2002 03 NSERC RESEARCH GRANTS COMPETITION RESULTS as of March 20, 2002
Name DEPT TYPE APPLIC. APPLICATION TITLE INSTAL AWARD
NO. $$
Nelson, DE ARCH RGPIN 3257 Archaeometric research 1/4 50000
Beckenbach, AT BISC RGPIN 6716 Molecular evolution and the molecular phylogenetics of animals 3/4 35000
Bendell-Young, LI BISC RGPIN 227217 Coupling seston geochemistry with feeding behaviour to predict metal accumulaion in marine bivalves 2/4 30000
Borden, JH BISC RGPIN 3881 Chemical ecology of forest insects 2/3 50000
Brandhorst, BP BISC RGPIN 45977 Cellular interactions and differentiation in embryos 2/2 58000
Breden, F BISC RGPIN 138178 Genetic architecture and sexual selection in the guppy and closely related species 1/4 28000
Cooke, F BISC RGPIN 152982 Demography and population structure of birds 3/4 90000
Crespi, BJ BISC RGPIN 121575 Phylogenetic and behavioural-ecological analysis of insect reproductive strategies 4/5 59840
Delaney, KR BISC RGPIN 121698 Presynaptic calcium and transmitter release 3/4 40500
Dill, LM BISC RGPIN 6869 Habitat selection: population and community consequences of animal behavioural decisions 2/4 66000
Druehl, LD BISC RGPIN 2918 Kelp evolution 3/4 21000
Elle, E BISC RGPIN 227797 Evolutionary ecology of plant mating systems 3/4 25000
Farrell, AP BISC RGPIN 2622 Comparative cardiovascular physiology 2/4 83000
Gries, GJ BISC RGPIN 138394 Mechanisms of insect communication: new research opportunities 2/4 32000
Haunerland, NH BISC RGPIN 41988 Lipid transport proteins in animals 3/4 42800
Kennedy, CJ BISC RGPIN 121390 Energetic costs of detoxification in fish 3/4 27400
Kermode, AR BISC RGPIN 105744 Programmed cell death in the megagametophyte of white spruce (picea glauca) seeds following germination 4/4 31500
Mathewes, RW BISC RGPIN 3835 Late-quaternary vegetation dynamics and paleoclimate in coastal British Columbia 1/4 46920
Mattsson, JM BISC RGPIN 250089 Genetic dissection of plant vascular differentiation 1/4 46772
Mooers, AO BISC RGPIN 238463 Creation and maintenance of biological diversity 3/4 45495
Moore, MM BISC RGPIN 105704 Virulence factors of aspergillus fumigatus 1/4 50000
Nicholson, RA BISC RGPIN 42113 Insecticide and neuromodulator action 3/4 34895
Novales Flamarique, I BISC RGPIN 238886 Visual pathways that mediate ultraviolet and polarization sensitivity in fishes: coding...plasticity 2/4 35000
Palsson, E BISC RGPIN 249789 Studying the interplay of cell adhesion chemotaxis and cell signaling, on cell sorting and...movements 1/4 22000
Plant, AL BISC RGPIN 155303 Characterization of the molecular responses elicited in roots by osmotic stress 4/4 36225
Punja, ZK BISC RGPIN 46409 Plant-fungal pathogen interactions - roles of specific proteins and dsRNAs in disease development 2/4 39000
Quarmby, LM BISC RGPIN 227132 Calcium signalling in chlamydomonas 3/4 25000
Roitberg, BD BISC RGPIN 426 Behavior-disease interface 3/4 65000
Verheyen, EM BISC RGPIN 203545 Genetic analysis of notch signal transduction 5/5 34650
Webster, JM BISC RGPIN 4679 Host-parasite relationships of plant parasitic and insect parasitic nematodes 1/4 24038
Williams, TD BISC RGPIN 155395 Physiology of life-histories: egg size and number and costs of reproduction 1/4 43000
Winston, ML BISC RGPIN 7774 Behavioural and pheromonal factors influencing the organization and evolution of highly social insect colonies 3/4 56000
Ydenberg, RC BISC RGPIN 92962 Predation danger and the evolutionary ecology of migrants and provisioners 2/4 51000
Brydon, MJ BUS RGPIN 227774 Solving resource allocation problems using markets and rational agents 3/4 13785
Choo, EU BUS RGPIN 8432 Issues in preference calibration under multiple criteria 3/4 11736
Gemino, C BUS RGPIN 239755 Empirical comparison of requirements engineering techniques 3/4 21000
Love, CE BUS RGPIN 18305 Estimation, control, and performance of failing systems 1/4 17000
Wedley, WC BUS RGPIN 123621 Validation of AHP ratios 3/4 13692
Agnes, GR CHEM RGPIN 170234 Aerosol chemistry 2/2 26000
Bennet, AJ CHEM RGPIN 121348 Mechanisms-based carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry 1/4 86080
Branda, NR CHEM RGPIN 194262 Molecular switches and assemblies for novel materials applications 2/4 60500
Clyburne, JAC CHEM RGPIN 217459 Synthesis and coordination behaviour of low coordinate main group element containing compounds...substituents 2/2 36000
Hill, RH CHEM RGPIN 105340 Photochemical metal organic deposition of materials 1/4 64000
Holdcroft, S CHEM RGPIN 93622 Morphological contorl of electroactive polymers 2/4 75000
Leach, GW CHEM RGPIN 155643 Structure and dynamics at surfaces and interfaces 2/4 45000
Li, PCH CHEM RGPIN 216925 Acoustic wave sensor for microfluidic biochip and capillary electrophoresis research 2/2 38000
Percival, PW CHEM RGPIN 9295 Hydrogen atom and free radical chemistry probed with muons 2/4 50000
Pinto, BM CHEM RGPIN 38227 The nature and origin of carbohydrate mimicry 3/4 91000
Plettner, E CHEM RGPIN 222923 Cytochrome P450 in synthesis and pheromone olfaction 1/2 44180
Pomeroy, RK CHEM RGPIN 541 Cluster chemistry of osmium 3/4 56000
Slessor, KN CHEM RGPIN 3785 Semiochemical research 1/3 42932
Weinberg, N CHEM RGPIN 184086 Nonequilibrium solvation in high pressure reaction kinetics 3/4 20000
Wilkie, JJA CHEM RGPIN 228185 Theoretical methods for quantum chemical dynamics 1/2 47000
Wilson, PD CHEM RGPIN 217573 Studies in synthetic organic chemistry 2/2 36750
Wolfe, S CHEM RGPIN 105321 Structure-activity and reactivity relationships 1/1 40000
Ye, ZG CHEM RGPIN 203773 Electrically and magnetically active ferroic materials: Synthesis, structure and properties 1/4 65100
Atkins, MS CMPT RGPIN 8020 Visualisation and image processing in medicine 2/4 34000
Berenbrink, P CMPT RGPIN 250284 Algorithms for mobile ad hoc networks 1/4 28000
Bhattacharya, BK CMPT RGPIN 2422 Application of computational geometry in facility location optimization 2/4 31000
Cameron, RD CMPT RGPIN 2429 The internet electronic library project 4/4 12600
Dahl, V CMPT RGPIN 2436 Natural language processing for knowledge based and internet systems 4/5 33600
Delgrande, JP CMPT RGPIN 884 Theory and implementation for incomplete, evolving knowledge systems 1/4 32000
Drew, MS CMPT RGPIN 217149 Physics-based colour models in computer vision, graphics and multimedia 4/4 22050
Ester, M CMPT RGPIN 250960 Mining in large hypertext databases: advanced clustering and classification methods 1/4 27000
Fracchia, FD CMPT RGPIN 138668 Visualization and modelling of natural phenomena 3/4 16000
Funt, BV CMPT RGPIN 4322 Digital colour vision and imaging 3/4 38000
Gu, Q CMPT RGPIN 250304 Efficient Routing Algorithms on WDM Optical Networks 1/4 27000
Gupta, A CMPT RGPIN 105809 Algorithmic complexity and constructivity 1/4 33000
Hadley, RF CMPT RGPIN 899 Language learning and cognitive architecture with neural networks 3/4 32000
Han, J CMPT RGPIN 37230 Data mining in data warehouses, advanced database systems, and word-wide web 4/4 38850
Havens, WS CMPT RGPIN 90307 Resolving hard constraint satisfaction problems 2/4 28000
Hell, PT CMPT RGPIN 5075 Complexity of combinatorial problems 5/5 61215
Kirkpatrick, AE CMPT RGPIN 250314 Assessment of haptic user interfaces 1/4 19000
Krishnamurti, R CMPT RGPIN 36809 Approximation algorithms for combinatorial optimization 2/4 18480
Li, ZN CMPT RGPIN 36726 Object-based video processing and retrieval 2/4 24000
Liestman, AL CMPT RGPIN 1734 Network structure and communication 1/4 32000
Mitchell, DG CMPT RGPIN 238987 Proof complexity and constraint satisfaction 2/4 21000
Moeller, T CMPT RGPIN 228413 Volume Rendering of irregular grids 3/4 13000
Peters, JG CMPT RGPIN 322 Modelling and analysis of communication networks 3/4 18000
Popowich, FP CMPT RGPIN 41910 Knowlledge based cross lingual information retrieval 1/4 27000
Schulte, ON CMPT RGPIN 217331 Automated discovery of conservation laws in particle physics 4/4 12600
Shermer, TC CMPT RGPIN 46218 Visibility and continuous-domain facility location 4/4 24150
Ternovskaia, EA CMPT RGPIN 238989 Computational aspects of reasoning about dynamic systems 2/3 23000
Wang, K CMPT RGPIN 227827 A system approach to data mining 3/4 25000
Yang, Q CMPT RGPIN 184883 An investigation into information guided planning agents 4/4 37800
Allen, DM EARTH RGPIN 203028 Fluid flow and solute transport in shallow-subsurface fault zones 3/3 17000
Calvert, A EARTH RGPIN 155519 Lithology prediction from seismic reflection data 4/4 35700
Clague, J EARTH RGPIN 217051 Late holocene environmental and climate change southern coast mountains British Columbia 2/4 30560
Godin, L EARTH RGPIN 238410 Structural evolution of Himalayan crystalline domes and their role during continental orogenesis 3/4 35000
MacEachern, JA EARTH RGPIN 184293 Integrated ichnological-sedimentological siliciclastic facies models in a sequence stratigraphic framework 1/4 24560
Marshall, D EARTH RGPIN 217031 Pressure, temperature, time and fluid compositional constraints for ore deposition at Sudbury..., ON 4/4 23100
Moore, JM EARTH RGPIN 12576 Was the Nicola group deposited on the ancient margin of North America 3/3 11500
Mustard, PS EARTH RGPIN 184290 Sedimentology, stratigraphy and tectonic significance of selected western cordilllera sedimentary basins 3/3 26300
Stead, D EARTH RGPIN 36375 Kinematics, comminution and energy considerations in surface and underground rock failure 2/4 26000
Thorkelson, DJ EARTH RGPIN 194090 Tectonic signifigance of cordilleran magmatism 2/4 27500
Ward, BC EARTH RGPIN 216911 Marine cave sedimentation: new method for glacial stratigraphic studies in British Columbia 3/4 23600
Bird, JS ENSC RGPIN 36383 Small aperture 3D bottom imaging and bathymetry sonar 1/4 44120
Cavers, JK ENSC RGPIN 5950 Adaptive transceivers and antenna arrays 4/4 34650
Chapman, GH ENSC RGPIN 105512 Laser enhancement of large area photonicsc circuits, micromachined detectors and microfabrication 1/4 32000
Dill, JC ENSC RGPIN 37944 Aids to navigating and organizing knowledge spaces 3/4 14000
Gruver, WA ENSC RGPIN 138258 Holonic design and integration of intelligent robotic systems 3/4 29000
Gupta, KK ENSC RGPIN 36585 Simultaneous path planning and exploration for general robot-sensor systems: A unified approach 1/4 41550
Parameswaran, M ENSC RGPIN 105793 Micro-instrumentation systems for health care 4/4 36960
Payandeh, S ENSC RGPIN 121296 Analysis and control of contact discontinuities in application of multiple robotic agents 4/4 22050
Saif, M ENSC RGPIN 36407 Real time process fault detection and isolation: challenges in fundamentals, design and applications 1/4 43470
Stapleton, SP ENSC RGPIN 41824 Multichannel power amplifiers 2/2 23425
Syrzycki, MJ ENSC RGPIN 41826 Custom VLSI analog and mixed-mode circuit techniques for high performance and low-power applications 3/4 23918
Trajkovic, L ENSC RGPIN 216844 Network traffic: analysis, modeling, and characterization 4/4 16800
Vaisey, JD ENSC RGPIN 110051 Fundamental aspects of signal compression with applications to multimedia signals 2/4 24000
Brennand, T A GEOG RGPIN 194107 Reconstructing past ice sheet dynamics and hydrology from glacial landforms and sediments 2/4 29840
Dragicevic, S GEOG RGPIN 250518 Modeling spatial processes using GIS, fuzzy sets and cellular automata 1/4 18000
Hickin, EJ GEOG RGPIN 8376 Fluvial process, geomorphology, and sedimentology of rivers in western Canada 1/4 30620
Lesack, LFW GEOG RGPIN 108110 Biogeochemistry of lakes in the Mackenzie Delta 1/4 40000
Quinton, WL GEOG RGPIN 238441 Modelling runoff from peat-covered hillslopes in permafrost environments 2/4 24560
Schmidt, MG GEOG RGPIN 153451 Effects of deciduous trees and shrubs on soils and nutrient dynamics in conifer forests 2/4 17280
Bawa, PNS KINES RGPIN 7135 Input-output properties of human spinal cord 3/4 21285
Goodman, D KINES RGPIN 21748 The role of muscle dynamics and cognition in bimanual coordination 4/4 21000
Krieger, C KINES RGPIN 171372 Control of repetitive firing of sensory neurons 3/4 27500
MacKenzie, CL KINES RGPIN 120869 Human manipulation and remote manipulation 1/4 25410
Milner, TE KINES RGPIN 142009 Adaptive control of limb mechanics 2/4 31000
Rosin, MP KINES RGPIN 22216 Chromosomal instability and carcinogenesis 1/1 43000
Tibbits, GF KINES RGPIN 2321 Regulation of contractility in the salmonid heart 1/4 58015
Weeks, DJ KINES RGPIN 160549 Perceptual-motor behaviour 1/4 22000
Balshaw, RF MATH RGPIN 217403 Quasi-likelihood methods for the analysis of multi-state models 4/4 8400
Borwein, JM MATH RGPIN 139620 Topics in applied analysis and computation 5/5 41580
Borwein, PB MATH RGPIN 152758 Small norm problems of Erdos-Littlewood type 3/4 33000
Brown, TC MATH RGPIN 3983 Ramsey theory 2/4 10000
Chen, I MATH RGPIN 227250 Galois representations and congruence primes 3/4 12000
Choi, KS MATH RGPIN 238850 Some problems in diophantine number theory 3/4 14000
Choksi, R MATH RGPIN 203327 Nonlocal varitional problems--patterns and scales in materials 1/4 24000
Dean, CB MATH RGPIN 46119 New methodology for handling overdispersion as arises in recurrent event data and disease mapping 4/5 21000
Goddyn, LA MATH RGPIN 105452 Studies in graph and matroids 1/4 25000
Graham, GAC MATH RGPIN 4831 Viscoelastic solid mechanics 4/4 6300
Kropinski, MCA MATH RGPIN 203326 Fast Algorithms for fluid flows with complex geometry 1/4 19000
Lisonek, P MATH RGPIN 238764 Algorithms for generation of discrete structures 3/4 10000
Lockhart, RA MATH RGPIN 4023 Uniform asymptotic approximations in model assessment 4/4 21000
McNeney, WB MATH RGPIN 227972 Statistical aspects of epidemiologic study design 3/4 14000
Monagan, MB MATH RGPIN 184172 System design and algorithms for algebraic simplication 3/4 23000
Muraki, DJ MATH RGPIN 238928 Dynamics of the midlatitude atmosphere 3/4 18000
Promislow, KS MATH RGPIN 184157 Modeling and analysis of physical systems 3/4 20000
Reilly, NR MATH RGPIN 4044 Varieties and pseudovarieties of semigroups 1/5 16000
Routledge, RD MATH RGPIN 7529 Statistical methodology for use in population biology and resource management 3/4 23000
Russell, RD MATH RGPIN 8781 Numerical solutions of partial differentieal equations 1/5 76000
Ruuth, SJ MATH RGPIN 227823 Algorithms, analysis and applications of numerical partial differential equations 3/4 22000
Schwarz, CJ MATH RGPIN 165058 Modelling of animal population dynamics 1/4 30000
Sitter, R MATH RGPIN 182393 Analysis of survey data/experimental design in industry 3/4 33000
Spinelli, JJ MATH RGPIN 238353 Goodness-of-fit for discrete distributions and statistical models; biostatistical methods 3/4 10000
Stephens, MA MATH RGPIN 8561 Goodness-of-fit for distributions and statistical models; directional data analysis 3/4 16000
Swartz, TB MATH RGPIN 9268 Integration problems in applied statistics 3/4 17000
Thomson, BS MATH RGPIN 7275 Real function theory 5/5 8000
Trummer, MR MATH RGPIN 36901 Adaptivity in numerical methods 3/4 30000
Verner, JH MATH RGPIN 8147 Numerical solution of ordinary differential and integral equations 4/4 10632
Wirch, JL MATH RGPIN 228000 Statistical modelling of risk for capital requirements 3/4 10000
Yu, Q MATH RGPIN 122059 The sructure and properties of extremal factor-critical graphs 3/4 7000
Baillie, DL MBB RGPIN 9975 Fundamental characterization of a defined region of the C. elegans genome 4/4 83160
Beh, CT MBB RGPIN 250263 Yeast oxysterol-binding proteins and intracellular stero-lipid transport 1/4 35000
Borgford, TJ MBB RGPIN 42351 Protein engineering a toxin molecule 2/2 30000
Brinkman, FS MBB RGPIN 240644 Computationally identifying and characterizing outer membrane proteins using experimentally-based criteria 2/4 30000
Davidson, WS MBB RGPIN 219 Comparative gene mapping in Salmo 4/4 24150
Harden, N MBB RGPIN 217532 Analysis of the roles of the Rho subfamily of the Ras-related small GTPases in Drosophila development. 4/4 25200
Hawkins, NC MBB RGPIN 250095 Investigation of Wnt signaling and HAM-1 localization during asymmetric cell division in C. elegans 1/4 44560
Honda, BM MBB RGPIN 8391 Chromatin structure and gene expression in eukaryotes 3/4 47700
Kafer, E MBB RGPIN 131161 Genetic and molecular analysis of recombination and DNA repair in aspergillus nidulans 2/2 28000
Leroux, MR MBB RGPIN 238460 Structure-function studies on a novel molecular chaperone 3/4 25000
Paetzel, MW MBB RGPIN 250131 Structural and mechanistic studies of Ser/Lys dyad proteases 1/4 37000
Pio, FF MBB RGPIN 227832 Structural studies on a minimal ternary complex involving PU.1, IRF-4, and DNA 3/4 28000
Richards, WR MBB RGPIN 5060 Structure and function of the PufQ protein 4/5 22050
Scott, JK MBB RGPIN 171399 Coiled-coil peptide scaffolds for the next generation of phage-display libraries 4/4 26250
Sen, D MBB RGPIN 105785 Extending the catalytic and functional horizons of DNA and RNA 1/4 68840
Smith, MJ MBB RGPIN 499 Organellar genomics and mitochondrial gene rearrangements in early deuterostomes 2/4 52000
Unrau, PJ MBB RGPIN 238948 Ribozyme Chemistry and the RNA world 3/4 40000
Ballentine, LE PHYS RGPIN 4612 Quantum chaos and the quantum-classical interface 4/4 17850
Bechhoefer, JL PHYS RGPIN 105732 Equilibrium and nonequilibrium studies of interfaces in soft-condensed matter 5/7 46085
Boal, DH PHYS RGPIN 3305 Mechanical evolution of the cell 2/5 35000
Bolognesi, CR PHYS RGPIN 170824 New heterostructure materials for telecommunications 4/4 36750
Colbow, K PHYS RGPIN 2407 Solid state sensors for hydrogen and other gases and vapors, hydrogen storage 4/4 17556
Crozier, ED PHYS RGPIN 5343 XAFS spectroscopy and structural determinations of ordered and disordered systems 1/4 44000
Dodge, JS PHYS RGPIN 238349 Time-resolved spectroscopy of correlated electron systems 3/4 38000
Frindt, RF PHYS RGPIN 2412 Formation and properties of novel layered systems 1/2 30000
Frisken, BJ PHYS RGPIN 121807 Structure and dynamics of soft condensed matter 4/4 29400
Hayden, ME PHYS RGPIN 217243 Hyperpolarized noble gases: production and applications 4/4 36750
Heinrich, BV PHYS RGPIN 9019 Magnetic and magnetoresistance studies of ultrathin films and nanostructures 4/4 73500
Herbut, I PHYS RGPIN 216945 Quantum phase transitions in disordered systems 4/4 22050
Huntley, DJ PHYS RGPIN 2879 Optical dating 2/4 35000
Irwin, JC PHYS RGPIN 2880 Raman scattering studies in high temperature superconductors and related materials 4/4 36750
Kavanagh, KL PHYS RGPIN 222869 Nanoscale analysis of semiconductor defects and interfaces. 1/4 53000
Kirczenow, G PHYS RGPIN 8681 Nanoscale Physics 3/5 65000
Plischke, M PHYS RGPIN 8461 Theory of complex fluids and gels 1/4 48000
Sonier, JE PHYS RGPIN 238307 Magnetic resonance spectroscopy 3/4 35000
Thewalt, JL PHYS RGPIN 183821 Lipid phase behavior: membrane domains & membrane protein structure determination 3/4 29000
Thewalt, MLW PHYS RGPIN 170925 Optical properties and characterization of semiconductors 4/4 84000
Trottier, HD PHYS SAPIN 138288 Perturbation theory for improved actions in lattice QCD 3/4 36000
Viswanathan, KS PHYS SAPIN 2884 Topics in theoretical high energy physics and superstrings 4/4 21000
Watkins, SP PHYS RGPIN 121282 Nanostructures and interfaces in compound semiconductor epitaxy 4/4 33600
Wortis, M PHYS RGPIN 36678 "Mechanics and statistical mechanics of cellular materials" 1/2 42000
Zuckermann, MJ PHYS RGPIN 5932 Theoretical studies of structured fluids and polymer systems 3/4 40000
Kimura, D PSYC RGPIN 226 Physical markers of early influence on cognitive pattern 2/3 30000
Maraun, D PSYC RGPIN 249541 Latent variable models in the behavioural sciences 1/4 12000
McDonald, J PSYC RGPIN 227959 Neurological foundations of human selective attention and multisensory intregration 3/4 20000
Mistlberger, R PSYC RGPIN 155172 Neural mechanisms of non-photic entrainment of circadian rhythms in rodents 5/5 32340
Watson, NV PSYC RGPIN 194522 Regulation of reproductive behaviours and neural sexual dimorphism 2/4 30500
Whittlesea, BWA PSYC RGPIN 99826 Memory:production and evaluation in remembering and performance tasks 5/5 39270
Wright, RD PSYC RGPIN 133551 Visual attention, eye movements, and spatial localization 1/4 21853
Gobas, FAP REM RGPIN 111603 Bioavailability of super-hydrophobic organic chemicals: measurement, mechanism and models 3/4 35000
Pellatt, MG REM RGPIN 238439 Paleoecology of Coastal British Columbia: Land/Sea Interactions 3/4 12500
Peterman, RM REM RGPIN 7101 Improved models for managing low-abundance Pacific salmon stocks 3/4 57000
Graham, J STATS RGPIN 222886 Statistical genetics:disequilibrium mapping and other applications of the coalescent 1/4 20000