1993 Funded Grant Projects

Dr. Mary Ellen Barbercheck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Pesticide-Free Alternatives for Control of Agricultural Pests"

Marion R. Behr and Dr. Omri Marc Behr, ElectroEtch Enterprises, Edison, New Jersey
"Electronically Controlled Art Etching: Improving Artist Safety and Eliminating Hazardous Waste"

Jesus Calderon, M.D., Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
"Identification of the Manner in Which Amebas Invade Tissue and Cause Disease"

Dr. John G. Lundberg, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
"Fish Biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon: Calibrating a Natural Resource on the Threshold of Change"

Robert M. Perry, Children's Rehabilitation Engineering Team, Mobile, Alabama
"A Computer System Enabling Individuals With Severe Speech and Physical Disabilities to Converse"

Dr. Edwin P. Rock, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
"Testing of an Orally Administered Birth Control Vaccine"

Stanley J. Shetka, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
"Turning Waste Paper Into Wood, Art, Architecture and Furniture"

Dina Y. Venezky, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
"Exploration of Development-Based Groundwater Contamination in Wind Cave"

Janna Weiss, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
"Comparison of Mexican and Chinese Traditional Medicine"