FACULTY OF SCIENCE

 

 

Name & Department

 

 

Title

 

 

Supporting Agency

 

Amount

Awarded

 

 

Dean's Office

 

Law, A.,

Piper, T. &

Smith, F.

 

Pilot in-service by the faculties of science and education

 

HRDA CAN

HRDA NF

(contract)

 

$1 583

678

 

Smith, F. &

Smith, J.

 

Needs assessment of primary and elementary science teachers

 

HRDA CAN

HRDA NF

(contract)

 

15 079

6 462

 

 

 

Science resource books for primary/elementary teachers

 

HRDA CAN

HRDA NF

(contract)

 

5 170

1 723

 

 

Biochemistry

 

Banoub, J.

 

Structural elucidation and synthesis of complex glycoconjugates

 

NSERC

 

12 000

 

Brosnan, J.

 

Liver zonation and amino acid metabolism

 

CDN LIVER

(studentship)

 

3 680

 

 

 

Amino acid metabolism

 

MRC

 

121 227

 

Brosnan, J. &

Brosnan, M.

 

Hepatic amino acid metabolism in diabetes

 

CDN DIABETES

 

63 500

 

Brosnan, M.

 

Metabolism and function of amino acids and polyamines

 

MRC

 

76 584

 

Chandra, R.

 

See Faculty of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

Davidson, W.

 

Evolutionary relationships of sea ducks

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Evolution of mitochondrial DNA in fish

 

NSERC

 

34 500

 

 

 

Gene mapping of the genus Salmo

 

NSERC

F & O

(partnership)

 

7 500

7 500

 

 

 

See also Carr, S. (Department of Biology)

 

 

 

 

 

Davis, P.

 

Job Bridges Program - J. Evans

 

NF E & LR

 

3 925

 

Davis, P. &

Keough, K.

 

Cholesterol-phospholipid interactions in cholesterol rich lamellar bodies from atherosclerotic lesions

 

HSFC

 

40 000

 

Davis, P.,

Nakhla, A. &

Keough, K.

 

Seal oil products

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

36 018

 

Friel, J.

 

Assessment of levels of heavy metals in salmonid species

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

15 000

 

 

 

Assessment of levels of heavy metals and other elements in tissues of marine biota using ICP-MS

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

12 600

 

 

 

Assessment of a new formula for premature infants

 

ROSS LAB

(in-kind)

 

16 000

 

 

 

Meeting the iron requirements of very low birthweight infants

 

MRC

 

56 712

 

Ghazala, S.

 

Pet food - male capelin

 

CAFID CAN

CAFID NF

(contract)

DORSET FISH

(contract)

 

22 396

9 598

 

3 600

 

 

 

Evaluation of cat food digestibility

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Establishing pasteurized rock crab meat processing in Atlantic Canada

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

16 263

 

 

 

Job Bridges Program - S. Trenholm

 

NF E & LR

 

7 385

 

 

 

Establishing optimum quality and safety of selected minimally-processed foods

 

NSERC

 

16 000

 

Heeley, D.

 

Examination of the properties of slow muscle forms of whole troponin and troponin-T

 

MRC

 

47 150

 

Hoover, R.

 

The influence of lipids, sugars, arabinoxylan, hydrocolloids and salt on the rheology and retrogradation properties of starches (novel, non-conventional, modified) and their isolated components

 

NSERC

 

14 579

 

Idler, D.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Keough, K.

 

Molecular organization and function in lung surfactant

 

MRC

 

91 978

 

Martin, A.

 

Formation and biodegradation characteristics of biofilms in peat biofilters

 

NSERC

 

20 000

 

Mookerjea, S.

 

Control of glycoprotein metabolism: physiological regulation of soluble and membrane-bound glycosyltransferases

 

MRC

 

74 180

 

Mulligan, M.

 

Transcription, transport and RNA-binding proteins in cyanobacteria

 

NSERC

 

25 550

 

Patel, T.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Rahimtula, A.

 

Stress proteins in aquatic organisms exposed to pollutants

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

30 898

 

 

 

Analysis of samples from winter flounder

 

LGL LTD

(contract)

 

11 715

 

Robinson, J.

 

Matrix metalloproteinases of the sea urchin embryo

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 358

 

 

 

Regulation of cell surface-extracellular matrix interactions by proteases

 

NSERC

 

17 000

 

Roebothan, B.,

Swanson, E. &

Donovan, C.

 

Nutrition Newfoundland and Labrador

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH

 

38 724

 

Shahidi, F.

 

Extraction of tissue samples

 

F & O

(contract)

 

7 920

 

 

 

Meat processing: lipid-derived flavor deterioration of muscle foods and its prevention

 

NSERC

 

25 610

 

 

 

To conduct a literature search on seal products and properties

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

2 990

 

 

 

Isolation of an aromatic compound(s) from shrimp

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

10 000

 

 

 

Research collaboration planning on functional foods/neutraceuticals with emphasis on antioxidants; visit to scientific institutions in Japan

 

NSERC

(travel)

 

2 036

 

 

 

See also Brown, J. (Ocean Sciences Centre)

 

 

 

 

 

Shahidi, F. &

Bal, A.

 

Evaluation of beach pea (lathyrus maritimus) for food and feed utilization

 

NSERC

(strategic)

 

34 000

 

 

Biology

 

Bal, A.

 

Cell biology of symbiotic nitrogen fixation

 

NSERC

 

19 300

 

 

 

See also Shahidi, F. (Department of Biochemistry)

 

 

 

 

 

Brown, J.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Burton, D.

 

Teleost integumentary physiology, with particular reference to chromatophore regulation

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

Burton, M.

 

The relationship between nutrition and reproduction in fish

 

NSERC

 

12 000

 

Carr, S.

 

Molecular population biology of new world deer (odocoileinae)

 

NSERC

 

13 322

 

 

 

Cod genetics and physiology

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

7 000

3 000

 

Carr, S. &

Davidson, W.

 

Feasibility of combined nuclear and cytoplasmic molecular genetic analysis of northern shrimp populations

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

38 906

 

Colbo, M.,

Scott, P. &

Threlfall, W.

 

Evaluation of enhancement techniques for wetlands management on the Swift Current barrens

 

NF NR

(contract)

 

15 000

 

Cowan, G.

 

Riparian buffer zone study - Copper Lake, year 2

 

NF NR

(contract)

 

5 000

 

 

 

Effects of forest harvesting practices (use of varying buffer widths) on the use of riparian zones by wildlife

 

NF NR

(contract)

 

12 000

 

Crim, L.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Deibel, D.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Dickinson, A.

 

See CCIFTD

 

 

 

 

 

Dunbrack, R.

 

Studies of fish behavioral ecology and life history evolution

 

NSERC

 

11 100

 

Egger, K.

 

Armillaria virulence, genetic probes and phylogeny

 

NR CAN-FOR

(contract)

 

25 000

 

 

 

Effects of burning on the rates and composition of mycorrhizal infection of roots of planted black spruce seedlings

 

NR CAN-FOR

(PWGSC contract)

 

13 000

 

 

 

Molecular analysis of mycorrhizal ascomycetes

 

NSERC

 

20 537

 

Fletcher, G.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Gordon, R.

 

Entomopathogenic nematodes and juvenile hormone analogs for insect control

 

NSERC

 

20 500

 

 

 

Nematode pathogens of pest insects

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

646

 

 

 

Bacterial associates in entomopathogenic nematodes

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 427

 

Gow, J.

 

Systematics and physiology of cold-ocean bacteria

 

NSERC

 

10 000

 

Green, J.

 

Model forest buffer zone research project

 

F & O

(contract)

 

11 000

 

 

 

Biology and behavior of northern marine fishes

 

NSERC

 

13 800

 

 

 

See also Younghusband, B (Faculty of Medicine)

 

 

 

 

 

Haedrich, R.

 

To conduct a trout creel survey

 

CASEC CAN

CASEC NF

(contract)

 

6 983

2 992

 

 

 

Assessment and management for quality trout angling in Indian Bay watershed

 

CAPE FREELS -

IBEDC

(contract)

 

15 000

 

 

 

Development of a trout planning model

 

CASEC CAN

CASEC NF

(contract)

 

7 875

3 375

 

Haedrich, R.

 

Towards an oceanic biogeography

 

NSERC

 

44 724

 

 

 

National youth internship program, S. White

 

NEIA

(studentship)

 

3 634

 

Innes, D.

 

Sex allocation variation in daphnia publex

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 359

 

 

 

Evolutionary genetics of reproduction

 

NSERC

 

21 480

 

Jones, I.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Khan, R.A.

 

Analysis of gill and spleen samples

 

LGL LTD

(contract)

 

15 620

 

 

 

To analyze approximately 70 gill and spleen samples

 

LGL LTD

(contract)

 

3 850

 

 

 

Pathology in fish from Humber Arm

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

30 980

 

 

 

Effects of contaminants including crude oil on pearl dace inhabiting a Goose Bay pond

 

DND

(contract)

 

5 000

 

 

 

Parasitic protozoa of marine fish

 

NSERC

 

26 000

 

Knoechel, R.

 

Plankton ecology and energy flow in aquatic ecosystems

 

NSERC

 

14 274

 

Larson, D.

 

Infrance of predation of water beetles based on cuticular damage

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 544

 

 

 

The soil arthropod community of some forest types in Newfoundland and use of forest ecological classification as a predictor of forest arthropod communities

 

NR CAN-FOR

(contract)

 

10 000

 

 

 

Systematics and ecology of Dytiscidae (insecta: Coleoptera)

 

NSERC

 

15 225

 

Miller, E.

 

Seal feeding and energies

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

Miller, T. &

Stenson, G.

 

Harp seal feeding and its impact on northwest Atlantic cod

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

99 250

 

Montevecchi, W.

 

See Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

Murrin, F.

 

The cytoskeleton of entomopathogenic fungi

 

NSERC

 

16 922

 

 

 

Biocontrol of insects using fungi; electron microscopy of fungal development

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

Patel, T.

 

A carotenoid yeast for pigmenting farmed fish - chemistry profile of yeast extract

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

11 475

 

 

 

Isolation of bacteria that biodegrades aromatic heterocycles

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

10 000

 

 

 

Analysis of petroleum contaminated sediment for microbes

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

10 115

 

Rivkin, R.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Schneider, D.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Sheath, R.

 

Stream macroalgal biogeography, ecology and systematics

 

NSERC

 

11 881

 

Thompson, R.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Whittick, A.

 

Reproductive strategies in some members of the phaeophyceae

 

NSERC

 

11 100

 

Wroblewski, J.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centre for Earth Resources Research (CERR)

 

Lines, L.

 

Industrial research chair in applied seismology

 

PETROCAN

NSERC

(chair)

 

70 000

60 000

 

 

 

Memorial University seismic imaging consortium (MUSIC)

 

NSERC

HUSKY

CDN HUNTER

PANCANADIAN

(partnership - IOR)

HAMPSON-RUSSELL (in-kind)

 

27 000

9 000

9 000

9 000

 

111 000

 

Lines, L.

 

Memorial University seismic imaging consortium (MUSIC)

 

SHELL CAN

MERCURY INT'L TECH (in-kind)

CONOCO CAN

AMOCO (in-kind)

 

9 000

28 000

 

9 415

13 000

 

 

 

Industrial postgraduate scholarship - I. Kelly

 

NSERC

HMDC

(scholarship)

 

12 500

10 000

 

Wilton, D.

 

Further development of a new technology for mineral exploration and environmental monitoring

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

5 306

2 274

 

 

 

Compilation and digitalization of a metallogenic map of the Labrador Central Mineral Belt

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

The nature and formation of nickel sulphide mineralization in anorthosite massifs, Labrador

 

CASTLE ROCK

 

25 000

 

 

 

See also Department of Earth Sciences and LINS

 

 

 

 

 

Wright, J.

 

Extension of technical assistance and training to the Department of Geological Survey, Botswana

 

CIDA

(contract)

 

187 920

 

 

 

Seismic structure of sedimentary packages in western Newfoundland

 

VINLAND PETRO

 

15 000

 

 

 

See also Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemistry

 

Bodwell, G.

 

Synthesis of novel hydrocarbons

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Novel organic systems: synthesis, structure, methodology and applications

 

NSERC

 

27 729

 

Bodwell, G.

 

Tethered (2.2) metacyclophane-1, 9-dienes as reversible photochromic materials

 

NSERC

XEROX

(partnership - CRD)

 

28 000

14 000

 

Brooker, M.

 

Spectroscopic studies of electrolytes

 

NSERC

 

21 500

 

Burnell, D.

 

Synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry

 

NSERC

 

54 056

 

Georghiou, P.

 

Syntheses of new calixnaphthalene derivatives for anti-HIV and other biological activity

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

2 015

 

Gregory, B.

 

Dihydropyridine cation-radical chemistry

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 081

 

Helleur, R.

 

Analysis of aromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediment

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Instrumental advances in pyrolysis-gas chromatography

 

NSERC

 

16 000

 

Jablonski, C.

 

Diastereoselective transition metal mediated heteroatom chemistry

 

NSERC

 

27 839

 

Longerich, H.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Lucas, C.

 

Complexes of macrocyclic sulfur-donor ligands

 

NSERC

 

16 810

 

Machin, W.

 

Adsorption in porous materials and the properties of capillary fluids

 

NSERC

 

20 500

 

Parrish, C.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup, P.

 

Characterization of conducting polymers

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Catalysed proton/electron conducting materials for high performance fuel cell electrodes

 

NSERC

(strategic)

 

48 150

 

 

 

Electrochemistry of electronically conducting polymers and metallopolymers

 

NSERC

 

32 000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Peter Pickup adjusts the

equipment used to test small squares

of carbon fibre paper.  His research

will enhance the efficiency of proton

exchange membrane fuel cells.

 

 

Poirier, R.

 

Developments and applications of quantum mechanical calculations of large molecules

 

NSERC

 

14 314

 

Schriver, M.

 

BIS (nitrileoxides)

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

BIS (phosphaalkynes): generation and preparation

 

FMC CORP

(contract)

 

24 695

 

 

 

Pnictogen and chalcogen PI systems: generation, isolation and utilisation

 

NSERC

 

23 000

 

Shahidi, F.

 

See Department of Biochemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Thompson, L.

 

Coordination complexes of diaminomaleonitrile based ligands

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Coordination complexes with extended magnetic properties

 

NSERC

 

38 352

 

Tremaine, P.

 

Heat capacities and volumes of M3+(AG) ions

 

IAPWS

 

12 880

 

 

 

Standard partial molar heat capacities and volumes of chelating agents

 

OLI SYSTEMS INC

OLI SYSTEMS INC

(in-kind)

 

13 250

5 000

 

 

 

Aqueous solutes under hydrothermal conditions

 

NSERC

 

22 000

 

Tremaine, P.

 

Anion/metal-oxide interactions under steam generator conditions

 

NSERC

ON HYDRO

(partnership - IOR)

 

25 000

25 000

 

 

Computer Science

 

Bartha, M.

 

An algebraic approach to the study of synchronous systems and solution automata

 

NSERC

 

20 000

 

Brown, E.

 

Multimedia teaching strategies

 

HRDA CAN

HRDA NF

(contract)

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

17 427

7 469

 

741

 

Day, W.

 

Consensus methods for molecular sequences

 

NSERC

 

8 000

 

Fiech, A.

 

Interaction between ML's type inference algorithm and imperative features

 

NSERC

 

11 400

 

Gillard, P.

 

Equipment loan

 

CMC

(in-kind)

 

7 215

 

Lu, S.

 

Computer vision system for neural networks for natural scene analysis

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

Miminis, G.

 

Numerically efficient algorithms in linear and nonlinear dynamic systems in control theory

 

NSERC

 

22 000

 

Ramaswamy, G.

 

Improving the performance of multithreaded architectures

 

NSERC

 

15 462

 

Shieh, J.

 

The map understanding and object recognition systems for mobile robots

 

NSERC

 

13 000

 

Tang, J.

 

Supporting efficient and reliable data sharing for contemporary database applications

 

NSERC

 

12 000

 

Vidyasankar, K.

 

Wait-free construction of shared variables and transaction processing in distributed heterogeneous database systems

 

NSERC

 

17 000

 

Wang, C.

 

Computational geometry and its applications to robotics and pattern recognitions

 

NSERC

 

10 000

 

Yuan, X.

 

Image rendering with high-speed ray-tracing

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

2 871

 

 

 

Towards the application of expert visual systems in industrial automation

 

NSERC

 

13 000

 

Zuberek, W.

 

Hierarchical timed petri net models - implementation and applications

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

 

Earth Sciences

 

Abrajano, T.

 

Source apportionment of PAHS in atmospheric samples from the lower Great Lakes

 

NSERC

ENVIR-AES

(partnership)

 

5 500

5 500

 

 

 

Biogeochemical and environmental applications of compound-specific isotope analysis

 

NSERC

 

22 300

 

Aksu, A.

 

Oxygen and carbon isotope analysis of foraminifera from cores in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

13 968

 

 

 

Stable isotopic analyses in very long cores collected from the Canadian continental margin (administered through the University of New Brunswick)

 

NSERC

(partnership - CSP)

 

8 000

 

 

 

Quaternary marine geological studies

 

NSERC

NSERC

(ship time)

 

30 000

60 000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(L-R) Dr. Ali Aksu, Earth Sciences, and third-year earth sciences students Lucy Perry and Brian Dalton examine a seismological image.  A marine field school launched by the Department of Earth Sciences gives students a first-hand look at how such data is collected at sea.

 

Burden, E. &

Williams, H.

 

Winterhouse formation in western Newfoundland - graduate thesis research project of H. Gillespie

 

PANCANADIAN

 

10 500

 

Dunning, G.

 

University research fellowship

 

NSERC

(fellowship)

 

10 420

 

 

 

U/Pb geochronology to constrain events in orogenic belts

 

NSERC

 

38 600

 

Dunning, G.,

Jenner, G. &

Wilson, M.

 

Atlantic universities radiogenic isotope facility and U/Pb geochronology laboratory

 

NSERC

(infrastructure)

 

25 000

 

Gale, J.

 

Single and two phase flow in fractures as a function of roughness and stress

 

NSERC

 

23 875

 

 

 

Job bridges program -

K. Pardy-Power

 

NF E & LR

 

2 077

 

Haedrich, R.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Hall, J.

 

Lithoprobe eastern Canadian shield onshore-offshore transect coordination (with Dr. R. Wardle, Geological Survey Branch, Provincial Department of Natural Resources)

 

NSERC

(lithoprobe)

 

20 000

 

Hall, J.

 

Exploration of the earth's crust by seismological imaging

 

NSERC

 

42 000

 

Harper, J.

 

Attendance at shortcourse: Arid coastline depositional environments

 

NF ED

(career)

 

7 410

 

Harper, J.,

Dunning, G. &

Mason, R.

 

Study of the geochemical geochronological and petrologic aspects of subsurface Libya

 

MEDITERRANEAN

 

7 500

 

Hay, A.

 

See Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography

 

 

 

 

 

Helleur, R.

 

See Department of Chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Hiscott, R.

 

Sediment and pyroclastic gravity-flows and their deposits

 

NSERC

 

25 000

 

Hodych, J.

 

Request for a magnetic susceptibility anisotropy meter

 

NSERC

(equipment)

 

8 600

 

 

 

Mechanisms of remanence acquisition and retention and the reliability of the paleomagnetic record

 

NSERC

 

22 000

 

Horn, I.

 

Laser ablation microprobe inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry - postdoctoral fellowship

 

FOREIGN AFF

(fellowship)

 

7 200

 

Hurich, C.

 

Origin and interpretation of deep seismic reflections

 

NSERC

 

19 000

 

Indares, A.

 

Metamorphic evolution of high-pressure metagabbros from the sobrado antiform, Iberian massif

 

NATO

 

6 455

 

 

 

Transformation of gabbro to eclogite in the Manicouagan Shear Belt

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 358

 

 

 

Geotectonic significance of eclogites in the Grenville Province

 

NSERC

NSERC

(fellowship)

 

25 000

30 500

 

Jackson, S. &

Longerich, H.

 

Design, assemble, test and supply an IR/VIS/UV laser ablation microprobe sampling system

 

PERKIN-ELMER

(contract)

 

79 410

 

Jenner, G.

 

Assessment of the stratigraphy structure and mineral potential of the Glover formation in the Glover Island region of Newfoundland

 

EMR-GSC

(PWGSC contract)

 

34 238

 

 

 

Geological mapping and interpretation of the stratigraphy and structural history of the Southern Packet Harbour Group, Newfoundland

 

EMR-GSC

(PWGSC contract)

 

13 200

 

 

 

Metallogeny of the Pacquet Harbour Group, Baie Verte Peninsula

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Constraints on evolution and formation of mantle sources

 

NSERC

 

24 000

 

Kerr, A.

 

Sm-Nd isotopic and geochemical studies in the Labrador Shield

 

NSERC

(lithoprobe)

 

8 500

 

Lines, L.

 

See CERR

 

 

 

 

 

Longerich, H.

 

Analysis of geological materials using ICP-MS

 

NSERC

 

20 265

 

Longerich, H.,

Jenner, G. &

River, T.

 

Laser ablation microprobe - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry

 

NSERC

FISONS INSTR

(partnership - IOR)

 

20 000

20 000

 

Longerich, H.,

Jenner, G. &

Fryer, B. (Univ. of Windsor)

 

Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer

 

NSERC

(infrastructure)

 

65 000

 

Malpas, J.

 

Magmatic, structural and aging processes in oceanic crustal and related rocks

 

NSERC

 

25 740

 

Mason, R.

 

The application of luminescence studies to the mineralogy of calcite and dolomite

 

NSERC

 

20 000

 

Miller, H.

 

Geophysical investigations of eastern Canadian geology

 

NSERC

 

11 500

 

Morin, P.

 

See Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

 

 

 

 

 

Quinlan, G.

 

Tectonics near plate boundaries

 

NSERC

 

23 000

 

Rivers, T.

 

Field and laboratory analysis of metamorphic rocks

 

NSERC

 

35 000

 

Rivers, T.,

Longerich, H. &

Jenner, G. et al.

 

Off-line point selection microscope system for EMPA and LAM-ICP-MS

 

NSERC

(equipment)

 

35 490

 

Rivers, T. &

Dunning, G.

 

Structural, metamorphic and geochronologie investigations of the allochthon boundary thrust near Rigolet, Grenville Province of eastern Labrador

 

NSERC

(lithoprobe)

 

30 000

 

Rochester, M.

 

Theoretical global geodynamics

 

NSERC

 

32 000

 

Scott, W.

 

See C-CORE

 

 

 

 

 

Tremaine, P.

 

See Department of Chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Wadleigh, M.

 

Carbon isotopic composition of epiphytic lichens

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 970

 

 

 

Stable isotopic tracing in low temperature environments

 

NSERC

 

10 500

 

 

 

Stable isotopic tracing of atmospheric sulphur

 

NSERC

ENVIR-AES

(partnership)

 

5 000

5 000

 

Williams, S.

 

Stratigraphy, taxonomy and paleoecology of graptolites

 

NSERC

 

28 000

 

Wilson, M.

 

Mineralization of mafic intrusions in Labrador

 

RAM EXPL

 

20 000

 

 

 

The C-O-H-Sr-Nd isotopic composition of crustal fluids related to orogenesis and the role of water-rock interaction

 

NSERC

 

19 300

 

Wilton, D.

 

Metallogeny of the Appalachian Orogen, postaccretional fault systems of carboniferous successor basins in Newfoundland

 

NSERC

 

19 300

 

 

 

See also CERR and LINS

 

 

 

 

 

Wright, J.

 

Operation of seismograph stations in the vicinity of St. John's

 

EMR

(contract)

 

4 800

 

 

 

Tectonics of Atlantic Canada sedimentary basins: reflection seismic studies

 

NSERC

 

10 000

 

 

 

See also CERR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mathematics and Statistics

 

Balasooriya, U.

 

Detection of outliers and failure-censored variables sampling plans for lifelength distributions

 

NSERC

 

7 000

 

Bartlett, R.

 

Regression analysis of patterned binary responses over time for sets of individuals classified by covariates

 

NSERC

 

6 000

 

Bass, D.

 

See Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

 

 

 

 

 

Booth, P.

 

Applications of fibred mapping spaces to homotopy theory

 

NSERC

 

7 400

 

Brunner, H.

 

Numerical analysis of Volterra functional equations

 

NSERC

 

20 000

 

 

 

Computing support

 

NSERC

(equipment)

 

31 000

 

Charron, R.

 

Nonlinear numerical methods for ordinary differential equations

 

NSERC

 

8 000

 

Eddy, R.

 

A geometric example in chaos theory

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

Gadag, V.

 

See Faculty of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

Goodaire, E.

 

Problems in loops and alternative rings

 

NSERC

 

7 400

 

Heath, P.

 

Nielsen theory, periodic points and restricted Nielsen theory

 

NSERC

 

7 400

 

Jespers, E.

 

The structure of graded rings

 

NSERC

 

17 000

 

Lee, C.

 

Theory and application of order restricted statistical inference

 

NSERC

 

9 000

 

Parmenter, M.

 

Group rings and related topics

 

NSERC

 

8 000

 

Rees, R.

 

Construction and uses of combinatorial designs

 

NSERC

 

13 000

 

Sabin, G.

 

See Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

 

 

 

 

 

Summers, D.

 

Studies in theoretical space physics

 

NSERC

 

35 000

 

Sutradhar, B.

 

Analysing correlated data

 

NSERC

 

19 000

 

Sutradhar, B.,

Balsooriya, U. &

Bartlett, R. et al.

 

Statistical consulting laboratory

 

NSERC

(infrastructure)

 

24 000

 

Wang, H.

 

Large order statistics for non-IID random variables and the Dirichlet problems and sojourns associated with gaussian random fields

 

NSERC

 

12 000

 

 

Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC)

 

Aksu, A.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Anderson, J.,

Brown, J. &

Gregory, R. et al.

 

Identification and use of critical inshore and nearshore habitats by juvenile cod in Newfoundland coastal waters

 

F & O

(contract)

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

CCFI

(contract)

 

5 000

 

170 000

 

7 994

 

Brown, J.

 

Halibut aquaculture

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

24 984

 

 

 

Larval vulnerability after exposure of adult fish to contaminants

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

7 973

 

 

 

Strain comparison and rearing protocols for Arctic char aquaculture

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

23 768

 

 

 

Studies on the early life history of fish

 

NSERC

 

21 480

 

Brown, J.

 

Nearshore studies on juvenile Atlantic cod

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

7 088

3 037

 

 

 

Investigation of reproductive effects of polyhalogenated infinity in fish

 

F & O

 

25 000

 

Brown, J. &

Shahidi, F.

 

The effects of dietary lipids and carotenoids on pigmentation of Arctic char

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

2 500

 

Brown, J.,

Goddard, J. &

Halfyard, L. (Marine Institute)

 

Wolffish culture - year 2

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

8 013

 

Burton, D.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Burton, M.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Crim, L.

 

Neuroendocrinology/physiology of reproduction in cold ocean finfish

 

NSERC

 

40 000

 

 

 

Ocean sciences centre

 

NSERC

(infrastructure)

 

225 000

 

 

 

Spawning of cold water marine fish

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Cool seawater supply

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

12 500

 

Crim, L.,

Brown, J. &

Goff, G.

 

Scientific programs for yellowtail aquaculture

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

96 305

 

Deibel, D.

 

The functional feeding response of appendicularian tunicates: implications for pigment assimilation

 

NSERC

 

28 500

 

de Young, B.

 

See Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography

 

 

 

 

 

Dunbrack, R.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Fletcher, G.

 

Antifreeze proteins and their genes

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

6 808

2 917

 

 

 

Antifreeze proteins and cold adaptation in fish

 

NSERC

 

70 000

 

Fletcher, G. &

Hew, C-L.

 

The production of disease resistant fish by gene transfer technology

 

NSERC

(Strategic)

 

35 000

 

Goddard, S.

 

See Marine Institute

 

 

 

 

 

Gogan, N.

 

See Department of Chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Gow, J.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Greatbatch, R.

 

See Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography

 

 

 

 

 

Green, J.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Haedrich, R.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Hay, A.

 

See Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography

 

 

 

 

 

Helleur, R.

 

See Department of Chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Hiscott, R.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Idler, D.

 

Plasma samples from Atlantic cod

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

5 000

 

 

 

Investigation of the potential for endocrine toxicity in fish exposed to petroleum

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

7 000

 

Innes, D.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Jones, I.

 

Industrial research chair in wildlife ecology

 

NSERC

ENVIR-CWS

(chair)

 

77 549

77 948

 

 

 

Sexual selection and evolutionary demography of North Pacific alcide

 

NSERC

 

22 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ian Jones is the new chair of seabird ecology at Memorial. "By looking at seabirds we can say what the birds are telling us about variation in the marine environment."

 

 

 

Jones, I.,

Chardine, J. &

Hearne, E.

 

Assessing the effects of tourboats on seabird behavior and breeding success at Gull Island, Witless Bay seabird ecological reserve

 

NF TOURISM

 

20 000

 

Khan, R.A.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Knoechel, R.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Lien, J.

 

See Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

Malpas, J.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Miller, H.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Miller, T.

 

See Department of Biology

 

 

 

 

 

Montevecchi, W.

 

See Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

Parrish, C.

 

Production and transfer of lipids in the aquatic environment

 

NSERC

 

25 090

 

Pepin, P.

 

Consequence of life history characteristics to the survival of fish eggs and larvae

 

NSERC

 

13 800

 

Rivkin, R.

 

Influence of trophic coupling between microbial and metazoan food webs on the estimate of carbon cycling, flux and export in the North Pacific

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

Rivkin, R.,

Deibel, D. &

Johnson, B.

 

Canadian joint global ocean flux study - Phase II

 

NSERC

(CSP)

 

90 850

 

Robinson, J.

 

See Department of Biochemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Rose, G.

 

Distribution ecology of northern cod

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

22 925

9 825

 

Schneider, D.

 

Dietary analysis - marine vertebrates

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 204

 

 

 

Spatial dynamics of marine organisms

 

NSERC

 

33 305

 

 

 

National youth internship program - J. Howell

 

NEIA

(studentship)

 

3 634

 

 

 

Detection of mercury in fish in Newfoundland reservoirs

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

14 000

 

Schneider, D. &

Lilly, G.

 

Investigation of feeding relationships of Arctic cod

 

F & O

 

4 700

 

Shahidi, F.

 

See Department of Biochemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Thompson, R.

 

Scallop enhancement: recruitment

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

6 860

2 940

 

 

 

Stress indices in marine invertebrates exposed to petroleum contaminated sediment

 

F & O

(PWGSC contract)

 

27 644

 

 

 

Physiological ecology of feeding and digestion in marine bivalves

 

NSERC

 

19 000

 

Thompson, R.,

Abrajano, T. &

Deibel, D. et al.

 

Use of lipid markers to determine energy flux from surface waters to the benthos and hyperbenthos

 

NSERC

(CPG)

 

135 010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Memorial research team will be exploring what happens to the annual "bloom" of phytoplankton, an important source of food in the marine ecosystem, which is created in the ocean each spring. (L-R) Dr. Chris Parrish, Dr. Raymond Thompson, Dr. Don Deibel, all of the Ocean Sciences Centre, and Dr. Jun Abrajano, Earth Sciences.

 

 

Thompson, R.,

Parrish, C. &

Schwinghamer, P.

et al.

 

Management of bivalve aquaculture to minimize exposure to paralytic shellfish poisoning: site selection, harvest and transport

 

NSERC

(strategic)

 

102 185

 

Wright, J.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Wroblewski, J.

 

Spawning behavior of released farmed cod

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

24 578

 

Wroblewski, J.,

Schneider, D. &

Brown, J.

 

Viability of eggs from farmed cod and implications for enhancing wild stocks in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

21 398

 

 

Physics and Physical Oceanography

 

deBruyn, J.

 

High-performance image processing board

 

NSERC

(equipment)

 

25 516

 

 

 

Patterns and complex dynamics in nonequilibrium systems

 

NSERC

NSERC

(fellowship)

 

35 600

28 212

 

de Young, B.

 

Implications of global change for the productivity of fish stocks in the Canadian marine environment

 

ROYAL SOCIETY

 

8 000

 

 

 

Modelling and analysis of the circulation and egg dispersal on the northeast Newfoundland Shelf

 

NSERC

F & O

(partnership)

 

6 500

6 500

 

 

 

Newfoundland Shelf ocean dynamics

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

12 198

5 227

 

 

 

Newfoundland Shelf ocean dynamics - workshop

 

SIID CAN

SIID NF

(contract)

 

1 855

795

 

 

 

Continental Shelf dynamics in the northwest Atlantic

 

NSERC

 

35 300

 

Gien, T.

 

Atomic and molecular scatterings

 

NSERC

 

17 600

 

Greatbatch, R.

 

Collaborative research program in climate variability

 

ENVIRONMENT

 

3 290

 

 

 

Numerical ocean circulation modelling

 

NSERC

 

30 560

 

 

 

Global ocean circulation modelling

 

NSERC

ENVIR-AES

(partnership)

 

11 500

11 500

 

Hay, A.

 

A second-generation sediment transport instrument

 

US OFF OF NAVAL RES

 

197 483

 

 

 

Coastal and Continental Shelf oceanography

 

NSERC

 

50 666

 

Hay, A. &

Bowen, T.

 

International collaborative experiments in nearshore sediment dynamics

 

NSERC

(CSP)

 

168 900

 

Kiefte, H. &

Clouter, M.

 

Light scattering studies of phase transitions and simple molecular systems

 

NSERC

(team)

 

92 000

 

Lagowski, J.

 

Molecular modeline and dynamic simulation of polymers

 

NSERC

NSERC

(fellowship)

 

26 000

30 500

 

Lamb, K.

 

Stratified flow over topography

 

NSERC

 

13 370

 

Lamb, K.

 

Lagrangian transport by solitary internal gravity waves

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 235

 

 

 

Lagrangian transport by large amplitude internal waves

 

NSERC

F & O

(partnership)

 

6 000

6 000

 

 

 

Numerical simulations of strong downslope winds

 

NSERC

ENVIR-AES

(partnership)

 

5 500

5 500

 

Morrow, M.

 

NMR studies of phospholipid membranes

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Lipid bilayer behavior and organization at ambient and high pressure

 

NSERC

 

27 900

 

Reddy, S.

 

Molecular spectroscopy with optical, infrared and laser methods

 

NSERC

 

27 000

 

Rochester, M.

 

See Department of Earth Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

Whitehead, J.

 

Microcomputer physics laboratory

 

HRDA CAN

HRDA NF

(contract)

 

57 960

24 840

 

 

 

Layered structures in superconductivity, magnetism and biophysics

 

NSERC

 

16 000

 

Whitmore, M.

 

Theory of mesophase behavior in macromolecular blends

 

NSERC

 

22 000

 

Wroblewski, J.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychology

 

Adamec, R.

 

Anxiety, stress and epilepsy

 

MRC

 

77 554

 

Adams, R. &

Courage, M.

 

Early development of human vision

 

NSERC

(team)

 

15 000

 

Anderson, R.

 

Mental imagery and discovery

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

Brown, J.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Corbett, D.

 

See Faculty of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

Friel, J.

 

See Department of Biochemistry

 

 

 

 

 

Harley, C.

 

Glycogen phosphorylase activity as an index of neural pathway activation: preliminary investigations in the limbic system

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 389

 

 

 

Norepinephrine and glycogen phosphorylase: neuromodulation and modules

 

NSERC

 

40 500

 

Holder, M.

 

Properties and functions of an internal clock and associative learning

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

Howe, M.

 

Contribution towards employment of Natalie Finlay

 

NF E & LR

 

6 875

 

 

 

Development of retention and reasoning

 

NSERC

 

38 500

 

Kozma, A.

 

See Buehler, S. (Faculty of Medicine)

 

 

 

 

 

Jones, I.

 

See Ocean Sciences Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Lien, J.

 

Acoustic devices to minimize predation by diving ducks at mussel farms

 

CCFI

(contract)

 

14 081

 

Malsbury, C.

 

The medial nucleus of the amygdala: a model for exploring effects of hormones

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

Martin, G.

 

Associative mechanisms underlying drug use

 

NSERC

 

10 000

 

Montevecchi, W.

 

Factors influencing woodpecker abundance in the western Newfoundland model forest

 

NR CAN-FOR

(contract)

 

10 000

 

 

 

Effects of forest harvesting practices (use of varying buffer widths) on the use of riparian zones by wildlife

 

NF NR

(contract)

 

10 000

 

 

 

Effects of riparian buffer zone on birds

 

NF NR

(contract)

 

5 000

 

Montevecchi, W.

 

Multi-species interactions of birds in marine ecosystems

 

NSERC

 

33 305

 

 

 

Seabird monitoring of pelagic fish and cephalopod stocks

 

NSERC

F & O

(partnership)

 

6 500

6 500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Carole Peterson is researching

the credibility of child witnesses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peterson, C.

 

Children's memory for traumatic injury

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 359

 

 

 

Investigation of children's narratives and eyewitness memory

 

NSERC

 

26 000

 

Rabinowitz, M.

 

Computer simulation, mathematical models, game strategies, and development

 

NSERC

 

15 000

 

Ross, A.

 

Completion of the thesis project of Dana Spurrell (a master's student in the applied social psychology program)

 

CORP COUNC OF MINISTERS OF ED

 

10 000

 

Storey, A.

 

Reproductive strategies in mammals and birds

 

NSERC

 

18 000

 

Zagorski, M.

 

Seasonal affective disorder

 

HRDC

(STDNT EMP)

 

1 306