NASA PECASE Awardees, 2001


Dr. James J. Bock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Quantum Well Photoconductors for NASA Space Science Applications
(Press Release)

 

Dr. Stephane Coutu, The Pennsylvania State University

Studies of the Cosmic Radiation at High Energies
(Press Release)

 

Dr. William E. Mell, University of Utah

Simulation of Combustion Systems with Realistic g-jitter

 

Dr. Cheryl A. Nickerson, Tulane University Health Sciences Center

Effect of Simulated Microgravity on Gene Expression in the Enteric Pathogen Salmonella typhimurium  (Website)

 

Dr. James H. Crawford, NASA Langley Research Center

Tropospheric Modeling Studies of TRACE-P Field Data: Investigation of the Hox/Nox/O3 Photochemical System and Regional Assessment of Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange

 

Dr. Mark A. Moline, California Polytechnic State University

Adaptive sampling of phytoplankton responses to episodic physical forcing in the nearshore coastal ocean: Characterizing the significance of convergences in upwelling eddies

 
 
 

NASA PECASE AWARDEES, 2000

Dr. Michael E. Brown, California Institute of Technology

Long Term Monitoring of the Io Torus During Galileo
(Website)

 

Dr. Dana Warfield Longcope, Montana State University

Magnetic Helicity and the Solar Dynamo

 

Dr. Michael J. Turmon, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Reusable Pattern Recognizers for Solar Imagery
(Press Release)

 

Dr. Janice Yelle, NASA Johnson Space Center

Characterization of Autonomic Function, Sodium Handling, and Nitric Oxide Physiology in Astronauts and Patients Known to be Susceptible to Orthostatic Intolerance

 

Dr. Paul R. Houser, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

A Global Land Data Assimilation System; Optimal Land Initialization for Seasonal Climate Predictions: Continental-Scale Soil Moisture Data Assimilation Using TRMMM Microwave Data  (Website)

 

Dr. Yeqiao Wang, University of Rhode Island

Multiple Innovative Models in Regional Land Cover Change Studies and Tracking Natural Community Fragmentation and Changes in Land Use and Land Cover: A Case Study of Chicago Wilderness (Website)

 

White House Office of Sciece and Technology Policy Press Release (Oct, 2000)