation Effects on Emerging Electronic Materials and Devices Hyperspectral and Extreme Light Diagnostics for Extreme Light Material-Based Diagnostics Defense-Critical Advanced Materials and Processes Computational Modeling of Adversary Attitudes And Computational Modeling of Cultural Dimensions in Behaviors Adversary Organizations Computational Modeling of Adversary Attitudes And Computational Models for Belief Revision, Group Behaviors Decisions, and Cultural Shifts Water-Based Photobiological Production of Hydrogen Renewable Bio-Solar Hydrogen Production from Fuel Robust Oxygenic Phototrophs Adaptive Waveform Design for Full Spectral Waveform Diversity For Full Spectral Dominance Dominance Dynamic Flight Maneuvering Using Virtual Control Closed-Loop Aerodynamic Flow Control Surfaces Generated by Trapped Vorticity Tim Colonius California Institute of Technology CA 24 Closed-Loop Aerodynamic Flow Control Ian R. McNab University of Texas Austin TX 25 Multistage Electromagnetic (EM) And Laser Launchers For Affordable, Rapid Access To Space Leik N. Myrabo Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY 25 Multistage Electromagnetic (EM) And Laser Launchers For Affordable, Rapid Access To Space Scott R. White University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 26 Biomimetic Multifunctional Composites For "Autonomic" Aerospace Structures ONR AFOSR AFOSR AFOSR AFOSR AFOSR AFOSR AFOSR Closed-Loop Control of Vortex Formation in Separated AFOSR Flows with Application to Micro Air Vehicles Research on Multistage Electromagnetic Launchers for Affordable Access to Space Basic Research Investigations into Multimode Laser and Electromagnetic Launchers for Affordable, Rapid Access to Space Microvascular Autonomic Composites * The awarding offices are the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). AFOSR AFOSR AFOSR