Spectral and Kinetic Study of NO_x 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

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

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-PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃ 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.